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             A sermon preached at St. Margaretts in VVestminster on Sunday the sixt of February last, before many of the worthy members of the Honorable House of Commons in this present Parliament / by John Marston...
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           AT
           St.
           
           
           
           MARGARETTS
           in
           VVestminster
           ,
        
         
           On
           Sunday
           the
           sixt
           of
           
             February
             ,
          
           last
           ,
           before
           many
           of
           the
           worthy
           members
           of
           the
           Honorable
           House
           of
           Commons
           in
           this
           present
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Iohn
             Marston
          
           Master
           of
           Arts
           ,
           and
           Rector
           of
           the
           Parish
           Church
           of
           Saint
           
             Mary
             Magdalen
          
           in
           
             Canterbury
             .
          
        
         
           Printed
           upon
           the
           importunity
           of
           many
           Auditors
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             F.
             L.
          
           for
           
             Io.
             Burroughes
             ,
          
           and
           
             Io.
             Franke
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           bee
           sold
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           
             Golden
             Drag●n
          
           neere
           the
           
             Inner
             Temple
             Gate
          
           in
           
             Fleetstreet
             .
          
           1642.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           
             READER
             ,
          
        
         
           IF
           thou
           bee'st
           Courteous
           ,
           thou
           hast
           heere
           a
           fit
           obiect
           of
           ●hy
           mercy
           ;
           If
           Criticall
           ?
           heer
           's
           worke
           enough
           to
           make
           thee
           thine
           owne
           plague
           as
           well
           as
           mine
           :
           you
           must
           adventure
           to
           your
           owne
           perrill
           if
           you
           denie
           me
           pittie
           .
           Accept
           then
           a
           leane
           discourse
           ,
           shuffled
           over
           hastily
           into
           the
           pulpit
           ,
           and
           thence
           spurr'd
           on
           (
           in
           a
           full
           speede
           )
           unto
           the
           presse
           :
           The
           importunity
           of
           no
           meane
           hearers
           ,
           hath
           extorted
           this
           ,
           and
           they
           can
           testifie
           ,
           I
           was
           almost
           a
           Rebell
           to
           perswasion
           ;
           But
           ,
           conquered
           at
           last
           with
           the
           kindnesse
           ,
           not
           the
           Cause
           ,
           I
           now
           stand
           upon
           the
           stall
           to
           haile
           the
           passengers
           ;
           And
           if
           thou
           beest
           ihtrap't
           to
           a
           small
           expence
           ,
           thinke
           not
           that
           deere
           ,
           which
           will
           invite
           thee
           to
           repent
           (
           I
           hope
           of
           all
           thy
           sinnes
           )
           at
           least
           of
           this
           ,
           that
           thou
           layd'st
           out
           this
           money
           no
           better
           :
           'T
           is
           a
           scribling
           age
           ,
           and
           the
           unhappie
           comfort
           is
           ,
           imperfections
           could
           never
           flye
           abroad
           with
           lesse
           inconvenience
           to
           their
           authour
           :
           Vse
           me
           Charitably
           and
           I
           am
           .
        
         
           
             Thy
             Servant
             ,
             
               Iohn
               Marston
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           at
           St.
           
           
             
          
           Margrets
           in
           Westminster
           on
           
             Sunday
             the
             Sixt
             of
             February
             .
             1642.
             
          
        
         
           
             IOELL
             2.
             12.
             and
             part
             of
             the
             13.
             
             VERSE
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             also
             now
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             Turne
             unto
             me
             with
             all
             your
             heart
             ,
             with
             fasting
             ,
             and
             with
             weeping
             ,
             and
             with
             mourning
             ;
             And
             rent
             your
             harts
             ,
             and
             not
             your
             garments
             ,
             and
             turne
             to
             the
             Lord
             your
             God
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           Gospells
           glad
           tydings
           are
           not
           now
           in
           season
           ;
           Something
           to
           make
           us
           sad
           suits
           these
           times
           best
           :
           I
           finde
           a
           woe
           pronounc't
           against
           those
           that
           laugh
           :
           Now
           then
           ,
           hang
           we
           up
           our
           Harpes
           ,
           and
           sit
           wee
           downe
           by
           the
           waters
           of
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           where
           we
           shall
           not
           choose
           but
           weepe
           ,
           if
           we
           but
           remember
           this
           our
           
             Syon
             .
          
        
         
           And
           to
           compleate
           our
           woe
           ,
           let
           's
           measure
           greifes
           ,
           lay
           our
           calamities
           of
           
             England
          
           against
           those
           calamities
           which
           God
           heere
           threatens
           against
           
             I●dea
             :
          
           Calamities
           able
           to
           fright
           the
           reader
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           (
           considering
           them
           )
           forget
           his
           owne
           .
           Such
           Calamities
           as
           must
           live
           ,
           when
           they
           (
           for
           whom
           they
           were
           provided
           )
           are
           dead
           ,
           for
           the
           old
           men
           must
           leave
           the
           storie
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           a
           sad
           legacie
           to
           their
           children
           ,
           so
           we
           reade
           chap.
           1.
           ver.
           2.
           
        
         
           But
           the
           newes
           of
           this
           Iudgement
           must
           come
           first
           ,
           which
           invades
           them
           with
           such
           horror
           ,
           as
           makes
           the
           judgments
           come
           before
           they
           come
           ,
           in
           the
           apprehension
           of
           
           them
           :
           And
           so
           the
           newes
           was
           to
           them
           like
           the
           presence
           of
           our
           Saviour
           to
           the
           Devills
           ,
           to
           torment
           them
           before
           the
           time
           .
           For
           God
           under
           an
           Alegorie
           of
           the
           Locust
           and
           Canker
           worme
           ,
           threatens
           a
           future
           destruction
           by
           the
           Invasion
           of
           the
           
             Caldeans
             :
          
           A
           lyon
           like
           Nation
           shall
           destroy
           their
           vines
           ,
           and
           the
           drunkards
           must
           weepe
           for
           the
           losse
           of
           them
           ,
           ver.
           5.
           
           So
           that
           now
           their
           cupps
           must
           be
           empty
           ,
           or
           they
           must
           fill
           them
           with
           their
           teares
           .
        
         
           The
           trees
           must
           bee
           undrest
           ,
           and
           stand
           naked
           without
           their
           barke
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           wither
           and
           dye
           ,
           and
           for
           their
           death
           the
           whole
           land
           mourn'd
           at
           the
           10.
           verse
           .
           Nay
           such
           scarcity
           did
           succeed
           ,
           that
           the
           meate
           and
           drinke
           offerings
           were
           cut
           off
           from
           the
           house
           of
           the
           Lord
           ▪
           and
           therefore
           do
           the
           Priests
           mourne
           ,
           and
           lye
           all
           night
           in
           sackcloth
           ,
           ver.
           13.
           
           And
           now
           in
           the
           second
           chapter
           ,
           all
           their
           Iudgements
           are
           proclaimed
           by
           the
           sound
           of
           a
           Trumpet
           ,
           nay
           the
           day
           is
           so
           neere
           at
           hand
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           allarum
           sounds
           ,
           and
           the
           dism●ll
           day
           may
           beseene
           (
           at
           the
           Second
           verse
           )
           though
           it
           be
           onely
           seene
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           bee
           seene
           ;
           for
           a
           day
           of
           darkenesse
           shall
           it
           be
           ,
           and
           gloominesse
           ,
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           .
           And
           just
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           in
           their
           distresse
           should
           want
           the
           light
           ,
           who
           in
           their
           prosperity
           (
           whilst
           they
           had
           the
           light
           )
           were
           the
           children
           of
           dark
           n●sse
           .
        
         
           Now
           horror
           invades
           the
           people
           ,
           who
           through
           feare
           and
           affrightment
           are
           so
           transformed
           ,
           that
           their
           faces
           gather
           blacknesse
           ,
           the
           blacknesse
           of
           a
           Po●s-out-side
           (
           for
           so
           the
           Hebrew
           word
           the●e
           signifies
           )
           and
           so
           were
           mask●
           in
           the
           livery
           of
           their
           owne
           terror
           ,
           and
           distructions
           ▪
           all
           things
           as
           blacke
           as
           their
           owne
           thoughts
           .
        
         
           ●reade
           of
           one
           who
           〈…〉
           at
           onceboth
           with
           enemies
           and
           darknesse
           ,
           d●sired
           .
           God
           onely
           so
           much
           light
           as
           might
           serve
           to
           see
           himselfe
           dye
           valiantly
           ;
           He
           loved
           light
           well
           ,
           that
           was
           so
           loath
           to
           dye
           without
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           heere
           Sion
           hath
           it
           not
           ;
           Heaven
           winkes
           at
           their
           ealamitie
           ,
           
           and
           drawes
           a
           curtaine
           of
           darkenesse
           before
           all
           her
           eyes
           :
           the
           Sunne
           ,
           and
           Moone
           shall
           be
           darke
           ,
           and
           the
           Starres
           shall
           withdraw
           their
           shinning
           
             ver.
          
           10.
           
        
         
           Nay
           the
           Lord
           himselfe
           shall
           bee
           Generall
           of
           the
           forces
           that
           come
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           shall
           vtter
           his
           voyce
           before
           his
           armie
           to
           encourage
           it
           ,
           the
           day
           of
           his
           ven●ance
           is
           terrible
           ,
           and
           who
           can
           abide
           it
           ?
           And
           in
           this
           horror
           and
           distresse
           whether
           shall
           they
           got
           ?
           whether
           shall
           they
           ●●ye
           ?
           their
           darknesse
           cannot
           cover
           them
           ,
           for
           the
           darknesse
           is
           no
           darkenesse
           with
           him
           ;
           all
           their
           power
           summon'd
           together
           cannot
           withstand
           his
           wrath
           ,
           for
           who
           can
           stand
           wh●n
           he
           is
           angry
           ?
           There
           is
           no
           way
           to
           turne
           from
           these
           dismall
           and
           approching
           evills
           ,
           but
           by
           turning
           unto
           him
           that
           brings
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           repentance
           .
        
         
           But
           
             Quid
             ad
             nos
             ?
          
           what
           's
           all
           this
           to
           us
           ?
           would
           God
           it
           were
           not
           :
           doe
           not
           dangers
           threaten
           us
           also
           ?
           and
           such
           dangers
           that
           if
           we
           paralell
           them
           with
           these
           ,
           we
           shall
           soone
           see
           they
           doe
           exceed
           .
        
         
           God
           threatned
           to
           destroy
           them
           by
           their
           enemies
           ,
           but
           we
           have
           beene
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           destroyed
           by
           our
           friends
           ,
           for
           what
           could
           it
           be
           lesse
           then
           the
           judgement
           of
           God
           upon
           us
           ,
           that
           thus
           one
           Nation
           should
           rise
           against
           another
           ,
           both
           professing
           the
           same
           true
           religion
           ,
           both
           the
           dutifull
           Subjects
           of
           the
           same
           King
           ,
           both
           having
           the
           same
           ground
           of
           quarrell
           to
           maintaine
           Religion
           ?
           will
           not
           this
           make
           riddals
           in
           the
           Chronicles
           .
        
         
           And
           truly
           was
           not
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           the
           day
           of
           〈◊〉
           judgement
           neere
           at
           hand
           ,
           when
           these
           loving
           enemies
           were
           ready
           to
           send
           the
           messages
           of
           death
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           in
           the
           dreadfull
           language
           of
           the
           Cannon
           ?
           and
           their
           distresse
           ,
           picture
           out
           the
           horror
           of
           the
           last
           day
           ,
           in
           blood
           ,
           and
           Fire
           ,
           and
           vapour
           of
           smoke
           ?
           And
           what
           a
           day
           of
           black
           confusion
           had
           followed
           ,
           had
           the
           warre
           proceeded
           ?
           when
           two
           valiant
           Nations
           ,
           united
           hitherto
           both
           in
           love
           ,
           and
           religion
           
           should
           have
           beene
           united
           onely
           in
           the
           mixture
           of
           their
           blood
           ;
           but
           in
           this
           respect
           I
           confesse
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Lord
           is
           not
           still
           stretched
           out
           ,
           for
           he
           hath
           removed
           far
           from
           us
           the
           Notherne
           armie
           ,
           and
           our
           friendship
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           like
           a
           fracture
           of
           a
           bone
           in
           our
           bodies
           ,
           is
           the
           stronger
           knit
           ,
           for
           being
           broken
           .
        
         
           But
           though
           that
           danger
           's
           vanisht
           ,
           a
           worse
           now
           succeeds
           it
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           feare
           of
           that
           we
           groane
           more
           then
           did
           
             Iudea
          
           heere
           ,
           for
           feare
           of
           the
           Chaldeans
           :
           if
           a
           forraigne
           foe
           did
           threaten
           us
           ,
           I
           hope
           we
           should
           be
           all
           united
           in
           resistance
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           not
           an
           open
           enemie
           that
           now
           doth
           us
           this
           dishonour
           ,
           but
           the
           serpents
           lye
           in
           the
           bosome
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           are
           we
           our
           owne
           enemies
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           great
           cause
           to
           feare
           we
           may
           destroy
           our selves
           (
           we
           read
           not
           of
           Sion
           so
           )
           and
           doubtlesse
           it
           is
           desperate
           with
           that
           state
           ,
           that
           is
           ready
           to
           stabbe
           it selfe
           .
        
         
           For
           now
           this
           fortunate
           Island
           ,
           which
           heretofore
           was
           like
           the
           paradice
           of
           God
           ,
           where
           God
           walk't
           not
           but
           in
           the
           Coole
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           gently
           dropping
           down
           our
           peacefull
           happinesse
           (
           which
           found
           the
           neighbouring
           Nations
           work
           enough
           to
           admire
           us
           )
           sees
           God
           now
           in
           the
           fire
           ,
           punishing
           us
           with
           the
           schorching
           flames
           of
           hombred
           divisions
           ,
           our
           foes
           being
           chiefely
           those
           of
           our
           owne
           househould
           .
           And
           doe
           not
           our
           harts
           beginne
           to
           faile
           us
           for
           feare
           ?
           and
           doe
           we
           not
           (
           as
           Sion
           heere
           )
           gather
           blacknesse
           ?
           everie
           man
           betraying
           sensibly
           the
           feare
           of
           his
           owne
           confusion
           ?
           Nay
           more
           ,
           may
           we
           not
           feare
           that
           the
           Sun
           and
           moone
           may
           be
           darkened
           ,
           and
           the
           starrs
           may
           which
           draw
           their
           shining
           ?
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           glorious
           light
           of
           the
           Gospell
           of
           truth
           may
           be
           totally
           ecclip'st
           ,
           when
           as
           the
           papist
           on
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           the
           (
           I
           cannot
           tell
           what
           to
           call
           them
           )
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           both
           strive
           to
           blowe
           out
           our
           Candle
           ?
           (
           But
           Lord
           let
           death
           strike
           me
           blind
           before
           I
           see
           that
           day
           )
           So
           that
           we
           may
           now
           say
           as
           
           the
           voyce
           did
           to
           the
           
             Emperor
             of
             Constantinople
             ,
          
           when
           he
           was
           raising
           fortifications
           against
           the
           foe
           with
           out
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           The
           euill
           is
           within
           ,
           and
           why
           is
           it
           within
           ?
           but
           because
           it
           is
           within
           ,
           within
           us
           in
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           therefore
           within
           us
           by
           diuisions
           amongst
           our selues
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Emphasis
           of
           Iudgement
           and
           shewes
           the
           world
           our
           sinnes
           in
           our
           sufferings
           .
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           the
           state
           hath
           long
           laine
           sick
           of
           a
           feavour
           ,
           and
           we
           haue
           had
           more
           then
           a
           Colledge
           of
           Physitians
           in
           this
           blest
           Parliament
           ;
           And
           to
           asswage
           the
           heat
           of
           this
           distemper
           ,
           they
           haue
           let
           it
           bloud
           ,
           but
           discreetly
           in
           one
           vaine
           onely
           ,
           least
           it
           bleed
           to
           death
           .
           But
           oh
           !
           we
           are
           still
           sick
           at
           hart
           ,
           and
           our
           feauour
           increaseth
           whilst
           we
           are
           under
           cure
           ,
           and
           now
           we
           finde
           that
           the
           Pollicie
           of
           state
           cannot
           reach
           our
           Malady
           ,
           and
           that
           t
           is
           ou●
           verie
           Physitian
           ,
           our
           heavenly
           Physitian
           that
           makes
           us
           sick
           .
           Our
           sinnes
           ,
           our
           sinnes
           haue
           so
           farr
           kindled
           his
           wrath
           ,
           that
           unlesse
           now
           in
           his
           wrath
           he
           remember
           mercie
           ,
           we
           may
           well
           feare
           our
           feavour
           may
           end
           in
           a
           Consumption
           ,
           (
           for
           our
           God
           is
           a
           consuming
           fire
           )
           and
           we
           be
           cons●med
           and
           brought
           to
           nothing
           .
           How
           long
           have
           we
           wisht
           (
           for
           what
           we
           have
           )
           a
           Parliament
           ?
           as
           thinking
           that
           then
           wee
           should
           be
           disburthened
           of
           all
           our
           pressures
           :
           But
           I
           feare
           we
           have
           put
           to
           much
           confidence
           in
           man
           ,
           and
           so
           neglected
           God
           .
           For
           ,
           all
           their
           great
           care
           and
           studdie
           for
           the
           good
           of
           
             Sion
             ,
          
           hath
           as
           yet
           brought
           us
           no
           perfect
           ease
           (
           so
           much
           hath
           opposition
           multiplied
           )
           for
           in
           what
           are
           we
           better
           (
           for
           the
           present
           )
           then
           that
           we
           Cannot
           well
           be
           worse
           ;
           and
           this
           doubtlesse
           is
           the
           hand
           of
           heauen
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           a
           decree
           of
           Iudgment
           is
           gone
           out
           against
           us
           ;
           and
           that
           where
           God
           resolues
           to
           punish
           ,
           in
           vaine
           is
           the
           help
           of
           man
           .
        
         
           T
           is
           reported
           of
           the
           
             Athenians
          
           that
           they
           never
           demanded
           peace
           but
           in
           their
           mourning
           garments
           ,
           when
           warr
           lay
           heauie
           uppon
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           able
           to
           hould
           out
           no
           
           longer
           ;
           And
           I
           wish
           we
           we●e
           not
           to
           much
           interessed
           in
           their
           unhappie
           propertie
           .
           We
           haue
           stood
           it
           out
           with
           our
           God
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           and
           haue
           not
           sued
           for
           peace
           by
           repentance
           ;
           le
           ts
           now
           all
           put
           on
           
             mourning
          
           garments
           ,
           and
           ●loath
           our
           ●erie
           soules
           in
           black
           .
           Let
           's
           all
           ioyne
           in
           a
           sadd
           Consort
           of
           lamentation
           ,
           to
           suppresse
           the
           loud
           clamor
           of
           our
           sinnes
           :
           And
           fitt
           it
           is
           ,
           we
           should
           not
           be
           devided
           in
           our
           repentance
           ,
           that
           haue
           bene
           ioynd
           ,
           and
           soe
           (
           ill
           ,
           well
           )
           agreeing
           in
           a
           fatall
           Confederacie
           of
           sinning
           ,
           being
           noe
           way
           devided
           (
           in
           respect
           of
           sinne
           )
           but
           in
           the
           sinne
           of
           our
           division
           :
           T
           is
           my
           sinne
           ,
           and
           t
           is
           your
           sinne
           ,
           the
           sinnes
           of
           this
           Citty
           ,
           and
           the
           sinnes
           of
           all
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           Preists
           ,
           and
           the
           sinnes
           of
           all
           the
           people
           ,
           for
           the
           sinnes
           of
           everie
           man
           are
           these
           things
           come
           upon
           us
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           everie
           man
           hath
           bin
           to
           readily
           officious
           in
           the
           Curssed
           proiects
           of
           impietie
           ,
           soe
           let
           every
           man
           contribute
           the
           best
           of
           his
           devotion
           to
           the
           worke
           of
           these
           times
           ;
           summon
           all
           the
           force
           of
           his
           soule
           into
           his
           prayers
           ,
           and
           so
           conquer
           danger
           by
           repenta●ce
           .
           And
           because
           my
           soule
           must
           euer
           take
           up
           
             Saint
             Paules
             quorum
             ego
             primus
             ,
          
           euer
           confessing
           that
           of
           sinners
           
             I
             am
             cheife
             ,
          
           giue
           me
           leaue
           o●t
           of
           an
           humble
           and
           penitent
           ambition
           ,
           to
           smite
           my
           owne
           breast
           first
           and
           say
           ,
           
             God
             bee
             mercifull
             to
             mee
             a
             Sinner
             .
          
           And
           then
           as
           a
           Preist
           and
           Minister
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           weepe
           heere
           betwene
           the
           Porch
           and
           the
           Alrar
           and
           say
           
             Spare
             thy
             people
             o
             Lord
             and
             giue
             not
             thine
             heritage
             to
             reproach
             that
             the
             heathen
             should
             rule
             ouer
             us
             ,
             for
             wherefore
             should
             they
             say
             among
             the
             people
             ,
             where
             is
             now
             their
             God
             .
          
           Oh
           what
           a
           ioyefull
           sight
           t
           will
           be
           to
           all
           the
           Angells
           of
           heauen
           ,
           nay
           to
           God
           him selfe
           ,
           to
           se
           us
           now
           rep●nting
           all
           together
           ;
           to
           heare
           a
           whole
           Congregation
           knock
           at
           heauen
           gates
           with
           their
           teares
           ;
           how
           will
           the
           Angels
           reioyce
           to
           heare
           us
           mourne●
           nay
           how
           forcible
           is
           the
           Nature
           of
           true
           repentance
           that
           will
           make
           God
           him selfe
           repent
           to
           ?
           For
           if
           we
           now
           turne
           unto
           him
           ,
           hee
           will
           
           turne
           unto
           us
           and
           repent
           ,
           and
           chase
           away
           all
           our
           distractions
           ,
           makeing
           faire
           weather
           in
           the
           state
           (
           Now
           threatened
           with
           so
           many
           stormes
           )
           that
           so
           we
           may
           serve
           him
           againe
           
             without
             feare
             ,
          
           and
           Cronicle
           the
           hartinesse
           of
           our
           humiliation
           ,
           in
           that
           prosperity
           with
           which
           he
           will
           reward
           it
           .
           But
           with
           out
           this
           Conuersion
           ,
           we
           must
           expect
           nothing
           but
           woe
           ,
           and
           horror
           ,
           and
           confusion
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           want
           of
           religious
           fasting
           now
           ,
           we
           may
           ere
           while
           starue
           for
           hunger
           :
           And
           for
           want
           of
           teares
           now
           ,
           we
           may
           ere
           while
           crie
           to
           our
           oppressors
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           regarded
           :
           When
           happily
           we
           may
           see
           o●r
           Children
           made
           a
           sacrifice
           to
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           Sword
           and
           we
           our selues
           unhappier
           then
           they
           ,
           that
           we
           dyed
           not
           before
           we
           saw
           it
           .
           The
           hills
           cannot
           hide
           us
           ,
           nor
           can
           the
           mountaines
           shew
           us
           so
           much
           mercie
           as
           to
           fall
           upon
           us
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           did
           ,
           the
           power
           of
           him
           that
           gaue
           so
           much
           power
           unto
           faith
           ,
           as
           to
           remoue
           mountaines
           ,
           shall
           turne
           up
           our
           massie
           Coverlids
           ,
           and
           lay
           us
           naked
           to
           our
           Iudgment
           :
           No
           ,
           no
           ,
           we
           haue
           no
           way
           to
           flie
           from
           him
           ,
           but
           by
           
             turning
          
           to
           him
           ,
           no
           way
           to
           quench
           his
           wrath
           ,
           but
           with
           our
           teares
           ,
           no
           way
           to
           be
           united
           among
           our selues
           ,
           but
           by
           
             renting
          
           ou●
           harts
           assunder
           .
           The
           Prophet
           bespeakes
           it
           in
           the
           text
           ,
           a●d
           God
           him selfe
           expects
           it
           ,
           and
           both
           bespeake
           it
           Now
           ,
           
             Now
             therefore
             faith
             the
             Lord
             Turne
             unto
             me
             with
             all
             your
             hart
             .
             &c
          
           In
           the
           Text
           are
           two
           Generall
           parts
           .
        
         
           
             1
             
               Preface
               :
            
             Therefore
             also
             now
             saith
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           
             2
             
               Precept
               :
            
             Turne
             unto
             me
             with
             all
             your
             hart
             &c
          
        
         
           In
           the
           Preface
           2
           things
           ,
           
             
               1
               
                 Author
                 ,
              
               The
               Lord
               saith
               ,
            
             
               2
               
                 Opportunitie
                 ,
              
               Now
               saith
               th
               the
               Lord
               .
            
          
        
         
           In
           the
           Precept
           2.
           things
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               Duty
               ,
               Activè
               ,
               
                 Turne
                 ,
              
               Objectivè
               
                 adme
              
               to
               me
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Direction
                 ,
              
               with
               all
               your
               heart
               with
               fasting
               
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           Direction
           is
           double
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Extrinsecall
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Intrinsecall
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           Extrinsecall
           part
           is
           considered
           .
           
             
               1.
               
               
                 Positively
                 ,
              
               with
               fasting
               and
               with
               weeping
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Privatively
                 ,
              
               not
               with
               rending
               your
               garments
               .
            
          
           
             Secondly
             Intrinsecall
          
           with
           the
           heart
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           heart
           ,
           with
           mourning
           ,
           and
           a
           rent
           heart
           .
        
         
           Then
           for
           conclusion
           followes
           an
           Anacephalaiosis
           or
           summarie
           recapitulation
           of
           the
           whole
           Text
           ,
           by
           a
           patheticall
           ingemmination
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           Text
           a
           turning
           Text
           ,
           for
           it
           goes
           round
           in
           a
           Circle
           and
           ends
           where
           it
           began
           ,
           And
           turne
           to
           the
           Lord
           your
           God
           .
        
         
           Where
           we
           note
           the
           earnestnesse
           of
           the
           Prophet
           in
           that
           Itteration
           ,
           and
           have
           ,
           two
           arguments
           to
           perswade
           us
           to
           turne
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Of
             Iustice
             and
             powre
             
               the
               Lord
            
          
           
             2.
             
             Of
             mercy
             and
             love
             
               our
               God
               .
            
          
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           parts
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           prosecute
           them
           plainly
           ,
           speaking
           to
           the
           soule
           no
           lesse
           then
           to
           the
           eare
           ;
           And
           I
           beseech
           thee
           O
           God
           of
           power
           so
           to
           assist
           me
           with
           thy
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           thy
           words
           in
           my
           mouth
           may
           forcibly
           enter
           the
           stoniest
           heart
           heere
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           yeild
           and
           turne
           to
           thee
           :
           And
           so
           I
           begin
           with
           the
           first
           part
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           Proclamations
           we
           receive
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           are
           usually
           prefaced
           ,
           thus
           ,
           a
           Proclamation
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           &c.
           And
           why
           so
           ?
           but
           onely
           to
           beget
           in
           all
           a
           more
           awfull
           attention
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           a
           strickt
           performance
           after
           .
        
         
           But
           a
           greater
           then
           the
           king
           is
           heere
           .
           
             T
             is
             nunc
             dici●
             Dominus
             ,
             now
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           what
           the
           Lord
           himselfe
           said
           elsewhere
           ,
           
             He
             that
             hath
             eares
             to
             heare
             ,
             let
             him
             heare
             what
             the
             Lord
             saith
             .
          
        
         
           Heare
           with
           his
           heart
           as
           well
           as
           with
           his
           eares
           ,
           for
           the
           word
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           
             Haazjnu
             ,
          
           and
           the
           word
           in
           the
           Greek
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           both
           signifie
           
             percipite
          
           from
           
             per
          
           &
           
             Capio
          
           to
           take
           
           it
           in
           thoroughly
           ,
           to
           our
           very
           hearts
           ,
           for
           with
           the
           heart
           we
           properly
           perceive
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           wee
           but
           remember
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           that
           't
           is
           a
           message
           from
           the
           King
           of
           Kings
           ,
           I
           hope
           we
           will
           call
           up
           our
           hearts
           into
           our
           eares
           ,
           and
           heare
           just
           as
           we
           must
           turne
           ,
           with
           a●l
           our
           heart
           .
           
             Ipse
             dixit
          
           among
           the
           
             Pythagoreans
          
           begot
           a
           Catholike
           observance
           ,
           to
           tell
           them
           that
           
             Pythagoras
          
           had
           said
           this
           or
           that
           ,
           made
           it
           no
           lesse
           then
           Oracle
           :
           And
           certainely
           from
           such
           an
           au●hor
           as
           the
           Lord
           ,
           nothing
           can
           proceede
           ,
           but
           matter
           of
           extraordinary
           concernment
           .
           The
           phrase
           promiseth
           no
           lesse
           ,
           now
           
             saith
          
           the
           Lord
           ,
           not
           now
           the
           Lord
           
             spake
             :
          
           For
           the
           Critticks
           put
           a
           difference
           betweene
           
             loqui
          
           and
           
             dicere
             :
          
           Speaking
           is
           generall
           ,
           and
           belongs
           to
           the
           whole
           community
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           have
           the
           Organs
           of
           speech
           rightly
           disposed
           ,
           but
           saying
           is
           more
           speciall
           and
           foretells
           some
           weightie
           matter
           to
           ensue
           .
        
         
           
             Tully
          
           in
           his
           Rhetorickes
           gives
           the
           difference
           ,
           
             Solius
             est
             oratoris
             dicere
             ,
             loqui
             autem
             communis
             vulgi
             :
          
           Nor
           hath
           this
           scap't
           the
           Graetians
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
           And
           truly
           should
           we
           forget
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           message
           ,
           the
           very
           gravity
           of
           the
           phrase
           will
           draw
           our
           thoughts
           to
           the
           subject
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           a
           Proclamation
           of
           peace
           and
           pardon
           to
           all
           that
           will
           performe
           it
           ,
           so
           that
           this
           Prophet
           prophesies
           good
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           not
           evill
           :
           For
           now
           God
           having
           must'red
           up
           his
           judgements
           against
           
             Iudea
          
           to
           take
           veniance
           for
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           the
           day
           of
           wrath
           neere
           at
           hand
           ,
           yet
           hee
           will
           not
           take
           them
           in
           their
           disadvantage
           ,
           but
           blowes
           his
           Tr●mpet
           in
           
             Sion
             ,
             excitare
             dormientes
             ,
          
           to
           rouse
           up
           them
           that
           sleepe
           in
           their
           sinnes
           (
           as
           saith
           the
           praef●ce
           to
           this
           Prophesie
           in
           Saint
           
             Ieroms
          
           Bible
           )
           that
           so
           they
           sleepe
           not
           in
           death
           .
        
         
           God
           indeed
           prepar'd
           the
           Instruments
           of
           Death
           ,
           but
           as
           yet
           he
           withheld
           the
           execution
           ;
           he
           had
           one
           thing
           more
           to
           doe
           when
           everie
           thing
           was
           ready
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           to
           send
          
          
           
           to
           them
           to
           sue
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           might
           do
           nothing
           .
        
         
           Strange
           mercy
           in
           an
           offended
           God
           to
           threaten
           a
           people
           with
           destruction
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           may
           not
           distroy
           them
           ?
           T
           is
           reported
           of
           
             Tamberlayne
          
           that
           in
           all
           his
           enterprises
           of
           warr
           before
           the
           furie
           of
           the
           sword
           began
           ,
           that
           he
           hung
           out
           first
           a
           white
           flagg
           ,
           to
           intimate
           that
           if
           now
           they
           would
           sue
           for
           mercie
           with
           submission
           ,
           they
           might
           be
           secure
           from
           crueltie
           &
           all
           the
           sad
           effects
           of
           Conquest
           :
           but
           if
           upon
           this
           they
           yeilded
           not
           ,
           then
           he
           hung
           out
           a
           red
           flagg
           in
           token
           of
           displeasure
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           now
           write
           the
           storie
           of
           their
           disobedience
           in
           their
           blood
           ;
           And
           if
           they
           yeeld
           not
           at
           that
           ,
           then
           he
           hung
           out
           a
           blacke
           flagg
           of
           defiance
           ,
           to
           show
           that
           now
           nothing
           was
           to
           be
           expected
           but
           utter
           ruine
           &
           devastation
           ;
           which
           truely
           was
           a
           mercifull
           discretion
           ,
           well
           worth
           so
           brave
           a
           spirit
           .
           But
           
             Iuda
          
           heere
           had
           the
           white
           flagg
           last
           ,
           and
           that
           displayd
           the
           greater
           mercy
           ;
           for
           first
           God
           displayed
           his
           blacke
           flagge
           ,
           by
           threatning
           a
           
             darke
             and
             gloomy
             day
          
           of
           desolation
           ,
           yet
           onely
           
             in
             terrorem
             ,
          
           to
           awe
           them
           to
           convertion
           :
           Then
           a
           red
           flagge
           ,
           to
           shew
           the
           meanes
           of
           this
           destruction
           ,
           by
           fatall
           and
           bloody
           warre
           :
           and
           when
           all
           things
           were
           thus
           ready
           to
           their
           confusion
           ,
           when
           hope
           languished
           ,
           and
           dispaire
           grew
           bold
           ;
           then
           he
           hung
           out
           a
           white
           flagg
           in
           the
           offer
           of
           his
           grace
           and
           mercy
           ,
           that
           if
           yet
           they
           would
           
             turne
          
           unto
           him
           and
           repent
           ,
           he
           would
           cease
           to
           be
           angry
           ,
           and
           that
           very
           wrath
           it selfe
           should
           consume
           ,
           that
           was
           kindled
           to
           consume
           them
           .
        
         
           Thus
           God
           dealt
           with
           ,
           
             Hezekiah
             ,
          
           he
           sent
           him
           word
           that
           hee
           should
           die
           ,
           onely
           that
           he
           might
           live
           ;
           for
           
             Hezekiah
          
           repenting
           
             wept
             ,
          
           and
           
             prayd
             ;
          
           and
           then
           the
           message
           of
           his
           death
           ,
           was
           the
           very
           death
           of
           that
           message
           ;
           for
           
             Hezekia
          
           had
           not
           lived
           so
           long
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           beene
           told
           he
           should
           die
           so
           soone
           .
        
         
           Thus
           God
           dealt
           with
           
             Ninivie
             ;
             Ionah
          
           must
           prophesie
           that
           within
           fortie
           dayes
           
             Ninive
          
           shall
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           but
           upon
           
           their
           repentance
           the
           Prophesie
           was
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           City
           :
           and
           't
           is
           singularly
           observable
           ,
           that
           t'
           was
           the
           consideration
           and
           forecast
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           ,
           that
           begot
           
             Ionah's
          
           disobedience
           in
           flying
           to
           
             Tarshish
             ,
          
           as
           you
           may
           see
           
             Ionah
          
           4.
           verse
           2.
           
           For
           he
           knew
           that
           God
           being
           
             mercifull
             and
             slow
             to
             anger
             ,
          
           would
           soone
           
             repent
             him
             of
             the
             evill
             ,
          
           and
           then
           the
           message
           of
           truth
           from
           the
           God
           of
           truth
           should
           seeme
           a
           lye
           ,
           and
           put
           
             Ionah
          
           in
           hazard
           to
           the
           losse
           his
           of
           reputation
           ,
           if
           not
           his
           life
           :
           And
           therefore
           wee
           reade
           ,
           that
           upon
           Gods
           sparing
           the
           City
           ,
           
             Ionah
             was
             very
             angry
             ,
          
           Gods
           mercy
           to
           them
           ,
           stir'd
           up
           his
           wrath
           ,
           to
           see
           how
           kindely
           God
           had
           deceived
           them
           :
           and
           in
           that
           mercy
           he
           thought
           the
           credit
           of
           a
           Prophet
           lost
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           
             God
          
           by
           this
           alteration
           inconstant
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           for
           his
           resolutions
           of
           punishment
           ,
           are
           ever
           ushered
           with
           condition
           ;
           if
           not
           exp●est
           ,
           yet
           understood
           .
           The
           rule
           of
           sinners
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           perish
           ,
           but
           this
           rule
           (
           as
           generall
           as
           it
           is
           )
           hath
           an
           exception
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           
             except
          
           ye
           repent
           ye
           shall
           all
           likewise
           perish
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           repent
           ,
           they
           are
           as
           farre
           from
           perishing
           ,
           as
           God
           is
           from
           Injustice
           .
        
         
           For
           
             aliud
             est
             mutare
             voluntatem
             ,
             aliud
             velle
             mutationem
             ,
          
           't
           is
           one
           thing
           to
           alter
           the
           will
           ,
           and
           another
           thing
           to
           will
           an
           alteration
           ,
           that
           God
           never
           doth
           ,
           but
           this
           often
           ;
           
             Mutat
             sententiam
             ,
             non
             matat
             consilium
             ,
          
           say
           the
           Schooles
           :
           So
           that
           this
           alteration
           argues
           no
           change
           in
           God
           ,
           since
           in
           every
           thing
           hee
           doth
           what
           he
           will
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           constant
           to
           his
           will
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           is
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           But
           they
           that
           repent
           not
           at
           the
           gratious
           messages
           of
           mercy
           ,
           finde
           a
           double
           punishment
           ;
           one
           ,
           for
           offending
           ,
           another
           ,
           for
           dispising
           favour
           ;
           and
           think
           then
           (
           I
           beseech
           you
           )
           what
           madnesse
           't
           is
           (
           after
           we
           have
           sinned
           )
           to
           withstand
           our
           owne
           pardon
           ,
           by
           Impenitence
           ;
           and
           how
           fearefull
           a
           thing
           it
           will
           then
           to
           fall
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           living
           Lord
           .
        
         
           For
           if
           we
           repent
           not
           ,
           we
           treasure
           up
           wrath
           against
           the
           
           day
           of
           wrath
           making
           our selues
           more
           miserable
           in
           this
           that
           our
           impenitency
           procures
           our
           compleater
           veniance
           :
           For
           God
           though
           he
           be
           mercifull
           and
           long
           suffering
           and
           waites
           the
           leisure
           of
           our
           repentance
           by
           many
           expectations
           of
           ●onuersion
           
             yet
             if
             a
             man
             will
             not
             turne
             he
             will
             whet●
             his
             sword
             ,
             and
             wound
             the
             hairie
             scalpe
             of
             s●ch
             a
             one
             as
             goeth
             on
             still
             in
             his
             wickednesse
             .
          
        
         
           And
           why
           thinke
           you
           is
           it
           there
           said
           that
           God
           will
           whet
           his
           sword
           where
           t
           is
           said
           if
           men
           will
           not
           turne
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           shew
           that
           those
           that
           refuse
           the
           offers
           of
           Grace
           ,
           shall
           haue
           sharper
           veniance
           ,
           deep
           wounding
           Iudgments
           ,
           bee
           quite
           cutt
           off
           ,
           in
           utter
           ruine
           and
           confusion
           .
        
         
           B●loved
           ,
           God
           hath
           dealt
           everie
           way
           graciously
           with
           us
           and
           he
           hath
           not
           dealt
           so
           with
           every
           Nation
           ,
           But
           now
           I
           Confesse
           our
           sinnes
           haue
           prouoked
           him
           to
           whet
           his
           sword
           ,
           nay
           more
           his
           hand
           hath
           bin
           stretched
           out
           ,
           nor
           is
           his
           arme
           now
           shortened
           ,
           but
           his
           hand
           is
           stretched
           out
           stil
           ,
           Nay
           more
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Septuagint
          
           render
           that
           place
           ,
           not
           only
           
             extenta
             ,
          
           but
           
             exce●sa
             ,
          
           not
           only
           stretched
           out
           ,
           for
           so
           it
           is
           in
           the
           least
           stroake
           of
           correction
           ,
           (
           and
           those
           haue
           not
           reformed
           us
           )
           but
           his
           hand
           is
           high
           ,
           lifted
           up
           ,
           to
           strike
           us
           with
           full
           force
           and
           furie
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           yet
           we
           hope
           there
           is
           mercy
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           may
           turne
           away
           all
           these
           evills
           with
           our
           teares
           ,
           for
           sprinkled
           with
           thes●
           ,
           the
           destroying
           Angell
           will
           passe
           by
           us
           :
           And
           let
           us
           consider
           with
           wonder
           and
           thankfullnesse
           ,
           that
           as
           h●louingly
           invited
           Iudeas
           Conuersion
           by
           his
           Prophet
           ;
           so
           he
           〈◊〉
           ours
           now
           ,
           for
           
             Ioell
          
           being
           dead
           yet
           speaketh
           ,
           and
           tells
           you
           that
           God
           would
           faine
           haue
           you
           turne
           unto
           him
           .
           T●e
           proclamations
           of
           princes
           ,
           usualy
           threaten
           penalty
           to
           all
           that
           either
           neglect
           or
           contemne
           them
           ,
           what
           then
           will
           become
           or
           those
           that
           slight
           the
           messages
           of
           heauen
           ?
           T
           is
           as
           much
           as
           your
           soules
           are
           worth
           ,
           if
           now
           knowing
           who
           it
           is
           that
           Cōmands
           you
           to
           turne
           ,
           you
           should
           not
           obey
           him
           
           And
           where
           fore
           is
           it
           that
           God
           thus
           earnestly
           longs
           for
           our
           repentance
           ?
           that
           he
           mercifully
           desires
           not
           our
           merrited
           destrnction
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           so
           thirst
           to
           shew
           us
           mercie
           ,
           that
           h●s
           very
           bowells
           should
           yearne
           within
           him
           ;
           For
           the
           word
           in
           the
           
             Hebrue
          
           for
           mercie
           is
           
             Racham
             ,
          
           an
           signifies
           and
           inward
           Commotion
           ,
           and
           yearning
           of
           the
           bowells
           ,
           God
           is
           in
           pain
           for
           want
           of
           our
           repentance
           .
        
         
           And
           why
           all
           this
           ?
           doth
           our
           Conuersion
           aduantage
           him
           ?
           cannot
           he
           glorifie
           himselfe
           as
           well
           in
           our
           Confusion
           ?
           truly
           yes
           ?
           but
           heere
           appeares
           his
           loue
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           all
           he
           aimes
           at
           is
           our
           good
           ,
           that
           so
           his
           mercy
           might
           make
           us
           happie
           ,
           and
           not
           his
           Iustice
           mise●able
           .
        
         
           How
           ready
           are
           we
           to
           perform
           the
           Diuils
           command
           ,
           though
           we
           see
           damnation
           at
           the
           end
           of
           it
           ?
           wheither
           it
           be
           with
           Adam
           to
           eate
           forbidden
           fruite
           ,
           &
           mounting
           the
           tree
           fall
           presently
           :
           whether
           it
           be
           with
           Caine
           to
           murther
           our
           Brother
           ,
           and
           soe
           liue
           ,
           for
           Cains
           life
           was
           his
           punishment
           ,
           and
           a
           wounded
           Conscience
           is
           worse
           then
           death
           :
           Though
           ▪
           it
           be
           to
           plot
           mischeife
           in
           a
           State
           with
           
             Achitophell
             ,
          
           and
           proue
           cunning
           at
           last
           only
           in
           our
           owne
           confusion
           ;
           though
           it
           be
           with
           
             Iudas
          
           to
           betray
           our
           Master
           and
           with
           
             Pilat
          
           to
           Condemne
           him
           ,
           and
           then
           presently
           (
           through
           dispaire
           )
           bid
           the
           world
           farwell
           in
           a
           halter
           ,
           Though
           it
           be
           to
           denie
           the
           Holy
           one
           ,
           to
           mu●ther
           the
           Lord
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           desire
           the
           life
           of
           a
           murtherer
           ,
           though
           by
           putting
           out
           that
           light
           ,
           wee
           bring
           darknesse
           upon
           our
           soules
           and
           contrive
           a
           curse
           through
           a
           generall
           blessing
           ,
           
             bringing
             his
             bloud
             upon
             us
             and
             all
             our
             Children
             .
          
           We
           do
           this
           &
           more
           at
           the
           Diuils
           command
           ,
           &
           have
           we
           no
           obedience
           for
           the
           Lord
           of
           heauen
           ?
           what
           other
           wages
           can
           the
           Diuil
           〈…〉
           ,
           then
           the
           multiplication
           of
           our
           torments
           ?
           But
           God
           for
           our
           obedience
           ,
           giues
           us
           such
           p●ace
           of
           conscience
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           as
           no
           storme
           can
           d●sturb
           us
           :
           Prepares
           our
           soules
           for
           
             Glory
          
           by
           such
           dayly
           augmentations
           of
           his
           
             Grace
             ,
          
           as
           will
           make
           us
           love
           to
           serue
           him
           being
           
           never
           so
           well
           Contented
           ,
           as
           when
           he
           Commands
           us
           ;
           Giues
           us
           such
           a
           faith
           ,
           as
           brings
           heauen
           downe
           into
           our
           soules
           ,
           to
           giue
           us
           earnest
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           one
           day
           call
           up
           our
           soules
           to
           heauen
           ,
           where
           ,
           to
           reward
           our
           obedience
           he
           will
           haue
           us
           liue
           eternally
           with
           him
           who
           commands
           us
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           such
           a
           loue
           and
           desire
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           in
           Comparison
           of
           heauen
           ,
           we
           esteeme
           Paradice
           but
           a
           hell
           ,
           and
           life
           it selfe
           ,
           but
           Martyrdom
           .
        
         
           The
           Angels
           are
           more
           excellent
           then
           we
           ,
           yet
           are
           they
           nothing
           else
           but
           obedience
           in
           the
           very
           nature
           of
           their
           being
           ;
           messingers
           ,
           to
           goe
           upon
           the
           employment
           he
           sends
           them
           ,
           for
           are
           they
           not
           all
           ministring
           spirits
           ?
           See
           then
           ,
           to
           be
           obedient
           to
           God
           ,
           is
           to
           live
           the
           life
           of
           angels
           ,
           But
           oh
           God
           stooping
           our
           contemplations
           lower
           ,
           how
           are
           we
           ashamed
           and
           confounded
           ,
           at
           the
           obedience
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           who
           was
           readie
           at
           the
           command
           of
           god
           ,
           to
           slay
           his
           sonne
           ,
           his
           only
           son
           ,
           the
           sonn
           whom
           he
           loued
           ,
           and
           so
           take
           a
           way
           his
           life
           ,
           that
           was
           the
           ioy
           of
           his
           owne
           ,
           to
           sacrifice
           
             Isaac
          
           to
           his
           God
           ,
           and
           so
           become
           a
           religious
           Murtherer
           .
        
         
           But
           God
           layes
           no
           such
           harsh
           Commands
           upon
           us
           :
           not
           to
           sacrifice
           a
           sonn
           ,
           but
           to
           Kill
           a
           sinn
           ,
           not
           to
           shed
           bloud
           ,
           but
           to
           abstaine
           from
           shedding
           it
           ;
           No
           horror
           in
           our
           seruices
           ,
           no
           Cruelty
           in
           his
           Commands
           ;
           Not
           to
           doe
           any
           thing
           against
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           Compassionate
           hart
           ,
           but
           to
           
             turne
          
           unto
           him
           withall
           our
           
             heart
             ,
          
           Not
           to
           giue
           him
           o●r
           childrens
           bloud
           ,
           but
           our
           owne
           teares
           ,
           and
           those
           not
           to
           aduantage
           him
           ,
           but
           clense
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           a
           motive
           to
           all
           this
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           consider
           who
           't
           is
           that
           commands
           you
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           
             Lord
             ,
          
           the
           
             Lord
          
           that
           made
           you
           ,
           and
           can
           confound
           you
           ,
           the
           
             Lord
          
           that
           made
           you
           of
           clay
           ,
           and
           
             can
             breake
             you
             in
             peices
             like
             a
             Potters
             vessell
             .
          
           The
           Lord
           who
           to
           plague
           you
           can
           create
           a
           Hell
           in
           your
           consciences
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           when
           you
           dye
           (
           if
           you
           live
           but
           to
           resist
           his
           commands
           )
           will
           cast
           your
           soule
           into
           Hell
           where
           
             the
             worme
             never
             dyes
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           Angels
           doe
           his
           will
           both
           
             Cito
             ;
          
           &
           
             Celeriter
             :
          
           without
           delay
           when
           they
           goe
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           speediest
           dispatch
           when
           they
           are
           in
           the
           imployment
           of
           it
           :
           consider
           then
           that
           now
           the
           
             Lord
          
           calls
           upon
           you
           to
           turne
           ,
           and
           he
           calls
           upon
           you
           to
           turne
           to
           him
           ,
           
             Now
             ,
          
           and
           that
           's
           the
           next
           point
           .
        
         
           
             The
             second
             point
             .
          
           
             And
             next
             to
             the
             Authour
             ,
             the
             opportunity
             speakes
             the
             importance
             of
             the
             message
             ,
             he
             expects
             it
             
               Now
               ,
            
             not
             any
             time
             this
             yeare
             ,
             for
             we
             may
             dye
             this
             Moneth
             ,
             and
             bring
             our
             yeares
             to
             an
             end
             now
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             ;
             not
             any
             time
             this
             moneth
             ,
             for
             we
             may
             be
             ,
             benighted
             in
             our
             graves
             before
             the
             next
             Moone
             gives
             us
             light
             ;
             Nay
             ,
             not
             any
             time
             this
             Weeke
             ,
             for
             
               this
               night
            
             our
             Soules
             may
             be
             req●ired
             of
             us
             ,
             and
             so
             we
             change
             our
             bed
             for
             a
             grave
             .
          
           
             But
             
               Now
               ,
            
             this
             minute
             ,
             this
             very
             moment
             ,
             for
             we
             cannot
             promise
             to
             our selves
             the
             enjoyment
             of
             another
             ,
             and
             this
             lost
             ,
             can
             never
             be
             recalled
             .
          
           
             
               Time
            
             is
             a
             thing
             that
             's
             lost
             ,
             before
             we
             have
             it
             ;
             and
             if
             learned
             men
             have
             found
             such
             difficulty
             to
             discover
             what
             time
             is
             ,
             for
             Saint
             
               Augustine
            
             (
             a
             rare
             wit
             )
             strugleth
             in
             this
             question
             as
             a
             bird
             in
             a
             string
             ,
             
               Quid
               est
               tempus
               ?
               si
               nemo
               ex
               me
               quaerat
               ,
               Scio
               ,
               si
               quaerenti
               explicare
               velim
               ,
               nescio
               .
               (
               11.
               
               Book
               of
               his
               confession
               .
            
             Chap.
             14.
             )
             He
             knowes
             enough
             to
             hold
             his
             peace
             ,
             but
             not
             enough
             to
             speake
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             he
             could
             not
             give
             a
             certaine
             definition
             of
             it
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             uncertaine
             and
             vicissitudinarie
             Nature
             of
             it
             ,
             how
             shall
             we
             thinke
             to
             possesse
             it
             ?
          
           
             This
             
               Nun●
            
             of
             so
             little
             lasting
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             lost
             while
             we
             speak
             it
             ,
             how
             then
             can
             we
             be
             Masters
             of
             that
             ,
             whose
             very
             being
             is
             not
             to
             be
             ?
             Like
             a
             swift
             river
             it
             comes
             not
             ,
             but
             to
             passe
             away
             .
          
           
             And
             yet
             so
             necessary
             is
             this
             time
             that
             measures
             allour
             actions
             ,
             that
             
               Pythagoras
            
             calls
             it
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             the
             very
             
             soule
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             but
             the
             neglect
             of
             this
             soule
             to
             often
             ensnares
             our
             soule
             ,
             and
             so
             two
             Soules
             perish
             both
             together
             .
          
           
             How
             many
             are
             over-whelmed
             for
             want
             of
             the
             true
             imployment
             of
             time
             )
             with
             anguish
             ,
             with
             remorsse
             ,
             and
             sadnesse
             ,
             when
             as
             time
             well
             imploy'd
             makes
             a
             man
             (
             without
             arrogancy
             )
             reio●ce
             in
             the
             workes
             of
             his
             owne
             hands
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             one
             of
             the
             great
             confusions
             ,
             which
             at
             this
             day
             swayes
             the
             lives
             and
             actions
             of
             great
             men
             ;
             who
             are
             so
             over-whelmed
             with
             the
             multiplicity
             of
             affaires
             (
             from
             morning
             untill
             night
             )
             that
             they
             have
             leasure
             to
             thinke
             of
             every
             thing
             ,
             but
             themselves
             .
             Others
             rowle
             themselves
             in
             vaine
             occupations
             ,
             &
             never
             understand
             the
             principall
             businesse
             of
             their
             time
             which
             is
             to
             turne
             ,
             
               to
               our
               angry
               God
               .
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             wee
             labour
             in
             the
             maine
             point
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             but
             an
             accessorie
             ,
             and
             take
             the
             accessories
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             the
             choicest
             principalls
             .
          
           
             All
             the
             petty
             trifles
             which
             concerne
             the
             ease
             ,
             &
             accommodation
             of
             our
             bodyes
             have
             their
             regularti●e
             ,
             and
             seldome
             are
             forgotten
             ;
             as
             to
             eate
             when
             we
             are
             hungry
             ;
             to
             drinke
             when
             we
             are
             thirsty
             ;
             to
             sleepe
             when
             we
             are
             weary
             ,
             to
             sport
             when
             the
             Iocound
             fi●t
             comes
             on
             us
             ;
             we
             give
             to
             all
             th●se
             their
             time
             ;
             but
             for
             the
             great
             affaire
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             we
             set
             apart
             no
             time
             ;
             as
             if
             that
             were
             not
             worth
             the
             wearing
             out
             a
             day
             .
          
           
             God
             hath
             reserved
             to
             himselfe
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             worlds
             great
             
               Dyall
               ,
               Time
               ,
            
             he
             alone
             determines
             the
             howers
             ,
             and
             will
             give
             this
             commission
             to
             no
             man
             .
             If
             the
             Sunne
             were
             stayed
             ,
             in
             the
             time●
             of
             
               Io●ua●
               ,
            
             it
             was
             done
             
               saith
               Saint
               Chrisostome
            
             in
             honour
             to
             
               Iesus
            
             of
             whom
             this
             great
             captaine
             was
             a
             figure
             :
             And
             if
             it
             reco●led
             ba●k●
             10.
             
             Degrees
             in
             the
             time
             of
             
               Hezekiah
               ,
            
             it
             was
             to
             ●ignifie
             the
             〈◊〉
             of
             the
             Incarnation
             ,
             when
             the
             eternal
             .
             Word
             abased
             ●imself
             below
             the
             9.
             
             Quires
             of
             Angels
             ,
             and
             united
             himselfe
             with
             humane
             
             Nature
             ,
             the
             Tenth
             and
             last
             of
             reasonable
             Creatures
             ;
             
               Time
            
             indeed
             went
             backward
             ,
             when
             Et●rnity
             came
             into
             the
             world
             :
             but
             the
             course
             of
             Time
             was
             never
             stop't
             ,
             unlesse
             for
             some
             speciall
             mistery
             of
             our
             faith
             .
             To
             dreame
             then
             that
             such
             a
             change
             should
             be
             produced
             for
             us
             ,
             to
             repaire
             our
             Precious
             los●es
             ,
             were
             such
             a
             mad
             folly
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             thinkes
             it
             ,
             shall
             finde
             his
             error
             to
             soone
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             to
             late
             .
             If
             a
             I●well
             be
             lost
             ,
             i●
             may
             be
             found
             ;
             if
             a
             house
             be
             bu●nt
             downe
             ,
             it
             may
             bee
             reedified
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             flourish
             most
             after
             ruine
             ;
             But
             
               (
               O
               God
               )
            
             why
             should
             we
             loose
             that
             which
             we
             can
             never
             finde
             ?
             Let
             's
             catch
             the
             time
             while
             the
             Sunne
             striketh
             upon
             our
             line
             ,
             or
             we
             are
             lost
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             
               Antigonus
            
             spake
             wisely
             when
             he
             said
             ,
             his
             was
             the
             warefare
             of
             time
             as
             well
             as
             of
             armes
             ,
             for
             truly
             all
             our
             Christian
             warfare
             Consists
             but
             in
             well
             managing
             our
             time
             ;
             
               then
            
             to
             haue
             the
             brest-plate
             of
             righteousnesse
             when
             the
             diuill
             thrusts
             at
             us
             ;
             
               then
            
             to
             haue
             
               the
               Sword
               of
               the
               spirit
            
             when
             we
             need
             to
             
               resist
               ;
               then
            
             to
             haue
             
               the
               helmet
               of
               saluation●hen
            
             our
             heads
             are
             quite
             under
             water
             ,
             that
             so
             we
             sinke
             but
             to
             Death
             ,
             not
             do
             Despaire
             ,
             this
             is
             to
             suite
             the
             time
             well
             ,
             and
             punctually
             to
             employ
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Gregory
               Nazianzen
            
             tells
             us
             ●agely
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             &c.
             that
             life
             is
             an
             open
             fayre
             for
             all
             the
             world
             to
             trade
             in
             ,
             where
             we
             may
             barter
             a
             Vale
             of
             te●res
             for
             a
             
               Paradice
            
             of
             ioy
             ,
             earth
             for
             heauen
             ,
             a
             moment
             for
             Eternitie
             ,
             but
             reason
             rerequires
             that
             we
             should
             com
             while
             the
             fair●
             lasts
             ,
             before
             the
             shops
             are
             shut
             ,
             before
             the
             tents
             of
             our
             bodies
             be
             pul●d
             downe
             ,
             before
             the
             Night
             of
             Death
             approacheth
             ,
             or
             we
             lose
             our
             market
             :
             
               But
               O
               wretched
               men
            
             that
             we
             are
             !
             sin
             robb's
             us
             of
             our
             time
             to
             preuent
             our
             repentance
             ,
             &
             〈◊〉
             cheates
             us
             at
             last
             of
             heauen
             :
             One
             man
             spends
             his
             time
             in
             plotting
             mis●heife
             against
             another
             ,
             w●●n
             as
             that
             time
             〈◊〉
             employ'd
             might
             haue
             saued
             his
             ●oule
             :
             Another
             bestow●●●im
             selfe
             wholy
             on
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             would
             flie
             at
             heauen
             
             with
             his
             Hawke
             ,
             to
             which
             he
             seldom
             lookes
             but
             in
             his
             sport
             :
             Do
             we
             not
             see
             Ladies
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             morning
             when
             they
             should
             offer
             to
             God
             the
             first
             fruits
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             will
             Consult
             an
             howre
             or
             two
             with
             their
             looking
             glasse
             ,
             and
             scarse
             a
             minute
             with
             their
             prayer
             booke
             ?
             as
             if
             they
             lou●d
             the
             shaddow
             of
             their
             owne
             face
             (
             which
             allwayes
             is
             not
             the
             best
             )
             better
             then
             the
             vision
             of
             God
             himself
             :
             These
             are
             houses
             still
             at
             reparations
             ;
             the
             face
             (
             which
             is
             the
             forefront
             of
             the
             house
             and
             next
             the
             street
             )
             must
             be
             new
             painted
             ,
             this
             ,
             or
             that
             wr●nkle
             in
             the
             wall
             new
             pla●stred
             over
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             add
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Tyre-woman
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             ,
             they
             are
             quite
             lost
             in
             lime
             and
             haire
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             fabrick
             strew'd
             with
             sweets
             ,
             shewes
             that
             the
             powder
             quite
             forgets
             the
             dust
             .
             Is
             this
             to
             spend
             the
             time
             well
             ?
             Can
             this
             trifling
             (
             to
             call
             it
             no
             worse
             )
             fit
             us
             for
             eternity
             ?
             Will
             not
             the
             
               Saints
            
             of
             the
             primitive
             times
             (
             who
             as
             if
             the
             day
             were
             to
             little
             ,
             destin'd
             the
             nights
             to
             devotion
             in
             their
             Vigills
             )
             will
             not
             these
             rise
             up
             in
             judgement
             against
             us
             ,
             who
             make
             our
             whole
             life
             a
             trade
             of
             sinne
             ,
             or
             doing
             nothing
             .
          
           
             Thinke
             (
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             and
             tremble
             while
             you
             thinke
             )
             how
             many
             damned
             soules
             are
             now
             broyling
             in
             hell
             fire
             (
             which
             the
             whole
             Ocean
             cannot
             extinguish
             )
             for
             the
             contempt
             and
             misuse
             of
             time
             ;
             who
             ,
             because
             they
             have
             ill
             ,
             and
             vainely
             spent
             their
             time
             ,
             are
             now
             swallowed
             up
             of
             the
             worst
             Eternity
             .
          
           
             And
             thinke
             againe
             ,
             what
             time
             can
             there
             be
             imagined
             for
             repentance
             (
             the
             most
             needfull
             worke
             of
             all
             )
             when
             all
             our
             life
             is
             swallowed
             up
             of
             impiety
             :
             And
             therefore
             ,
             't
             is
             good
             councell
             that
             one
             gives
             us
             !
             
               Omnia
               ista
               contemnito
               ,
               quibus
               corpore
               solutus
               ,
               non
               indigebis
               :
            
             Timely
             despise
             those
             things
             ,
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             of
             which
             thou
             hast
             no
             need
             out
             of
             the
             body
             :
             despise
             ,
             and
             deferre
             all
             other
             things
             ,
             as
             unworthy
             the
             expence
             of
             a
             moment
             ;
             but
             thy
             repentance
             put
             not
             off
             
             
               from
               day
               to
               day
               ;
            
             do
             that
             
               Now
               ,
            
             least
             perhaps
             you
             do
             it
             never
             .
          
           
             And
             sure
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             the
             Devill
             hath
             no
             greater
             pollicy
             to
             circumvent
             us
             ,
             then
             by
             benumming
             of
             our
             zeale
             ,
             by
             this
             hanging
             weights
             upon
             our
             soules
             ,
             by
             the
             delay
             of
             our
             repentance
             :
             and
             I
             dare
             be
             peremptory
             to
             conclude
             ,
             that
             more
             perish
             this
             way
             ,
             then
             any
             other
             .
             For
             the
             Devill
             can
             worke
             on
             few
             so
             farre
             ,
             as
             to
             perswade
             them
             that
             they
             never
             neede
             
               Turne
            
             to
             God
             at
             all
             ,
             but
             alas
             who
             doth
             he
             not
             endanger
             ,
             by
             delaying
             it
             ?
          
           
             Saint
             
               Augustine
            
             found
             this
             in
             himselfe
             ,
             as
             he
             tels
             us
             in
             the
             
               Eight
               Booke
               of
               his
               confessions
            
             Chap.
             12.
             
             For
             there
             finding
             the
             Devill
             flattering
             his
             soule
             with
             perswasions
             to
             delay
             his
             repentance
             (
             at
             that
             time
             when
             he
             was
             most
             resolved
             to
             performe
             it
             )
             he
             had
             much
             strife
             in
             himself
             ,
             but
             knowing
             that
             now
             the
             Divill
             had
             no
             other
             Engine
             to
             batter
             his
             soule
             withall
             ;
             (
             so
             much
             was
             his
             resolution
             for
             the
             maine
             ,
             strengthned
             by
             assisting
             grace
             )
             and
             knowing
             the
             Divill's
             plot
             by
             this
             procrastination
             ,
             was
             onely
             to
             bind
             him
             faster
             in
             the
             custome
             of
             his
             sinne
             ;
             
               Now
            
             at
             last
             ,
             he
             violently
             breakes
             the
             snare
             and
             complaines
             ,
             and
             cryes
             bitterly
             to
             his
             God
             :
             
               Vsque
               quo
               domine
               ,
               quam
               diu
               ?
               quam
               diu
               cras
               ,
               &
               cras
               ?
               quare
               non
               modo
               ?
               quare
               non
               hac
               hor
               a
               est
               finis
               t●rpitudinis
               meae
               ?
            
          
           
             Oh
             my
             God
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             how
             long
             wilt
             thou
             suffer
             me
             thus
             ?
             How
             long
             shall
             I
             say
             to
             morrow
             ,
             to
             morrow
             ?
             why
             should
             I
             not
             doe
             it
             now
             ?
             and
             this
             minute
             end
             that
             filthynesse
             of
             life
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             will
             betray
             me
             to
             a
             life
             of
             woe
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             But
             beside
             the
             example
             of
             this
             godly
             Sainct
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             present
             you
             with
             the
             reasons
             why
             we
             should
             
               Now
            
             without
             any
             delay
             
               turne
            
             to
             our
             God
             .
          
           
             
               First
            
             because
             by
             delaying
             our
             repentance
             ;
             sin
             is
             so
             fortified
             by
             custome
             and
             continuance
             ,
             that
             every
             day
             drives
             the
             nayle
             in
             further
             ,
             till
             't
             is
             hard
             to
             be
             removed
             ,
             and
             so
             our
             
             conversion
             becomes
             a
             task
             of
             greater
             difficulty
             .
             
               Againe
            
             the
             longer
             we
             continue
             in
             our
             sinnes
             ,
             the
             more
             God
             calls
             backe
             his
             grace
             and
             assistance
             from
             us
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             bancke
             breaking
             which
             did
             defend
             us
             ,
             the
             full
             streames
             of
             temptation
             breake
             in
             ,
             and
             overflow
             us
             .
             
               Thirdly
               ,
            
             By
             continuance
             sinne
             takes
             deeper
             rooting
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             weede
             which
             had
             but
             little
             fastning
             before
             ,
             requires
             more
             strengh
             and
             violence
             to
             pluck
             it
             up
             :
             Lastly
             ,
             all
             the
             good
             motions
             and
             inclynations
             of
             our
             wills
             ,
             by
             the
             strength
             and
             growth
             of
             sin
             ,
             are
             more
             infeebled
             :
             That
             plant
             pines
             ,
             where
             elder
             &
             stronger
             we●ds
             attract
             all
             the
             moisture
             :
             Passions
             grow
             bold
             ,
             where
             reason
             dares
             not
             stirre
             against
             a
             custome
             :
             When
             sinne
             shall
             be
             fast
             rooted
             in
             the
             habit
             of
             it
             ,
             when
             the
             Divill
             shall
             be
             neere
             to
             assault
             ,
             and
             God
             farre
             from
             assisting
             ,
             O
             how
             diffi●ult
             will
             our
             conversion
             be
             !
          
           
             He
             that
             but
             
               stand●
               in
               the
               way
               of
               sinners
               ,
            
             is
             in
             a
             posture
             of
             to
             unhappy
             constancy
             ;
             he
             that
             goes
             on
             ,
             thrives
             to
             fast
             in
             that
             trade
             which
             will
             undoe
             him
             ,
             and
             is
             never
             no
             true
             a
             proficient
             as
             when
             he
             goes
             backward
             :
             but
             if
             once
             it
             come
             to
             
               sitting
               in
               the
               seate
               of
               the
               scornfull
               (
               quasi
               ad
               hoc
               vacans
               )
            
             (
             as
             
               Saint
               Augustine
               glosseth
               that
               place
               )
            
             having
             nothing
             else
             to
             doe
             ,
             but
             to
             sinne
             :
             To
             sit
             at
             ease
             upon
             the
             
               Stoole
               of
               wickednesse
               ,
               and
               imagine
               mischeife
               as
               a
               law
               ,
            
             this
             is
             to
             give
             sinne
             a
             cushion
             ,
             which
             is
             loath
             enough
             to
             rise
             ,
             from
             the
             uneasiest
             constancie
             .
          
           
             
               Saint
               Augustine
            
             Commenting
             on
             that
             miracle
             of
             Iesus
             ,
             in
             raysing
             
               Lazirus
            
             from
             the
             grave
             
               when
               he
               had
               beene
               dead
               foure
               dayes
               ,
            
             searcheth
             the
             reason
             why
             Iesus
             begun
             that
             worke
             with
             a
             Prologue
             of
             teares
             ,
             why
             
               he
               groaned
            
             and
             
               troubled
            
             himselfe
             so
             much
             ,
             when
             as
             he
             rais'd
             others
             with
             facility
             ,
             without
             those
             sadd●r
             Prefaces
             ;
             and
             from
             the
             Consideration
             of
             this
             ,
             extracts
             this
             mortall
             Divinity
             ;
             That
             there
             are
             foure
             degrees
             of
             a
             sinner
             ,
             corresponding
             to
             the
             
               foure
               dayes
            
             of
             
               Lazarus
            
             his
             interment
             :
             The
             
               First
            
             is
             a
             voluntary
             
             
               Delectation
               ,
            
             the
             
               second
            
             is
             
               Consent
               ,
            
             the
             
               third
            
             is
             
               Accomplishment
               ,
            
             the
             
               fourth
            
             is
             the
             
               Custome
            
             and
             
               Continuance
            
             of
             sinne
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             hath
             layne
             out
             these
             foure
             dayes
             in
             the
             grave
             of
             sin
             ,
             buried
             thus
             ,
             is
             hardly
             raised
             to
             life
             againe
             ;
             
               saith
               that
               Father
               .
            
             No
             lesse
             then
             a
             miracle
             can
             call
             backe
             such
             a
             man
             ,
             he
             must
             have
             teares
             ,
             and
             sights
             ,
             and
             groanes
             ;
             inward
             trouble
             and
             
               consternation
               ,
            
             and
             when
             these
             are
             growne
             to
             
               perfection
               ,
            
             the
             dead
             man
             is
             rais'd
             indeed
             .
          
           
             And
             though
             I
             will
             not
             conclude
             (
             as
             some
             have
             done
             )
             that
             
               Lazarus
            
             thus
             rais'd
             dyed
             no
             more
             ;
             yet
             sure
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             from
             this
             spirituall
             resurrection
             ,
             no
             death
             of
             sinne
             shall
             relap's
             us
             ;
             and
             therefore
             
               Lazarus
            
             must
             leave
             off
             his
             grave
             clothes
             ,
             and
             be
             unbound
             ,
             forsaking
             all
             relations
             to
             the
             grave
             ,
             to
             shew
             that
             those
             very
             sinnes
             being
             dead
             that
             killed
             him
             ,
             he
             lives
             by
             their
             mortality
             .
          
           
             
               Saint
               Augustine
               (
               Lib.
               6.
               de
               Civit●t
               Dei
               cap.
            
             10.
             )
             makes
             mention
             of
             an
             old
             
               Comedian
            
             (
             a
             constant
             actor
             in
             those
             
               Comedyes
            
             which
             the
             blinde
             Idolaters
             of
             those
             times
             instituted
             to
             the
             honour
             of
             their
             false
             Gods
             )
             that
             he
             was
             so
             innamored
             of
             the
             applaus
             the
             people
             gave
             him
             ,
             that
             playing
             for
             the
             Gods
             ,
             he
             acted
             all
             as
             for
             men
             :
             but
             being
             old
             ,
             and
             forsaken
             of
             his
             usuall
             troope
             of
             auditors
             ;
             he
             would
             crawle
             to
             the
             
               Capitoll
            
             and
             feebly
             act
             his
             
               Comedyes
            
             before
             the
             Statues
             of
             his
             false
             Gods
             ,
             doing
             all
             (
             as
             he
             said
             )
             then
             for
             the
             Gods
             ,
             &
             nothing
             for
             men
             .
             And
             do
             we
             not
             act
             our
             parts
             thus
             ,
             when
             we
             dedicate
             the
             first
             fruits
             of
             our
             time
             to
             our
             own
             sensuallity
             ;
             &
             give
             God
             (
             in
             whom
             we
             live
             )
             but
             the
             gleanings
             of
             our
             lives
             ?
             Beginning
             then
             to
             serve
             God
             ,
             when
             feeble
             age
             hath
             made
             ●s
             unapt
             for
             the
             service
             of
             sin
             ;
             Never
             trembling
             in
             the
             sense
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             ,
             nor
             shaking
             in
             any
             thing
             but
             our
             palsie
             ?
             Are
             we
             then
             fit
             
               to
               run
               the
               path
               of
               Gods
               Commandements
               ,
            
             when
             we
             cannot
             goe
             without
             a
             staffe
             ?
             And
             truely
             we
             doe
             not
             unfitly
             to
             take
             the
             helpe
             of
             more
             leggs
             to
             carry
             us
             out
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             then
             we
             had
             
             to
             bring
             us
             into
             it
             ,
             who
             by
             a
             long
             life
             have
             contracted
             a
             greater
             burthen
             of
             sinne
             upon
             us
             .
             
               Then
            
             only
             to
             cease
             from
             beholding
             vanity
             ,
             when
             we
             have
             not
             faculty
             enough
             left
             to
             see
             ,
             to
             frequent
             the
             house
             of
             God
             with
             deafe
             eares
             ;
             
               Then
            
             onely
             to
             come
             to
             heare
             ,
             when
             with
             
               Davids
               idolls
            
             we
             have
             
               Eares
            
             only
             not
             to
             
               Heare
               ?
            
             Not
             to
             sin
             because
             of
             the
             innab●lity
             of
             age
             ,
             is
             impotency
             ,
             not
             innocency
             ;
             for
             the
             taynt
             &
             habit
             of
             our
             youthfull
             sins
             ,
             remaine
             though
             the
             act
             be
             wanting
             .
             O
             miserable
             condition
             of
             sinne
             !
             never
             to
             grow
             old
             ?
             not
             in
             Age
             it
             sel●
             ?
             Never
             to
             dye
             ,
             whilst
             we
             live
             ?
             when
             we
             can
             do
             nothing
             else
             ,
             to
             be
             able
             to
             do
             that
             ?
          
           
             Strange
             power
             of
             impotency
             to
             be
             able
             to
             do
             nothing
             but
             sinne
             ;
             and
             stranger
             life
             of
             sinne
             ,
             that
             lives
             in
             us
             onely
             to
             kill
             us
             alive
             ,
             and
             lives
             when
             we
             are
             dead
             in
             the
             guilt
             ,
             and
             obligation
             to
             eternall
             punishment
             ,
             and
             lives
             with
             us
             in
             Hell
             ,
             to
             keepe
             us
             everlastingly
             living
             ,
             or
             dying
             ;
             (
             for
             I
             cannot
             tell
             whether
             it
             be
             life
             or
             death
             ,
             to
             live
             in
             nothing
             but
             torment
             ,
             and
             dead
             to
             nothing
             else
             but
             happinesse
             .
             )
          
           
             I
             beseech
             you
             thinke
             
               Now
            
             what
             will
             be
             
               Then
               ,
            
             and
             let
             the
             thought
             of
             that
             
               Th●n
               ,
            
             teach
             you
             how
             to
             prize
             the
             Prophets
             
               Now
               ;
            
             for
             
               Ex
               hoc
               m●mento
               pendet
               aeternitas
               ,
            
             the
             eternall
             Condition
             of
             your
             soules
             depends
             upon
             it
             .
          
           
             O
             now
             for
             the
             Tongue
             of
             Angells
             to
             perswade
             you
             ,
             but
             miserable
             man
             that
             I
             am
             ,
             I
             check
             that
             holy
             ambition
             ,
             knowing
             that
             to
             be
             so
             
               excellent
               that
               I
               cannot
               attaine
               unto
               it
               ;
               but
               such
               as
               I
               have
               I
               give
               unto
               you
               ;
            
             and
             beseech
             you
             ,
             as
             you
             vallue
             the
             joyes
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             as
             you
             dread
             the
             paines
             of
             Hell
             ,
             by
             those
             Soules
             of
             yours
             to
             redeeme
             which
             cost
             Christ
             himselfe
             his
             blood
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             precious
             blood
             ,
             the
             pri●e
             of
             your
             soules
             redemption
             ,
             by
             the
             love
             of
             that
             God
             who
             was
             before
             all
             〈◊〉
             &
             lasting
             beyond
             all
             time
             (
             being
             the
             Eternity
             it self
             )
             to
             make
             a
             true
             use
             of
             this
             time
             
               Now
               .
            
          
           
             O
             let
             not
             this
             day
             passe
             with
             out
             some
             reformation
             ;
             
             let
             not
             this
             dayes
             Sun
             set
             ,
             and
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             still
             upon
             us
             ;
             but
             draw
             neere
             unto
             him
             
               now
               ,
            
             so
             neere
             that
             you
             may
             kisse
             the
             sonn
             ,
             
               for
               if
               his
               wrath
               be
               kindled
               (
               yea
               but
               a
               little
               )
               Blessed
               are
               all
               they
               that
               put
               their
               trust
               in
               him
               .
            
          
           
             Let
             me
             expostulate
             with
             the
             
               prophet
               ,
               doth
               not
               the
               Su●llow
               and
               the
               Crane
               ,
               know
               their
               time
               ,
            
             yet
             poore
             man
             (
             for
             whom
             these
             were
             made
             )
             knowes
             it
             not
             .
          
           
             Happily
             sometimes
             we
             feele
             
               Agrip●as
            
             ague
             ,
             some
             motions
             ,
             and
             groouings
             of
             repentance
             ,
             but
             we
             are
             still
             at
             a
             stand
             for
             a
             
               Conuenient
               season
               ,
            
             and
             so
             the
             fit
             goes
             off
             :
             (
             for
             the
             soules
             ague
             (
             Contrarie
             to
             that
             of
             the
             body
             )
             beginns
             with
             a
             hott
             fitt
             ,
             and
             ends
             in
             a
             Cold
             :
             )
             Truely
             though
             no
             time
             be
             amisse
             in
             respect
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             
               at
               what
               time
               soever
               a
               sinner
               doth
               repe●t
               .
            
             that
             is
             the
             
               acceptable
               time
               ,
            
             that
             is
             the
             
               day
               of
               saluation
               :
            
             yet
             
               Esaw's
            
             teares
             when
             the
             time
             was
             past
             ,
             the
             
               Virg●ns
               knocking
            
             when
             
               the
               dores
               were
               shut
               ,
            
             these
             shew
             (
             what
             Solomon
             said
             )
             that
             
               there
               is
               a
               time
               for
               every
               thing
               ,
            
             &
             if
             we
             loose
             that
             time
             ,
             we
             shall
             weepe
             ,
             and
             knock
             ,
             as
             foolishly
             as
             they
             .
          
           
             Opportunitie
             is
             it self
             a
             favour
             ,
             and
             t'
             is
             a
             second
             favour
             to
             discerne
             it
             ,
             but
             the
             greatest
             is
             to
             lay
             hold
             fit
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             want
             of
             these
             ,
             spring
             the
             causes
             of
             our
             Procrastination
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             common
             error
             of
             repentance
             ,
             (
             I
             beseech
             you
             marke
             it
             )
             eyther
             our
             
               Ignorance
            
             in
             not
             discerning
             the
             time
             ,
             or
             our
             
               Negligence
               ,
            
             that
             when
             wee
             doe
             discerne
             it
             ,
             do
             not
             yet
             embrace
             it
             .
          
           
             This
             Christ
             laments
             with
             bitter
             teares
             ,
             and
             of
             that
             ,
             God
             himself
             complaines
             ,
             
               Ier
            
             8.
             verse
             .
             7.
             
             
               Even
               the
               Storke
               in
               the
               ayre
               ,
               the
               Turtle
               &
               the
               Crane
               ,
               &
               the
               S●allow
               ,
               observe
               the
               time
               of
               their
               comming
               ,
               but
               my
               people
               knoweth
               not
               the
               Iudgement
               of
               the
               Lord
               .
            
             God
             useth
             not
             thus
             to
             complaine
             but
             in
             ●reat
             cases
             ,
             to
             slight
             his
             so
             graciously
             offered
             opportunity
             ,
             he
             accompts
             no
             triviall
             matter
             :
             T'
             is
             a
             point
             of
             the
             greatest
             consideration
             in
             all
             Christianitie
             ,
             else
             God
             would
             not
             have
             complain'd
             ,
             nor
             
               Christ
            
             so
             passonatly
             have
             bemoaned
             
               Ierusalem
            
             
             for
             the
             losse
             of
             it
             ,
             O
             saith
             he
             
               If
               thou
               hadst
               knowne
               that
               this
               day
               had
               bin
               the
               day
               of
               thy
               visitation
               ,
            
             and
             what
             then
             ?
             there
             he
             breakes
             off
             the
             teares
             comming
             so
             fast
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             forc't
             to
             weepe
             out
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             meaning
             :
             O
             those
             teares
             silently
             tell
             us
             what
             the
             losse
             of
             time
             is
             ,
             for
             therefore
             did
             he
             weepe
             then
             ,
             because
             they
             wept
             no
             sooner
             .
          
           
             But
             mee thinkes
             I
             heare
             flesh
             and
             blood
             begin
             to
             pleado
             May
             I
             not
             lay
             by
             the
             consideration
             of
             my
             repentance
             a
             little
             ?
             I
             am
             yong
             and
             healthy
             ,
             and
             gladly
             would
             I
             befriend
             my
             youth
             with
             the
             pleasures
             of
             the
             world
             a
             little
             longer
             ,
             and
             then
             I
             will
             turne
             to
             God
             with
             all
             my
             hart
             ▪
             O
             be
             not
             deceaved
             ;
             a
             suddaine
             death
             may
             snatch
             us
             hence
             ,
             and
             send
             the
             soule
             into
             the
             other
             world
             with
             all
             our
             sins
             upon
             it
             ;
             and
             what
             the
             condition
             of
             that
             soule
             is
             ,
             I
             dread
             to
             tell
             you
             .
          
           
             But
             suppose
             the
             best
             ,
             that
             Death
             send
             his
             harbinger
             ,
             &
             by
             some
             languishing
             sicknesse
             ,
             kindly
             gives
             us
             warning
             of
             our
             departure
             ,
             yet
             lett
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             infinite
             are
             the
             perplexities
             which
             disturbe
             the
             repentance
             of
             the
             death
             bed
             :
             Our
             owne
             paines
             will
             disquiet
             us
             ,
             and
             make
             us
             roare
             for
             uery
             anguish
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             cry
             to
             God
             ,
             is
             rather
             passion
             ,
             then
             repentance
             :
             Can
             we
             be
             fitt
             to
             turne
             unto
             God
             ,
             when
             we
             can
             scarce
             turne
             our selues
             in
             our
             bedds
             ?
             the
             thought
             of
             the
             poore
             widdow
             we
             shall
             leave
             behind
             us
             ,
             will
             make
             the
             soule
             forget
             her
             
               spowse
            
             and
             swetest
             
               bridgrome
               Christ
            
             the
             feare
             of
             death
             will
             horribly
             affright
             us
             ,
             and
             a
             trembling
             dread
             so
             over
             whelme
             us
             ,
             that
             fearing
             to
             die
             ,
             we
             think
             not
             how
             to
             dye
             ,
             and
             so
             loose
             the
             life
             of
             the
             blessed
             :
             the
             enemie
             will
             then
             raise
             Deuils
             in
             our
             consciences
             ,
             and
             present
             our
             thoughts
             with
             a
             sad
             
               Idea
            
             of
             hell
             ,
             and
             shew
             us
             all
             the
             torments
             we
             have
             deserued
             ;
             torments
             so
             intollerable
             ,
             so
             immarcessible
             ,
             that
             the
             damned
             soule
             would
             be
             glad
             to
             be
             but
             a
             Deuill
             ,
             and
             thinke
             it
             a
             high
             preferment
             to
             be
             nothing
             :
             And
             to
             shew
             f●ll
             malice
             in
             the
             conclusion
             ,
             at
             our
             very
             departure
             ,
             he
             will
             shew
             us
             all
             our
             sinns
             in
             such
             a
             shape
             
             that
             (
             despairing
             )
             we
             may
             grow
             mad
             ,
             and
             die
             .
          
           
             Tell
             me
             then
             is
             this
             a
             fit
             time
             for
             repentance
             ?
             Is
             the
             death
             bed
             a
             conuenient
             Altar
             to
             
               offer
               up
               our
               bodyes
               a
               living
               sa●rifice
               ,
            
             and
             then
             to
             when
             we
             lie
             a dying
             ?
             O
             God
             gi●e
             us
             grace
             to
             thinke
             of
             this
             betimes
             ;
             and
             lett
             me
             add
             ,
             that
             the
             Conuersion
             of
             our
             last
             time
             is
             seldom
             free
             ,
             but
             inforc't
             ,
             by
             the
             feare
             of
             hell
             ;
             but
             in
             that
             feare
             there
             is
             no
             loue
             ,
             and
             with
             out
             loue
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             hope
             of
             heaven
             :
             To
             feare
             him
             onely
             for
             his
             iudgements
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             sonns
             ,
             is
             to
             find
             him
             a
             Iudge
             ,
             and
             not
             a
             Father
             .
          
           
             Besides
             the
             actions
             of
             vertue
             performed
             then
             ,
             are
             not
             of
             that
             vallue
             with
             God
             ,
             as
             those
             which
             come
             to
             him
             wing'd
             with
             cheerefullnesse
             in
             our
             health
             and
             prospe●ity
             :
             What
             great
             mercy
             is
             it
             to
             pardon
             an
             enemy
             when
             we
             have
             no
             power
             to
             hurt
             him
             ?
             or
             what
             great
             charity
             to
             distribute
             ou●
             goods
             ,
             when
             we
             cannot
             keepe
             them
             ?
             Alas
             in
             this
             estate
             ,
             
               Peccat●te
               dimiserunt
               ,
               non
               tu
               illa
               ,
            
             thy
             sinnes
             forsake
             thee
             ,
             Thou
             dost
             not
             forsake
             thy
             sinnes
             ;
             And
             let
             me
             argue
             the
             unsoundnesse
             of
             late
             repentance
             by
             the
             usuall
             experience
             of
             sick
             men
             ,
             who
             make
             prot●tations
             of
             great
             contrition
             ,
             but
             restored
             to
             health
             ,
             returne
             to
             sinne
             ,
             
               as
               the
               dogge
               t●
               his
               vomit
               ,
            
             and
             so
             as
             they
             mend
             ,
             grow
             worse
             .
             But
             sinne
             I
             know
             is
             full
             of
             flattery
             ;
             and
             now
             I
             call
             to
             mind
             the
             
               Th●ife
            
             on
             the
             Crosse
             ,
             was
             not
             he
             saved
             the
             very
             
               last
               hower
            
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             though
             he
             scarcely
             ever
             thought
             on
             God
             before
             ,
             was
             not
             he
             prefer'd
             from
             the
             Crosse
             to
             Paradice
             ,
             without
             the
             trouble
             of
             more
             r●pentance
             ?
          
           
             Vnhapily
             argued
             ;
             but
             shew
             me
             such
             another
             example
             ,
             and
             sinne
             on
             ,
             till
             you
             lye
             a dying
             ;
             and
             truely
             that
             soules
             hardly
             put
             to
             it
             ,
             that
             hath
             no
             better
             shift
             then
             to
             make
             that
             a
             ground
             of
             presumption
             ,
             which
             onely
             is
             a
             helpe
             in
             despaire
             :
             This
             was
             a
             particular
             act
             of
             Christ
             as
             
               Saint
               Augustine
            
             notes
             ,
             and
             so
             can
             make
             no
             generall
             rule
             ;
             if
             a
             Prince
             pardon
             one
             malefactor
             at
             the
             place
             of
             execution
             ,
             a
             thousand
             
             others
             dye
             without
             it
             :
             This
             was
             to
             display
             the
             power
             of
             Christ
             on
             the
             Crosse
             ,
             then
             ,
             in
             his
             greatest
             infirmity
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             would
             not
             
               save
               himselfe
            
             from
             a
             temporall
             death
             ,
             yet
             he
             would
             save
             him
             from
             an
             eternall
             death
             ;
             'T
             was
             a
             rare
             thing
             ,
             that
             a
             Theefe
             should
             confesse
             Christ
             ,
             when
             his
             neerest
             friends
             forsooke
             him
             ;
             and
             the
             reward
             of
             this
             ,
             was
             as
             rare
             as
             his
             goodnesse
             .
          
           
             Truly
             the
             point
             is
             of
             such
             consequence
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             how
             to
             leave
             it
             ,
             and
             therefor●
             let
             me
             inferr
             further
             ,
             that
             this
             late
             repentance
             must
             needs
             be
             very
             dangerous
             ,
             when
             as
             repentance
             at
             the
             best
             ,
             withall
             advantages
             of
             life
             ,
             is
             a
             worke
             of
             the
             greatest
             difficulty
             ;
             why
             then
             should
             we
             post
             off
             that
             to
             the
             last
             minute
             ,
             for
             which
             all
             our
             life
             is
             to
             little
             ?
          
           
             Converse
             with
             a
             soule
             newly
             loos'd
             from
             ●infull
             slave●ie
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             She
             sayl'd
             in
             a
             calme
             ,
             while
             she
             went
             the
             Devills
             voyage
             ;
             but
             when
             once
             she
             begun
             to
             thinke
             of
             returning
             home
             ,
             and
             leave
             that
             Sea
             so
             full
             of
             
               Sy●ens
               ,
            
             then
             the
             storme
             arose
             ,
             temptations
             multiplyed
             like
             the
             Waves
             ,
             every
             billow
             striving
             which
             should
             first
             devoure
             her
             .
          
           
             And
             truly
             I
             have
             spent
             many
             thoughts
             upon
             that
             storie
             of
             him
             (
             in
             the
             9.
             of
             
               Marke
               )
            
             possest
             with
             a
             dumbe
             ,
             and
             deafe
             spirit
             ;
             and
             I
             thinke
             it
             wonderfully
             remarkable
             ,
             that
             the
             Devill
             would
             neither
             heare
             ,
             nor
             speake
             ,
             whilst
             he
             had
             a
             quiet
             possession
             of
             that
             body
             ,
             but
             when
             Christ
             went
             about
             to
             turne
             him
             out
             of
             dores
             
               (
               charging
               him
               to
               goe
               out
               of
               him
               )
            
             then
             the
             mercy
             of
             Christ
             to
             the
             man
             ,
             wrought
             an
             unpleasing
             miracle
             on
             the
             D●vills
             ,
             for
             
               the
               deafe
               heard
            
             presently
             ,
             
               and
               the
               dumbe
               spake
               ,
            
             and
             now
             forced
             to
             depart
             ,
             he
             tore
             and
             rent
             him
             ,
             and
             tormented
             him
             into
             such
             a
             trance
             ,
             tha●
             〈◊〉
             spectators
             thought
             him
             dead
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             heare
             the
             Wise
             man
             in
             this
             :
             
               My
               sonne
               ,
               when
               thou
            
             〈◊〉
             
               come
               to
               the
               service
               of
               God
               ,
               prepare
               thy
               soule
               for
               temptations
               ,
            
             though
             perhaps
             we
             feele
             not
             the
             Devill
             in
             us
             before
             ,
             
             yet
             when
             holy
             resolutions
             come
             upon
             us
             ,
             then
             he
             begins
             to
             strive
             and
             struggle
             presently
             .
          
           
             And
             would
             it
             not
             make
             one
             afraid
             to
             pray
             with
             
               David
               ,
               Creat●
               in
               m●e
               O
               Lord
               a
               cleane
               heart
               ,
               (
               humanum
               dico
               )
               (
               I
               speake
               now
               af●er
               the
               manner
               of
               men
               )
            
             when
             as
             the
             ●ouse
             i●
             the
             Gospell
             was
             no
             sooner
             swept
             ,
             but
             ●ight
             D●●vills
             rusht
             in
             at
             once
             :
             but
             the
             Text
             there
             gives
             the
             reason
             ,
             they
             found
             it
             empty
             ;
             but
             if
             God
             be
             in
             thy
             heart
             ;
             if
             the
             Trinity
             keepe
             house
             there
             ;
             wee
             neede
             feare
             no
             Devillish
             intrusions
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             prosequte
             the
             point
             in
             hand
             ,
             See
             it
             figured
             out
             in
             
               Pharaoh
               ,
            
             who
             when
             he
             found
             in
             the
             Children
             of
             
               Israel
            
             a
             disposition
             to
             depart
             ,
             then
             his
             boyling
             rage
             ran
             over
             in
             the
             multiplication
             of
             afflictions
             .
          
           
             If
             
               Saint
               Paul
            
             have
             a
             motion
             of
             the
             law
             of
             the
             spirit
             ,
             presently
             the
             Divill
             urgeth
             his
             statute
             law
             in
             
               the
               law
               of
               his
               members
               ,
               to
               resist
               the
               law
               of
               the
               spirit
               :
            
             you
             see
             then
             repentance
             is
             not
             without
             strife
             and
             conflict
             ,
             it
             stirr's
             up
             warre
             in
             the
             soule
             ,
             and
             blessed
             is
             he
             who
             in
             this
             strife
             can
             get
             the
             Victorie
             ,
             and
             I
             hope
             we
             shall
             thinke
             it
             a
             hard
             worke
             ere
             we
             have
             done
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             a
             signe
             we
             are
             the
             neerer
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             Much
             more
             might
             be
             added
             to
             this
             purpose
             ;
             The
             
               Fathers
            
             are
             full
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             I
             le
             shutt
             up
             the
             point
             with
             some
             breife
             collections
             out
             of
             the
             conversion
             of
             
               Saint
               Augustine
               in
               the
               eight
               booke
               of
               whose
               confessions
               ,
               1.
               and
               2.
               Chap
               :
            
             we
             find
             his
             flesh
             and
             spirit
             ,
             in
             a
             dreadfull
             conflict
             ;
             God
             drawing
             on
             one
             side
             ,
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             the
             Divill
             pulling
             him
             backe
             on
             the
             other
             :
             In
             this
             Agonie
             of
             temptation
             ,
             he
             repaires
             to
             
               Simplicianus
               ,
            
             a
             learned
             and
             a
             devout
             man
             ,
             then
             to
             
               Saint
               Ambrose
               ,
            
             these
             were
             his
             Councell
             of
             warre
             in
             these
             assaults
             of
             his
             soule
             ;
             But
             after
             consultation
             with
             these
             ,
             he
             was
             more
             furiously
             encountered
             then
             before
             ,
             (
             The
             Divill
             it
             seemes
             was
             loath
             to
             loose
             this
             great
             witt
             ,
             )
             Then
             he
             retyred
             him selfe
             to
             privacie
             ,
             and
             then
             
               (
               Saith
               he
               )
            
             what
             did
             I
             not
             say
             against
             my selfe
             ,
             how
             did
             I
             beate
             and
             whipe
             my
             
             Soule
             forward
             ,
             to
             make
             her
             follow
             thee
             (
             O
             God
             )
             but
             like
             a
             ●ullen
             jade
             she
             hung
             backe
             ,
             loath
             to
             leave
             her
             old
             path
             of
             sinne
             .
          
           
             Heere
             insued
             a
             grievous
             conflict
             ,
             and
             then
             ,
             (
             some
             truce
             made
             for
             a
             time
             )
             he
             goes
             into
             an
             Orchard
             ,
             (
             '
             I
             le
             not
             dispute
             the
             conveniencie
             of
             that
             place
             ,
             but
             if
             Saint
             
               Augustine
            
             come
             off
             heere
             ,
             he
             will
             doe
             more
             then
             
               Adam
            
             did
             .
             )
             But
             heere
             all
             his
             Carnall
             pleasure●
             past
             ,
             begun
             to
             Court
             him
             
               Dimittesne
               nos
               ?
               &
               a
               moment●
               issto
               non
               erimus
               tecum
               ultra
               in
               aeternum
               ?
            
             wilt
             thou
             forsake
             us
             ;
             and
             must
             we
             part
             with
             thee
             now
             for
             ever
             ?
             And
             then
             (
             as
             the
             same
             Father
             tells
             us
             )
             the
             Devill
             bayted
             his
             hooke
             with
             all
             his
             sinfull
             pleasures
             past
             ,
             (
             and
             truely
             t'
             was
             doubtfull
             but
             he
             might
             then
             have
             swallowed
             some
             of
             them
             )
             but
             contrary
             ,
             at
             the
             thought
             of
             these
             ,
             a
             suddaine
             tempest
             of
             teares
             shrow'rd
             from
             his
             eyes
             ,
             and
             whilst
             he
             was
             thus
             weeping
             and
             talking
             to
             God
             in
             deepe
             contrition
             of
             spirit
             ,
             he
             heard
             a
             voyce
             from
             heaven
             ,
             
               Tolle
               lege
               ;
               Tolle
               lege
               ;
            
             Take
             up
             and
             reade
             .
          
           
             
               Then
               opening
               his
               booke
               ,
               the
               first
               Scripture
               that
               presented
               it selfe
               was
               that
               of
               Saint
            
             Paul
             Not
             in
             chambering
             and
             wantonnesse
             
               &c.
               
               Which
               hit
               Saint
            
             Augustines
             
               disease
               right
               ,
               and
               then
               denying
               all
               worldly
               lusts
               ,
               he
               accomplish't
               his
               finall
               Conversion
               ;
               and
               in
               exultancie
               of
               Spirit
               ,
               sends
               forth
               his
               soule
               in
               thanksgiving
               :
            
             O
             Lord
             I
             am
             thy
             Servant
             ,
             thou
             hast
             broken
             my
             bonds
             in
             sunder
             ,
             let
             my
             heart
             and
             my
             tongue
             praise
             thee
             O
             Lord
             ,
             and
             let
             my
             bones
             crie
             unto
             thee
             and
             say
             who
             is
             like
             unto
             thee
             O
             Lord
             ,
             and
             say
             thou
             to
             me
             I
             am
             thy
             salvation
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             to
             summe
             up
             this
             :
             Repentance
             is
             a
             worke
             of
             warre
             ,
             many
             assaults
             ,
             st●ong
             resistance
             ,
             It
             wants
             first
             councell
             ,
             then
             grace
             to
             follow
             it
             ,
             it
             requires
             private
             an
             often
             conferrence
             with
             God
             by
             prayer
             ,
             an
             over-ma●●ering
             force
             of
             zeale
             to
             spurre
             the
             sluggish
             soule
             forward
             ,
             a
             contempt
             of
             former
             pleasures
             ,
             which
             will
             now
             againe
             flatter
             us
             for
             entertainement
             .
          
           
           
             It
             requires
             ●●ouds
             of
             teares
             ,
             and
             the
             voyce
             of
             God
             to
             call
             us
             ,
             (
             though
             not
             thus
             miraculously
             )
             yet
             by
             the
             still
             voyce
             of
             his
             spirit
             ;
             (
             and
             all
             this
             considered
             ,
             )
             now
             tell
             me
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             so
             easie
             a
             thing
             to
             repent
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             be
             left
             to
             the
             last
             ?
             Whether
             we
             can
             retreate
             backe
             to
             God
             in
             an
             hower
             ,
             that
             have
             strayed
             fro●
             him
             all
             our
             lives
             ?
             whether
             a
             few
             dropps
             at
             the
             end
             of
             our
             dayes
             are
             sufficient
             to
             cleanse
             that
             soule
             ,
             to
             whom
             ,
             sin
             hath
             contributed
             the
             staines
             of
             many
             yeares
             ?
          
           
             
               No
               ,
               no
               ;
            
             And
             therefore
             for
             this
             ,
             shall
             every
             man
             that
             is
             godly
             make
             his
             prayer
             unto
             thee
             in
             a
             time
             when
             thou
             mayst
             be
             found
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             great
             water
             flouds
             they
             shall
             not
             come
             nigh
             t●ee
             .
          
           
             Now
             then
             (
             doubtlesse
             )
             is
             our
             time
             to
             seeke
             (
             and
             I
             pray
             God
             we
             be
             not
             neere
             our
             time
             ,
             not
             to
             find
             )
             :
             The
             waters
             of
             affl●ction
             are
             risen
             indeed
             ,
             
               &
               the
               fl●●ds
               have
               lift
               up
               their
               voyce
               ,
            
             in
             the
             sad
             menacings
             and
             report
             of
             warre
             ;
             but
             as
             yet
             we
             are
             not
             in
             the
             
               great
               water
               flouds
               ,
            
             the
             
               waters
               are
            
             not
             
               gone
               over
               us
               ,
            
             the
             bloud
             runs
             not
             downe
             the
             streets
             ,
             so
             that
             if
             yet
             ,
             we
             cry
             
               è
               profundis
            
             as
             
               Ionas
            
             did
             ,
             and
             learne
             of
             the
             Waves
             to
             lift
             up
             our
             voyce
             in
             hearty
             devotion
             ;
             the
             waters
             ,
             (
             though
             they
             rise
             high
             ,
             )
             shall
             be
             to
             us
             ,
             but
             as
             the
             waters
             ,
             of
             the
             floud
             to
             
               N●ahs
            
             Arke
             ,
             onely
             to
             lift
             our
             soules
             neerer
             unto
             Heaven
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             you
             see
             ,
             I
             have
             discourst
             out
             the
             
               First
               part
            
             of
             the
             Text
             ,
             and
             have
             considered
             the
             Authour
             of
             this
             great
             matter
             in
             charge
             ,
             
               Dicit
               Dominus
               ,
               the
               Lord
            
             sayes
             it
             :
             we
             have
             observed
             his
             loving
             kindnesse
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             invites
             our
             Conversion
             ,
             and
             so
             
               turnes
            
             to
             us
             fi●st
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             God
             to
             spare
             us
             ,
             upon
             our
             repentance
             ,
             after
             a
             resolution
             of
             destruction
             ,
             shewes
             his
             mercy
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             betrayes
             no
             inconstancy
             in
             himselfe
             :
             and
             therefore
             we
             to
             be
             very
             ready
             to
             obey
             him
             ,
             in
             a
             matter
             that
             so
             neerely
             concernes
             our
             Soules
             .
          
           
             The
             
               second
               point
            
             was
             the
             opportunity
             of
             time
             :
             
               Now
               ,
            
             where
             we
             considered
             time
             in
             t
             he
             flitting
             ,
             and
             Vicissitudinarie
             Nature
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             must
             expect
             no
             stoppe
             of
             
             time
             to
             attend
             the
             leisure
             of
             our
             conversion
             ;
             since
             God
             never
             stopt
             the
             sonne
             ,
             but
             to
             declare
             some
             great
             misterie
             ▪
             And
             therefore
             time
             being
             so
             transient
             ,
             we
             not
             prodigally●
             to
             mispend
             ,
             but
             penitently
             to
             imploy
             it
             :
             where
             we
             noted
             that
             the
             greatest
             pollicy
             the
             Devill
             hath
             to
             circumvent
             us
             ,
             is
             to
             perswade
             us
             to
             delay
             our
             repentance
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             discourse
             we
             saw
             how
             Saint
             
               Augustine
            
             discovered
             this
             Stratageme
             in
             his
             owne
             particuler
             ,
             and
             with
             what
             resolutions
             he
             avoyded
             it
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             had
             reasons
             to
             against
             this
             delay
             ,
             and
             seene
             how
             unsutable
             it
             is
             to
             the
             Majesty
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             offer
             him
             a
             lame
             ,
             and
             a
             blinde
             ,
             and
             a
             decrepit
             sacrifice
             ,
             in
             a
             late
             conversion
             ;
             and
             heere
             I
             shew'd
             ,
             that
             to
             observe
             our
             time
             ,
             was
             the
             cheifest
             point
             in
             all
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             neglect
             of
             this
             made
             
               God
            
             compl●ine
             ,
             and
             
               Iesus
            
             weepe
             .
          
           
             Then
             we
             saw
             the
             disturbances
             that
             disaduantage
             late
             repentance
             ,
             and
             answered
             the
             obiection
             concerning
             the
             
               thei●e
            
             on
             the
             
               Crosse
               ;
            
             and
             lastly
             ,
             we
             saw
             the
             danger
             of
             late
             repentance
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             repentance
             at
             the
             best
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             aduantages
             of
             life
             ,
             is
             a
             worke
             of
             greatest
             difficulty
             :
             thus
             much
             I
             haue
             done
             ,
             and
             yet
             we
             are
             but
             at
             the
             dore
             
               of
               the
               text
               ,
            
             Giue
             me
             leaue
             to
             enter
             it
             ;
             I
             'le
             not
             dwell
             i●
             it
             ;
             only
             〈…〉
             suruey
             of
             every
             roome
             ,
             and
             briefely
             paraphrase
             on
             the
             particulars
             of
             my
             
               second
               p●rt
               ,
            
             which
             wil
             proue
             litle
             more
             then
             an
             application
             of
             my
             first
             part
             ,
             and
             then
             I
             haue
             done
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             second
             Generall
             Part.
             
          
           
             
               Saint
               Origen
            
             held
             an
             opinion
             (
             upon
             what
             grounds
             I
             dispute
             not
             )
             that
             as
             all
             thinges
             flow'd
             from
             God
             in
             the
             begining
             ,
             so
             all
             things
             should
             one
             day
             slide
             backe
             againe
             into
             the
             bosome
             of
             God
             ,
             (
             the
             Deuills
             themselues
             not
             excepted
             )
             that
             as
             at
             first
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             other
             being
             but
             God
             ,
             so
             at
             last
             ,
             all
             thinges
             should
             be
             God
             againe
             :
          
           
             Of
             this
             error
             of
             his
             I
             might
             say
             enough
             in
             saying
             nothing
             
             yet
             this
             I
             will
             ;
             T'
             were
             not
             so
             great
             a
             happinesse
             for
             us
             to
             
               turne
               unto
               God
               ,
            
             if
             the
             Deuils
             could
             returne
             from
             damnation
             ;
             neither
             neede
             God
             ,
             nor
             we
             ,
             take
             so
             much
             care
             for
             our
             turning
             :
             True
             it
             is
             that
             repentance
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             
               redire
               ad
               principia
               ;
            
             a
             Circ'ling
             about
             to
             the
             point
             we
             begun
             at
             ,
             to
             come
             as
             neere
             to
             God
             as
             we
             can
             ,
             
               to
               returne
            
             to
             him
             by
             repentance
             ,
             from
             whom
             we
             
               turned
               away
            
             by
             impietie
             .
          
           
             Now
             this
             terme
             of
             
               turning
               ,
            
             properly
             belongs
             to
             one
             that
             hath
             lost
             his
             way
             ;
             Pilgrims
             we
             are
             all
             ,
             and
             a
             fals
             light
             of
             sinn
             hath
             mislead
             us
             ,
             t'
             were
             madnesse
             to
             persist
             now●
             we
             know
             our
             error
             ;
             it
             is
             high
             time
             to
             
               returne
               ,
            
             or
             we
             are
             lost
             for
             ever
             :
             The
             
               Prophet
            
             that
             went
             the
             way
             he
             should
             not
             met
             a
             
               Lyon
               in
               the
               way
            
             which
             soone
             devoured
             him
             :
             there
             is
             a
             Lion
             in
             the
             way
             indeed
             ,
             and
             to
             walke
             that
             way
             ,
             is
             but
             to
             dare
             our
             owne
             confusion
             :
             
               Balaam
            
             was
             madd
             upon
             this
             way
             ,
             when
             he
             beate
             his
             Asse
             for
             being
             to
             slow
             in
             his
             Masters
             Destruction
             :
             an
             Angell
             must
             come
             from
             heauen
             to
             beate
             him
             backe
             ,
             (
             so
             resolute
             we
             are
             in
             a
             wronge
             way
             )
             when
             as
             the
             very
             Asse
             (
             as
             if
             it
             had
             more
             Grace
             then
             the
             Rider
             )
             chose
             rather
             to
             falle
             downe
             an
             obiect
             of
             his
             masters
             furie
             ,
             then
             trayterously
             to
             Convey
             him
             to
             his
             danger
             :
          
           
             The
             Asse
             preacht
             to
             
               Balaam
               ,
            
             and
             may
             to
             us
             ;
             and
             teach
             us
             an
             unwillingnesse
             to
             paths
             of
             danger
             ;
             and
             if
             by
             chance
             our
             fraylties
             lead
             us
             thither
             ,
             let
             us
             rather
             fall
             down
             in
             an
             humble
             acknowledgment
             ,
             then
             post
             on
             to
             meete
             our
             miserie
             .
          
           
             Our
             life
             then
             in
             the
             
               Metaphor
            
             is
             a
             way
             ,
             and
             the
             end
             of
             our
             way
             is
             to
             bring
             us
             to
             our
             end
             ;
             that
             
               summum
               bonum
               ,
            
             which
             we
             call
             happinesse
             ;
             
               Adam
            
             went
             out
             of
             the
             way
             so
             sonne
             as
             he
             was
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             all
             to
             like
             our
             Father
             ,
             as
             soone
             as
             ever
             we
             are
             borne
             ,
             
               we
               goe
               astray
            
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             :
             The
             best
             way
             then
             will
             be
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             end
             of
             our
             Iourney
             still
             in
             consideration
             ,
             with
             
               Enoch
            
             to
             
               walke
               with
               God
            
             in
             the
             Contemplation
             of
             the
             place
             we
             tend
             to
             ,
             And
             truely
             if
             we
             could
             doe
             so
             ,
             the
             
               Prophet
            
             might
             be
             stow
             his
             Counsell
             
             where
             he
             pleased
             ,
             we
             were
             well
             enough
             with
             out
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             
               wretched
               men
               that
               we
               are
               are
               !
            
             this
             is
             not
             our
             case
             we
             are
             in
             a
             way
             that
             leades
             to
             destruction
             ,
             yet
             cofidently
             we
             travayle
             on
             ,
             till
             some
             twitch
             of
             conscience
             begin
             to
             startle
             us
             ,
             some
             close
             and
             thundring
             passage
             of
             a
             Sermon
             pull
             in
             the
             reynes
             ,
             and
             we
             stand
             to
             consider
             whether
             we
             are
             going
             ;
             some
             threatned
             woe
             in
             a
             Prophet
             shewes
             us
             the
             pit
             ,
             and
             we
             ,
             upon
             the
             brinke
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             then
             ,
             what
             have
             wee
             to
             doe
             ,
             but
             that
             ,
             which
             
               Lott's
            
             wife
             might
             not
             doe
             ?
             
               Looke
               backe
            
             first
             ,
             and
             then
             returne
             .
          
           
             And
             indeed
             the
             very
             nature
             of
             Conversion
             will
             have
             it
             so
             ;
             for
             it
             implyes
             both
             a
             turning
             from
             ,
             and
             a
             turning
             to
             ;
             a
             turning
             from
             sinne
             ,
             and
             a
             turning
             unto
             God
             .
          
           
             And
             truly
             if
             we
             would
             but
             seriously
             consider
             the
             ugly
             shape
             of
             sinne
             ,
             how
             horrid
             it
             is
             in
             the
             apparition
             of
             it
             ;
             (
             with
             devout
             Saint
             
               Anselme
               ,
               )
            
             wee
             should
             rather
             choose
             to
             runn●
             headlong
             into
             hell
             ,
             then
             make
             use
             of
             sinne
             to
             carrie
             us
             thither
             :
             Nay
             that
             Devout
             soule
             goes
             further
             ,
             
               Malim
               enim
               a
               peccato
               purus
               ,
               infernum
               intr●re
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             I
             had
             rather
             (
             saith
             he
             ,
             )
             make
             hell
             my
             habitation
             if
             there
             no
             sin
             might
             approach
             ,
             then
             enjoy
             Heav●n
             it selfe
             ,
             if
             sinne
             were
             there
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             fancie
             (
             with
             me
             )
             a
             soule
             drencht
             in
             woe
             ,
             wallowing
             in
             the
             blood
             of
             his
             owne
             murthers
             ,
             with
             vollyes
             of
             oathes
             ,
             and
             blasphemies
             ,
             hanging
             at
             his
             lipps
             ;
             with
             un●avorie
             discourses
             ,
             (
             liek
             jewells
             )
             at
             his
             eares
             ,
             with
             atraducing
             tongue
             set
             on
             fire
             of
             hell
             ;
             With
             eyes
             full
             of
             vanity
             ,
             (
             or
             worse
             )
             with
             rapine
             at
             his
             hands
             ,
             with
             gluttony
             and
             disgorgings
             about
             his
             belly
             ,
             and
             his
             feete
             mired
             with
             all
             sensuality●
             (
             to
             shew
             the
             path
             he
             treades
             in
             ;
             )
             and
             then
             to
             make
             him
             looke
             worse
             ,
             all
             this
             veyl'd
             over
             with
             dissimulation
             :
             Would
             not
             this
             bee
             a
             strange
             spectacle
             ,
             would
             it
             not
             affright
             us
             ?
             would
             we
             not
             turne
             away
             from
             such
             a
             sight
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             but
             any
             way
             to
             turne
             ?
             And
             if
             so
             ,
             (
             God
             knowes
             )
             wee
             must
             runne
             away
             from
             our selves
             :
             and
             
             unlesse
             we
             runne
             away
             from
             our selves
             ,
             wee
             shall
             run
             from
             all
             that
             is
             God's
             ,
             except
             his
             judgements
             ,
             and
             those
             we
             cannot
             scape
             :
             unlesse
             we
             
               turne
            
             from
             our selves
             by
             
               repentance
               ,
            
             we
             shall
             
               turne
            
             from
             God
             by
             
               dispaire
               ,
            
             and
             that
             's
             the
             worst
             
               turning
               .
            
          
           
             O
             whether
             then
             shall
             they
             be
             
               turned
               ,
            
             that
             will
             not
             
               turne
            
             to
             the
             Lord
             ?
             Truly
             I
             am
             loth
             to
             tell
             you
             :
             
               David
            
             will
             doe
             it
             for
             me
             ,
             
               The
               wicked
               shall
               be
               turned
               into
               hell
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               people
               that
               forg●t
               God
               .
            
          
           
             But
             
               Quo
               me
               vertam
               ut
               convertar
               ad
               te
               Domine
               ?
            
             (
             is
             Saint
             
               Bernards
            
             question
             )
             
               Lord
               ,
            
             which
             way
             shall
             turne
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             turne
             to
             thee
             ?
             for
             thou
             art
             every where
             ;
             
               Supra
               ,
               ●n
               infra
               ?
               ad
               dextram
               ,
               an
               ad
               sinistram
               ?
            
             shall
             I
             turne
             upward
             or
             downeward
             ?
             to
             the
             right
             hand
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             left
             ?
             All
             these
             waies
             we
             have
             gone
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             therefore
             all
             these
             waies
             let
             us
             returne
             :
             
               First
            
             let
             us
             returne
             
               upward
               ,
            
             by
             raising
             our
             soules
             from
             earth
             to
             heaven
             ,
             esteeming
             all
             things
             
               but
               drosse
               and
               ●ung
               ,
            
             to
             those
             treasures
             which
             are
             above
             .
             Then
             let
             's
             tu●●e
             
               dow●ewards
               ,
            
             by
             descending
             low
             into
             our
             soules
             ,
             in
             horror
             and
             humili●tion
             for
             our
             sinnes
             ;
             acknowledging
             it
             were
             just
             with
             God
             to
             cast
             us
             into
             the
             bottomlesse
             pit
             ;
             and
             in
             expression
             of
             this
             humility
             ,
             to
             〈◊〉
             with
             
               Iobe
            
             on
             the
             Dunghill
             ;
             to
             lye
             with
             
               David
            
             on
             the
             earth
             ;
             nay
             with
             the
             Primitive
             
               Christians
            
             to
             lye
             under
             the
             earth
             ,
             by
             strowing
             ashes
             on
             our
             heads
             :
          
           
             God
             himselfe
             was
             humbled
             ,
             disdaine
             not
             then
             to
             walke
             the
             path
             that
             hee
             hath
             troden
             ;
             wee
             cannot
             
               turne
            
             to
             God
             better
             ,
             then
             in
             his
             owne
             way
             :
             
               Humiliare
               ,
               &
               apprehendisti
            
             (
             saith
             Saint
             
               Bernard
               ,
               )
            
             bee
             but
             humbled
             ,
             and
             thou
             hast
             him
             .
          
           
             Turne
             next
             upon
             the
             
               right
               hand
               ,
            
             in
             the
             true
             use
             of
             prosperity
             ,
             imploy
             the
             blessings
             of
             God
             the
             right
             way
             ,
             and
             if
             with
             the
             
               pr●digall
            
             we
             have
             spent
             our
             portion
             ,
             let
             's
             
               returne
            
             to
             our
             
               father
               .
            
          
           
           
             Specially
             if
             we
             have
             wasted
             our
             stocke
             of
             
               Grace
               ,
            
             nothing
             left
             ,
             but
             the
             miserable
             inheritance
             of
             wanting
             it
             ,
             and
             a
             snatch
             now
             and
             then
             with
             the
             swine
             (
             the
             proper
             punishment
             of
             our
             sensuality
             .
             )
             O
             then
             't
             is
             high
             time
             to
             returne
             ,
             he
             hath
             
               Shoes
               ,
            
             he
             hath
             a
             
               Robe
               ,
            
             he
             hath
             a
             
               Ring
               :
               Shoes
            
             to
             stay
             at
             home
             in
             ,
             and
             wander
             this
             way
             no
             more
             ;
             a
             
               Robe
            
             of
             righteousnesse
             that
             shall
             cover
             all
             our
             sinnes
             ;
             a
             
               Ring
               ,
            
             which
             shewes
             our
             wandring
             hath
             beene
             circular
             ,
             and
             that
             wee
             are
             now
             come
             in
             ,
             where
             we
             went
             out
             ;
             And
             by
             this
             
               Ring
            
             to
             testifie
             that
             our
             soules
             are
             married
             to
             our
             Saviour
             for
             
               ever
               ,
               never
            
             to
             part
             againe
             .
          
           
             
               Lastly
               ,
            
             we
             must
             turne
             
               ad
               sinistram
               ,
            
             to
             the
             left
             hand
             ,
             by
             a
             willing
             patience
             to
             endure
             afflictions
             :
             Christ
             was
             rayl'd
             on
             ,
             despised
             ,
             spited
             on
             ,
             and
             beaten
             ,
             and
             wounded
             ,
             and
             all
             for
             our
             transgressions
             ,
             and
             shall
             we
             repine
             at
             our
             iust
             punishment
             ?
          
           
             Heare
             but
             
               Bonaventur's
            
             passion
             in
             this
             point
             ;
             
               Nolo
               viuere
               sine
            
             Vulnerecumte
             
               videam
               vulneratum
               :
            
             O
             my
             god
             ,
             my
             wounded
             God
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             I
             see
             thee
             wounded
             ,
             I
             ●will
             never
             liue
             with
             out
             a
             wound
             ;
             
               Crist's
               Crosse
            
             is
             the
             Christians
             inheritance
             ;
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             obseruable
             ,
             that
             he
             bare
             it
             not
             all
             the
             way
             himselfe
             ,
             but
             part
             of
             the
             way
             
               Simon
            
             caried
             it
             for
             him
             :
             we
             have
             ,
             and
             shall
             keepe
             an
             interest
             in
             this
             ,
             to
             the
             world's
             end
             .
          
           
             O
             disturbe
             not
             the
             joy
             of
             the
             
               Martyrs
            
             by
             shunning
             Christian
             sufferings
             ;
             Make
             not
             the
             
               Confessors
            
             blush
             in
             heaven
             to
             behold
             our
             tergiversations
             .
             But
             let
             us
             march
             barefoot
             through
             the
             path
             that
             leades
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             though
             the
             way
             be
             strow'd
             with
             thornes
             ;
             go
             through
             fire
             ,
             &
             water
             ;
             Goe
             upon
             the
             point
             of
             swords
             ,
             Nay
             passe
             through
             hell
             it self
             ,
             if
             that
             were
             the
             way
             to
             heaven
             ,
             any
             thing
             ,
             any
             thing
             ,
             for
             Christ
             :
             and
             if
             any
             of
             us
             have
             beene
             apt
             to
             recoyle
             from
             our
             faith
             ,
             for
             any
             feare
             of
             danger
             ,
             let
             us
             now
             
               turne
            
             to
             him
             ,
             in
             a
             willingnesse
             to
             endure
             the
             worst
             ,
             this
             will
             be
             a
             
             brave
             
               Conversion
               ,
            
             and
             a
             true
             testimony
             that
             we
             do
             not
             turne
             only
             
               Complementally
               ,
            
             but
             
               Cordially
            
             without
             
               heart
               :
            
             And
             indeed
             the
             Prophet
             makes
             that
             the
             condition
             of
             our
             Conversion
             ,
             we
             must
             
               turne
               In
               c●rde
               ,
            
             with
             ou●heart
             
               :
            
             a
             Corporall
             Conversion
             ,
             will
             not
             advantage
             us
             God
             regards
             not
             much
             the
             
               outside
               of
               the
               platter
               :
            
             I
             doubt
             not
             Herodias
             charger
             was
             faire
             and
             cleane
             without
             ;
             but
             there
             was
             bloud
             ,
             &
             Murther
             within
             it
             :
             If
             revenge
             ,
             and
             mallice
             ;
             thirst
             of
             ruine
             more
             then
             reformation
             ,
             lurke
             within
             our
             hearts
             ,
             for
             all
             our
             cunning
             complying
             in
             the
             outside
             of
             Religion
             ,
             wee
             doe
             but
             offer
             to
             God
             
               Iohn
               Baptists
            
             head
             in
             a
             
               platter
               .
            
          
           
             In
             the
             choice
             of
             friends
             we
             desire
             hartines
             ,
             let
             's
             then
             measure
             our
             duty
             to
             God
             ,
             by
             our
             own
             desire
             ,
             If
             we
             should
             unbowell
             our selves
             ,
             and
             pull
             out
             our
             own
             hearts
             ,
             and
             give
             them
             to
             God
             a
             sacrifice
             for
             our
             sinnes
             ;
             it
             were
             to
             little
             .
          
           
             But
             God
             requires
             a
             cheaper
             sacrifice
             ,
             that
             we
             would
             
               turne
            
             to
             him
             with
             the
             affections
             of
             our
             
               heart
               ,
            
             and
             shall
             we
             not
             doe
             that
             ?
          
           
             O
             yes
             ,
             I
             know
             you
             'le
             say
             you
             will
             ;
             and
             I●le
             put
             you
             to
             your
             tryall
             presently
             :
             Can
             you
             first
             but
             take
             off
             your
             heart
             from
             the
             things
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             make
             your
             treasure
             in
             Heaven
             ?
          
           
             Could
             you
             be
             content
             now
             (
             if
             God
             should
             require
             it
             )
             to
             sell
             all
             you
             have
             and
             give
             to
             the
             poore
             ?
             would
             you
             not
             begin
             to
             shrug
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             young
             man
             in
             the
             
               Gospell
               g●e
               away
               sorrowfull
               ?
            
             Could
             you
             be
             content
             now
             to
             sit
             downe
             and
             wash
             all
             your
             servants
             feete
             ?
             yet
             Christ
             did
             it
             .
          
           
             Could
             you
             be
             content
             to
             kill
             your
             only
             son
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             burnt
             offering
             of
             him
             ,
             yet
             
               Abram
            
             did
             it
             ;
             did
             it
             ,
             in
             his
             willingnesse
             to
             doe
             it
             ,
             did
             it
             though
             he
             did
             it
             ,
             not
             .
          
           
             Nay
             more
             ;
             could
             you
             give
             your
             only
             sonne
             to
             your
             enemies
             ,
             to
             your
             enemies
             to
             kill
             him
             ,
             and
             yet
             that
             death
             (
             rightly
             apply'd
             )
             to
             save
             the
             Murtherers
             ?
             yet
             God
             him selfe
             did
             it
             :
             Once
             more
             ,
             could
             you
             be
             Crucified
             ,
             and
             revil'd
             ,
             
             and
             mockt
             ,
             and
             wounded
             ,
             have
             your
             hands
             and
             your
             feete
             peirc't
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             
               Iron
               should
               enter
               into
               your
               soule
               ,
            
             and
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             all
             this
             ,
             pray
             heartily
             to
             your
             
               Father
            
             to
             
               forgive
            
             your
             tormentors
             ?
             Yet
             Christ
             did
             it
             .
          
           
             Are
             you
             not
             startled
             now
             ?
             O
             Lord
             who
             is
             sufficient
             for
             these
             things
             ?
             I
             see
             I
             must
             descend
             lower
             .
          
           
             Can
             you
             pray
             fervently
             ,
             and
             send
             your
             heart
             up
             to
             Heaven
             in
             desire
             of
             mercy
             ?
             Are
             you
             sorrie
             when
             you
             thinke
             upon
             your
             sinnes
             ?
             and
             doe
             you
             thinke
             upon
             them
             ?
          
           
             Nay
             more
             ,
             and
             that
             's
             lesse
             ;
             when
             you
             finde
             a
             defect
             of
             these
             ,
             can
             you
             heartily
             wish
             you
             could
             performe
             them
             ?
          
           
             If
             you
             finde
             that
             you
             do
             not
             greive
             sufficiently
             for
             your
             sinnes
             ,
             can
             you
             grieve
             (
             hartily
             )
             that
             you
             cannot
             grieve
             ?
             Well
             ;
             if
             but
             so
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             hearty
             
               turning
               ,
            
             and
             God
             accepts
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             heer
             's
             one
             Condition
             more
             it
             must
             be
             in
             
               toto
               Corde
            
             with
             all
             the
             heart
             ,
             that
             is
             with
             all
             the
             foure
             affections
             of
             the
             hart
             :
             
               First
            
             that
             we
             love
             him
             so
             ,
             that
             we
             love
             nothing
             else
             but
             for
             him
             ,
             
               Secondly
            
             that
             we
             feare
             him
             and
             no
             other
             ,
             
               no
               not
               those
               that
               kill
               the
               body
               ;
               Thirdly
            
             that
             we
             make
             him
             the
             ioy
             of
             our
             harts
             ,
             and
             
               Lastly
            
             to
             sorrow
             for
             nothing
             so
             much
             ,
             as
             that
             by
             sinne
             we
             have
             displeased
             him
             .
          
           
             
               Agripp●
            
             said
             nothing
             whē
             he
             said
             
               something
               ;
            
             perswaded
             to
             be
             a
             Christian
             
               in
               modico
            
             (
             for
             so
             the
             Latine
             renders
             it
             )
             but
             
               Saint
               Paul
            
             spoke
             it
             home
             ,
             
               in
               modico
            
             and
             in
             
               toto
            
             some
             what
             ,
             and
             all
             together
             ,
             to
             be
             as
             he
             was
             :
             To
             give
             God
             apart
             ,
             and
             apart
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             is
             to
             rent
             our
             hearts
             the
             wrong
             way
             ,
             and
             so
             make
             that
             a
             fault
             now
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             a
             vertue
             by
             and
             by
             :
             No
             no
             ,
             we
             must
             avoid
             the
             verie
             occasions
             of
             sinne
             ,
             like
             
               Saint
               Iohn
               ,
            
             who
             fledd
             out
             of
             the
             bath
             ,
             when
             he
             saw
             
               Corinthus
            
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             might
             have
             bin
             defiled
             in
             that
             very
             element
             that
             clen●'d
             him
             ,
             this
             is
             
               in
               toto
               corde
            
             with
             all
             thy
             hart
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             testifie
             this
             ,
             the
             Prophet
             directs
             us
             further
             
               cum
               
               ieiunio
            
             to
             turne
             to
             him
             with
             fasting
             ;
             Before
             ,
             I
             caled
             repentance
             a
             warre
             ,
             
               and
               Saint
               Ambrose
            
             makes
             this
             the
             very
             skirmish
             ,
             
               Certamen
               nostrum
               ieiunium
               est
               ,
            
             the
             hottest
             of
             our
             strife
             is
             our
             fasting
             :
             thus
             our
             
               Saviour
            
             fought
             ,
             and
             was
             victorious
             :
             thus
             
               Elias
            
             went
             to
             heaven
             ,
             nay
             to
             fast
             ,
             is
             the
             very
             life
             of
             
               Angells
               ,
            
             for
             their
             meate
             is
             to
             doe
             the
             will
             of
             their
             Father
             .
          
           
             Well
             doth
             the
             scripture
             call
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
            
             more
             then
             
               a
               ▪
               Prophet
               ,
            
             (
             and
             that
             's
             more
             then
             a
             man
             ;
             )
             and
             why
             ?
             but
             because
             he
             lived
             the
             life
             of
             Angells
             by
             abstinence
             :
             nay
             he
             is
             flatly
             caled
             an
             
               Angell
               ,
               Ecce
               mitto
               Angelum
               ,
            
             behold
             I
             send
             my
             Angell
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             my
             messenger
             )
             to
             prepare
             my
             way
             before
             me
             ;
             and
             what
             way
             did
             he
             prepare
             him
             ?
             amongst
             others
             ,
             A
             way
             in
             the
             wildernesse
             ,
             for
             there
             he
             fasted
             ,
             and
             there
             Christ
             fasted
             after
             him
             :
          
           
             Eating
             came
             in
             with
             the
             creation
             of
             beastes
             ,
             and
             so
             sensuall
             a
             thing
             ,
             it
             seemes
             God
             thought
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             first
             law
             did
             conduce
             to
             fasting
             ;
             and
             the
             first
             sinne
             was
             the
             breach
             of
             that
             Law
             ;
             and
             we
             suffer
             for
             it
             to
             this
             howre
             .
          
           
             
               Adam
            
             when
             he
             had
             eaten
             was
             cloathed
             with
             the
             skinns
             of
             beasts
             (
             as
             the
             livery
             of
             a
             beastly
             appetite
             ,
             )
             but
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
            
             that
             was
             a
             man
             of
             abstinence
             ,
             had
             only
             a
             girdle
             of
             skinns
             about
             him
             ,
             to
             shew
             no
             more
             appetite
             ,
             then
             what
             conduced
             to
             the
             necessity
             of
             his
             being
             :
          
           
             But
             aboue
             all
             ;
             we
             must
             abstaine
             from
             sinne
             ;
             for
             what
             will
             it
             profit
             us
             to
             abstaine
             from
             wine
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             drunke
             with
             rage
             ?
             what
             will
             it
             advantage
             us
             not
             to
             eate
             flesh
             ,
             and
             yet
             performe
             the
             lusts
             of
             the
             fl●sh
             ?
             what
             will
             it
             profit
             us
             to
             forbeare
             those
             things
             ,
             which
             are
             somtimes
             lawfull
             ,
             if
             we
             doe
             those
             things
             which
             are
             never
             lawfull
             ?
             The
             Fathers
             conclusion
             is
             good
             counsell
             ,
             
               Sic
               ieiunemus
               a
               Cibis
               ,
               ut
               multo
               magis
               ieiunemus
               a
               vit
               iis
               ,
            
             Aug
             :
             )
             let
             us
             so
             fast
             from
             foode
             ,
             that
             we
             much
             more
             fast
             from
             sinne
             .
          
           
             Ioels
             phrase
             is
             more
             then
             ordinarie
             ,
             Sanctifie
             a
             fast
             ;
             no
             
             true
             fast
             then
             with
             out
             some
             sanctification
             ,
             and
             therefore
             God
             by
             his
             Prophet
             
               Esay
            
             derides
             their
             formality
             ,
             who
             drest
             themselves
             in
             dissembled
             lookes
             that
             so
             they
             might
             appeare
             to
             fast
             .
          
           
             Is
             this
             your
             fast
             (
             saith
             God
             )
             to
             hange
             downe
             your
             head
             like
             bulrush
             ?
             to
             put
             on
             sackcloth
             and
             ashes
             ?
             To
             hang
             downe
             your
             head
             like
             a
             bulrush
             and
             yet
             still
             remaine
             a
             stiffe
             necked
             people
             ?
             to
             clothe
             the
             body
             in
             sackcloth
             when
             as
             the
             soule
             is
             naked
             ,
             not
             one
             ragg
             of
             righteousnesse
             upon
             it
             ?
             To
             sprinkle
             our selves
             with
             ashes
             ,
             when
             as
             our
             lust
             burnes
             in
             a
             full
             fire
             ?
             so
             farre
             are
             we
             by
             such
             a
             fast
             from
             vanquishing
             the
             Devill
             ,
             that
             it
             makes
             us
             like
             him
             :
             To
             abstaine
             from
             meat
             and
             not
             from
             Iniquity
             ,
             is
             but
             to
             imitate
             the
             Devill
             
               (
               Saith
               Isidore
               )
               Cui
               ●sea
               non
               est
               ,
               sed
               semper
               adest
               nequitia
               ,
            
             He
             eates
             nothing
             and
             yet
             is
             full
             of
             wickednesse
             ;
             Better
             to
             be
             stuft
             with
             meat
             then
             sinne
             ,
             but
             the
             true
             fast
             will
             have
             neither
             .
          
           
             But
             yet
             there
             is
             bread
             which
             we
             may
             eate
             when
             we
             fast
             ,
             &
             fast
             the
             better
             for
             eating
             it
             :
             
               David
            
             calls
             it
             
               panem
               lachrima
               rum
               Psal.
            
             80.
             
             The
             bread
             of
             teares
             ,
             and
             truly
             we
             shal
             
               turne
            
             to
             God
             the
             better
             ,
             when
             in
             the
             strength
             of
             penitence
             ,
             we
             shall
             doe
             a
             miracle
             ,
             which
             the
             Devill
             ne're
             thought
             to
             tempt
             Christ
             with
             ,
             
               turne
            
             our
             very
             
               teares
            
             into
             bread
             .
          
           
             And
             why
             doth
             
               David
            
             call
             his
             
               teares
            
             his
             
               meate
               ?
            
             They
             were
             more
             likely
             to
             be
             his
             drinke
             ;
             but
             onely
             to
             tell
             us
             ,
             that
             with
             these
             ,
             the
             soule
             is
             no
             lesse
             nourisht
             ,
             then
             the
             body
             is
             with
             bread
             ,
             our
             spirituall
             
               life
            
             is
             not
             better
             maintained
             ,
             then
             by
             
               Lamentation
               .
            
          
           
             And
             this
             is
             it
             our
             Prophet
             cales
             for
             next
             ,
             our
             returne
             must
             be
             in
             
               Fletu
            
             with
             
               weeping
               :
            
             The
             
               Ancients
            
             were
             prodigall
             of
             their
             teares
             ,
             
               Iobes
            
             eyes
             
               powred
            
             them
             forth
             ,
             
               Davids
            
             eyes
             
               gushed
               out
               with
               water
               :
            
             And
             't
             is
             remarkable
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             
               Sacred
               Fountaine
            
             tongue
             ,
             the
             same
             word
             signifies
             both
             the
             
               eye
            
             and
             a
             
               well
               ,
            
             to
             shew
             that
             our
             eyes
             must
             be
             over●lowing
             
             spring
             ,
             whose
             inundation
             (
             like
             that
             of
             
               Nylus
               ,
               )
            
             makes
             the
             whole
             soyle
             fruitfull
             a
             long
             time
             after
             :
             our
             earth
             is
             barren
             without
             these
             showrs
             ,
             we
             live
             best
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             drown'd
             every
             day
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Day
             was
             not
             sufficient
             for
             
               Davids
            
             sorrow
             ,
             the
             night
             begets
             sinnes
             as
             well
             as
             the
             day
             ;
             and
             therefore
             
               David
            
             laid
             to
             rest
             ,
             opens
             his
             eyes
             to
             
               weepe
               ,
            
             so
             wakefull
             in
             his
             penitence
             ,
             that
             
               every
               night
            
             he
             
               washt
               his
               bed
               ;
            
             and
             well
             he
             did
             to
             
               wash
            
             that
             :
             
               David
            
             had
             a
             sin
             of
             the
             bed
             ,
             &
             therfore
             now
             (
             as
             with
             that
             rare
             Emplaister
             ,
             which
             apply'd
             to
             the
             weapon
             ,
             cures
             the
             wound
             )
             he
             
               washed
               his
               bed
               ,
            
             to
             cleanse
             himselfe
             .
          
           
             And
             we
             may
             well
             be
             Prodigall
             of
             our
             teares
             ,
             when
             God
             himselfe
             is
             so
             thrifty
             to
             treasure
             them
             in
             his
             bott●e
             ;
             where
             (
             in
             Heaven
             )
             they
             shall
             lye
             desposited
             ,
             as
             the
             earnest
             of
             our
             comming
             thither
             ;
             and
             when
             we
             doe
             arive
             that
             place
             of
             blisse
             ,
             every
             drop
             shall
             be
             as
             a
             pearle
             to
             adorne
             our
             soules
             .
          
           
             In
             
               David
               ,
            
             we
             reade
             of
             
               the
               waters
               above
               the
               heavens
               ,
            
             and
             one
             of
             the
             
               Fathers
            
             (
             I
             remember
             )
             interprets
             those
             waters
             to
             be
             the
             teares
             of
             penitents
             ;
             (
             how
             litterall
             I
             dispute
             not
             )
             but
             by
             application
             ,
             't
             is
             very
             proper
             to
             the
             point
             :
             for
             repentance
             (
             like
             that
             wondred
             Engine
             of
             
               Archimedes
               )
            
             makes
             water
             rise
             high
             ,
             by
             descending
             :
             It
             makes
             a
             miracle
             (
             otherwise
             never
             done
             )
             it
             makes
             it
             rayne
             upward
             :
             
               Mary
               Magdalen
            
             perfum'd
             our
             
               Saviours
               feete
            
             more
             then
             his
             
               head
               :
            
             some
             devotion
             she
             powred
             out
             of
             her
             
               boxe
               ,
            
             but
             more
             drop't
             from
             her
             eyes
             ,
             and
             washing
             him
             ,
             in
             that
             bath
             she
             cleans'd
             her selfe
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             read
             of
             a
             Student
             in
             
               Paris
               ,
            
             who
             comming
             to
             
               Confession
               ,
            
             was
             so
             nothing
             else
             but
             sorrow
             at
             the
             consideration
             of
             his
             sinnes
             ;
             that
             griefe
             locking
             up
             his
             tongue
             ,
             his
             sorrow
             found
             no
             passage
             but
             through
             his
             eyes
             ;
             where
             every
             evill
             was
             plainly
             seene
             in
             watery
             perspectives
             ;
             and
             this
             was
             all
             the
             language
             griefe
             had
             left
             him
             :
             His
             
               Confessor
            
             seeing
             him
             stand
             thus
             speechl●sse
             ,
             bid
             him
             write
             his
             
               Confession
               ,
            
             which
             he
             did
             and
             presented
             it
             to
             his
             Ghostly
             Father
             ;
             who
             
             could
             read
             in
             it
             nothing
             else
             but
             Miracle
             ,
             for
             the
             black
             Caracters
             all
             vanisht
             ,
             and
             left
             the
             paper
             unstained
             ,
             to
             Emblemise
             that
             penitence
             is
             a
             second
             innocence
             .
          
           
             Be
             this
             true
             ,
             or
             false
             ;
             sure
             I
             am
             ,
             the
             melting
             soule
             ,
             which
             hath
             a
             floud
             of
             teares
             for
             every
             transgression
             ,
             washeth
             off
             all
             her
             staynes
             ,
             and
             appeares
             before
             God
             (
             to
             whom
             alone
             she
             is
             bound
             to
             Confesse
             )
             pure
             and
             spotlesse
             .
          
           
             And
             truly
             't
             is
             a
             good
             degree
             of
             our
             
               turning
            
             unto
             God
             ,
             that
             when
             we
             rise
             out
             of
             the
             mire
             of
             sin
             ,
             we
             begin
             to
             see
             our
             owne
             foulenesse
             ,
             and
             then
             wash
             our selves
             with
             our
             
               teares
               ,
            
             And
             if
             
               Christ
            
             (
             who
             never
             laught
             ,
             )
             wept
             thrise
             ,
             and
             yet
             had
             no
             sinne
             of
             his
             owne
             ,
             how
             many
             teares
             need
             we
             ,
             who
             often
             laugh
             ,
             and
             yet
             do
             nothing
             else
             but
             sinne
             ?
          
           
             If
             one
             we
             love
             die
             ,
             passion
             presently
             leapes
             out
             at
             our
             eyes
             ,
             and
             we
             
               weepe
            
             much
             :
             Alas
             ,
             our
             soules
             by
             sinne
             die
             dayly
             ,
             and
             do
             we
             not
             take
             it
             so
             heavily
             as
             to
             weepe
             ?
             Can
             we
             loose
             a
             neerer
             freind
             ?
             To
             have
             sinnes
             past
             number
             ,
             and
             so
             few
             teares
             ,
             as
             perhaps
             ,
             will
             not
             make
             a
             number
             ?
             this
             is
             a
             strange
             disproportion
             .
          
           
             
               Weepe
            
             then
             a
             
               Sea
            
             of
             teares
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             ship
             of
             your
             soule
             may
             saile
             to
             heaven
             in
             her
             owne
             sorrow
             ;
             and
             for
             our
             speedier
             arivall
             ,
             let
             's
             raise
             our selves
             a
             prosperous
             gale
             ,
             and
             with
             deepe
             and
             hart-breaking
             sighes
             ,
             fill
             her
             ●ayles
             :
             But
             the
             ship
             of
             our
             soules
             is
             of
             greate
             burthen
             ;
             sinne
             hath
             loaded
             us
             ,
             we
             draw
             much
             water
             ,
             and
             every
             complection
             is
             not
             fit
             for
             teares
             ;
             if
             therefore
             we
             stick
             aground
             for
             want
             of
             water
             ,
             we
             must
             returne
             by
             flying
             :
             hence
             
               David
            
             calles
             for
             wings
             ,
             and
             what
             wings
             are
             they
             ?
             but
             the
             wings
             of
             a
             
               Dove
               ,
            
             because
             that
             is
             the
             most
             mournefull
             creature
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             another
             quality
             of
             our
             
               Conuersion
               ,
            
             it
             must
             bee
             
               in
               planctu
               with
               mourning
               :
            
             strong
             sobbes
             ,
             deepe
             groanes
             ,
             such
             inward
             
               Compunction
            
             as
             if
             our
             hearts
             were
             stucke
             with
             needles
             :
             All
             cannot
             
               weepe
               ,
            
             but
             all
             must
             
               mourne
               ,
            
             or
             one
             day
             
               gnash
               their
               
               teeth
               :
            
             But
             the
             morning
             growes
             old
             ,
             and
             I
             must
             hasten
             :
             If
             we
             
               returne
            
             rightly
             ,
             the
             
               heart
            
             must
             be
             
               rent
               ;
            
             and
             
               not
               the
               garments
               ;
            
             that
             's
             but
             
               Iewish
            
             madnesse
             ,
             The
             sorrow
             of
             the
             outside
             ,
             is
             but
             the
             outside
             of
             sorrow
             ,
             the
             very
             
               heart
            
             of
             sorrow
             ,
             is
             the
             sorrow
             of
             the
             
               heart
               ;
            
             without
             which
             ,
             we
             make
             a
             stage
             play
             of
             religion
             ,
             every
             man
             seeming
             something
             else
             ,
             not
             that
             which
             hee
             is
             ;
             and
             then
             God
             will
             not
             behold
             us
             ;
             or
             if
             he
             doe
             ,
             't
             will
             bee
             
               oculo
               reprobationis
               ,
            
             not
             
               ocul●
               approbationis
               ;
            
             with
             an
             eie
             of
             
               dislike
               ,
            
             not
             of
             
               love
               ;
            
             behold
             us
             
               a
               farre
               off
               ,
            
             and
             what
             is
             further
             from
             heaven
             ,
             then
             hell
             ?
          
           
             No
             ,
             no
             ,
             when
             God
             look's
             upon
             us
             ,
             we
             must
             be
             miserable
             objects
             ;
             our
             
               hearts
            
             are
             only
             beautifull
             in
             his
             sight
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             
               broken
               :
            
          
           
             
               Paenitentia
               est
               quaedam
               dolentis
               vindicta
               :
            
             Repentance
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             revenge
             ,
             and
             we
             doe
             no
             lesse
             then
             stabb
             the
             soule
             in
             harty
             sorrow
             ;
             there
             must
             be
             first
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             indignation
             ,
             wrath
             and
             anger
             against
             our selves
             :
             then
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             very
             revenge
             :
             Thinke
             then
             what
             a
             holy
             excesse
             necessarily
             concurr's
             to
             true
             repentance
             ,
             that
             no
             one
             word
             will
             expresse
             the
             Nature
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             we
             are
             forced
             to
             make
             it
             up
             vvith
             many
             )
             :
             
               Do
               de
               me
               paenas
               ,
               ut
               ille
               parcat
               ,
            
             saith
             Saint
             
               Aug
               :
            
             I
             punish
             my selfe
             ,
             that
             so
             thou
             O
             God
             mayst
             spare
             me
             :
             Broken
             hearts
             are
             not
             sufficient
             ,
             vvee
             must
             have
             contrite
             hearts
             ,
             hearts
             ground
             to
             povvder
             ,
             for
             remorse
             of
             sinne
             :
             And
             then
             heere
             's
             the
             happinesse
             ,
             that
             turning
             to
             God
             th●s
             broken
             ,
             thus
             bruised
             ,
             he
             vvill
             binde
             us
             up
             .
          
           
             See
             Saint
             
               Orig●n
            
             lying
             on
             the
             floore
             ,
             in
             the
             Church
             Porch
             crying
             out
             
               Calcate
               me
               ,
            
             trample
             upon
             me
             all
             ye
             people
             ,
             as
             
               unsavorie
               salt
               ,
            
             made
             by
             sinne
             fit
             for
             nothing
             but
             the
             
               dunghill
               :
            
             and
             truely
             so
             pittifull
             was
             the
             state
             of
             the
             primitive
             penitents
             in
             this
             kinde
             ,
             that
             (
             transform'd
             with
             greife
             )
             they
             became
             such
             aruefull
             spectacle
             ,
             that
             men
             had
             not
             the
             hearts
             to
             behold
             them
             ,
             but
             turned
             away
             their
             eyes
             from
             those
             ,
             who
             were
             thus
             
               turning
               to
               the
               Lord
               :
            
             But
             heere
             's
             the
             
             comfort
             ,
             that
             God
             ,
             will
             never
             turne
             away
             his
             eyes
             from
             those
             ,
             that
             thus
             
               turne
            
             unto
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             may
             doe
             so
             ,
             wee
             are
             put
             in
             minde
             of
             it
             now
             againe
             ,
             by
             the
             turning
             of
             the
             text
             ,
             for
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             text
             ,
             is
             wheel'd
             about
             to
             the
             end
             of
             it
             ;
             
               And
               turne
               to
               the
               Lord
               your
               God
               .
            
          
           
             And
             that
             wee
             may
             doe
             so
             ,
             heer
             's
             two
             enforcing
             arguments
             ,
             one
             of
             terror
             ,
             the
             other
             of
             love
             ;
             of
             terror
             ,
             hee
             is
             
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             powerfull
             in
             punishing
             :
             such
             a
             stone
             as
             when
             hee
             falls
             upon
             thee
             in
             the
             execution
             of
             his
             judgements
             ,
             he
             will
             
               grinde
               thee
               to
               powder
               :
            
             &
             make
             thee
             so
             miserable
             ,
             and
             so
             neere
             nothing
             ,
             that
             thou
             shalt
             be
             nothing
             ,
             but
             in
             misery
             .
          
           
             Then
             an
             argument
             of
             love
             (
             for
             hee
             assaies
             all
             meanes
             to
             〈◊〉
             us
             )
             he
             is
             
               your
               God
               :
               your
               God
            
             who
             created
             you
             ,
             
               your
               God
               ,
            
             who
             redeemed
             you
             ,
             your's
             by
             all
             promises
             of
             favour
             ;
             to
             refresh
             you
             ,
             when
             you
             come
             
               laden
            
             unto
             him
             :
             not
             to
             
               despise
            
             you
             when
             you
             are
             
               broken
            
             harted
             ,
             not
             to
             
               Iudge
               you
               ,
            
             if
             you
             
               Iudge
               your selves
               ,
            
             not
             to
             
               laugh
               at
               your
               Calamity
            
             if
             you
             timely
             
               weepe
            
             for
             it
             ,
             not
             to
             send
             you
             away
             empty
             ,
             when
             you
             
               hunger
               and
               thirst
            
             after
             righteousnesse
             ▪
             if
             wee
             performe
             our
             parts
             ,
             he
             will
             doe
             his
             :
          
           
             This
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             way
             ,
             to
             appease
             his
             wrath
             ,
             for
             though
             the
             Prophet's
             phrase
             seeme
             to
             question
             it
             ,
             
               Quis
               scit
               ?
            
             as
             it
             followes
             the
             text
             ,
             
               who
               knoweth
               ,
               if
               he
               will
               returne
               and
               leave
               a
               blessing
               behind
               him
               ?
            
             Yet
             we
             know
             that
             interogations
             of
             this
             Nature
             ,
             are
             equiualent
             to
             affirmations
             ,
             and
             so
             heer
             's
             the
             sense
             ,
             wee
             know
             that
             he
             will
             
               returne
            
             and
             have
             mercy
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             for
             our
             
               turning
            
             unto
             him
             
               with
               fasting
               ,
               ●he
               will
               returne
               unto
               us
               with
               a
               meate
               and
               drinke
               offering
               ,
            
             as
             it
             followes
             in
             our
             Prophet
             :
             that
             if
             we
             
               turne●nto
            
             him
             
               with
               weeping
               ,
            
             hee
             will
             
               f●●l
               us
            
             with
             
               fulnesse
               of
               ioy
               ;
            
             Not
             that
             our
             soules
             shall
             ,
             or
             can
             ,
             comprehend
             the
             joyes
             of
             heaven
             ,
             that
             were
             to
             narrow
             our
             happinesse
             ,
             but
             our
             soules
             (
             which
             is
             more
             )
             shall
             bee
             possest
             of
             joy
             ;
             
               Totum
               gaudium
               non
               intrabit
               in
               ga●dentes
               ,
               sed
               toti
               gaudentes
               intrabunt
               in
               g●udiu●
               ,
            
             saith
             
               Peter
               Lombard
            
             out
             of
             Saint
             
               Aug
               :
            
          
           
           
             O
             think
             then
             what
             the
             joyes
             of
             heaven
             are
             ,
             into
             which
             the
             soule
             shall
             be
             plung'd
             as
             into
             an
             Ocean
             ,
             and
             so
             bee
             devoured
             of
             happinesse
             :
             Heer
             's
             fayre
             invitation
             ;
             he
             will
             bee
             ours
             ,
             by
             making
             us
             his
             ,
             and
             we
             may
             give
             the
             state
             of
             Grace
             a
             glimp's
             of
             the
             state
             of
             
               Glory
               ,
            
             by
             turning
             to
             him
             as
             he
             is
             
               our
               God
               ,
            
             for
             then
             he
             will
             turne
             to
             us
             as
             
               his
               people
               ,
            
             (
             and
             his
             indignation
             ceasing●
             (
             to
             begin
             our
             heaven
             )
             joy
             (
             in
             a
             degree
             )
             shall
             heere
             on
             earth
             ,
             descend
             into
             our
             soules
             ;
             and
             we
             (
             not
             charioted
             up
             to
             heaven
             (
             with
             
               Elias
               )
            
             nor
             rap't
             thithe●
             (
             with
             Saint
             
               Paul●
            
             shall
             by
             a
             cheaper
             and
             easier
             state
             ,
             weare
             every
             day
             a
             taste
             of
             happinesse
             in
             our
             hearts
             .
          
           
             Thus
             ,
             thus
             shall
             peace
             be
             setled
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             ;
             our
             hearts
             all
             united
             in
             the
             true
             Religion
             ;
             all
             our
             feares
             expelled
             ;
             and
             the
             
               voyce
               of
               ioy
               retourne
               into
               our
               dwellings
               :
            
             and
             that
             it
             may
             be
             thus
             ;
             
               Turn●
               thou
               us
               O
               good
               Lord
               ,
               and
               so
               shall
               wee
               be
               turned
               ,
               turned
            
             from
             sinne
             unto
             righteousnesse
             heere
             ,
             and
             one
             day
             
               translated
            
             from
             Earth
             to
             Heaven
             :
             Even
             so
             
               Lord
               Iesus
               ,
               Amen
               ,
               Amen
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
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