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             A sermon before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and the Right Worshipful the Aldermen of the city of London, preached on Febr. 29, 1679/80, at Guildhall-Chappel by Adam Littleton ...
             Littleton, Adam, 1627-1694.
          
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             CLAYTON
             ,
             Mayor
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Martis
                 secundo
                 die
              
               Martii
               1679.
               
               
                 Annoque
                 Regni
                 Regis
              
               CAROLI
               Secundi
               ,
               Angl
               '
               ,
               &c.
               XXXII
               
               o.
            
          
        
         
           THis
           Court
           doth
           desire
           D
           r.
           Littleton
           to
           print
           his
           Sermon
           ,
           Preached
           at
           the
           Guildhall-Chappel
           on
           the
           29
           th
           
           of
           February
           last
           ,
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           andAldermen
           of
           this
           City
           .
        
         
           
             Wagstaffe
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           BEFORE
           The
           Right
           Honourable
           THE
           LORD
           MAYOR
           AND
           The
           Right
           Worshipful
           THE
           ALDERMEN
           OF
           THE
           City
           of
           London
           .
        
         
           Preached
           on
           Febr.
           29.
           16
           79
           /
           80
           ,
           at
           Guildhall-Chappel
           .
        
         
           By
           ADAM
           LITTLETON
           ,
           
             D.
             D.
             Prebend
             of
             St.
          
           Peters
           Westminster
           ,
           
             and
             Chaplain
             in
             Ordinary
             to
             his
          
           MAJESTY
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             S.
             Roycroft
          
           ,
           for
           
             Rich.
             Marriott
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           Sold
           by
           
             Walter
             Kettleby
          
           at
           the
           Bishops-Head
           in
           St.
           
             Pauls
             Church-yard
          
           ,
           1680.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             To
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             S
             r.
          
           ROBERT
           CLAYTON
           ,
           
             Lord
             MAYOR
             of
          
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           AS
           Government
           hath
           been
           always
           own'd
           by
           All
           ,
           who
           ever
           were
           truly
           Wise
           and
           Good
           ,
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Blessings
           ,
           God
           hath
           vouchsafed
           to
           the
           Necessities
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           so
           through
           the
           Wantonness
           or
           Peevishness
           of
           those
           that
           are
           to
           be
           Govern'd
           ,
           it
           is
           rendred
           sometimes
           as
           Difficult
           a
           Province
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           Useful
           and
           Necessary
           .
        
         
         
           In
           this
           Sphere
           Your
           Lordship
           hath
           acted
           with
           that
           Loyalty
           to
           the
           KING
           ,
           that
           Zeal
           to
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           Moderation
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           People
           ,
           that
           You
           have
           fully
           acquitted
           Your self
           to
           publick
           Approbation
           .
        
         
           That
           Wantonness
           ,
           I
           mentioned
           ,
           proceeds
           from
           the
           abundance
           and
           ill
           use
           of
           Peace
           and
           Plenty
           .
           That
           other
           Cause
           of
           disorder
           ,
           which
           I
           named
           ,
           Peevishness
           ,
           ariseth
           from
           any
           slight
           Apprehension
           of
           doubtful
           and
           dangerous
           Times
           :
           which
           may
           possibly
           be
           now
           our
           Case
           .
        
         
           In
           order
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           such
           Misapprehensions
           ,
           I
           have
           designed
           this
           short
           Discourse
           ;
           the
           Sum
           of
           which
           is
           
             to
             do
             our
             Duty
          
           ,
           and
           
             to
             trust
             God
          
           with
           the
           Success
           :
           which
           will
           certainly
           be
           the
           most
           Rational
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           most
           Christian
           way
           of
           securing
           every
           Man
           from
           those
           wild
           Fears
           ,
           we
           labour
           under
           .
        
         
         
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           I
           dare
           not
           question
           ,
           but
           that
           That
           slender
           Acceptance
           ,
           which
           this
           mean
           Sermon
           met
           with
           at
           its
           Delivery
           out
           of
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           that
           and
           much
           more
           it
           will
           find
           now
           in
           its
           Publication
           by
           Your
           Lordships
           Order
           from
           the
           Press
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Lordships
             most
             Humble
             and
             Obedient
             Servant
             ,
             ADAM
             LITTLETON
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             PSAL.
             XXXVII
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             
               Commit
               thy
               way
               unto
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             [
             or
             ,
             
               Roll
               thy
               way
               upon
               the
               Lord
               ;
               ]
               trust
               also
               in
               him
               :
               and
               he
               shall
               bring
               it
               to
               pass
               .
            
          
        
         
           IT
           hath
           been
           a
           constant
           Complaint
           almost
           ever
           since
           the
           World
           began
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           hath
           prov'd
           a
           trouble
           not
           only
           to
           Vulgar
           Spirits
           ,
           but
           hath
           given
           some
           temptation
           even
           to
           the
           Wise
           and
           the
           Good
           also
           ;
           that
           whereas
           Justice
           requires
           ,
           
             ut
             Bonis
             sit
             benè
             ,
             Malis
             malè
             ,
          
           that
           it
           should
           go
           Well
           with
           the
           Good
           ,
           and
           Ill
           with
           the
           Bad
           ;
           God
           sometimes
           ,
           by
           his
           providential
           Dispensations
           ,
           if
           not
           orders
           ,
           at
           least
           suffers
           it
           to
           be
           quite
           otherwise
           :
           insomuch
           that
           Epicurus
           and
           his
           Followers
           ,
           upon
           this
           account
           utterly
           denied
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           any
           such
           thing
           as
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           to
           take
           care
           of
           things
           here
           below
           :
           which
           yet
           ,
           from
           the
           very
           principles
           of
           Vertue
           and
           common
           Morality
           ,
           the
           Stoicks
           ,
           another
           sort
           of
           Philosophers
           ,
           as
           stoutly
           
           asserted
           and
           maintain'd
           ,
           notwithstanding
           this
           seeming
           Irregularity
           in
           its
           unequal
           distributions
           ;
           which
           confideration
           is
           still
           further
           improv'd
           by
           Christian
           Philosophy
           into
           a
           ground
           of
           Belief
           of
           one
           of
           the
           main
           Articles
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           
             to
             wit
          
           ,
           a
           future
           State
           ;
           and
           has
           been
           made
           use
           of
           as
           one
           great
           Argument
           and
           Assurance
           ,
           beside
           that
           of
           Revelation
           ,
           to
           confirm
           our
           Faith
           of
           the
           last
           Judgment
           ,
           of
           a
           Life
           after
           this
           ,
           and
           of
           eternal
           Rewards
           .
        
         
           This
           Psalm
           up
           and
           down
           represents
           the
           Case
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           flourishing
           condition
           of
           the
           Wicked
           to
           the
           great
           prejudice
           and
           hazard
           of
           Gods
           people
           ;
           and
           supposing
           this
           might
           prove
           a
           Temptation
           to
           the
           Godly
           ,
           to
           entertain
           such
           unquiet
           apprehensions
           ,
           as
           David
           himself
           acknowledges
           elsewhere
           he
           had
           laboured
           under
           ,
           till
           he
           went
           into
           the
           Sanctuary
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           till
           
           he
           had
           consulted
           with
           the
           Divine
           Oracles
           ,
           and
           thence
           received
           satisfaction
           and
           ease
           ;
           he
           perswades
           us
           ,
           in
           such
           Instances
           ,
           to
           confidence
           in
           God
           and
           patience
           in
           well-doing
           ;
           and
           discovers
           the
           Estate
           of
           Pious
           and
           Ungodly
           men
           to
           be
           as
           different
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           the
           World
           to
           come
           ,
           but
           through
           Gods
           just
           Judgment
           many
           times
           even
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           as
           their
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           have
           been
           .
        
         
         
           These
           are
           the
           most
           considerable
           Subjects
           and
           Parts
           of
           this
           whole
           Composure
           ;
           of
           which
           ,
           because
           they
           lie
           scattered
           here
           and
           there
           ,
           and
           intermixt
           with
           one
           another
           ,
           (
           a
           thing
           usual
           in
           Alphabetical
           Writings
           ,
           such
           as
           this
           is
           ;
           )
           I
           shall
           not
           go
           about
           to
           present
           you
           with
           an
           exact
           Analysis
           ,
           but
           fetch
           in
           the
           Royal
           Prophets
           sentiments
           and
           observations
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           fall
           in
           kindly
           into
           the
           body
           of
           my
           Discourse
           ,
           as
           we
           go
           along
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           the
           Words
           ,
           I
           have
           now
           read
           to
           you
           ,
           are
           a
           compleat
           Abridgment
           of
           the
           whole
           Psalm
           ,
           or
           rather
           a
           general
           Aphorism
           applied
           here
           to
           this
           particular
           Case
           ,
           by
           which
           It
           ,
           as
           all
           others
           of
           like
           nature
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           stated
           and
           resolv'd
           .
           For
           if
           we
           are
           in
           the
           general
           account
           of
           Piety
           ,
           upon
           all
           occasions
           of
           Danger
           or
           Distress
           ,
           of
           Doubt
           or
           seeming
           Desertion
           ,
           to
           
             commit
             our
             way
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           
             to
             trust
             in
             him
          
           ;
           then
           it
           will
           behove
           us
           no
           less
           ,
           in
           this
           particular
           Case
           of
           prosperous
           Wickedness
           and
           oppressed
           Piety
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           same
           deference
           to
           God
           and
           confidence
           in
           him
           :
           and
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           never
           wanting
           to
           those
           who
           trust
           in
           him
           ,
           will
           also
           ,
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           upon
           our
           meek
           submission
           to
           his
           Will
           ,
           and
           faithful
           adherence
           to
           his
           Word
           ,
           support
           and
           relieve
           us
           ,
           at
           least
           do
           that
           
           which
           shall
           be
           best
           for
           us
           ;
           he
           will
           ,
           in
           his
           due
           time
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           good
           pleasure
           ,
           if
           we
           commit
           our selves
           and
           our
           ways
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           trust
           in
           him
           ,
           
             he
             will
             bring
             it
             to
             pass
             .
          
        
         
           There
           are
           then
           in
           this
           piece
           of
           Scripture
           three
           things
           to
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           ;
           the
           one
           Implied
           or
           supposed
           ,
           the
           other
           two
           Expressed
           and
           plainly
           set
           down
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Here
           is
           the
           supposal
           of
           a
           Case
           ,
           of
           a
           doubtful
           and
           dangerous
           condition
           ;
           for
           so
           the
           committing
           of
           a
           Concern
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           trusting
           his
           Wisdom
           and
           Fidelity
           with
           the
           management
           of
           it
           ,
           implies
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           doth
           not
           think
           himself
           safe
           without
           such
           a
           devolution
           and
           confidence
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           A
           Direction
           ,
           how
           we
           are
           to
           behave
           our selves
           in
           a
           case
           of
           such
           doubt
           and
           danger
           ;
           
             Commit
             thy
             way
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           3.
           
           An
           Assurance
           of
           good
           success
           upon
           our
           so
           doing
           :
           
             and
             he
             will
             bring
             it
             to
             pass
             .
          
        
         
           Of
           these
           Severals
           I
           shall
           treat
           with
           all
           honest
           plainness
           ,
           the
           Thing
           it self
           being
           of
           an
           universal
           use
           and
           influence
           ,
           wherein
           all
           Persons
           ,
           all
           Interests
           are
           concerned
           ;
           that
           I
           may
           take
           in
           all
           ,
           even
           the
           meanest
           capacities
           .
        
         
         
           I.
           For
           the
           Case
           supposed
           ;
           it
           is
           but
           so
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Psalm
           it self
           it
           is
           sufficiently
           expressed
           and
           fully
           represented
           .
        
         
           The
           Psalm
           ,
           to
           give
           a
           short
           account
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           a
           perswasive
           to
           Contentment
           and
           Satisfaction
           with
           Providence
           ,
           which
           permits
           wicked
           men
           to
           flourish
           for
           a
           while
           ;
           inforced
           with
           sundry
           Reasons
           ,
           especially
           this
           ,
           That
           Godly
           mens
           condition
           is
           however
           much
           better
           than
           theirs
           ,
           even
           at
           the
           present
           ,
           not
           to
           speak
           of
           hereafter
           .
           So
           it
           begins
           ,
        
         
           Verse
           1.
           
           
             Fret
             not
             thy self
             because
             of
             Evil
             doers
             ,
             neither
             be
             thou
             envious
             against
             the
             workers
             of
             Iniquity
             .
          
           He
           means
           ,
           we
           should
           not
           fret
           or
           repine
           to
           see
           them
           in
           such
           a
           prosperous
           condition
           :
           for
           so
           't
           is
           expresly
           said
           vers
           .
           2.
           
           
             Fret
             not
             thy self
             because
             of
             him
             who
             prospereth
             in
             his
             way
             ;
             because
             of
             the
             man
             who
             bringeth
             wicked
             devices
             to
             pass
             .
          
           Be
           not
           troubled
           at
           the
           prosperity
           of
           wicked
           men
           and
           their
           strange
           successfulness
           ,
           if
           it
           should
           so
           be
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           often
           happens
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           he
           brings
           it
           in
           as
           an
           Observe
           of
           his
           own
           towards
           the
           later
           end
           ,
           vers
           .
           35.
           
           
             I
             have
             seen
             the
             wicked
             in
             great
             power
             ,
             and
             spreading
             himself
             like
             a
             green
             Bay-tree
             ;
             yet
             he
             passed
             away
             .
          
        
         
           And
           indeed
           were
           this
           all
           ,
           that
           Wicked
           men
           
           only
           grew
           great
           ,
           acquired
           power
           and
           wealth
           ,
           and
           did
           no
           hurt
           with
           it
           to
           others
           ;
           this
           might
           well
           enough
           be
           born
           with
           ,
           we
           should
           not
           need
           to
           fret
           our selves
           at
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           envy
           them
           upon
           this
           score
           :
           but
           when
           they
           abuse
           those
           Advantages
           to
           the
           danger
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           the
           destruction
           of
           Gods
           Servants
           ,
           this
           must
           needs
           affect
           ,
           and
           go
           near
           to
           the
           heart
           of
           all
           those
           who
           are
           toucht
           with
           any
           care
           of
           Gods
           honour
           and
           the
           concerns
           of
           Religion
           .
           And
           thus
           is
           it
           here
           ,
        
         
           Verse
           12.
           
           
             The
             wicked
             plotteth
             against
             the
             just
             ,
             and
             gnasheth
             upon
             him
             with
             his
             teeth
             .
          
           They
           lay
           designs
           of
           Treachery
           and
           Mischief
           ,
           as
           having
           a
           natural
           Antipathy
           against
           those
           persons
           ,
           who
           out
           of
           Conscience
           dare
           not
           believe
           as
           they
           believe
           ,
           nor
           do
           as
           they
           do
           ;
           as
           the
           Wiseman
           in
           the
           second
           Chapter
           of
           his
           Wisdom
           has
           elegantly
           set
           it
           forth
           .
           Come
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           
             let
             us
             lie
             in
             wait
             for
             the
             Righteous
             ;
             because
             he
             is
             not
             for
             our
             turn
             ;
             and
             he
             is
             clean
             contrary
             to
             our
             doings
             .
             He
             upbraideth
             us
             with
             our
             offending
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             objecteth
             to
             our
             infamy
             the
             transgressions
             of
             our
             Education
             .
             He
             professeth
             to
             have
             the
             knowledge
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             he
             calleth
             himself
             the
             Child
             of
             the
             Lord.
             He
             was
             made
             to
             reprove
             our
             thoughts
             .
             He
             is
             grievous
             unto
             us
             ,
             even
             to
             behold
             ;
             for
             his
             life
             is
          
           
           
             not
             like
             other
             mens
             ,
             his
             ways
             are
             of
             another
             fashion
             .
             We
             are
             esteemed
             of
             him
             as
             Counterfeits
             ;
             he
             abstaineth
             from
             our
             ways
             as
             from
             filthiness
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           What
           words
           could
           more
           graphically
           express
           that
           devilish
           Animosity
           ,
           which
           those
           of
           Rome
           have
           against
           the
           English
           and
           other
           Reformed
           Churches
           ?
        
         
           Well!
           from
           Consult
           they
           proceed
           to
           Action
           .
        
         
           Verse
           14.
           
           
             The
             wicked
             have
             drawn
             out
             the
             sword
             ,
             and
             have
             bent
             their
             bow
             ,
             to
             cast
             down
             the
             poor
             and
             needy
             ,
             and
             to
             slay
             such
             as
             be
             of
             a
             right
             conversation
             .
          
           They
           make
           their
           bloody
           preparations
           to
           ruin
           those
           who
           lived
           quietly
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           trusting
           to
           their
           strength
           and
           policy
           ,
           are
           forward
           to
           venture
           upon
           any
           thing
           ,
           be
           it
           never
           so
           unlawful
           ,
           that
           may
           advantage
           their
           Cause
           ,
           against
           those
           who
           refolve
           not
           to
           use
           any
           unlawful
           means
           ,
           though
           for
           their
           own
           Preservation
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           they
           cannot
           do
           it
           by
           Whole-sale
           ,
           in
           Massacres
           ;
           they
           are
           content
           by
           Retail
           to
           vent
           their
           cruel
           malice
           upon
           single
           persons
           .
        
         
           Verse
           32.
           
           
             The
             wicked
             watcheth
             the
             Righteous
          
           ;
           he
           dogs
           him
           up
           and
           down
           ;
           
             and
             seeketh
             occasion
             to
             slay
             him
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           he
           uses
           all
           arts
           and
           attempts
           of
           Treachery
           to
           insnare
           and
           trepan
           him
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Case
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           here
           put
           .
        
         
         
           And
           that
           this
           hath
           been
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           throughout
           all
           Ages
           ,
           ever
           since
           there
           was
           an
           Enmity
           put
           betwixt
           the
           Seed
           of
           the
           Woman
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Christ
           and
           all
           true
           Believers
           ;
           and
           the
           Seed
           of
           the
           Serpent
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Wicked
           men
           ,
           who
           act
           under
           the
           Devil
           as
           his
           Instruments
           ;
           is
           so
           apparent
           from
           all
           Church-History
           ,
           that
           I
           need
           not
           trouble
           you
           with
           a
           collection
           .
           St.
           Austin
           in
           his
           Book
           of
           the
           
             City
             of
             God
          
           hath
           ,
           as
           I
           remember
           ,
           given
           a
           fair
           account
           of
           this
           matter
           at
           large
           .
           Thus
           Cain
           slew
           Abel
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           Religion
           ,
           because
           his
           Brothers
           offering
           was
           accepted
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           was
           not
           :
           Ishmael
           the
           Son
           of
           the
           Bond-woman
           ,
           persecuted
           Isaac
           the
           Child
           of
           the
           Promise
           ;
           and
           Esau
           hated
           Jacob
           and
           vow'd
           his
           death
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           better
           beloved
           of
           God
           and
           had
           got
           the
           Blessing
           from
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           this
           reason
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           Gods
           select
           People
           ,
           were
           detested
           by
           all
           the
           Heathen
           and
           Idolatrous
           Nations
           ,
           that
           dwelt
           round
           about
           them
           ;
           because
           they
           had
           a
           different
           way
           of
           Worship
           from
           them
           all
           ,
           wherewith
           they
           worshipped
           the
           true
           God
           according
           to
           his
           own
           Appointment
           .
           And
           yet
           it
           pleased
           God
           at
           
           several
           times
           to
           give
           up
           this
           People
           of
           his
           for
           their
           sins
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           the
           
             Moabites
             ,
             Ammonites
             ,
             Syrians
             ,
             Babylonians
          
           ;
           and
           upon
           their
           Repentance
           to
           work
           for
           them
           great
           and
           signal
           Deliverances
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           ,
           to
           go
           no
           further
           with
           the
           deduction
           ,
           hath
           stood
           the
           Case
           betwixt
           us
           and
           our
           Popish
           Adversaries
           ever
           since
           the
           Reformation
           .
           
             —
             Many
             a
             time
             have
             they
             afflicted
             me
             from
             my
             youth
             up
             ,
             may
          
           our
           
             Israel
             now
             say
             .
             Many
             a
             time
             have
             they
             afflicted
             me
             from
             my
             youth
             up
             ,
             yet
             they
             have
             not
             prevailed
             against
             me
             ,
          
           Psal.
           129.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           They
           have
           by
           Gods
           providence
           and
           our
           own
           indulgence
           been
           suffered
           to
           live
           amongst
           us
           in
           better
           condition
           ,
           than
           perhaps
           other
           Subjects
           have
           ;
           free
           from
           those
           Penalties
           the
           Law
           had
           imposed
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           quit
           of
           those
           chargable
           Duties
           ,
           that
           lie
           upon
           others
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           means
           have
           had
           the
           opportunity
           of
           amassing
           great
           Wealth
           ,
           and
           carrying
           on
           the
           Catholick-Cause
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           it
           ;
           till
           at
           last
           they
           were
           grown
           ripe
           ,
           as
           they
           fancied
           ,
           by
           the
           contrivance
           of
           their
           Priests
           and
           a
           kind
           of
           universal
           Combination
           of
           the
           whole
           Party
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ,
           for
           the
           Execution
           of
           their
           great
           Design
           ,
           which
           God
           in
           his
           Mercy
           hath
           prevented
           ,
           or
           I
           hope
           will
           prevent
           ;
           nay
           certainly
           
           will
           ,
           if
           we
           ,
           as
           we
           ought
           to
           do
           ,
           commit
           our selves
           and
           our
           ways
           unto
           him
           .
        
         
           My
           business
           is
           not
           to
           blow
           the
           Coals
           ,
           or
           to
           raise
           those
           popular
           Jealousies
           ,
           which
           are
           too
           apt
           of
           themselves
           ,
           upon
           occasion
           ,
           especially
           if
           they
           meet
           with
           any
           incouragement
           ,
           to
           break
           out
           into
           open
           flames
           ;
           but
           rather
           to
           allay
           those
           irregular
           heats
           .
           Only
           I
           could
           not
           but
           take
           notice
           of
           a
           matter
           of
           fact
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           notorious
           ;
           and
           I
           must
           avow
           ,
           (
           for
           why
           may
           I
           not
           ?
           it
           being
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           )
           that
           there
           's
           no
           one
           ,
           who
           has
           any
           Piety
           to
           God
           ,
           any
           Loyalty
           to
           his
           Sovereign
           ,
           in
           whose
           Sacred
           life
           all
           our
           Interests
           are
           involved
           ;
           any
           Love
           to
           his
           Country
           ,
           or
           any
           true
           care
           of
           himself
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           good
           Protestant
           or
           true
           Englishman
           ,
           but
           must
           needs
           as
           verily
           believe
           the
           late
           damnable
           Conspiracy
           of
           the
           Papists
           against
           us
           ,
           as
           he
           does
           heartily
           detest
           it
           ;
           and
           be
           truly
           sensible
           of
           the
           danger
           we
           were
           in
           ,
           and
           of
           Gods
           Mercy
           in
           the
           Discovery
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           then
           being
           a
           Case
           not
           only
           supposed
           ,
           but
           publickly
           declared
           ;
           the
           next
           thing
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           be
           the
           main
           of
           my
           Meditations
           ,
           is
           to
           shew
           ,
           how
           we
           are
           to
           behave
           our selves
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           thus
           beset
           with
           Enemies
           ,
           that
           profess
           a
           Religion
           ,
           whose
           Principles
           are
           made
           up
           of
           
           Superstition
           and
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           whose
           Practices
           have
           been
           always
           as
           full
           of
           Treachery
           and
           Cruelty
           .
           For
           that
           is
           the
           true
           Scope
           and
           Purport
           of
           this
           both
           Psalm
           and
           Text
           ,
           to
           advise
           in
           what
           manner
           the
           People
           of
           God
           ought
           to
           demean
           themselves
           under
           such
           perillous
           and
           afflictive
           Circumstances
           .
           This
           is
           the
           second
           part
           .
        
         
           II.
           The
           Direction
           or
           Counsel
           the
           Psalmist
           gives
           upon
           the
           Case
           ,
           which
           seems
           to
           be
           twofold
           ,
           as
           being
           delivered
           in
           two
           Forms
           of
           words
           ;
           but
           is
           indeed
           much
           at
           one
           :
           for
           so
           
             rolling
             our selves
          
           or
           
             our
             way
             upon
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           language
           of
           the
           Psalms
           the
           same
           thing
           as
           trusting
           in
           him
           .
           However
           for
           Distribution
           sake
           ,
           I
           shall
           consider
           those
           Expressions
           separately
           and
           apart
           .
           And
        
         
           First
           ,
           For
           
             committing
             our
             way
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           
           though
           it
           may
           be
           taken
           to
           signifie
           the
           same
           as
           
             casting
             our
             burthen
          
           upon
           him
           ,
           Psal.
           57.
           and
           casting
           our
           care
           upon
           him
           ,
           as
           St.
           Peter
           hath
           it
           ;
           
           yet
           as
           Way
           doth
           in
           Scripture-use
           denote
           
             Vit●
             institutum
          
           ,
           the
           course
           of
           life
           ,
           the
           method
           and
           order
           of
           our
           Conversation
           ;
           I
           may
           be
           allowed
           to
           take
           it
           in
           somewhat
           a
           different
           Notion
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           comprehend
           under
           it
           these
           three
           things
           .
        
         
         
           An
           intire
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           Rule
           of
           our
           actions
           .
        
         
           A
           meek
           Submission
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           governs
           human
           Affairs
           .
           And
        
         
           A
           
             regular
             Walking
          
           in
           the
           Duties
           of
           our
           
             particular
             Calling
          
           ;
           leaving
           the
           rest
           ,
           as
           things
           which
           we
           are
           not
           immediately
           concerned
           in
           ,
           to
           God
           Almighty's
           disposal
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Trusting
             in
             God
          
           imports
           these
           particulars
           :
           
        
         
           A
           fiducial
           Reliance
           upon
           his
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           in
           the
           care
           and
           conduct
           of
           our
           Persons
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           our
           Concerns
           .
        
         
           A
           Declaration
           of
           that
           our
           dependance
           upon
           him
           in
           earnest
           and
           frequent
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           And
           withal
           honest
           Endeavours
           of
           our
           own
           for
           our
           Preservation
           ,
           in
           the
           use
           of
           all
           lawful
           Means
           ;
           holding
           our selves
           still
           in
           that
           Station
           wherein
           God
           hath
           placed
           us
           ,
           and
           leaving
           the
           Event
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           That
           these
           Interpretations
           are
           proper
           and
           natural
           ,
           I
           shall
           ,
           as
           I
           go
           ,
           briefly
           make
           out
           from
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Psalm
           .
        
         
           I.
           
             Commit
             thy
             way
             unto
             the
             Lord
          
           is
           a
           Rule
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           of
           general
           use
           ,
           to
           quiet
           the
           minds
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           to
           secure
           them
           either
           from
           
           their
           Fears
           or
           under
           their
           Troubles
           ,
           whatever
           they
           may
           be
           ,
           Temporal
           or
           
             Spiritual
             ,
             Personal
          
           or
           National
           ;
           particularly
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           here
           limited
           ,
           to
           fortifie
           and
           bear
           up
           the
           Spirits
           of
           pious
           persons
           against
           the
           apprehension
           or
           actual
           oppression
           of
           
             prosperous
             Wickedness
          
           .
           And
           that
           is
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           they
           do
           carefully
           obey
           God
           according
           to
           his
           Word
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           appointed
           for
           the
           Rule
           of
           our
           actions
           ;
           by
           doing
           what
           he
           hath
           there
           commanded
           ,
           and
           by
           avoiding
           all
           known
           sin
           :
           and
           this
           will
           certainly
           draw
           after
           it
           the
           divine
           Protection
           and
           all
           manner
           of
           Blessings
           .
        
         
           So
           vers
           .
           27.
           
           
             Depart
             from
             evil
             and
             do
             good
             ,
             and
             dwell
             for
             evermore
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           best
           course
           ,
           any
           man
           can
           take
           ,
           either
           for
           this
           World
           or
           the
           next
           ;
           whereas
           
             Evil
             doers
          
           ,
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           or
           the
           other
           ,
           be
           they
           of
           what
           profession
           or
           denomination
           they
           will
           ,
           we
           are
           told
           vers
           .
           9.
           
             shall
             be
             cut
             off
          
           and
           
             rooted
             out
          
           by
           some
           signal
           Vengeance
           ,
           or
           untimely
           Excision
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           vers
           .
           4.
           
           
             Delight
             thy self
             in
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           let
           it
           be
           thy
           great
           delight
           and
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           thy
           main
           design
           ,
           to
           serve
           and
           to
           please
           him
           ;
           
             and
             he
             will
             give
             thee
             thy
             hearts
             desire
             .
          
        
         
           And
           thus
           vers
           .
           30.
           in
           a
           fuller
           account
           .
           
             The
             mouth
             of
             the
             righteous
             speaketh
             Wisdom
             ,
             and
          
           
           
             his
             tongue
             talketh
             of
             Judgment
             .
             The
             Law
             of
             his
             God
             is
             in
             his
             heart
             :
          
           all
           his
           thoughts
           and
           discourses
           are
           busied
           about
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Duty
           ;
           and
           this
           indeed
           is
           true
           saving
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           of
           him
           it
           is
           there
           said
           ,
           that
           
             none
             of
             his
             goings
             shall
             slide
          
           ;
           he
           stands
           upon
           sure
           ground
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           we
           find
           laid
           down
           for
           a
           Maxim
           in
           the
           38th
           verse
           ,
           according
           to
           our
           reading
           in
           the
           Church-Office
           ;
           and
           that
           agreeably
           to
           some
           ancient
           Translations
           :
           
             Keep
             innocence
             ,
             and
             take
             heed
             to
             the
             thing
             that
             is
             right
             ;
             for
             that
             shall
             bring
             a
             man
             Peace
             at
             the
             last
             .
          
        
         
           On
           the
           contrary
           for
           a
           man
           ,
           by
           a
           designed
           deliberate
           Disobedience
           ,
           to
           go
           out
           of
           Gods
           way
           ,
           is
           to
           put
           himself
           out
           of
           his
           Protection
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           would
           save
           his
           Soul
           ,
           his
           Life
           ,
           his
           Fortunes
           ,
           or
           whatever
           it
           be
           ,
           by
           doing
           against
           Gods
           Commands
           will
           find
           ,
           that
           he
           takes
           the
           readiest
           course
           to
           lose
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           they
           meekly
           submit
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           his
           Providential
           Administrations
           .
           As
           there
           is
           a
           will
           of
           his
           Commands
           ,
           so
           there
           's
           a
           will
           of
           his
           Decrees
           .
           To
           that
           we
           are
           bound
           to
           pay
           an
           active
           Obedience
           ,
           to
           this
           a
           passive
           .
           By
           this
           He
           governs
           the
           World
           ,
           by
           that
           We
           ought
           to
           govern
           our selves
           .
           That
           Will
           of
           his
           is
           contain'd
           
           in
           
             Scripture
             ;
             this
          
           laid
           forth
           in
           Providence
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           ,
           there
           were
           a
           sort
           of
           people
           ,
           that
           made
           great
           use
           of
           Providence
           ,
           and
           governed
           themselves
           by
           it
           ;
           making
           Scripture
           it self
           subservient
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           concluding
           any
           thing
           ,
           were
           it
           never
           so
           bad
           ,
           lawful
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           but
           successful
           .
           But
           this
           was
           no
           fair
           use
           of
           Providence
           ,
           nor
           was
           it
           a
           right
           method
           to
           expound
           Scriptures
           according
           to
           Providences
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           wont
           to
           do
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           to
           interpret
           Providence
           by
           Scripture
           .
           For
           God
           many
           times
           by
           his
           Providence
           permits
           those
           Evils
           to
           have
           effect
           ,
           the
           doing
           of
           which
           he
           hath
           in
           his
           Word
           forbidden
           .
           As
           then
           the
           
             Evil
             of
             Sin
          
           cannot
           be
           justified
           by
           Providence
           ,
           so
           the
           
             Evil
             of
             punishment
          
           ,
           which
           Providence
           at
           any
           time
           brings
           upon
           us
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           submitted
           to
           ;
           which
           the
           Prophet
           calls
           the
           
             accepting
             of
             our
             Punishment
          
           .
        
         
           Where
           this
           meek
           Submission
           is
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           no
           Fretting
           ,
           no
           Repining
           or
           Murmuring
           ,
           but
           a
           patient
           Attendance
           .
           This
           we
           meet
           with
           in
           the
           front
           of
           the
           Psalm
           ;
           
             Fret
             not
             thy self
          
           ,
           do
           not
           vex
           and
           chase
           and
           
             heat
             thy self
          
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Original
           :
           and
           it
           is
           further
           explain'd
           vers
           .
           7.
           
           
             Rest
             in
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           or
           
             Be
             silent
             to
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           make
           no
           complaints
           ,
           
             and
             wait
             patiently
             for
             him
             ;
             do
             not
             fret
          
           or
           
             grieve
             at
             the
             man
             that
             doth
             after
             evil
             Counsels
             :
          
           
           as
           if
           he
           should
           have
           said
           ;
           Have
           patience
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           thou
           'lt
           have
           reason
           to
           admire
           and
           applaud
           Gods
           Wisdom
           and
           Justice
           ,
           and
           his
           Mercy
           too
           in
           those
           worst
           of
           his
           Dispensations
           ,
           which
           now
           thou
           art
           too
           apt
           to
           be
           troubled
           at
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           good
           advice
           Gamaliel
           gave
           ,
           Act.
           5.
           39.
           and
           it
           took
           ;
           that
           if
           a
           
             Counsel
             or
             a
             Work
             be
             of
             God
             ,
          
           it
           cannot
           be
           overthrown
           ;
           and
           to
           oppose
           it
           is
           
             to
             fight
             against
             God
          
           ;
           which
           who
           do
           ,
           they
           make
           to
           themselves
           a
           great
           Enemy
           and
           are
           like
           to
           have
           but
           little
           peace
           .
           
             But
             the
             Meek
          
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           vers
           .
           11.
           
             shall
             inherit
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             shall
             delight
             themselves
             in
             abundance
             of
             Peace
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           they
           keep
           orderly
           
             to
             the
             duties
             of
             their
          
           own
           Station
           ,
           and
           leave
           other
           things
           out
           of
           their
           Sphere
           to
           God
           and
           to
           their
           Superiours
           ,
           to
           take
           care
           of
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           a
           Consequent
           of
           that
           Meekness
           ,
           we
           spoke
           of
           vers
           .
           8.
           
           
             Cease
             from
             anger
             ,
             forsake
             wrath
          
           ;
           do
           not
           be
           troubled
           ,
           or
           discontented
           :
           
             fret
             not
             thy self
             in
             any
             wise
             to
             do
             evil
             ,
          
           or
           ,
           as
           we
           read
           ,
           
             fret
             not
             thy self
             ,
             else
             shalt
             thou
             be
             moved
             to
             do
             evil
          
           ;
           do
           not
           be
           transported
           with
           Passion
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           go
           out
           of
           the
           Road
           of
           thy
           Duty
           ,
           and
           to
           venture
           upon
           things
           that
           do
           not
           concern
           thee
           ,
           that
           no
           way
           belong
           to
           thee
           .
        
         
         
           And
           it
           is
           also
           an
           Evidence
           of
           
             Trusting
             in
             God
          
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           vers
           .
           3.
           
           
             Trust
             in
             the
             Lord
             and
             be
             doing
             good
          
           ;
           thy
           best
           and
           wisest
           course
           will
           be
           to
           hold
           thee
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           order
           thy self
           according
           to
           his
           will
           ,
           by
           doing
           all
           the
           good
           thou
           canst
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           wherein
           he
           has
           set
           thee
           ,
           and
           whatever
           the
           Temptation
           may
           be
           ,
           do
           not
           fall
           off
           to
           Evil
           irregular
           courses
           ;
           
             and
             so
             shalt
             thou
             dwell
             in
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             verily
             thou
             shalt
             be
             fed
             :
          
           God
           will
           then
           provide
           for
           thy
           security
           and
           thy
           comfortable
           subsistence
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           he
           lays
           down
           in
           a
           Proposition
           ,
           vers
           .
           23.
           
           
             The
             steps
             of
             a
             man
             are
             ordered
             by
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             he
             delighteth
             in
             his
             way
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           If
           his
           steps
           be
           so
           ordered
           ,
           that
           his
           Conversation
           be
           conformable
           to
           Gods
           Will
           and
           Direction
           ,
           then
           God
           will
           delight
           in
           his
           way
           ;
           he
           will
           be
           pleased
           and
           kindly
           accept
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           However
           
             be
             not
          
           so
           
             envious
             against
             the
             workers
             of
             Iniquity
             ,
          
           as
           to
           emulate
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           tempted
           to
           do
           like
           them
           ,
           to
           take
           the
           same
           course
           as
           they
           do
           ,
           or
           to
           joyn
           with
           them
           ,
           because
           thou
           seest
           them
           prosper
           ,
           and
           to
           commit
           Wickedness
           and
           to
           do
           evil
           also
           ,
           as
           the
           Chaldee
           Paraphrast
           has
           render'd
           that
           place
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           some
           who
           out
           of
           a
           tenderness
           of
           apprehension
           imagine
           ,
           they
           cannot
           be
           safe
           
           from
           Popery
           ,
           without
           running
           into
           the
           other
           extreme
           of
           Schism
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           sets
           it
           ,
           
             to
             abhor
             Idols
             and
             commit
             Sacriledge
             )
          
           and
           yet
           are
           ready
           enough
           to
           take
           up
           the
           same
           Principles
           as
           Papists
           have
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           the
           same
           things
           as
           Papists
           do
           .
        
         
           The
           Papists
           call
           us
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           upon
           that
           score
           think
           they
           can
           design
           or
           act
           nothing
           against
           us
           ,
           but
           what
           the
           cause
           of
           Religion
           and
           the
           advantage
           of
           
             holy
             Church
          
           will
           make
           good
           .
           Let
           not
           us
           be
           so
           far
           Hereticks
           ,
           as
           to
           do
           like
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           justifie
           their
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           ,
           by
           owning
           them
           our selves
           .
           
             Ye
             know
             not
          
           ,
           says
           Christ
           ,
           
             of
             what
             spirit
             ye
             are
          
           ,
           when
           his
           Disciples
           would
           have
           had
           him
           called
           for
           fire
           from
           Heaven
           .
           It
           is
           no
           Christian
           Spirit
           ,
           no
           Evangelical
           temper
           ,
           this
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           however
           a
           known
           Rule
           and
           generally
           approv'd
           in
           mens
           Practice
           ,
           
             Vim
             Vi
          
           ;
           to
           repel
           force
           by
           force
           ,
           and
           to
           supplant
           fraud
           with
           fraud
           ;
           but
           Christianity
           sure
           will
           not
           allow
           of
           this
           ,
           telling
           us
           that
           Vengeance
           is
           Gods
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           best
           way
           of
           Revenge
           is
           
             to
             overcome
             Evil
             with
             Good.
          
           
        
         
           So
           much
           for
           the
           first
           part
           of
           the
           Advice
           .
        
         
         
           II.
           The
           other
           part
           of
           this
           Head
           is
           to
           
             trust
             in
             God
          
           ;
           to
           depend
           upon
           him
           ,
           to
           make
           our
           Applications
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           what
           we
           may
           lawfully
           do
           of
           ourselves
           towards
           our
           own
           safety
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           over-sollicitous
           about
           it
           ,
           but
           to
           leave
           the
           event
           of
           it
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           will
           never
           forsake
           them
           or
           leave
           them
           destitute
           ,
           that
           thus
           trust
           in
           him
           .
           And
           this
           implies
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           
             fiducial
             Relyance
          
           upon
           his
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           ;
           which
           is
           that
           St.
           Peter
           advises
           ;
           
             Casting
             all
             your
             care
             upon
             him
             ,
             for
             he
             careth
             for
             you
             .
          
           And
           whom
           can
           we
           better
           trust
           than
           God
           ,
           in
           all
           our
           Affairs
           ,
           in
           all
           our
           Concerns
           ?
           for
           
             if
             he
             be
             for
             us
             ,
             who
             can
             be
             against
             us
             ?
          
        
         
           And
           indeed
           that
           is
           one
           main
           design
           of
           Gods
           ,
           in
           letting
           the
           Churches
           Enemies
           prevail
           over
           her
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           in
           suffering
           his
           People
           to
           fall
           sometimes
           into
           danger
           or
           distress
           ,
           besides
           our
           Amendment
           and
           Trial
           ,
           to
           drive
           us
           to
           a
           closer
           Dependance
           upon
           himself
           ,
           and
           to
           unhinge
           us
           from
           all
           secular
           Confidences
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           Relyance
           includes
           in
           it
           all
           the
           three
           Christian
           Graces
           ;
           an
           Adhesion
           of
           Faith
           ,
           an
           Assurance
           of
           Hope
           ,
           and
           an
           intire
           Resignation
           of
           Mind
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Complyance
           of
           Charity
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           An
           Acknowledgment
           of
           th●●
           our
           Relyance
           upon
           him
           by
           the
           constant
           and
           earnest
           Addresses
           of
           our
           Prayers
           to
           him
           .
           For
           Prayer
           is
           the
           condition
           of
           receiving
           ;
           't
           is
           the
           
             Key
             of
             David
          
           ,
           that
           sets
           Heaven
           wide
           open
           for
           the
           letting
           down
           all
           manner
           of
           Blessings
           ,
           especially
           those
           of
           Preservation
           and
           Deliverance
           .
           
             He
             shall
             call
             upon
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             deliver
             him
             .
          
        
         
           And
           this
           Jonas
           owned
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           in
           the
           belly
           of
           the
           Whale
           ,
           with
           weeds
           wrapt
           about
           his
           head
           ;
           whose
           discharge
           was
           immediately
           ordered
           by
           God
           upon
           his
           Prayer
           ;
           and
           for
           a
           Document
           to
           us
           all
           ,
           he
           tells
           us
           there
           ,
           that
           
             They
             who
             observe
             lying
             vanities
          
           ,
           those
           who
           take
           ill
           courses
           and
           use
           unlawful
           means
           to
           save
           themselves
           ;
           such
           
             forsake
             their
             own
             Mercy
             :
             for
             Salvation
             is
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Nor
           yet
           doth
           Prayer
           ,
           which
           seeks
           Salvation
           from
           the
           Lord
           ,
           exclude
           our
           own
           Endeavours
           ,
           and
           the
           use
           of
           all
           lawful
           Means
           for
           the
           procuring
           our
           own
           Safety
           .
           Ministers
           may
           and
           must
           Preach
           and
           Pray
           for
           't
           ;
           and
           Magistrates
           in
           the
           several
           circles
           of
           Society
           act
           in
           order
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           every
           
             common
             Person
          
           may
           one
           way
           or
           other
           be
           in
           his
           place
           instrumental
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           whole
           Body
           ,
           whereof
           he
           's
           a
           Member
           .
        
         
         
           I
           say
           ,
           
             in
             his
             place
          
           ;
           for
           no
           man
           ought
           to
           go
           without
           Commission
           out
           of
           the
           bounds
           of
           his
           Calling
           ;
           be
           his
           Intention
           to
           the
           Publick
           never
           so
           good
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Ark
           upon
           Davids
           order
           was
           to
           be
           removed
           ,
           and
           the
           Oxen
           that
           carried
           it
           ,
           stumbled
           and
           jolted
           it
           ,
           Uzzah
           ,
           who
           was
           one
           of
           the
           Drivers
           ,
           without
           doubt
           out
           of
           a
           good
           intention
           ,
           put
           forth
           his
           hand
           to
           hold
           it
           up
           .
           But
           he
           was
           for
           this
           his
           rash
           attempt
           smitten
           and
           died
           in
           the
           place
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           surprize
           and
           affrightment
           of
           David
           himself
           ,
           who
           now
           stumbled
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Oxen
           had
           done
           before
           ,
           that
           he
           knew
           not
           how
           to
           behave
           himself
           :
           nor
           dared
           he
           to
           bring
           it
           home
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           questionless
           he
           had
           at
           first
           intended
           .
        
         
           Suppose
           our
           Ark
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           among
           us
           ,
           should
           totter
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           for
           every
           Cart-driver
           to
           offer
           his
           helping
           hand
           ;
           or
           if
           the
           Vessel
           of
           State
           should
           bulge
           and
           swag
           from
           side
           to
           side
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           for
           every
           private
           person
           to
           take
           upon
           him
           the
           place
           of
           Steersman
           .
           
             Scripture
             is
             not
             of
             private
             Interpretation
          
           ;
           nor
           ought
           the
           Law
           ,
           or
           the
           Affairs
           of
           State
           and
           Mysteries
           of
           Government
           to
           be
           so
           neither
           .
        
         
           We
           read
           in
           Ezek.
           Ch.
           10.
           of
           a
           Wheel
           within
           a
           Wheel
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           I
           suppose
           (
           for
           I
           do
           not
           take
           
           upon
           me
           to
           be
           an
           Interpreter
           of
           Prophecies
           ,
           )
           the
           Church
           within
           the
           State.
           It
           is
           said
           there
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Wheels
             went
             along
             ,
             but
             they
             did
             not
             turn
             ,
          
           they
           only
           went
           as
           the
           Head
           guided
           them
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Cherub
           ;
           (
           for
           the
           four
           Cherubs
           had
           each
           his
           Wheel
           )
           and
           the
           Cherub
           was
           a
           sign
           of
           Gods
           Majestatick
           presence
           .
           The
           Moral
           is
           plain
           .
           We
           are
           not
           to
           turn
           these
           Wheels
           ,
           but
           let
           them
           go
           as
           the
           Cherub
           directs
           them
           .
           Besides
           ,
           these
           Wheels
           themselves
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           were
           
             full
             of
             eyes
          
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           could
           see
           which
           way
           they
           went
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           perform
           a
           blind
           obedience
           to
           the
           Cherub
           neither
           .
           What
           may
           we
           gather
           from
           hence
           ?
        
         
           We
           must
           let
           God
           and
           his
           Cherubs
           ,
           his
           Vicegerents
           ,
           govern
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           in
           Cases
           of
           doubt
           and
           danger
           ,
           refer
           our selves
           to
           the
           Prudence
           and
           Authority
           of
           our
           lawful
           Superiours
           ,
           whose
           Business
           it
           is
           and
           their
           great
           Concern
           too
           ,
           to
           look
           after
           these
           things
           ,
           for
           they
           have
           greater
           stakes
           to
           lose
           than
           we
           Inferiours
           have
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           see
           our
           Unhappiness
           ?
           Every
           body
           nowadays
           sets
           up
           for
           a
           State-mender
           ,
           every
           Company
           of
           ordinary
           persons
           ,
           wherever
           they
           meet
           ,
           so
           manage
           their
           Discourses
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           a
           
             Committee
             of
             Council
          
           to
           regulate
           the
           Affairs
           of
           Religion
           and
           Government
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           
           this
           is
           not
           the
           way
           to
           mend
           the
           Matter
           or
           to
           order
           our
           Concerns
           ,
           but
           rather
           to
           run
           us
           into
           further
           Distractions
           and
           Disorders
           .
        
         
           III.
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           dispatcht
           the
           second
           general
           Head
           ;
           I
           come
           to
           the
           third
           and
           last
           ,
           the
           
             Assurance
             of
             success
          
           ,
           if
           we
           follow
           this
           Advice
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           
             God
             will
             bring
             it
             to
             pass
             .
          
           How
           ?
           why
           ,
           even
           by
           his
           common
           Providence
           .
           How
           did
           he
           restore
           our
           Religion
           after
           Queen
           Maries
           short
           Reign
           ?
           How
           did
           he
           bring
           back
           our
           King
           ,
           our
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           after
           the
           late
           Usvrpation
           ?
           The
           Wheels
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           mov'd
           ,
           as
           the
           Heavenly
           Cherubs
           guided
           them
           ,
           without
           turning
           ,
           without
           almost
           the
           help
           of
           man
           ,
           at
           least
           without
           any
           Violence
           or
           Bloodshed
           .
           Further
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           assured
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           shall
           attempt
           to
           re-introduce
           Popery
           hither
           ,
           does
           but
           go
           about
           to
           build
           up
           the
           Walls
           of
           Jericho
           .
           God
           Almighty
           will
           take
           care
           of
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           not
           wanting
           to
           our selves
           ,
           if
           we
           but
           commit
           our selves
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           This
           Assurance
           is
           made
           out
           in
           these
           particulars
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           to
           the
           Wicked
           ,
           such
           as
           certainly
           our
           Adversaries
           are
           ;
           for
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           condemn
           their
           Practices
           .
        
         
         
           Their
           flourishing
           Condition
           is
           but
           short-liv'd
           ;
           For
           
             they
             shall
             soon
             be
             cut
             down
             like
             the
             grass
             ,
             and
             wither
          
           or
           
             fade
             away
             as
             the
             green
             herb
             .
          
        
         
           And
           for
           their
           mischievous
           Designs
           and
           wicked
           Attempts
           ,
           God
           can
           by
           strange
           and
           wonderful
           ways
           discover
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           hath
           done
           )
           their
           hellish
           Plots
           ;
           he
           can
           blast
           and
           defeat
           their
           ungodly
           Projects
           ;
           he
           can
           weaken
           their
           Power
           ,
           or
           deny
           them
           the
           opportunity
           of
           acting
           their
           intended
           Mischiefs
           ;
           nay
           ,
           which
           we
           must
           not
           deny
           to
           the
           worst
           of
           men
           ,
           he
           can
           ,
           (
           and
           I
           heartily
           pray
           ,
           he
           may
           )
           change
           their
           Wills
           ,
           alter
           their
           Minds
           ,
           and
           turn
           their
           Hearts
           ;
           at
           least
           ,
           he
           can
           by
           his
           Providence
           or
           his
           Grace
           abate
           their
           Pride
           and
           asswage
           their
           Malice
           ,
           (
           which
           put
           them
           upon
           these
           wicked
           execrable
           Practices
           )
           as
           well
           as
           by
           his
           Power
           confound
           their
           Devices
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           then
           as
           to
           the
           Pious
           ,
           those
           who
           
             commit
             their
             way
             to
             God
             and
             trust
             in
             him
             ,
          
           he
           will
           either
           protect
           them
           from
           Danger
           ,
           or
           preserve
           them
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           support
           them
           under
           it
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           give
           them
           a
           good
           issue
           
             out
             of
          
           it
           ;
           besides
           those
           everlasting
           Retributions
           ,
           which
           will
           infinitely
           transcend
           all
           the
           momentany
           afflictions
           of
           this
           Life
           .
        
         
         
           And
           all
           these
           several
           Instances
           I
           might
           furnish
           with
           Proofs
           out
           of
           the
           Psalm
           it self
           ,
           and
           back
           them
           with
           terrible
           Threats
           on
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           comfortable
           Promises
           on
           the
           other
           ;
           but
           that
           I
           fear
           I
           should
           far
           exceed
           my
           Time
           and
           tire
           your
           Patience
           .
        
         
           Only
           as
           to
           the
           Issue
           of
           such
           Trials
           ,
           let
           me
           accommodate
           to
           our
           purpose
           a
           passage
           or
           two
           out
           of
           the
           Story
           of
           that
           Shipwrack
           ,
           described
           at
           large
           Act.
           27.
           wherein
           St.
           Paul
           was
           concern'd
           .
           It
           was
           a
           great
           blessing
           to
           the
           rest
           to
           have
           him
           in
           their
           Company
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Storm
           arose
           ,
           he
           tells
           them
           ,
           they
           should
           not
           have
           left
           Creet
           ;
           there
           they
           might
           have
           rode
           safe
           .
           'T
           is
           our
           Case
           ;
           we
           have
           too
           many
           of
           us
           quit
           our
           Establishments
           :
           had
           we
           continued
           there
           ,
           were
           we
           united
           among
           our selves
           ,
           Rome
           durst
           not
           attack
           us
           .
           Our
           Separations
           and
           Divisions
           have
           laid
           us
           open
           ,
           and
           given
           our
           Enemies
           the
           advantage
           against
           us
           .
           I
           wish
           we
           could
           but
           unite
           in
           the
           common
           Interest
           of
           Protestants
           :
           for
           there
           is
           none
           of
           those
           ,
           that
           separate
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           are
           fond
           of
           that
           Name
           still
           ;
           though
           't
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           of
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           cunning
           Insinuation
           of
           those
           jugling
           Priests
           ,
           that
           have
           crept
           
           in
           amongst
           them
           ,
           they
           have
           lost
           much
           of
           the
           Thing
           .
        
         
           The
           Storm
           increasing
           ,
           they
           are
           fain
           to
           lighten
           the
           Ship
           of
           her
           lading
           ,
           and
           throw
           away
           her
           tackle
           and
           furniture
           ,
           and
           let
           her
           drive
           .
           However
           Paul
           assures
           them
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           be
           ruled
           ,
           though
           the
           Vessel
           were
           to
           miscarry
           .
           The
           Sailers
           hearing
           that
           ,
           would
           have
           got
           off
           in
           the
           long-Boat
           ,
           and
           left
           the
           rest
           to
           shift
           .
           That
           Paul
           hinders
           and
           obliges
           them
           to
           trust
           God
           as
           well
           as
           the
           rest
           ;
           for
           their
           deserting
           the
           Danger
           would
           have
           been
           probably
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           understand
           the
           Story
           )
           the
           flinging
           up
           the
           Deliverance
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           hand
           the
           Souldiers
           were
           as
           rude
           as
           the
           others
           fearful
           ,
           and
           are
           as
           forward
           now
           to
           cut
           the
           poor
           Prisoners
           throats
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           a
           while
           ago
           to
           cut
           the
           Boat-ropes
           ;
           for
           which
           their
           only
           pretence
           was
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           prevent
           their
           Escape
           by
           killing
           them
           ,
           who
           poor
           Souls
           expected
           every
           minute
           to
           be
           drown'd
           .
           This
           Storm
           was
           allayed
           by
           the
           good
           natur'd
           Centurion
           .
        
         
           Thus
           you
           see
           there
           was
           a
           Tempest
           within
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           without
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           two
           sorts
           of
           People
           to
           raise
           it
           ,
           the
           Fearful
           and
           the
           Boistrous
           .
           This
           Storm
           within
           being
           appeased
           ,
           the
           Storm
           
           without
           did
           them
           the
           less
           hurt
           ;
           for
           they
           all
           escaped
           with
           their
           Lives
           to
           shoar
           .
           Whatever
           we
           fear
           from
           our
           Popish
           Adversaries
           ;
           may
           we
           ,
           I
           pray
           God
           ,
           ever
           be
           quiet
           and
           at
           Peace
           among
           our selves
           .
        
         
           Then
           let
           Euroclydon
           blow
           ,
           let
           the
           Romish
           Synagogue
           act
           with
           all
           the
           spite
           and
           malice
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Craft
           and
           Force
           ,
           that
           Hell
           can
           furnish
           her
           with
           ,
           against
           the
           best
           of
           Churches
           ;
           though
           our
           Hull
           should
           by
           Gods
           just
           Permission
           lose
           her
           Tackle
           and
           be
           put
           a
           drift
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           altogether
           despair
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           we
           have
           Magistrates
           and
           others
           ,
           of
           St.
           Pauls
           spirit
           and
           the
           good
           Centurions
           temper
           ,
           who
           will
           by
           their
           Authority
           and
           Advice
           hinder
           and
           prevent
           those
           Dangers
           and
           Disorders
           ,
           which
           the
           fear
           of
           some
           and
           the
           fury
           of
           others
           among
           our selves
           may
           otherwise
           bring
           upon
           us
           ;
           which
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           weak
           Apprehensions
           and
           ungrounded
           Jealousies
           on
           one
           hand
           ,
           or
           boistrous
           Passions
           and
           turbulent
           Humors
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           may
           ingage
           us
           in
           .
           For
           though
           every
           one
           be
           obliged
           to
           have
           a
           Zeal
           for
           his
           Religion
           ,
           for
           his
           Country
           ,
           nay
           for
           his
           own
           Interest
           ;
           yet
           if
           that
           Zeal
           transport
           us
           to
           act
           irregularly
           ;
           if
           it
           be
           not
           a
           
             Zeal
             according
             to
             Knowledge
          
           ,
           according
           to
           Duty
           ,
           we
           do
           
           but
           Christen
           Frenzy
           and
           wild
           Rage
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Zeal
           ;
           and
           what
           our
           Adversaries
           have
           all
           along
           done
           and
           still
           do
           ,
           justifie
           and
           sanctifie
           Villany
           ,
           by
           intitling
           it
           to
           the
           Cause
           of
           Religion
           :
           which
           is
           all
           one
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           would
           design
           to
           list
           Satan
           and
           his
           black
           Friends
           into
           Christs
           Militia
           ,
           and
           fetch
           Auxiliaries
           from
           Hell
           
             to
             fight
             the
             Lords
             battles
          
           .
        
         
           After
           all
           ,
           may
           some
           ill-minded
           one
           say
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           all
           this
           while
           been
           perswading
           you
           to
           stand
           still
           and
           suffer
           your selves
           to
           be
           wheedled
           into
           common
           ruin
           .
           No
           ;
           I
           did
           at
           first
           suppose
           our
           Danger
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           been
           offering
           the
           best
           Advice
           that
           Scripture
           affords
           ,
           how
           we
           may
           be
           safe
           .
           For
           I
           have
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Discourse
           taken
           David
           along
           with
           me
           ,
           a
           man
           after
           Gods
           own
           heart
           ;
           (
           for
           so
           't
           is
           in
           the
           Title
           said
           to
           be
           a
           
             Psalm
             of
             David
          
           )
           and
           in
           his
           words
           have
           delivered
           the
           Exhortation
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           
             trust
             in
             God
          
           ,
           and
           
             be
             patient
             in
             well-doing
          
           ;
           nor
           have
           I
           denied
           our
           own
           Endeavours
           too
           in
           the
           use
           of
           
             lawful
             means
          
           .
        
         
           And
           such
           kind
           of
           Counsel
           you
           will
           find
           every
           where
           scattered
           throughout
           the
           whole
           
             Book
             of
             Psalms
          
           ;
           a
           Book
           fit
           to
           be
           daily
           perused
           by
           all
           pious
           persons
           ,
           especially
           in
           dubious
           and
           dangerous
           times
           .
        
         
         
           But
           then
           from
           Scripture
           they
           will
           appeal
           to
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Nature
          
           ,
           and
           will
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           is
           obliged
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           ,
           all
           he
           can
           ,
           to
           preserve
           himself
           ,
           and
           that
           every
           thing
           in
           that
           Case
           becomes
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           lawful
           .
        
         
           Self-preservation
           ,
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           and
           tenderest
           Concerns
           ,
           that
           Nature
           has
           ;
           who
           has
           by
           secret
           and
           vigorous
           Instincts
           taught
           every
           Creature
           to
           provide
           for
           its
           Safety
           and
           to
           fly
           Danger
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           ,
           to
           give
           an
           Instance
           ,
           does
           the
           little
           Brood
           ,
           when
           they
           see
           a
           
             Bird
             of
             prey
          
           hovering
           over
           their
           head
           ,
           seek
           to
           preserve
           themselves
           ,
           but
           by
           taking
           shelter
           under
           the
           Dams
           wings
           ?
           a
           Metaphor
           ,
           the
           Psalmist
           oft
           makes
           use
           of
           ,
           when
           he
           speaks
           of
           
             Divine
             Protection
          
           ;
           as
           where
           he
           says
           ,
           
             Hide
             me
             under
             the
             shadow
             of
             thy
             wings
             ,
             till
             these
             calamities
             be
             overpast
             .
          
           Whereas
           should
           the
           silly
           Creatures
           take
           wing
           and
           flutter
           about
           ,
           they
           would
           ,
           instead
           of
           saving
           themselves
           ,
           give
           their
           Enemy
           the
           advantage
           of
           making
           his
           stoop
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           Further
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           very
           Resentments
           of
           Nature
           are
           to
           give
           place
           ,
           hath
           instructed
           us
           ,
           that
           even
           Self
           is
           not
           to
           be
           preserv'd
           by
           unlawfulmeans
           .
           For
           
             Evil
             is
             not
             to
             be
             done
             ,
          
           whatever
           
             Good
             may
             come
             of
             it
          
           .
        
         
         
           Besides
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           ground
           of
           our
           very
           Christianity
           ,
           our
           blessed
           Lord
           hath
           made
           Self-denial
           the
           Character
           and
           Badge
           of
           his
           Religion
           .
           
             He
             that
             will
             be
             my
             Disciple
             ,
          
           says
           he
           ,
           
             let
             him
             deny
             himself
             and
             take
             up
             his
             Cross
             ,
             and
             follow
             me
             :
          
           and
           
             He
             that
             loves
             father
             or
             mother
             ,
             house
             or
             land
             ,
             or
             life
             it self
             more
             than
             me
             ,
             is
             not
             worthy
             of
             me
             .
          
           Nor
           do
           I
           see
           ,
           how
           this
           Self-denial
           is
           any
           way
           reconcileable
           with
           Self-preservation
           ,
           in
           that
           sense
           as
           some
           people
           take
           it
           ;
           as
           if
           it
           were
           lawful
           for
           a
           man
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           sinful
           ;
           to
           take
           any
           course
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           unlawful
           ,
           to
           preserve
           himself
           .
           This
           way
           of
           preserving
           our selves
           may
           indeed
           make
           us
           Gnosticks
           or
           Hobbists
           or
           Libertines
           ,
           but
           cannot
           truly
           denominate
           us
           Christians
           .
        
         
           When
           all
           is
           done
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           far
           better
           and
           the
           more
           eligible
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           to
           suffer
           evil
           ,
           than
           to
           do
           it
           .
           And
           this
           suffering
           condition
           ,
           be
           it
           as
           it
           will
           ,
           will
           have
           much
           more
           of
           comfort
           and
           security
           in
           it
           too
           ,
           than
           any
           sinful
           compliance
           or
           wicked
           opposition
           can
           have
           .
        
         
           These
           Directions
           then
           of
           
             doing
             our
             duty
          
           and
           
             trusting
             in
             God
          
           ,
           are
           the
           best
           and
           only
           means
           of
           securing
           our selves
           against
           those
           Dangers
           ,
           our
           Enemies
           threaten
           us
           with
           .
           For
           if
           we
           act
           like
           them
           ,
           and
           make
           no
           more
           Conscience
           
           of
           using
           
             unlawful
             means
          
           to
           preserve
           our selves
           ,
           than
           they
           have
           done
           to
           destroy
           us
           ;
           if
           we
           shall
           be
           found
           alike
           Evil-doers
           and
           Transgressors
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           though
           in
           a
           different
           way
           ;
           we
           must
           expect
           from
           an
           impartial
           God
           the
           same
           Doom
           ,
           as
           is
           in
           time
           to
           pass
           upon
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           
             cut
             off
          
           and
           
             rooted
             out
          
           ;
           when
           on
           the
           contrary
           
             the
             Meek-spirited
             shall
             inherit
             the
             Earth
             :
          
           and
           those
           who
           
             trust
             in
             the
             Lord
          
           and
           continue
           
             doing
             good
          
           and
           minding
           their
           own
           duty
           ,
           shall
           by
           so
           doing
           
             dwell
             in
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             verily
             they
             shall
             be
             fed
          
           ;
           they
           shall
           be
           preserved
           ,
           maintained
           and
           provided
           for
           ;
           and
           
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Upright-man
             shall
             be
             peace
          
           ;
           and
           
             the
             salvation
             of
             the
             Righteous
             shall
             be
             from
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           who
           will
           
             help
             them
             ,
             and
             deliver
             them
             from
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             save
             them
             ,
             because
             they
             trust
             in
             him
          
           ;
           and
           those
           who
           
             depart
             from
             evil
             and
             do
             good
             shall
             dwell
             for
             evermore
          
           ;
           they
           shall
           live
           happily
           ,
           they
           and
           their
           Posterities
           ,
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           Blessed
           in
           the
           World
           to
           come
           to
           all
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
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         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A48735-e600
           
             Ps.
             73.
             17.
             
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             5.
             7.
             
          
           
             2.