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             A sad prognostick of approaching judgement, or, The happy misery of good men in bad times set forth in a sermon preached at St. Gregories, June the 13th, 1658 / by Nathaniell Hardy ...
             Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670.
          
           [8], 32 p.
           
             Printed by A.M. for Joseph Cranford ...,
             London :
             1658.
          
           
             Errata: p. [8]
             Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           A
           Sad
           Prognostick
           OF
           Approaching
           JUDGMENT
           ;
           
             OR
             ,
          
           THE
           HAPPY
           MISERY
           
             OF
          
           GOOD
           MEN
           IN
           BAD
           TIMES
           .
           Set
           forth
           in
           a
           Sermon
           Preached
           at
           
             St
             Gregories
             ,
             June
          
           the
           13th
           1658.
           
        
         
           By
           
             Nathaniell
             Hardy
             ,
          
           Minister
           of
           
             St
             Dyonis
             Back
             church
             .
          
        
         
           
             PSAL.
             12.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Help
               Lord
               ,
               for
               the
               godly
               man
               ceaseth
               ,
               for
               the
               faithfull
               fail
               from
               among
               the
               children
               of
               men
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
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               Jud.
            
             
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             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             A.
             M.
          
           for
           
             Joseph
             Cranford
          
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Kings
           Head
           in
           St
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           ,
           1658.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           IHave
           too
           
             often
             (
             and
             not
             without
             regret
             )
             beheld
             those
          
           monstrous
           
             births
             which
             have
             been
          
           forced
           
             into
             the
          
           world
           
             by
             the
          
           unskilfull
           
             and
             injurious
          
           Midwifry
           
             of
          
           Scriblers
           ,
           Stationers
           ,
           
             and
          
           Printers
           ,
           
             often
             the
          
           death
           
             of
             their
          
           pretended
           
             Parents
             ;
             Indeed
             ,
          
           who
           
             would
             not
             be
          
           troubled
           
             to
          
           see
           
             the
             innocent
          
           Names
           
             of
             eminent
          
           Divines
           
             made
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             to
             do
          
           pennance
           
             in
             the
          
           Printers
           Sheets
           ,
           
             for
             the
          
           incontinency
           
             of
             their
          
           wanton
           Auditors
           ,
           
             who
             between
             the
          
           Pen
           
             and
             the
          
           Press
           ,
           beget
           
             and
             bring
          
           forth
           
             a
          
           Bastard
           
             brood
             of
          
           Sermons
           ,
           
             which
             they
             must
          
           Father
           ?
        
         
         
           
             How
             greatly
             that
          
           Reverend
           man
           
             of
          
           God
           
             Dr.
          
           John
           Hewit
           
             (
             since
             his
          
           suffering
           death
           )
           
             hath
             upon
             this
             account
          
           suffered
           
             from
             his
          
           seeming
           
             Friends
             ,
             is
             obvious
             to
             every
          
           intelligent
           eye
           ;
           
             witness
          
           two
           
             Books
             of
          
           Sermons
           
             Printed
             and
          
           published
           
             under
             his
          
           Name
           ,
           
             and
             (
             notwithstanding
          
           some
           
             of
             them
             appear
             to
             be
          
           translations
           
             out
             of
          
           French
           Authours
           )
           pretended
           
             to
             be
          
           his
           ;
           
             which
             was
          
           done
           
             too
             ,
             both
             against
             a
             special
          
           Caveat
           
             entered
             in
          
           Stationers-Hall
           
             by
             his
          
           honourable
           Lady
           
             and
          
           Advertisements
           
             in
          
           print
           
             by
             two
             of
             his
          
           worthy
           
             Friends
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             Dr.
          
           Wild
           ,
           
             and
             Mr.
          
           Barwick
           ,
           
             whose
          
           Names
           
             have
             been
             made
             use
             of
             without
             their
          
           privity
           
             or
          
           consent
           ;
           
             to
             stand
             in
          
           place
           
             and
          
           shew
           
             of
          
           Licensers
           
             of
             those
             Sermons
             ,
             which
             they
             utterly
          
           disown
           ,
           
             and
             desire
             by
             this
             meanes
          
           publiquely
           
             to
          
           disclaim
           .
        
         
           
             This
             having
             been
             the
          
           Lot
           
             of
             so
             many
          
           Preachers
           
             of
             the
          
           Gospel
           ,
           
             and
             those
             men
          
           famous
           
             in
             their
             Generation
             ,
             I
             do
             not
          
           much
           wonder
           ,
           
             and
             am
             the
          
           less
           troubled
           
             that
             it
             is
          
           mine
           ;
           
             only
             I
             must
             needs
          
           resent
           
             (
             yet
             not
             without
          
           a
           readiness
           
             to
          
           forgive
           )
           
             the
          
           impudence
           
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             have
             ,
             as
             to
             were
             ,
          
           ravished
           
             my
          
           Sermon
           
             before
             my
          
           face
           ,
           
             dealing
             so
          
           injuriously
           
             by
             me
             whilest
          
           alive
           .
           
             By
             this
             I
             plainly
          
           foresee
           
           
             what
             is
             to
             be
          
           expected
           
             when
             I
             am
          
           dead
           :
           
             The
          
           consideration
           
             whereof
             ,
             hath
          
           been
           ,
           
             and
          
           is
           one
           
             cause
             enducing
             me
             to
          
           appear
           
             so
             often
             in
          
           Print
           ,
           
             that
             what
             is
             (
             I
             ingenuously
          
           confess
           )
           
             but
             very
          
           imperfect
           
             at
             the
          
           best
           ,
           
             may
             not
             however
          
           come
           forth
           mangled
           
             hereafter
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             hope
             the
          
           Candid
           Reader
           
             will
             not
             think
             his
          
           patience
           abused
           ,
           
             whilest
             I
             shall
             in
             a
          
           few
           
             words
             inform
             him
             how
             much
          
           I
           
             have
             been
          
           abused
           
             in
             this
             kind
             .
          
        
         
           
             Some
          
           years
           
             ago
             came
             forth
             a
             little
          
           Manual
           
             of
             several
          
           Prayers
           ,
           
             whereof
             that
             ,
             to
             which
             my
          
           Name
           
             is
             affixed
             ,
             is
             for
             the
          
           most
           
             part
             made
             up
             of
          
           such
           
             expressions
             ,
             which
             (
             how
          
           good
           
             soever
             they
             may
             be
             in
          
           themselves
           )
           
             were
             not
             wont
             to
             be
          
           used
           
             by
          
           me
           ,
           
             as
             appeareth
             by
             that
          
           Prayer
           ,
           
             which
             (
             for
          
           this
           
             Reason
             )
          
           I
           prefixed
           
             before
             the
          
           first
           
             part
             of
             my
          
           Exposition
           
             upon
             St.
          
           Johns
           first
           Epistle
           .
        
         
           I
           met
           
             this
          
           last
           
             Summer
             with
             a
          
           Book
           
             called
          
           The
           Herball
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           
             upon
             the
          
           Title
           page
           
             whereof
             (
             the
          
           Authours
           
             Name
             being
          
           concealed
           )
           my
           Name
           
             is
          
           affixed
           
             to
          
           great
           Letters
           ,
           
             to
             a
          
           part
           
             of
             a
          
           sentence
           
             with
             which
          
           I
           began
           
             a
          
           Sermon
           
             preached
             at
             St.
             
          
           Gregories
           
             on
          
           Low
           Sunday
           
             last
             ,
             upon
             that
          
           Text
           
             which
             is
             pla●ed
             in
             the
          
           front
           
             of
             that
          
           Discourse
           ,
           
           
             namely
             the
          
           26th
           
             of
          
           Isaia
           .
           
             and
             the
          
           19th
           verse
           .
           
             For
             this
          
           cause
           
             (
             very
             probably
             )
             that
             the
          
           unwary
           Reader
           
             might
          
           believe
           
             it
             to
             be
          
           mine
           .
        
         
           
             Within
             these
          
           few
           
             weeks
             ,
          
           I
           
             have
             perused
             a
          
           Discourse
           
             in
          
           part
           mine
           ,
           
             and
          
           but
           
             in
          
           part
           
             (
             as
             will
          
           appear
           
             by
             the
          
           ensuing
           
             Sermon
             )
             Printed
             and
          
           published
           without
           
             my
          
           knowledge
           .
           
             Indeed
             ,
          
           I
           
             heard
             a
          
           flying
           Rumour
           ,
           
             and
             received
             a
          
           namelesse
           Letter
           ,
           
             threatning
             the
          
           publication
           
             of
             it
             ,
             but
          
           I
           
             was
             not
          
           willing
           
             to
          
           believe
           
             any
             would
             be
             so
          
           audacious
           ,
           
             till
             now
          
           I
           see
           
             it
             .
          
           It
           
             is
             true
             ,
             my
          
           Name
           
             is
             not
             exprest
             ;
             but
             it
             is
          
           said
           
             to
             be
             a
          
           Sermon
           Preached
           
             at
             that
          
           place
           ,
           
             and
             on
             that
          
           day
           ,
           
             and
             upon
             the
          
           Text
           ,
           where
           ,
           when
           ,
           
             and
             on
          
           which
           I
           preached
           :
           
             And
             which
          
           proclaimeth
           
             the
          
           insolence
           
             of
          
           these
           
             Publishers
             ,
             though
          
           they
           
             never
             had
          
           any
           conference
           
             with
          
           me
           ,
           
             either
          
           before
           
             or
          
           since
           
             my
          
           preaching
           ,
           
             yet
             they
          
           presume
           
             to
          
           know
           
             my
          
           thoughts
           ,
           
             in
             that
             it
             is
          
           said
           
             to
             be
          
           Intended
           for
           the
           solemnization
           of
           Doctor
           Hewits
           Funerall
           :
           
             whereas
             in
          
           truth
           ,
           I
           
             was
          
           engaged
           
             to
          
           preach
           
             that
          
           turn
           
             at
             St.
             
          
           Gregories
           
             before
             the
          
           Doctors
           death
           ;
           
             yea
             ,
             when
             there
             was
             some
          
           hopes
           
             of
             his
          
           life
           .
           
             And
             though
          
           I
           deny
           not
           
           
             but
             that
          
           sad
           Providence
           
             intervening
             ,
          
           occasioned
           
             me
             to
             pitch
             my
          
           thoughts
           
             on
             that
          
           subject
           ;
           
             yet
             had
          
           I
           intended
           
             it
             for
             his
          
           Funerall
           ,
           I
           
             justly
          
           could
           ,
           
             and
             certainly
          
           should
           ,
           
             have
             given
             a
          
           farre
           more
           
             ample
          
           Character
           
             of
             his
          
           worth
           .
        
         
           If
           
             now
             the
          
           Reader
           
             shall
             desire
             to
          
           know
           
             what
             was
             my
             reall
          
           intent
           
             in
          
           Preaching
           
             this
             following
          
           Sermon
           
             at
             that
          
           time
           ,
           
             the
          
           close
           
             of
             it
             will
          
           informe
           
             him
             ,
             that
             it
             was
          
           no
           other
           
             then
             what
          
           ought
           
             to
             be
          
           one
           end
           
             of
          
           all
           
             Preaching
             ,
             namely
             ,
             to
          
           bring
           the
           People
           to
           Repentance
           .
           
             And
          
           observing
           
             a
             generall
          
           sadnesse
           
             of
          
           Compassion
           
             upon
          
           their
           spirits
           ,
           I
           
             was
          
           willing
           
             so
             to
          
           frame
           
             my
          
           Discourse
           ,
           
             that
             through
          
           Gods
           Grace
           ,
           
             a
          
           sorrow
           
             of
          
           Compunction
           
             might
          
           accompany
           
             it
             .
          
        
         
           What
           
             was
          
           then
           Preached
           ,
           
             and
             hath
             been
             hitherto
          
           withheld
           
             from
             the
          
           Presse
           
             (
             partly
             out
             of
             a
          
           mean
           Opinion
           
             of
             the
          
           Work
           
             it self
             ,
             and
             partly
             out
             of
             a
          
           just
           desire
           
             not
             to
          
           exasperate
           )
           I
           
             am
             now
          
           necessitated
           
             to
          
           publish
           
             for
             my
          
           own
           Vindication
           ,
           
             and
             that
          
           what
           
             was
             the
          
           Preachers
           aim
           
             may
             be
          
           effected
           
             upon
             
             all
             who
          
           then
           heard
           ,
           
             or
             shall
          
           now
           read
           
             it
             ,
             is
             and
             shall
             be
             his
          
           earnest
           
             and
             uncessant
          
           request
           
             at
             the
          
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           .
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
             NATH.
             HARDY
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
             Errata
             .
          
           Page
           31.
           line
           5.
           for
           
             confidence
          
           read
           
             conscience
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THE
           Sad
           PROGNOSTICK
           
             OF
          
           Approaching
           JUDGMENT
           .
        
         
           
             ISAIAH
             57th
             Chapt.
             Verse
             the
             first
             .
          
           
             
               The
               righteous
               perisheth
               ,
               and
               no
               man
               layeth
               it
               to
               heart
               ,
               and
               mercifull
               men
               are
               taken
               away
               ,
               none
               considering
               that
               the
               righteous
               is
               taken
               away
               from
               the
               evil
               to
               come
               .
            
          
        
         
           OUr
           Prophet
           
             Isaiah
          
           in
           his
           
             two
          
           and
           
             twentieth
          
           Chapter
           ,
           tels
           us
           of
           a
           
             day
          
           wherein
           
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Hosts
             cals
             to
             weeping
          
           
           
             and
             mourning
             ,
          
           and
           though
           (
           since
           every
           day
           is
           a
           day
           of
           
             sinning
             )
          
           every
           day
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           day
           of
           
             mourning
             ;
          
           yet
           there
           are
           
           
             four
          
           special
           daies
           wherein
           
             God
          
           expects
           this
           
             duty
          
           from
           us
           :
        
         
           The
           
             day
          
           of
           any
           
             hainous
             wickednesse
          
           committed
           by
           our
           
             selves
          
           or
           
             others
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             day
          
           of
           any
           
             grievous
             judgment
             ,
          
           either
           
             national
          
           or
           
             personal
          
           inflicted
           .
        
         
           The
           
             day
          
           wherein
           the
           
             wicked
             prosper
             ,
          
           and
           the
           ungodly
           triumph
           .
           And
        
         
           The
           
             day
          
           wherein
           any
           of
           
             Gods
             faithful
          
           and
           eminent
           servants
           are
           snatcht
           away
           and
           cut
           off
           by
           
             death
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           
             many
             daies
             (
             Beloved
             )
          
           since
           there
           was
           
             such
          
           a
           day
           ,
           and
           of
           
             such
          
           a
           day
           it
           is
           my
           
             Text
          
           speaks
           ;
           the
           
             want
          
           of
           a
           due
           and
           serious
           
             consideration
          
           whereof
           ,
           moved
           our
           
             Prophet
          
           to
           take
           up
           this
           bitter
           lamentation
           ,
           
             The
             righteous
             perisheth
             and
             no
             man
             layeth
             it
             to
             heart
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           This
           sad
           and
           sorrowfull
           
             complaint
          
           looks
           
             two
          
           waies
           ,
           to
           the
           
             Godly
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           
             Wicked
             ;
          
           bewailing
           the
           
             misery
          
           of
           the
           
             one
             ,
          
           and
           bemoaning
           the
           
             iniquity
          
           of
           the
           
             other
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             persons
          
           of
           the
           
             godly
          
           were
           
             destroyed
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             hearts
          
           of
           the
           
             wicked
             hardened
             .
             That
          
           ariseth
           from
           
             grief
             ,
             this
          
           from
           
             grief
          
           mixed
           with
           
             anger
             ;
             both
          
           very
           
             vehement
             ,
          
           as
           appeareth
           by
           the
           
             multiplication
          
           of
           several
           
             clauses
          
           to
           the
           
             same
             sense
             .
             God
             grant
          
           that
           
             I
          
           in
           
             handling
             ,
          
           and
           
             you
          
           in
           
             hearing
             ,
          
           may
           have
           the
           same
           holy
           
             passions
          
           which
           our
           
             Prophet
          
           had
           in
           
             uttering
          
           this
           dolefull
           ditty
           ,
           
             The
             righteous
             perisheth
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             layeth
             it
             to
             heart
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Begin
          
           we
           with
           the
           
             complaint
          
           concerning
           the
           
             Godly
             ,
          
           which
           we
           find
           to
           be
           both
           
             amplified
          
           and
           
             mitigated
             ;
          
           
           
             Amplified
          
           in
           
             two
          
           Clauses
           ,
           
             The
             righteous
             perisheth
             ,
             The
             mercifull
             men
             are
             taken
             away
             :
             Mitigated
          
           
           in
           
             one
             ,
          
           they
           are
           
             taken
             away
             from
             the
             evil
             to
             come
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           
             inlarging
          
           of
           the
           
             complaint
             ,
          
           we
           shall
           consider
           
           the
           
             Godly
          
           mans
           
             disposition
          
           and
           
             condition
             .
             That
             really
          
           very
           
             good
             ,
             this
             seemingly
          
           very
           
             bad
             ;
             both
          
           characterizedin
           
             two
          
           words
           :
           His
           
             disposition
             ,
          
           in
           those
           two
           ,
           
             righteous
          
           and
           
             mercifull
             ;
          
           his
           
             condition
          
           in
           those
           two
           ,
           
             perisheth
          
           and
           
             taken
             away
             :
          
           Of
           each
           a
           
             word
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           
             first
          
           thing
           we
           are
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Godly
          
           mans
           
             disposition
             .
          
           And
           that
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           
             described
          
           in
           the
           word
           
             righteous
             ,
          
           a
           
             word
          
           which
           being
           in
           the
           
             Hebrew
          
           in
           the
           
             singular
          
           number
           ,
           and
           having
           an
           
             Article
             prefixt
             ,
          
           is
           by
           some
           
             Expositours
          
           peculiarly
           applied
           to
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           as
           if
           this
           
             verse
          
           were
           a
           
             Prophesie
          
           
           of
           his
           
             death
             .
          
           Indeed
           ,
           to
           
             him
          
           especially
           and
           
             primarily
          
           doth
           this
           
             title
          
           of
           
             righteous
          
           belong
           .
           
             There
             is
             none
             righteous
             ,
             no
             not
             one
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           the
           
             Psalmist
             .
             )
             Except
             one
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           the
           
             Father
             ;
             )
          
           meaning
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           
           who
           is
           
             perfectly
          
           and
           originally
           
             righteous
             :
          
           in
           which
           respect
           the
           Prophet
           
             Malachy
          
           cals
           him
           the
           
             Sunne
             of
             righteousness
             .
             Righteousness
          
           in
           us
           ,
           like
           
             light
          
           in
           the
           
           
             Moon
             ,
          
           hath
           its
           
             spots
          
           and
           imperfections
           :
           We
           at
           
             best
             ,
          
           are
           but
           
             Starres
          
           of
           
             righteousness
             ,
          
           which
           
             shine
          
           with
           a
           
             borrowed
          
           light
           :
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           like
           the
           
             Sunne
             ,
          
           hath
           in
           himself
           a
           
             fulness
          
           of
           
             grace
             ,
          
           of
           which
           we
           receive
           
             grace
             for
             grace
             .
          
           Of
           this
           
             righteous
          
           person
           it
           is
           
             true
             ,
          
           
           that
           he
           
             perished
          
           in
           the
           
             opinion
             ,
          
           and
           was
           
             taken
             away
          
           by
           the
           
             rage
          
           of
           his
           
             enemies
             :
          
           Nay
           ,
           which
           
             too
             truly
          
           answereth
           the
           
             text
             ,
          
           he
           died
           
             unlamented
          
           by
           the
           
             generality
          
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           So
           that
           he
           might
           well
           have
           
             uttered
          
           upon
           the
           
             Cross
          
           those
           
             words
          
           of
           the
           
             Church
             ,
             Is
             it
             nothing
             to
             you
             all
             that
             pass
             by
             ?
             Behold
          
           
           
           
             and
             see
             if
             there
             be
             any
             sorrow
             like
             unto
             my
             sorrow
             which
             is
             done
             unto
             me
             ,
             wherewith
             the
             Lord
             hath
             afflicted
             me
             in
             the
             day
             of
             his
             fierce
             anger
             .
          
        
         
           But
           when
           I
           observe
           the
           
             other
          
           Character
           to
           be
           in
           the
           
             Plurall
          
           number
           ,
           
             mercifull
             men
             ,
          
           I
           rather
           incline
           to
           understand
           this
           
             word
          
           though
           in
           the
           
             Singular
             ,
          
           as
           
             nomen
             collectivum
             ,
          
           refering
           not
           to
           
             one
             ,
          
           but
           
             many
             ,
          
           and
           accordingly
           those
           
             Prophets
          
           and
           
             Messengers
          
           of
           the
           
             Lord
             ,
          
           together
           with
           the
           
             other
          
           of
           his
           faithfull
           servants
           which
           were
           
             slain
          
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             Manasseh
             ,
             who
             shed
             innocent
             bloud
             untill
             he
             had
             filled
             Ierusalem
             with
          
           
           
             bloud
             from
             one
             end
             to
             the
             other
             ,
          
           are
           conceived
           by
           
             Expositors
          
           
           to
           be
           those
           whom
           the
           
             Prophet
          
           here
           bemoaneth
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           shall
           be
           now
           
             enquired
          
           in
           what
           
             notion
          
           this
           term
           
             righteous
          
           was
           attributed
           to
           
             them
             ,
          
           and
           may
           be
           affirmed
           of
           
             every
             godly
          
           man
           ?
           I
           
             answer
             ,
          
           they
           are
           
             righteous
          
           in
           a
           
             three-fold
          
           sense
           ,
           
             Really
             ,
             Interpretatively
             ,
             Comparatively
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           Every
           
             godly
          
           man
           is
           
             really
          
           righteous
           ,
           inasmuch
           as
        
         
           1.
           
           His
           
             person
          
           is
           
             justified
          
           through
           our
           
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           who
           is
           therefore
           
             called
          
           by
           the
           Prophet
           
             Jeremy
             ,
          
           
           
             the
             Lord
             our
             righteousness
             ,
          
           and
           is
           said
           by
           the
           Prophet
           
             Isaiah
             ,
             to
             cover
             us
             with
             the
             robe
             of
             righteousness
             ,
          
           
           and
           by
           St
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           to
           be
           
             made
             of
             God
             unto
             us
             righteousness
             .
          
           Thus
           as
           all
           men
           are
           
             sinners
          
           in
           the
           
             first
             ,
          
           so
           are
           all
           believers
           
             righteous
          
           in
           the
           
             second
             Adam
             .
          
           This
           is
           that
           
             righteousness
          
           which
           is
           purely
           
             Evangelicall
             ,
          
           and
           is
           called
           the
           
             righteousness
             of
             faith
             ,
          
           because
           the
           
             righteousness
          
           of
           
             Christ
             apprehended
          
           by
           
             faith
             :
          
           Hence
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           that
           as
           the
           
             Father
          
           elegantly
           ,
           
             Quod
             lex
             operum
             monendo
             imperat
             ,
             lex
          
           
           
           
             fidei
             credendo
             impetrat
             ;
             that
             righteousness
          
           which
           the
           
             Law
             requireth
             ,
             faith
             obtains
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           His
           
             nature
          
           is
           
             renewed
          
           after
           the
           
             Image
          
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           which
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           tells
           us
           consists
           in
           
             righteousness
          
           and
           
           
             true
             holiness
             :
          
           in
           this
           
             respect
          
           it
           is
           that
           
             believers
          
           are
           said
           to
           
             partake
          
           of
           
             the
          
           (
           or
           rather
           
             a
             )
             divine
             nature
          
           by
           the
           Apostle
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           and
           to
           be
           
             born
             of
             God
          
           by
           the
           Apostle
           
             John
             ,
          
           because
           after
           a
           sort
           they
           are
           
             righteous
          
           
           
             as
             God
             is
             righteous
             :
          
           well
           may
           the
           name
           
             righteous
          
           be
           given
           ,
           where
           the
           
             new
             divine
          
           nature
           is
           
             conferred
             ,
          
           which
           maketh
           us
           of
           
             unholy
             ,
             holy
             ,
          
           of
           
             vicious
             ,
             vertuous
             ,
          
           of
           
             unjust
             ,
             righteous
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           His
           
             life
          
           is
           
             reformed
             ,
          
           and
           in
           some
           measure
           ordered
           according
           to
           the
           
             rule
          
           of
           
             righteousness
             ,
          
           the
           
             Word
             of
             God
             ;
             He
             that
             doth
             righteousness
          
           saith
           Saint
           
             John
             ,
             is
             righteous
             ;
          
           every
           good
           man
           
             doth
             righteousness
             ,
          
           
           though
           not
           
             exactly
             ,
          
           yet
           
             sincerely
             ;
          
           his
           
             aim
          
           and
           
             endeavour
          
           is
           to
           give
           
             God
          
           and
           
             man
          
           their
           
             due
             ,
             tribute
             to
             whom
             tribute
             ,
             custome
             to
             whom
             custome
             ,
             fear
             to
             whom
             fear
             ,
             honour
             to
             whom
             honour
             belongeth
             .
          
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Every
           
             godly
          
           man
           is
           
             righteous
             interpretatively
             ,
          
           inasmuch
           as
           being
           
             justified
          
           by
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           
             sanctified
          
           by
           the
           
             Spirit
             ,
             God
          
           doth
           
             account
             ,
             accept
          
           of
           him
           as
           
             righteous
             .
          
           The
           same
           word
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           signifieth
           upright
           and
           perfect
           ;
           to
           teach
           us
           that
           upright
           persons
           are
           (
           for
           Christs
           sake
           )
           
             accepted
          
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           as
           if
           they
           were
           
             perfect
             .
          
           Well
           might
           the
           
             Prophet
             ,
          
           well
           may
           
             we
          
           call
           them
           
             righteous
             ,
          
           whom
           
             God
          
           calls
           so
           ;
           and
           we
           find
           upon
           record
           ,
           
             Noah
             ,
             Iob
             ,
          
           with
           
             others
             ,
          
           
           to
           be
           commended
           by
           
             God
          
           himself
           as
           
             righteous
             .
          
        
         
         
           3.
           
           Every
           godly
           man
           is
           
             righteous
             comparatively
             ,
          
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           
             wicked
          
           among
           whom
           he
           
             lives
             :
          
           thus
           these
           of
           whom
           our
           
             Prophet
          
           here
           speaketh
           ,
           being
           
             compared
          
           with
           those
           
             voluptuous
             Epicures
          
           mentioned
           
           in
           the
           
             end
          
           of
           the
           
             former
          
           Chapter
           ,
           might
           well
           be
           stiled
           
             righteous
             .
          
           Look
           how
           the
           
             Saints
          
           are
           said
           to
           be
           
             worthy
             ;
          
           so
           they
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           
             righteous
             ,
             Quantum
             ad
             comparationem
             caeterorum
             ,
          
           to
           wit
           in
           
           
             comparison
          
           of
           
             others
             .
          
           Indeed
           on
           the
           
             one
             hand
          
           the
           most
           
             holy
          
           man
           
             compared
          
           with
           
             God
          
           and
           
             Christ
          
           is
           
             unjust
          
           and
           
             impure
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           when
           the
           
             Saints
          
           have
           
             look't
          
           upon
           
             God
             ,
          
           they
           
             abhor
             themselves
             .
          
           But
           on
           the
           
             other
             hand
          
           compared
           with
           the
           
             wicked
             ,
          
           they
           are
           justly
           
             esteemed
             righteous
             :
          
           when
           the
           
             actions
          
           of
           the
           
             good
          
           and
           the
           
             bad
          
           are
           set
           
             together
             ,
          
           the
           
             prayers
             ,
             tears
             ,
             fasts
             ,
          
           and
           
             alms
          
           of
           the
           
             one
             ,
          
           by
           the
           
             oaths
             ,
             jollities
             ,
             cursings
             ,
          
           and
           
             oppressions
          
           of
           the
           
             other
             ,
          
           they
           become
           so
           much
           the
           more
           
             conspicuous
             ;
          
           and
           as
           although
           
             silver
          
           be
           far
           below
           
             gold
             ,
          
           yet
           it
           is
           very
           
             precious
          
           in
           comparison
           of
           
             lead
          
           and
           
             iron
             ;
             so
          
           the
           
             servants
          
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           though
           
             infinitely
             short
          
           of
           
             his
             purity
          
           and
           
             righteousness
             ,
          
           are
           
             righteous
          
           if
           
             compared
          
           with
           the
           
             ungodly
          
           and
           
             profane
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           Having
           
             discovered
          
           to
           you
           the
           first
           
             Character
          
           of
           
             righteous
             ;
          
           proceed
           we
           to
           a
           
             view
          
           of
           the
           
             second
             ,
          
           which
           is
           
             mercifull
             .
          
           According
           to
           the
           Hebrew
           ,
           it
           
           may
           be
           read
           
             men
             of
             mercy
          
           and
           
             good
             will
             ,
          
           and
           so
           construed
           either
           
             passively
          
           or
           
             actively
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           a
           
             passive
          
           sense
           ,
           
             men
             of
             mercy
          
           and
           
             good
             will
             ,
          
           are
           
             those
          
           upon
           whom
           
             God
          
           will
           
             have
             mercy
             ,
          
           and
           to
           whom
           he
           beareth
           a
           
             singular
             good
             will
             ,
             The
             Lord
             is
             good
             unto
             all
             ,
             and
             his
             tender
             mercies
             are
             over
             all
             his
             works
          
           (
           saith
           the
           
             Psalmist
             )
          
           there
           being
           no
           
             creature
          
           so
           
           
           mean
           and
           base
           ,
           which
           giveth
           not
           a
           
             Specimen
          
           of
           his
           goodness
           ,
           but
           yet
           
             his
             delights
             are
             with
             the
             sonnes
             of
             men
             ,
          
           and
           his
           
             love
          
           to
           
             mankind
             ,
          
           is
           greater
           then
           to
           any
           of
           his
           
             creatures
             :
          
           upon
           which
           account
           the
           
             Psalmist
          
           saith
           a
           little
           before
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             what
             is
             man
             ,
             that
             thou
          
           
           
             takest
             knowledg
             of
             him
             ,
             or
             the
             sonne
             of
             man
             that
             thou
             makest
             account
             of
             him
             ?
          
           And
           as
           
             God
          
           hath
           a
           more
           
             special
          
           love
           to
           
             man
          
           then
           
             any
          
           other
           
             creatures
             ,
          
           so
           he
           hath
           a
           more
           
             peculiar
          
           love
           to
           the
           
             righteous
          
           then
           any
           
             other
          
           men
           ;
           in
           which
           respect
           the
           
             Psalmist
          
           saith
           elsewhere
           ,
           
             Thou
             Lord
             wilt
             bless
             the
             righteous
             ,
             with
             favour
          
           
           
             wilt
             thou
             compass
             him
             as
             with
             a
             Sheild
             .
          
        
         
           In
           this
           
             construction
             ,
          
           there
           is
           very
           good
           
             use
          
           to
           be
           made
           of
           the
           
             word
          
           in
           
             this
             Scripture
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Partly
          
           to
           
             inform
          
           us
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           
             perish
          
           in
           this
           
             world
             ,
          
           may
           yet
           be
           
             Gods
             favourites
             .
             Men
          
           are
           apt
           to
           think
           that
           
             God
          
           should
           not
           let
           the
           
             wind
             blow
          
           upon
           his
           
             darlings
             ,
          
           but
           they
           are
           
             deceived
             ,
          
           his
           love
           is
           not
           a
           
             Motherly
          
           and
           cockering
           ,
           but
           a
           
             Fatherly
          
           and
           prudent
           love
           .
           
             Benjamin
          
           was
           not
           the
           lesse
           regarded
           by
           
             Joseph
             ,
          
           because
           the
           
             Cup
          
           was
           found
           in
           his
           
             sack
             :
          
           We
           must
           not
           
             infer
          
           from
           the
           
             presence
          
           of
           outward
           
             afflictions
             ,
          
           the
           
             absence
          
           of
           divine
           
             affection
             .
          
           When
           he
           who
           was
           the
           
             righteous
          
           one
           ,
           of
           whom
           the
           
             Father
          
           said
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             beloved
             Sonne
             in
             whom
             I
             am
          
           
           
             well
             pleased
             ,
          
           was
           
             a
             man
             of
             sorrowes
             ,
          
           and
           
             acquainted
             with
             griefs
             :
          
           Yea
           ,
           upon
           the
           
             Cross
             ,
          
           breathed
           forth
           that
           
             dolefull
          
           language
           ,
           
             My
             God
             ,
             my
             God
             ,
             why
             hast
             thou
             forsaken
             me
             ?
          
           as
           being
           
             left
             by
             God
             ,
          
           to
           the
           
             will
          
           of
           his
           
             enemies
             .
          
           Let
           us
           not
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           
             righteous
          
           persons
           ,
           though
           they
           perish
           by
           the
           
             malice
          
           of
           
             men
             ,
          
           are
           yet
           in
           
             favour
          
           with
           
             God
             .
          
        
         
         
           2.
           
           
             Partly
          
           to
           
             comfort
             righteous
          
           ones
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           all
           their
           sufferings
           ,
           considering
           that
           while
           the
           
             world
          
           frowns
           ,
           
             God
          
           smiles
           .
           Though
           the
           cold
           
             wind
          
           of
           persecution
           
             blow
             ,
          
           yet
           the
           
             Sun-beames
          
           of
           divine
           affection
           
             shines
          
           upon
           them
           :
           Though
           they
           are
           rejected
           as
           
             dross
          
           by
           
             men
             ,
          
           yet
           they
           are
           accounted
           by
           
             God
          
           as
           his
           
             Jewels
             .
          
           What
           
             matters
          
           it
           for
           
             mens
             hatred
             ,
          
           so
           we
           have
           
             Heavens
             love
             ?
          
           This
           may
           make
           the
           
             righteous
          
           not
           only
           
             contented
          
           but
           
             cheerfull
          
           in
           suffering
           the
           
             cruelty
          
           of
           their
           
             enemies
             ,
          
           that
           they
           are
           the
           
             men
          
           whom
           
             God
          
           markes
           out
           for
           the
           
             objects
          
           of
           his
           
             mercy
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           though
           this
           
             construction
          
           be
           
             pious
          
           and
           
             congruous
             ,
          
           yet
           I
           rather
           
             incline
          
           to
           the
           
             active
          
           notion
           of
           these
           words
           ;
           so
           much
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           of
           that
           
             parallel
          
           place
           in
           the
           Prophet
           
             Micah
             ,
          
           where
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             The
             good
             man
             is
             perished
             out
             of
             the
             earth
             .
          
           In
           
           this
           sense
           ,
           
             men
          
           of
           
             mercy
             ,
          
           are
           such
           as
           exercise
           
             mercy
          
           towards
           
             them
          
           that
           are
           in
           
             misery
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mercy
          
           in
           its
           
             general
          
           notion
           ,
           is
           
             alienis
             miserijs
             condolere
             easque
             proviribus
             sublevare
             ;
          
           a
           tender
           
             condolence
          
           with
           
             others
             miseries
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             ready
             willingness
          
           to
           
             succour
          
           them
           according
           to
           our
           
             ability
             .
          
           Such
           is
           the
           
             activity
          
           of
           this
           
             grace
             ,
          
           that
           it
           
             runs
          
           through
           the
           
             whole
          
           man
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           
             understanding
             ,
          
           it
           is
           a
           serious
           
             consideration
          
           how
           we
           may
           
             do
             good
             .
             The
             liberal
             man
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           )
           
             deviseth
             liberal
             things
             .
          
           His
           
             thoughts
          
           
           are
           taken
           up
           with
           
             consulting
          
           for
           the
           
             relief
          
           of
           the
           
             distressed
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           
             memory
             ,
          
           it
           is
           a
           continual
           
             setting
          
           the
           
             miseries
          
           of
           our
           Brethren
           
             before
             us
             .
          
           The
           
             mercifull
          
           man
           
           
             forgetteth
          
           the
           
             injuries
          
           that
           are
           done
           to
           
             himself
             ,
          
           and
           
             remembers
          
           the
           
             miseries
          
           that
           are
           suffered
           by
           
             others
             ;
          
           he
           still
           
             thinketh
          
           he
           
             heareth
          
           them
           
             groaning
             ,
          
           and
           
             seeth
          
           them
           
             bleeding
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           
             will
          
           and
           
             affection
             ,
          
           it
           is
           a
           sweet
           
             sympathy
             ,
          
           whereby
           we
           do
           
             nolle
             malum
             ,
             velle
             bonum
             ,
             nill
          
           the
           
             evil
             ,
          
           and
           
             will
          
           the
           
             good
          
           of
           another
           .
           The
           
             mercifull
          
           mans
           
             heart
             aketh
          
           for
           his
           
             Brethren
             ,
          
           and
           he
           
             resents
          
           their
           
             sufferings
             ,
          
           as
           if
           they
           were
           his
           
             own
             .
          
        
         
           Nor
           doth
           
             mercy
          
           only
           
             retire
          
           it self
           into
           the
           
             chambers
          
           of
           the
           
             soul
             ,
          
           but
           
             looketh
          
           out
           at
           the
           
             windowes
             ,
          
           and
           
             goeth
          
           out
           of
           
             doors
          
           for
           the
           
             succour
          
           of
           the
           afflicted
           .
           It
           
             opens
          
           the
           
             eye
          
           to
           
             see
          
           and
           
             search
          
           out
           the
           
             miserable
             ,
          
           which
           ,
           
             beholding
          
           them
           ;
           maketh
           
             report
          
           to
           the
           
             heart
             ,
          
           and
           that
           being
           
             affected
          
           with
           
             sorrow
             ,
          
           causeth
           the
           
             eye
          
           to
           
             drop
          
           down
           
             teares
             ;
          
           it
           
             quickneth
          
           the
           
             ear
          
           to
           attend
           and
           
             listen
          
           to
           the
           
             cries
          
           of
           the
           calamitous
           ,
           like
           the
           tender
           
             Nurse
             ,
          
           which
           heareth
           the
           least
           
             whimpering
          
           of
           the
           
             Child
             :
          
           It
           
             unlooseth
          
           the
           
             tongue
          
           to
           speak
           a
           
             word
          
           in
           
             season
             ,
             pleading
          
           with
           
             God
          
           and
           
             man
          
           for
           them
           :
           It
           
             puts
          
           under
           the
           
             shoulder
          
           to
           bear
           a
           part
           of
           the
           
             burden
             ,
          
           according
           to
           that
           
             Apostolical
          
           counsel
           ,
           
             Bear
             you
             one
             anothers
             burdens
             .
          
           It
           
             unclaspeth
          
           the
           
           
             hand
          
           to
           
             relieve
             ,
          
           and
           knocketh
           off
           the
           
             fetters
          
           from
           the
           
             feet
             :
          
           so
           that
           they
           are
           ready
           to
           
             go
             ,
          
           nay
           
             runne
          
           in
           
             behalf
          
           of
           the
           miserable
           .
           In
           one
           word
           ,
           the
           
             mercifull
          
           mans
           
             head
          
           is
           full
           of
           
             thoughts
             ,
          
           his
           
             heart
          
           of
           
             sorrowes
             ,
          
           his
           
             eyes
          
           of
           
             teares
             ,
             mouth
          
           of
           
             Prayers
             ,
          
           and
           
             hands
          
           of
           
             gifts
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           every
           truly
           
             godly
          
           man
           is
           not
           only
           
             just
             ,
          
           but
           
             good
             ,
             righteous
             ,
          
           but
           
             mercifull
             :
          
           He
           puts
           on
           
             viscera
             ,
             bowels
          
           of
           
             mercy
          
           and
           tender
           compassions
           towards
           
           them
           that
           are
           afflicted
           ;
           he
           is
           ready
           to
           do
           
             opera
             ,
             works
          
           of
           
             mercy
             ,
          
           according
           to
           his
           
             power
             .
          
           By
           the
           
             one
             ,
          
           he
           
             draws
          
           out
           his
           
             soul
          
           to
           the
           
             hungry
             ;
          
           by
           the
           
             other
             ,
          
           he
           
             reacheth
          
           forth
           his
           
             hand
          
           to
           the
           
             needy
             .
             Righteous
          
           men
           know
           that
           
             almes
          
           is
           the
           
             poor
          
           mans
           
             due
             ,
          
           and
           
             mercy
          
           is
           a
           
             debt
          
           they
           
             owe
          
           to
           the
           
             miserable
             :
          
           no
           wonder
           if
           they
           are
           
             carefull
          
           to
           
             pay
          
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           look
           how
           
             far
          
           the
           
             misery
          
           of
           the
           
             distressed
             reacheth
             ,
          
           so
           far
           the
           
             mercy
          
           of
           the
           
             righteous
             extendeth
             ;
          
           both
           to
           the
           
             souls
          
           and
           
             bodies
          
           of
           others
           .
           Namely
           ,
           they
           are
           men
           of
           
             mercy
             ,
          
           especially
           to
           the
           
             souls
          
           of
           others
           ;
           
             instructing
          
           the
           
             ignorant
             ,
             confirming
          
           the
           
             weak
             ,
             counselling
          
           the
           
             doubtfull
             ,
             warning
          
           the
           
             unruly
             ,
             perswading
          
           the
           
             obstinate
             ,
          
           and
           
             comforting
          
           the
           
             grieved
             .
          
           Nor
           are
           they
           
             unmindfull
          
           of
           the
           
             bodies
          
           of
           others
           ,
           
             cloathing
          
           the
           
             naked
             ,
             feeding
          
           the
           
             hungry
             ,
             refreshing
          
           the
           
             thirsty
             ,
             visiting
          
           the
           
             sick
             ,
          
           and
           
             entertaining
          
           the
           
             stranger
             .
          
        
         
           Nor
           is
           their
           
             mercy
          
           only
           confined
           to
           
             friends
             ,
          
           but
           enlarged
           to
           
             foes
             :
          
           They
           are
           men
           of
           
             good
             will
             ,
          
           even
           to
           those
           that
           
             bear
          
           them
           
             ill
             will
             :
          
           They
           
             do
             good
             ,
          
           where
           they
           have
           
             received
             evil
             :
          
           They
           requite
           
             injuries
          
           with
           
             courtesies
             ,
          
           and
           want
           not
           
             compassion
          
           for
           those
           who
           are
           the
           
             instruments
          
           of
           their
           
             passion
             .
          
        
         
           Whilest
           then
           the
           
             Jesuited
          
           Saints
           wear
           the
           
             red
          
           Coat
           of
           
             blood
          
           and
           cruelty
           ,
           let
           Gods
           
             holy
             ones
          
           be
           
             cloathed
          
           in
           the
           
             white
          
           of
           
             innocency
          
           and
           
             pitty
             ,
          
           and
           whilest
           
             their
             zeal
             flames
          
           in
           
             fury
             ,
          
           let
           our
           
             love
             shine
          
           in
           
             mercy
             .
          
           Whatever
           they
           
             pretend
             ,
          
           they
           are
           no
           other
           then
           
             Sonnes
          
           of
           
             Belial
             ,
          
           who
           
             delight
          
           in
           
             blood
             ;
          
           who
           
             slay
          
           the
           
             Fatherless
          
           and
           the
           
             widowe
             ,
          
           and
           make
           
             Persons
             ,
             Families
             ,
          
           may
           
             Nations
             ,
             miserable
             .
             He
             hath
             shewed
             thee
             ,
             O
             man
             ,
             
             what
             is
             good
             ,
             and
             what
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             requireth
             of
             thee
             ,
             but
             to
             do
             justly
             ,
             and
             to
             love
             mercy
             ,
             and
             to
             walk
             humbly
             with
             thy
             God
             ?
          
           So
           we
           read
           in
           the
           
             Prophecy
             of
             Micah
             ,
             Sow
             to
             your selves
             in
             righteousness
             ,
             and
          
           
           
             reap
             in
             mercy
             ,
          
           that
           is
           the
           Prophet
           
             Hosea
          
           his
           counsel
           .
           
           
             Christs
             blessed
          
           ones
           ,
           are
           such
           as
           
             hunger
          
           after
           
             righteousness
             ,
          
           and
           withall
           are
           
             mercifull
             .
          
           And
           here
           the
           
             Characters
          
           of
           a
           
             godly
          
           man
           are
           
             righteous
          
           and
           
             mercifull
             .
          
           
           I
           have
           done
           with
           the
           
             first
          
           branch
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Saints
           
             pious
             disposition
             ,
          
           I
           now
           hasten
           to
        
         
           2.
           
           His
           
             Calamitous
             condition
             ,
          
           which
           is
           represented
           in
           those
           
             words
             ,
             perisheth
             ,
             and
             taken
             away
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             first
          
           word
           
             perisheth
             ,
          
           which
           is
           of
           a
           large
           
             acception
             ,
          
           may
           be
           capable
           of
           an
           harsh
           
             construction
             ,
          
           and
           such
           as
           cannot
           be
           
             predicated
          
           of
           a
           righteous
           man
           ;
           in
           which
           respect
           
             Eliphaz
          
           said
           to
           
             Job
             ,
             Remember
             ,
             I
             pray
             thee
             ,
          
           
           
             who
             ever
             perished
             being
             innocent
             ,
             or
             where
             were
             the
             righteous
             cut
             off
             ?
          
           That
           ye
           may
           therefore
           rightly
           
             understand
          
           the
           
             meaning
          
           of
           the
           phrase
           ,
           know
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           
             three-fold
          
           perishing
           .
        
         
           The
           
             first
          
           belongs
           
             neither
          
           to
           the
           
             righteous
             ,
          
           nor
           to
           the
           
             wicked
             ;
          
           the
           
             second
          
           is
           
             proper
             only
          
           to
           the
           
             wicked
             ;
          
           the
           
             third
          
           is
           
             common
          
           to
           the
           
             righteous
             ,
          
           with
           the
           
             wicked
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Perishing
          
           in
           its
           most
           
             strict
          
           notion
           ,
           is
           
             transitus
             ab
             esse
             ad
             non
             esse
             ,
          
           a
           
             passage
          
           from
           
             being
          
           to
           
             not
             being
             ;
          
           an
           
             utter
             extinction
             ,
          
           a
           
             totall
             annihilation
             .
          
           And
           in
           this
           
             sense
          
           only
           the
           
             beast
             perisheth
             ,
          
           which
           
             dying
             ,
          
           is
           
             resolved
          
           into
           its
           
             first
             principles
             ,
          
           and
           at
           
             last
          
           into
           
             nothing
             .
          
           Though
           therefore
           the
           
             wicked
          
           man
           is
           said
           to
           be
           
             like
             the
             beast
             that
             perisheth
             ,
          
           yet
           he
           doth
           not
           
             perish
             like
             the
             beast
             ;
          
           Indeed
           ,
           it
           were
           
             happy
          
           for
           him
           if
           he
           
           
           might
           :
           For
           though
           some
           
             endeavour
          
           by
           their
           
             Metaphysical
          
           notions
           ,
           to
           prove
           a
           
             miserable
             being
             ,
             better
          
           then
           
             no
             being
             ,
          
           yet
           they
           must
           give
           us
           leave
           to
           say
           with
           our
           
             Saviour
             ,
             It
             were
             good
             for
             that
             man
             he
             had
          
           
           
             never
             been
             born
             .
          
           Nor
           is
           it
           to
           be
           
             doubted
             ,
          
           but
           that
           the
           
             damned
          
           heartily
           
             wish
             ,
             not
             to
             be
          
           at
           all
           ,
           but
           (
           alas
           )
           it
           
             cannot
             be
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           There
           is
           a
           
             perishing
             ,
          
           which
           is
           
             peculiar
          
           to
           the
           
             wicked
             ,
          
           and
           this
           is
           
             two
             fold
             ;
          
           either
           
             perishing
          
           in
           his
           
             name
             ,
          
           or
           
             perishing
          
           in
           his
           
             person
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Only
             wicked
          
           men
           
             perish
          
           in
           their
           
             names
             ,
          
           whilest
           their
           
             memorial
          
           is
           
             cut
             off
          
           from
           the
           
             earth
             .
          
           Though
           the
           
             righteous
             die
             ,
          
           yet
           their
           
             names
             live
             :
          
           That
           
             malice
          
           which
           
             takes
             away
          
           their
           
             life
             ,
          
           cannot
           
             extinguish
          
           their
           
             memory
             ;
          
           but
           the
           
             wicked
             perish
             ,
          
           so
           as
           to
           be
           wholly
           
             forgotten
             ,
          
           or
           
             remembred
          
           with
           
             infamy
             :
          
           so
           true
           is
           that
           of
           the
           
             wise
             man
             ,
             The
             memory
             of
             the
             just
             is
             blessed
             ,
             but
             the
             name
             of
             the
             wicked
             shall
          
           
           
             rot
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Only
             wicked
          
           men
           
             perish
          
           in
           their
           
             persons
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             soul
          
           and
           
             body
             .
          
           This
           is
           that
           
             perishing
             ,
          
           which
           is
           
             opposed
          
           by
           our
           
             Saviour
          
           to
           
             eternal
             life
             ;
          
           and
           is
           sometimes
           
           called
           the
           
             second
             death
             .
          
           In
           this
           sense
           ,
           to
           
             perish
             ,
          
           is
           to
           be
           
             eternally
             miserable
             ;
          
           to
           be
           
             ever
             perishing
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           
             never
             perished
             .
          
           And
           thus
           ,
           
             Who
             ever
             perished
             being
             righteous
             ?
          
           Indeed
           St
           
             Peter
          
           saith
           ,
           the
           
             righteous
          
           are
           
             scarcely
          
           saved
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           a
           great
           
           deal
           of
           
             differenre
          
           between
           
             scarcely
             ,
          
           and
           
             almost
             :
          
           Though
           he
           is
           
             scarcely
             saved
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           not
           without
           great
           
             difficulty
             ,
          
           yet
           he
           is
           
             saved
          
           by
           
             Gods
             mercy
          
           from
           this
           
             perishing
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           But
           lastly
           ,
           There
           is
           a
           
             perishing
          
           which
           is
           
             common
          
           
           to
           the
           
             rightcous
          
           and
           the
           
             wicked
             ,
          
           and
           thus
           the
           
             righteous
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             wicked
          
           perish
           ,
           by
           the
           
             miseries
          
           of
           
             life
             ,
          
           and
           at
           length
           by
           
             death
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           They
           
             perish
          
           by
           the
           
             miseries
          
           of
           this
           
             life
             ;
          
           in
           which
           sense
           ,
           
             perishing
          
           is
           opposed
           to
           
             prospering
             :
             Good
             men
          
           are
           exposed
           to
           
             dangers
          
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             bad
             ;
          
           nay
           ,
           
             more
          
           then
           the
           
             bad
             .
          
           That
           chosen
           
             vessel
          
           St
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           reckons
           a
           
             multitude
          
           of
           
             dangers
          
           which
           befell
           him
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           where
           he
           tels
           us
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           
             in
             perills
             of
             waters
             ,
             in
             perills
             of
             robbers
             ,
             in
             perills
             of
             his
             own
             Countrey-men
             ,
             in
             perills
             by
             the
          
           
           
             Heathen
             ,
             in
             perills
             in
             the
             City
             ,
             in
             perills
             in
             the
             Wilderness
             ,
             in
             perills
             in
             the
             Sea
             ,
             in
             perills
             among
             false
             Brethren
             ;
          
           and
           surely
           what
           
             befell
          
           him
           ,
           is
           
             incident
          
           to
           the
           most
           
             righteous
          
           persons
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           They
           
             perish
          
           by
           
             death
             .
          
           In
           this
           sense
           the
           
             Disciples
          
           meant
           it
           ,
           when
           they
           cried
           ,
           
             Master
             ,
             we
             perish
             .
          
           Thus
           
             Elihu
          
           expounds
           it
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             All
             flesh
             shall
             perish
             together
             ,
             and
             men
             shall
             turn
             again
             unto
             dust
             .
          
           And
           this
           our
           
             Prophet
          
           intends
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           
           
             the
             righteous
             perisheth
             .
          
           
        
         
           If
           you
           shall
           
             ask
             ,
          
           why
           
             dying
             ,
          
           which
           is
           only
           a
           
             separation
          
           of
           the
           
             soul
          
           from
           the
           
             body
             ,
          
           not
           an
           
             annihilation
          
           of
           
             either
             ,
          
           is
           called
           a
           
             perishing
             ?
          
           I
           answer
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           is
           a
           
             perishing
             ,
          
           though
           not
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           yet
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           in
           
             reality
             ,
          
           yet
           
             appearance
             ;
          
           though
           not
           
             secundum
             rei
             veritatem
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           
             verity
          
           of
           the
           
             thing
             ,
          
           yet
           
             secundum
             communem
             sensum
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           
             opinion
          
           of
           the
           
             vulgar
             .
          
           When
           any
           man
           
             dyeth
             ,
          
           whether
           
             good
          
           or
           
             bad
             ,
          
           he
           seemeth
           as
           
             one
          
           that
           were
           
             perished
             .
          
           And
           though
           (
           as
           our
           blessed
           
             Saviour
          
           telleth
           us
           )
           
             all
             live
             to
             God
             ,
          
           yet
           as
           
             Musculus
          
           glosseth
           upon
           the
           
           
           text
           ,
           
             In
             mundi
             judicio
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
             judgment
          
           of
           the
           
           
             world
             ,
          
           they
           
             perish
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           a
           
             perishing
             ,
          
           though
           not
           
             absolutè
             ,
          
           yet
           
             respectivè
             ,
             absolutely
          
           yet
           
             respectively
             ;
          
           it
           is
           a
           
             perishing
          
           as
           to
           this
           
             world
             .
          
           When
           any
           man
           
             dieth
             ,
          
           as
           well
           
             righteous
          
           as
           
             wicked
             ,
          
           he
           so
           
             perisheth
             ,
          
           as
           that
           he
           shall
           
             never
          
           again
           
             live
          
           here
           :
           Upon
           which
           
             account
          
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             Man
             giveth
             up
             the
             Ghost
             ,
             and
             where
             is
             he
             ?
          
           Yea
           ,
           holy
           
             Job
          
           saith
           of
           
             himself
             ,
             I
             go
             whence
             I
             shall
             not
             return
             .
          
           
           This
           is
           that
           which
           is
           expres't
           in
           that
           
             parallel
          
           Scripture
           to
           this
           ,
           where
           the
           
             Prophet
          
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             good
             man
             is
             perished
             out
             of
             the
             earth
             .
          
           He
           is
           not
           
             perished
             ,
          
           so
           as
           
             not
             to
             be
             at
             all
             ,
          
           yet
           he
           is
           
             perished
          
           so
           ,
           as
           to
           
             be
             no
          
           
           
             more
             upon
             earth
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           all
           that
           the
           
             Prophet
          
           meanes
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           the
           
             righteous
             perisheth
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           This
           will
           yet
           further
           
             appear
             ,
          
           if
           you
           
             look
          
           upon
           the
           
             other
          
           word
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           That
           
             mercifull
             men
             are
             taken
             away
             .
          
           As
           the
           
             providence
          
           of
           
             God
          
           in
           
             nature
             ,
          
           hath
           made
           those
           
             members
             double
             ,
          
           which
           are
           
             most
             usefull
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             eyes
             ,
             ears
             ,
             hands
             ,
          
           and
           
             feet
             ,
          
           that
           if
           
             one
             fail
             ,
          
           the
           
             other
          
           may
           
             supply
             ;
          
           so
           the
           
             wisdome
          
           of
           
             God
          
           in
           
             Scripture
             ,
          
           hath
           
             coupled
             Phrases
          
           together
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           
             one
          
           be
           
             obscure
             ,
          
           the
           
             other
          
           may
           
             explain
             ;
          
           If
           the
           
             one
          
           be
           
             harsh
             ,
          
           the
           
             other
          
           may
           
             molisie
          
           it
           .
           It
           is
           so
           here
           ;
           whereas
           that
           
             phrase
          
           of
           
             perishing
          
           is
           somewhat
           
             dark
          
           and
           
             rugged
             ,
          
           here
           is
           
             another
          
           word
           ,
           
             taking
             away
             ,
          
           which
           seryeth
           very
           
             much
          
           to
           
             qualisie
          
           and
           
             illustrate
          
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Hebrew
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           hath
           a
           
             double
          
           Construction
           ,
           
             both
          
           which
           are
           here
           made
           
             use
          
           of
           ,
           namely
           to
           
             gather
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
             take
             away
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calvin
          
           reads
           it
           
             Colliguntur
             ,
             mercifull
             men
          
           are
           
             gathered
             .
          
           
           
             Death
          
           seemeth
           to
           be
           a
           
             scattering
             ,
          
           and
           so
           a
           
             perishing
             ,
          
           
           but
           indeed
           it
           is
           a
           
             gathering
             ,
          
           when
           men
           
             die
             ,
          
           especially
           
             good
          
           men
           ,
           they
           are
           
             gathered
             .
          
           So
           that
           in
           this
           sense
           it
           is
           a
           great
           
             allay
          
           to
           the
           
             bitterness
          
           of
           the
           
             other
          
           word
           
             perisheth
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Lapide
          
           with
           others-read
           it
           
             auferuntur
             ,
          
           with
           which
           our
           
             translation
          
           agreeth
           ,
           are
           
             taken
             away
             ,
          
           and
           
           no
           doubt
           it
           is
           the
           most
           
             genuine
          
           rendring
           of
           the
           word
           in
           
             this
          
           place
           ,
           since
           this
           
             Hebrew
          
           word
           ,
           where
           it
           signifieth
           to
           
             gather
             ,
          
           is
           usually
           joyned
           with
           the
           
             Preposition
          
           signifying
           
             to
             ,
          
           whereas
           
             here
          
           in
           the
           very
           
             next
          
           clause
           it
           is
           
             joyned
          
           with
           a
           
             Preposition
          
           signifying
           
             from
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           most
           fitly
           translated
           ,
           
             taken
             away
             .
          
        
         
           And
           now
           
             that
          
           which
           the
           
             Prophet
          
           intends
           by
           this
           
             phrase
             ,
          
           is
           to
           
             note
             two
          
           things
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           
             general
             ,
          
           by
           
             taking
             away
             ,
          
           is
           meant
           
             dying
             ,
             obitus
             ,
             abitus
             ,
             death
          
           is
           often
           called
           a
           
             going
             away
             ,
          
           a
           
             departure
             ,
          
           and
           thus
           it
           
             mollifieth
          
           the
           
             former
          
           word
           ,
           
             perisheth
             ,
          
           letting
           us
           see
           that
           it
           is
           not
           an
           
             extinction
             ,
          
           but
           only
           a
           
             remotion
             ,
          
           an
           
             abolition
             ,
          
           but
           an
           
             ablation
             ;
          
           when
           we
           
             die
             ,
          
           we
           do
           not
           
             cease
          
           to
           
             be
             at
             all
             ,
          
           only
           we
           
             change
          
           our
           
             place
             ,
          
           and
           are
           
             taken
             away
          
           out
           of
           
             this
             world
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           More
           
             particularly
             ,
          
           by
           
             taking
             away
          
           is
           meant
           a
           
             violent
             death
             ,
          
           a
           
             dying
             ,
          
           when
           in
           
             course
          
           of
           
             nature
          
           a
           man
           might
           have
           
             lived
             long
             ;
          
           it
           is
           
             one
          
           thing
           for
           a
           
             candle
          
           to
           
             go
             out
          
           of
           it
           
             self
             ,
          
           and
           
             another
          
           to
           be
           
             blown
             out
          
           by
           the
           
             wind
             ;
          
           it
           is
           
             one
          
           thing
           for
           a
           
             flower
          
           to
           
             wither
             ,
          
           and
           
             another
          
           to
           be
           
             blasted
             ;
          
           it
           is
           
             one
          
           thing
           for
           a
           
             tree
          
           to
           
             fall
             ,
          
           and
           
             another
          
           to
           be
           
             plucked
             up
          
           by
           the
           roots
           :
           Finally
           ,
           it
           is
           
             one
          
           thing
           for
           a
           
             man
          
           to
           
             go
             away
             ,
          
           and
           
             another
          
           to
           be
           
             taken
             away
          
           from
           any
           place
           ;
           
             those
          
           are
           
           
             Emblemes
          
           of
           a
           
             natural
             ,
             these
          
           of
           a
           
             violent
          
           death
           In
           this
           
             notion
          
           this
           word
           addeth
           
             something
          
           to
           the
           
             former
          
           phrase
           ,
           namely
           ,
           the
           
             manner
          
           of
           the
           
             death
             ,
             The
             righteous
             perisheth
             ,
          
           and
           that
           not
           in
           a
           
             natural
          
           way
           ,
           but
           is
           
             taken
             away
          
           by
           the
           
             hand
          
           of
           
             violence
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             result
          
           of
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           on
           this
           
             first
          
           general
           ,
           amounts
           to
           these
           
             two
          
           things
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           
             righteous
          
           and
           
             mercifull
             men
             perish
             ,
          
           and
           
             are
             taken
             away
          
           by
           
             death
             .
          
           Indeed
           it
           is
           said
           of
           
             Enoch
             ,
             God
             took
             him
             that
             he
             should
             not
             see
             death
             ,
          
           so
           was
           
             Eliah
             ;
          
           
           and
           had
           
             God
          
           so
           pleased
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           
             exempted
             all
             righteous
          
           men
           from
           
             death
             ,
          
           but
           then
           neither
           
             his
             power
          
           in
           
             raising
          
           them
           to
           life
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           so
           
             illustrious
             ,
          
           nor
           
             their
             faith
          
           and
           
             hope
          
           in
           
             believing
          
           and
           
             expecting
          
           a
           
             Resurrection
             ,
          
           so
           conspicuous
           ,
           in
           which
           latter
           respect
           the
           
             Father
          
           saith
           well
           ,
           that
           had
           good
           men
           been
           priviledged
           from
           death
           ,
           
             Carni
          
           
           
             quidem
             faelicitas
             adderetur
             ,
             adimeretur
             autem
             fidei
             fortitudo
             ,
          
           though
           it
           might
           have
           been
           some
           kind
           of
           
             advantage
          
           to
           the
           
             frailty
          
           of
           our
           
             flesh
             ,
          
           yet
           it
           would
           much
           have
           
             detracted
          
           from
           the
           
             strength
          
           of
           out
           
             faith
             :
          
           In
           great
           
             wisdome
          
           therefore
           hath
           
             God
          
           so
           
             ordered
          
           it
           ,
           that
           
             righteous
          
           and
           
             mercifull
          
           men
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             others
             ,
          
           should
           
             walk
             through
             the
             valley
             of
             the
             shadow
             of
             death
             .
          
           
           Indeed
           our
           
             Saviours
          
           assertion
           is
           universall
           ,
           
             He
             that
             keepeth
             my
             sayings
             shall
             not
             see
             death
             ,
          
           but
           he
           meaneth
           the
           
             second
             death
             ;
          
           and
           so
           else
           where
           he
           
             explaineth
          
           himself
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             He
             that
             believeth
             in
             me
             shall
             not
             die
             for
             ever
             .
          
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           
             Solomon
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           
           that
           
             righteousness
             delivereth
             from
             death
             ,
          
           but
           it
           is
           from
           the
           
             evil
             ,
          
           not
           from
           the
           
             being
          
           of
           death
           ,
           death
           
           indeed
           is
           an
           
             advantage
          
           to
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           yet
           still
           
             die
          
           he
           
             must
             :
          
           But
           this
           is
           
             not
             all
          
           which
           the
           
             Prophet
          
           here
           
             intends
             ,
          
           since
           this
           
             perishing
          
           and
           
             taking
             away
          
           by
           
             death
             ,
          
           being
           that
           which
           is
           appointed
           for
           all
           ,
           seemeth
           not
           to
           be
           a
           
             matter
          
           of
           much
           
             lamentation
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           th●t
           which
           no
           doubt
           is
           further
           
             aimed
          
           at
           in
           these
           
             expressions
             ,
          
           is
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           sometimes
           
             righteous
          
           and
           
             mercifull
          
           men
           
             perish
             ,
          
           and
           are
           
             taken
             away
          
           by
           a
           
             violent
          
           death
           .
           Indeed
           it
           is
           that
           which
           is
           
             threatned
          
           by
           
             God
          
           as
           a
           
             curse
          
           upon
           
             wicked
             ,
          
           especially
           
             bloud-thirsty
          
           and
           
             deceitfull
          
           
           men
           ;
           it
           is
           that
           which
           
             Malefactors
          
           are
           
             sentenced
          
           to
           by
           the
           
             justice
          
           of
           the
           
             Judge
             ;
          
           but
           yet
           withall
           it
           is
           that
           which
           
             may
          
           and
           sometimes
           
             doth
          
           befall
           
             Gods
          
           own
           
             servants
             ;
          
           nay
           which
           is
           more
           
             strange
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           is
           many
           times
           
             true
             ,
          
           the
           
             righteous
          
           are
           
             taken
             away
             ,
          
           whilest
           the
           
             wicked
             remain
             .
             Solomon
          
           observed
           it
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           
             There
             is
             a
             just
             man
             that
             perisheth
             in
             his
             righteousness
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             there
             is
             a
             wicked
             man
             that
             prolongeth
             his
             life
             in
             his
             wickedness
             ;
          
           yea
           which
           is
           yet
           most
           
             sad
             ,
          
           but
           very
           
             frequent
             ,
             the
             righteous
             perish
          
           by
           the
           
             wicked
             ,
          
           and
           that
           for
           righteousness
           sake
           ,
           and
           the
           
             mercifull
          
           are
           
             taken
             away
          
           by
           
             cruell
          
           hands
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           
             pietyes
          
           sake
           :
           
             wicked
          
           men
           never
           want
           
             malice
          
           in
           their
           
             hearts
             ,
          
           and
           sometimes
           (
           through
           
             divine
             permission
             )
          
           have
           
             power
          
           in
           their
           
             hands
          
           to
           
             take
             away
          
           the
           
             liberties
             ,
             estates
             ,
          
           and
           
             lives
          
           of
           the
           
             righteous
             .
             One
          
           of
           the
           
             first
             good
          
           men
           that
           was
           in
           the
           
             world
             began
          
           this
           bitter
           
             cup
             ,
          
           which
           
             many
          
           both
           
             men
             of
             God
          
           and
           
             other
          
           godly
           men
           have
           since
           
             pledged
             .
          
           It
           was
           the
           
             complaint
          
           of
           the
           
             Church
          
           in
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
             ,
          
           and
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           taketh
           it
           up
           as
           most
           truly
           applicable
           to
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           the
           
             New
             ,
             For
             thy
          
           
           
           
             sake
             we
             are
             killed
             all
             the
             day
             long
             ,
             and
             are
             accounted
          
           
           
             as
             sheep
             for
             the
             slaughter
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           that
           which
           the
           
             wise
             God
             suffers
          
           to
           come
           to
           passe
           for
           
             many
          
           excellent
           ends
           .
        
         
           That
           
             wicked
          
           men
           by
           such
           
             bloody
          
           acts
           ,
           may
           
             fill
             up
          
           the
           
             measure
          
           of
           their
           
             sins
             ,
          
           and
           thereby
           at
           once
           
             hasten
          
           and
           
             heighten
          
           their
           
             punishment
             .
          
        
         
           That
           
             good
          
           men
           may
           have
           
             occasion
          
           of
           exercising
           and
           manifesting
           
             many
             graces
          
           particularly
           ,
           the
           
             length
          
           of
           their
           
             patience
             ;
          
           the
           
             height
          
           of
           their
           
             courage
             ;
          
           and
           the
           
             depth
          
           of
           their
           
             charity
             .
          
           When
           a
           man
           
             endureth
          
           to
           the
           
             end
             ,
          
           suffering
           even
           
             death
          
           it self
           ,
           
             patience
          
           hath
           its
           
             perfect
             work
             .
          
           That
           's
           a
           
             Resolution
             indeed
          
           which
           maketh
           a
           man
           
             faithfull
          
           to
           the
           
             death
             ,
          
           and
           
             enableth
          
           him
           to
           
             look
             upon
          
           its
           
             pale
          
           visage
           with
           
             confidence
             .
          
           There
           cannot
           be
           
             greater
             charity
          
           then
           to
           
             forgive
          
           my
           
             enemy
             ;
          
           especially
           when
           he
           
             persecuteth
          
           me
           to
           the
           
             death
             .
          
           So
           that
           
             when
             righteous
             men
             perish
             violently
             ,
             their
             graces
             flourish
             gloriously
             .
          
        
         
           That
           hereby
           
             righteous
          
           men
           may
           be
           fully
           
             conformable
          
           to
           
             the
             righteous
          
           one
           ,
           
             the
             Messiah
             ,
          
           concerning
           whom
           this
           
             Prophet
             foretelleth
          
           that
           he
           should
           be
           
             cut
             off
          
           (
           as
           the
           
             tree
          
           is
           by
           the
           
             ax
             )
             from
             the
             land
             of
          
           
           
             the
             living
             .
          
           And
           in
           
             respect
          
           of
           which
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           chargeth
           those
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           that
           
             by
             wicked
             hands
             they
             had
             taken
             and
             slain
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Finally
           ,
           That
           by
           
             so
             perishing
             ,
          
           the
           
             Religion
          
           which
           they
           
             profess
             ,
          
           may
           be
           
             honoured
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             God
          
           whom
           they
           
             serve
             ,
             glorified
             .
          
           Since
           though
           
             both
          
           these
           are
           in
           some
           measure
           
             effected
          
           by
           
             doing
             well
             ,
          
           and
           
             living
             uprightly
             ,
          
           yet
           much
           more
           by
           
             suffering
             ill
             ,
          
           and
           
             dying
             cheerfully
          
           in
           a
           righteous
           
             cause
             .
          
        
         
         
           And
           now
           what
           should
           the
           
             consideration
          
           hereof
           
             teach
          
           us
           ,
           but
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           
             certainly
             there
             is
             another
             world
             besides
             this
             ,
          
           wherein
           a
           
             difference
          
           shall
           be
           
             put
             between
          
           the
           
             righteous
          
           and
           the
           
             wicked
             ;
          
           between
           
             him
          
           that
           
             feareth
             God
             ,
          
           and
           him
           that
           
             feareth
             him
             not
             .
             Here
          
           the
           
             righteous
             perish
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             wicked
             ;
          
           nay
           ,
           the
           
             righteous
             perish
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             wicked
             prosper
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             mercifull
          
           are
           
             taken
             away
          
           by
           the
           
             wicked
             .
          
           But
           
             shall
          
           it
           be
           so
           
             alwaies
             ?
          
           Will
           not
           the
           
             Judge
             of
             all
             the
             world
             do
             right
             ?
          
           Will
           there
           not
           be
           
             a
             Reward
             for
             the
             righteous
             ?
          
           Yes
           
             doubtless
             .
          
           And
           since
           in
           this
           
             world
          
           all
           things
           
             fall
             alike
          
           to
           all
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           
             most
             part
          
           it
           fareth
           
             better
          
           with
           the
           
             wicked
          
           then
           the
           
             godly
             ,
          
           it
           necessarily
           
             followeth
          
           that
           there
           is
           a
           
             state
             after
             death
             ,
          
           wherein
           the
           
             righteous
             judgment
             of
             God
          
           in
           
             punishing
          
           the
           
             wicked
             ,
          
           who
           
             now
             prosper
             ,
          
           and
           
             recompensing
          
           the
           
             righteous
             ,
          
           who
           
             now
             perish
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           made
           
             manifest
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           it
           is
           a
           
             needfull
             prudence
             ,
             in
             righteous
             and
             mercifull
             men
             ,
             to
             improve
             their
             time
             and
             Talents
             in
             serving
             God
             ,
             and
             doing
             good
             to
             others
             whilest
             they
             live
             .
          
           They
           
             must
             perish
          
           at
           
             last
          
           by
           a
           
             natural
             ,
          
           they
           
             may
          
           be
           
             taken
             away
             soon
          
           by
           a
           
             violent
             death
             ;
          
           and
           when
           they
           
             perish
             ,
          
           all
           
             ability
          
           and
           
             opportunity
          
           will
           be
           
             taken
             away
          
           of
           
             doing
             good
             works
             ,
          
           either
           of
           
             piety
          
           or
           
             pitty
             ,
             justice
          
           or
           
             mercy
             .
          
           Oh
           then
           ,
           how
           great
           
             industry
          
           and
           
             celerity
          
           is
           needfull
           in
           
             putting
             forth
          
           themselves
           to
           the
           
             utmost
          
           for
           
             God
             ,
          
           their
           
             souls
             ,
          
           their
           
             Brethren
          
           whilest
           they
           
             live
             !
          
           that
           they
           may
           do
           
             much
          
           in
           a
           
             little
          
           time
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           sage
           
             advice
          
           of
           the
           
             wise
             man
             ,
             Whatsoever
             thy
             hand
             findeth
             to
             do
             ,
             do
          
           
           
             it
             with
             thy
             might
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             no
             work
             ,
             nor
             device
             ,
             
             nor
             knowledge
             ,
             nor
             wisdome
             ,
             in
             the
             grave
             whether
             thou
             goest
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           
             sowing
             in
             righteousness
             ,
          
           and
           
             reaping
             in
             mercy
             ,
          
           they
           would
           not
           be
           
             discouraged
          
           from
           the
           
             apprehension
          
           of
           this
           
             perishing
          
           and
           
             taking
             away
             .
          
           I
           am
           
             afraid
          
           such
           
             thoughts
          
           as
           
             these
          
           do
           sometimes
           
             arise
          
           in
           the
           
             minds
          
           of
           men
           :
           
             How
             dieth
             the
             wise
             man
             even
             as
             the
             fool
             ,
             the
             righteous
             as
             the
             wicked
             ?
             Let
             me
             live
             never
             so
             well
             ,
             I
             must
             perish
             :
             Nay
             ,
             my
             conscientious
             walking
             may
             occasion
             my
             ruine
             .
             How
             much
             better
             is
             it
             to
             spend
             my
             daies
             in
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             indulge
             to
             my
             lusts
             whilest
             I
             live
             ,
             since
             I
             can
             but
             die
             at
             last
             ?
          
           But
           
             far
             be
          
           such
           
             reasonings
          
           from
           wise
           and
           
             righteous
          
           men
           ,
           especially
           when
           we
           
             consider
          
           how
           
             great
          
           a
           
             mercy
          
           the
           very
           
             perishing
          
           of
           the
           
             righteous
             ,
          
           and
           
             taking
             away
          
           of
           the
           
             mercifull
          
           is
           ;
           which
           will
           
             appear
             ,
          
           if
           we
           
             proceed
          
           to
           the
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Mitigation
          
           of
           the
           
             complaint
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           expressed
           in
           the
           
             close
          
           of
           the
           
             verse
             ,
             The
             righteous
             are
             taken
             away
             from
             the
             evil
             to
             come
             .
          
        
         
           There
           are
           (
           according
           to
           the
           known
           distinction
           of
           
           the
           Schooles
           )
           
             two
          
           sorts
           of
           
             evil
             ,
          
           the
           
             one
          
           of
           
             sin
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             other
          
           of
           
             punishment
             ;
          
           and
           it
           is
           
             true
          
           in
           
             reference
          
           to
           
             both
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           When
           
             righteous
          
           men
           
             die
             ,
          
           they
           are
           
             taken
             away
          
           
           from
           the
           
             evil
          
           of
           
             sin
             ,
          
           into
           which
           they
           are
           
             prone
          
           to
           
             fall
             ,
          
           so
           long
           as
           they
           
             live
             .
             Nusquam
             tuta
             est
             humana
             fragilitas
             ,
          
           saith
           St.
           
             Herome
             ,
             Humane
             frailty
             is
             never
          
           
           
             safe
             .
          
           In
           
             this
             world
          
           we
           are
           continually
           
             assaulted
             ,
          
           and
           sometimes
           
             captivated
             ;
          
           but
           
             death
             puts
          
           us
           out
           of
           
             all
             danger
             ;
          
           we
           shall
           be
           
             tempted
             no
             longer
             ,
          
           and
           
             sinne
             no
             more
             .
          
        
         
         
           2.
           
           But
           no
           doubt
           it
           is
           the
           
             evil
          
           of
           
             punishment
          
           which
           here
           the
           
             Prophet
          
           intends
           ,
           and
           thus
           it
           may
           
             admit
          
           of
           a
           
             double
          
           notion
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           They
           are
           taken
           away
           from
           those
           
             ordinary
             personal
             evils
             ,
          
           to
           which
           
             they
             ,
          
           with
           the
           
             rest
          
           of
           mankind
           ,
           are
           
             subject
          
           in
           this
           
             world
             .
          
           The
           
             best
          
           men
           whilest
           they
           
             live
             here
             ,
          
           are
           
             exposed
          
           to
           
             a●hes
             ,
             paines
             ,
             sicknesses
             ,
             losses
             ,
             crosses
             ;
          
           manifold
           
             troubles
          
           and
           
             miseries
             :
          
           But
           when
           they
           
             die
             ,
             all
             teares
             are
             wiped
             away
             from
             their
             eyes
             :
             Feares
          
           
           removed
           from
           their
           
             hearts
             :
          
           They
           
             rest
             from
             their
             labours
             ,
          
           so
           St.
           
             John
             .
          
           They
           
             enter
             into
             peace
             ;
          
           they
           
             rest
          
           
           
             in
             their
             beds
             ,
          
           so
           our
           
             Prophet
          
           in
           the
           very
           
             next
             verse
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           that
           which
           is
           here
           
             principally
             meant
             ,
          
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           
             righteous
          
           and
           
             mercifull
          
           are
           
             taken
             away
          
           by
           
             death
             ,
          
           from
           some
           
             extraordinary
          
           and
           publipue
           
             evil
          
           of
           
             Judgement
             ,
          
           which
           is
           to
           
             come
          
           upon
           the
           
             place
          
           where
           they
           live
           .
           Those
           
             words
          
           of
           the
           
             Prophet
             ,
             Come
             my
             people
             ,
             enter
             thou
             into
             thy
             chambers
             ,
             shut
             thy
             doors
             about
             thee
             ;
             hide
             thy self
             as
          
           
           
             it
             were
             for
             a
             little
             moment
             ,
             while
             the
             indignation
             be
             overpast
             ;
          
           are
           by
           
             some
             expounded
          
           of
           the
           
             chambers
          
           of
           the
           
             grave
             ,
          
           in
           which
           
             God
          
           is
           pleased
           to
           
             hide
             his
          
           people
           ,
           before
           he
           
             cometh
             forth
             of
             his
             place
             to
             punish
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           Indeed
           ,
           
             this
             is
          
           not
           
             alwaies
          
           the
           
             dispensation
          
           of
           Divine
           
             Providence
             .
          
           Sometimes
           the
           
             righteous
          
           are
           
             taken
             away
             in
          
           the
           
             common
             calamity
             ,
          
           together
           with
           the
           
             wicked
             .
          
           The
           
             fruitfull
          
           and
           
             barren
          
           trees
           are
           
             blown
          
           down
           at
           once
           by
           the
           same
           
             wind
          
           of
           
             Judgment
             .
          
           Perhaps
           ,
           
             good
          
           men
           ,
           have
           by
           
             sinfull
             complyances
             ,
          
           been
           
             involved
             in
          
           the
           
             national
          
           guilt
           ,
           and
           no
           wonder
           if
           they
           are
           also
           
             involved
          
           in
           the
           
             notional
             punishment
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sometimes
          
           the
           
             righteous
          
           are
           
             delivered
          
           from
           the
           
             common
             
             misery
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           not
           
             taken
             away
          
           by
           
             death
             .
          
           Whilest
           the
           
             whole
             world
          
           is
           
             overwhelmed
          
           with
           a
           
             deluge
          
           of
           waters
           ,
           
             Noah
          
           is
           
             preserved
             alive
          
           in
           the
           
             Ark
             .
          
           When
           
             Sodome
          
           is
           to
           be
           
             destroyed
             ,
             Lot
          
           is
           sent
           to
           
             Zoar
             :
          
           And
           when
           
             Jerusalem
          
           is
           to
           be
           
             overthrowne
             ,
          
           the
           
             godly
          
           are
           
             admonished
          
           to
           go
           to
           
             Pella
             .
          
           That
           
             Promise
          
           in
           the
           
             Psalms
             ,
          
           hath
           been
           sometimes
           
             literally
          
           and
           fully
           
             verified
          
           in
           a
           time
           of
           
             pestilential
             infection
             ,
             A
             thousand
             shall
             fall
             on
             thy
             right
          
           
           
             hand
             ,
             and
             ten
             thousand
             on
             thy
             left
             ,
             but
             it
             shall
             not
             come
             night
             thee
             .
             God
          
           sets
           a
           
             mark
          
           upon
           the
           
             mourners
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             destroying
             Angel
          
           passeth
           by
           them
           as
           he
           did
           by
           the
           
             Israelites
             houses
          
           in
           
             Aegypt
             .
          
           
        
         
           And
           then
           
             sometimes
          
           the
           
             righteous
             are
             taken
             away
          
           by
           
             death
             ,
          
           before
           the
           
             general
             desolation
          
           come
           .
           Thus
           
             God
             dealt
          
           with
           
             Josiah
          
           that
           
             good
             King
             ,
          
           before
           the
           
             captivity
          
           of
           
             Israel
             :
          
           St.
           
             Austin
          
           (
           that
           godly
           
             Father
             )
          
           before
           the
           
             destruction
          
           of
           
             Hippo
             ;
          
           and
           
             Luther
          
           that
           eminent
           Dr.
           before
           the
           
             devastation
          
           of
           
             Germany
             .
          
        
         
           
             Before
          
           I
           
             go
          
           any
           
             further
             ,
          
           it
           will
           not
           be
           
             amiss
          
           to
           take
           notice
           how
           this
           
             truth
             unfolds
          
           the
           
             riddle
             ,
          
           and
           cleareth
           the
           seeming
           
             injustice
          
           of
           Divine
           
             Proceedings
             .
          
           We
           ofttimes
           
             see
             ,
          
           and
           
             seeing
             ,
             wonder
             ;
          
           nay
           ,
           perhaps
           
             repine
          
           at
           it
           ,
           that
           
             good
             men
          
           are
           
             taken
             out
             of
             ,
          
           whilest
           
             wicked
          
           men
           
             continue
          
           in
           this
           
             world
             .
          
           But
           surely
           this
           can
           be
           no
           
             just
             cause
          
           of
           
             casting
          
           any
           
             blemish
          
           upon
           
             Divine
             Dispensations
             ,
          
           when
           we
           consider
           that
        
         
           On
           the
           
             one
             hand
          
           the
           
             wicked
          
           are
           
             preserved
             ,
          
           but
           it
           is
           
             for
          
           the
           
             evil
             to
             come
             .
          
           They
           
             escape
          
           for
           a
           
             time
             ,
          
           that
           some
           remarkable
           
             Judgment
          
           may
           fall
           upon
           them
           .
           As
           the
           
             voice
          
           told
           that
           
             wicked
          
           wretch
           ,
           when
           
             sleeping
          
           under
           a
           
             rotten
             wall
             ,
          
           it
           
             awaked
          
           him
           ,
           and
           
             saved
          
           him
           from
           the
           
             ruine
             .
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             I
             saved
             
             thee
             from
             the
             wall
             ,
             reserving
             thee
             for
             the
             wheele
             .
          
        
         
           On
           the
           
             other
             hand
             ,
          
           the
           
             righteoas
          
           are
           indeed
           
             taken
             away
             ,
          
           but
           it
           is
           
             from
             the
             evil
             to
             come
             .
          
           So
           that
           
             whilest
          
           the
           
             wicked
          
           mans
           
             preservation
          
           is
           a
           
             curse
             ,
          
           the
           good
           mans
           
             perishing
          
           is
           a
           
             favour
             .
             God
             spareth
          
           the
           one
           in
           
             anger
             ,
          
           and
           
             taketh
             away
          
           the
           
             other
          
           in
           
             mercy
             .
          
        
         
           Indeed
           ,
           
             Righteous
          
           men
           are
           
             taken
             away
          
           from
           the
           
             evil
             to
             come
             ,
          
           upon
           a
           
             double
          
           account
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Ne
             veniat
             ,
          
           That
           the
           
             evil
          
           which
           is
           
             to
             come
          
           upon
           the
           
             place
          
           may
           
             not
             come
          
           upon
           
             them
             :
             God
          
           will
           not
           have
           his
           
             righteous
          
           ones
           to
           be
           
             spectators
          
           of
           ,
           nor
           
             sufferers
          
           in
           those
           
             ruines
             ,
          
           which
           his
           
             justice
          
           hath
           decreed
           to
           
             inflict
          
           upon
           the
           
             wicked
          
           for
           their
           
             sinnes
             .
          
           This
           is
           
             rendered
          
           as
           the
           
             reason
          
           why
           that
           immature
           
             death
          
           befell
           
             Josiah
          
           who
           was
           
             slain
          
           in
           the
           
             battell
          
           that
           he
           might
           not
           
             see
          
           the
           
             evil
          
           which
           was
           
             coming
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Ut
             veniat
             ,
          
           That
           the
           
             evil
          
           may
           
             come
          
           and
           be
           inflicted
           on
           the
           
             place
             :
          
           for
           
             (
             Beloved
             )
          
           you
           must
           know
           that
           whilest
           
             righteous
          
           men
           live
           ,
           they
           are
           very
           
             prevalent
          
           with
           
             God
          
           by
           their
           
             prayers
          
           and
           
             tears
          
           to
           keep
           off
           
             judgement
             :
             Unus
             homo
             plus
             valet
             orando
             ,
             quam
             mille
             pugnando
             ,
          
           one
           
             righteous
          
           man
           can
           do
           
             more
          
           by
           
             prayer
             ,
          
           then
           a
           
             thousand
          
           by
           
             armes
             .
             Let
             me
             alone
          
           saith
           
             God
          
           to
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             my
             wrath
             may
             wax
             hot
             against
             this
             people
             ,
             Fatetur
             se
             Moysis
             orationibus
             teneri
             ,
          
           so
           the
           
             gloss
             :
             God
          
           seemeth
           to
           
             confess
          
           that
           his
           
             hands
          
           were
           as
           it
           were
           
             tied
          
           by
           
             Moses
          
           his
           
             Prayer
             ,
          
           so
           that
           he
           
             could
             not
             punish
          
           that
           
             idolatrous
          
           people
           .
           
             I
             can
             do
             nothing
          
           (
           said
           the
           
             Angel
          
           to
           
             Lot
             )
          
           
           
             whilest
             thou
             art
             here
             ,
             Good
          
           men
           stand
           in
           the
           
             gap
          
           to
           
             turn
             away
          
           the
           
             wrath
          
           of
           
             God
          
           from
           the
           
             Nation
          
           where
           they
           live
           :
           and
           therefore
           when
           
             God
          
           is
           
             resolved
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             time
             prefixed
          
           is
           accomplished
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           
             destroy
          
           a
           
           people
           ,
           he
           suffereth
           the
           
             wicked
          
           to
           fill
           up
           the
           
             measure
          
           of
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           by
           
             killing
          
           his
           
             servants
             :
          
           or
           else
           he
           
             appoints
          
           some
           other
           
             meanes
          
           by
           which
           they
           are
           
             removed
          
           out
           of
           this
           world
           
             from
             the
             evil
             to
             come
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Meditation
          
           of
           this
           truth
           affords
           matter
           of
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Comfort
          
           to
           the
           
             righteous
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           said
           the
           
             Greek
             Poet
             ,
             Whom
             God
             loveth
             ,
             he
             dyeth
             young
             .
          
           Certain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           when
           
             God
             cuts
          
           off
           any
           
             righteous
          
           ones
           
             betimes
             ,
          
           or
           
             permits
          
           them
           to
           be
           
             cut
             off
          
           by
           their
           bloody
           
             enemies
             ,
          
           though
           these
           
             do
             it
          
           in
           
             malice
             ,
             he
             suffers
          
           it
           
             in
             love
             .
          
           For
           (
           tell
           me
           )
           is
           it
           not
           a
           
             mercy
          
           to
           be
           put
           into
           a
           
             safe
             harbour
             ,
          
           before
           the
           
             stormy
             tempest
          
           arise
           ?
           To
           get
           into
           the
           
             House
             ,
          
           before
           the
           
             thunder
          
           and
           
             lightning
             rain
             ,
          
           and
           
             hail
             fall
             ?
          
           This
           is
           
             Gods
             design
          
           in
           
             taking
             away
          
           his
           Servants
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           have
           
             reason
          
           to
           bid
           
             death
             welcome
             .
          
           Indeed
           ,
           the
           
             strongest
             consolation
          
           against
           
             death
             ,
          
           is
           the
           
             consideration
          
           of
           the
           
             terminus
             ad
             quem
             ,
             to
             what
          
           the
           
             righteous
          
           are
           
             taken
             ,
          
           even
           that
           
             good
             ,
          
           and
           
             bliss
             ,
          
           and
           
             glory
             to
             come
             .
          
           They
           are
           
             taken
          
           to
           an
           
             innumerable
             company
             of
             Angels
             ,
             to
             the
             spirits
             of
             the
             just
          
           
           
             men
             made
             perfect
             .
          
           They
           are
           
             taken
          
           to
           a
           
             Palace
          
           of
           
             Glory
             ;
          
           a
           
             Paradise
          
           of
           
             Pleasure
             ;
          
           and
           a
           
             Mansion
          
           of
           
             Eternity
             .
          
           Finally
           ,
           they
           are
           
             taken
          
           to
           the
           
             Beatifical
             Vision
          
           of
           the
           
             face
          
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           the
           full
           
             fruition
          
           of
           his
           glorious
           
             presence
             .
          
           But
           withall
           it
           is
           
             confortable
          
           to
           reflect
           on
           the
           
             terminus
             a
             quo
             ,
             from
             what
          
           they
           are
           
             taken
             ,
          
           from
           the
           
             evil
             ,
             misery
             ,
          
           and
           
             calamity
          
           to
           
             come
             ,
          
           upon
           the
           
             place
             where
             ,
          
           and
           
             people
          
           among
           whom
           they
           
             lived
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Terrour
          
           to
           the
           
             wicked
             .
          
           Nothing
           more
           
             usual
          
           with
           
             ungodly
          
           men
           ,
           then
           to
           
             rejoyce
          
           when
           the
           
             righteous
          
           are
           
             taken
             away
          
           from
           among
           them
           .
           They
           had
           rather
           
           have
           their
           
             room
          
           then
           their
           
             company
             ;
          
           as
           being
           
             desirous
          
           to
           be
           
             rid
          
           of
           them
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           only
           
             glad
             of
             ,
          
           but
           many
           times
           very
           
             active
             in
             taking
             away
          
           the
           
             righteous
             .
          
           They
           do
           not
           account
           themselves
           
             safe
          
           whilest
           the
           
             godly
             are
          
           among
           them
           But
           oh
           what
           
             fools
          
           are
           
             they
             ,
          
           and
           how
           grossly
           
             deceived
             !
             Rejoyce
             not
             against
             me
             ,
             O
             mine
             enemy
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           
             Church
             .
          
           So
           may
           every
           
             Sonne
          
           of
           the
           
             Church
             .
             Little
             cause
          
           have
           the
           
             wicked
          
           to
           
             rejoyce
             :
          
           Nay
           ,
           instead
           of
           
             laughing
          
           they
           have
           more
           
             cause
          
           to
           
             weep
             ,
          
           when
           
             the
             righteous
             are
             taken
             away
             .
          
           For
           if
           the
           
             righteous
             be
             taken
             away
             from
             ,
          
           it
           must
           needs
           
             follow
          
           that
           their
           
             taking
             away
             ,
          
           is
           a
           
             sign
          
           of
           
             evil
             to
             come
             .
          
           So
           that
           the
           
             death
          
           of
           the
           
             godly
             ,
          
           is
           a
           sad
           
             Prognostick
          
           of
           the
           
             destruction
          
           of
           the
           
             wicked
             .
          
           What
           a
           
             wall
          
           is
           to
           a
           
             Town
             ,
          
           an
           
             hedge
          
           to
           a
           
             Field
             ,
          
           a
           
             pillar
          
           to
           an
           
             House
             ,
          
           that
           is
           a
           
             righteous
          
           man
           to
           the
           
             place
          
           where
           he
           liveth
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           men
           ,
           when
           they
           
             intend
          
           to
           take
           the
           
             Town
             ,
             batter
          
           the
           
             walls
             ;
          
           to
           
             lay
             waste
          
           the
           
             Field
             ,
             pluck
          
           up
           the
           
             hedge
             ;
          
           to
           
             pull
             down
          
           the
           
             House
             ,
          
           take
           away
           the
           
             pillar
             :
          
           So
           
             Almighty
             God
             ,
          
           when
           he
           
             designeth
          
           to
           
             pluck
             up
             ,
          
           to
           
             overthrow
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
             pull
             down
          
           a
           
             Kingdom
          
           or
           a
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           he
           
             first
          
           removeth
           his
           
             own
          
           Servants
           .
           Wicked
           men
           look
           upon
           the
           
             good
             ,
          
           as
           
             thornes
          
           and
           
             pricks
          
           to
           
             offend
          
           them
           ,
           whilest
           they
           have
           more
           cause
           to
           account
           them
           as
           
             Chariots
          
           and
           
             Horse-men
          
           to
           defend
           them
           .
           They
           think
           themselves
           most
           
             secure
          
           and
           
             happy
             ,
          
           but
           indeed
           they
           are
           then
           nearest
           to
           
             misery
          
           and
           
             ruine
             ,
          
           when
           the
           
             godly
          
           are
           taken
           from
           them
           .
           By
           
             taking
             away
          
           the
           righteous
           ,
           they
           
             intend
          
           a
           
             courtesie
          
           to
           
             themselves
             ,
          
           but
           it
           is
           in
           truth
           ,
           as
           a
           
             courtesie
          
           to
           the
           
             good
             ;
          
           so
           an
           
             injury
          
           to
           
             themselves
             :
          
           Though
           yet
           such
           is
           the
           
             blindness
          
           of
           their
           
             minds
             ,
          
           they
           will
           not
           
             see
             ;
          
           and
           the
           
             hardness
          
           of
           their
           
             hearts
             ,
          
           that
           they
           will
           not
           
             consider
          
           it
           .
           Which
           leads
           me
           to
           the
        
         
         
           
             Other
             part
          
           of
           the
           
             text
             ,
          
           the
           
             Complaint
          
           which
           the
           
             Prophet
          
           
           
             taketh
          
           up
           against
           the
           
             wicked
          
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             No
             man
             layeth
             it
             to
             heart
             ,
             none
             considering
             .
          
        
         
           It
           might
           be
           here
           taken
           
             notice
          
           of
           in
           
             general
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             sin
          
           which
           the
           
             Prophet
             declaimeth
          
           against
           ,
           is
           not
           
             positive
          
           but
           
             negative
             .
          
           Not
           the
           
             bloody
             taking
             away
          
           of
           
             righteous
          
           ones
           ;
           not
           the
           
             cruel
             rejoycing
          
           at
           their
           
             fall
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             not
             laying
             it
             to
             heart
             .
          
           Indeed
           ,
           to
           be
           an
           
             Instrument
          
           of
           ,
           or
           
             laugh
             at
          
           the
           
             calamity
          
           of
           the
           
             godly
             ,
          
           making
           their
           
             tears
          
           our
           
             wine
             ,
          
           their
           
             ruine
          
           our
           
             sport
             ,
          
           is
           
             abhominable
             .
          
           But
           though
           we
           
             be
             not
             in
             the
             seat
             of
             the
             scorners
             ,
          
           yet
           if
           we
           be
           not
           in
           the
           
             posture
             of
             mourners
             ,
          
           it
           is
           justly
           
             culpable
             .
          
           Thus
           
             Dives
          
           is
           charged
           by
           our
           blessed
           
             Saviour
             ,
          
           not
           with
           
             oppressing
             Lazarus
             ,
          
           by
           taking
           any
           thing
           from
           him
           ,
           but
           
             not
             relieving
          
           him
           ;
           in
           giving
           
             something
          
           to
           
             him
             .
          
           There
           are
           
             sins
          
           of
           
             omission
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             commission
             .
          
           There
           are
           
             breaches
          
           of
           the
           
             negative
          
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           
             afffirmative
          
           Precepts
           .
           We
           
             sin
          
           as
           
             well
          
           (
           though
           not
           so
           
             much
             )
          
           in
           
             not
             doing
          
           the
           
             good
             required
             ,
          
           as
           in
           
             doing
          
           the
           
             evil
             prohibited
             .
          
           Not
           only
           the
           
             wastfull
             Steward
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             unprofitable
             Servant
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           
             cast
             out
             .
          
           The
           
             Vine
          
           that
           bringeth
           sorth
           
             no
             grapes
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           
             cut
             down
          
           as
           well
           as
           that
           which
           bringeth
           forth
           
             wild
             grapes
             .
          
           Those
           whom
           
             Christ
          
           will
           at
           the
           last
           day
           set
           at
           his
           
             left
             hand
             ,
          
           are
           not
           
             accused
          
           with
           any
           
             evil
          
           or
           unjust
           acts
           they
           did
           ,
           but
           only
           with
           
             neglect
          
           of
           those
           
             charitable
             acts
          
           they
           ought
           to
           
             have
             done
             .
          
           Oh
           ,
           let
           us
           make
           
             conscience
          
           of
           
             not
             doing
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             doing
             .
          
        
         
           To
           let
           this
           
             go
             ,
          
           the
           
             sinne
          
           in
           
             particular
          
           reproved
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             not
             laying
             to
             heart
             ,
          
           and
           
             considering
          
           the
           
             death
          
           of
           the
           
             righteous
             :
          
           Concerning
           which
           I
           shall
           briefly
           discover
           
             three
          
           things
           ;
           the
           
             nature
             ,
          
           the
           
             extent
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             guilt
          
           of
           it
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           
             The
             Nature
          
           of
           the
           
             sin
             ,
          
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           will
           the
           better
           
             appear
             ,
          
           if
           we
           
             observe
          
           the
           
             Emphasis
          
           of
           the
           
             words
             ;
          
           the
           
             one
          
           whereof
           
             considering
             ,
          
           is
           an
           
             act
          
           of
           the
           
             Judgment
             ,
          
           weighing
           things
           in
           the
           
             ballance
          
           of
           
             Reason
             :
          
           the
           
             other
             ,
             laying
             to
             heart
             ,
          
           refers
           to
           the
           
             affections
             ,
          
           Since
           then
           any
           thing
           is
           
             laid
             to
             heart
             ,
          
           when
           we
           are
           
             deeply
             affected
          
           with
           it
           .
           These
           do
           
             one
             infer
          
           the
           
             other
             ;
          
           since
           what
           we
           
             affect
             ,
          
           we
           take
           into
           
             consideration
             ,
          
           and
           by
           
             considering
             ,
          
           we
           come
           to
           be
           
             affected
             .
             Whilest
             I
             was
             musing
             ,
             the
             fire
             kindled
             ,
          
           saith
           
             David
             .
          
           The
           
             consideration
          
           of
           any
           
             object
             ,
          
           causeth
           sutable
           
           
             affections
             ;
          
           If
           
             delightfull
             ,
             joy
             ,
          
           if
           
             hurtfull
             ,
             sorrow
             ,
          
           The
           
             fault
          
           then
           here
           
             characterized
             ,
          
           is
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           
             righteous
          
           were
           
             taken
             away
          
           before
           their
           
             eyes
             ,
          
           yet
           they
           did
           not
           
             lay
             it
          
           to
           their
           
             hearts
             .
          
           And
           though
           they
           
             could
          
           not
           but
           take
           
             notice
             ,
          
           yet
           they
           
             would
          
           not
           
             consider
          
           it
           ;
           at
           leastwise
           not
           so
           
             seriously
          
           and
           
             affectionately
          
           as
           
             they
             ought
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           
             Extent
          
           of
           this
           
             sin
             ,
          
           will
           be
           the
           more
           
             evident
             ,
          
           if
           we
           observe
           the
           several
           
             Circumstances
          
           by
           which
           it
           is
           
             aggravated
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           was
           not
           the
           
             death
          
           of
           
             any
             ,
          
           but
           a
           
             righteous
             man
             ;
          
           not
           of
           
             one
             ,
          
           but
           of
           
             many
             mercifull
          
           men
           :
           and
           
             some
          
           of
           those
           ,
           
             men
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           it
           was
           
             not
             laid
             to
             heart
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           These
           
             righteous
          
           and
           
             mercifull
          
           ones
           ,
           did
           not
           die
           a
           
             natural
             death
             ,
          
           but
           were
           
             taken
             away
             ,
          
           when
           yet
           they
           might
           have
           
             lived
          
           (
           in
           course
           of
           
             nature
             )
             many
             yeares
          
           longer
           ;
           and
           done
           a
           
             great
             deal
          
           of
           
             service
          
           for
           
             God
          
           in
           their
           
             Generation
             .
          
           And
           yet
           this
           was
           
             not
             laid
             to
             heart
          
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           This
           
             taking
             away
          
           the
           
             righteous
          
           by
           death
           ,
           did
           
             portend
          
           no
           lesse
           then
           
             ruine
          
           and
           
             misery
             to
             come
             ,
          
           and
           that
           upon
           
             themselves
             :
          
           And
           yet
           they
           were
           so
           
             stupid
          
           as
           
             not
             to
             consider
          
           it
           .
        
         
         
           4.
           
           And
           which
           enlargeth
           the
           
             Complaint
             ,
          
           their
           
             fault
          
           was
           
             general
             :
             None
             considered
             ,
             none
             laid
             to
             heart
             .
          
           That
           is
           
             very
             few
             ,
          
           as
           else-where
           ;
           
             There
             is
             none
             righteous
             .
          
           
           By
           which
           
             phrase
          
           is
           intimated
           ,
           though
           not
           a
           
             nullity
             ,
          
           yet
           a
           
             paucity
             ;
          
           not
           
             one
          
           of
           
             many
          
           were
           
             sensible
          
           of
           the
           
             losse
             ,
          
           a
           spiritual
           
             Lethargy
          
           had
           seized
           upon
           the
           
             most
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             disease
          
           was
           become
           
             Epidemical
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           
             Guilt
          
           of
           this
           
             sinne
             ,
          
           how
           
             great
             it
             is
             ,
          
           will
           be
           
             manifest
          
           in
           a
           
             three-fold
          
           respect
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           regard
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           it
           argueth
           want
           of
           
             Piety
             .
             Almighty
             God
          
           hath
           
             placed
          
           us
           in
           this
           
             world
             ,
          
           as
           upon
           a
           
             Theater
             ,
          
           that
           we
           might
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           various
           
             passages
          
           of
           his
           
             Providence
             .
          
           So
           that
           not
           to
           
             regard
          
           his
           
             works
          
           and
           consider
           the
           
             operation
          
           of
           
             his
             hands
             ,
          
           cannot
           but
           
           
             highly
             provoke
          
           him
           .
           Indeed
           ,
           they
           are
           
             equally
             bad
             ,
          
           not
           to
           
             regard
          
           the
           
             sounding
          
           of
           his
           
             word
          
           in
           our
           
             eares
             ,
          
           and
           not
           to
           
             observe
          
           the
           
             appearances
          
           of
           his
           
             works
          
           in
           our
           
             eyes
             .
          
           Among
           his
           many
           
             Providential
          
           works
           ,
           none
           more
           
             observable
          
           then
           the
           
             taking
             away
          
           of
           the
           
             mercifull
             .
          
           For
           certainly
           ,
           if
           a
           
             sparrow
             fall
             not
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
          
           much
           less
           doth
           a
           
             Saint
             ,
          
           without
           
             Divine
             permission
             .
          
           If
           the
           
             hairs
          
           of
           
             his
             head
          
           are
           
             numbered
             ,
          
           surely
           his
           
             head
          
           cannot
           be
           
             taken
             off
             ,
          
           without
           a
           
             special
             Providence
             .
          
           Indeed
           ,
           the
           
             perishing
          
           of
           a
           
             righteous
          
           man
           ,
           is
           a
           
             work
          
           at
           once
           ,
           both
           of
           
             Gods
             mercy
          
           and
           
             Judgment
             .
             Mercy
          
           to
           
             him
             ,
             Iudgment
          
           to
           the
           
             wicked
             .
          
           And
           
             not
          
           to
           
             consider
          
           such
           a
           
             work
             ,
          
           so
           as
           to
           
             lay
             it
             to
             heart
             ,
          
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           
             great
             sin
          
           against
           
             him
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           
             regard
          
           of
           the
           
             righteous
             ,
          
           it
           argueth
           
             want
             of
             pitty
             .
             To
             him
             that
             is
             afflicted
          
           (
           saith
           
             Job
             )
             pitty
             should
          
           
           
             be
             shewed
             from
             a
             friend
             ;
          
           And
           especially
           to
           him
           that
           is
           
             persecuted
          
           to
           the
           
             death
             .
          
           We
           may
           
             observe
          
           among
           
           
             beasts
             ,
          
           (
           even
           
             swine
             )
          
           a
           
             sympathy
             ;
          
           so
           that
           when
           
             one
          
           is
           
             killed
             ,
          
           the
           
             rest
          
           are
           
             troubled
             :
          
           And
           shall
           there
           not
           be
           among
           
             men
             ?
             Didicimus
             cum
             homines
             simus
             alienis
             calamitatibus
             moveri
             ,
          
           nothing
           more
           
             humane
             ,
          
           then
           to
           be
           
             moved
          
           with
           
             compassion
          
           towards
           
             them
          
           that
           are
           under
           
             sufferings
             .
          
           So
           that
           it
           is
           not
           only
           
             impiety
             ,
          
           but
           
             inhumanity
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           In
           regard
           of
           the
           
             persons
             themselves
             ,
          
           it
           argueth
           
             want
          
           of
           
             wisdome
             .
          
           When
           the
           
             righteous
             perish
             ,
             and
             mercifull
             men
             are
             taken
             away
             ,
          
           it
           is
           a
           
             losse
          
           to
           them
           who
           
             remain
             .
          
           They
           
             loose
          
           the
           
             light
          
           of
           their
           
             good
             Example
             ,
          
           the
           
             benefit
          
           of
           their
           
             Prayers
             .
          
           And
           should
           not
           this
           be
           
             considered
             ?
          
           Nay
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           only
           a
           
             losse
             ,
          
           but
           (
           as
           hath
           been
           already
           
             expressed
             )
          
           it
           is
           a
           dolefull
           
             presage
          
           of
           ruine
           :
           And
           shall
           it
           not
           be
           
             laid
             to
             heart
             ?
          
           So
           that
           it
           argueth
           a
           
             sensless
             stupidity
          
           not
           to
           
             consider
          
           what
           is
           so
           much
           our
           
             own
             concernment
             .
          
           By
           all
           
             which
          
           it
           
             appeareth
          
           an
           
             impious
             ,
          
           an
           
             inhumane
             ,
          
           and
           
             unnatural
          
           sinne
           which
           our
           
             Prophet
          
           bemoaneth
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             righteous
             perisheth
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             layeth
             it
             to
             heart
             ,
             and
             mercifull
             men
             are
             taken
             away
             ,
             none
             considering
             that
             the
             righteous
             are
             taken
             away
             from
             the
             evil
             to
             come
             .
          
        
         
           Oh
           then
           ,
           be
           we
           all
           
             exhorted
          
           to
           the
           
             contrary
          
           duty
           .
           
             Solomon
          
           the
           
             wise
             ,
          
           seemeth
           to
           
             promise
          
           himself
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           
             living
          
           are
           in
           
             the
             house
             of
             mourning
             ,
          
           they
           will
           
             lay
          
           
           
             it
             to
             heart
             .
          
           And
           if
           we
           ought
           to
           
             lay
             to
             heart
          
           the
           
             death
          
           of
           
             any
             ,
          
           much
           more
           of
           
             righteous
          
           men
           :
           and
           especially
           ,
           when
           either
           
             Josiah
          
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           or
           
             Eliah
          
           the
           
             Prophet
             ,
          
           or
           
             Zacharias
          
           the
           
             Priest
             ,
          
           are
           
             taken
          
           from
           us
           .
           Though
           the
           
             Sun
          
           is
           not
           much
           
             observed
          
           by
           us
           whilest
           it
           
             shineth
             ,
          
           yet
           if
           it
           be
           in
           an
           
             Eclipse
             ,
          
           who
           doth
           not
           take
           
             notice
          
           of
           it
           ?
           Oh
           ,
           let
           not
           the
           
             Eclipse
             ,
          
           and
           much
           
           lesse
           the
           
             setting
          
           of
           any
           of
           
             Gods
             eminent
          
           servants
           passe
           by
           
             unregarded
             !
          
           Let
           us
           then
           consider
           and
           
             lay
             to
             heart
          
           the
           
             death
          
           of
           the
           
             righteous
             ,
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Recordando
             ,
          
           by
           
             keeping
          
           a
           
             Register
          
           of
           the
           
             death
          
           of
           the
           
             Godly
          
           in
           all
           
             ages
             ,
          
           but
           chiefly
           in
           the
           
             age
          
           wherein
           we
           
             live
             ;
          
           both
           as
           to
           the
           
             quality
          
           of
           the
           
             Persons
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             manner
          
           of
           their
           
             death
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Lamentando
             ,
          
           by
           
             bewailing
          
           their
           
             removall
          
           from
           us
           :
           Not
           in
           respect
           of
           
             them
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           
             death
          
           is
           a
           
             favour
             ,
          
           but
           in
           regard
           of
           our
           
             selves
             ,
          
           who
           may
           in
           their
           
             departure
             ,
          
           sadly
           
             foretell
             approaching
             misery
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Imitando
             ,
          
           by
           
             following
          
           the
           good
           
             example
          
           both
           of
           their
           
             life
          
           and
           
             death
             ,
          
           so
           far
           as
           we
           are
           
             called
          
           to
           it
           .
           By
           which
           means
           ,
           
             their
             death
          
           will
           not
           only
           be
           
             their
             gain
             ,
          
           but
           
             ours
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           
             Preparando
             ,
          
           by
           
             fitting
          
           our
           
             selves
          
           for
           that
           
             evil
          
           which
           their
           
             death
             foretells
             ,
          
           that
           whilest
           the
           
             simple
             passe
             on
             and
             are
             punished
             ,
          
           we
           may
           like
           
             prudent
             men
             fore
             see
             the
             evil
             ,
          
           and
           
             hide
             our selves
             :
          
           or
           rather
           
             God
          
           may
           
             hide
          
           
           us
           ,
           either
           by
           
             preserving
          
           us
           
             in
             it
             ,
          
           or
           by
           
             taking
          
           us
           
             away
          
           (
           as
           he
           hath
           
             other
          
           of
           his
           
             servants
             )
          
           before
           the
           
             vengeance
          
           come
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           
             (
             Beloved
             )
          
           least
           
             I
          
           and
           
             you
          
           should
           be
           
             guilty
          
           of
           the
           
             sinne
             ,
          
           against
           which
           my
           
             text
             declaimeth
             ,
          
           give
           me
           leave
           in
           a
           
             few
             words
          
           to
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           
             death
          
           of
           that
           
             righteous
          
           and
           
             mercifull
             man
             of
             God
             ,
          
           who
           hath
           been
           lately
           
             taken
          
           from
           us
           .
           
        
         
           
             Titles
             ,
          
           which
           I
           hope
           
             none
          
           will
           
             envy
          
           him
           ,
           since
           if
           we
           
             look
          
           no
           further
           then
           his
           
             death
             ,
          
           we
           shall
           find
           
             just
             occasion
          
           of
           
             applying
          
           them
           to
           him
           .
           As
           for
           the
           
             cause
          
           of
           his
           death
           ,
           it
           
             concerneth
             not
          
           me
           to
           
             meddle
          
           with
           it
           ;
           I
           shall
           
             leave
          
           the
           
             censure
          
           of
           it
           to
           that
           
             day
             ,
             when
          
           all
           the
           
             Judgment
          
           
           of
           
             men
          
           shall
           be
           
             scanned
          
           over
           .
           But
           I
           
             trust
          
           none
           will
           be
           
             offended
             ,
          
           if
           I
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           
             manner
          
           of
           his
           
             death
             ;
             The
             righteous
          
           (
           saith
           
             Solomon
             )
             is
             as
             bold
             as
             a
          
           
           
             Lyon
             .
          
           And
           again
           ,
           
             The
             righteous
             hath
             hope
             in
             his
             death
             .
          
           And
           surely
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           
             confidence
          
           of
           a
           
             well
             led
             life
             ,
          
           that
           made
           him
           so
           
             meekly
             bold
             ,
             humbly
             confident
          
           at
           his
           
             death
             ;
          
           the
           
             righteousness
          
           of
           his
           
             way
             ,
          
           which
           filled
           him
           with
           
             cheerfulness
          
           at
           his
           
             end
             .
          
           Of
           all
           
             acts
          
           of
           
             mercy
             ,
          
           none
           
             greater
          
           then
           the
           
             remitting
             injuries
             ,
          
           and
           
             forgiving
             enemies
             :
          
           and
           how
           
             great
          
           a
           
             measure
          
           he
           had
           of
           
             this
          
           grace
           ,
           those
           
             charitable
             lines
          
           which
           were
           
             read
          
           at
           his
           
             Funerall
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             sweet
             words
          
           he
           
             uttered
          
           on
           the
           
             Scaffold
             ,
          
           abundantly
           
             testifie
             .
          
           I
           want
           both
           
             time
          
           and
           
             tongue
             ,
          
           to
           give
           you
           a
           
             Narrative
          
           of
           his
           
             life
             ,
          
           which
           was
           a
           
             constellation
          
           of
           many
           
             bright
             Stars
             ,
          
           many
           
             excellent
             Graces
          
           which
           were
           
             obvious
          
           to
           all
           that
           
             knew
          
           him
           throughout
           the
           whole
           
             course
          
           of
           his
           
             conversation
             .
          
           This
           
             righteous
          
           and
           
             mercifull
          
           man
           is
           now
           
             perished
          
           from
           the
           
             earth
             ,
          
           and
           
             taken
             away
          
           from
           us
           ;
           but
           so
           ,
           as
           that
           I
           have
           good
           
             reason
          
           to
           
             believe
          
           he
           is
           
             removed
          
           to
           that
           place
           of
           
             bliss
             ,
          
           where
           he
           enjoyeth
           the
           
             society
          
           of
           
             Saints
             and
             Angels
             ;
          
           yea
           ,
           of
           
             God
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           And
           now
           
             (
             Beloved
             )
          
           let
           it
           not
           be
           said
           ,
           
             Out
             of
             sight
             out
             of
             mind
             .
          
           We
           can
           no
           
             longer
             enjoy
          
           him
           ,
           but
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           we
           shall
           not
           
             forget
             him
             ;
          
           especially
           not
           
             you
          
           (
           my
           
             Brethren
             )
          
           among
           whom
           he
           hath
           
             spent
          
           his
           
             paines
             ,
          
           and
           
             exhausted
          
           his
           
             strength
             ,
          
           to
           do
           your
           
             souls
             Good
             .
          
        
         
           Do
           
             you
          
           (
           I
           
             beseech
          
           you
           )
           consider
           and
           
             remember
          
           how
           often
           you
           have
           
             beheld
          
           him
           in
           this
           
             holy
             Mount
             :
          
           how
           many
           wholesome
           
             Reproofs
             ,
             Counsels
             ,
          
           and
           
             Comforts
          
           you
           have
           
             heard
          
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           withall
           reflect
           upon
           your
           own
           
             unthankfulness
          
           for
           ,
           
             unprofitableness
          
           under
           
           
             his
          
           and
           the
           
             labours
          
           of
           others
           of
           
             Gods
             faithfull
          
           Servants
           among
           you
           .
           Finally
           ,
           do
           
             you
             ,
          
           and
           let
           us
           
             all
             seriously
             lay
             to
             heart
          
           what
           a
           sad
           
             presage
          
           the
           
             death
          
           of
           this
           
             good
          
           man
           is
           of
           
             ruine
          
           and
           destruction
           ,
           whilest
           me
           thinketh
           he
           
             saith
          
           to
           us
           this
           
             day
          
           in
           the
           
             words
          
           of
           his
           
             Saviour
             ,
             Weep
             not
             for
             me
             (
             I
             am
             taken
             away
             from
             the
             evil
             to
             come
             )
             but
             weep
             for
             your selves
             ,
             upon
             whom
             evil
             is
             likely
             to
             come
             ,
             unless
             by
             your
             reall
             and
             speedy
             repentance
             you
             prevent
             it
             .
          
           And
           now
           
             I
          
           am
           
             come
          
           to
           the
           
             end
          
           of
           my
           
             Sermon
             ,
          
           and
           that
           which
           was
           my
           
             end
          
           in
           
             Preaching
          
           it
           ;
           to
           
             stirre
          
           up
           both
           my
           
             self
          
           and
           
             you
          
           to
           
             consider
          
           the
           
             death
          
           of
           this
           
             Righteous
          
           man
           :
           not
           so
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           
             imbittered
          
           against
           the
           
             Instrument
          
           by
           whom
           it
           hath
           been
           
             effected
             ,
          
           but
           against
           our
           
             selves
          
           for
           our
           
             sinnes
          
           which
           have
           
             procured
          
           it
           ;
           that
           this
           
             dolefull
             losse
          
           may
           be
           an
           
             occasion
          
           of
           our
           
             sorrowfull
             Repentance
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             Repentance
          
           may
           
             prevail
          
           with
           
             God
          
           to
           avert
           those
           
             Judgments
          
           which
           
             hang
             over
          
           us
           ,
           to
           
             continue
          
           his
           faithfull
           
             Labourers
             among
          
           us
           ,
           and
           
             restore
          
           his
           
             ancient
             blessings
             to
             us
             ;
          
           which
           
             God
             grant
          
           for
           his
           
             mercies
             sake
          
           in
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A45564e-2900
           
             Isa.
             22.
             12.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             1.
             
          
           
             Partic.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Lap.
            
             in
             loc.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             Psal.
             14.
             2.
             
               Aug.
            
             ibid.
          
           
             Mal.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             1.
             16.
             
          
           
             Lam.
             1.
             12.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             21.
             16.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Lap.
                 
              
               
                 Sanct.
                 
              
               
                 Musc.
                 
              
            
             
               in
               loc.
            
          
           
             Jer.
             23.
             6.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             61.
             10.
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             30.
             
          
           
             Ambros.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             24.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             4.
             1
             Joh.
             5.
             1.
             
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             3.
             7.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             7.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             6.
             8.
             
             Job
             1.
             1.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             56.
             
               ult.
            
          
           
             
               Ambros.
            
             in
             Apocal
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             Psal.
             145.
             9.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             144.
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             5.
             12.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             Mic.
             7.
             2.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             32
             8.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             2.
             
          
           
             Mic.
             6.
             8.
             
          
           
             Hos.
             10.
             12.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             7.
             
          
           
             Job
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             49.
             20.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             26.
             24.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             10.
             7.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             4.
             16.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             4.
             17.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             11.
             26.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             7.
             7.
             24.
             
          
           
             Joh
             ,
             24.
             15.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             20.
             38.
             
          
           
             
               Musc.
            
             in
             loc.
          
           
             Job
             14.
             10.
             10.
             21.
             
          
           
             Mic.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Calv.
            
             in
             loc.
          
           
             
               Lap.
            
             in
             loc.
          
           
             Heb.
             11.
             4.
             
          
           
             Ambros.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             8.
             51.
             1.
             26
             
          
           
             Prov.
             10.
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             55.
             22.
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             7.
             15.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             44.
             ●2
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             33.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             53.
             9.
             
          
           
             Eceles.
             9.
             10.
             
          
           
             Quest
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             
          
           
             
               Hier.
            
             Ep.
             ad
             
               Eustoch.
            
          
           
             Rev.
             14.
             16.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             57.
             2.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             26.
             20.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             91.
             4.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             9.
             4.
             ●
          
           
             Exo.
             32.
             10.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             19.
             22.
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             12.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             
               Gen.
            
             2d
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             39.
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             14.
             1.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             26.
             4.
             
          
           
             Job
             6.
             14.
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             7.
             2.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             22.
             3.
             
          
           
             Dr
             
               John
               Hewit
            
             who
             died
             
               June
            
             8.
             and
             was
             buried
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             St
             
               Gregories
            
             the
             ●●th
             day
             of
             that
             moneth
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             28.
             1.
             14.
             32.