A sermon preached before the Queen at White-Hall, January the 30th being the day of the martyrdom of King Charles the First by the Bishop of St. Asaph, Lord Almoner to Their Majesties.
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             A sermon preached before the Queen at White-Hall, January the 30th being the day of the martyrdom of King Charles the First by the Bishop of St. Asaph, Lord Almoner to Their Majesties.
             Lloyd, William, 1627-1717.
          
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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           QUEEN
           AT
           WHITE-HALL
           Ianuary
           the
           30th
           .
           Being
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Martyrdom
           of
           King
           CHARLES
           the
           First
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Bishop
           of
           St.
           Asaph
           ,
           Lord
           Almoner
           to
           Their
           MAJESTIES
           .
        
         
           
             Published
             by
             Her
             Majesties
             Command
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Iones
          
           at
           the
           White-Horse
           without
           Temple-Bar
           .
           MDCXCI
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           The
           BISHOP
           of
           St.
           
           Asaph's
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           QUEEN
           AT
           WHITE-HALL
           .
        
         
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           QUEEN
           AT
           WHITE-HALL
           .
        
         
           
             2
             Chron.
             xxxv
             .
             24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             And
             all
             Juda
             and
             Jerusalem
             mourned
             for
             Josiah
             :
             And
             Jeremiah
             lamented
             for
             Josiah
             ;
             and
             all
             the
             singing-men
             and
             the
             singing-women
             spake
             of
             Josiah
             in
             their
             lamentations
             to
             this
             day
             ;
             and
             they
             made
             them
             an
             Ordinance
             in
             Israel
             ;
             and
             behold
             ,
             they
             are
             written
             in
             the
             Lamentations
             .
          
        
         
           WE
           are
           here
           met
           this
           day
           to
           humble
           our selves
           before
           God
           ,
           for
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Sins
           that
           ever
           was
           committed
           by
           any
           People
           that
           profess'd
           the
           true
           Religion
           ;
           except
           only
           the
           
           Iews
           rejecting
           and
           crucifying
           their
           Messias
           ;
           and
           to
           bewail
           the
           greatest
           loss
           ,
           I
           think
           the
           greatest
           ,
           that
           ever
           befell
           any
           Nation
           ,
           in
           the
           death
           of
           any
           one
           Person
           ;
           both
           which
           Sin
           and
           which
           Calamity
           together
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           parallel'd
           in
           one
           Text
           ,
           but
           I
           know
           not
           where
           to
           find
           it
           in
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Example
           of
           our
           Saviour
           is
           too
           high
           to
           be
           brought
           into
           comparison
           with
           any
           other
           :
           And
           to
           go
           lower
           (
           as
           it
           becomes
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           speak
           of
           a
           mere
           Man
           ,
           a
           Temporal
           Prince
           ;
           )
           for
           so
           excellent
           Goodness
           in
           Man
           ,
           for
           such
           a
           Blessing
           in
           a
           temporal
           King
           ,
           to
           be
           so
           wretchedly
           lost
           ,
           so
           wickedly
           destroyed
           ,
           by
           them
           that
           were
           blessed
           with
           it
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           Example
           of
           the
           like
           to
           be
           met
           with
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           but
           not
           in
           any
           Story
           that
           I
           know
           ,
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           World
           to
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Age
           of
           Gospel-Story
           ,
           while
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           were
           here
           ,
           there
           was
           then
           no
           Christian
           King
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           had
           been
           ,
           we
           may
           guess
           what
           Affection
           ,
           what
           Obedience
           ,
           what
           Veneration
           would
           have
           been
           paid
           him
           by
           them
           that
           so
           abounded
           in
           their
           Precepts
           of
           those
           Duties
           ,
           to
           Heathen
           Princes
           ,
           to
           cruel
           Tyrants
           ,
           to
           monsters
           of
           Men
           ,
           such
           as
           Nero
           ,
           under
           whom
           two
           Apostles
           knowing
           they
           were
           to
           suffer
           Death
           ,
           yet
           commanded
           
             every
             Soul
          
           to
           be
           
             subject
             to
             the
             higher
             Powers
          
           ,
           the
           People
           
             to
             submit
             to
             them
             for
             the
             Lords
             sake
             ,
          
           and
           their
           Pastors
           
             to
             put
             them
             in
             mind
             to
             obey
             them
             .
          
        
         
         
           They
           which
           taught
           thus
           ,
           (
           and
           we
           are
           sure
           they
           liv'd
           as
           they
           taught
           ,
           )
           how
           glad
           would
           they
           have
           been
           to
           have
           had
           those
           Duties
           to
           pay
           to
           such
           a
           Prince
           as
           we
           have
           seen
           ,
           by
           some
           great
           Professors
           of
           Religion
           ,
           but
           quite
           contrary
           to
           their
           Patterns
           and
           Rules
           ,
           most
           contumeliously
           treated
           and
           abused
           ,
           most
           sacrilegiously
           and
           barbarously
           murther'd
           .
        
         
           Among
           the
           Iews
           ,
           who
           had
           many
           Kings
           of
           their
           own
           Religion
           ,
           some
           approv'd
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           others
           tax'd
           as
           they
           justly
           deserv'd
           ;
           it
           is
           observable
           that
           their
           Carriage
           towards
           them
           all
           (
           as
           well
           the
           evil
           as
           the
           good
           ,
           )
           was
           generally
           such
           as
           the
           Gospel
           requires
           of
           us
           Christians
           .
           If
           there
           were
           amongst
           them
           any
           Murtherers
           of
           Kings
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           is
           careful
           to
           let
           us
           know
           what
           they
           were
           ,
           wicked
           Men
           ,
           
             Sons
             of
             Belial
          
           ;
           and
           it
           shews
           us
           how
           they
           sped
           ,
           they
           were
           
             put
             to
             Death
          
           for
           it
           ,
           
             according
             to
             the
             Law
             of
          
           Moses
           ;
           it
           is
           most
           careful
           to
           separate
           them
           from
           the
           Generation
           of
           Gods
           People
           ,
           to
           shew
           their
           detestation
           of
           such
           Persons
           and
           Practices
           .
           By
           what
           we
           read
           ,
           we
           cannot
           but
           judge
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           trembled
           to
           think
           of
           that
           which
           they
           that
           call'd
           themselves
           Gods
           People
           had
           the
           impiety
           to
           do
           ;
           they
           had
           the
           prodigious
           wickedness
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           had
           the
           face
           to
           call
           themselves
           Gods
           People
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           't
           is
           in
           vain
           ,
           to
           look
           for
           any
           thing
           like
           this
           in
           Scripture
           .
        
         
         
           But
           to
           shew
           how
           the
           Iews
           demean'd
           themselves
           toward
           their
           Kings
           ,
           and
           first
           to
           evil
           Kings
           ,
           I
           ought
           to
           take
           my
           first
           measures
           from
           their
           Behaviour
           towards
           Saul
           ;
           and
           especially
           from
           the
           most
           memorable
           instance
           of
           David
           ,
           whom
           God
           himself
           having
           declar'd
           to
           be
           a
           Man
           after
           his
           own
           heart
           ,
           we
           have
           the
           divine
           Approbation
           of
           what
           he
           said
           and
           did
           in
           this
           matter
           .
        
         
           But
           of
           his
           excellent
           behaviour
           toward
           Saul
           ,
           besides
           many
           other
           remarkable
           instances
           ,
           we
           have
           one
           in
           the
           Lesson
           that
           was
           read
           to
           you
           this
           morning
           .
           There
           you
           heard
           ,
           how
           when
           one
           brought
           David
           the
           News
           of
           Sauls
           death
           ,
           by
           a
           sure
           token
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           kill'd
           him
           himself
           ,
           which
           one
           would
           have
           thought
           should
           have
           been
           welcome
           News
           to
           one
           that
           could
           never
           be
           safe
           while
           Saul
           liv'd
           ,
           and
           that
           now
           upon
           his
           death
           was
           sure
           to
           be
           his
           Successor
           ;
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           David
           had
           such
           a
           detestation
           of
           the
           Fact
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           impudence
           of
           him
           that
           boasted
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           first
           he
           caus'd
           him
           to
           be
           put
           to
           death
           ;
           he
           pronounc'd
           his
           Sentence
           in
           those
           memorable
           words
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           i.
           16.
           
           
             Thy
             Blood
             be
             upon
             thy
             head
             ,
             for
             thy
             mouth
             hath
             testifyed
             against
             thee
             ,
             saying
             ,
             I
             have
             slain
             the
             Lords
             Anointed
             :
          
           And
           having
           thus
           aveng'd
           his
           Death
           ,
           how
           he
           mourn'd
           for
           it
           afterwards
           ,
           we
           see
           in
           his
           mourning
           Song
           that
           he
           compos'd
           ,
           and
           which
           was
           read
           to
           you
           out
           of
           the
           same
           Chapter
           .
        
         
         
           But
           we
           are
           novv
           upon
           the
           Death
           of
           a
           good
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           the
           Peoples
           sense
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           their
           Behaviour
           upon
           it
           ,
           you
           cannot
           pitch
           upon
           an
           instance
           more
           likely
           ,
           than
           at
           the
           Death
           of
           Iosiah
           .
           A
           most
           remarkable
           instance
           in
           two
           respects
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           Considering
           their
           loss
           of
           so
           excellent
           a
           Person
           .
        
         
           And
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           many
           harsh
           Circumstances
           of
           his
           death
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Person
           ,
           a
           holy
           and
           good
           Man
           ,
           a
           just
           and
           a
           merciful
           Prince
           ,
           such
           a
           Prince
           as
           came
           not
           in
           many
           Ages
           ;
           in
           many
           hundreds
           of
           years
           .
        
         
           They
           had
           three
           Kings
           ,
           in
           whom
           they
           gloried
           
           above
           all
           other
           ;
           they
           were
           David
           and
           Hezekiah
           ,
           and
           Iosias
           .
           And
           yet
           David
           had
           faults
           ,
           which
           one
           would
           tremble
           to
           think
           of
           .
           Hezekiah
           was
           not
           free
           from
           Faults
           ,
           as
           appear'd
           when
           God
           left
           him
           ,
           2
           Chron.
           xxxii
           .
           31.
           
           The
           least
           Evil
           we
           read
           of
           any
           King
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           is
           of
           Iosiah
           .
           Some
           Indiscretion
           it
           was
           perhaps
           in
           him
           ,
           to
           engage
           in
           that
           War
           against
           
             Pharaoh
             Necho
          
           .
           I
           dare
           not
           say
           it
           was
           sin
           in
           him
           ,
           for
           Scripture
           hath
           not
           said
           it
           .
           But
           if
           that
           was
           not
           sin
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           we
           read
           of
           none
           that
           he
           had
           .
           And
           in
           this
           respect
           ,
           we
           may
           place
           him
           above
           David
           and
           Hezekiah
           ;
           so
           the
           Scripture
           does
           in
           general
           Words
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           
             like
             him
             there
             was
             
             
             no
             King
             before
             him
             ,
             that
             turned
             to
             the
             Lord
             with
             all
             his
             heart
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             his
             Soul
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             his
             Might
             ,
             according
             to
             all
             the
             Law
             of
          
           Moses
           ;
           
             neither
             after
             him
             arose
             there
             any
             like
             him
             .
          
        
         
           He
           was
           a
           singular
           Prince
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           singular
           mark
           of
           it
           in
           that
           Prophesie
           ,
           which
           named
           him
           300
           years
           before
           he
           was
           born
           :
           
             Behold
             a
             Child
             shall
          
           
           
             be
             born
             to
             the
             House
             of
          
           David
           ,
           Josiah
           
             by
             Name
          
           .
        
         
           No
           small
           things
           you
           may
           be
           sure
           he
           was
           to
           do
           ,
           that
           God
           thought
           worth
           speaking
           of
           ,
           and
           foretelling
           so
           many
           Ages
           before
           .
        
         
           When
           Iosias
           was
           born
           ,
           and
           came
           to
           be
           King
           ,
           he
           did
           all
           those
           things
           which
           were
           foretold
           of
           him
           in
           that
           Prophesie
           .
           He
           abolisht
           that
           Idolatry
           and
           Superstition
           ,
           that
           had
           grown
           up
           under
           his
           loose
           Predecessors
           .
           He
           restor'd
           and
           establish'd
           the
           true
           Religion
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           :
           Which
           Scriptures
           were
           lost
           ,
           (
           say
           the
           Iews
           )
           through
           disuse
           ,
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           Amon
           his
           Father
           ;
           and
           it
           appears
           in
           his
           Story
           ,
           how
           he
           brought
           them
           to
           light
           ,
           and
           restor'd
           them
           unto
           their
           Authority
           and
           Dignity
           .
           You
           read
           how
           Zealously
           and
           Industriously
           he
           provided
           for
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           :
           for
           the
           place
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           repairing
           and
           beautifying
           of
           the
           Temple
           ;
           for
           the
           Service
           by
           furnishing
           it
           with
           Vessels
           and
           Utensils
           ;
           for
           the
           Solemnity
           of
           it
           ,
           appointing
           Musick
           according
           to
           the
           
           Commandment
           of
           David
           ;
           for
           the
           Festivals
           of
           it
           ,
           he
           made
           all
           Israel
           and
           Iuda
           to
           be
           present
           at
           the
           Passover
           ;
           he
           brought
           all
           their
           Religions
           into
           one
           ,
           he
           had
           that
           Exercis'd
           in
           one
           manner
           ,
           and
           in
           one
           place
           ;
           
             he
             made
             all
             that
             were
             present
             in
             Israel
             to
             serve
             the
             Lord
             their
          
           God
           ,
           2
           Chron.
           xxxiv
           .
           last
           verse
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           the
           Scripture
           saith
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           approves
           in
           him
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           are
           sure
           he
           did
           well
           in
           it
           .
           And
           as
           well
           one
           would
           think
           he
           might
           have
           expected
           at
           Gods
           hands
           ,
           especially
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           those
           Scriptures
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Dispensation
           ;
           which
           stirred
           men
           up
           to
           Obedience
           ,
           with
           the
           Promise
           of
           Temporal
           Blessings
           ;
           and
           deterred
           them
           from
           sin
           ,
           with
           the
           threatning
           of
           temporal
           Punishments
           .
           Among
           those
           promised
           Blessings
           are
           Peace
           and
           long
           Life
           ;
           for
           which
           ,
           who
           ,
           in
           
           Iosias's
           Case
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           thought
           he
           might
           have
           taken
           God's
           word
           ?
           But
           with
           this
           excellent
           Prince
           it
           seem'd
           to
           fall
           out
           on
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           For
           great
           and
           just
           cause
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           shew
           you
           ,
           (
           but
           it
           may
           seem
           very
           strange
           the
           mean
           while
           )
           when
           he
           had
           done
           all
           that
           in
           him
           lay
           to
           advance
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           ;
           in
           an
           hour
           unlook'd
           for
           ,
           his
           Kingdom
           was
           at
           an
           end
           ,
           and
           his
           Life
           with
           it
           .
           Both
           these
           were
           cut
           off
           in
           the
           37th
           .
           year
           of
           his
           Age
           ,
           which
           is
           but
           half
           the
           Age
           of
           Man
           ,
           the
           Noon
           of
           it
           as
           't
           is
           term'd
           in
           that
           Prophesie
           ,
           Amos
           viii
           .
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           10.
           
        
         
         
           'T
           is
           a
           remarkable
           Prophesie
           ,
           I
           shall
           first
           read
           you
           the
           Words
           ,
           and
           then
           I
           shall
           shew
           you
           the
           Accomplishment
           .
           The
           words
           are
           ,
           
             Shall
             not
             the
             Land
          
           
           
             tremble
             for
             this
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             Mourn
             that
             dwelleth
             therein
             ?
             And
             it
             shall
             rise
             up
             wholly
             as
             a
             Flood
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             cast
             out
             and
             drowned
             as
             by
             the
             Flood
             of
             Egypt
             .
             And
             it
             shall
             come
             to
             pass
             in
             that
             day
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             that
             I
             will
             cause
             the
             Sun
             to
             go
             down
             at
             Noon
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             darken
             the
             Earth
             in
             the
             clear
             Day
             .
             And
             I
             will
             turn
             your
             Feasts
             into
             Mourning
             ,
             and
             all
             your
             Songs
             into
             Lamentations
             ;
             and
             I
             will
             bring
             up
             Sackcloth
             upon
             all
             Loyns
             ,
             and
             baldness
             upon
             every
             head
             :
             And
             I
             will
             make
             it
             as
             the
             mourning
             of
             an
             only
             Son
             ,
             and
             the
             end
             thereof
             as
             a
             bitter
             day
             .
          
        
         
           All
           this
           Rabbi
           
             Salomon
             Iarchi
          
           observes
           ,
           was
           fulfil'd
           upon
           the
           death
           of
           Iosiah
           .
           The
           King
           of
           Egyt
           there
           specified
           ,
           
             Pharaoh
             Necho
          
           (
           or
           the
           Lame
           )
           Wars
           with
           the
           King
           of
           Babylon
           ;
           and
           
           Iosiah's
           Country
           lying
           between
           them
           ,
           he
           marches
           through
           it
           with
           an
           Army
           ,
           without
           his
           leave
           ,
           nay
           against
           his
           Prohibition
           .
           Which
           injurious
           attempt
           against
           his
           honour
           and
           safety
           ,
           while
           Iosiah
           endeavoured
           to
           oppose
           ,
           he
           engag'd
           himself
           in
           a
           War
           ,
           which
           soon
           after
           cost
           him
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
           One
           Arrow
           puts
           an
           end
           to
           that
           Holy
           Life
           ,
           that
           good
           Reign
           ,
           that
           Righteous
           Government
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           thought
           he
           had
           secured
           a
           lasting
           peace
           
           to
           himself
           and
           his
           Kingdom
           .
           So
           good
           Iosiah
           is
           gone
           ;
           and
           Iudah
           and
           Ierusalem
           with
           him
           .
           Gone
           are
           all
           those
           Blessings
           they
           enjoy'd
           ,
           and
           hoped
           for
           ,
           by
           his
           means
           .
           There
           was
           nothing
           more
           to
           be
           lookt
           for
           ,
           but
           a
           bitter
           day
           ,
           a
           day
           of
           Captivity
           ;
           
             a
             bitter
             day
          
           according
           to
           
           Amos's
           Prophecy
           ;
           which
           they
           knew
           ,
           and
           which
           if
           you
           read
           over
           again
           ,
           you
           cannot
           wonder
           at
           that
           which
           follows
           in
           my
           Text
           ;
           All
           Iuda
           and
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           For
           the
           method
           of
           my
           Discourse
           upon
           this
           Text
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           I
           shall
           consider
           what
           the
           People
           of
           God
           did
           in
           that
           Age
           ,
           upon
           the
           Death
           of
           Iosiah
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           shall
           consider
           the
           Reasons
           of
           their
           doing
           it
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           I
           shall
           consider
           how
           it
           is
           applicable
           to
           our
           Occasion
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           What
           they
           did
           ,
           it
           appears
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           they
           lamented
           him
           at
           present
           ,
           they
           laid
           up
           their
           Lamentations
           for
           future
           times
           .
           They
           had
           a
           set
           Form
           drawn
           up
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           and
           they
           made
           a
           Law
           that
           that
           Form
           should
           be
           observed
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           was
           
             unto
             this
             day
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Text
           ,
           that
           is
           for
           above
           100
           years
           ;
           how
           much
           longer
           we
           know
           not
           ,
           but
           so
           long
           we
           are
           sure
           it
           continued
           ;
           For
           it
           continued
           from
           
           Iosiah's
           Death
           ,
           at
           least
           till
           the
           writing
           of
           this
           Story
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           written
           much
           above
           a
           hundred
           years
           after
           
           Iosiahs's
           Death
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           For
           the
           Reasons
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           they
           are
           easy
           to
           be
           collected
           out
           of
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           compared
           with
           other
           places
           of
           Scripture
           .
           It
           appears
           they
           had
           great
           cause
           to
           lament
           the
           death
           of
           Iosiah
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           not
           for
           any
           loss
           it
           was
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           great
           loss
           to
           Gods
           Church
           and
           People
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           And
           principally
           for
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           was
           for
           their
           Sins
           .
           And
           ,
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           For
           the
           punishment
           of
           their
           Sins
           :
           they
           were
           punish'd
           at
           present
           in
           the
           want
           of
           his
           good
           Example
           and
           Government
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           great
           cause
           they
           had
           to
           fear
           ,
           it
           might
           portend
           and
           bring
           on
           the
           ruine
           of
           their
           Nation
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Third
           part
           of
           my
           Discourse
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           )
           what
           we
           are
           to
           do
           in
           our
           Circumstances
           ;
           it
           will
           be
           very
           easy
           to
           judge
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           consider'd
           what
           they
           did
           in
           theirs
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           At
           present
           they
           lamented
           King
           Iosiah's
           Death
           ,
           as
           being
           no
           doubt
           ,
           a
           great
           Calamity
           to
           their
           Church
           and
           to
           their
           Nation
           .
           Saith
           my
           Text
           ,
           All
           Juda
           and
           Jerusalem
           
             mourned
             for
          
           Josias
           ;
           in
           the
           Arab.
           Translation
           ,
           
             they
             were
             cast
             down
             with
             vehement
             Grief
             for
          
           Josias
           ;
           in
           the
           Syriac
           Translation
           ,
           
             they
             laid
             up
             mourning
             and
             lamentation
             for
          
           Josiah
           ;
           it
           was
           a
           great
           ,
           a
           publick
           ,
           a
           lasting
           Calamity
           ;
           it
           deserv'd
           a
           great
           ,
           a
           publick
           ,
           a
           lasting
           lamentation
           .
        
         
         
           Especially
           my
           Text
           saith
           ,
           
             the
             Prophet
          
           Jeremiah
           
             lamented
             for
          
           Josiah
           ;
           the
           vulgar
           Translation
           adds
           
           Ieremia's
           
             Maxime
             ,
             Ieremiah
          
           above
           all
           others
           .
           No
           question
           but
           as
           he
           best
           knew
           the
           worth
           of
           Iosiah
           ,
           so
           he
           most
           grieved
           for
           the
           irreparable
           loss
           in
           his
           Death
           .
        
         
           But
           was
           that
           all
           ?
           I
           suppose
           not
           ;
           for
           Ieremiah
           was
           a
           Prophet
           ;
           he
           foresaw
           the
           sad
           consequence
           of
           this
           loss
           to
           his
           Nation
           :
           He
           felt
           how
           it
           Shook
           the
           Foundation
           of
           their
           Happiness
           :
           He
           was
           concern'd
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           but
           for
           after
           times
           ;
           as
           a
           wise
           and
           good
           Man
           ,
           he
           lamented
           with
           them
           of
           the
           present
           Age
           ;
           as
           being
           also
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           he
           lamented
           for
           them
           of
           future
           Ages
           .
           And
           to
           engage
           the
           whole
           Church
           to
           mourn
           and
           lament
           with
           him
           ,
           he
           provided
           a
           Form
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           present
           and
           for
           the
           future
           .
        
         
           Their
           publick
           Forms
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
           Solomon's
           Temple
           ,
           were
           no
           other
           (
           that
           I
           know
           )
           but
           Hymns
           suited
           to
           their
           occasions
           ;
           whether
           ordinary
           ,
           on
           their
           Sabbaths
           ,
           and
           New
           Moons
           ,
           and
           other
           Festivals
           ;
           or
           extraordinary
           ,
           on
           their
           Fasts
           ,
           and
           Days
           of
           Thanksgiving
           .
        
         
           For
           every
           Fast-day
           ,
           they
           had
           a
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           or
           Song
           of
           Lamentation
           .
           Iosiah
           deserv'd
           a
           yearly
           Fast
           up-upon
           the
           day
           of
           his
           Death
           .
           Ieremiah
           compos'd
           the
           Office
           for
           it
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           Song
           of
           Lamentation
           .
           
           
             A
             Song
             of
             Lamentation
          
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           plainly
           exprespress'd
           in
           the
           Original
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           sufficiently
           rendred
           in
           the
           Septuagint
           ,
           but
           imperfectly
           in
           our
           English
           Translation
           .
           He
           made
           on
           him
           a
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           as
           the
           Hebrews
           ,
           a
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           as
           the
           Greeks
           call
           it
           ,
           he
           made
           a
           mourning
           Song
           or
           Psalm
           of
           Lamentation
           .
        
         
           Which
           Song
           ,
           being
           (
           as
           I
           have
           said
           )
           the
           publick
           Office
           of
           the
           Church
           for
           that
           day
           ;
           he
           put
           it
           it
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           by
           whom
           that
           Service
           was
           to
           be
           perform'd
           .
           Now
           that
           was
           chiefly
           by
           
             singing
             Men
          
           and
           
             singing
             Women
          
           :
           Yet
           not
           so
           ,
           but
           that
           
             all
             the
             People
          
           join'd
           with
           them
           in
           singing
           the
           Publick
           Office
           ,
           or
           Psalm
           
             in
             their
             Lamentations
          
           .
           They
           do
           it
           still
           
             to
             this
             day
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Writer
           of
           this
           Book
           ,
           who
           is
           thought
           to
           have
           been
           Ezra
           the
           Scribe
           :
           Sure
           enough
           ,
           it
           was
           one
           that
           lived
           after
           the
           Babylonian
           Captivity
           ;
           for
           the
           last
           Chapter
           and
           Verse
           of
           this
           Book
           ,
           speak
           of
           their
           return
           from
           that
           Captivity
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           is
           the
           first
           Verse
           of
           the
           first
           Chapter
           of
           Ezra
           .
           From
           hence
           it
           certainly
           appears
           ,
           that
           till
           after
           the
           Captivity
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           for
           140
           years
           ,
           they
           still
           continued
           their
           Lamentation
           ,
           and
           still
           us'd
           this
           Form
           of
           Lamentation
           for
           the
           Death
           of
           Iosiah
           .
        
         
           And
           they
           did
           it
           not
           arbitrarily
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           Lavv
           vvhich
           oblig'd
           them
           to
           it
           .
           So
           my
           Text
           saith
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           that
           is
           ,
           they
           vvhich
           then
           governed
           made
           it
           a
           Lavv
           upon
           Israel
           ,
           that
           every
           
           year
           upon
           the
           day
           on
           vvhich
           Iosiah
           vvas
           slain
           ,
           these
           Offices
           should
           be
           used
           for
           the
           lamenting
           of
           Iosiah
           .
           Thus
           Pagnin
           and
           Malvenda
           interpret
           my
           Text.
           
        
         
           And
           that
           which
           follows
           ,
           
             behold
             they
             are
             written
             in
             the
             Lamentations
          
           ;
           they
           understand
           ,
           not
           of
           those
           Lamentations
           in
           the
           Bible
           ,
           but
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           the
           Iewish
           Lamentations
           ,
           that
           were
           used
           upon
           their
           solemn
           Fast-days
           .
           Those
           now
           extant
           in
           the
           Bible
           ,
           were
           particularly
           composed
           for
           the
           
             Babylonian
             Captivity
          
           .
           Which
           Captivity
           having
           occasioned
           so
           many
           Fast-days
           in
           the
           year
           ;
           one
           for
           the
           besieging
           of
           Ierusalem
           ,
           another
           for
           the
           taking
           of
           it
           ;
           another
           for
           the
           destrustion
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           another
           for
           the
           loss
           of
           the
           Remnant
           with
           Gedaliah
           ;
           these
           Lamentations
           in
           after-times
           swallowed
           up
           the
           remembranee
           of
           all
           other
           Lamentations
           ;
           and
           of
           this
           for
           Iosiah
           among
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           They
           remembred
           it
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           have
           said
           )
           until
           
           Ezra's
           time
           ;
           when
           tho'
           perhaps
           they
           observed
           not
           the
           day
           ,
           yet
           they
           continued
           the
           Office
           or
           Form
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           ?
           They
           sung
           not
           this
           by
           it self
           ,
           but
           (
           saith
           my
           Text
           )
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           they
           used
           this
           Among
           their
           other
           Lamentations
           .
           But
           since
           his
           time
           (
           as
           it
           may
           seem
           )
           for
           the
           shortning
           of
           the
           Office
           ,
           which
           was
           long
           upon
           those
           Fast-Days
           in
           remembrance
           of
           the
           Captivity
           ,
           
           they
           left
           out
           this
           particular
           Office
           for
           the
           loss
           of
           Iosiah
           ;
           and
           so
           probably
           by
           this
           means
           we
           came
           to
           lose
           the
           words
           of
           this
           Lamentation
           .
        
         
           But
           these
           four
           things
           I
           have
           sufficiently
           prov'd
           from
           my
           Text
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           a
           general
           Mourning
           for
           Josiah
           at
           his
           death
           ;
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           the
           Prophet
           Ieremy
           made
           a
           particular
           Office
           for
           it
           ;
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           this
           Office
           was
           used
           among
           others
           upon
           the
           Day
           of
           Lamentation
           ;
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           That
           this
           Use
           was
           established
           by
           a
           Law
           upon
           Israel
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           Law
           was
           observed
           till
           
           Ezra's
           time
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           for
           140
           Years
           ,
           even
           till
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Babylonian
           Captivity
           .
        
         
           Next
           ,
           I
           am
           to
           proceed
           to
           the
           Reason
           of
           this
           Institution
           .
        
         
           The
           Reason
           of
           it
           was
           ,
           not
           for
           his
           sake
           that
           was
           taken
           from
           them
           ,
           but
           for
           their
           sakes
           from
           whom
           he
           was
           taken
           .
        
         
           As
           (
           for
           him
           )
           there
           was
           no
           cause
           to
           lament
           .
           He
           died
           in
           Peace
           ;
           or
           else
           how
           could
           God's
           Promise
           to
           him
           be
           fulfilled
           ?
           2
           Chron.
           34.
           28.
           
           It
           was
           said
           to
           him
           from
           God
           by
           Hulda
           the
           
             Prophetess
             ,
             Behold
             ,
             I
             will
             gather
             thee
             to
             thy
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             thou
             shalt
             go
             to
             thy
             Grave
             in
             Peace
             .
          
        
         
           But
           yet
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           he
           died
           in
           War.
           What
           
           shall
           we
           say
           to
           this
           ?
           He
           that
           died
           in
           War
           ,
           did
           he
           go
           to
           his
           Grave
           in
           Peace
           ?
        
         
           Then
           surely
           Peace
           in
           Gods
           Language
           is
           something
           else
           than
           in
           ours
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           so
           ,
           it
           is
           Peace
           with
           God.
           Take
           it
           so
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           nothing
           strange
           in
           those
           Paradoxes
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           
             there
             is
             no
             peace
             to
             the
             wicked
             ,
          
           but
           
             abundance
             of
             peace
             is
             to
             the
             righteous
             .
          
           These
           and
           all
           the
           like
           Sayings
           are
           plain
           ,
           if
           you
           understand
           them
           aright
           ,
           of
           Peace
           with
           God.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           certainly
           true
           ,
           that
           whether
           Peace
           or
           no
           Peace
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           judg'd
           ,
           by
           having
           God
           to
           our
           Friend
           ,
           or
           to
           our
           Enemy
           .
           This
           is
           a
           sure
           way
           of
           judging
           ,
           as
           sure
           as
           it
           is
           that
           God
           is
           true
           ;
           only
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           does
           not
           appear
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           as
           it
           will
           in
           the
           future
           .
           The
           Righteous
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           though
           he
           is
           in
           Friendship
           with
           God
           ,
           which
           nothing
           can
           break
           but
           wilful
           or
           habitual
           Sin
           ;
           yet
           his
           Peace
           is
           disturbed
           often
           times
           ,
           even
           with
           Sins
           of
           Infirmity
           ,
           't
           is
           eclipst
           with
           troubles
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           it
           is
           clouded
           with
           melancholy
           Doubts
           ,
           which
           even
           good
           Men
           are
           subject
           to
           .
           It
           is
           never
           perfect
           and
           clear
           while
           we
           live
           in
           Houses
           of
           Clay
           ;
           but
           when
           these
           are
           dissolv'd
           ,
           then
           the
           Righteous
           
             enters
             into
             peace
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           into
           the
           perfection
           of
           it
           ;
           into
           that
           cleer
           Light
           ,
           the
           calm
           Sun-shine
           of
           Gods
           presence
           for
           ever
           more
           .
           Now
           this
           blessed
           estate
           ,
           being
           that
           
           which
           Iosiah
           gain'd
           by
           his
           Death
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           promise
           of
           God
           ;
           a
           blessedness
           which
           none
           can
           obtain
           but
           by
           Death
           ;
           and
           which
           he
           could
           not
           have
           had
           so
           soon
           by
           dying
           otherwise
           :
           What
           reason
           had
           they
           to
           lament
           for
           Iosiah
           ,
           that
           was
           such
           a
           Gainer
           by
           his
           Death
           ?
           There
           was
           no
           cause
           of
           lamentation
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           They
           only
           had
           cause
           to
           lament
           for
           his
           Death
           that
           lost
           by
           it
           :
           And
           that
           did
           all
           Iuda
           and
           Ierusalem
           .
           They
           lost
           all
           they
           had
           to
           trust
           to
           ,
           they
           lost
           the
           Lease
           of
           their
           safety
           and
           well-being
           ;
           for
           they
           held
           it
           only
           by
           his
           Life
           ,
           the
           holy
           and
           good
           Life
           of
           Iosiah
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           decreed
           against
           them
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           after
           a
           long
           Tryal
           ,
           for
           their
           National
           Sins
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           carried
           away
           into
           Captivity
           .
           There
           was
           no
           Remedy
           ,
           for
           the
           Lord
           had
           sworn
           it
           ,
           Amos
           8.
           7.
           
           
             I
             will
             remove
          
           Juda
           
             out
             of
             my
             sight
             ,
             I
          
           
           
             will
             cast
             off
          
           Jerusalem
           ,
           
             which
             I
             have
             chosen
             ,
             and
             the
             house
             of
             which
             I
             said
             my
             Name
             shall
             be
             there
             .
          
        
         
           It
           was
           thus
           decreed
           ;
           but
           when
           was
           it
           to
           be
           executed
           ?
           Not
           in
           good
           
           Iosiah's
           days
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           against
           Gods
           Rule
           to
           punish
           the
           good
           Child
           for
           the
           wicked
           Father's
           sake
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           God
           had
           promis'd
           him
           in
           the
           fore-mentioned
           place
           ,
           that
           his
           Eye
           
           should
           not
           see
           all
           the
           evil
           that
           he
           would
           bring
           upon
           that
           place
           .
        
         
         
           What
           then
           ?
           Should
           God
           for
           
           Iosiah's
           sake
           wholly
           reverse
           that
           Judgment
           which
           he
           had
           sworn
           to
           execute
           upon
           Israel
           ?
           He
           could
           not
           reverse
           it
           ,
           because
           his
           Oath
           was
           immutable
           .
           And
           yet
           ,
           for
           his
           promise
           sake
           ,
           God
           could
           not
           execute
           it
           in
           his
           days
           .
           Tho'
           in
           his
           days
           the
           People
           deserv'd
           it
           ;
           for
           they
           were
           then
           a
           wicked
           People
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           good
           they
           derived
           from
           his
           Influence
           ;
           they
           serv'd
           God
           ,
           because
           
             he
             made
             them
          
           do
           it
           ,
           2
           Chron.
           34.
           33.
           they
           
             turn'd
             to
             God
             ,
             not
             with
             all
             their
             heart
             ,
             but
             feignedly
             ,
          
           Jer.
           3.
           10.
           even
           in
           those
           days
           ,
           in
           the
           days
           of
           King
           Iosiah
           ,
           as
           you
           read
           in
           the
           6th
           .
           Verse
           of
           that
           Chapter
           :
           Yet
           that
           hypocritical
           People
           ,
           was
           protected
           by
           this
           Religious
           Prince
           ;
           God's
           Judgment
           could
           not
           come
           at
           them
           ,
           till
           he
           was
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           way
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           he
           was
           removed
           ,
           they
           lay
           bare
           to
           the
           Vengeance
           of
           God.
           Then
           he
           would
           have
           a
           full
           blow
           at
           them
           ,
           then
           wrath
           was
           to
           be
           poured
           out
           upon
           them
           to
           the
           uttermost
           .
           Then
           God's
           Judgments
           were
           to
           rush
           in
           upon
           them
           ,
           like
           the
           breaking
           in
           of
           the
           Sea.
           Then
           they
           were
           to
           suffer
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           to
           hear
           of
           ,
           were
           enough
           to
           make
           ones
           Ears
           tingle
           .
           2
           Kings
           xxi
           .
           12.
           
           Ier.
           xix
           .
           3.
           
        
         
           And
           if
           they
           understood
           this
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           certain
           they
           might
           ,
           and
           Jeremy
           did
           understand
           it
           ;
           we
           
           cannot
           wonder
           that
           all
           Juda
           and
           Jerusalem
           mourned
           for
           Josiah
           ,
           and
           Jeremy
           especially
           :
           Since
           they
           saw
           ,
           and
           he
           saw
           it
           especially
           ,
           their
           Walls
           and
           Bulwarks
           were
           broken
           down
           by
           that
           good
           King
           
           Josia's
           death
           .
           They
           had
           lost
           that
           good
           Prince
           of
           whom
           they
           were
           not
           worthy
           ,
           and
           were
           now
           to
           expect
           those
           things
           of
           which
           they
           were
           most
           worthy
           .
           They
           had
           great
           cause
           therefore
           to
           lament
           themselves
           before
           God.
           
        
         
           They
           could
           not
           but
           do
           it
           voluntarily
           ,
           that
           were
           sensible
           of
           their
           Condition
           .
           And
           they
           did
           well
           to
           make
           a
           Law
           for
           it
           ,
           to
           oblige
           them
           that
           were
           not
           sensible
           .
        
         
           But
           beside
           this
           Cause
           ,
           which
           was
           peculiar
           to
           them
           ;
           there
           was
           another
           in
           Common
           to
           them
           and
           us
           ,
           and
           all
           Nations
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           considering
           their
           own
           Sin
           ,
           and
           God's
           punishment
           of
           it
           .
           For
           the
           death
           of
           a
           good
           King
           is
           a
           great
           publick
           Calamity
           .
           And
           such
           Calamities
           are
           always
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           I
           begin
           first
           with
           the
           Punishment
           ,
           for
           of
           that
           we
           are
           most
           apt
           to
           be
           sensible
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           many
           are
           not
           sensible
           of
           that
           ;
           not
           of
           a
           publick
           punishment
           ,
           till
           it
           comes
           home
           to
           themselves
           ,
           till
           it
           touches
           their
           own
           Persons
           and
           Families
           ;
           't
           is
           pity
           that
           such
           should
           ever
           want
           such
           punishment
           ;
        
         
         
           But
           for
           such
           as
           have
           a
           sense
           of
           Publick
           Affairs
           ,
           they
           cannot
           but
           be
           deeply
           sensible
           of
           this
           ;
           that
           ,
           the
           loss
           of
           a
           good
           King
           is
           a
           great
           Calamity
           to
           a
           Nation
           .
        
         
           The
           death
           of
           any
           King
           is
           a
           loss
           ,
           unless
           God
           change
           him
           for
           a
           better
           .
           But
           he
           must
           be
           extream
           bad
           that
           is
           not
           better
           then
           none
           at
           all
           .
           It
           was
           never
           worse
           with
           Israel
           then
           when
           there
           was
           
             no
             King
          
           amongst
           them
           ;
           for
           then
           ,
           
             every
             one
             did
             what
             was
             good
             in
             his
             own
             Eyes
             .
          
           In
           the
           4
           last
           Chapters
           of
           the
           Book
           of
           Judges
           ,
           God
           says
           this
           four
           times
           over
           ,
           as
           fit
           for
           more
           than
           common
           Observation
           .
        
         
           But
           specially
           there
           is
           a
           great
           loss
           of
           a
           good
           King
           ,
           a
           good
           Example
           ,
           a
           good
           Governour
           ,
           one
           that
           makes
           it
           his
           business
           to
           do
           all
           that
           can
           be
           done
           for
           the
           protecting
           and
           uniting
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           for
           the
           preserving
           and
           advancing
           of
           Truth
           and
           Peace
           ,
           of
           Religion
           and
           Righteousness
           among
           them
           .
           Such
           a
           nursing
           Father
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           such
           a
           Wise
           Manager
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           such
           a
           Fortress
           and
           Bulwark
           to
           his
           Nation
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           taken
           away
           from
           them
           ;
           what
           can
           they
           think
           of
           it
           ?
        
         
           If
           they
           are
           not
           lost
           to
           all
           Sense
           ,
           they
           cannot
           but
           be
           sensible
           of
           this
           .
           A
           good
           King
           being
           so
           great
           a
           Blessing
           to
           a
           Nation
           ,
           vve
           have
           cause
           to
           impute
           the
           loss
           of
           him
           to
           our
           Sins
           .
           We
           are
           taught
           so
           in
           sundry
           places
           of
           Scripture
           .
           And
           therefore
           vve
           are
           
           taught
           to
           lament
           for
           those
           Sins
           ;
           both
           National
           and
           Personal
           ;
           for
           our
           ovvn
           sins
           and
           the
           sins
           of
           our
           Nation
           .
        
         
           For
           our
           own
           sins
           in
           the
           first
           place
           .
           It
           should
           be
           every
           ones
           care
           ,
           when
           we
           bewail
           the
           Publick
           Calamities
           ,
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           such
           are
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           But
           the
           Nation
           is
           made
           up
           of
           Individual
           Persons
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           one
           of
           those
           Individuals
           ,
           therefore
           I
           am
           to
           search
           into
           my
           own
           sins
           ,
           (
           I
           speak
           now
           as
           being
           one
           that
           lived
           and
           sinned
           in
           those
           times
           ;
           )
           to
           lay
           my
           hand
           upon
           my
           breast
           ,
           to
           examin
           my
           own
           heart
           ,
           and
           seriously
           to
           consider
           ,
           how
           far
           I
           contributed
           to
           that
           publick
           Guilt
           which
           brought
           down
           this
           publick
           Judgment
           upon
           us
           .
           And
           as
           far
           as
           I
           find
           I
           contributed
           to
           it
           ,
           to
           confess
           and
           bevvail
           my
           ovvn
           sins
           before
           God
           ;
           to
           ask
           pardon
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           may
           be
           capable
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           mourn
           deeply
           and
           heartily
           ;
           and
           to
           shew
           the
           proof
           of
           it
           in
           my
           real
           amendment
           ;
           that
           as
           I
           have
           throvvn
           in
           my
           Talent
           ,
           into
           the
           National
           sin
           ,
           so
           I
           may
           do
           my
           part
           in
           promoting
           the
           National
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           If
           I
           have
           no
           sin
           of
           my
           own
           to
           mourn
           for
           ,
           (
           vvhich
           in
           strict
           speaking
           is
           impossible
           ,
           )
           but
           if
           I
           have
           no
           presumptuous
           and
           clamorous
           sin
           to
           answer
           for
           ;
           or
           if
           my
           sins
           are
           of
           a
           latter
           date
           (
           which
           is
           the
           case
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           you
           that
           hear
           me
           ;
           )
           yet
           for
           such
           ,
           they
           are
           all
           to
           consider
           themselves
           as
           
           Members
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           mourn
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           for
           those
           Epidemical
           sins
           ,
           that
           brought
           down
           such
           a
           publick
           Judgment
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
           For
           so
           doing
           ,
           we
           have
           the
           Examples
           of
           Ez.
           9.
           3.
           of
           Neh.
           9.
           16.
           of
           Daniel
           10.
           1.
           
           How
           did
           those
           Holy
           Men
           Mourn
           ,
           and
           humble
           themselves
           before
           God
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           Ages
           past
           ,
           that
           brought
           upon
           them
           the
           Babylonian
           Captivity
           ?
           And
           yet
           that
           Captivity
           also
           was
           past
           when
           they
           poured
           out
           their
           Souls
           before
           God
           ,
           in
           tears
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           their
           Fathers
           .
           How
           much
           more
           have
           Holy
           Men
           lamented
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           their
           own
           Age
           ?
           The
           Prophet
           David
           on
           this
           account
           poured
           out
           
             Rivers
             of
             Tears
             ,
             Psal.
          
           119.
           136.
           
           The
           Prophet
           Ieremy
           9.
           1.
           
           Wish'd
           that
           his
           head
           were
           Water
           ,
           and
           his
           Eyes
           a
           
             Fountain
             of
             Tears
          
           ,
           to
           bewail
           the
           sins
           of
           his
           Nation
           .
           But
           especially
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           himself
           ,
           tho'
           he
           had
           no
           sin
           ,
           yet
           he
           had
           Tears
           for
           them
           that
           had
           ,
           Luke
           19.
           42.
           
           He
           beheld
           Ierusalem
           and
           wept
           over
           it
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Oh
             that
             thou
             hadst
             known
             ,
             even
             in
             this
             thy
             day
             ,
             the
             things
             that
             belong
             to
             thy
             peace
             !
             but
             now
             they
             are
             hid
             from
             thine
             Eyes
             .
          
        
         
           Tears
           are
           of
           no
           use
           ,
           without
           hearty
           endeavours
           ,
           where
           endeavours
           may
           be
           used
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           hope
           they
           may
           do
           good
           .
           And
           therefore
           these
           also
           were
           applied
           ,
           by
           those
           Holy
           Men
           whom
           I
           have
           mentioned
           .
           And
           these
           also
           are
           required
           of
           
           us
           ,
           even
           our
           utmost
           Endeavours
           ,
           every
           one
           within
           the
           Sphere
           of
           his
           Calling
           ,
           to
           bring
           others
           to
           a
           sight
           and
           sense
           of
           their
           Sins
           ;
           and
           to
           persuade
           them
           to
           join
           with
           us
           ,
           every
           one
           ,
           by
           his
           particular
           ,
           to
           help
           on
           the
           publick
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           end
           of
           all
           Judgments
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           to
           final
           Destruction
           ,
           Isaia
           27.
           9.
           
           
             This
             is
             the
             fruit
             of
             them
             to
             take
             away
             our
             sin
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           the
           end
           of
           our
           Sorrow
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           7.
           10.
           
           
             Godly
             Sorrow
             works
             Repentance
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             repented
             of
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           the
           end
           of
           our
           Fast
           days
           ,
           as
           God
           teaches
           us
           :
           Ioel
           2.
           12.
           
           
             Turn
             you
             to
             me
             with
             all
             your
             hearts
             ,
             with
             fasting
             ,
             and
             with
             weeping
             ,
             and
             with
             mourning
             ;
             and
             rent
             your
             hearts
             ,
             and
             not
             your
             Garments
             ,
             and
             turn
             you
             to
             the
             Lord
             your
             God.
          
           So
           Hosea
           xiv
           .
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           
             O
             Israel
             ,
             turn
             unto
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             ,
             for
             thou
             hast
             fallen
             by
             thy
             iniquity
             ;
             take
             with
             thee
             words
             ,
             and
             turn
             to
             the
             Lord
             ;
             say
             unto
             him
             ,
             take
             away
             all
             our
             Iniquity
             ,
             and
             receive
             us
             graciously
             ;
             so
             will
             we
             render
             thee
             the
             Calves
             of
             our
             Lips.
             
          
        
         
           This
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           the
           Fruit
           of
           their
           Lamentation
           for
           Iosia
           ;
           but
           for
           want
           of
           this
           ,
           it
           did
           them
           no
           good
           ;
           their
           Iniquity
           was
           their
           ruine
           .
        
         
         
           That
           ours
           may
           not
           be
           so
           to
           us
           ,
           God
           grant
           we
           may
           mend
           that
           fault
           in
           our
           Lamentation
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           our
           business
           on
           this
           day
           to
           lament
           our
           Iosiah
           ,
           above
           40
           years
           after
           ;
           as
           the
           Iewish
           Church
           did
           theirs
           ,
           140
           years
           after
           his
           Death
           .
           I
           shall
           first
           consider
           the
           Cause
           of
           our
           Lamentation
           ,
           and
           then
           our
           Duty
           in
           consequence
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           On
           both
           these
           Heads
           ,
           I
           have
           much
           more
           to
           say
           then
           I
           can
           bring
           within
           my
           time
           .
           But
           if
           I
           do
           exceed
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           bear
           with
           me
           ;
           for
           I
           suppose
           I
           hinder
           nothing
           but
           what
           may
           well
           be
           spared
           on
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           Our
           business
           on
           this
           day
           ,
           is
           to
           lament
           for
           the
           Death
           of
           our
           Iosiah
           ;
           that
           most
           excellent
           Prince
           ,
           on
           whose
           Name
           his
           greatest
           Adversaries
           have
           fastned
           no
           more
           ,
           nor
           indeed
           no
           other
           blame
           ,
           then
           God
           hath
           left
           upon
           the
           Memory
           of
           Iosiah
           .
        
         
           But
           whatsoever
           good
           we
           read
           of
           in
           Iosiah
           ,
           it
           is
           known
           ,
           to
           all
           that
           knew
           him
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           eminently
           in
           that
           Prince
           ,
           whom
           we
           lament
           on
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           They
           were
           both
           alike
           ,
           born
           and
           bred
           up
           in
           the
           true
           Religion
           .
           But
           herein
           the
           advantage
           was
           on
           our
           
           Iosia's
           side
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           he
           true
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           which
           as
           far
           excels
           the
           Iewish
           ,
           
           as
           the
           clear
           Sun-shine
           doth
           the
           light
           of
           a
           dark
           misty
           day
           .
           And
           as
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           believe
           that
           Josiah
           had
           studied
           his
           Religion
           ,
           for
           he
           as
           well
           taught
           as
           commanded
           both
           his
           Priests
           and
           People
           their
           Duties
           ;
           so
           had
           our
           Josia
           .
           He
           understood
           his
           Religion
           throughly
           .
           It
           was
           his
           judgment
           that
           indear'd
           it
           to
           his
           Affection
           .
           And
           with
           both
           these
           together
           ,
           like
           a
           true
           
             Defender
             of
             the
             Faith
          
           ,
           he
           maintain'd
           it
           all
           ways
           against
           all
           sorts
           of
           Adversaries
           .
        
         
           Especially
           ,
           he
           was
           a
           most
           zealous
           observer
           and
           assertor
           of
           God's
           Worship
           ,
           as
           was
           Josia
           .
           He
           was
           an
           heroick
           Pattern
           of
           all
           Virtues
           ,
           as
           was
           Josia
           .
           He
           was
           like
           Iosias
           in
           all
           the
           Divine
           Perfections
           of
           his
           Life
           ;
           and
           for
           our
           Sins
           he
           was
           too
           like
           him
           in
           suffering
           an
           untimely
           and
           violent
           Death
           .
        
         
           So
           the
           Parallel
           runs
           quite
           through
           between
           the
           two
           Persons
           ;
           and
           it
           doth
           not
           fall
           short
           in
           any
           part
           of
           that
           Duty
           that
           was
           paid
           to
           their
           Memories
           .
           All
           that
           my
           Text
           saith
           ,
           was
           done
           upon
           the
           Death
           of
           Iosia
           ,
           we
           have
           seen
           ,
           and
           yet
           see
           ,
           the
           same
           done
           to
           the
           Memory
           of
           our
           King.
           All
           true
           Servants
           of
           God
           in
           our
           Church
           ,
           do
           and
           will
           for
           ever
           bewail
           and
           lament
           for
           him
           .
           We
           have
           a
           Set
           Form
           prescrib'd
           for
           it
           ,
           which
           was
           read
           to
           us
           upon
           this
           day
           .
           And
           it
           is
           to
           be
           read
           yearly
           
           upon
           this
           day
           ,
           for
           (
           as
           my
           Text
           saith
           ,
           )
           it
           is
           
             made
             an
             Ordinance
             throughout
          
           Israel
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           Lamentation
           of
           the
           Iews
           for
           Iosia
           ,
           there
           was
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           shewn
           ,
           a
           just
           Reflection
           made
           ,
           by
           Ieremiah
           especially
           ,
           upon
           those
           Sins
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           for
           which
           God
           depriv'd
           them
           of
           that
           Blessing
           that
           they
           enioy'd
           in
           such
           an
           excellent
           Prince
           .
           The
           like
           was
           made
           afterwards
           by
           Daniel
           ,
           and
           by
           Ezra
           ,
           and
           by
           Nehemia
           ,
           upon
           those
           Sins
           of
           their
           People
           in
           those
           Times
           ,
           which
           provoked
           God
           afresh
           to
           send
           down
           his
           Judgments
           upon
           them
           to
           their
           utter
           destruction
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           that
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           fear
           ;
           and
           their
           way
           to
           prevent
           it
           must
           be
           ours
           .
           Our
           Reflections
           upon
           the
           Sins
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           as
           well
           before
           the
           Kings
           Death
           ,
           as
           since
           ,
           even
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           our
           Amendment
           ,
           these
           are
           the
           most
           useful
           and
           necessary
           Ingredients
           of
           our
           Lamentation
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           will
           be
           more
           requir'd
           of
           Us
           ,
           then
           it
           was
           of
           the
           Iews
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           that
           much
           greater
           Light
           which
           God
           hath
           given
           Us.
           We
           shall
           find
           in
           our
           Account
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           the
           Disciples
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           the
           upper
           Form
           of
           his
           School
           ,
           whatsoever
           we
           think
           of
           it
           .
           We
           have
           his
           Religion
           in
           as
           great
           perfection
           ,
           as
           ever
           it
           was
           in
           any
           Nation
           .
        
         
         
           This
           advantage
           we
           have
           had
           by
           our
           Reformation
           from
           Popery
           .
           Ever
           since
           ,
           God
           hath
           given
           us
           the
           free
           use
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           and
           together
           with
           it
           ,
           those
           helps
           of
           Learning
           that
           never
           were
           before
           in
           any
           Age
           ;
           which
           singular
           Blessings
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           set
           forth
           to
           you
           as
           they
           deserve
           ,
           would
           be
           the
           business
           of
           a
           Book
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           the
           end
           of
           a
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           Now
           what
           returns
           to
           God
           have
           we
           made
           for
           all
           this
           ?
           I
           must
           needs
           say
           ,
           for
           an
           Age
           after
           the
           Reformation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           there
           seem'd
           to
           be
           a
           great
           Reformation
           of
           Mens
           Lives
           .
           There
           was
           then
           a
           zeal
           for
           Religion
           kindled
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           by
           seeing
           so
           many
           holy
           Men
           burn
           for
           it
           in
           Queen
           
           Mary's
           days
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           that
           heat
           was
           over
           ,
           (
           their
           first
           love
           I
           may
           call
           it
           ,
           )
           as
           they
           cool'd
           to
           Religion
           ,
           so
           they
           went
           off
           by
           degrees
           ,
           from
           their
           Primitive
           Purity
           and
           Holiness
           .
           It
           was
           but
           too
           visible
           in
           this
           blessed
           Monarch's
           Reign
           ,
           that
           they
           that
           had
           the
           Conduct
           then
           of
           Religion
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           same
           zeal
           for
           it
           that
           they
           had
           ,
           whom
           God
           made
           the
           Instruments
           of
           our
           Reformation
           .
           They
           were
           indeed
           more
           concern'd
           than
           they
           for
           external
           things
           ,
           but
           not
           so
           much
           for
           that
           which
           is
           the
           Soul
           and
           Life
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
         
           This
           gave
           occasion
           to
           others
           to
           fly
           out
           another
           way
           .
           They
           call'd
           every
           thing
           of
           external
           Worship
           ,
           Popery
           .
           They
           were
           against
           all
           Imposition
           ,
           even
           in
           lawful
           things
           .
           They
           made
           such
           a
           noise
           against
           it
           ,
           as
           turn'd
           Mens
           heads
           .
           They
           so
           scar'd
           them
           with
           little
           things
           ,
           made
           great
           by
           false
           Lights
           ,
           that
           they
           run
           into
           the
           greatest
           Evils
           to
           avoid
           them
           .
           Into
           a
           War
           ,
           the
           worst
           sort
           of
           it
           ,
           a
           Civil
           War
           ;
           a
           bloody
           Rebellion
           ,
           that
           drew
           a
           long
           Train
           of
           Calamities
           after
           it
           .
           It
           came
           to
           this
           at
           last
           :
           We
           lost
           the
           best
           King
           that
           God
           ever
           gave
           to
           this
           Nation
           .
           How
           we
           lost
           him
           ,
           I
           tremble
           to
           say
           ;
           and
           yet
           we
           all
           know
           ;
           it
           is
           the
           saddest
           part
           of
           our
           Lamentation
           on
           this
           day
           .
           It
           soon
           appeared
           what
           a
           blow
           this
           gave
           to
           Religion
           ,
           by
           the
           general
           dissolution
           of
           Order
           and
           of
           Discipline
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           And
           to
           the
           Nation
           likewise
           ,
           by
           the
           Confusions
           that
           followed
           ;
           which
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           run
           a
           little
           further
           ,
           we
           should
           soon
           have
           ceas'd
           to
           be
           a
           Nation
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           miserable
           condition
           ,
           when
           we
           lay
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           gasping
           for
           Life
           ,
           it
           pleased
           God
           out
           of
           the
           Cloud
           to
           look
           upon
           us
           .
           He
           gave
           us
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           a
           New
           Life
           ,
           a
           Resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           .
           He
           restor'd
           us
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           visible
           that
           none
           but
           he
           could
           do
           it
           .
           It
           was
           such
           a
           mercy
           to
           this
           Nation
           ,
           
           such
           a
           heap
           of
           Mercies
           together
           ,
           that
           all
           Nations
           stood
           amaz'd
           at
           it
           .
        
         
           We
           cannot
           but
           be
           astonish'd
           our selves
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           what
           opportunities
           ▪
           God
           put
           then
           into
           their
           hands
           .
           They
           that
           were
           at
           the
           Helm
           ,
           needed
           but
           ask
           and
           have
           ,
           whatsoever
           they
           thought
           fit
           ,
           to
           settle
           both
           Church
           and
           State.
           To
           have
           secured
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Unity
           ,
           and
           Love
           ,
           and
           Holiness
           ;
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           all
           that
           pleases
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           makes
           a
           People
           happy
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           cause
           for
           ever
           to
           lament
           the
           loss
           of
           these
           Opportunities
           .
           But
           how
           much
           more
           the
           wretched
           purposes
           to
           which
           they
           were
           misapplyed
           ?
           For
           the
           gratifying
           of
           Mens
           Lusts
           ,
           for
           the
           wrecking
           of
           their
           Revenge
           ,
           for
           the
           enriching
           of
           themselves
           and
           their
           Friends
           .
        
         
           For
           them
           that
           had
           no
           such
           designs
           ,
           they
           seem'd
           to
           live
           like
           Men
           without
           any
           .
           Instead
           of
           glorifying
           God
           ,
           they
           fell
           to
           drinking
           of
           Healths
           .
           Instead
           of
           being
           stricter
           in
           Religion
           ,
           they
           grew
           looser
           in
           their
           Lives
           .
           Instead
           of
           frequenting
           God's
           Worship
           ,
           they
           fill'd
           the
           Play-houses
           ,
           and
           worse
           places
           .
           Instead
           of
           adorning
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           they
           expos'd
           it
           to
           the
           scorn
           of
           our
           Adversaries
           :
           Instead
           of
           composing
           Differences
           among
           our selves
           ,
           they
           were
           rather
           for
           widening
           them
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           bad
           enough
           otherwise
           ,
           but
           much
           the
           worse
           through
           their
           fault
           that
           should
           have
           mended
           
           these
           things
           .
           Instead
           of
           Reforming
           ,
           they
           us'd
           ways
           to
           debauch
           us
           more
           ;
           and
           instead
           of
           Uniting
           ,
           they
           us'd
           ways
           to
           inflame
           our
           Divisions
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           Riddle
           ,
           that
           any
           Government
           should
           suffer
           such
           things
           ;
           till
           at
           last
           it
           appear'd
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           only
           suffer'd
           but
           design'd
           .
           The
           design
           of
           it
           was
           plainly
           this
           ,
           to
           bring
           in
           Popery
           again
           .
           And
           that
           had
           certainly
           return'd
           ;
           It
           had
           prevail'd
           over
           us
           e're
           this
           time
           ;
           if
           God
           had
           not
           wonderfully
           deliver'd
           us
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           pleas'd
           God
           to
           give
           us
           a
           second
           Resurrection
           ,
           more
           wonderful
           then
           the
           former
           .
           The
           marks
           of
           Gods
           Hand
           were
           so
           visible
           in
           it
           ,
           at
           first
           ,
           and
           are
           so
           daily
           more
           and
           more
           ;
           that
           he
           is
           blind
           that
           doth
           not
           see
           them
           .
           There
           is
           enough
           ,
           one
           would
           think
           ,
           to
           convince
           even
           the
           Atheist
           to
           the
           belief
           of
           a
           Providence
           .
           But
           whosoever
           doth
           believe
           it
           ,
           should
           consider
           the
           work
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           whosoever
           considers
           ,
           cannot
           but
           see
           what
           it
           drives
           at
           :
           and
           he
           that
           sees
           that
           ,
           how
           can
           he
           but
           comply
           with
           his
           Design
           ?
           It
           is
           plainly
           the
           design
           of
           God
           by
           this
           turn
           ,
           to
           establish
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           .
           And
           in
           order
           to
           that
           ,
           to
           unite
           us
           among
           our selves
           :
           all
           that
           can
           unite
           in
           Worship
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           in
           their
           Interests
           and
           Affections
           .
           And
           especially
           ,
           to
           unite
           us
           in
           that
           common
           design
           ,
           of
           driving
           out
           all
           immorality
           and
           prophaneness
           out
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           .
           It
           is
           not
           
           sense
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           plain
           contradiction
           ,
           to
           call
           that
           a
           Reform'd
           Religion
           ,
           which
           hath
           not
           the
           power
           of
           reforming
           Men's
           Lives
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           purifying
           and
           Reforming
           of
           these
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           chief
           business
           of
           Religion
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           chief
           design
           of
           God's
           Providence
           ,
           in
           this
           Revolution
           .
           That
           this
           is
           Gods
           design
           ,
           he
           hath
           shewn
           us
           particularly
           ,
           by
           giving
           us
           such
           Princes
           ,
           as
           enjoin
           us
           nothing
           but
           what
           they
           are
           Patterns
           of
           themselves
           .
           I
           know
           not
           what
           can
           be
           a
           clearer
           token
           of
           the
           design
           of
           Gods
           Providence
           than
           this
           .
        
         
           But
           hath
           this
           good
           Providence
           of
           God
           the
           effect
           that
           he
           designs
           ,
           and
           may
           justly
           expect
           at
           our
           hands
           ?
           We
           are
           so
           far
           from
           it
           yet
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           shame
           to
           say
           what
           all
           Men
           know
           .
           We
           are
           now
           ,
           as
           to
           our
           Morals
           ,
           perhaps
           as
           bad
           as
           ever
           we
           were
           .
           I
           fear
           I
           said
           too
           much
           ,
           in
           saying
           perhaps
           :
           It
           is
           too
           sure
           ,
           it
           is
           notorious
           to
           all
           the
           World.
           There
           never
           was
           louder
           Swearing
           ,
           never
           more
           open
           Drunkeness
           ,
           never
           more
           impudent
           Adultery
           ,
           such
           daily
           Robbing
           ,
           and
           Killing
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           Houses
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           open
           Streets
           .
           And
           if
           this
           Licentiousness
           should
           run
           on
           ,
           what
           will
           it
           come
           to
           in
           time
           ?
           
             This
             is
             a
             Lamentation
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             for
             a
             Lamentation
             .
          
        
         
           We
           are
           so
           far
           from
           being
           fit
           for
           those
           Mercies
           and
           Blessings
           ,
           which
           we
           had
           otherwise
           all
           
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           World
           to
           expect
           and
           to
           hope
           for
           under
           their
           Majesties
           Government
           ;
           that
           now
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           fear
           that
           God
           will
           have
           mercy
           on
           us
           no
           more
           ;
           that
           having
           tryed
           the
           utmost
           means
           to
           do
           us
           good
           ,
           when
           those
           fail
           ,
           he
           should
           give
           us
           over
           as
           incorrigible
           .
        
         
           My
           Principal
           hope
           is
           in
           the
           Mercies
           of
           God.
           Not
           his
           Ordinary
           Mercies
           ,
           for
           we
           seem
           to
           be
           past
           them
           ;
           but
           I
           speak
           it
           with
           respect
           to
           those
           absolute
           Promises
           that
           he
           hath
           given
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           to
           be
           fulfilled
           in
           this
           Age.
           God's
           Promises
           will
           be
           made
           good
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           though
           we
           deprive
           our selves
           of
           the
           benefit
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           an
           absolute
           promise
           that
           God
           made
           to
           Abraham
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           bring
           his
           Seed
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           seat
           them
           in
           the
           promis'd
           Land.
           And
           God
           was
           as
           good
           as
           his
           word
           ;
           though
           of
           all
           them
           that
           came
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           only
           two
           had
           the
           full
           benefit
           of
           it
           ;
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           them
           died
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           .
           God
           will
           fulfill
           his
           Promises
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           only
           them
           ,
           that
           are
           careful
           to
           perform
           the
           Conditions
           .
           He
           preserv'd
           righteous
           Lot
           that
           was
           
             griev'd
             with
             the
             filthy
             Conversation
          
           of
           them
           with
           whom
           he
           liv'd
           in
           Sodom
           ,
           when
           that
           City
           was
           destroyed
           .
           And
           at
           the
           destruction
           of
           Ierusalem
           ,
           he
           did
           set
           
             a
             mark
             upon
             them
             that
             mourn'd
             for
             the
             abominations
             of
          
           Jerusalem
           .
           He
           will
           do
           the
           like
           for
           all
           them
           that
           fear
           his
           Name
           ;
           he
           will
           preserve
           
           them
           from
           the
           common
           destruction
           .
           
             They
             sha●●
             be
             mine
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ,
             in
             the
             day
             that
             ●
             make
             up
             my
             Iewels
             .
             I
             will
             spare
             them
             ,
             as
             a
             Ma●
             spares
             his
             own
             Son
             that
             serves
             him
             .
             Then
             shall
             y●●
             discern
             between
             the
             righteous
             and
             the
             wicked
             ;
             betwee●
             him
             that
             serves
             God
             ,
             and
             him
             that
             serves
             him
             no●●
          
           Mal.
           iii.
           two
           last
           Verses
           .
        
         
           God
           grant
           that
           this
           may
           be
           the
           lot
           of
           all
           th●●
           hear
           me
           this
           day
           .
           God
           grant
           this
           blessing
           effect●
           our
           Lamentations
           :
           that
           beholding
           the
           Judgment
           of
           God
           ,
           considering
           those
           that
           are
           past
           ,
           and
           dreading
           those
           that
           are
           to
           come
           ;
           we
           may
           fear
           to
           〈◊〉
           against
           God
           ;
           we
           may
           not
           only
           keep
           our selves
           unspotted
           from
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           do
           all
           we
           can
           to
           save
           others
           from
           Sin
           and
           Death
           ,
           snatching
           them
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           )
           
             like
             Brands
             out
             of
             the
             fire
             .
          
        
         
           At
           present
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           a
           greater
           thing
           to
           stop
           the
           growing
           course
           of
           wickedness
           ,
           then
           it
           will
           be
           afterwards
           to
           restore
           Religion
           and
           Vertue
           .
           And
           restor'd
           ,
           I
           trust
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           to
           a
           greater
           lustre
           then
           ever
           ,
           by
           their
           Majesties
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Diligence
           ;
           which
           will
           be
           wholly
           applyed
           to
           this
           business
           ,
           when
           God
           hath
           well
           discharg'd
           them
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           the
           great
           burden
           of
           War
           that
           is
           now
           upon
           their
           hands
           .
           
             God
             grant
             a
             speedy
             and
             happy
             issue
             of
             it
             ,
             for
             his
             Mercies
             sake
             ,
             through
             Iesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A48854-e230
           
             Ecclesiasticus
             xlix
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             2
             Kin.
             xxiii
             25.
             
          
           
             1
             Kin.
             xiii
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Amos
             viii
             .
             8
             ,
             9.
             10.
             
          
           
             2
             Kings
             xxiii
             .
             27.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             xxx
             .
             28.