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           The
           Horrid
           Sin
           OF
           Man-Catching
           :
           Explain'd
           In
           a
           SERMON
           upon
           JER
           .
           5.25
           ,
           26.
           
           Preach'd
           at
           
             COLCHESTER
             ,
             July
          
           10.
           1681.
           
        
         
           By
           EDMOND
           HICKERINGILL
           ,
           Rector
           of
           the
           Rectory
           of
           All-Saints
           there
           .
        
         
           
             Deliver
             me
             not
             over
             to
             the
             will
             of
             mine
             Enemies
             ,
             for
             False
             Witnesses
             are
             risen
             up
             against
             me
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             breath
             out
             Cruelty
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             27.12
             .
          
        
         
           
             They
             laid
             to
             my
             Charge
             things
             that
             I
             knew
             not
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             35.11
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Chief
             Priests
             and
             Scribes
             sought
             how
             they
             might
             kill
             him
             ,
             for
             they
             feared
             the
             People
             :
             then
             entred
             Satan
             into
          
           Judas
           .
           
             Luke
             22.2
             ,
             3.
             
          
        
         
           
             Now
             the
             Chief
             Priests
             and
             Elders
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Counsel
             sought
             False
             Witness
             against
          
           Jesus
           
             to
             put
             him
             to
             Death
             ;
             but
             found
             none
             :
             yea
             ,
             though
             many
             False
             Witnesses
             came
             yet
             found
             they
             none
             ;
             At
             the
             last
             came
             two
             False
             Witnesses
             .
          
           
             Matth.
             26.59
             ,
             60.
             
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Francis
             Smith
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Elephant
           and
           Castle
           ,
           near
           the
           
             Royal
             Exchange
          
           in
           Cornhil
           .
           1681.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           EPISTLE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           I
           Know
           very
           well
           that
           every
           Book-sellers
           Stall
           groans
           under
           the
           burthen
           of
           
             Sermons
             ,
             Sermons
          
           ;
           —
           Sermons
           as
           common
           (
           and
           as
           commonly
           cryed
           about
           the
           Streets
           )
           as
           Ballads
           ;
           Sermons
           before
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           before
           the
           Judges
           ,
           before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           the
           Right
           Worshipful
           ,
           &c.
           
           In
           Court
           ,
           in
           City
           ,
           in
           the
           Vniversity
           ,
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           &c.
           
           Sermons
           of
           good
           use
           ,
           Sermons
           of
           
             little
             or
             no
          
           use
           ,
           Sermons
           of
           great
           use
           ,
           (
           especially
           to
           those
           reading
           Don's
           of
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           that
           transcribing
           other
           Men's
           Works
           ,
           make
           a
           shift
           to
           read
           them
           ,
           tho
           many
           times
           as
           much
           out
           of
           the
           Story
           ,
           as
           hard
           to
           get
           in
           again
           when
           they
           are
           out
           ,
           as
           having
           never
           been
           either
           in
           their
           Heads
           or
           Hearts
           ;
           )
           Sermons
           of
           Learned
           Composure
           both
           for
           Matter
           and
           Style
           ;
           and
           Sermons
           given
           ,
           and
           Sermon
           's
           sold
           (
           over
           and
           over
           again
           )
           and
           some
           Sermon
           's
           (
           perhaps
           )
           published
           out
           of
           meer
           Vanity
           and
           Itch
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           print
           .
        
         
           Which
           of
           these
           ,
           or
           
             whether
             any
             of
             these
          
           caused
           the
           Publication
           of
           this
           Country-Sermon
           ,
           (
           neither
           contriv'd
           ,
           devis'd
           nor
           intended
           for
           the
           Press
           ,
           but
           )
           preach'd
           in
           my
           ordinary
           Course
           in
           my
           own
           Parish
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           think
           my self
           concerned
           to
           give
           thee
           any
           account
           ;
           for
           they
           that
           like
           it
           not
           ,
           may
           let
           it
           alone
           ;
           yet
           the
           
           publishing
           thereof
           is
           chiefly
           intended
           for
           the
           use
           of
           them
           that
           have
           
             most
             need
          
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           who
           will
           (
           therefore
           )
           
             like
             it
          
           so
           much
           
             the
             worse
          
           .
        
         
           Some
           Men
           are
           so
           crafty
           as
           in
           neglect
           of
           their
           Duty
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           their
           King
           ,
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Souls
           ,
           they
           dare
           not
           preach
           against
           this
           Sin
           of
           Man-catching
           ,
           or
           Trepanning
           Men
           by
           Sham-Evidence
           ,
           False
           Witnesses
           ,
           Sham-Plots
           ,
           the
           Sin
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           (
           I
           had
           almost
           said
           )
           of
           the
           Times
           :
           in
           swearing
           and
           unswearing
           ,
           lying
           ,
           slandering
           ,
           and
           for
           swearing
           ,
           and
           so
           setting
           Snares
           to
           catch
           Men
           ,
           Body
           and
           Goods
           ,
           Life
           and
           Estate
           :
           whilst
           the
           World
           is
           the
           worse
           ,
           but
           never
           the
           better
           for
           those
           Preachers
           ,
           those
           
             Chips
             in
             Broth
          
           ,
           whose
           God
           is
           their
           Bellies
           ,
           and
           are
           only
           swayed
           by
           that
           Kitchin-Maxime
           ,
           
             It
             is
             good
             sleeping
             in
             a
             whole
             Skin
          
           ;
           whilst
           I
           chuse
           to
           follow
           that
           Plain-Dealer
           and
           Martyr
           ,
           Bishop
           Latimer
           ,
           who
           presented
           the
           King
           for
           a
           New-Years
           Gift
           ,
           
           with
           a
           Bible
           ,
           with
           this
           Inscription
           in
           Letters
           of
           Gold
           on
           the
           outside
           thereof
           (
           perhaps
           for
           fear
           the
           King
           should
           not
           much
           trouble
           himself
           with
           looking
           on
           the
           Inside
           )
           Heb.
           
             13.4
             .
             Marriage
             is
             honourable
             in
             all
             ,
             and
             the
             Bed
             undefiled
             ;
             but
             Whoremongers
             and
             Adulterers
             God
             will
             judge
             .
          
        
         
           I
           know
           not
           what
           thanks
           he
           got
           for
           his
           New-Years
           Gift
           ,
           but
           he
           prov'd
           a
           true
           Prophet
           in
           one
           of
           his
           Sermons
           ,
           where
           he
           says
           ,
           We
           Ministers
           cannot
           say
           
             Vae
             Vobis
          
           ,
           but
           presently
           we
           are
           called
           
             coram
             Nobis
          
           :
           We
           cannot
           reprove
           Sin
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           but
           forthwith
           we
           may
           be
           reprov'd
           for
           it
           by
           the
           Bench.
           But
           (
           Blessed
           be
           God
           )
           we
           do
           not
           live
           (
           as
           Latimer
           once
           did
           )
           in
           Popish-Times
           ,
           nor
           in
           Times
           where
           Popery
           has
           the
           greatest
           Sway
           :
           Or
           if
           we
           should
           ,
           It
           is
           the
           greatest
           Honour
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           greatest
           Piety
           ,
           to
           follow
           
             his
             Fate
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             his
             Honesty
             and
             Plain-dealing
          
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           Horrid
           Sin
           of
           Man-Catching
           .
           Explain'd
           in
           a
           SERMON
        
         
           
             
               
                 Upon
                 JER
                 .
                 5.25
                 ,
                 26.
                 
              
            
             
               Your
               Iniquities
               have
               turned
               away
               these
               things
               ,
               and
               your
               Sins
               have
               withholden
               good
               things
               from
               you
               .
               For
               among
               my
               People
               are
               found
               wicked
               Men
               ,
               they
               lay
               wait
               as
               he
               that
               setteth
               Snares
               ,
               they
               set
               a
               Trap
               ,
               they
               catch
               Men.
               
            
          
        
         
           IN
           which
           Words
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           take
           notice
           in
           General
           ;
           1.
           
           Of
           
             God's
             heavy
             Judgment
          
           upon
           
             Israel
             ,
             ver
          
           .
           25.
           2.
           
           
             Of
             the
             Cause
          
           of
           that
           heavy
           Judgment
           ,
           the
           crying
           Sin
           of
           
             Man-Catching
             ,
             ver
          
           .
           26.
           
        
         
           But
           First
           (
           to
           keep
           to
           the
           Method
           in
           the
           Text
           )
           Let
           us
           enquire
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Of
           what
           Nature
           was
           this
           heavy
           Judgment
           ?
           
        
         
           In
           Answer
           whereunto
           ,
           we
           may
           consider
           God's
           heavy
           Judgments
           ,
           or
           heavy
           Hand
           .
           1.
           
           Positively
           :
           2.
           
           Privatively
           .
           1.
           
           By
           stretching
           forth
           his
           Hand
           of
           Wrath
           in
           striking
           a
           People
           with
           either
           ,
           1.
           
           The
           
             Sword
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           
           (
           for
           so
           is
           called
           ,
           
           the
           Plague
           of
           Pestilence
           .
           )
           Or
           2dly
           ,
           with
           War
           ,
           Forreign
           or
           Civil
           War
           ,
           though
           managed
           with
           the
           
             Sword
             of
             Man
          
           ,
           yet
           God
           is
           said
           to
           unsheath
           it
           ,
           and
           call
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           also
           Wars
           ,
           
           bloody
           Wars
           are
           God's
           heavy
           Judgment
           upon
           a
           People
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           called
           also
           —
           
             The
             Sword
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           
           
        
         
           2.
           
           God's
           heavy
           Hand
           or
           heavy
           Judgment
           upon
           a
           People
           may
           be
           considered
           Privatively
           ,
           by
           
             depriving
             them
          
           of
           Mercies
           ,
           Temporal
           Mercies
           ,
           called
           
             good
             things
          
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           which
           God
           for
           their
           Sins
           had
           turned
           away
           and
           withholden
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           What
           these
           
             good
             things
          
           were
           (
           which
           were
           withholden
           )
           may
           evidently
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           verse
           before
           the
           Text
           ;
           namely
           ,
           God's
           heavy
           Judgment
           in
           
             depriving
             them
             of
             the
             former
             and
             latter
             Rain
             in
             his
             season
             ,
             and
             depriving
             them
             of
             the
             appointed
             Weeks
             of
             the
             Harvest
             ,
          
           Jer.
           5.24
           .
        
         
           
             This
             great
             Drought
             did
             fore-run
          
           and
           threaten
           a
           Famine
           ,
           (
           the
           worst
           and
           heaviest
           of
           God's
           Judgments
           ,
           )
           the
           Sword
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           the
           Sword
           of
           Man
           (
           both
           of
           them
           )
           make
           quick
           dispatch
           ;
           but
           Famine
           is
           a
           lingring
           Death
           ,
           and
           worse
           than
           Death
           ,
           
           and
           the
           worst
           of
           Death's
           .
           And
           it
           was
           sad
           News
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           when
           he
           heard
           ,
           that
           his
           Subjects
           were
           glad
           to
           
             preserve
             their
             Lives
             by
             killing
          
           one
           another
           ;
           nay
           ,
           the
           Mother
           killing
           and
           eating
           her
           own
           Child
           ,
           and
           yet
           calling
           in
           vain
           to
           the
           King
           for
           help
           ;
           that
           could
           not
           have
           an
           
             Asses
             Head
          
           for
           himself
           
             under
             fourscore
             pieces
             of
             Silver
          
           ,
           nor
           a
           little
           Pigeon's
           Dung
           (
           for
           the
           Dessert
           or
           second
           Course
           )
           
             under
             five
             pieces
             more
          
           :
           2
           Kings
           6.25
           ,
           26
           ,
           27
           ,
           28
           ,
           29
           ,
           30.
           
           No
           wonder
           that
           the
           
             King
             rent
             his
             Cloaths
             ,
             and
             wore
             Sack-clot●
             upon
             his
             Flesh
             ,
          
           to
           mortify
           it
           .
           A
           great
           Drought
           ,
           or
           God's
           withdrawing
           the
           Rain
           ,
           bespeaks
           a
           Dearth
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           upon
           a
           Land
           ,
           when
           
             the
             Dust
          
           (
           as
           God
           says
           to
           Job
           )
           
             groweth
             into
             hardness
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Clods
             cleave
             fast
             together
             ;
             when
             the
             Clouds
             are
             stayed
             ,
             and
             the
             Bottles
             of
             Heaven
          
           (
           as
           God
           there
           calls
           them
           )
           
             are
             stopped
          
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           cannot
           get
           a
           
           Dram
           of
           these
           Bottles
           ,
           tho
           it
           were
           to
           save
           their
           Lives
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           
             three
             and
             thirtieth
          
           year
           of
           that
           wanton
           King
           Hen.
           
           8th
           there
           was
           so
           great
           a
           Drought
           ,
           that
           small
           Rivers
           were
           clean
           dryed
           up
           ,
           and
           much
           Cattel
           died
           for
           want
           of
           Water
           and
           Food
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           ,
        
         
           In
           the
           
             five
             and
             thirtieth
             year
          
           of
           Queen
           Eliz.
           was
           so
           great
           a
           Drought
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           the
           Fields
           ,
           but
           the
           Springs
           themselves
           were
           dryed
           up
           ,
           and
           many
           Cattel
           every
           where
           dyed
           for
           want
           of
           Waters
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           
             good
             things
          
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           the
           good
           things
           that
           God
           withdrew
           and
           withheld
           from
           the
           People
           for
           their
           Sins
           ,
           their
           crying
           Sin.
           
        
         
           And
           what
           (
           in
           the
           2d
           place
           )
           was
           that
           crying
           Sin
           ?
           
        
         
           The
           Text
           tells
           us
           ,
           It
           was
           the
           Sin
           of
           ensnaring
           ,
           lying
           in
           wait
           ,
           and
           at
           catch
           ,
           as
           
             he
             that
             setteth
             Snares
             to
             catch
          
           (
           not
           Wild-Beasts
           ,
           but
           )
           Men
           ,
           Honest
           Men
           ,
           Innocent
           Men.
           
        
         
           And
           that
           we
           may
           the
           better
           understand
           the
           horrid
           nature
           of
           this
           Sin
           ,
           of
           
             ensnaring
             Men
          
           ,
           or
           catching
           Men
           ,
           in
           the
           Text
           ;
           Let
           us
           consider
           :
           
             
               
                 1.
                 
              
               
                 What
                 and
                 who
              
               are
               these
               Men-Catchers
               ?
               
            
             
               
                 2.
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 what
              
               these
               Men-Catchers
               make
               their
               Snares
               ?
               
            
             
               
                 3.
                 
              
               
                 How
                 and
                 where
              
               they
               lay
               their
               Snares
               ?
               
            
             
               
                 4.
                 
              
               
               What
               is
               usually
               the
               
                 Effect
                 and
                 Issue
              
               of
               this
               ensnaring
               and
               catching
               of
               Men
               ?
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             What
             and
             who
          
           are
           these
           Men-catchers
           ?
           
        
         
           Some
           have
           thought
           by
           these
           Words
           (
           of
           the
           Text
           —
           
             among
             my
             People
             are
             found
             wicked
             Men
             ,
             that
             set
             Snares
             and
             catch
             Men
          
           )
           are
           meant
           
             Catch-Poles
             ,
             Bum's
             ,
             Spirits
          
           ,
           (
           so
           called
           from
           their
           
             spiriting
             Men
          
           by
           catching
           them
           and
           selling
           and
           delivering
           them
           to
           Thraldom
           and
           Bondage
           )
           
             Villains
             to
             be
             sure
          
           .
        
         
           But
           these
           of
           the
           Text
           are
           Villains
           of
           a
           
             far
             deeper
             dye
             ,
             Scarlet-Rogues
          
           ,
           Rogues
           upon
           Record
           ,
           upon
           the
           greatest
           ,
           the
           truest
           and
           most
           antient
           Record
           ;
           the
           Record
           of
           Holy-Writ
           :
           
           Writ
           :
           These
           Men-catchers
           being
           called
           in
           the
           Text
           (
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           that
           
             miscall's
             none
          
           ,
           and
           never
           is
           guilty
           of
           any
           misnosmer
           )
           wicked
           Men
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           Original
           imports
           ,
           Rogues
           in
           Grain
           .
        
         
           Committing
           the
           greatest
           Villanies
           
             under
             Colour
             of
             Truth
          
           ,
           and
           Law
           ;
           
           that
           
             Rob
             the
             Poor
          
           (
           or
           Innocent
           )
           
             because
             he
             is
             Poor
          
           ,
           (
           or
           Innocent
           )
           
             and
             oppress
             the
             afflicted
             in
             the
             Gate
          
           ;
           (
           that
           is
           )
           in
           Courts
           of
           Judicature
           ;
           which
           were
           then
           kept
           in
           the
           Gate-House
           ,
           or
           Gate
           of
           the
           chief
           Cities
           in
           Israel
           .
        
         
           That
           commit
           the
           greatest
           Rapacities
           ,
           Murders
           and
           Injustice
           ,
           under
           the
           umbrage
           ,
           pretence
           and
           colour
           of
           Law
           and
           Justice
           .
        
         
           
             Wo
             be
             to
             them
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           )
           
             that
             devise
          
           (
           or
           Plot
           )
           
             Iniquity
             ,
             
             and
             work
             evil
             upon
             their
             Beds
             ;
             when
             the
             Morning
             is
             light
             they
             practise
             it
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             in
             the
             power
             of
             their
             Hand
             .
          
        
         
           And
           if
           Naboth
           have
           a
           
             good
             Vineyard
          
           ,
           no
           wonder
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           
             indicted
             of
             Treason
          
           in
           slandering
           or
           
             blaspheming
             God
          
           and
           
             the
             King
          
           ;
           
           And
           two
           
             Sons
             of
             Belial
          
           (
           procured
           by
           that
           Woman
           Jezebel
           )
           to
           swear
           to
           the
           Indictment
           ,
           if
           Jezebel
           or
           Ahab
           long
           for
           the
           pleasant
           Vineyard
           .
        
         
           
             Wo
             be
             to
             such
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           )
           
             that
             covet
             Fields
             and
             take
             them
             by
             violence
             ;
             
             and
             Houses
             ,
             and
             take
             them
             away
             ;
             so
             they
             oppress
             a
             Man
             and
             his
             House
             ,
             even
             a
             Man
             and
             his
             Heritage
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Sin
           of
           
             oppressing
             Men
          
           ,
           or
           
             catching
             Men
             in
             Snares
          
           by
           false
           Witnesses
           ,
           is
           that
           crying
           Sin
           ,
           that
           brings
           God's
           heavy
           Judgments
           upon
           a
           Nation
           ;
           that
           made
           him
           to
           
             withhold
             the
             former
             and
             the
             latter
             Rain
          
           in
           its
           Season
           ;
           that
           always
           ruins
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           it
           brings
           ruine
           at
           length
           upon
           the
           Oppressors
           ,
           upon
           such
           
           Jezebel's
           ,
           upon
           
           Ahab's
           ;
           for
           so
           it
           follows
           in
           the
           Prophet
           
             Micah
             ;
             
             Therefore
             thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             Behold
             ,
             against
             this
             Family
             do
             I
             devise
             an
             evil
             ,
             from
             which
             ye
             shall
             not
             remove
             your
             Necks
          
           ;
           No
           ,
           no
           ,
           
           Jezebel's
           Neck
           was
           broke
           out
           of
           a
           Window
           presently
           after
           that
           Sin
           of
           Murder
           and
           Oppression
           
             under
             colour
             of
             Law
          
           ;
           she
           did
           not
           long
           enjoy
           the
           Fruits
           of
           
             her
             Subornation
             of
             Perjury
          
           ,
           but
           was
           thrown
           to
           the
           Dogs
           .
        
         
         
           For
           it
           is
           God's
           Truth
           ,
           
           That
           
             He
             that
             oppresseth
             the
             Poor
             to
             increase
             his
             Riches
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             giveth
             to
             the
             Rich
             shall
             surely
             come
             to
             want
             .
          
           For
           
             Oppression
             and
             Robbery
          
           are
           so
           
             near
             of
             kin
          
           ,
           that
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           puts
           them
           together
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           signify
           
             the
             same
             thing
          
           and
           the
           
             same
             Men
          
           :
           Only
           ,
           the
           Oppressor
           robs
           by
           Law
           ,
           the
           Robber
           robs
           against
           Law
           ;
           the
           Oppressor
           robs
           in
           the
           Gate
           
             under
             colour
             of
             Law
          
           ,
           the
           Robber
           robs
           on
           the
           Kings
           High-Way
           
             in
             desiance
             of
             Law
             ;
             both
             of
             them
          
           always
           (
           or
           at
           least
           most
           commonly
           )
           come
           to
           
             an
             ill
             end
          
           .
        
         
           But
           these
           latter
           are
           
             little
             ,
             Retail-Rogues
          
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           that
           rob
           (
           safely
           they
           think
           ,
           and
           )
           by
           whole-sale
           ,
           and
           brought
           God's
           heavy
           Judgment
           of
           Drought
           and
           Dearth
           upon
           the
           Nation
           of
           Israel
           ,
           in
           the
           Text.
           
        
         
           For
           a
           High-way-Man
           lyes
           at
           catch
           but
           for
           a
           
             small
             parcel
          
           of
           Money
           ,
           but
           these
           (
           like
           the
           Grave
           )
           swallow
           all
           ;
           the
           good
           ,
           the
           bad
           ,
           Life
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           Estate
           ,
           Family
           and
           Posterity
           ,
           root
           and
           branch
           in
           one
           day
           .
           I
           mean
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           
             Trepanners
             ,
             or
             Countenancers
             of
             them
             ,
          
           Sham-Evidence
           ,
           False
           Witnesses
           ,
           whose
           Tongues
           can
           swear
           and
           unswear
           ,
           whose
           Tongues
           perhaps
           have
           cut
           the
           Throats
           of
           many
           a
           poor
           Innocent
           already
           ,
           and
           still
           want
           
             more
             work
             ,
             more
             work
          
           ;
           Men
           of
           no
           Honour
           ,
           no
           Honesty
           ,
           no
           Religion
           ,
           (
           except
           of
           that
           notorious
           and
           bloody
           Religion
           that
           is
           worse
           than
           no
           Religion
           )
           you
           may
           have
           more
           Truth
           ,
           more
           Kindness
           ,
           more
           Fidelity
           ,
           fairer
           quarter
           from
           Insidels
           (
           I
           know
           it
           )
           than
           from
           such
           Bigotted-Catholicks
           ,
           that
           think
           
             it
             is
             Religion
          
           (
           and
           pleasing
           to
           God
           )
           
             to
             cut
             Men's
             Throats
          
           .
        
         
           Which
           yet
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           they
           dare
           not
           do
           always
           in
           the
           down-right
           Godfrey-way
           of
           murdering
           ;
           that
           (
           has
           and
           may
           )
           prove
           dangerous
           ;
           no
           ,
           the
           Devil
           is
           crafty
           ,
           and
           his
           Agents
           and
           Emissaries
           can
           improve
           in
           Wit
           as
           well
           as
           Malice
           ;
           They
           shall
           do
           the
           Feat
           ,
           lay
           their
           Snares
           ,
           catch
           Men
           ,
           (
           not
           ,
           
             in
             the
             Night
             and
             be
             hang'd
          
           )
           but
           at
           Noon-day
           and
           
             by
             Law
          
           ;
           not
           with
           
             cruel
             hands
          
           ,
           but
           (
           a
           way
           worth
           two
           on
           't
           )
           with
           
             venemous
             Tongues
          
           ,
           Tongues
           of
           a
           Serpent
           ,
           
             the
             Poyson
             of
             Asps
             is
             
             under
             their
             Lips
             ,
          
           they
           kill
           sure
           ,
           no
           Law
           can
           hinder
           them
           ;
           nay
           ,
           they
           'll
           make
           the
           Law
           Pimp
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           assist
           them
           in
           the
           Assassinate
           :
        
         
           And
           that
           by
           false
           Oaths
           ,
           false
           Tongues
           ,
           swearing
           pro
           and
           con
           ;
           as
           if
           those
           that
           will
           swear
           you
           twenty
           Oaths
           in
           an
           hour
           for
           God-have-Mercy
           ,
           will
           scruple
           at
           one
           Oath
           for
           Money
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           all
           their
           other
           Oaths
           and
           Sins
           pardoned
           into
           the
           Bargain
           .
        
         
           
             Atheism
             ,
             Blasphemy
          
           and
           Bigottism
           is
           now
           so
           epidemical
           and
           common
           ,
           that
           therefore
           the
           
             wary
             Hollanders
          
           in
           their
           Courts
           of
           Judicature
           pump
           out
           the
           Truth
           ,
           
             not
             by
             Oath
          
           ,
           but
           cross
           and
           sudden
           Interrogatories
           ,
           in
           which
           (
           by
           use
           )
           their
           Judges
           are
           as
           dextrous
           as
           happy
           .
        
         
           But
           by
           
             False
             Oaths
          
           ,
           wicked
           Men
           can
           
             do
             the
             Business
          
           ,
           do
           their
           
             own
             Business
          
           ,
           get
           Rewards
           for
           catching
           innocent
           Men
           ,
           and
           not
           always
           (
           though
           
             sometimes
             )
             the
             Gallows
          
           also
           for
           their
           Pains
           ,
           in
           setting
           
             Snares
             to
             catch
             Men.
          
           
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           Men
           that
           
             can
             also
             do
             any
             Man's
             Business
             ,
          
           how
           innocent
           soever
           ;
           of
           these
           the
           Prophet
           David
           had
           Experience
           ,
           woful
           Experience
           ,
           though
           he
           was
           
             a
             Man
          
           (
           for
           Integrity
           )
           
             after
             God's
             own
             Heart
          
           :
        
         
           And
           the
           good
           Man
           was
           
             at
             his
             Wits
             end
             almost
          
           ,
           and
           knew
           not
           well
           how
           to
           deal
           with
           these
           Men-catchers
           ;
           and
           therefore
           puts
           the
           question
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           knew
           not
           how
           to
           resolve
           it
           ,
           Saying
           —
           
             What
             shall
             be
             given
             unto
             thee
             ?
             
             or
             what
             shall
             be
             done
             unto
             thee
             ,
             thou
             false
             Tongue
             ?
          
        
         
           As
           if
           he
           should
           say
           ;
           How
           should
           
             I
             stop
          
           thy
           Mouth
           ,
           thou
           false
           Tongue
           ?
           
           answering
           in
           the
           next
           Verse
           ,
           
             sharp
             Arrows
             of
             the
             Mighty
             with
             Coals
             of
             Juniper
             :
          
           as
           if
           he
           should
           say
           ;
        
         
           Except
           the
           Mighty
           God
           with
           
             Coals
             of
             Juniper
          
           (
           the
           hottest
           Coals
           )
           stop
           the
           Mouth
           of
           these
           slanderous
           Tongues
           by
           his
           All-seeing
           Power
           (
           some
           unexpected
           Providence
           )
           vain
           is
           the
           help
           of
           Man.
           
        
         
           Therefore
           he
           adds
           —
           
             Wo
             is
             me
             that
             I
             sojourn
             in
             Mesech
          
           —
           amongst
           a
           Pack
           of
           Rogues
           ,
           
           that
           will
           say
           and
           swear
           any
           
           thing
           ;
           what
           hlep
           ?
           He
           flys
           to
           God
           therefore
           and
           prays
           —
           and
           crys
           in
           this
           Distress
           —
           
             Deliver
             my
             Soul
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             
             from
             lying
             Lips
             ,
             and
             a
             from
             deceitful
             Tongue
             .
          
        
         
           And
           this
           Method
           he
           uses
           against
           these
           Trepanners
           ,
           and
           Men-catchers
           ,
           in
           Psal
           .
           140.141
           ,
           142.
           making
           
             these
             three
             Psalms
          
           against
           these
           dangerous
           Fellows
           ,
           
           falling
           to
           his
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           beginning
           with
           the
           
             Letany
             —
             Deliver
             me
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             from
             the
             evil
             Man
             ,
             preserve
             me
             from
             the
             violent
             Man
             ,
          
           (
           or
           the
           Men
           of
           Violence
           )
           
             which
             imagine
             Mischief
             in
             their
             Heart
             ,
             
             continually
             are
             they
             gathered
             together
          
           (
           or
           conspiring
           or
           plotting
           )
           
             for
             War
          
           :
           And
           what
           War
           ?
           what
           Bloodshed
           ?
           not
           that
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           but
           wicked
           Tongues
           ,
           a
           sharper
           Weapon
           ,
           and
           kills
           as
           sure
           ;
           for
           he
           adds
           —
        
         
           
             They
             have
             sharpened
             their
             Tongues
             like
             a
             Serpent
             ,
             
             Adder's
             Poyson
             is
             under
             their
             Lips.
             
          
           Selah
           ;
           or
           ,
           mark
           that
           .
        
         
           And
           Verse
           5.
           
           
             The
             Proud
             have
             hid
             a
             Snare
             for
             me
             ,
             
             and
             Cords
             ,
             they
             have
             spread
             a
             Net
             by
             the
             way-side
             ;
             they
             have
             set
             Grins
             for
             me
             .
          
           Selah
           .
           These
           are
           the
           Snare-layers
           ,
           that
           watch
           for
           Men's
           Words
           to
           catch
           at
           them
           ,
           that
           watch
           for
           Men's
           halting
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           for
           the
           Prophet
           
           Jeremy's
           ,
           when
           he
           heard
           
             the
             defaming
             of
             many
          
           ;
           Fear
           
             on
             every
             side
             ,
             Report
             ,
             
             say
             they
             ,
             and
             we
             will
             report
             it
          
           ;
           with
           advantage
           no
           doubt
           ,
           a
           Lye
           (
           like
           a
           Snow-Ball
           )
           seldom
           loses
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           tumbling
           up
           and
           down
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           in
           answer
           to
           the
           first
           Query
           ,
           I
           have
           given
           you
           
             the
             Character
          
           of
           a
           Man-Catcher
           ;
           and
           though
           I
           have
           not
           skill
           enough
           to
           pourtray
           and
           limn
           
             this
             Limb
          
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           that
           would
           Harrass
           Men
           out
           of
           their
           Lives
           and
           Estates
           ,
           yet
           by
           what
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           you
           cannot
           but
           look
           upon
           him
           as
           the
           
             worst
             of
             Villains
          
           .
        
         
           Q.
           2.
           
           
             Of
             what
          
           do
           these
           Men-catchers
           make
           their
           Snares
           ?
           
        
         
           This
           Question
           is
           not
           so
           easily
           answered
           ;
           for
           the
           Devil
           and
           
             his
             Emissaries
             tutor
          
           them
           and
           find
           them
           stuff
           to
           work
           upon
           ,
           and
           if
           one
           Snare
           break
           ,
           they
           'll
           to
           work
           again
           ,
           and
           will
           try
           if
           
             another
             will
             hold
          
           .
        
         
         
           They
           work
           with
           
             Head
             and
             Heart
          
           ,
           Hand
           and
           Tongue
           and
           Pen
           ,
           but
           always
           privily
           ,
           in
           private-Cabals
           they
           plot
           their
           Work
           ,
           sit
           their
           Engines
           ,
           procure
           their
           Tools
           and
           Instruments
           and
           Engines
           ;
           spare
           for
           no
           pains
           ,
           no
           cost
           ,
           not
           daunted
           with
           any
           ill
           success
           ;
           like
           their
           Master
           ,
           
             running
             to
             and
             fro
             ,
             seeking
             whom
             they
             may
             devour
             .
          
        
         
           Either
           by
           down-right
           Murder
           and
           Ravilliacks
           ,
           taking
           Men's
           Lives
           away
           ;
           that
           Snare
           catches
           Men
           to
           purpose
           .
           It
           was
           a
           Pope
           that
           said
           on
           such
           an
           occasion
           ,
           
             a
             dead
             Dog
             bites
             not
          
           .
        
         
           But
           though
           these
           are
           
             sure
             Snares
          
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           danger
           in
           setting
           them
           ,
           and
           jeopardy
           to
           boot
           ;
           dangerous
           to
           the
           Men-Hunters
           ,
           and
           Men-Catchers
           ;
           murder
           will
           out
           ,
           one
           time
           or
           other
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           the
           surest
           way
           of
           catching
           Innocent
           Men
           ,
           is
           ,
           
           Jezebel's
           -
           way
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           
             Law
             catch
             a
             Man
          
           ,
           (
           as
           Innocent
           Naboth
           )
           and
           kill
           him
           by
           the
           Testimony
           of
           some
           
             Sons
             of
             Belial
          
           ;
           as
           aforesaid
           .
        
         
           Some
           think
           ,
           That
           this
           Sin
           of
           Catching
           ,
           Trapping
           ,
           Ensnaring
           and
           Trepanning
           Men
           by
           Sham-Plots
           and
           Sham-Swearers
           and
           false
           Swearers
           ,
           is
           a
           New-Mode
           ,
           lately
           Invented
           ,
           and
           new
           come
           over
           
             from
             beyond
             Seas
          
           ,
           as
           our
           
             other
             new-Modes
          
           and
           Fashions
           ,
           and
           from
           
             the
             same
             place
          
           too
           :
        
         
           But
           they
           are
           mightily
           mistaken
           ,
           that
           think
           this
           Sin
           of
           ensnaring
           Men
           at
           this
           rate
           is
           a
           new
           Sin
           ,
           and
           never
           (
           or
           but
           lately
           )
           invented
           and
           thought
           of
           ,
           before
           this
           Age
           ,
           so
           fruitful
           and
           luxuriant
           in
           monstrous
           Births
           and
           impious
           Productions
           .
        
         
           For
           you
           see
           already
           that
           this
           Sin
           is
           older
           than
           my
           Text
           ,
           an
           old
           Trick
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           of
           Jezebel
           ,
           of
           Saul
           ,
           of
           
             Ahab
             whom
             Jezebel
             his
             Wife
             stirred
             up
          
           ;
           no
           Sin
           more
           spoken
           of
           in
           Holy
           Scripture
           ,
           no
           Sin
           had
           worse
           Consequence
           ;
           for
           because
           
             of
             Swearing
          
           (
           the
           Prophet
           means
           ,
           Forswearing
           ,
           Perjury
           or
           False-Swearing
           )
           
             the
             Land
             mourneth
          
           ;
           
           as
           well
           as
           for
           what
           goes
           before
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             the
             Land
             is
             full
             of
             Adulterers
             ;
             and
             therefore
          
           also
           the
           Land
           mourneth
           :
           And
           so
           the
           Prophet
           Hosea
           couples
           them
           together
           —
           
             By
             Swearing
             ,
             
             and
             Lying
             ,
             and
             
             Killing
             ,
             and
             committing
             Adultery
             ,
             they
             break
             out
             ,
             and
             Blood
             toucheth
             Blood.
             
          
        
         
           The
           Original
           Word
           for
           Blood
           there
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           plural
           number
           ,
           to
           denote
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Blood
           shed
           already
           by
           those
           False-Swearers
           ,
           Affidavit-Men
           and
           Men-catchers
           ,
           a
           dangerous
           as
           well
           as
           a
           bloody
           Crew
           .
        
         
           Quest.
           3.
           
           How
           and
           where
           do
           they
           lay
           these
           Snares
           ?
           
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           always
           in
           the
           Dark
           ,
           
             privily
             do
             they
             shoot
             ,
             and
             fear
             not
             ,
          
           for
           their
           Works
           are
           Works
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           their
           Engineer
           the
           Prince
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           and
           the
           Whore
           in
           the
           Revelations
           (
           that
           has
           Mystery
           writ
           in
           her
           Forehead
           )
           disciplines
           them
           in
           
             this
             Mystery
          
           of
           Iniquity
           ,
           
           in
           
             laying
             Snares
             to
             catch
             Men.
          
           
        
         
           But
           always
           they
           set
           their
           Snares
           
             by
             Night
          
           (
           I
           mean
           )
           
             by
             dark
          
           ,
           
           they
           hope
           no
           Body
           sees
           them
           ;
           
           but
           he
           
             that
             is
             higher
             than
             the
             highest
             regardeth
             ,
             and
             there
             are
             higher
             than
             they
             .
          
        
         
           Holy
           David
           compares
           these
           lurking
           Catch-Poles
           ,
           these
           Knights
           of
           the
           Post
           ,
           (
           that
           wait
           in
           all
           Companies
           ,
           and
           plye
           in
           all
           Assemblies
           )
           unto
           a
           
             Lion
             lurking
             in
             his
             Den
          
           ,
           
           or
           in
           secret
           places
           ,
           lying
           in
           wait
           privily
           and
           undder
           some
           Covert
           (
           perhaps
           of
           the
           righteous
           Law
           )
           to
           catch
           Men
           ,
           to
           catch
           their
           Prey
           .
        
         
           Where
           Men
           walk
           ,
           where
           Men
           talk
           ,
           
             by
             the
             way-side
          
           ,
           
           says
           David
           ,
           they
           insinuate
           into
           all
           Companies
           ,
           all
           Business
           ,
           all
           Assemblies
           ,
           where
           they
           can
           get
           admittance
           ,
           they
           are
           never
           out
           of
           their
           way
           ;
           catch
           at
           the
           Words
           of
           a
           Minister
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           of
           a
           Judg
           upon
           the
           Bench
           ,
           
             laying
             Snares
             for
             him
             that
             reproveth
             in
             the
             Gate
             ,
          
           trepanning
           their
           very
           Comrades
           ,
           their
           Friends
           and
           Familiars
           ,
           like
           
           Jeremy's
           Companions
           ,
           Jer.
           20.10
           .
           
             All
             my
             Familiars
             waited
             for
             my
             halting
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Peradventure
             he
             will
             be
             enticed
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             prevail
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             take
             our
             Revenge
             on
             him
             .
          
        
         
           But
           this
           they
           always
           do
           with
           all
           Privacy
           imaginable
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           under
           an
           
             Oath
             of
             Secrecy
          
           ,
           to
           pump
           the
           deeper
           ,
           under
           Colour
           of
           Friendship
           ,
           or
           under
           colour
           of
           some
           doubtful
           Word
           that
           will
           bear
           two
           Sences
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           always
           
           take
           it
           in
           the
           worst
           Sence
           and
           the
           wrong
           Sence
           ,
           and
           
             inconsistent
             in
             Sence
          
           ,
           and
           incoherent
           with
           all
           former
           or
           subsequent
           Discourse
           ,
           or
           make
           Additions
           ,
           
             Villainous
             Additions
          
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           these
           are
           the
           Dark-Lanthorn-Men
           ,
           that
           like
           Faux
           ,
           walk
           with
           a
           Vizard
           on
           ,
           the
           Vizard
           of
           Honesty
           ,
           of
           Religion
           ,
           Friendship
           ,
           or
           ,
           perhaps
           of
           good
           Fellowship
           ,
           laying
           thus
           
             their
             Snares
          
           secretly
           and
           in
           the
           Dark
           ,
           
           
             to
             catch
             Men
          
           ;
           Psal
           .
           142.3
           .
           
             In
             the
             way
          
           (
           saith
           Holy
           David
           ,
           of
           my
           Employ
           ,
           my
           Trade
           ,
           my
           Business
           )
           
             wherein
             I
             walked
             ,
             have
             they
             privily
             laid
             a
             Snare
             for
             me
             .
          
        
         
           Fourthly
           and
           Lastly
           ,
           
           let
           us
           consider
           the
           
             Issue
             and
             Effect
          
           of
           these
           Catch-Poles
           ,
           these
           Men-catchers
           ,
           these
           Judas-ses
           ,
           these
           Trepanners
           ;
           (
           For
           I
           know
           ,
           you
           would
           gladly
           see
           their
           Exit
           and
           Departure
           .
           )
        
         
           They
           do
           not
           all
           (
           like
           Judas
           their
           Brother
           )
           hang
           themselves
           ,
           
           otherwise
           than
           as
           their
           own
           Facts
           bring
           them
           to
           the
           Gallows
           ,
           and
           the
           Pit
           they
           have
           digged
           for
           others
           they
           fall
           into
           themselves
           .
           Thus
           Holy
           David
           prayed
           against
           these
           Men
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           but
           God
           Almighty
           heard
           his
           Prayers
           —
           
             Grant
             not
             ,
             
             O
             Lord
             ,
             the
             desires
             of
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             further
             not
             his
             wicked
             device
             ,
             lest
             they
             exalt
             themselves
             .
          
           Selah
           .
           
             As
             for
             the
             Head
             of
             those
             that
             compass
             me
             about
             ,
             in
             the
             mischief
             of
             their
             own
             Lips
             cover
             them
             .
             
             Let
             the
             Wicked
             fall
             into
             their
             own
             Nets
             ,
             whilst
             that
             I
             withal
             escape
             .
          
        
         
           
             Deliver
             me
             from
             my
             Persecutors
             ,
             
             for
             they
             are
             stronger
             than
             I.
             Bring
             my
             Soul
             out
             of
             Prison
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             praise
             thy
             Name
             .
          
           It
           seems
           they
           had
           got
           the
           Holy
           Man
           into
           Goal
           ,
           
             these
             Men-catchers
             had
             catch'd
             him
          
           ,
           and
           holed
           him
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           hold
           him
           ;
           he
           out-lived
           the
           Malice
           of
           these
           Men-catchers
           .
        
         
           But
           yet
           it
           is
           as
           true
           ,
           that
           God
           in
           his
           secret
           Wisdom
           
             does
             suffer
          
           these
           Trepanners
           to
           prosper
           a
           while
           in
           their
           Roguery
           ;
           and
           seems
           to
           hide
           his
           Eyes
           whilst
           his
           Beloved
           may
           be
           
             sore
             smitten
             in
             the
             place
             of
             Dragons
             ,
             
             and
             be
             covered
             with
             the
             shadow
             of
             Death
             ,
             though
             for
             his
             sake
             ,
             they
             be
             killed
             all
             the
             day
             long
             ,
             and
             are
             counted
             as
             Sheep
             for
             the
             Slaughter
             ,
          
           whilst
           Almighty
           
           God
           
             seems
             to
             sleep
          
           ,
           and
           
             cast
             them
             off
             for
             ever
             ,
             hiding
             his
             Face
             ,
             and
             forgetting
             their
             Affliction
             and
             their
             Oppression
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whilst
             the
             Wicked
             say
             ,
             Tush
             ,
             God
             hath
             forgotten
             ,
             
             he
             hideth
             his
             Face
             ,
             he
             will
             never
             see
             it
             .
          
        
         
           And
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           that
           
             Atheism
             and
             Irreligion
          
           is
           the
           great
           cause
           of
           these
           Evils
           of
           Swearing
           ,
           Forswearing
           ,
           Perjury
           and
           Blasphemy
           amongst
           us
           ;
           together
           with
           that
           false
           Religion
           ,
           that
           deems
           it
           lawful
           to
           
             do
             evil
             that
             good
             may
             come
             thereof
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           (
           however
           )
           can
           give
           a
           Pardon
           for
           the
           worst
           of
           Enormities
           and
           Villanies
           ;
           nay
           ,
           can
           Saint
           a
           Villain
           ,
           a
           Clement
           ,
           a
           Murderer
           ,
           a
           Ravilliack
           for
           Murder
           and
           King-killing
           .
        
         
           Betwixt
           this
           Religion
           and
           no
           Religion
           there
           goes
           but
           a
           pair
           of
           Sheers
           ,
           they
           are
           all
           of
           a
           Piece
           ,
           and
           the
           ground-work
           of
           this
           Religion
           and
           no
           Religion
           ,
           is
           
             one
             and
             the
             same
          
           ,
           A
           theism
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           ;
           The
           subtile
           Grandees
           and
           Engineers
           that
           set
           the
           bigotted
           Wheels
           at
           work
           ,
           saying
           in
           their
           Heart
           ,
           There
           is
           no
           God
           ;
           as
           that
           Pope
           Leo
           10.
           that
           was
           such
           a
           Fool
           as
           to
           discover
           his
           Atheism
           ,
           in
           a
           jolly
           Fit
           ,
           or
           to
           shew
           his
           Wit
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           above
           the
           foppish
           Ceremonies
           of
           that
           Superstition
           ,
           could
           not
           forbear
           his
           villanous
           Poetry
           ,
           in
           another
           place
           recited
           ,
           
             —
             
               Hem
               !
               quantum
               reddit
               nobis
               haec
               fabula
               Christi
               !
            
          
        
         
           I
           am
           sure
           this
           Temper
           or
           Distemper
           of
           Atheism
           drew
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Blood
           ,
           good
           and
           bad
           ,
           from
           
             Israel
             and
             Judah
          
           ,
           and
           made
           their
           Iniquity
           to
           be
           exceeding
           great
           ,
           
           and
           filled
           
             the
             Land
             full
             of
             Blood
             ,
             and
             the
             City
             full
             of
             Injustice
             and
             Oppression
             :
          
           (
           for
           so
           the
           word
           Perverseness
           is
           rendred
           ,
           
             wresting
             of
             Judgment
          
           in
           the
           Margent
           )
           And
           the
           reason
           of
           these
           Mischiefs
           ,
           is
           there
           given
           by
           the
           Prophet
           Ezekiel
           ,
           at
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           Verse
           ,
           to
           be
           Atheism
           —
           
             For
             they
             say
             ,
             The
             Lord
             hath
             forsaken
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             seeth
             not
             .
          
           Like
           those
           in
           Malachi
           ,
           that
           say
           ,
           
           
             Every
             one
             that
             doeth
             evil
             is
             good
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             he
             delighteth
             in
             them
             ;
             or
             ,
             Where
             is
             the
             God
             of
             
             Judgment
             ?
          
           Where
           ?
           No
           where
           sure
           ,
           saith
           the
           Atheist
           ,
           or
           else
           he
           is
           like
           Baal
           ,
           
           and
           busy
           ,
           either
           he
           is
           talking
           ,
           or
           he
           is
           pursuing
           ,
           or
           is
           in
           a
           Journey
           ,
           or
           takes
           a
           Nap
           at
           present
           ,
           and
           sleepeth
           and
           must
           be
           awakened
           .
        
         
           
             Poor
             Worms
          
           !
           Yet
           these
           are
           the
           Blades
           of
           our
           Times
           ,
           and
           the
           Men
           of
           Valour
           ,
           they
           dare
           strut
           ,
           like
           those
           Gyants
           of
           old
           that
           bid
           Heaven
           Battel
           ,
           and
           bid
           defiance
           to
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           blaspheme
           him
           to
           his
           Face
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           ever
           pray
           to
           him
           ,
           't
           is
           only
           in
           Jeer
           ,
           as
           when
           they
           pray
           to
           God
           to
           
             damne
             them
          
           ,
           damn
           them
           :
        
         
           
             All
             in
             good
             time
          
           ;
           And
           yet
           these
           plumed
           Whiflers
           shall
           (
           like
           Caligula
           )
           seek
           a
           Cellar
           or
           Cave
           to
           hide
           their
           Heads
           in
           ,
           when
           it
           does
           but
           Thunder
           ,
           and
           their
           Hearts
           tremble
           and
           quake
           at
           every
           crack
           of
           Thunder
           :
        
         
           Or
           ,
           if
           Death
           do
           but
           stare
           them
           in
           the
           Face
           ,
           through
           the
           Casement
           of
           Sickness
           ,
           old
           Age
           ,
           Pestilence
           ,
           or
           in
           a
           Battel
           ,
           then
           any
           Privy-hole
           or
           Hollow-Tree
           ,
           is
           worth
           all
           the
           World
           to
           them
           ,
           to
           hide
           their
           Heads
           in
           .
        
         
           Ay
           ,
           but
           like
           that
           Egyptian
           ,
           King
           Pharaoh
           ,
           let
           but
           their
           Fears
           be
           over
           ,
           and
           their
           Lusts
           that
           rule
           them
           make
           them
           Atheists
           again
           ,
           or
           willing
           to
           be
           Atheists
           again
           ,
           and
           they
           strut
           again
           ,
           and
           cry
           ,
           damn
           them
           again
           ,
           and
           the
           little
           Peacocks
           shreame
           out
           and
           yawleamain
           ,
           pluming
           themselves
           :
        
         
           Thus
           when
           Pharaoh
           saw
           that
           the
           
             Rain
             ,
             and
             the
             Hail
             ,
             and
             the
             Thunders
             were
             ceased
             ,
             
             he
             sinned
             yet
             more
             ,
             and
             hardened
             his
             Heart
             ,
             he
             and
             his
             Servants
             .
          
        
         
           And
           I'lle
           assure
           you
           ,
           these
           People
           think
           themselves
           of
           the
           subtlest
           Mould
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           Wits
           refin'd
           from
           the
           common
           Dreggs
           of
           Opinions
           ,
           imbib'd
           in
           Infancy
           and
           a
           Religious
           Education
           ,
           and
           are
           in
           all
           Men's
           Opinions
           (
           as
           well
           as
           their
           own
           )
           
             no
             small
             Fools
          
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           course
           Complement
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           to
           Men
           of
           their
           Pregnancy
           ,
           but
           I
           learn'd
           it
           a
           long
           time
           ago
           in
           my
           Psalter
           ,
           
           
             The
             Fool
             hath
             said
             in
             his
             Heart
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             God.
             
          
        
         
           He
           cannot
           say
           so
           in
           his
           Head
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           Business
           in
           
           it
           ,
           or
           any
           
             Eyes
             to
             see
          
           (
           the
           Earth
           ,
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           the
           Sun
           ,
           the
           Moon
           ,
           the
           Stars
           ,
           that
           keep
           their
           Courses
           ,
           whose
           Mover
           and
           Maker
           is
           God
           )
           but
           
             he
             says
             so
             in
             his
             Heart
             ,
          
           (
           that
           is
           )
           he
           
             wishes
             and
             prays
          
           so
           in
           his
           Heart
           that
           there
           were
           no
           God.
           
        
         
           God
           (
           there
           )
           in
           the
           Original
           is
           Elohim
           ,
           not
           
             Jehovah
             .
             Jehovah
          
           signifies
           God
           as
           he
           is
           Eternal
           and
           Self-Existent
           ;
           but
           Elohim
           signifies
           God
           as
           he
           is
           a
           Judg
           ,
           and
           so
           this
           Psalmist
           uses
           the
           Word
           in
           Psal
           .
           82.6
           .
           
             I
             have
             said
             ye
             are
             Gods
             ;
             
             Elohim
             ,
          
           Judges
           or
           Magistrates
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Fool
           could
           be
           content
           there
           was
           a
           Jehovah
           ,
           a
           good
           and
           merciful
           God
           ;
           but
           he
           cannot
           in
           his
           Heart
           (
           which
           accuses
           and
           condemns
           him
           )
           desire
           an
           Elohim
           ,
           which
           is
           greater
           than
           our
           Heart
           ,
           and
           knoweth
           all
           things
           ,
           even
           the
           secrets
           of
           the
           Heart
           ,
           the
           secret
           Plottings
           ,
           Conspiracies
           ,
           Perjuries
           ,
           and
           black
           Villanies
           hatch'd
           in
           Hell
           and
           in
           
             the
             dark
          
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           secret
           Adulteries
           ,
           Sodomies
           ,
           and
           Abominations
           not
           to
           be
           named
           ,
           whilst
           the
           Atheistical
           Committers
           of
           these
           Impieties
           ,
           like
           those
           Antients
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Israel
           ,
           that
           did
           their
           Idolatry
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           
           
             every
             Man
             in
             the
             Chambers
             of
             his
             Imagery
             ;
             for
             they
             say
             ,
             The
             Lord
             seeth
             us
             not
             ,
             the
             Lord
             hath
             forsaken
             the
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Then
             said
             he
             unto
             me
             ,
             Hast
             thou
             seen
             this
             ,
             O
             Son
             of
             Man
             ?
             
             Is
             it
             a
             light
             thing
             to
             the
             House
             of
          
           Judah
           ,
           
             that
             they
             commit
             the
             Abominations
             which
             they
             commit
             here
             ?
          
        
         
           
             For
             they
             have
             filled
             the
             Land
             with
             Violence
             ,
             and
             have
             returned
             to
             provoke
             me
             to
             Anger
             :
             and
             lo
             ,
             they
             put
             the
             Branch
             to
             their
             Nose
             .
          
        
         
           
             Therefore
             will
             I
             also
          
           (
           saith
           God
           )
           
             deal
             in
             Fury
             ;
             mine
             Eye
             shall
             not
             spare
             ,
             neither
             will
             I
             have
             Pity
             ,
             and
             though
             they
             cry
             in
             mine
             Ears
             with
             a
             loud
             Voice
             ,
             yet
             will
             I
             not
             hear
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Therefore
           
             go
             dance
          
           ,
           you
           Atheists
           !
           and
           ye
           that
           curse
           and
           damn
           ,
           swear
           and
           forswear
           ,
           and
           kick
           up
           your
           heels
           at
           Heaven
           ,
           go
           dance
           ,
           like
           Murderers
           in
           a
           Goal
           (
           with
           your
           Shackles
           on
           )
           and
           think
           every
           day
           a
           play
           day
           till
           the
           Assizes
           come
           .
        
         
         
           
             Go
             Rant
          
           ,
           
           and
           damn
           your selves
           ,
           and
           say
           with
           your
           Brethren
           (
           in
           Isaiah
           )
           
             We
             have
             made
             a
             Covenant
             with
             Death
             ,
             and
             with
             Hell
             are
             we
             at
             agreement
             .
          
        
         
           
             When
             the
             overflowing
             Scourge
             shall
             pass
             through
             ,
             it
             shall
             not
             come
             unto
             us
             ;
             for
             we
             have
             made
             Lies
             our
             Refuge
             ,
             and
             under
             falsehood
             have
             we
             hid
             our selves
             :
             But
             ,
             your
             Covenant
             with
             Death
             shall
             be
             disanulled
             ,
             and
             your
             agreement
             with
             Hell
             shall
             not
             stand
             ;
             when
             the
             overflowing
             Scourge
             shall
             pass
             through
             ,
             then
             ye
             shall
             be
             troden
             down
             by
             it
             .
          
        
         
           One
           would
           think
           that
           no
           Man
           should
           be
           so
           Purblind
           and
           Beetle-brow'd
           as
           to
           be
           an
           Atheist
           ;
           who
           can
           chuse
           but
           they
           must
           visibly
           see
           God's
           Almighty
           hand
           stretched
           out
           ,
           in
           Judgments
           ,
           in
           Mercies
           ,
           in
           overthrowing
           a
           mighty
           Oppressor
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           by
           a
           Jehu
           ,
           as
           very
           an
           Oppressor
           as
           he
           that
           he
           overthrew
           ,
           and
           treading
           in
           the
           same
           arbitrary
           and
           tyrannical
           Oppression
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           very
           steps
           of
           his
           Predecessor
           ,
           down
           tumbles
           he
           too
           ;
           and
           this
           
             divine
             Justice
          
           is
           visible
           to
           any
           Man
           of
           Observance
           or
           common-Understanding
           ;
           the
           Heathen's
           called
           this
           Divine
           Vengeance
           —
           Nemesis
           ;
           and
           the
           Heathen
           Poet
           could
           not
           but
           observe
           it
           ,
           when
           he
           said
           —
           
             
               
                 Rarò
                 antecedentem
                 Scelestum
                 deseruit
                 poena
                 pede
                 claudo
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Gouty
               Judg
               comes
               limping
               ,
               makes
               no
               haste
               ;
            
             
               But
               he
               'll
               strike
               home
               and
               heavy
               at
               the
               last
               .
            
          
        
         
           Lord
           ,
           
           (
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           )
           
             when
             thy
             hand
             is
             lifted
             up
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             see
             :
             but
             they
             shall
             see
             and
             be
             ashamed
             for
             their
             Envy
             towards
             thy
             People
             ,
             the
             Fire
             of
             thine
             Enemies
             shall
             devour
             them
             .
          
        
         
           But
           Words
           are
           lost
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           Holy
           Scripture
           Words
           are
           lost
           on
           these
           stout
           Hectors
           ,
           Atheists
           ,
           false
           Witnesses
           ,
           Men-Catchers
           ,
           Catch-Poles
           ,
           and
           Sham-Evidence
           .
        
         
           God
           bless
           us
           all
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           grant
           we
           may
           never
           come
           into
           their
           Clutches
           ,
           or
           within
           the
           reach
           and
           probability
           of
           
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           
             their
             Oaths
             ,
             the
             Snares
          
           wherewith
           they
           catch
           Men
           ,
           many
           honest
           Men
           ,
           useful
           Men
           ;
           nay
           ,
           therefore
           these
           Men-catchers
           lay
           their
           Snares
           and
           their
           Oathing-Gins
           to
           catch
           them
           ;
           because
           they
           are
           honest
           and
           useful
           ,
           and
           stand
           just
           in
           the
           way
           to
           hinder
           their
           villanous
           Plots
           and
           Designs
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           go
           on
           ,
           and
           swear
           and
           damn
           your selves
           to
           the
           Pit
           of
           Hell
           ,
           and
           let
           Men
           persuade
           you
           there
           's
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           Hell
           ;
           at
           worst
           ,
           but
           a
           kind
           of
           Purgatory
           ,
           (
           a
           certain
           refining
           Crucible
           ,
           only
           to
           take
           away
           your
           Dross
           )
           and
           for
           a
           little
           Money
           ,
           or
           killing
           two
           or
           three
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           that
           warm
           Hot-House
           too
           may
           be
           avoided
           .
        
         
           Make
           these
           Lyes
           your
           Refuge
           ,
           and
           under
           these
           falshoods
           hide
           your selves
           ,
           there
           's
           little
           hopes
           to
           convert
           a
           Judas
           ,
           they
           'll
           be
           hang'd
           first
           ,
           or
           hang
           themselves
           first
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           ,
           and
           damn
           themselves
           first
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           .
        
         
           Oh!
           but
           they
           'll
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           a
           difficult
           thing
           to
           prove
           a
           Rogue
           perjur'd
           ,
           and
           an
           Affidavit-Man
           ,
           and
           an
           Evidence
           shall
           find
           Favour
           and
           Friends
           ,
           't
           is
           hopeful
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           swear
           (
           say
           they
           )
           to
           catch
           and
           trap
           a
           Man
           out
           of
           his
           Life
           and
           Estate
           ,
           we
           are
           upon
           our
           Oaths
           ,
           (
           
             so
             are
             they
             every
             hour
             of
             the
             day
             but
             when
             they
             sleep
             ,
          
           but
           no
           sooner
           awake
           ,
           but
           the
           first
           is
           a
           Prayer
           to
           God
           ,
           Damn
           me
           )
           none
           can
           contradict
           us
           ,
           the
           Jury
           is
           bound
           to
           believe
           us
           
             (
             whether
             they
             will
             or
             no
             ,
             and
             in
             spight
             of
             their
             Heart
             and
             Conscience
             )
          
           they
           must
           go
           according
           to
           their
           Evidence
           ,
           
             (
             Yes
             ,
             yes
             ,
             the
             Juries
             well
             know
             their
             Duty
             ,
             well
             know
             you
             and
             your
             Evidence
             too
             )
          
           none
           know
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           is
           not
           an
           Oath
           an
           Oath
           ?
        
         
           
             Yes
             ,
             Yes
          
           ,
           an
           Oath
           is
           an
           Oath
           ,
           and
           an
           honest
           Man's
           Oath
           is
           intended
           for
           the
           
             decision
             of
             all
             Strife
          
           ;
           an
           Oath
           is
           not
           to
           make
           Strife
           ,
           nor
           to
           draw
           Blood
           ,
           nor
           to
           drill
           Men
           out
           of
           their
           Estates
           and
           Honours
           .
           And
           though
           none
           know
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           but
           God
           Almighty
           ;
           yet
           they
           go
           on
           and
           say
           ,
           
             Before
             Death
             and
             the
             day
             of
             Judgment
             ,
             we
             'll
             repent
             and
             get
             a
             Pardon
             from
             our
             Ghostly
             Father
          
           ;
           nay
           ,
           perhaps
           they
           have
           one
           before
           hand
           in
           their
           Pockets
           ,
           
             sub
             Sigillo
             Prscatoris
             ,
             vel
             Sacerdotis
             .
          
        
         
         
           But
           your
           Ghostly
           Father
           ,
           nor
           their
           Father
           —
           
             Pa-Pa-Pater
             Patrum
          
           ,
           cannot
           deliver
           the
           false-Swearers
           and
           Men-catchers
           from
           the
           just
           Judgment
           and
           Discovery
           of
           the
           Father
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           who
           protests
           he
           will
           be
           both
           Judg
           and
           Jury
           and
           Witness
           too
           against
           the
           false
           Swearers
           ,
           Adulterers
           and
           Oppressors
           ,
           
           Mal.
           3.5
           .
           
             I
             will
             come
             near
             to
             you
             to
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             be
             a
             swift
             Witness
             against
             the
             Sorcerers
             ,
             and
             against
             the
             Adulterers
             ,
             and
             against
             false
             Swearers
             ,
             and
             against
             those
             that
             oppress
             the
             Hireling
             in
             his
             Wages
             ,
             the
             Widow
             and
             Fatherless
             ,
             and
             that
             turn
             aside
             the
             Stranger
             from
             his
             right
             ,
             and
             fear
             not
             me
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             .
          
        
         
           What
           is
           Man
           ,
           or
           Men
           ,
           without
           the
           comfort
           of
           Society
           ?
           what
           commerce
           or
           Felicity
           in
           the
           World
           without
           Society
           be
           secur'd
           ?
           Away
           —
           
             ye
             Pests
             to
             all
             Society
          
           ,
           away
           —
           ye
           that
           are
           the
           Plague
           of
           Mankind
           and
           all
           commerce
           ;
           who
           can
           be
           safe
           ,
           if
           a
           severe
           course
           be
           not
           taken
           with
           ye
           Judas-ses
           ,
           that
           betray
           innocent
           Blood
           ?
           Repent
           ,
           repent
           ,
           as
           your
           Brother
           Judas
           did
           ,
           and
           say
           with
           him
           ,
           
             I
             have
             sinned
             in
             betraying
             innocent
             Blood
             ,
          
           and
           restore
           the
           thirty
           pieces
           of
           Silver
           ,
           
             the
             price
             of
             Blood
          
           ,
           but
           make
           not
           the
           Kingdom
           an
           Akeldama
           ,
           or
           Field
           of
           Blood.
           
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           say
           that
           all
           Sins
           are
           crying
           Sins
           ,
           and
           bring
           Judgments
           on
           a
           Kingdom
           and
           Nation
           ,
           but
           this
           Sin
           of
           Injustice
           and
           Oppression
           under
           colour
           of
           Law
           and
           Justice
           ,
           by
           false
           Swearing
           and
           Sham-Evidence
           ,
           catching
           and
           trapping
           Men
           ,
           is
           certainly
           a
           
             crying
             Sin
          
           ,
           and
           brought
           God's
           Judgments
           ,
           his
           dreadful
           Judgments
           upon
           Sodom
           ,
           the
           cry
           of
           whose
           Sins
           was
           so
           loud
           as
           to
           reach
           up
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           Gen.
           18.20
           ,
           21.
           
        
         
           And
           what
           were
           the
           Sins
           of
           Sodom
           ?
           mark
           them
           well
           ,
           as
           the
           Prophet
           Ezekiel
           numbers
           them
           to
           the
           Men
           of
           Israel
           to
           make
           them
           beware
           .
        
         
           
             As
             I
             live
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
          
           
           Sodom
           
             thy
             Sister
             hath
             not
             done
             ,
             she
             nor
             her
             Daughters
             ,
             as
             thou
             hast
             done
             ,
             thou
             and
             thy
             Daughters
             .
             Behold
             ,
             this
             was
             the
             Iniquity
             of
             thy
             Sister
          
           Sodom
           ;
           
             Pride
             ,
             fullness
             of
             Bread
             ,
             and
             abundance
             of
             Idleness
             was
             in
             her
             ,
             
             and
             in
             her
             Daughters
             ,
             neither
             did
             she
             strengthen
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             poor
             and
             needy
             .
          
        
         
           
             So
             that
             even
             withdrawing
             of
             Justice
             ,
             or
             oppressing
             the
             needy
             ,
          
           is
           a
           crying
           Sin
           ,
           and
           destroyed
           Sodom
           ,
           and
           Israel
           too
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           this
           Sin
           of
           false-Swearing
           ,
           and
           Oppression
           ,
           or
           catching-Men
           by
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Catch-Poles
           and
           Sham-Evidence
           ,
           has
           been
           an
           old
           Sin
           that
           ruin'd
           King
           Ahab
           and
           Queen
           Jezebel
           ,
           almost
           ruin'd
           their
           Kingdom
           by
           a
           great
           Drought
           ,
           it
           rained
           not
           for
           the
           space
           of
           three
           years
           ,
           so
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Famine
           and
           Mortality
           ,
           they
           had
           scarce
           any
           Grass
           or
           
             Wator
             to
             keep
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Beasts
             alive
             .
          
           1
           Kings
           18.5
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           this
           Sin
           ,
           though
           a
           common
           (
           too
           too
           common
           Sin
           )
           is
           seldom
           touch'd
           upon
           in
           Pulpits
           ,
           though
           none
           more
           declaim'd
           against
           in
           Holy
           Writ
           ;
           some
           Ministers
           will
           not
           ,
           and
           some
           cannot
           ,
           and
           some
           dare
           not
           give
           
             these
             Devils
             their
             due
          
           ,
           by
           a
           just
           and
           sharp
           Reproof
           ,
           I
           mean
           these
           false-Swearers
           ,
           Catch-Poles
           ,
           and
           Sham-Plotters
           ,
           and
           Sham-Evidence
           ,
           that
           lay
           their
           
             Snares
             privily
             to
             catch
             Men.
          
           
        
         
           Let
           Papists
           call
           this
           a
           
             Venial
             Sin
          
           ,
           we
           know
           't
           is
           Mortal
           ,
           't
           is
           Fatal
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           crying
           Sin.
           
        
         
           How
           conscientious
           was
           good
           Samuel
           to
           assoil
           himself
           of
           this
           Sin
           before
           all
           the
           People
           ,
           before
           he
           left
           his
           Office
           of
           chief
           Magistrate
           ;
           though
           not
           in
           the
           least
           Guilty
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           12.3
           .
           
             Behold
             ,
             here
             I
             am
             ,
             witness
             against
             me
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             before
             his
             Anointed
             :
             Whose
             Ox
             have
             I
             taken
             ?
             or
             whose
             Ass
             have
             I
             taken
             ?
             or
             whom
             have
             I
             defranded
             ?
             whom
             have
             I
             oppressed
             ?
             or
             of
             whose
             hand
             have
             I
             received
             any
             Bribe
             to
             blind
             mine
             Eyes
             therewith
             ?
             And
             I
             will
             restore
             it
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             they
             said
             ,
             Thou
             hast
             not
             defrauded
             us
             ,
             nor
             oppressed
             us
             ,
             neither
             hast
             thou
             taken
             ought
             of
             any
             Man's
             Hand
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             he
             said
             unto
             them
             ,
             The
             Lord
             is
             Witness
             against
             you
             ,
             and
             his
             Anointed
             is
             Witness
             this
             day
             ,
             that
             ye
             have
             not
             found
             ought
             in
             my
             hands
             .
             And
             they
             answered
             ,
             he
             is
             Witness
             .
          
        
         
           What
           care
           was
           here
           to
           get
           a
           
             publick
             and
             general
             Acquittance
          
           (
           that
           he
           had
           not
           exercised
           Arbitrary
           Government
           ,
           
           Injustice
           ,
           Fraud
           or
           Oppression
           )
           before
           he
           left
           his
           place
           :
           Is
           not
           this
           better
           than
           to
           be
           turned
           out
           for
           these
           Crimes
           ?
           and
           become
           the
           
             common
             odium
          
           and
           object
           of
           the
           People's
           Hatred
           and
           just
           Indignation
           ,
           besides
           the
           stings
           and
           stigmatizings
           of
           a
           gauled
           and
           wounded
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           you
           that
           are
           Magistrates
           have
           a
           fair
           Example
           here
           ,
           
           as
           well
           as
           fair
           warning
           ,
           against
           all
           Injustice
           ,
           Fraud
           ,
           Oppression
           and
           Wrong
           ;
           or
           countenancing
           and
           abetting
           all
           unjust
           or
           Sham-Prosecutions
           ,
           plotted
           by
           wicked
           Men
           (
           that
           make
           no
           Conscience
           of
           a
           thousand
           Oaths
           )
           and
           yet
           can
           ensnare
           and
           catch
           Men
           by
           virtue
           of
           one
           Oath
           ,
           to
           the
           ruine
           of
           Life
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           Estate
           and
           Posterity
           .
        
         
           
             Seek
             Judgment
             ,
             
             relieve
             the
             Oppressed
             ,
             judg
             the
             Fatherless
             ,
             plead
             for
             the
             Widow
             .
          
           What
           though
           these
           Catch-Poles
           or
           Catch-Men
           say
           ,
           
           as
           their
           Brethren
           did
           ,
           Psal
           .
           12.4
           .
           
             With
             our
             Tongue
             will
             we
             prevail
             ,
             our
             Lips
             are
             our
             own
             :
             Who
             is
             Lord
             over
             us
             ?
          
           And
           yet
           this
           lawless
           Wretch
           is
           described
           two
           Psalms
           before
           to
           be
           one
           ,
           
           
             whose
             Mouth
             is
             full
             of
             cursing
             and
             deceit
             and
             fraud
             :
             under
             his
             Tongue
             is
             Mischief
             and
             Vanity
             ,
          
           (
           Heb.
           Iniquity
           .
           )
        
         
           
             He
             sitteth
             in
             the
             lurking
             places
             of
             the
             Villages
             ,
             in
             the
             secret
             places
             doth
             he
             murther
             the
             Innocent
             ,
             his
             Eyes
             are
             privily
             set
             against
             the
             Poor
             .
          
        
         
           
             He
             lyeth
             in
             wait
             secretly
             ,
             as
             a
             Lion
             in
             his
             Den
             ,
             he
             lyeth
             in
             wait
             to
             catch
             the
             Poor
             when
             he
             draweth
             him
             into
             his
             Net.
             
          
        
         
           
             He
             croucheth
             and
             humbleth
             himself
             ,
             that
             the
             Poor
             may
             fall
             by
             his
             strong
             ones
             .
          
        
         
           
             He
             hath
             said
             in
             his
             Heart
             ,
             God
             hath
             forgotten
             ,
             he
             hideth
             his
             Face
             ,
             he
             will
             never
             see
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Arise
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
             lift
             up
             thine
             hand
             ,
             forget
             not
             the
             Humble
             .
             (
             Heb.
          
           humbled
           or
           afflicted
           .
           )
        
         
           And
           God
           heard
           this
           Prayer
           ;
           for
           Psal
           .
           12
           5.
           we
           read
           —
        
         
           
             For
             the
             oppression
             of
             the
             Poor
             ,
             
             for
             the
             sighing
             of
             the
             Needy
             ,
             now
             will
             I
             arise
             (
             faith
             the
             Lord
             )
             I
             will
             set
             him
             in
             safety
             from
             him
             that
             puffeth
             at
             him
             ,
             (
             Heb.
             
          
           Him
           that
           would
           ensnare
           him
           .
           )
        
         
         
           Though
           I
           had
           not
           read
           it
           to
           you
           this
           Morning
           in
           the
           
             second
             Lesson
          
           ,
           (
           so
           fresh
           in
           your
           Memories
           ,
           )
           
           yet
           there
           are
           few
           of
           you
           but
           know
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Plot
           ,
           a
           horrid
           Plot
           and
           Conspiracy
           by
           the
           Chief
           Priests
           and
           Scribes
           against
           our
           blessed
           Redeemer's
           Life
           and
           
             willing
             enough
             they
             were
             to
             kill
             him
             ,
             but
             they
             feared
             the
             People
             .
          
        
         
           Wherefore
           they
           resolved
           he
           should
           suffer
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           
             for
             Treason
          
           ,
           in
           perverting
           the
           Nation
           ,
           
           and
           forbidding
           to
           give
           Tribute
           to
           
             Caesar
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           But
           how
           shall
           they
           prove
           the
           Indictment
           ?
        
         
           Why
           that
           's
           the
           easiest
           thing
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           it
           is
           but
           
             looking
             out
          
           (
           and
           they
           are
           always
           at
           Hand
           )
           
             some
             Knights
             of
             the
             Post
          
           ,
           some
           false
           Affidavit-Men
           ,
           Catch-Poles
           ,
           and
           false
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           the
           Sham-Plot
           is
           perfected
           ,
           the
           Indictment
           prov'd
           ,
           and
           the
           business
           done
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           all
           heads
           to
           work
           ,
           especially
           the
           Chief-Priests
           (
           they
           must
           be
           in
           at
           a
           dead
           lift
           )
           and
           Elders
           ,
           
           
             and
             all
             the
             Counsel
             sought
             false
             Witness
             against
             Jesus
             to
             put
             him
             to
             Death
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             found
             none
             :
             yea
             ,
             though
             many
             false
             Witnesses
             came
             ,
             yet
             found
             they
             none
             .
          
           (
           That
           was
           hard
           ,
           but
           )
           
             at
             the
             last
             came
             two
             false
             Witnesses
             .
          
        
         
           And
           these
           did
           the
           Business
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           came
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           were
           hired
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           
           Caesar's
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           swore
           for
           Caesar
           ,
           and
           swore
           the
           Matter
           home
           ;
           And
           these
           Catchers
           carried
           the
           Cause
           ,
           against
           the
           greatest
           Innocence
           .
        
         
           Mighty
           glad
           (
           no
           doubt
           )
           were
           the
           Chief
           Priests
           ,
           and
           Elders
           and
           Counsel
           ;
           and
           mightily
           caressed
           and
           much
           made
           of
           were
           these
           two
           Sham-Evidences
           and
           false
           Witnesses
           that
           swore
           home
           ;
           especially
           after
           the
           former
           false
           Witnesses
           miscarried
           in
           the
           attempt
           ,
           as
           not
           having
           got
           their
           Lesson
           sufficiently
           by
           Heart
           .
           They
           had
           need
           be
           Men
           of
           Cunning
           and
           Ability
           that
           can
           swear
           thorow-stitch
           and
           cleaverly
           ,
           mixing
           some
           Truth
           and
           probable
           Circumstances
           amongst
           many
           ,
           and
           amongst
           the
           main-Lie
           :
           There
           is
           art
           in
           daubing
           .
        
         
         
           From
           a
           Lion
           ,
           a
           Tyger
           ,
           a
           Wolf
           or
           a
           Serpent
           ,
           we
           may
           make
           some
           Defence
           and
           Provision
           ,
           but
           this
           kind
           of
           Snake
           is
           
             Anguis
             in
             Herbâ
          
           ,
           no
           Fore-sight
           ,
           no
           Caution
           ,
           no
           Prudence
           ,
           no
           Innocency
           can
           defend
           from
           the
           sting
           of
           this
           forked
           venemous
           and
           murdering
           Tongue
           ,
           except
           a
           Man
           abandon
           all
           Society
           with
           Mankind
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           Men
           may
           keep
           these
           Snakes
           (
           and
           but
           perhaps
           neither
           )
           out
           of
           their
           Bed-Chambers
           ,
           scarcely
           out
           of
           their
           Houses
           ,
           however
           not
           out
           of
           Publick
           Houses
           ,
           Churches
           ,
           Courts
           of
           Judicature
           ,
           Exchanges
           and
           Publick
           Assemblies
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           they
           can
           but
           bring
           good
           proof
           for
           the
           Circumstances
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           were
           at
           such
           a
           time
           in
           such
           a
           Church
           ,
           Assembly
           ,
           Exchange
           ,
           Publick
           Meeting
           ,
           in
           Court
           ,
           City
           or
           Country
           ,
           
             let
             them
             alone
             to
             witness
          
           what
           they
           heard
           there
           .
        
         
           These
           (
           I
           say
           )
           are
           the
           great
           Plague
           ,
           the
           
             none-such
             Pests
          
           of
           all
           Society
           ,
           the
           common-Nusance
           :
           no
           
             former
             Age
          
           (
           that
           I
           read
           of
           )
           can
           parallel
           ours
           for
           improvement
           of
           Vice
           and
           Mischief
           :
           What
           Block-heads
           were
           the
           French-Men's
           Ancestors
           in
           the
           
             Art
             of
             Poysoning
          
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           
             present
             Skill
          
           and
           Dexterity
           ?
           What
           Block-heads
           were
           the
           Irish
           ,
           the
           
             native
             Irish
          
           in
           all
           Arts
           and
           Mysteries
           imaginable
           ,
           in
           
             former
             Ages
          
           ?
           But
           now
           how
           ingenious
           (
           though
           some
           of
           them
           are
           but
           Bunglers
           still
           ,
           and
           enough
           to
           destroy
           a
           neat
           ,
           well
           laid
           ,
           and
           well
           contriv'd
           Plot
           in
           the
           Management
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           Skill
           in
           a
           subtile
           Intrigue
           .
           )
           But
           time
           and
           
             good
             Tutors
             may
             improve
          
           them
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           first
           a
           willing
           mind
           .
        
         
           Tell
           not
           me
           of
           Conscience
           and
           Religion
           ,
           when
           Men
           make
           it
           a
           matter
           of
           Conscience
           and
           Religion
           to
           catch
           Men
           by
           false
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           so
           cut
           their
           Throats
           !
           
             Will
             you
             call
             this
          
           Religion
           ,
           
             and
             an
             acceptable
             day
             to
             the
             Lord
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Is
             not
             this
             the
          
           Religion
           
             that
             I
             have
             chosen
             ?
             
             to
             loose
             the
             bands
             of
             Wickedness
             ,
             to
             undo
             the
             heavy
             Burden
             ,
             and
             to
             let
             the
             Oppressed
             go
             free
             ,
             and
             that
             ye
             break
             every
             Yoak
             ?
          
        
         
           Thus
           have
           I
           entertained
           you
           an
           Hour
           ,
           with
           my
           Meditations
           ,
           not
           without
           some
           reluctancy
           (
           I
           profess
           )
           ;
           for
           I
           design'd
           
           not
           'till
           this
           Morning
           to
           preach
           upon
           my
           former
           Text
           ,
           having
           the
           last
           Lords
           Day
           left
           it
           abruptly
           for
           want
           of
           time
           :
           but
           I
           could
           not
           fix
           my
           Meditations
           nor
           Heart
           upon
           any
           other
           Text
           than
           this
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           no
           Enthusiast
           ,
           to
           fancy
           that
           every
           conceit
           of
           mine
           ,
           or
           warmth
           of
           Thought
           ,
           is
           an
           impulse
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ;
           nor
           yet
           such
           a
           Libertine
           ,
           as
           to
           neglect
           all
           observation
           of
           the
           secret
           and
           vehement
           Impulses
           of
           God's
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           his
           holy
           Communion
           with
           our
           Spirits
           .
           And
           I
           have
           often
           experimentally
           found
           (
           at
           other
           times
           )
           upon
           the
           like
           short
           previous
           Premeditation
           ,
           the
           
             good
             success
             thereof
          
           upon
           the
           Auditory
           ,
           hoping
           and
           praying
           that
           what
           in
           this
           Sermon
           wants
           of
           
             mine
             or
             Man's
          
           Abilities
           ,
           may
           be
           supplyed
           by
           that
           
             Holy
             Spirit
          
           ,
           that
           
             best
             teacheth
          
           us
           to
           profit
           .
           
             To
             whom
             with
             the
             Father
             and
             Son
             be
             Glory
             for
             ever
             .
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           POSTSCRIPT
           TO
           THE
           READERS
           .
        
         
           ANd
           now
           ,
           
             Gentle
             Readers
          
           ,
           if
           ever
           I
           had
           
             need
             to
             beg
          
           your
           Candour
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           an
           Apology
           for
           publishing
           a
           crude
           Sermon
           ,
           now
           is
           the
           time
           .
        
         
           For
           as
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           not
           so
           much
           as
           short
           Notes
           when
           I
           preach'd
           it
           ,
           nor
           time
           to
           make
           them
           ;
           so
           ,
           as
           near
           as
           my
           Memory
           serves
           me
           ,
           I
           have
           set
           down
           verbatim
           (
           at
           least
           the
           Substance
           of
           )
           what
           I
           preach'd
           ;
           writing
           immediately
           what
           I
           preach'd
           ,
           whilst
           fresh
           in
           my
           Memory
           ,
           and
           so
           sent
           it
           the
           next
           day
           by
           a
           special
           Messenger
           to
           the
           Press
           .
        
         
           You
           'll
           say
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           why
           ?
           
             What
             haste
          
           ?
           If
           this
           had
           never
           been
           Printed
           ,
           or
           Printed
           seven
           years
           hence
           ,
           it
           is
           soon
           enough
           .
        
         
           
             And
             all
             may
             be
          
           ;
           For
           neither
           in
           the
           Preaching
           ,
           nor
           Publishing
           ,
           had
           I
           the
           least
           Reflection
           to
           hit
           any
           particular
           Man
           alive
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           know
           the
           Sin
           of
           
             setting
             Snares
             to
             catch
             Men
          
           is
           so
           common
           (
           
             too
             too
             common
          
           God
           knows
           )
           in
           these
           Days
           ;
           such
           Shamming
           and
           Trepanning
           ,
           that
           scarce
           an
           honest
           Man
           in
           England
           of
           any
           Eminency
           ,
           but
           has
           or
           may
           have
           cause
           to
           say
           with
           Holy
           
             David
             —
             Every
             day
             they
             wrest
             my
             Words
             ,
             
             
             all
             their
             Thoughts
             are
             against
             me
             for
             Evil.
             
          
        
         
           If
           this
           Discourse
           then
           be
           but
           
             conimoda
             ut
             accommoda
          
           ,
           as
           profitable
           as
           seasonable
           ,
           I
           have
           my
           end
           and
           only
           aim
           ;
           purposely
           waving
           in
           this
           Sermon
           all
           vain
           Rhetorical
           Flourishes
           ,
           idle
           or
           elaborate
           Quotations
           ,
           much
           more
           that
           scenical
           gaping
           ,
           or
           endeavour
           at
           Wit
           ,
           Pun
           or
           Quibble
           ,
           so
           much
           admir'd
           by
           the
           Humming-Tribe
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           little
           Arts
           I
           have
           no
           Skill
           ,
           and
           less
           Will
           ;
           as
           thinking
           no
           Rhetorick
           nor
           Quotations
           comparable
           to
           that
           and
           those
           in
           Holy
           Writ
           ;
           leaving
           to
           Pulpit-Stagers
           ,
           the
           little
           Hitts
           ,
           Hintings
           and
           Glances
           at
           Wit
           ,
           unbecoming
           the
           Gravity
           and
           Grandeur
           of
           a
           Divine
           ,
           and
           better
           befitting
           the
           levity
           of
           a
           Stage
           ,
           or
           a
           Barber's
           Shop
           ,
           than
           the
           sacred
           Pulpit
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           I
           have
           no
           Malice
           against
           any
           Man
           alive
           ;
           so
           I
           do
           not
           know
           nor
           believe
           that
           I
           have
           an
           Enemy
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           so
           ,
           upon
           the
           same
           Score
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           same
           Reason
           ,
           
           with
           which
           St.
           Paul
           upbraids
           the
           
             bewitched
             and
             foolish
          
           Galatians
           ,
           
             Am
             I
             therefore
             become
             your
             Enemy
             because
             I
             tell
             you
             the
             Truth
             ?
          
        
         
           Some
           think
           our
           Divisions
           and
           Distractions
           are
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           not
           find
           
             a
             shorter
             Period
          
           ,
           than
           the
           Wars
           and
           Miseries
           of
           Greece
           :
           of
           the
           end
           whereof
           the
           
             Oracle
             of
             Apollo
          
           (
           being
           consulted
           )
           replyed
           ,
           —
           
             They
             should
             surcease
             when
             they
             should
             double
             the
             Altar
             at
             Delos
          
           ;
           which
           was
           Cubique-form
           .
           Whereupon
           all
           Hands
           went
           to
           work
           in
           haste
           to
           add
           another
           Altar
           to
           the
           old
           one
           ,
           
             of
             a
             like
             Cubique-Form
             to
             it
          
           ;
           but
           to
           little
           Purpose
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Miserie
             's
             abated
             not
             a
             whit
          
           .
        
         
           But
           Plato
           better
           expounded
           the
           
             riddling
             God
          
           ,
           telling
           them
           ,
           the
           Oracle
           meant
           ,
           
             They
             should
             never
             have
             end
          
           ;
           for
           the
           doubling
           a
           Cube
           in
           Solids
           ,
           is
           (
           as
           the
           Quadrature
           of
           a
           Circle
           in
           Plano
           amongst
           Geometricians
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           Philosophers
           Stonc
           ,
           amongst
           the
           vain-promising
           and
           vain-boasting
           Chymists
           )
           never
           (
           alas
           !
           )
           
             never
             to
             be
             found
             out
          
           .
        
         
         
           Yet
           I
           have
           other
           Thoughts
           ,
           more
           Faith
           ,
           and
           better
           Hope
           that
           our
           Distractions
           will
           find
           a
           happy
           Conclusion
           ,
           and
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Plots
           and
           Sham-Plots
           in
           good
           time
           be
           
             fathom'd
             ,
             sounded
          
           to
           the
           bottom
           ,
           and
           discovered
           ;
           yet
           ,
           truly
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           (
           as
           is
           said
           of
           the
           Altar
           at
           Delos
           )
           a
           period
           and
           end
           of
           our
           Distractions
           is
           impossible
           ,
           'till
           all
           
             Popish
             Altars
             ,
             Popish
             Hopes
          
           ,
           and
           
             Popish
             Claim
          
           (
           by
           the
           
             Pope
             and
             his
             Emissaries
          
           )
           to
           these
           three
           Kingdoms
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           the
           propagation
           of
           his
           Superstition
           amongst
           us
           be
           extirpate
           and
           rooted
           out
           ,
           nay
           ,
           Root
           and
           Branch
           :
           for
           there
           
             always
             were
          
           Plots
           ,
           Popish
           Plots
           ,
           in
           the
           Reigns
           of
           all
           our
           Kings
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           Pope's
           Supremacy
           and
           Usurpations
           have
           been
           rejected
           ;
           and
           whilst
           there
           is
           a
           
             fair
             prospect
             and
             hopes
          
           of
           Redemption
           of
           this
           Golden-Fleece
           ,
           (
           though
           they
           be
           
             but
             Glimpses
          
           )
           Popish
           Plots
           and
           Conspiracies
           cannot
           possibly
           cease
           ,
           nor
           the
           
             English
             ,
             Scotish
          
           and
           Irish-Papists
           ,
           cease
           their
           Assistance
           and
           Conspiracies
           ,
           except
           they
           apostatize
           from
           the
           Principles
           of
           Popery
           .
        
         
           Do
           they
           not
           all
           follow
           the
           Fathers
           of
           the
           
             Council
             of
             Trent
          
           ,
           into
           which
           not
           a
           Man
           was
           admitted
           to
           Vote
           ,
           'till
           he
           had
           taken
           this
           Oath
           —
           
             Ego
             N.
             &c.
             
             
               Papatum
               Romanae
               Ecclesiae
               &
               regulas
               Sanctorum
               Patrum
               adjutor
               ero
               ad
               defendendum
               &
               retinendum
               ,
               salvo
               ordine
               meo
               ,
               contra
               omnes
               Homines
               .
            
             In
             English
             thus
             .
          
           
             
               I.
               N.
               &c.
            
             will
             be
             an
             Assistant
             ,
             to
             defend
             and
             maintain
             the
             Papacy
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             the
             Commands
             of
             the
             Holy-Fathers
             
               (
               the
               Popes
               of
               Rome
            
             )
             against
             all
             Men
             Living
             .
          
        
         
           How
           inconsistent
           is
           this
           Oath
           with
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Supremacy
           ?
           How
           
             impossible
             to
             reconcile
          
           these
           two
           Oaths
           ?
           How
           impossible
           for
           a
           Man
           to
           be
           
             a
             right
             and
             true
             Papist
          
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           
             a
             right
             and
             true
             Subject
          
           to
           a
           Protestant
           Prince
           !
        
         
         
           For
           which
           cause
           (
           no
           doubt
           it
           was
           )
           made
           Treason
           (
           by
           the
           Statutes
           23
           
             Eliz.
             cap.
          
           1.
           and
           3
           Jacob.
           4.
           
           In
           the
           Reigns
           of
           those
           two
           wise
           Princes
           )
           not
           only
           to
           
             persuade
             the
             King's
             Subjects
          
           (
           bred
           and
           educated
           in
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           )
           
             to
             apostatize
          
           and
           turn
           Papists
           ;
           but
           the
           
             very
             Apostates
          
           themselves
           
             are
             Traitors
          
           —
           declared
           in
           these
           very
           Words
           .
        
         
           —
           
             And
             if
             any
             Person
             shall
             after
             the
             end
             of
             this
             Session
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             
             by
             any
             means
             be
             willingly
             absolved
             ,
             or
             withdrawn
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             or
             willingly
             be
             reconciled
             ,
          
           (
           to
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           before
           recited
           )
           
             or
             shall
             promise
             any
             Obedience
             to
             any
             such
             pretended
             Authority
             ,
             Prince
             ,
             State
             or
             Potentate
             ,
             as
             is
             aforesaid
             ;
             that
             then
             every
             such
             Person
             ,
             their
             Procurors
             and
             Counsellors
             thereunto
             ,
             being
             thereof
             lawfully
             Convicted
             ,
             shall
             be
             taken
             tryed
             and
             adjudged
             ,
             and
             shall
             suffer
             and
             forfeit
             ,
             as
             in
             Cases
             of
             High
             Creason
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           the
           said
           Statute
           
             (
             which
             see
             at
             large
          
           )
           makes
           it
           
             misprision
             of
             Treason
             wittingly
             to
             aid
             or
             maintain
             such
             an
             Apostate
             ,
          
           or
           conceal
           his
           Offence
           twenty
           days
           together
           ,
           
             without
             discovering
             it
             to
             a
             Justice
             of
             Peace
             ,
          
           or
           other
           High
           Officer
           :
           nay
           ,
           he
           shall
           pay
           an
           hundred
           Marks
           ,
           and
           be
           imprisoned
           a
           Year
           ,
           that
           shall
           
             willingly
             hear
             Mass
          
           :
           As
           it
           follows
           in
           the
           said
           Statute
           .
        
         
           And
           by
           the
           said
           Statute
           
             tertio
             Jacobi
             ;
             
             The
             Apostate
             to
             the
             Romish
             Religion
          
           shall
           be
           indicted
           ,
           tryed
           and
           proceeded
           against
           as
           a
           Traitor
           ,
           either
           at
           the
           
             Assizes
             and
             Goal
             Delivery
          
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           for
           the
           time
           being
           ;
           or
           before
           the
           Justices
           of
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Kings-Bench
          
           .
        
         
           So
           careful
           have
           our
           Kings
           and
           Parliaments
           been
           to
           brand
           that
           Julian
           ,
           that
           (
           being
           educated
           in
           an
           honest
           and
           true
           Religion
           built
           upon
           Holy
           Wait
           )
           should
           be
           such
           
             a
             Fool
          
           ,
           or
           Knave
           ,
           or
           Atheist
           (
           for
           
             one
             of
             the
             three
          
           ,
           or
           
             all
             of
             the
             three
          
           ,
           such
           
           an
           Apostate
           must
           be
           )
           to
           change
           such
           a
           Religion
           ,
           for
           a
           Superstition
           forged
           and
           invented
           by
           
             Prelatical
             Pride
             and
             Rapacity
          
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           
             maintenance
             whereof
          
           ,
           all
           their
           pious
           Frauds
           and
           Cheats
           ,
           all
           their
           lying
           Miracles
           ,
           Indulgencies
           ,
           Purgatories
           ,
           Limbus's
           ,
           Crosses
           ,
           Images
           ,
           
             Agnus
             Dei's
          
           ,
           Holy
           Water
           ,
           Masses
           ,
           Canonizations
           ,
           Prayers
           to
           Saints
           ,
           baptizing
           of
           Bells
           ,
           Excommunications
           ,
           Fulminations
           ,
           Inquisitions
           ,
           burning
           of
           Hereticks
           ,
           Massacres
           ,
           Fopperies
           ,
           Plots
           and
           Sham-Plots
           are
           calculated
           ,
           design'd
           and
           contriv'd
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           think
           that
           
             every
             silly
             Papist
          
           knows
           these
           things
           ;
           for
           they
           
             (
             poor
             Puppets
             !
          
           )
           dance
           ,
           creep
           to
           the
           Cross
           ,
           cringe
           ,
           bow
           ,
           drop
           Beads
           ,
           cross
           themselves
           ,
           sprinkle
           themselves
           with
           Holy
           Water
           ,
           mumble
           their
           Ave's
           ,
           and
           
             show
             tricks
             as
             the
             Masters
             of
             the
             Puppit
             Play
             ,
          
           with
           Wiers
           
             (
             within
             the
             Curtain
          
           )
           actuate
           them
           ;
           and
           make
           them
           frisk
           so
           ridiculously
           ,
           curvet
           and
           shew
           such
           Gambolls
           in
           Religion
           ,
           especially
           at
           Processions
           (
           which
           I
           have
           seen
           in
           Portugal
           )
           that
           the
           soberest
           Countenance
           cannot
           forbear
           a
           Smile
           ,
           mixt
           with
           Pity
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           's
           never
           a
           Jesuit
           amongst
           them
           ,
           Pope
           ,
           nor
           Cardinal
           ,
           but
           knows
           that
           I
           here
           write
           
             God's
             Truth
          
           :
           And
           cannot
           forbear
           
             laughing
             among
             themselves
          
           at
           these
           Frauds
           ;
           only
           ,
           they
           sanctify
           
             these
             Cheats
          
           with
           a
           mollifying
           Epithete
           ,
           calling
           them
           —
           
             Pious
             Frauds
          
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           ,
           't
           is
           hard
           ,
           very
           hard
           ,
           for
           even
           a
           rational
           Man
           to
           emancipate
           himself
           and
           his
           Reason
           out
           of
           the
           Hands
           and
           Tyranny
           of
           Superstitions
           ,
           suck'd
           in
           with
           our
           Mother's
           Milk
           ,
           and
           imbib'd
           by
           Education
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           
             I
             rather
             pity
             than
             blame
          
           a
           silly
           Papist
           ,
           Man
           or
           Woman
           ,
           brought
           up
           in
           such
           Superstitions
           :
           Which
           are
           as
           ridiculous
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Indians
           of
           the
           Island
           of
           St.
           Thomas
           ,
           that
           fight
           it
           out
           to
           Death
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           decide
           which
           is
           
             the
             right
             Elephant's
             Tooth
          
           that
           fell
           from
           Heaven
           ;
           whilst
           the
           wise
           laugh
           or
           pity
           them
           ,
           judging
           (
           aright
           )
           that
           both
           the
           
             pretendedly-Divine
             
             and
             Heavenly
             Fangs
          
           came
           from
           the
           
             Jaw
             bone
             of
             the
             Beast
          
           .
        
         
           I
           therefore
           have
           compassion
           for
           those
           Bigots
           ,
           
             but
             none
          
           for
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           (
           that
           in
           defiance
           of
           Truth
           )
           shall
           apostatize
           therefrom
           ,
           and
           run
           to
           
             these
             thick
             Skull'd
             Vanities
          
           ;
           for
           which
           gross
           Perversion
           (
           not
           Conversion
           )
           the
           Apostate
           cannot
           so
           much
           as
           pretend
           
             the
             delusion
             of
             Education
          
           ;
           but
           quite
           contrary
           ;
           (
           I
           say
           )
           
             such
             a
             Julian
             Apostate
          
           ,
           must
           either
           be
           an
           Atheist
           ,
           and
           so
           ,
           of
           no
           Religion
           ;
           or
           some
           silly
           foolish
           Bigot
           that
           understands
           not
           the
           Principles
           
             of
             any
          
           Religion
           ;
           or
           else
           has
           conceiv'd
           some
           monstrous
           and
           bloody
           Stratagom
           and
           Plot
           ,
           impossible
           to
           be
           
             brought
             forth
          
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           
             solo
             Midwifery
          
           of
           such
           
             bloody
             Hands
             and
             Bloody
             Religion
          
           ;
           no
           other
           Religion
           can
           possibly
           do
           the
           Feat
           .
           In
           such
           case
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           there
           
             is
             a
             necessity
             for
             such
             an
             Apostate
          
           to
           defy
           and
           forsake
           Protestant
           Principles
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
        
         
           For
           did
           ever
           any
           wise
           or
           honest
           Man
           
             espouse
             and
             wed
          
           a
           Religion
           (
           to
           which
           he
           was
           not
           pre-contracted
           ,
           and
           in
           Infancy
           drawn
           in
           and
           cajol'd
           )
           'till
           
             acquaintance
             first
             had
          
           with
           that
           Religion
           he
           weds
           ?
           
        
         
           And
           do
           not
           all
           the
           learned
           and
           authentick
           Romish
           Doctors
           assert
           ,
           and
           hold
           publickly
           in
           their
           Printed
           Writings
           and
           Books
           ,
           that
           —
           
             Papa
             potest
             dispensare
             contra
             jus
             Naturale
          
           ;
           The
           Pope
           can
           dispense
           with
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           ,
           
             (
             that
             's
             pretty
             well
             to
             begin
             with
             )
             contra
             Canones
             Apostolorum
          
           ;
           he
           can
           dispense
           with
           the
           Rules
           of
           the
           Apostles
           :
           And
           ,
           
             contra
             formam
             verborum
             in
             Baptismo
          
           ,
           with
           the
           Form
           of
           the
           words
           in
           Baptism
           ;
           
             (
             How
             they
             improve
             !
             but
             let
             them
             go
             on
             .
             )
          
           Others
           say
           ,
           The
           Pope
           can
           dispense
           
             contra
             Jus
             Divinum
             ,
             contra
             novum
             Testamentum
          
           ;
           others
           ,
           
             de
             omnibus
             praeceptis
             veteris
             &
             novi
             Testamenti
             ,
             contrà
             Epistolas
             Pauli
             ,
          
           &c.
           too
           many
           to
           enumerate
           .
           Some
           of
           them
           assert
           ,
           That
           the
           Pope
           can
           dispense
           with
           Divine-Right
           ,
           and
           can
           dispense
           with
           and
           against
           the
           New-Testament
           ;
           others
           ,
           with
           the
           Epistles
           of
           St.
           Paul
           ;
           others
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           can
           dispense
           with
           the
           Precepts
           both
           of
           the
           Old
           and
           New
           Testament
           .
        
         
         
           Possest
           with
           these
           devilish
           Principles
           ,
           therefore
           have
           their
           famous
           Doctors
           reviled
           and
           blasphemed
           the
           
             Holy
             Word
             of
             God.
          
           
        
         
           Which
           
             Albortus
             Pigghius
          
           calls
           
             (
             Nasus
             cereus
             ,
             
             qui
             se
             horsum
             ,
             illorsum
             ;
             &
             in
             quamcunque
             voluer
             is
             partent
             ,
             trahi
             ,
             retrahi
             ,
             fingique
             facilè
             permittit
             )
          
           a
           Nose
           of
           Wax
           ,
           that
           easily
           suffers
           it self
           to
           be
           drawn
           backward
           and
           forward
           ,
           this
           way
           and
           that
           way
           ,
           and
           any
           way
           ;
           and
           in
           his
           third
           Controversy
           concerning
           the
           Church
           ,
           
           (
           he
           saith
           )
           
             sunt
             enim
             Scripturae
             muti
             Judices
          
           ,
           The
           Scriptures
           are
           dumb
           Judges
           .
        
         
           Did
           not
           Ludovicus
           ,
           a
           Canon
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Lateran
           ,
           in
           the
           late
           Conventicle
           (
           or
           Council
           of
           Trent
           )
           without
           Reproof
           ,
           
           in
           an
           Oration
           ,
           assert
           ,
           that
           
             Scriptura
             est
             quasi
             mortuum
             Atramentum
          
           ,
           The
           Scripture
           is
           dead
           Ink.
           
        
         
           And
           his
           Blasphemy
           confirm'd
           by
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Poytiers
           in
           the
           same
           Convent
           ,
           
           saying
           ,
           
             Scriptura
             est
             res
             inanimis
             &
             muta
             ,
             sicut
             etiam
             sunt
             reliquae
             Leges
             Politicae
          
           ;
           The
           Scripture
           is
           a
           dead
           and
           dumb
           thing
           ,
           as
           all
           other
           Politick
           Laws
           .
        
         
           No
           wonder
           therefore
           ,
           that
           Cardinal
           Hosius
           ,
           the
           Pope's
           Legate
           ,
           land
           President
           of
           the
           said
           Council
           of
           Trent
           ,
           answered
           with
           as
           much
           Impiety
           as
           Scurrility
           to
           that
           Objection
           (
           namely
           that
           King
           David
           ,
           being
           no
           Bishop
           ,
           yet
           had
           written
           the
           Book
           of
           Psalms
           )
           answered
           —
           
             Quid
             ni
             scriberet
             ?
             
             Scribimus
             indocti
             doctique
             Poemata
             passim
          
           ;
           Why
           should
           he
           not
           write
           ?
           (
           quoting
           a
           Verse
           out
           of
           Horace
           :
           )
           
             
               The
               learned
               Poets
               ,
               Songs
               indite
               ;
            
             
               Th'unlearned
               too
               ,
               do
               Ballads
               write
               .
            
          
        
         
           No
           wonder
           also
           neither
           ,
           that
           St.
           Paul
           cannot
           pass
           by
           them
           without
           a
           Jeer
           and
           Scoff
           :
           
           
             Augustinum
             vetustas
             sua
             tueture
             ;
             qui
             si
             revivisceret
             cum
             Paulo
             ,
             certe
             ille
             contemptus
             esset
             Rhetorculus
             ,
             aut
             Grammaticulus
             ;
             Paulus
             verò
             vel
             insanire
             vel
             Haereticus
             videnetur
             .
             Augustine
          
           is
           safe
           now
           because
           of
           his
           Antiquity
           :
           But
           if
           he
           and
           Paul
           were
           alive
           again
           ,
           he
           would
           
           be
           contemptible
           as
           a
           pittiful
           Rhetorician
           ,
           and
           poor
           Grammarian
           ;
           But
           Paul
           would
           be
           accounted
           a
           mad
           Man
           or
           an
           Heretick
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           they
           hold
           that
           the
           Pope
           is
           
             alter
             Deus
             in
             Terrâ
          
           ;
           God
           upon
           Earth
           :
           and
           others
           say
           ,
           
             Christus
             in
             Caelo
             praesidet
             ,
             Papa
             in
             Terris
             residet
             ,
          
           Christ
           is
           Prince
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           Pope
           on
           Earth
           :
           Nay
           their
           Hebrew
           Gloss
           ,
           upon
           Deut.
           17.11
           .
           
           says
           ,
           
             Si
             dixerint
             tibi
             quod
             dextra
             sit
             sinistra
             ,
             aut
             quod
             sinistra
             sit
             dextra
             ,
             talis
             sententia
             tenenda
             est
          
           ;
           if
           they
           
             (
             the
             Pope
             and
             his
             Emissaries
             )
          
           tell
           thee
           that
           thy
           right
           Hand
           is
           thy
           left
           Hand
           ,
           or
           thy
           left
           Hand
           is
           thy
           right
           Hand
           ,
           yet
           you
           ought
           to
           believe
           them
           ,
           and
           be
           of
           that
           Opinion
           .
        
         
           (
           But
           is
           it
           not
           as
           safe
           to
           say
           —
           
             I
             Believe
             in
             God
          
           ?
           )
        
         
           Another
           says
           ,
           
             Sit
             ergo
             Domina
             nostra
             Roma
             Baculus
             in
             Aquâ
             fractus
             ,
             absit
             tamen
             ut
             crederem
             quod
             viderim
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           our
           Mistriss
           Rome
           be
           a
           Stick
           that
           in
           the
           Water
           seems
           crooked
           ,
           yet
           God
           forbid
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           believe
           my
           own
           Eyes
           .
        
         
           No
           Man
           therefore
           (
           I
           say
           )
           can
           be
           a
           Papist
           ,
           but
           he
           whose
           Eyes
           are
           
             blinded
             by
             Education
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           he
           who
           puts
           
             his
             own
             Eyes
             out
             by
             Atheism
             :
          
           For
           their
           own
           Books
           discover
           them
           palpably
           .
           To
           Instance
           but
           in
           one
           Passage
           more
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Life
           of
           
             Pope
             Clement
          
           .
           5.
           
           
           
             Hic
             fuit
             publicus
             Fornicator
             .
             Ab
             eo
             tempore
             defecit
             omnis
             Disciplina
             ,
             &
             Religio
             in
             Cardinalibus
             ,
             &
             tres
             Radices
             vitiorum
             ,
             Superbia
             ,
             Avaritia
             ,
             Luxuria
             ,
             validissimè
             dominantur
             .
          
        
         
           He
           
             (
             Pope
             Clement
          
           )
           was
           an
           arrand
           Whore-Master
           ,
           publick
           and
           common
           ;
           And
           from
           that
           time
           forth
           ,
           all
           kind
           of
           Discipline
           and
           Religion
           failed
           amongst
           the
           Cardinals
           ;
           especially
           three
           roots
           of
           Vices
           flourished
           amongst
           them
           ,
           
             Pride
             ,
             Covetousness
          
           and
           Lechery
           .
        
         
           Thus
           we
           see
           the
           Successors
           of
           St.
           Peter
           can
           deny
           their
           Lord
           and
           Master
           ,
           as
           stoutly
           as
           ever
           did
           St.
           Peter
           himself
           ;
           but
           he
           with
           Repentance
           ,
           these
           without
           repenting
           .
        
         
         
           And
           how
           Men
           of
           these
           Principles
           
             can
             be
             true
             to
             God
             or
             Man
             ,
          
           to
           any
           Protestant
           Prince
           or
           Protestant
           Neighbour
           ,
           let
           the
           World
           judg
           ;
           except
           they
           defy
           the
           Pope
           and
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Works
           of
           Popish
           and
           Hellish
           Darkness
           ,
           Plots
           and
           Designs
           .
           And
           I
           think
           I
           am
           not
           at
           all
           herein
           strait-lac'd
           in
           my
           Charity
           ,
           though
           I
           must
           expect
           
             never
             the
             fairer
             quarter
          
           from
           them
           for
           this
           Declaration
           .
        
         
           But
           where
           is
           our
           true
           Christian
           ,
           true
           Protestant
           and
           true
           
             English
             Courage
          
           now
           become
           ?
           Who
           ,
           (
           but
           he
           that
           's
           
             unfit
             to
             live
          
           )
           would
           
             fear
             to
             die
             in
             and
             for
          
           so
           just
           a
           Cause
           ?
        
         
           Better
           a
           thousand
           times
           
             (
             if
             possible
          
           )
           to
           die
           a
           
             true
             Protestant
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             true
             English
             Man
             ,
             by
             the
             Sham-Plots
             ,
          
           False
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           Popish
           Machinations
           ;
           than
           willingly
           to
           
             enslave
             a
             Man's
             self
          
           ,
           and
           Posterity
           ,
           Soul
           ,
           Body
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           Honesty
           ,
           Religion
           and
           Estate
           ,
           
             to
             Arbitrary
             and
             Popish
             Sway
          
           ;
           I
           put
           
             them
             together
          
           ,
           for
           (
           like
           Hippocrates-Twins
           )
           they
           are
           
             born
             and
             live
             and
             die
          
           together
           .
        
         
           Does
           not
           Pope
           Boniface
           himself
           ,
           with
           as
           little
           Modesty
           as
           Truth
           ,
           assert
           
             his
             Vniversal
             Power
             over
             all
             Nations
             ,
          
           as
           well
           in
           Temporals
           as
           Spirituals
           ,
           from
           that
           Scripture
           ,
           Luk.
           22.38
           .
           
             Behold
             ,
             
             here
             are
             two
             Swords
             :
          
           no
           jot
           to
           his
           Purpose
           ,
           nor
           the
           
             least
             colour
          
           more
           than
           the
           
             bare
             sound
          
           of
           the
           Words
           ;
           
             (
             two
             Swords
             ;
          
           )
           which
           were
           no
           Allegorical
           nor
           Metaphorical
           ,
           (
           but
           plain
           travailing
           )
           Swords
           of
           Ammunition
           -
           
             Hilt
             and
             Blade
          
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           
             this
             Vsurper
          
           (
           though
           he
           can
           show
           no
           Warrant
           ,
           no
           Commission
           nor
           Authority
           for
           his
           Claim
           ,
           from
           Christ
           or
           Holy
           Scripture
           ;
           yet
           ,
           
             like
             another
             late
             Vsurper
          
           )
           he
           can
           
             lay
             his
             Hand
             upon
             the
             Hilt
          
           of
           his
           two
           Swords
           
             (
             Spiritual
             and
             Temporal
          
           )
           and
           cry
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             Commission
          
           .
        
         
           For
           if
           his
           Temporal
           Sword
           (
           which
           is
           
             no
             small
             one
          
           )
           be
           
             too
             short
          
           ;
           then
           he
           unsheaths
           his
           
             Spiritual
             Sword
          
           ,
           and
           with
           
             Fulminations
             ,
             Excommunications
          
           ,
           Curses
           and
           
           Anathema's
           ,
           with
           Bell
           ,
           Book
           and
           Candle
           ,
           he
           huffs
           and
           swaggers
           ;
           roars
           ,
           nants
           ,
           hectors
           and
           blusters
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           that
           
             either
             fear
          
           
           his
           vain
           Thunderings
           ,
           or
           come
           
             within
             the
             dint
          
           of
           his
           Thunderbolts
           .
        
         
           To
           keep
           up
           therefore
           this
           usurped
           Power
           ,
           or
           to
           regain
           it
           ,
           where
           lost
           ,
           
             there
             is
          
           ,
           and
           ever
           
             will
             be
          
           Popish
           Plots
           ,
           when
           and
           where
           there
           are
           
             any
             blooming
             hopes
          
           to
           accomplish
           them
           in
           any
           Protestant
           Kingdom
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           not
           now
           ,
           (
           though
           they
           have
           been
           )
           much
           troubled
           with
           these
           Popish
           Plots
           in
           Sweden
           and
           Denmark
           ;
           wherefore
           ?
           I
           'le
           tell
           you
           ;
        
         
           For
           
             two
             Reasons
             ;
             One
             is
          
           ,
           that
           the
           Laws
           against
           Papists
           are
           so
           fully
           put
           in
           Execution
           ,
           
             without
             connivance
          
           ;
           that
           I
           have
           rid
           a
           hundred
           Miles
           together
           in
           those
           Countries
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           (
           upon
           Inquiry
           )
           hear
           of
           one
           known
           and
           profess'd
           Papist
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Another
             Reason
             is
          
           ,
           (
           and
           they
           have
           found
           it
           ,
           
             by
             Experience
          
           ,
           a
           most
           incomparable
           Remedy
           )
           They
           gueld
           all
           the
           Popish
           Priests
           they
           catch
           in
           their
           Kingdoms
           and
           Dominions
           .
        
         
           They
           
             used
             to
             hang
             them
          
           formerly
           ,
           but
           that
           would
           not
           do
           ;
           for
           the
           hopes
           of
           being
           Canoniz'd
           and
           Sainted
           (
           as
           Martyrs
           )
           drill'd
           some
           silly
           Priests
           thither
           ;
           'till
           a
           
             converted
             Nun
          
           (
           I
           know
           not
           from
           
             what
             Experience
          
           )
           persuaded
           Authority
           ,
           to
           
             gueld
             all
             the
             Popish
             Priests
          
           they
           took
           .
        
         
           
             They
             took
             her
             Advice
          
           ,
           and
           it
           proves
           a
           wonderful
           Cure
           and
           
             Remedy
             against
             propagation
          
           of
           Popery
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           therefore
           ,
           't
           is
           senceless
           to
           doubt
           
             the
             being
             of
             a
             Popish
             Plot
             ,
          
           that
           
             never
             ceas'd
          
           (
           since
           the
           Reign
           of
           Hen.
           8.
           )
           
             in
             England
          
           ;
           but
           now
           by
           
             Coleman's
             Letters
          
           it
           infallibly
           appears
           ,
           that
           they
           never
           had
           
             such
             blessed
             hopes
          
           of
           converting
           these
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           since
           the
           Bone-fires
           in
           Smithfield
           in
           Queen
           
             Mary's
             Days
          
           ,
           as
           
             now
             ,
             now
          
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           
             now
             that
          
           —
        
         
           And
           
             the
             more
             impudently
          
           they
           deny
           so
           clear
           a
           Truth
           ,
           the
           more
           cause
           we
           have
           to
           
             abominate
             the
             Villany
          
           of
           that
           Religion
           ,
           
           that
           hardens
           Men
           in
           Lies
           or
           
             Equivocations
             even
             to
             Death
          
           ;
           And
           the
           more
           they
           deny
           it
           ,
           after
           such
           apparent
           and
           manifold
           Conviction
           ,
           the
           more
           suspicious
           and
           dangerous
           it
           is
           ,
           by
           the
           combined
           endeavour
           to
           conceal
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           turn
           the
           Edge
           thereof
           upon
           the
           Protestants
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Prophet
           did
           first
           
             blindfold
             the
             Syrians
          
           ,
           
           and
           then
           how
           easily
           did
           he
           lead
           them
           into
           the
           
             Enemies
             Camp.
          
           
        
         
           And
           indeed
           no
           Man
           can
           deny
           but
           't
           is
           politickly
           and
           craftily
           done
           ,
           to
           endeavour
           to
           
             put
             out
             the
             Eyes
             of
             those
             Men
             ,
          
           that
           are
           most
           quick-sighted
           to
           
             discern
             their
             dark
          
           mysterious
           and
           hellish
           Intrigues
           :
           Or
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           but
           be
           
             Godfreydiz'd
             ,
             strangl'd
             ,
             hang'd
          
           or
           stab'd
           ,
           the
           Business
           would
           be
           done
           as
           effectually
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           Intents
           and
           Purposes
           .
        
         
           Especially
           ,
           if
           the
           Sham-Evidences
           would
           but
           be
           improv'd
           and
           manag'd
           ,
           with
           some
           
           Lawyer
           's
           Hackney-Tongue
           ,
           whose
           Conscience
           is
           so
           often
           sold
           pro
           and
           con
           ,
           right
           or
           wrong
           ,
           for
           Plaintiff
           or
           Defendant
           (
           who
           
             bids
             most
          
           ,
           and
           who
           
             comes
             first
          
           )
           prostituted
           and
           set
           to
           sale
           ,
           (
           when
           Merchandize
           is
           indifferently
           and
           equally
           made
           of
           Truth
           and
           Falshood
           )
           the
           Snare
           of
           
             catching
             Men
             would
             be
             the
             stronger
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Feat
           more
           currant
           .
           But
           that
           honest
           English
           Juries
           do
           know
           that
           a
           
             Hackney-Tongue
             is
             no
             Slander
          
           ,
           and
           they
           'll
           believe
           them
           no
           further
           than
           they
           list
           ;
           They
           have
           heard
           them
           so
           often
           
             bawle
             ,
             babble
             and
             bluster
          
           ,
           so
           loud
           and
           clamorous
           for
           Plantiff
           
             one
             day
          
           ,
           for
           Defendant
           another
           ,
           that
           
             no
             wise
             Man
             heeds
             them
          
           ;
           but
           knows
           that
           Words
           are
           
             but
             Wind
             ,
             Windy
             Words
          
           (
           from
           Hackney-Tongues
           )
           as
           
             empty
             and
             variable
             as
             the
             Wind
          
           ;
           but
           that
           it
           costs
           more
           to
           
             buy
             such
             Winds
          
           ,
           than
           it
           does
           the
           
             becalmed
             Mariners
          
           in
           the
           Baltick-Sea
           ,
           when
           they
           (
           as
           I
           have
           sometimes
           known
           them
           )
           
             buy
             a
             Wind
             of
             a
             Lapland-Witch
             .
          
        
         
           But
           (
           't
           is
           observable
           )
           that
           
             this
             Hackney
             Wind
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             the
             other
          
           ,
           is
           usually
           
             fatal
             to
             all
             that
             buy
          
           them
           ,
           ending
           in
           a
           Wreck
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           
             a
             repented
             Bluster
             and
             Storm
          
           .
        
         
         
           Whilst
           these
           
             Merchants
             of
             Truth
             and
             Falshood
          
           ;
           Merchants
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           of
           very
           
             little
             or
             no
             Law
          
           ,
           (
           but
           with
           )
           the
           same
           Hackney
           Tongues
           ,
           vilify
           and
           disgrace
           all
           that
           stand
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           without
           respect
           to
           
             their
             own
             Modesty
          
           (
           I
           thank
           you
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           
             have
             none
          
           !
           )
           without
           respect
           to
           Ingenuity
           ,
           
             common
             Civility
          
           ,
           or
           good
           Manners
           ,
           without
           respect
           to
           any
           Man's
           
             Worth
             or
             Quality
          
           (
           except
           they
           expect
           
             a
             Fee
             from
             them
          
           ;
           for
           that
           
             alone
             opens
             and
             shuts
             the
             Breath-seller's
             Mouth
          
           )
           they
           cannot
           open
           ,
           but
           
             Dirt
             flys
             out
             to
             bespatter
          
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           got
           a
           Priviledg
           or
           Patent
           to
           be
           the
           Common-Shoars
           ,
           and
           
             common
             Filth
          
           ,
           common
           Slanderers
           ,
           
             under
             the
             colour
          
           of
           a
           Fee
           ,
           and
           
             under
             the
             Protection
          
           of
           a
           Motley
           or
           Button-Gown
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           (
           I
           know
           it
           ,
           and
           will
           maintain
           it
           for
           a
           great
           Truth
           )
           that
           a
           Gentleman's
           Credit
           and
           Estate
           ,
           Life
           and
           Honour
           ,
           are
           in
           less
           Danger
           and
           Hazard
           in
           the
           Field
           amongst
           ten
           thousand
           Enemies
           ,
           than
           amongst
           those
           
             sneaking
             Split-Causes
          
           ,
           these
           Snappers
           ,
           Ensnarers
           ,
           and
           
             Catchers
             of
             Men.
          
           
        
         
           For
           they
           can
           make
           the
           righteous
           Law
           execute
           their
           Malice
           and
           Spleen
           (
           by
           
             wresting
             ,
             wrong
             setting
          
           and
           
             turning
             its
             Edge
          
           )
           so
           that
           no
           Innocence
           ,
           Honesty
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           or
           Ingenuity
           can
           prove
           a
           
             sufficient
             Safeguard
          
           .
        
         
           The
           
             wary
             Hollanders
          
           therefore
           (
           though
           the
           greatest
           and
           wisest
           encouragers
           of
           Trade
           )
           
             of
             all
             Trades
             and
             Mysteries
             of
             Iniquity
             ,
          
           suffer
           not
           the
           
             Merchandize
             of
             these
             Hucksters
             of
             Law
             ,
          
           in
           any
           of
           their
           Territories
           .
        
         
           They
           suffer
           neither
           
             Bar-Gowns
             nor
             Button-Gowns
          
           amongst
           them
           ;
           They
           suffer
           no
           
             Tinkerly
             Pleadings
             of
             mending
             one
             hole
             ,
             and
             making
             too
          
           ;
           They
           suffer
           no
           Man's
           Cause
           to
           perish
           ,
           by
           the
           Error
           or
           Folly
           ,
           Knavery
           or
           Inadvertency
           of
           any
           Scribe
           or
           Attorney
           ,
           by
           a
           word
           
             mis-placed
             ,
             mis-recited
          
           or
           mis-pleaded
           ;
           but
           every
           Man
           knows
           an
           end
           of
           his
           Cause
           the
           
             same
             day
          
           he
           commences
           it
           ,
           and
           pleads
           
             his
             own
             Cause
          
           before
           the
           Lords
           ,
           (
           who
           seek
           not
           to
           
             trap
             and
             catch
          
           at
           their
           Ignorance
           )
           And
           they
           must
           be
           
             very
             ignorant
             indeed
          
           ,
           if
           they
           make
           more
           
             bungling
             work
          
           ,
           or
           can
           defeat
           their
           own
           Cause
           ,
           disguize
           
           or
           disgrace
           Truth
           ,
           so
           readily
           as
           these
           split-Causes
           and
           spoil-Chuses
           .
        
         
           Notwithstanding
           all
           this
           ,
           
             I
             would
             not
          
           be
           construed
           to
           reflect
           in
           the
           least
           upon
           those
           honest
           and
           learned
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Long-Robe
           ,
           of
           which
           sort
           are
           very
           many
           ,
           that
           have
           more
           Integrity
           and
           Honour
           ,
           than
           to
           
             abuse
             their
             learned
          
           Skill
           by
           
             entrapping
             ,
             ensnaring
          
           and
           catching
           Men
           ,
           with
           Law-tricks
           ,
           and
           Sham-tricks
           ,
           turning
           Darkness
           to
           Light
           ,
           and
           Light
           to
           Darkness
           ,
           and
           turning
           
             Pleading
             to
             Rayling
          
           ,
           Lying
           and
           Slandering
           ;
           now
           so
           much
           the
           Mode
           at
           Bar
           :
           a
           Shame
           it
           should
           be
           suffered
           !
        
         
           'T
           is
           these
           alone
           (
           as
           the
           World
           goes
           )
           that
           can
           defend
           us
           from
           the
           
             catching
             Snares
          
           laid
           by
           the
           former
           ,
           to
           catch
           
             a
             Man
             and
             his
             Cause
          
           ,
           a
           Man
           and
           his
           Heritage
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           these
           alone
           (
           with
           the
           Authority
           ,
           Justice
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Reverend
           Judges
           )
           that
           can
           deliver
           Men
           
             out
             of
             the
             Snares
          
           that
           are
           laid
           for
           them
           ,
           by
           
             those
             prostituted
             Hirelings
          
           .
        
         
           But
           
             none
             of
             the
             Snares
          
           that
           are
           laid
           to
           
             catch
             Men
          
           ,
           are
           comparable
           to
           the
           
             Subtilty
             and
             Cruelty
             of
             the
             Romish
             Priests
          
           ;
           for
           the
           speediest
           Execution
           of
           a
           Sham-Plot
           ,
           is
           an
           
             Absolution
             from
             a
             Jesuit
          
           ;
           or
           a
           
             Bull
             of
             Indulgence
          
           or
           Jubilee
           from
           the
           Pope
           ,
           like
           that
           of
           Pardon
           to
           the
           
             late
             Irish
          
           Rebels
           and
           Cut-Throats
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           the
           most
           Cheveril-Charity
           can
           scarcely
           have
           other
           Opinion
           of
           these
           Romish
           Emissaries
           ,
           than
           St.
           Hierome
           had
           of
           the
           Clergy
           of
           his
           time
           ,
           (
           who
           were
           so
           generally
           debanch'd
           and
           mischievous
           ,
           that
           the
           good
           Father
           cryed
           out
           )
           
             non
             puto
             multos
             inter
             Sacerdotes
             salvos
             fieri
          
           ;
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           
             (
             saith
             he
          
           )
           how
           it
           is
           possible
           that
           many
           Clergy-Men
           can
           go
           to
           Heaven
           !
        
         
           So
           say
           I
           
             of
             these
             Romish
             Priests
          
           ,
           if
           they
           stick
           to
           the
           Principles
           of
           their
           bloody
           Religion
           ,
           
             I
             cannot
             imagine
             how
             they
             can
             possibly
             be
             saved
             .
          
        
         
         
           For
           does
           not
           the
           Inquisition
           come
           out
           of
           
             their
             holy
             Ar●dnal
          
           ?
           Are
           not
           all
           the
           
             bloody
             Popish
             Plots
             and
             Sham
             Flots
             ,
          
           contrived
           and
           managed
           
             by
             them
          
           ?
           Did
           not
           
             they
             invent
          
           and
           forge
           in
           England
           ,
           the
           Writ
           
             de
             Haeretico
             comburendo
          
           ,
           to
           condemn
           Hereticks
           (
           namely
           ,
           
             all
             that
             oppose
             their
             Pride
             and
             Covetousness
          
           )
           to
           Fire
           and
           Faggot
           ?
        
         
           
             But
             how
          
           ?
           not
           by
           setting
           Fire
           to
           the
           Faggot
           themselves
           ,
           or
           turning
           Hang-men
           ;
           no
           ,
           
             those
             holy
             Men
          
           will
           not
           
             dip
             their
             Sacred
             Hands
             in
             Blood
             :
          
           (
           Oh
           the
           Hypocrisy
           of
           such
           Devotion
           !
           )
           No
           ,
           no
           ,
           they
           knew
           a
           way
           worth
           two
           on
           't
           ;
           they
           made
           tht
           poor
           
             enslaved
             Bigotted
          
           Magistrate
           do
           
             that
             Drudgery
          
           .
        
         
           And
           before
           the
           Statute
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           
           (
           that
           awards
           the
           Writ
           of
           
             Excommunicato
             capiendo
          
           ,
           and
           confines
           it
           to
           about
           
             ten
             sort
          
           of
           Offenders
           only
           )
           some
           think
           the
           same
           Popish
           Engineers
           in
           Popish
           Times
           were
           the
           first
           Inventers
           and
           Forgers
           
             of
             that
             Writ
             also
          
           :
           if
           they
           were
           ,
           they
           were
           as
           
             unmannerly
             as
             unmerciful
          
           ,
           to
           invent
           a
           Discipline
           
             that
             God
             never
             made
          
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           the
           Holy
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           Primitive
           Church
           ,
           never
           know
           ;
           and
           then
           when
           they
           had
           anathematiz'd
           and
           
             curst
             a
             Man
             to
             the
             Devil
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Devil
           
             did
             not
          
           or
           would
           not
           
             take
             him
          
           ,
           then
           to
           make
           the
           
             Sheriff
             and
             the
             Jaylor
             to
             take
             the
             Devil's
             Leavings
             ,
          
           and
           when
           
             Hell
             would
             not
          
           or
           did
           not
           ,
           then
           the
           
             Goal
             should
          
           :
           The
           
             Spanish
             Inquisition
          
           ,
           and
           
             bloody
             Bishop
             Bonner
          
           Bishop
           of
           London
           ,
           made
           great
           use
           of
           
             this
             Engine
          
           .
        
         
           The
           former
           Writ
           ,
           
             de
             Haeretico
             comburendo
          
           ,
           has
           found
           its
           
             just
             Doom
             and
             Catastrophe
          
           ;
           but
           that
           of
           
             Excommunicato
             capiendo
             shall
             stand
          
           in
           force
           (
           when
           it
           is
           awarded
           according
           to
           the
           Statute
           )
           as
           long
           as
           —
           When
           ?
           as
           
             long
             as
             the
             King
          
           and
           Parliament
           
             shall
             please
          
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           I
           thought
           that
           all
           our
           Mischiefs
           come
           from
           Rome
           and
           
             Popish
             Priests
          
           ,
           I
           should
           think
           (
           as
           some
           have
           done
           )
           that
           there
           was
           
             more
             cause
          
           (
           than
           
             only
             the
             bare
             Error
          
           of
           the
           Press
           )
           that
           in
           the
           Popish
           New
           Testament
           in
           Latin
           (
           Printed
           at
           
           Cologn
           )
           in
           1
           Cor.
           6.9
           .
           stands
           Printed
           (
           instead
           of
           )
           
             neque
             Scortatores
          
           (
           these
           words
           )
           
             neque
             Sacerdotes
             regnum
             Dei
             possidebunt
          
           .
        
         
           No
           wonder
           therefore
           ,
           that
           Pope
           Adrian
           6.
           commanded
           Cheregatus
           his
           Legate
           
             de
             latere
          
           ,
           to
           declare
           in
           a
           Dyet
           of
           the
           Empire
           (
           assembled
           and
           held
           at
           Norimberg
           )
           in
           
             Germany
             —
             A
             Sacerdotibus
             Iniquitatem
             Populi
             dimanare
             ;
             
             multis
             nunc
             annis
             graviter
             multisque
             modis
             peccatum
             esse
             Romae
             :
             &
             inde
             à
             Pontificio
             culmine
             malum
             hoc
             ,
             atque
             luem
             ad
             Inferiores
             omnes
             Ecclesiarum
             Praefectos
             defluxisse
             :
          
           The
           Iniquity
           of
           the
           People
           came
           from
           the
           Priests
           ;
           And
           that
           now
           ,
           for
           the
           space
           of
           many
           Years
           ,
           there
           have
           been
           great
           and
           grievous
           Enormities
           committed
           at
           Rome
           :
           And
           that
           all
           this
           Plague
           and
           Mischief
           ,
           hath
           flowed
           unto
           all
           the
           Inferior
           Prelates
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           from
           the
           
             High
             Throne
             of
             the
             Pope's
             Holiness
             .
          
        
         
           No
           wonder
           then
           ,
           
           that
           their
           own
           Abbot
           St.
           Bernard
           saith
           —
           
             Bestia
             illa
             de
             Apocalypsi
             ,
             cui
             datum
             est
             os
             loquens
             Blasphemias
             ,
             &
             bellum
             gerere
             cùm
             Sanctis
             ,
             Petri
             Cathedram
             occupat
             ,
             tanquàm
             Leo
             paratus
             ad
             Praedam
             .
          
           In
           English
           thus
           —
        
         
           That
           Beast
           that
           is
           spoken
           of
           in
           the
           Revelations
           ,
           to
           whom
           is
           given
           a
           Mouth
           speaking
           Blasphemies
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           War
           against
           the
           Saints
           ,
           is
           now
           got
           up
           into
           
             Peter's
             Chair
          
           ,
           like
           a
           Lion
           ready
           for
           his
           Prey
           .
        
         
           And
           
             Albertus
             magnus
          
           saith
           ,
           
           
             Illi
             qui
             modo
             Praesunt
             in
             Ecclesiis
             ,
             plurimum
             sunt
             Fures
             &
             Latrones
             ;
             plus
             Exactores
             quam
             Pastores
             ,
             plus
             Spoliatores
             quam
             Tutores
             ,
             plus
             Mactatores
             quam
             Custodes
             ,
             plus
             Perversores
             quam
             Doctores
             ,
             plus
             Seductores
             quam
             Ductores
             ;
             Isti
             sunt
             Nuncii
             Antichristi
             ,
             Subversores
             Ovium
             Christi
             :
          
           (
           that
           is
           )
           The
           Prelates
           of
           the
           Church
           are
           most
           of
           them
           Theeves
           and
           Robbers
           ;
           Wolves
           rather
           than
           Shepherds
           ,
           rather
           Spoilers
           than
           Defenders
           ,
           rather
           Killers
           than
           Keepers
           ,
           rather
           Deceivers
           than
           Doctors
           ,
           rather
           Perverters
           than
           Converters
           :
           These
           be
           the
           Ambassadors
           and
           Nuntio's
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           the
           Devourers
           of
           the
           Sheep
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
         
           And
           in
           the
           Council
           of
           Rhemes
           ,
           
           the
           same
           Bernard
           (
           before
           praised
           )
           told
           the
           Bishops
           to
           their
           Faces
           in
           open
           Council
           ,
           and
           in
           open
           Court
           ,
           (
           though
           he
           himself
           was
           no
           Bishop
           )
           
             Dicimini
             Pastores
             ,
             cùm
             sitis
             raptores
             ,
             (
             Fratres
             )
             Jesus
             hodiè
             elegit
             sibi
             multos
             Diabolos
             Episcopos
             ,
             non
             sunt
             Pastores
             sed
             Traditores
             :
          
           (
           In
           English
           thus
           )
           My
           Brethren
           ,
           
           ye
           are
           called
           Bishops
           ,
           but
           ye
           are
           meer
           Men-catchers
           and
           Robbers
           ;
           Jesus
           now
           adays
           has
           chosen
           to
           himself
           many
           Devils
           to
           be
           Bishops
           :
           They
           are
           not
           Pastors
           ,
           but
           treacherous
           Judas-ses
           .
        
         
           And
           
             Johannes
             Sarisburiensis
          
           gave
           this
           Reason
           ,
           
           to
           Pope
           Adrian
           4.
           why
           Popes
           are
           
             usually
             so
             short-liv'd
             —
             Nè
             totam
             corrumpant
             Ecclesiam
             ,
          
           lest
           they
           should
           
             (
             quoth
             he
          
           )
           infect
           the
           whole
           Church
           .
        
         
           And
           one
           (
           of
           their
           own
           Cardinals
           )
           writes
           —
           That
           Pope
           Hildebrand
           poysoned
           six
           Popes
           successively
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           
           to
           make
           room
           for
           himself
           to
           leap
           into
           the
           Papal
           Chair
           ,
           which
           he
           purchased
           by
           those
           
             Divine
             Arts
          
           ;
           Here
           was
           a
           Pope-catcher
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Man-catcher
           .
        
         
           And
           Pope
           Vrban
           6.
           was
           a
           Cardinal-catcher
           ;
           
           for
           he
           catch'd
           five
           of
           his
           Cardinals
           at
           one
           time
           in
           a
           Sack
           ,
           and
           threw
           them
           alive
           into
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           drown'd
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           Pope
           John
           12.
           
           catch'd
           one
           of
           his
           Cardinals
           by
           the
           Nose
           and
           cut
           it
           off
           ;
           and
           another
           by
           the
           right
           Hand
           and
           cut
           that
           off
           too
           .
        
         
           And
           Pope
           Stephanus
           catch'd
           the
           dead
           Body
           of
           Pope
           Formosus
           his
           Predecessor
           ,
           and
           cut
           off
           his
           Head
           and
           fore-fingers
           ,
           
           and
           then
           threw
           the
           naked
           Carcase
           (
           of
           this
           
             quondum
             Infallibility
          
           )
           into
           the
           River
           Tyber
           .
        
         
           And
           more
           than
           once
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           have
           catch'd
           and
           snatch'd
           Men
           to
           the
           Grave
           ,
           by
           giving
           them
           a
           poysoned
           Wafer
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           poysoning
           the
           Wine
           in
           the
           Chalice
           or
           Cup.
           
        
         
           So
           true
           is
           it
           what
           their
           own
           Writer
           saith
           ,
           
           in
           Allusion
           to
           the
           Cruelty
           of
           Popes
           ,
           reciting
           Heb.
           9.7
           .
           
             Into
             the
             Holy
             of
             
             Holies
          
           (
           the
           Papal
           Chair
           )
           
             did
             the
             High
             Priest
             enter
             alone
             ,
             but
             not
             without
             Blood.
             
          
        
         
           Whilst
           we
           say
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           (
           which
           God
           has
           
             miraculously
             preserved
          
           so
           long
           ,
           and
           
             (
             I
             prophesy
          
           )
           will
           still
           preserve
           
             in
             despight
             of
             all
             the
             Popish
             and
             Hellish
             Stratagems
             ,
             False
             Evidence
             and
             Sham-Plots
          
           (
           as
           was
           said
           of
           Israel
           )
           The
           more
           
             they
             were
             afflicted
             the
             more
             they
             grew
             .
          
        
         
           Therefore
           
             chear
             up
             ,
             true
             English
             Hearts
             !
          
           Let
           not
           your
           Christian
           
             Courage
             flag
          
           ;
           If
           by
           Popish
           Plots
           or
           Sham-Plots
           ,
           
             we
             cannot
             live
          
           Protestants
           ,
           
             we
             can
             die
          
           Protestants
           .
        
         
           Thus
           
             Gregory
             Nazianzen
          
           comforted
           the
           Christians
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           telling
           them
           of
           the
           excellency
           of
           their
           Religion
           in
           these
           Words
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           It
           
             lives
             by
             Death
          
           ,
           the
           more
           't
           is
           cut
           ,
           the
           faster
           it
           springs
           ,
           and
           grows
           by
           diminishing
           .
        
         
           So
           
             Cyprian
             —
             Sacerdos
             Dei
             Evangelium
             tenens
             &
             Christi
             praecepta
             custodiens
             ,
             
             occidi
             potest
             ,
             vinci
             non
             potest
             :
          
           A
           Minister
           of
           God
           following
           the
           Precepts
           Evangelical
           ,
           may
           be
           killed
           ,
           but
           not
           conquered
           .
        
         
           As
           Chrysostom
           answered
           the
           threatning
           Empress
           
             Endoxia
             ,
             nil
             nisi
             peccatum
             metuo
          
           —
           tell
           her
           ,
           
             I
             fear
             nothing
             but
             Sim
          
           ,
           she
           might
           fright
           a
           
             Parasitical
             Knave
          
           or
           Fool
           ,
           but
           not
           a
           Chrysostom
           ;
           she
           may
           kill
           me
           ,
           but
           she
           cannot
           hurt
           me
           .
        
         
           For
           there
           
             is
             no
             Wisdom
             ,
             
             nor
             Vnderstanding
             ,
             nor
             Counsel
             ,
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           if
           we
           believe
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           of
           God.
           I
           'le
           conclude
           this
           with
           Holy
           
           David's
           Prayer
           ,
           Psal
           .
           119.121
           .
           
             I
             deal
             with
             the
             thing
             that
             is
             lawful
             and
             right
             ,
             
             O
             give
             me
             not
             over
             unto
             mine
             Oppressors
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A43623-e250
           
             Hen.
             8.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A43623-e600
           
             Quest
             .
             1.
             
             Answ
             .
          
           
             1
             Chron.
             21.12
             .
          
           
             Isa
             .
             34
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Ezek
             14.17
             .
          
           
             2
             Kings
             6.25
             ,
             26
             ,
             27
             ,
             28
             ,
             29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             Job
             38.37
             ,
             38.
             
          
           
             Hen.
             8.
             
             
             Baker's
             Chro.
             198.
             
          
           
             Quest
             .
             2.
             
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Quest
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             Quest
             .
             1.
             
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             22.22
             .
          
           
             Mic.
             2.1
             .
          
           
             1
             King.
             21.10
             .
          
           
             Mic.
             2.2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Mic.
             2.3
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             22.16
             .
             Ezek.
             22.29
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             120.3
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             120.4
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             120.5
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             120.2
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             140.1
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             140.2
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             140.3
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             140.5
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             20.10
             .
          
           
             Quest
             .
             2.
             
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             23.10
             .
          
           
             Hos
             .
             4.2
             .
          
           
             Quest
             .
             3.
             
             Answ
             .
             Psal
             .
             11.2
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             64
             5.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             1.11
             .
          
           
             Eccles
             5.8
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             17.12
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             140.5
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             142.3
             .
          
           
             Quest
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             140.8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             141.10
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             142.6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             44.19
             ,
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             10.11
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             9.9
             .
          
           
             Mal.
             2.1
             .
          
           
             1
             King
             18.27
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             9.34
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             14.1
             .
          
           
             Psal
             82.6
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             8.12
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             8.17
             .
          
           
             Isa
             .
             28.15
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             26.11
             .
          
           
             Mal.
             3.5
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             16.48
             ,
             49
             ,
             50.
             
          
           
             
               Spoken
               to
               the
               Mayor
               and
               Aldermen
               then
               present
               .
            
          
           
             Isa
             .
             1.17
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             12.4
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             10.7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             12.5
             .
          
           
             Luk
             22.2
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             23.2
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             26.59
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             58.5
             ,
             6.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A43623-e6740
           
             Psal
             .
             56.5
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             3.1
             .
             Gal.
             4
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Extra
             :
             de
             jurejurand
             .
             
               Ego
               .
               N.
            
             
          
           
             23
             Eliz.
             1.
             
          
           
             3
             Jacob
             4.
             
          
           
             
               De
               majoritate
               &
               obedientiâ
            
             .
             15.
             q.
             6.
             
             
               Authoritatem
               .
               In
               glossá
               .
               Distinct
               .
            
             82.
             
             Praefbyter
             .
             
               Pelin
               .
               de
               constit
            
             .
             cap.
             Statatae
             canon
             .
             Colum
             6.
             q.
             1.
             
             
               Quicunque
               In
               glossâ
               .
               Panormitan
               ,
               Extra
               ,
               de
               divortiis
               .
               sum
               .
               Angel
               in
               dictione
            
             Pap.
             
          
           
             Pigghius
             Hierarch
             .
             l.
             3.
             cap.
             3.
             fol.
             103.
             
          
           
             Pigghius
             Contro
             .
             3.
             
               de
               Ecclesiá
            
             .
          
           
             Flaccus
             Illiticus
             
               in
               Normâ
               Concil
            
             .
          
           
             Johan
             .
             Sleidanus
             .
             lib.
             23.
             
          
           
             Husius
             l.
             2.
             contra
             Johan
             .
             Brentium
             .
          
           
             Ludovicus
             vives
             
               in
               lib.
            
             13
             ,
             de
             Civitate
             Dei.
             c.
             24.
             
          
           
             Nicol.
             Lyra.
             in
             Deutero
             .
             cap.
             17.
             
          
           
             Paral.
             Ursper
             .
             Gen.
             in
             Clemen
             .
             5.
             
             Pap.
             
          
           
             Huk
             .
             22.38
             .
          
           
             2
             Kings
             6.18
             .
          
           
             5
             Eliz.
             23.
             
          
           
             Johan
             .
             Sleidan
             .
             l.
             4.
             
             Anno.
             1523.
             
          
           
             Bernard
             .
             Epist
             .
             125.
             pag.
             1316.
             
          
           
             Albertus
             in
             Johan
             .
             cap.
             10.
             
             E.
             E.
             
          
           
             Bernard
             .
             
               in
               Concilio
            
             Remensi
             .
          
           
             
               See
               more
               in
               Serm.
            
             66.
             
             Bernardi
             in
             Cantic
             .
          
           
             Johan
             Satisburiens
             in
             Polycratico
             .
             l.
             6.
             c.
             24.
             
          
           
             Beno
             Cardinalis
             .
          
           
             Sabellicus
             Aenead
             .
             9.
             lib.
             9.
             
          
           
             Sabellicus
             Aeuead
             .
             91
             lib.
             2.
             
          
           
             Platina
             
               in
               vit
            
             .
             Stephan
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             Camotensis
             .
          
           
             Cypr.
             l.
             1.
             
             Epist
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             .21.30
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.121
             .