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             A sermon preached before the House of Lords, on November 5, 1680 by ... William Lord Bishop of St. Asaph.
             Lloyd, William, 1627-1717.
          
           [7], 39 p.
           
             Printed by M.C. for Henry Brome ...,
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             1680.
          
           
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               Die
               Lunae
               8.
               
               Novemb.
               1680.
               
            
          
        
         
           ORdered
           by
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           in
           Parliament
           Assembled
           ,
           That
           the
           Thanks
           of
           this
           House
           be
           and
           are
           hereby
           given
           to
           the
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           St.
           Asaph
           ,
           for
           his
           pains
           in
           Preaching
           before
           their
           Lordships
           on
           Friday
           last
           ,
           being
           the
           Anniversary
           Thanks
           giving-day
           to
           Almighty
           God
           for
           the
           deliverance
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           from
           the
           Gun-powder-Treason
           :
           and
           his
           Lordship
           is
           hereby
           desired
           to
           cause
           his
           Sermon
           then
           Preached
           to
           be
           Printed
           and
           Published
           .
        
         
           
             Jo.
             Browne
             ,
             
               Cler.
               Parl.
            
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           ON
           November
           5.
           1680.
           
        
         
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           WILLIAM
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           St.
           Asaph
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             M.
             C.
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           ,
           1680.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           LORDS
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             ,
          
        
         
           WHile
           I
           am
           paying
           my
           Obedience
           to
           your
           Lordships
           Commands
           for
           the
           Printing
           of
           this
           Sermon
           ,
           I
           humbly
           crave
           leave
           to
           say
           something
           for
           the
           clearing
           of
           my self
           from
           a
           Prejudice
           ,
           which
           ,
           if
           true
           ,
           would
           render
           me
           unfit
           to
           be
           so
           far
           owned
           by
           your
           Lordships
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           Preach
           before
           You
           ;
           and
           having
           done
           it
           ,
           to
           be
           commanded
           to
           Print
           my
           Sermon
           .
           For
           I
           cannot
           but
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           both
           before
           and
           since
           I
           received
           that
           Honour
           from
           you
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           tax'd
           as
           being
           not
           Protestant
           enough
           ,
           on
           account
           of
           a
           Book
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             Considerations
             touching
             the
             true
             way
             to
             suppress
             Popery
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             .
          
        
         
           How
           far
           I
           was
           concerned
           in
           that
           Treatise
           ,
           the
           Preface
           to
           it
           sufficiently
           declares
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Book
           it self
           was
           Publish'd
           in
           Michaelmas
           Term
           *
           1676.
           just
           two
           years
           before
           the
           Popish
           Plot
           was
           discovered
           .
        
         
           The
           design
           of
           it
           was
           proposed
           to
           me
           as
           the
           likeliest
           Remedy
           at
           that
           time
           against
           the
           same
           Disease
           under
           which
           we
           are
           now
           labouring
           for
           Life
           ,
           or
           Death
           :
           but
           it
           was
           before
           things
           were
           come
           to
           such
           a
           dangerous
           Crisis
           .
        
         
           I
           saw
           it
           was
           much
           the
           same
           Design
           that
           many
           of
           the
           best
           and
           most
           eminent
           Protestants
           ,
           particularly
           
             Q.
             Elizabeth
          
           and
           
             K.
             James
          
           ,
           had
           at
           several
           times
           countenanced
           ,
           and
           put
           in
           practice
           with
           very
           good
           success
           :
           they
           were
           ,
           next
           to
           the
           uniting
           of
           Protestants
           ,
           for
           the
           dividing
           of
           Papists
           ,
           whose
           chief
           advantage
           hitherto
           has
           been
           their
           Union
           ,
           such
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           our
           needless
           Divisions
           .
           But
           at
           that
           time
           I
           thought
           it
           more
           proper
           and
           seasonable
           than
           ever
           ,
           upon
           the
           best
           Iudgment
           that
           I
           could
           make
           of
           their
           and
           our
           Circumstances
           .
           And
           I
           have
           some
           reason
           to
           think
           I
           was
           not
           mistaken
           in
           this
           .
           For
           now
           I
           see
           that
           at
           the
           very
           time
           when
           this
           was
           brought
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           while
           I
           was
           forming
           my
           thoughts
           upon
           it
           ,
           the
           Papists
           themselves
           were
           in
           a
           great
           apprehension
           of
           this
           very
           thing
           ,
           as
           being
           of
           all
           other
           ways
           the
           most
           likely
           to
           blast
           their
           hopes
           ,
           and
           to
           preserve
           us
           from
           that
           Ruine
           which
           they
           were
           then
           bringing
           upon
           us
           .
           Thus
           Coleman
           *
           at
           that
           time
           wrote
           to
           the
           Popes
           Internuncio
           ,
           
           †
           
             There
             is
             but
             One
             thing
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             (
             whereof
             I
             have
             a
             great
             apprehension
             ,
             )
             that
             can
             hinder
             the
             success
             of
             our
             Designs
             ;
             which
             is
             ,
             a
             Division
             among
             the
             Catholicks
             themselves
             .
          
           How
           dividing
           them
           ?
           It
           follows
           ,
           by
           
             Propositions
             to
             the
             Parliament
             to
             accord
             their
             conjunction
             to
             those
             that
             require
             it
             ,
          
           —
           on
           
             Conditions
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Pope
          
           ;
           —
           and
           
             so
             to
             persecute
             the
             rest
             of
             them
             with
             more
             appearance
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             ruine
             the
             one
             half
             of
             them
             more
             easily
             than
             the
             whole
             Body
             at
             once
             .
          
           And
           to
           shew
           that
           Coleman
           was
           not
           singular
           herein
           ,
           Cardinal
           Howard
           *
           delivers
           this
           as
           their
           Iudgment
           at
           Rome
           ,
           where
           ,
           if
           any
           where
           ,
           they
           are
           Infallible
           ;
           
             Division
             of
             Catholicks
             will
             be
             the
             easiest
             way
             for
             Protestants
             to
             destroy
             them
             .
          
        
         
           This
           being
           said
           for
           the
           Design
           from
           so
           good
           Authority
           ,
           I
           have
           this
           farther
           to
           say
           for
           my self
           ,
           that
           only
           the
           last
           part
           of
           that
           Book
           was
           my
           own
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           did
           justifie
           the
           Reformation
           of
           this
           Church
           ;
           and
           what
           I
           wrote
           in
           that
           part
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           no
           Papist
           can
           disprove
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           no
           Protestant
           has
           cause
           to
           complain
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           thank
           God
           I
           have
           in
           this
           whole
           matter
           the
           witness
           of
           a
           goad
           Conscience
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           likewise
           your
           Lordships
           good
           opinion
           of
           my
           honest
           zeal
           to
           maintain
           
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           against
           Popery
           .
           For
           a
           farther
           Testimony
           whereof
           ,
           and
           in
           obedience
           to
           your
           Lordships
           Commands
           ,
           I
           humbly
           present
           this
           following
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             ,
          
           
             I
             am
             Your
             Lordships
             most
             humble
             and
             most
             obedient
             Servant
             ,
             
               W.
               Asaph
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           ON
        
         
           
             PSALM
             cxxiv
             .
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
             Verses
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               If
               it
               had
               not
               been
               the
               Lord
               who
               was
               on
               our
               side
               ;
               now
               may
               Israel
               say
               ;
            
             
               2.
               
               If
               it
               had
               not
               been
               the
               Lord
               who
               was
               on
               our
               side
               ,
               when
               men
               rose
               up
               against
               us
               ;
            
             
               3.
               
               Then
               they
               had
               swallowed
               us
               up
               quick
               ,
               when
               their
               wrath
               was
               kindled
               against
               us
               .
            
          
        
         
           WHAT
           Deliverance
           it
           was
           ,
           upon
           which
           David
           made
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           at
           this
           distance
           of
           time
           we
           cannot
           certainly
           know
           .
           But
           whatsoever
           it
           was
           ,
           this
           we
           find
           ,
           it
           was
           of
           the
           People
           of
           Israel
           :
           And
           whensoever
           it
           happened
           ,
           we
           see
           they
           remembred
           it
           afterwards
           .
           It
           was
           the
           manner
           of
           Gods
           people
           to
           
           remember
           a
           Deliverance
           ,
           many
           years
           ,
           and
           ages
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           received
           it
           ;
           and
           when
           that
           particular
           deliverance
           was
           forgotten
           ,
           yet
           still
           they
           kept
           up
           their
           Thanksgiving
           to
           God
           ,
           in
           a
           Psalm
           ;
           which
           being
           once
           composed
           for
           that
           former
           mercy
           ,
           might
           be
           used
           ever
           after
           upon
           any
           other
           like
           occasion
           .
        
         
           The
           Deliverance
           of
           our
           Fathers
           on
           this
           day
           was
           as
           great
           as
           ever
           any
           was
           that
           God
           gave
           the
           Jews
           ;
           and
           we
           come
           now
           to
           celebrate
           it
           ,
           not
           many
           ages
           after
           ,
           but
           while
           some
           are
           yet
           living
           that
           remember
           it
           ;
           and
           we
           that
           have
           been
           born
           since
           ,
           are
           as
           sure
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           had
           been
           then
           living
           our selves
           :
           and
           yet
           ,
           for
           fear
           it
           should
           be
           forgotten
           in
           our
           Age
           ,
           God
           hath
           been
           pleased
           to
           put
           us
           in
           remembrance
           ,
           by
           suffering
           the
           same
           Enemy
           to
           put
           us
           in
           fresh
           Dangers
           ,
           and
           then
           sending
           us
           new
           Deliverances
           .
           If
           all
           this
           will
           not
           affect
           us
           with
           a
           sense
           of
           what
           we
           owe
           to
           God
           for
           his
           mercy
           ,
           we
           are
           so
           far
           from
           being
           like
           Gods
           ancient
           People
           ,
           that
           we
           deserve
           to
           be
           given
           up
           to
           strong
           Delusions
           ,
           to
           a
           belief
           of
           Popish
           Legends
           ,
           of
           a
           
             Cecil's
             Plot
          
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           sensless
           Fictions
           ;
           which
           none
           could
           give
           credit
           to
           ,
           that
           had
           not
           first
           subdued
           his
           understanding
           to
           the
           belief
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           how
           incredible
           soever
           ,
           by
           the
           belief
           of
           Transubstantiation
           .
        
         
         
           But
           if
           we
           may
           give
           any
           heed
           to
           our
           senses
           ,
           and
           to
           our
           reason
           ,
           if
           we
           may
           believe
           the
           Testimony
           of
           all
           men
           then
           living
           ,
           if
           we
           may
           judge
           from
           our
           own
           experience
           of
           the
           like
           designs
           since
           ;
           (
           these
           I
           think
           are
           all
           the
           ways
           that
           we
           have
           to
           come
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           such
           things
           ,
           and
           it
           were
           easie
           to
           shew
           that
           all
           these
           ways
           we
           are
           sure
           of
           the
           Gunpowder-Treason
           .
           )
           As
           we
           cannot
           but
           think
           with
           horror
           of
           the
           danger
           that
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           were
           then
           in
           ,
           so
           we
           cannot
           reflect
           on
           their
           Deliverance
           but
           with
           the
           greatest
           admiration
           :
           We
           cannot
           think
           of
           it
           ,
           especially
           on
           this
           day
           ,
           without
           a
           thankful
           acknowledgment
           to
           God
           ,
           in
           such
           words
           as
           his
           antient
           people
           have
           left
           us
           in
           this
           Text
           :
           
             If
             it
             had
             not
             been
             the
             Lord
             who
             was
             on
             our
             side
             ,
             now
             may
             Israel
             say
             ;
             If
             it
             had
             not
             been
             the
             Lord
             who
             was
             on
             our
             side
             ,
             when
             men
             rose
             up
             against
             us
             ;
             then
             they
             had
             swallowed
             us
             up
             quick
             ,
             when
             their
             wrath
             was
             kindled
             against
             us
             .
          
        
         
           There
           are
           five
           things
           to
           be
           considered
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           which
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           explained
           ,
           will
           all
           be
           found
           applicable
           to
           our
           case
           .
        
         
           Here
           is
           first
           ,
           The
           wrath
           and
           malice
           of
           the
           enemies
           of
           Gods
           people
           ;
           and
           that
           against
           Israel
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           people
           of
           God.
           'T
           is
           exprest
           in
           the
           last
           words
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           
             They
             were
             wrathfully
             displeased
             at
             us
             .
          
        
         
         
           Gods
           enemies
           are
           so
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           never
           otherwise
           ;
           but
           at
           some
           times
           they
           shew
           it
           more
           than
           at
           other
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           ready
           to
           put
           their
           malice
           in
           execution
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           second
           thing
           in
           my
           Text.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Their
           Conspiracy
           ,
           their
           attempt
           to
           execute
           their
           malice
           ,
           express'd
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             When
             they
             rose
             up
             against
             us
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           extreme
           danger
           of
           Gods
           People
           at
           the
           time
           of
           such
           an
           attempt
           ;
           which
           was
           so
           great
           in
           the
           Israelites
           case
           ,
           that
           they
           acknowledged
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           for
           God
           ,
           
             they
             had
             been
             swallowed
             up
             quick
             .
          
           The
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           here
           used
           ,
           is
           either
           whole
           ,
           or
           raw
           ,
           or
           alive
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           interpreted
           all
           these
           ways
           by
           the
           Jewish
           writers
           .
           They
           had
           eaten
           us
           whole
           ,
           without
           chewing
           ,
           saith
           Solomon-Melech
           .
           They
           had
           devoured
           us
           raw
           ,
           saith
           David-Kinchi
           .
           They
           had
           swallowed
           us
           up
           alive
           ,
           saith
           Aben-Ezra
           ,
           as
           the
           Earth
           swallowed
           up
           
             Corah
             ,
             Dathan
          
           ,
           and
           Abiram
           ,
           that
           went
           down
           alive
           into
           the
           Pit.
           
        
         
           This
           phrase
           ,
           as
           it
           signifies
           the
           greatness
           ,
           and
           nearness
           ,
           of
           that
           danger
           that
           comes
           sometimes
           on
           Gods
           Church
           ;
           so
           it
           signifies
           also
           the
           eager
           passionate
           hopes
           of
           their
           enemies
           .
           
             They
             had
             swallowed
             us
             up
             quick
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           Israel
           in
           my
           Text
           :
           )
           They
           were
           in
           great
           haste
           to
           have
           us
           in
           their
           bellies
           :
           
           that
           they
           could
           not
           forbear
           us
           till
           we
           were
           dead
           ,
           as
           one
           of
           them
           renders
           it
           ;
           that
           they
           fell
           upon
           us
           raw
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           stay
           the
           dressing
           of
           us
           ,
           saith
           another
           ;
           that
           they
           were
           for
           swallowing
           us
           up
           whole
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           patience
           for
           chewing
           ,
           saith
           a
           third
           .
           Surely
           ,
           great
           was
           their
           haste
           ,
           when
           
             their
             wrath
             was
          
           thus
           
             kindled
             against
             us
          
           ;
           and
           great
           was
           our
           danger
           ,
           
             If
             God
             had
             not
             been
             on
             our
             side
             .
          
           That
           is
           the
           fourth
           thing
           to
           be
           considered
           in
           these
           words
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           It
           is
           the
           providence
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           watches
           over
           his
           people
           ,
           that
           takes
           part
           with
           them
           against
           their
           implacable
           enemies
           ,
           that
           delivers
           them
           from
           danger
           ,
           even
           when
           things
           are
           come
           to
           extremity
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           Here
           is
           a
           due
           return
           to
           God
           of
           Thankfulness
           from
           his
           people
           ;
           which
           as
           they
           have
           cause
           for
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           so
           especially
           upon
           such
           a
           deliverance
           ,
           on
           every
           thought
           or
           mention
           of
           it
           .
           
             Now
             may
             Israel
             say
          
           ,
           with
           mouth
           and
           heart
           ;
           privately
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Congregation
           ;
           
             If
             the
             Lord
             had
             not
             been
             on
             our
             side
             ,
          
           what
           would
           have
           become
           of
           us
           ?
           And
           Now
           ,
           what
           shall
           we
           render
           to
           him
           ,
           for
           being
           thus
           on
           our
           side
           ?
           Saying
           is
           put
           for
           Doing
           in
           Scripture-language
           ;
           all
           Gods
           words
           are
           actions
           ,
           and
           he
           expects
           something
           like
           this
           from
           us
           :
           He
           expects
           that
           our
           
           actions
           should
           answer
           our
           words
           ;
           that
           what
           we
           say
           in
           our
           Thanksgivings
           ,
           we
           should
           do
           like
           it
           in
           all
           the
           course
           of
           our
           lives
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           
             glorifie
             God
          
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           
             offering
             praise
          
           ,
           but
           by
           
             ordering
             our
             conversation
             aright
          
           .
        
         
           Here
           are
           five
           things
           observed
           .
           First
           ,
           the
           malice
           of
           wicked
           men
           ;
           they
           are
           always
           
             wrathfully
             displeased
             at
             us
          
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Their
           endeavours
           to
           execute
           it
           ;
           when
           
             they
             rise
             up
             against
             us
          
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           danger
           of
           Gods
           people
           ;
           that
           they
           shall
           
             be
             swallowed
             up
             quick
          
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           Gods
           providence
           over
           them
           ,
           in
           appearing
           
             on
             their
             side
          
           .
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           Their
           thankfulness
           to
           God
           in
           their
           grateful
           acknowledgment
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Of
           all
           these
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           things
           chiefly
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           made
           choice
           of
           for
           my
           subject
           at
           this
           time
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           is
           ,
           The
           malicious
           designs
           of
           Gods
           enemies
           for
           the
           destruction
           of
           his
           people
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           is
           ,
           The
           providence
           of
           God
           ,
           watching
           over
           his
           people
           to
           deliver
           them
           from
           his
           and
           their
           enemies
           .
        
         
           Both
           these
           I
           shall
           consider
           ;
           First
           ,
           in
           other
           instances
           :
           and
           then
           in
           the
           Gunpowder-Treason
           :
           'T
           is
           that
           which
           perhaps
           of
           all
           others
           is
           the
           
           greatest
           that
           ever
           was
           ;
           't
           is
           that
           which
           particularly
           concerns
           us
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           shew
           therefore
           ;
           First
           ,
           how
           great
           a
           danger
           it
           was
           ,
           how
           near
           the
           point
           of
           execution
           ,
           how
           then
           God
           appeared
           for
           our
           deliverance
           ,
           how
           wonderful
           a
           deliverance
           it
           was
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           how
           we
           ought
           to
           shew
           our
           sense
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           our
           zeal
           for
           that
           Religion
           which
           God
           was
           so
           concerned
           for
           ,
           and
           in
           adorning
           it
           by
           a
           life
           that
           may
           be
           exemplary
           to
           all
           other
           Christians
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           thing
           that
           I
           observe
           ,
           is
           ,
           the
           malice
           and
           spitefulness
           of
           wicked
           men
           ,
           the
           enemies
           of
           God
           ;
           their
           proneness
           to
           hurt
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           ,
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           all
           true
           Members
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           I
           name
           it
           ,
           is
           confest
           on
           all
           hands
           .
           For
           all
           parties
           take
           themselves
           to
           be
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           :
           and
           the
           worst
           Sects
           among
           Christians
           (
           in
           my
           opinion
           )
           are
           they
           that
           take
           themselves
           to
           be
           the
           only
           true
           Church
           .
           Grant
           but
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           the
           only
           true
           Church
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           not
           stick
           with
           us
           for
           my
           Doctrine
           .
           They
           will
           acknowledge
           it
           ,
           and
           tell
           us
           we
           are
           instances
           of
           it
           ;
           that
           the
           enemies
           of
           God
           ,
           hate
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           destroy
           it
           .
           But
           because
           this
           will
           signifie
           nothing
           ,
           till
           it
           appear
           who
           are
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           who
           are
           the
           enemies
           of
           it
           ;
           I
           shall
           determine
           that
           by
           
           bringing
           it
           to
           this
           issue
           ;
           That
           they
           who
           are
           most
           given
           to
           hate
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           others
           ,
           especially
           those
           others
           who
           differ
           from
           them
           in
           Religion
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           far
           corrupt
           in
           that
           particular
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           say
           this
           of
           Men
           ,
           without
           any
           relation
           to
           the
           Church
           :
           the
           worse
           they
           are
           in
           other
           respects
           ,
           the
           more
           prone
           they
           are
           generally
           to
           hate
           those
           that
           are
           better
           than
           themselves
           ;
           and
           to
           shew
           it
           ,
           by
           doing
           them
           all
           the
           mischief
           they
           are
           able
           .
           Whereas
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           Good
           men
           are
           of
           gracious
           dispositions
           :
           They
           may
           be
           displeased
           ,
           but
           not
           wrathfully
           (
           as
           it
           is
           in
           my
           Text
           :
           )
           They
           are
           not
           prone
           to
           do
           mischief
           ,
           but
           are
           ready
           to
           do
           good
           ,
           even
           to
           enemies
           :
           And
           the
           better
           they
           are
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           excell
           in
           these
           dispositions
           .
           A
           good
           man
           is
           the
           only
           true
           Image
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           
             is
             good
             ,
             and
             does
             good
          
           to
           all
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           even
           to
           Sinners
           ;
           who
           is
           so
           far
           from
           willing
           the
           death
           of
           a
           Sinner
           ,
           that
           he
           does
           
             not
             willingly
             grieve
             the
             children
             of
             men
             .
          
           Whereas
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           property
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           to
           hate
           ,
           and
           to
           hurt
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           all
           that
           come
           in
           his
           way
           .
           He
           is
           therefore
           called
           Abaddon
           and
           Apollyon
           in
           the
           Revelations
           .
           He
           is
           truly
           so
           .
           He
           was
           
             a
             Murderer
             from
             the
             beginning
          
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           so
           even
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           .
           And
           
           by
           these
           Characters
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Devil
           ,
           by
           their
           proneness
           to
           do
           good
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           by
           their
           proneness
           to
           do
           mischief
           on
           the
           other
           ;
           by
           these
           we
           are
           to
           distinguish
           men
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           tells
           us
           ,
           )
           1
           John
           3.
           10.
           
           
             By
             this
             the
             children
             of
             God
             are
             manifested
             ,
             and
             the
             children
             of
             the
             Devil
             .
          
        
         
           It
           holds
           ,
           we
           see
           ,
           in
           particular
           persons
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           much
           more
           visible
           in
           Societies
           .
           And
           to
           this
           I
           come
           next
           ;
           that
           ,
           of
           Societies
           of
           men
           ,
           Christians
           ,
           of
           all
           other
           ,
           are
           most
           averse
           from
           ways
           of
           violence
           and
           blood
           ;
           especially
           from
           using
           any
           such
           ways
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Religion
           :
           And
           among
           Christian
           Churches
           ,
           where
           they
           differ
           among
           themselves
           ,
           if
           either
           of
           them
           use
           those
           ways
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Religion
           ,
           they
           give
           a
           strong
           presumption
           against
           themselves
           that
           they
           are
           not
           truly
           Christians
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           Reason
           for
           this
           ,
           because
           ,
           we
           know
           that
           Christ
           gave
           Love
           for
           the
           character
           by
           which
           his
           Disciples
           were
           to
           be
           known
           ,
           John
           13.
           35.
           
           
             By
             this
             shall
             all
             men
             know
             that
             you
             are
             my
             Disciples
             ,
             if
             you
             have
             love
             one
             to
             another
             .
          
           And
           left
           men
           should
           unchristen
           others
           first
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           hate
           them
           ,
           and
           destroy
           them
           afterwards
           ;
           Christ
           enlarged
           his
           Precept
           of
           Love
           ,
           and
           extended
           it
           even
           to
           enemies
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           to
           ours
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           enemies
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           Matth.
           5.
           43
           ,
           44.
           
        
         
         
           And
           to
           enable
           us
           to
           live
           according
           to
           this
           Precept
           ,
           he
           hath
           given
           us
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           whereof
           this
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Fruits
           .
           For
           among
           the
           
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Spirit
          
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           but
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ;
           not
           only
           the
           love
           of
           the
           Brethren
           ,
           but
           the
           love
           of
           strangers
           ,
           even
           of
           enemies
           ;
           as
           the
           Apostle
           shews
           ,
           2
           Pet.
           1.
           5.
           
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           Hatred
           is
           one
           of
           the
           
             works
             of
             the
             flesh
          
           :
           and
           they
           that
           have
           not
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           to
           subdue
           it
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           be
           
             hateful
             ,
             and
             hating
             one
             another
             ,
          
           Tit.
           3.
           3.
           
           Especially
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           Christ
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             world
             hates
             you
          
           ,
           John
           15.
           19.
           
           You
           ,
           particularly
           ,
           as
           being
           Christians
           .
           And
           even
           among
           Christians
           ,
           
             He
             that
             saith
             he
             is
             in
             the
             light
             and
             hates
             his
             Brother
             ,
          
           his
           fellow
           Christian
           ,
           
             he
             is
             in
             darkness
             still
          
           ,
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           1
           Iohn
           2.
           9.
           
           He
           hath
           a
           great
           want
           of
           that
           light
           which
           belongeth
           to
           a
           Christian.
           
        
         
           To
           see
           the
           use
           of
           this
           Character
           ,
           let
           any
           one
           consider
           ,
           how
           the
           Christians
           were
           treated
           by
           the
           enemies
           of
           their
           Religion
           ;
           and
           then
           let
           him
           consider
           ,
           how
           they
           used
           their
           enemies
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           in
           power
           :
           he
           shall
           find
           that
           darkness
           differs
           not
           more
           from
           light
           ,
           than
           the
           persecuting
           genius
           of
           those
           enemies
           ,
           from
           the
           calm
           gentle
           spirit
           of
           Christians
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           in
           power
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           the
           tryal
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           not
           much
           to
           be
           heeded
           ,
           what
           men
           do
           ,
           
           when
           they
           are
           under
           Authority
           .
           When
           the
           Jews
           had
           the
           power
           to
           wreak
           their
           malice
           upon
           Christians
           ,
           they
           both
           killed
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           ,
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           all
           Christians
           where
           they
           durst
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           Romans
           ;
           they
           never
           ceased
           ,
           till
           
             wrath
             come
             upon
             them
             to
             the
             uttermost
             :
          
           nor
           even
           then
           ,
           for
           their
           malice
           lasts
           still
           ,
           it
           burns
           inward
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           not
           able
           to
           keep
           it
           from
           breaking
           out
           ,
           sometimes
           ,
           as
           it
           did
           here
           very
           lately
           ,
           upon
           an
           occasion
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           in
           this
           place
           .
        
         
           The
           Heathens
           likewise
           shewed
           their
           malice
           against
           Christians
           ,
           in
           divers
           cruel
           bloody
           Persecutions
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           infancy
           of
           our
           Religion
           ;
           and
           when
           ,
           the
           Blood
           of
           Martyrs
           being
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           it
           grew
           up
           so
           wonderfully
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           vastly
           numerous
           ,
           that
           it
           seemed
           an
           endless
           work
           to
           destroy
           it
           ;
           yet
           there
           were
           those
           Heathen
           Princes
           that
           despaired
           not
           of
           it
           ,
           even
           then
           :
           especially
           Diocletan
           ,
           and
           his
           Colleague
           ,
           who
           killed
           many
           thousands
           of
           Christians
           ,
           only
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Religion
           .
           When
           the
           Government
           changed
           ,
           as
           it
           did
           in
           few
           years
           after
           the
           last
           Persecution
           ;
           and
           when
           Christianity
           was
           come
           to
           be
           the
           Established
           Religion
           ;
           there
           was
           no
           Heathen
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           nor
           no
           Jew
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Religion
           ;
           till
           Popery
           prevailed
           ,
           
           which
           was
           as
           bloody
           as
           Judaism
           or
           Heathenism
           .
           This
           calm
           gentle
           temper
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           ,
           which
           so
           gloriously
           shined
           forth
           when
           they
           came
           to
           be
           in
           Power
           ,
           was
           that
           which
           lay
           hid
           in
           them
           all
           the
           times
           of
           Persecution
           .
           Then
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           shew
           it
           ,
           but
           in
           their
           Profession
           :
           and
           so
           indeed
           they
           always
           did
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           Tertullian
           and
           others
           ,
           who
           used
           to
           fay
           ,
           and
           glory
           in
           it
           ,
           
             Christianus
             nullius
             hostis
          
           ,
           a
           Christian
           is
           no
           mans
           enemy
           ,
           a
           Christian
           can
           be
           no
           mans
           enemy
           :
           do
           what
           you
           will
           to
           him
           ,
           injure
           him
           ,
           slander
           him
           ,
           strip
           and
           torture
           him
           ,
           kill
           all
           others
           of
           his
           Religion
           before
           his
           eyes
           ;
           and
           then
           let
           him
           loose
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           power
           ,
           place
           him
           in
           your
           circumstances
           ,
           he
           cannot
           revenge
           himself
           upon
           you
           .
        
         
           What!
           that
           humane
           nature
           could
           bear
           such
           things
           without
           any
           resentment
           !
           it
           was
           not
           credible
           ;
           their
           enemies
           could
           not
           believe
           this
           ;
           (
           none
           could
           believe
           it
           ,
           that
           did
           not
           feel
           it
           in
           himself
           )
           till
           they
           came
           to
           see
           it
           ;
           and
           then
           all
           men
           believed
           it
           ,
           and
           acknowledged
           it
           to
           be
           the
           singular
           excellency
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           our
           holy
           Religion
           excels
           all
           others
           in
           this
           admirable
           temper
           ;
           so
           by
           this
           we
           may
           usually
           judge
           who
           they
           are
           that
           excel
           among
           Christian
           Churches
           ,
           when
           there
           happens
           any
           difference
           
           between
           them
           ;
           whether
           touching
           the
           Faith
           ,
           or
           the
           terms
           of
           Communion
           .
           They
           that
           were
           the
           more
           fierce
           ,
           they
           generally
           had
           the
           worst
           Cause
           .
           As
           when
           the
           difference
           was
           about
           the
           keeping
           of
           Easter
           ;
           it
           was
           chiefly
           between
           the
           Roman
           and
           the
           Asian
           Churches
           :
           The
           Asians
           were
           content
           ,
           that
           every
           Church
           should
           keep
           it
           at
           what
           time
           they
           pleas'd
           ,
           so
           themselves
           might
           be
           allowed
           to
           keep
           it
           as
           they
           had
           always
           done
           ;
           for
           they
           held
           the
           precise
           time
           to
           be
           (
           as
           truly
           it
           was
           )
           an
           indifferent
           thing
           :
           The
           Romans
           would
           not
           allow
           that
           ,
           they
           were
           for
           imposing
           on
           other
           Churches
           ,
           and
           for
           breaking
           Communion
           with
           them
           that
           would
           not
           receive
           their
           Impositions
           ;
           Which
           ,
           as
           it
           argued
           in
           them
           a
           proud
           and
           wrathful
           disposition
           ;
           so
           even
           by
           that
           it
           appeared
           they
           had
           the
           worst
           of
           the
           Cause
           .
           In
           like
           manner
           ,
           in
           that
           heat
           between
           Cyprian
           and
           Stephen
           ,
           where
           neither
           of
           them
           was
           right
           in
           the
           Cause
           ;
           for
           (
           as
           it
           commonly
           happens
           when
           men
           contend
           )
           the
           Truth
           lay
           between
           them
           ;
           yet
           sure
           St.
           Cyprian
           was
           in
           the
           right
           in
           this
           ,
           in
           holding
           that
           this
           cause
           was
           not
           sufficient
           to
           break
           Communion
           between
           Churches
           :
           And
           there
           Pope
           Stephen
           was
           in
           the
           wrong
           ;
           for
           he
           did
           break
           Communion
           about
           it
           ;
           he
           denied
           
             jus
             hospitii
          
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           receive
           a
           message
           ,
           he
           would
           
           not
           hear
           of
           an
           Accommodation
           .
           I
           forbear
           to
           repeat
           the
           ill
           terms
           he
           gave
           St.
           Cyprian
           ,
           you
           may
           read
           them
           in
           the
           end
           of
           
           Firmilian's
           Epistle
           .
           We
           all
           allow
           that
           Cyprian
           was
           truly
           a
           Saint
           .
           'T
           is
           well
           they
           own
           him
           such
           in
           the
           Roman
           Church
           .
           But
           how
           they
           can
           make
           that
           Pope
           so
           too
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           understand
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           to
           his
           death
           he
           would
           not
           allow
           that
           Saint
           to
           be
           a
           Christian.
           
        
         
           The
           great
           power
           of
           Error
           ,
           in
           moving
           mens
           Passions
           ,
           and
           enraging
           them
           against
           the
           Professors
           of
           Truth
           ;
           and
           the
           power
           of
           true
           Religion
           ,
           in
           composing
           mens
           Passions
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ;
           both
           these
           did
           appear
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           a
           Heresie
           came
           to
           have
           Publick
           Authority
           on
           its
           side
           .
           It
           was
           the
           Arian
           Heresie
           that
           was
           newly
           broke
           forth
           before
           the
           Council
           of
           Nice
           ,
           and
           that
           Council
           was
           called
           to
           suppress
           it
           ;
           which
           they
           did
           ,
           by
           no
           other
           force
           ,
           but
           putting
           Arians
           out
           of
           their
           Bishopricks
           ;
           They
           could
           not
           think
           Hereticks
           fit
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           the
           Cure
           of
           Souls
           ;
           But
           otherwise
           ,
           as
           to
           Temporal
           things
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           find
           that
           they
           inflicted
           any
           kind
           of
           Punishment
           :
           But
           when
           the
           Arians
           came
           to
           have
           the
           Power
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           when
           theirs
           was
           come
           to
           be
           the
           Imperial
           Religion
           ;
           then
           ,
           Depriving
           was
           nothing
           ,
           Banishment
           was
           the
           least
           that
           they
           inflicted
           ;
           In
           many
           places
           they
           proceeded
           
           to
           Blood
           ,
           which
           was
           never
           drawn
           on
           the
           other
           side
           by
           the
           Orthodox
           Christians
           ;
           except
           once
           in
           a
           popular
           Tumult
           in
           Alexandria
           ;
           where
           George
           the
           intruding
           Bishop
           was
           torn
           in
           pieces
           ;
           and
           yet
           that
           was
           rather
           by
           Heathens
           than
           by
           Christians
           ,
           as
           Ammian
           himself
           a
           Heathen
           Writer
           confesses
           .
        
         
           Except
           that
           ,
           (
           if
           it
           need
           be
           excepted
           ,
           )
           I
           do
           not
           remember
           any
           other
           instance
           ,
           of
           an
           Arian
           that
           was
           put
           to
           death
           in
           those
           days
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           shew
           that
           likewise
           in
           case
           of
           Schism
           ,
           the
           best
           Christians
           always
           kept
           the
           best
           temper
           :
           besides
           those
           instances
           I
           have
           already
           given
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           are
           not
           so
           proper
           to
           prove
           this
           ,
           because
           when
           they
           happened
           ,
           Christianity
           was
           not
           the
           established
           Religion
           :
           When
           it
           was
           established
           by
           Law
           ,
           then
           there
           happened
           that
           famous
           Schism
           of
           the
           Donatists
           ,
           which
           gave
           an
           evident
           tryal
           of
           this
           .
        
         
           With
           what
           folly
           and
           fury
           did
           they
           break
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ?
           With
           what
           insolence
           and
           perverseness
           did
           they
           behave
           themselves
           towards
           it
           ?
           What
           out-rages
           did
           they
           commit
           ?
           nay
           ,
           what
           did
           they
           not
           commit
           ?
           even
           to
           blood
           ,
           in
           the
           Circumcellions
           case
           ;
           While
           the
           Catholicks
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           except
           in
           that
           case
           ,
           which
           forced
           
           rigor
           from
           them
           in
           their
           own
           defence
           ,
           treated
           them
           with
           all
           calmness
           and
           gentleness
           .
        
         
           They
           called
           them
           Brethren
           in
           their
           Writings
           ;
           They
           wooed
           them
           to
           be
           Friends
           ,
           and
           offered
           them
           terms
           of
           Communion
           ;
           such
           as
           none
           would
           have
           offered
           ,
           but
           passionate
           lovers
           of
           peace
           ;
           such
           as
           none
           would
           have
           refused
           ,
           but
           the
           obstinate
           enemies
           of
           it
           :
           and
           yet
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           the
           Catholicks
           had
           the
           Government
           on
           their
           side
           ;
           which
           since
           those
           Schismaticks
           could
           not
           get
           from
           them
           ,
           they
           took
           a
           course
           to
           destroy
           it
           ,
           by
           letting
           in
           the
           Vandals
           into
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           shewn
           so
           much
           of
           this
           Diabolical
           Spirit
           ,
           in
           every
           sort
           of
           the
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ;
           not
           only
           in
           Heathens
           and
           Unbelievers
           ,
           without
           ;
           but
           also
           in
           Hereticks
           and
           Schismaticks
           within
           :
           And
           I
           have
           shewn
           so
           much
           of
           the
           Christian
           Spirit
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           the
           great
           patience
           and
           meekness
           of
           Gods
           people
           in
           dealing
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           enemies
           :
           that
           considering
           what
           advantage
           they
           have
           who
           lay
           about
           them
           with
           rage
           ,
           against
           those
           that
           stand
           still
           ,
           and
           are
           only
           ready
           to
           suffer
           ,
           one
           would
           wonder
           ,
           that
           long
           since
           true
           Religion
           had
           not
           been
           destroyed
           ,
           or
           driven
           out
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           this
           I
           have
           to
           answer
           ,
           (
           and
           this
           is
           my
           
           second
           Doctrine
           ;
           )
           that
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           rage
           and
           malice
           of
           the
           Adversaries
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           meekness
           of
           Christians
           ;
           yet
           still
           God
           is
           concerned
           for
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           and
           he
           shews
           it
           by
           sending
           such
           seasonable
           Deliverances
           ,
           as
           preserve
           it
           ,
           often
           from
           hurt
           ,
           and
           always
           from
           utter
           destruction
           .
        
         
           Destroyed
           it
           shall
           never
           be
           .
           For
           so
           much
           Christ
           declared
           before
           he
           built
           his
           Church
           :
           when
           he
           promised
           to
           make
           his
           Apostles
           the
           Foundation-stones
           in
           it
           ,
           saying
           to
           Peter
           in
           particular
           
             Upon
             thee
             will
             I
             build
             my
             Church
             :
          
           He
           added
           this
           promise
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Gates
             of
             Hell
          
           should
           
             not
             prevail
             against
             it
          
           .
           And
           so
           to
           all
           his
           Apostles
           at
           parting
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           about
           to
           be
           taken
           up
           into
           Heaven
           ;
           he
           promised
           ,
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           
             I
             will
             be
             with
             you
             even
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           If
           Christ
           be
           with
           his
           Church
           according
           to
           his
           promise
           ,
           that
           is
           enough
           to
           secure
           it
           against
           utter
           destruction
           .
        
         
           I
           speak
           now
           as
           to
           the
           Catholick
           ,
           or
           Universal
           Church
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           no
           such
           Promise
           given
           to
           particular
           Churches
           .
           They
           may
           be
           destroyed
           and
           perish
           for
           their
           sins
           .
           We
           see
           many
           are
           so
           already
           ;
           almost
           all
           that
           were
           planted
           in
           the
           Apostles
           times
           :
           The
           Church
           of
           Ierusalem
           ,
           where
           our
           Religion
           began
           ;
           The
           Church
           of
           Antioch
           ,
           where
           we
           were
           first
           called
           Christians
           ;
           the
           Six
           
           Churches
           ,
           to
           which
           St.
           Paul
           writ
           his
           Epistles
           ;
           The
           Seven
           to
           which
           St.
           Iohn
           writ
           in
           his
           Revelations
           :
           where
           are
           they
           ?
           scarce
           a
           remnant
           remains
           :
           most
           of
           them
           are
           quite
           perished
           from
           the
           Earth
           .
           This
           is
           Gods
           judgment
           upon
           them
           for
           their
           sins
           :
           A
           Judgment
           which
           God
           threatned
           long
           since
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           did
           not
           repent
           ,
           he
           would
           
             take
             away
             their
             Candlestick
          
           from
           them
           :
           A
           Judgment
           so
           dreadfully
           executed
           to
           warn
           us
           ,
           that
           
             unless
             we
             repent
             ,
             we
             shall
             all
             likewise
             perish
             .
          
        
         
           But
           then
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           repent
           ,
           we
           shall
           not
           perish
           :
           this
           we
           know
           ,
           for
           an
           Exception
           strengthens
           a
           Rule
           .
           We
           know
           that
           they
           which
           keep
           up
           the
           Power
           of
           Religion
           ,
           shall
           find
           it
           a
           strong
           band
           between
           them
           and
           God
           ;
           by
           which
           ,
           as
           we
           oblige
           our selves
           to
           him
           ,
           not
           to
           leave
           him
           nor
           forsake
           him
           ;
           so
           he
           obligeth
           himself
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           he
           
             will
             not
             leave
             us
             nor
             forsake
             us
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           howsoever
           ,
           for
           our
           lesser
           transgressions
           ,
           he
           may
           
             punish
             our
             offences
             with
             a
             rod
             ,
             and
             our
             sin
             with
             scourges
             :
             nevertheless
             his
             loving
             kindness
             will
             he
             not
             utterly
             take
             from
             us
             ,
             nor
             suffer
             his
             truth
             to
             fail
             .
          
           Nay
           ,
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           if
           he
           suffer
           his
           Church
           to
           be
           oppressed
           ,
           his
           design
           may
           be
           not
           so
           much
           to
           punish
           ,
           as
           to
           purge
           them
           .
           He
           may
           run
           them
           through
           the
           fire
           ,
           to
           melt
           out
           their
           dross
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           shine
           more
           glorious
           ,
           by
           having
           been
           for
           a
           while
           in
           
           Persecution
           .
           But
           whatsoever
           his
           dealing
           may
           be
           ,
           (
           which
           we
           are
           to
           resign
           entirely
           to
           his
           Wisdom
           ;
           )
           whether
           he
           design
           to
           punish
           ,
           or
           purge
           us
           ,
           or
           whether
           only
           to
           shew
           us
           the
           rod
           ;
           we
           are
           sure
           in
           all
           conditions
           to
           be
           under
           the
           good
           Providence
           of
           God.
           If
           our
           
             ways
             please
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           either
           he
           will
           
             make
             our
             enemies
          
           to
           be
           
             at
             peace
          
           with
           us
           ;
           or
           he
           will
           not
           let
           them
           be
           able
           to
           hurt
           us
           :
           at
           least
           ,
           they
           shall
           not
           have
           their
           will
           upon
           us
           ,
           they
           shall
           not
           say
           
             There
             ,
             there
             ,
             so
             would
             we
             have
             it
          
           ;
           They
           shall
           not
           be
           able
           to
           
             swallow
             us
             up
             quick
          
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           never
           so
           
             wrathfully
             displeased
             at
             us
          
           .
        
         
           The
           ways
           that
           God
           hath
           to
           deliver
           us
           ,
           are
           many
           more
           than
           I
           am
           able
           to
           reckon
           :
           and
           yet
           I
           can
           reckon
           more
           than
           I
           can
           bring
           within
           my
           time
           .
           But
           so
           the
           thing
           be
           done
           ,
           what
           matter
           is
           it
           ,
           which
           way
           God
           uses
           ?
           whether
           by
           destroying
           his
           and
           our
           enemies
           ;
           whether
           by
           breaking
           their
           Combinations
           against
           us
           ;
           or
           by
           otherwise
           weakning
           their
           strength
           :
           whether
           by
           infatuating
           their
           Counsels
           ,
           or
           discovering
           their
           crafty
           designs
           :
           whether
           by
           raising
           us
           up
           friends
           ,
           or
           uniting
           us
           among
           our selves
           ;
           and
           so
           making
           us
           too
           many
           and
           too
           strong
           for
           them
           :
           whether
           by
           giving
           means
           unexpected
           ,
           or
           by
           blessing
           what
           we
           have
           ,
           above
           expectation
           ?
           He
           can
           do
           
           what
           ,
           and
           which
           way
           ,
           he
           will
           ;
           and
           we
           are
           sure
           it
           is
           his
           will
           to
           deliver
           his
           People
           from
           their
           enemies
           ;
           for
           he
           is
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           and
           will
           shew
           it
           ,
           wheresoever
           there
           is
           need
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           sees
           it
           the
           fittest
           time
           to
           deliver
           them
           .
        
         
           All
           that
           I
           have
           said
           hitherto
           ,
           hath
           been
           only
           upon
           such
           general
           heads
           ,
           as
           are
           equally
           acknowledged
           by
           all
           sorts
           of
           Christians
           among
           us
           :
           and
           for
           this
           agreement
           ,
           we
           chiefly
           are
           under
           God
           ,
           to
           thank
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           this
           most
           Honorable
           Assembly
           :
           that
           have
           kept
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           in
           that
           Power
           which
           it
           received
           from
           their
           Predecessors
           ,
           and
           not
           suffered
           it
           to
           fall
           into
           any
           other
           hands
           .
           Neither
           our
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           our
           Church
           ,
           is
           of
           a
           Persecuting
           Spirit
           .
           I
           know
           not
           how
           it
           may
           be
           in
           particular
           persons
           .
           But
           I
           say
           again
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           in
           the
           genius
           of
           our
           Church
           :
           She
           hath
           no
           Doctrine
           that
           teacheth
           Persecution
           ;
           She
           hath
           not
           practised
           it
           ,
           as
           others
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           in
           Authority
           .
           I
           thank
           God
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           ,
           she
           will
           always
           continue
           in
           that
           temper
           ;
           which
           ;
           being
           added
           to
           the
           other
           Marks
           of
           a
           true
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           may
           assure
           us
           ,
           that
           She
           is
           a
           Church
           according
           to
           the
           mind
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           But
           can
           all
           others
           say
           the
           same
           ,
           that
           call
           themselves
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ?
           or
           were
           they
           so
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           power
           in
           their
           hands
           ?
           They
           
           that
           never
           were
           in
           Power
           ,
           can
           never
           answer
           this
           Question
           .
           Therefore
           none
           can
           answer
           it
           so
           well
           as
           the
           Papists
           ;
           and
           they
           tell
           us
           ,
           Now
           ,
           they
           are
           as
           much
           against
           Persecution
           as
           any
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           would
           they
           be
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           in
           Power
           ?
           God
           forbid
           we
           should
           ever
           live
           to
           see
           the
           tryal
           of
           it
           .
           They
           have
           been
           tryed
           too
           much
           already
           to
           be
           believed
           in
           this
           matter
           .
           We
           have
           seen
           ,
           we
           have
           felt
           ,
           sufficient
           proofs
           of
           their
           Spirit
           ;
           more
           proofs
           of
           that
           sort
           ,
           to
           prove
           them
           a
           false
           Church
           ,
           than
           they
           can
           shew
           upon
           
           Bellarmin's
           fifteen
           notes
           of
           a
           true
           one
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           speak
           now
           of
           particular
           persons
           :
           I
           believe
           there
           are
           many
           good
           People
           of
           that
           Communion
           .
           I
           do
           not
           think
           that
           common
           Reason
           ,
           and
           that
           common
           Christianity
           ,
           can
           be
           wholly
           extinguished
           by
           the
           Principles
           of
           their
           Religion
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           in
           some
           ,
           I
           hope
           in
           many
           ,
           it
           prevails
           above
           their
           Religion
           ;
           otherwise
           I
           know
           there
           could
           not
           be
           good
           People
           of
           that
           Communion
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           take
           their
           Religion
           in
           it self
           ,
           abstracting
           from
           the
           common
           Christianity
           :
           and
           so
           there
           is
           nothing
           else
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           Superstition
           and
           Cruelty
           .
           'T
           is
           
             Lutum
             sanguine
             maceratum
          
           ,
           Dirt
           tempered
           with
           Blood
           ,
           according
           to
           
           Nero's
           Character
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           Religion
           so
           far
           from
           making
           men
           
           like
           God
           ,
           that
           it
           makes
           them
           worse
           then
           men
           would
           be
           without
           any
           Religion
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           natural
           compassion
           in
           man
           ,
           that
           moves
           him
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           others
           sufferings
           ;
           and
           especially
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           great
           Cruelties
           ,
           it
           turns
           ones
           very
           Bowels
           within
           him
           :
           and
           't
           is
           no
           common
           provocation
           ,
           that
           can
           harden
           one
           against
           this
           .
           But
           take
           this
           man
           ,
           and
           throughly
           steep
           him
           in
           Popery
           ,
           he
           comes
           forth
           ,
           without
           any
           compassion
           at
           all
           .
           He
           can
           not
           only
           see
           any
           Cruelty
           ,
           but
           act
           it
           :
           he
           can
           act
           it
           unprovoked
           ,
           on
           any
           person
           whatsoever
           ,
           without
           remorse
           ,
           yea
           with
           Pleasure
           and
           Triumph
           ,
           as
           an
           act
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           service
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           And
           to
           shew
           that
           this
           Religion
           is
           not
           the
           common
           Christianity
           ;
           he
           can
           do
           this
           upon
           them
           who
           have
           that
           as
           well
           as
           himself
           .
           Otherwise
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           only
           on
           the
           enemies
           of
           Christ
           ,
           then
           indeed
           it
           might
           be
           thought
           that
           Christianity
           moved
           him
           to
           it
           .
           But
           he
           considers
           Christians
           without
           Popery
           ,
           no
           more
           than
           he
           doth
           Turks
           or
           Infidels
           :
           which
           shews
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           not
           moved
           by
           common
           Christianity
           ,
           but
           by
           that
           part
           of
           his
           Religion
           which
           is
           properly
           Popery
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           a
           Religion
           (
           I
           am
           sorry
           we
           have
           no
           other
           name
           to
           call
           it
           by
           )
           that
           vies
           Cruelty
           with
           antient
           Judaism
           and
           Heathenism
           .
           If
           those
           destroyed
           
           thousands
           of
           Christians
           in
           Primitive
           times
           ;
           Popery
           hath
           destroyed
           its
           ten
           thousands
           of
           as
           innocent
           persons
           ,
           and
           destroyed
           them
           with
           as
           great
           Barbarity
           and
           Cruelty
           .
           I
           do
           not
           think
           ,
           there
           was
           ever
           such
           havock
           made
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ,
           of
           Humane
           Creatures
           ,
           as
           was
           made
           of
           millions
           of
           Heathens
           in
           America
           .
           There
           were
           never
           greater
           Cruelties
           invented
           ,
           than
           were
           there
           used
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           in
           anger
           ,
           but
           in
           sport
           ,
           upon
           poor
           helpless
           innocent
           creatures
           .
           It
           would
           make
           ones
           flesh
           tremble
           ,
           to
           read
           them
           described
           by
           their
           own
           Writers
           .
           And
           yet
           they
           that
           did
           these
           things
           were
           very
           good
           Catholicks
           ,
           as
           they
           thought
           themselves
           ;
           and
           they
           acted
           like
           Roman
           Catholicks
           in
           it
           ,
           for
           they
           had
           the
           Popes
           Commission
           to
           go
           thither
           ,
           and
           to
           Conquer
           that
           Infidel
           People
           .
        
         
           But
           though
           this
           was
           done
           by
           Papists
           ,
           yet
           not
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Religion
           .
           No
           ?
           I
           know
           not
           what
           should
           make
           them
           so
           Savage
           otherwise
           .
           But
           then
           what
           think
           you
           of
           the
           Wars
           in
           the
           Holy-land
           ?
           What
           think
           you
           of
           those
           Slaughters
           of
           the
           Moors
           in
           Spain
           ?
           and
           those
           Butcheries
           of
           Jews
           in
           all
           Countries
           before
           the
           Reformation
           ?
           Those
           were
           cruel
           ,
           and
           universal
           ,
           without
           distinction
           of
           Age
           ,
           or
           Sex
           ;
           and
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           ,
           that
           those
           were
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
         
           But
           that
           might
           be
           the
           common
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           not
           Popery
           only
           ,
           that
           they
           thought
           of
           :
           and
           therefore
           I
           proceed
           to
           those
           Slaughters
           that
           they
           made
           of
           Christians
           ;
           by
           their
           own
           acknowledgment
           as
           good
           Christians
           as
           themselves
           ,
           in
           all
           other
           points
           except
           Popery
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           such
           were
           all
           those
           whom
           they
           were
           pleased
           to
           call
           Hereticks
           in
           the
           third
           Canon
           of
           the
           fourth
           Lateran
           Council
           .
           That
           Council
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1215.
           first
           made
           Transubstantiation
           an
           Article
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           Hereticks
           that
           would
           not
           believe
           it
           :
           and
           having
           first
           provided
           against
           their
           going
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           they
           could
           ,
           by
           declaring
           all
           damned
           that
           were
           not
           of
           the
           Roman
           Faith
           ,
           in
           all
           points
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Transubstantiation
           in
           particular
           ;
           Then
           ordered
           the
           destroying
           of
           them
           from
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           and
           so
           left
           them
           no
           place
           to
           go
           to
           ,
           but
           Hell
           :
           so
           great
           was
           their
           Charity
           .
           In
           the
           third
           Canon
           of
           that
           Council
           ,
           it
           was
           ordained
           ,
           that
           all
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           shall
           root
           out
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           favour
           them
           ,
           out
           of
           their
           Countreys
           :
           and
           if
           any
           do
           not
           execute
           this
           Canon
           ,
           the
           Pope
           is
           to
           take
           away
           his
           Country
           ,
           and
           give
           it
           to
           such
           Catholicks
           as
           will
           do
           it
           effectually
           .
           This
           is
           still
           as
           good
           Law
           as
           any
           is
           now
           in
           the
           
           Roman
           Church
           :
           and
           it
           was
           executed
           strictly
           in
           all
           places
           before
           the
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           There
           were
           at
           first
           some
           Princes
           that
           lost
           their
           Countreys
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Pope
           did
           take
           the
           Forfeiture
           for
           a
           warning
           to
           other
           Princes
           .
           But
           who
           can
           number
           the
           poor
           Christians
           that
           lost
           their
           lives
           by
           it
           ?
           above
           a
           hundred
           thousand
           Albigenses
           in
           France
           ;
           many
           thousands
           of
           the
           Waldenses
           ,
           there
           ,
           and
           in
           Italy
           ;
           the
           like
           in
           Germany
           of
           the
           Bohemians
           ;
           besides
           what
           suffered
           in
           England
           and
           other
           Countreys
           ;
           and
           all
           put
           to
           the
           cruellest
           Deaths
           ,
           on
           no
           other
           account
           ,
           but
           their
           Religion
           .
           Indeed
           for
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           so
           evident
           ,
           that
           they
           held
           any
           thing
           against
           Popery
           :
           But
           it
           was
           enough
           ,
           if
           being
           taken
           upon
           suspicion
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           purge
           themselves
           of
           it
           .
           The
           ways
           of
           purging
           wete
           different
           in
           divers
           places
           .
           In
           some
           Countreys
           it
           was
           by
           throwing
           them
           into
           the
           water
           ,
           *
           as
           some
           of
           late
           have
           tryed
           Witches
           .
           In
           other
           places
           †
           the
           tryal
           was
           by
           putting
           a
           Fire-coal
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           trying
           whether
           it
           would
           cleave
           to
           the
           flesh
           :
           For
           if
           it
           did
           ,
           then
           they
           concluded
           them
           Hereticks
           all
           over
           ,
           and
           their
           whole
           bodies
           fit
           to
           be
           burnt
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           pass
           by
           those
           two
           learned
           and
           good
           men
           ,
           as
           any
           were
           in
           that
           Age
           ,
           if
           we
           may
           
           judge
           by
           their
           Writings
           ,
           I
           mean
           
             Iohn
             Huss
          
           and
           Ierom
           of
           Prague
           :
           They
           had
           to
           do
           with
           the
           most
           sober
           piece
           of
           Popery
           ,
           the
           Council
           of
           Constance
           ;
           which
           invited
           them
           thither
           to
           Dispute
           with
           them
           for
           their
           Religion
           .
           But
           after
           all
           their
           Disputing
           ,
           instead
           of
           having
           leave
           to
           return
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Pass-port
           that
           brought
           them
           thither
           ;
           they
           were
           burned
           there
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           from
           whom
           they
           received
           it
           :
           And
           not
           only
           that
           Cruelty
           ,
           but
           that
           breach
           of
           Publick
           Faith
           ,
           were
           owned
           and
           justified
           by
           the
           Pope
           and
           his
           General
           Council
           .
        
         
           I
           may
           perhaps
           have
           been
           too
           large
           in
           things
           so
           far
           off
           ,
           and
           so
           long
           since
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           my
           discourse
           ,
           I
           shall
           confine
           it
           to
           England
           ,
           and
           to
           things
           done
           since
           the
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           This
           Church
           was
           freed
           from
           thraldom
           by
           King
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           ;
           and
           was
           then
           Reformed
           in
           King
           Edward
           VI.
           days
           ,
           with
           no
           material
           difference
           from
           what
           it
           is
           now
           at
           this
           present
           .
           Soon
           after
           his
           death
           ,
           under
           Queen
           Mary
           his
           Successor
           ,
           it
           came
           to
           have
           a
           through
           feeling
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Popery
           .
           Though
           she
           came
           in
           with
           the
           greatest
           assurance
           ,
           that
           she
           would
           make
           no
           Change
           in
           *
           Religion
           :
           Though
           she
           promised
           it
           upon
           
           her
           Royal
           word
           ,
           to
           those
           Protestants
           ,
           that
           brought
           her
           to
           her
           Crown
           ;
           though
           they
           deserved
           it
           without
           a
           promise
           ,
           by
           venturing
           their
           lives
           for
           her
           against
           a
           Protestant
           that
           was
           set
           up
           in
           oppositition
           :
           Yet
           she
           was
           no
           sooner
           setled
           upon
           her
           Throne
           ,
           but
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Popery
           quite
           cancell'd
           all
           those
           Obligations
           .
           There
           were
           none
           that
           durst
           appear
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           but
           were
           fain
           to
           fly
           their
           Countrey
           to
           save
           their
           lives
           ,
           or
           stayed
           and
           lost
           them
           with
           the
           cruellest
           deaths
           .
           Of
           the
           last
           sort
           ,
           were
           ,
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           divers
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           other
           eminent
           persons
           .
           Both
           they
           ,
           and
           hundreds
           more
           ,
           of
           the
           Clergy
           and
           Commonalty
           ,
           were
           burnt
           alive
           ,
           upon
           no
           other
           account
           but
           their
           Religion
           .
           There
           was
           only
           one
           Flower
           ,
           here
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           that
           was
           distracted
           ,
           and
           wounded
           a
           Priest
           at
           Mass
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           was
           burnt
           among
           the
           rest
           .
           Of
           all
           the
           other
           that
           suffered
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           other
           pretence
           against
           any
           ,
           but
           only
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           their
           Religion
           .
           Their
           charge
           was
           for
           not
           going
           to
           Confession
           ,
           or
           for
           not
           going
           to
           Mass
           ,
           or
           for
           denying
           Transubstantiation
           when
           they
           were
           called
           to
           it
           .
           There
           was
           nothing
           else
           in
           their
           Accusation
           ,
           there
           was
           nothing
           else
           in
           their
           Sentence
           ,
           there
           was
           nothing
           else
           for
           which
           they
           suffered
           ;
           It
           was
           meerly
           
           for
           their
           not
           submitting
           to
           Popery
           ;
           a
           sufficient
           proof
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           that
           Religion
           .
        
         
           But
           soon
           after
           ,
           when
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           came
           in
           again
           ;
           see
           what
           a
           contrary
           Spirit
           appeared
           on
           the
           other
           side
           .
           When
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           came
           to
           Reign
           ,
           and
           immediately
           declared
           her
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Established
           it
           in
           her
           first
           Year
           ,
           without
           any
           violence
           ;
           from
           that
           day
           forward
           ,
           for
           ten
           years
           together
           ,
           what
           one
           Papist
           was
           there
           that
           suffered
           death
           for
           his
           Religion
           ?
           Though
           living
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           them
           ,
           whose
           dearest
           Friends
           and
           Relations
           they
           had
           murdered
           ;
           and
           though
           those
           Protestants
           could
           say
           ,
           There
           goes
           he
           that
           burnt
           my
           Father
           ,
           or
           he
           that
           murdered
           my
           Brother
           ,
           or
           that
           brought
           them
           to
           that
           cruel
           Death
           ;
           Though
           the
           Queen
           her self
           could
           say
           ,
           who
           they
           were
           ,
           that
           in
           her
           Sisters
           time
           dealt
           most
           insolently
           and
           barbarously
           with
           her
           :
           (
           for
           they
           had
           taken
           away
           her
           Attendants
           ,
           and
           put
           her
           under
           a
           Guard
           of
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           carried
           her
           Prisoner
           from
           place
           to
           place
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           had
           not
           murdered
           her
           too
           ,
           she
           was
           beholding
           to
           the
           Spaniard
           for
           it
           ,
           Though
           not
           so
           much
           to
           his
           Humanity
           ,
           as
           his
           Policy
           ;
           for
           if
           she
           had
           been
           dead
           ,
           the
           Queen
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           who
           had
           married
           the
           Dauphin
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           the
           next
           Heir
           to
           the
           Crown
           :
           But
           for
           her
           life
           she
           
           knew
           she
           owed
           no
           thanks
           to
           those
           Papists
           that
           were
           now
           her
           own
           Subjects
           ;
           (
           I
           mean
           ,
           to
           those
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           :
           )
           yet
           when
           she
           came
           to
           be
           their
           Queen
           ,
           for
           ten
           years
           ,
           she
           touched
           not
           a
           hair
           of
           any
           of
           their
           heads
           .
           Only
           she
           kept
           them
           from
           publick
           exercise
           of
           Popery
           ,
           she
           required
           them
           to
           come
           to
           Church
           every
           Lords-day
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           did
           not
           ,
           she
           made
           them
           pay
           Twelve
           pence
           a
           Sunday
           .
           This
           was
           all
           that
           they
           suffered
           for
           ten
           years
           ,
           after
           ours
           was
           the
           Established
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Was
           there
           ever
           so
           generous
           a
           revenge
           ?
           so
           much
           Cruelty
           requited
           with
           so
           much
           Clemency
           ?
        
         
           After
           that
           ,
           the
           Pope
           (
           by
           an
           Authority
           he
           gives
           himself
           )
           made
           bold
           to
           declare
           her
           uncapable
           to
           Reign
           ;
           because
           forsooth
           she
           was
           a
           Heretick
           ;
           and
           exhorted
           all
           her
           Subjects
           to
           depose
           her
           ,
           and
           to
           murder
           her
           ,
           by
           a
           Bull
           that
           he
           gave
           out
           for
           that
           purpose
           :
           This
           Bull
           being
           set
           up
           publickly
           at
           noon-day
           by
           one
           of
           her
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           he
           being
           taken
           and
           hanged
           for
           it
           ,
           they
           had
           the
           impudence
           to
           call
           him
           a
           Martyr
           ;
           and
           he
           stands
           the
           first
           Martyr
           in
           their
           Roll
           ,
           among
           all
           them
           that
           suffered
           in
           her
           Reign
           .
           So
           it
           was
           ten
           years
           before
           any
           of
           them
           suffered
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           was
           for
           declaring
           her
           no
           Queen
           ,
           and
           for
           posting
           up
           
           the
           Popes
           Bull
           ,
           to
           make
           her
           Subjects
           depose
           her
           and
           murder
           her
           .
        
         
           That
           Bull
           had
           such
           an
           effect
           upon
           many
           of
           her
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           they
           broke
           out
           into
           open
           Rebellion
           against
           her
           .
           When
           that
           failed
           ,
           they
           betook
           themselves
           to
           private
           Conspiracie
           to
           destroy
           her
           ,
           any
           way
           ,
           by
           Assassination
           :
           Which
           was
           proved
           time
           after
           time
           ,
           as
           fully
           ,
           and
           as
           clearly
           ,
           as
           ever
           any
           thing
           was
           proved
           under
           the
           Sun.
           And
           it
           was
           proved
           that
           the
           first
           movers
           to
           it
           were
           Popish
           Priests
           ,
           and
           especially
           Jesuites
           ,
           who
           came
           over
           from
           beyond-Sea
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
           This
           obliged
           her
           to
           make
           Sanguinary
           Laws
           ,
           to
           keep
           them
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           which
           yet
           were
           rarely
           inflicted
           upon
           any
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           were
           found
           to
           have
           actually
           carried
           on
           some
           design
           against
           her
           life
           :
           And
           there
           were
           divers
           Penalties
           upon
           them
           of
           that
           Religion
           ,
           to
           make
           that
           uneasie
           to
           them
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           dangerous
           to
           her
           and
           to
           her
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           King
           Iames
           his
           time
           ,
           it
           was
           almost
           three
           years
           that
           he
           had
           reigned
           ,
           before
           the
           Gunpowder-Treason
           ;
           during
           all
           which
           time
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           Papist
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           upon
           any
           of
           those
           Laws
           :
           There
           was
           no
           Penalty
           inflicted
           upon
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           could
           be
           pretended
           to
           be
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Religion
           .
           But
           contrariwise
           ,
           
           they
           were
           remitted
           the
           arrears
           of
           all
           their
           Penalties
           in
           Queen
           Elizabeths
           time
           :
           nay
           ,
           more
           than
           that
           ,
           they
           were
           admitted
           to
           Court
           ;
           they
           were
           employed
           in
           Embassies
           ;
           they
           had
           Honors
           conferred
           upon
           them
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           others
           :
           they
           were
           debarred
           from
           nothing
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           Publick
           Exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           :
           and
           that
           was
           provocation
           enough
           ,
           to
           engage
           them
           into
           that
           hellish
           Treason
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           have
           been
           executed
           as
           on
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           Treason
           that
           shewed
           the
           Spirit
           of
           that
           Faction
           ,
           how
           fierce
           and
           implacable
           it
           was
           ,
           after
           so
           much
           experience
           of
           ours
           on
           the
           contrary
           :
           It
           shewed
           how
           impossible
           it
           was
           to
           oblige
           them
           :
           how
           impossible
           to
           keep
           them
           from
           doing
           mischief
           ;
           such
           a
           mischief
           ,
           as
           none
           other
           could
           have
           invented
           ,
           none
           but
           would
           have
           abhorred
           it
           ,
           that
           had
           not
           been
           possest
           with
           the
           evil
           spirit
           of
           that
           Religion
           .
        
         
           What!
           to
           murder
           their
           King
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           so
           gentle
           and
           easie
           to
           them
           ?
           to
           murder
           the
           innocent
           hopes
           of
           that
           Royal
           Family
           ?
           to
           murder
           a
           whole
           Nation
           together
           ,
           in
           their
           Representative
           then
           met
           in
           Parliament
           ?
           All
           was
           struck
           at
           together
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           but
           one
           person
           ;
           as
           if
           (
           according
           to
           
           Caligula's
           wish
           ,
           )
           they
           had
           but
           one
           neck
           .
           They
           were
           for
           blowing
           them
           up
           ,
           for
           
           
             swallowing
             them
             up
          
           at
           once
           ,
           for
           overwhelming
           all
           that
           was
           Venerable
           and
           Sacred
           in
           this
           Nation
           :
           for
           burying
           both
           our
           State
           and
           our
           Religion
           in
           one
           heap
           of
           destruction
           and
           ruine
           .
           Good
           God!
           
             If
             thou
             hadst
             not
             been
             on
             our
             side
             ,
          
           what
           had
           become
           of
           us
           ,
           
             when
             men
             rose
             up
             against
             us
             ,
             to
             swallow
             us
             up
             quick
             ?
          
        
         
           Men
           ?
           Who
           would
           ever
           suspect
           men
           of
           such
           a
           wickedness
           ?
           We
           ought
           not
           to
           think
           that
           men
           were
           capable
           of
           it
           ;
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           entertain
           so
           hard
           an
           opinion
           of
           Humane
           Nature
           .
           It
           was
           something
           else
           that
           put
           them
           upon
           it
           .
           It
           was
           something
           which
           they
           mis-call
           Religion
           ,
           that
           made
           them
           put
           off
           their
           Humanity
           .
           It
           was
           this
           which
           transformed
           men
           into
           such
           monsters
           ,
           that
           brought
           them
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           think
           of
           this
           ,
           but
           to
           design
           it
           .
           For
           their
           part
           it
           was
           actually
           done
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           charge
           all
           of
           that
           Religion
           with
           this
           Action
           :
           (
           Religion
           do
           I
           call
           it
           ?
           I
           unwillingly
           use
           so
           good
           a
           word
           on
           so
           ill
           an
           occasion
           ;
           But
           since
           they
           call
           it
           so
           ,
           let
           it
           pass
           :
           I
           say
           then
           that
           all
           the
           Authors
           were
           only
           of
           that
           Religion
           ;
           and
           they
           acted
           according
           to
           their
           own
           Principles
           ,
           those
           Principles
           which
           they
           received
           from
           their
           Spiritual
           Governors
           .
           Their
           Counsellors
           were
           of
           the
           Governing
           Party
           :
           They
           were
           Jesuites
           ,
           who
           had
           their
           Superior
           in
           the
           Plot.
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           you
           ,
           
           of
           the
           malice
           ,
           the
           closeness
           ,
           the
           subtilty
           ,
           the
           rage
           and
           cruelty
           of
           that
           Faction
           ;
           that
           hath
           sufficently
           appeared
           in
           a
           hundred
           other
           things
           :
           in
           other
           Exploits
           they
           have
           out-done
           all
           other
           men
           ;
           but
           they
           out-did
           themselves
           ,
           in
           this
           unhumane
           ,
           this
           Devilish
           Conspiracy
           .
           It
           was
           contrived
           with
           such
           foresight
           ,
           it
           was
           managed
           with
           such
           policy
           ,
           it
           was
           carried
           on
           with
           that
           closeness
           and
           secresie
           ,
           as
           not
           once
           to
           gather
           wind
           ,
           in
           some
           years
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           brought
           all
           their
           business
           to
           perfection
           .
           There
           was
           but
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           but
           one
           night
           ,
           but
           half
           a
           night
           ,
           between
           the
           Plot
           and
           the
           Execution
           ,
           if
           God
           had
           not
           miraculously
           interposed
           .
        
         
           The
           Vault
           was
           dug
           ,
           the
           Magazine
           was
           laid
           in
           ,
           the
           Iron-bars
           were
           laid
           over
           ,
           the
           Engineer
           was
           at
           hand
           ,
           the
           Match
           was
           laid
           ,
           it
           was
           sized
           for
           an
           hour
           ,
           a
           fatal
           hour
           ,
           of
           this
           morning
           ,
           of
           the
           Fifth
           of
           November
           :
           In
           a
           minute
           of
           which
           ,
           in
           a
           moment
           ;
           all
           the
           governing
           part
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           God
           knows
           who
           more
           ,
           all
           that
           came
           within
           reach
           ,
           were
           to
           have
           been
           swallowed
           up
           quick
           .
        
         
           Lord
           !
           What
           a
           thunderclap
           had
           it
           been
           ,
           to
           this
           Nation
           ,
           to
           this
           Church
           ,
           to
           this
           Kingdom
           ?
           What
           an
           Earthquake
           it
           would
           have
           been
           ?
           What
           a
           Chaos
           it
           would
           have
           made
           ?
           What
           a
           Tragical
           day
           to
           every
           thing
           but
           Popery
           ?
           Nay
           to
           Papists
           themselves
           ?
           I
           doubt
           not
           many
           would
           have
           abhorr'd
           
           it
           ;
           I
           am
           persuaded
           they
           would
           ;
           many
           would
           have
           abhorr'd
           their
           very
           Popery
           :
           But
           they
           could
           not
           have
           remedied
           what
           was
           past
           ,
           nor
           have
           prevented
           the
           following
           miseries
           .
        
         
           Then
           this
           day
           had
           stood
           in
           red
           Letters
           in
           their
           Almanacks
           ,
           though
           some
           are
           pleased
           to
           leave
           it
           out
           of
           ours
           .
           Then
           they
           must
           have
           kept
           this
           a
           Holy-day
           ,
           that
           cannot
           now
           afford
           it
           a
           Thanksgiving
           .
           Then
           they
           must
           have
           gone
           to
           Mass
           for
           it
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           joyn
           with
           us
           now
           in
           our
           Prayers
           ;
           and
           some
           that
           will
           not
           now
           give
           a
           Faggot
           ,
           must
           then
           have
           lighted
           one
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           not
           in
           my
           power
           ,
           nor
           words
           ,
           nor
           in
           the
           wit
           of
           man
           ,
           to
           enumerate
           all
           the
           evils
           and
           miseries
           that
           would
           have
           come
           upon
           this
           Nation
           .
           It
           could
           not
           have
           been
           otherwise
           ,
           
             if
             the
             Lord
             had
             not
             been
             on
             our
             side
             .
             If
             the
             Lord
             had
             not
             been
             on
             our
             side
             ,
          
           we
           had
           been
           gone
           ,
           we
           had
           never
           been
           born
           ,
           or
           had
           cause
           to
           have
           wished
           we
           had
           never
           been
           .
        
         
           Oh!
           how
           are
           we
           bound
           to
           thank
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           on
           our
           side
           on
           this
           day
           ?
           How
           are
           we
           bound
           to
           praise
           his
           name
           ,
           for
           preserving
           us
           so
           many
           times
           since
           ?
           I
           need
           not
           reckon
           up
           to
           you
           the
           particulars
           .
           I
           know
           of
           no
           great
           danger
           we
           have
           been
           in
           ,
           but
           hath
           more
           or
           less
           been
           occasion'd
           by
           the
           same
           sort
           of
           men
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           did
           not
           begin
           it
           ,
           they
           have
           struck
           in
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           contributed
           to
           
           carry
           it
           on
           all
           they
           could
           .
           And
           shall
           we
           tempt
           God
           ,
           by
           doing
           nothing
           to
           secure
           our selves
           against
           them
           ?
           It
           is
           plain
           that
           this
           were
           contrary
           to
           Gratitude
           .
           But
           what
           shall
           we
           do
           towards
           our
           safety
           ?
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           worth
           our
           consideration
           .
        
         
           But
           do
           I
           ask
           that
           ?
           
           when
           I
           know
           what
           this
           August
           Assembly
           hath
           judged
           ?
           And
           if
           your
           judgment
           be
           seconded
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           be
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           his
           Majesty
           will
           assent
           to
           it
           :
           Then
           we
           shall
           have
           no
           occasion
           for
           any
           more
           such
           Miracle
           ;
           there
           will
           be
           an
           ordinary
           way
           ,
           to
           keep
           us
           out
           of
           this
           danger
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           obliged
           ,
           all
           the
           Papists
           that
           stay
           in
           England
           ,
           at
           least
           for
           their
           own
           ease
           ,
           if
           not
           for
           the
           common
           security
           ,
           to
           consider
           ,
           whether
           they
           are
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           to
           be
           still
           of
           that
           Faction
           .
        
         
           That
           is
           more
           than
           we
           have
           been
           able
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           for
           many
           years
           .
           They
           would
           rarely
           endure
           any
           of
           our
           Clergy
           to
           speak
           to
           them
           .
           They
           had
           their
           ears
           stopt
           against
           us
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           better
           information
           .
           If
           you
           can
           but
           bring
           them
           to
           hear
           Truth
           ,
           I
           am
           persuaded
           they
           cannot
           continue
           Papists
           .
           I
           know
           they
           cannot
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           so
           much
           sense
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           consider
           ,
           how
           little
           reason
           
           they
           have
           for
           it
           .
           And
           for
           them
           that
           will
           not
           hear
           nor
           consider
           ,
           neither
           of
           themselves
           ,
           nor
           when
           Authority
           requires
           it
           ,
           what
           can
           be
           more
           reasonable
           than
           what
           you
           have
           judged
           ?
           I
           think
           none
           will
           judge
           otherwise
           ,
           that
           will
           consider
           the
           present
           case
           .
           This
           ,
           I
           take
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           present
           case
           between
           them
           and
           us
           ;
           our
           main
           difference
           is
           in
           a
           plain
           point
           of
           practice
           ,
           whose
           Subjects
           they
           and
           we
           must
           be
           .
           They
           will
           needs
           be
           subject
           to
           one
           that
           lives
           in
           Italy
           .
           If
           they
           will
           be
           so
           ,
           who
           can
           help
           it
           ?
           Nay
           that
           will
           not
           content
           them
           ,
           but
           we
           must
           be
           his
           Subjects
           too
           :
           That
           is
           hard
           ,
           when
           we
           can
           see
           no
           reason
           for
           it
           .
           Nay
           ,
           we
           must
           ,
           or
           we
           shall
           never
           be
           quiet
           otherwise
           .
           No
           ?
           Cannot
           we
           intreat
           them
           ?
           Cannot
           be
           oblige
           them
           to
           be
           quiet
           ?
           We
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           with
           all
           possible
           Civility
           ;
           and
           yet
           we
           cannot
           be
           quiet
           ,
           without
           being
           what
           we
           will
           never
           be
           .
           Then
           it
           is
           time
           to
           part
           ,
           if
           we
           cannot
           live
           together
           ;
           that
           's
           plain
           .
           But
           now
           the
           question
           is
           ,
           Who
           shall
           go
           ?
           that
           would
           I
           ,
           with
           all
           my
           soul
           ,
           if
           Popery
           were
           the
           Religion
           of
           England
           .
           I
           protest
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           stay
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           I
           have
           done
           nothing
           to
           make
           my
           Country
           afraid
           of
           me
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           nothing
           but
           my
           Religion
           to
           provoke
           any
           of
           them
           .
           I
           hate
           the
           person
           of
           no
           Papist
           ,
           or
           man
           in
           the
           world
           .
           I
           
           would
           have
           no
           man
           punished
           for
           his
           Religion
           ;
           no
           not
           them
           that
           destroy
           men
           for
           Religion
           .
           I
           would
           not
           punish
           them
           ;
           but
           I
           would
           not
           live
           with
           them
           ,
           if
           I
           could
           help
           it
           .
           I
           know
           no
           Sect
           among
           Christians
           that
           I
           would
           not
           live
           under
           rather
           than
           Popery
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           matter
           is
           it
           for
           such
           a
           one
           as
           me
           ?
           I
           expect
           from
           them
           no
           regard
           to
           what
           I
           say
           .
           But
           methinks
           they
           should
           have
           some
           regard
           for
           their
           Country
           .
           I
           would
           tell
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           present
           ,
           your
           Country
           is
           afraid
           of
           you
           .
           She
           does
           as
           it
           were
           beg
           you
           to
           be
           gone
           .
           For
           a
           hundred
           years
           she
           hath
           been
           in
           danger
           of
           you
           .
           She
           hath
           not
           suffered
           but
           some
           way
           or
           other
           on
           your
           account
           .
           The
           Spanish
           Invasion
           was
           for
           Popery
           .
           The
           Gunpowder-Treason
           was
           for
           Popery
           .
           One
           Civil
           War
           was
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           occasioned
           by
           Popery
           .
           She
           is
           in
           danger
           of
           another
           Civil
           War
           by
           Popery
           .
           I
           will
           not
           say
           what
           she
           hath
           suffered
           abroad
           for
           your
           sakes
           .
           She
           hath
           suffered
           more
           than
           she
           can
           well
           bear
           ;
           and
           must
           she
           suffer
           still
           ?
           must
           she
           still
           be
           in
           fear
           for
           your
           sakes
           ?
           Why
           should
           you
           not
           be
           gone
           ,
           and
           free
           her
           from
           her
           fears
           ?
           If
           they
           are
           true
           ,
           that
           she
           may
           not
           be
           destroyed
           :
           and
           if
           false
           ,
           that
           she
           may
           not
           be
           always
           in
           fear
           of
           you
           .
        
         
         
           But
           perhaps
           we
           cannot
           expect
           so
           much
           favour
           at
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           should
           be
           the
           more
           careful
           for
           our selves
           .
           Let
           us
           do
           what
           we
           can
           do
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           ,
           without
           them
           .
           We
           need
           not
           fear
           them
           so
           much
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           for
           our
           Divisions
           .
           That
           is
           the
           thing
           which
           makes
           us
           most
           in
           danger
           of
           them
           .
           We
           divide
           ,
           and
           subdivide
           ;
           We
           take
           the
           way
           to
           make
           our selves
           weak
           ,
           and
           little
           ,
           and
           indefensible
           .
           We
           promote
           their
           design
           by
           it
           ,
           to
           swallow
           us
           up
           .
           We
           should
           not
           go
           down
           so
           easily
           whole
           ,
           as
           we
           may
           do
           in
           small
           pieces
           .
           We
           cannot
           but
           see
           this
           .
           Oh!
           that
           we
           had
           hearts
           to
           consider
           it
           !
           that
           we
           would
           do
           what
           we
           can
           to
           unite
           our selves
           !
           Surely
           we
           can
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           :
           we
           could
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           but
           a
           real
           mind
           to
           it
           .
           We
           will
           ,
           and
           must
           very
           speedily
           do
           it
           ;
           or
           else
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           not
           unite
           ,
           do
           what
           we
           will
           otherwise
           ,
           we
           shall
           let
           in
           Popery
           ,
           even
           by
           the
           ways
           that
           we
           take
           to
           keep
           out
           Popery
           .
        
         
           Well!
           nothing
           can
           be
           too
           bad
           for
           us
           to
           suffer
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           our
           sins
           :
           yet
           nothing
           can
           be
           too
           good
           to
           expect
           ,
           from
           that
           God
           ,
           who
           hath
           preserved
           us
           ,
           and
           will
           preserve
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           are
           not
           wanting
           to
           our selves
           .
           If
           we
           Reform
           our
           lives
           according
           to
           our
           Religion
           ;
           if
           we
           eschew
           evil
           and
           do
           good
           ,
           if
           we
           seek
           peace
           
           and
           ensue
           it
           ;
           then
           we
           shall
           see
           good
           days
           ,
           then
           God
           will
           delight
           to
           dwell
           among
           us
           ,
           he
           will
           build
           us
           like
           Ierusalem
           ,
           a
           City
           at
           unity
           within
           it self
           ,
           that
           shall
           stand
           fast
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           The
           Lord
           grant
           it
           for
           his
           Mercy
           sake
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A48851-e210
           
             *
             That
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             Booksellers
             style
             ,
             1677.
             
          
           
             *
             Aug.
             30.
             1675.
             
          
           
             †
             p.
             17.
             o●
             the
             
               Collection
               of
               Letter●
            
             set
             out
             by
             order
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             .
          
           
             *
             March
             1676.
             
             Ibid
             p.
             82.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A48851-e600
           
             *
             Bernard
             .
             super
             Cant.
             Serm.
             67.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Caesar.
               ab
               Heist
            
             .
             dist
             .
             3.
             c.
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             *
             Dr.
             Burnet's
             Hist.
             of
             Reform
             .
             Part.
             2.
             
          
           
             The
             Bill
             against
             Popery
             ,
             that
             has
             pass'd
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             .