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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           QUEEN
           AT
           VVHITE-HALL
           ,
           IUNE
           26.
           1692.
           
        
         
           By
           WILLIAM
           SHERLOCK
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Dean
           of
           St.
           
           Paul's
           ,
           Master
           of
           the
           
             Temple
             ,
          
           and
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           Their
           MAJESTIES
           .
        
         
           
             Publish'd
             by
             Her
             Majesties
             Special
             Command
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Will.
             Rogers
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             San
          
           over-against
           St.
           
           Dunstan's
           Church
           in
           
             Fleetstreet
             .
          
           MDCXCII
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Dean
           of
           St.
           
           PAUL's
           SERMON
           Before
           the
           QUEEN
           ,
           
             JUNE
          
           the
           
             26th
             ,
          
           1692.
           
        
         
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             PROV
             .
             XVIII
             .
             14.
             
          
           
             The
             spirit
             of
             a
             man
             will
             sustain
             his
             infirmity
             ,
             but
             a
             wounded
             spirit
             ,
             who
             can
             bear
             ?
          
        
         
           ONE
           great
           Objection
           against
           Providence
           ,
           is
           taken
           from
           the
           many
           Evils
           and
           Calamities
           which
           mankind
           suffer
           ;
           which
           would
           be
           a
           reasonable
           Objection
           ,
           were
           they
           more
           than
           are
           deserved
           ,
           or
           more
           than
           are
           necessary
           for
           the
           wise
           Government
           of
           the
           world
           .
           But
           besides
           other
           Answers
           that
           may
           be
           given
           to
           it
           ,
           the
           Wise-man's
           Observation
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           furnishes
           us
           with
           Two
           very
           plain
           Answers
           .
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           this
           life
           are
           not
           disproportioned
           to
           our
           strength
           to
           bear
           them
           ;
           and
           when
           Afflictions
           and
           Misfortunes
           are
           
           necessary
           to
           the
           wise
           government
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           sufficient
           vindication
           of
           Providence
           ,
           that
           God
           lays
           no
           more
           on
           us
           ,
           than
           what
           the
           spirit
           of
           a
           man
           can
           bear
           ;
           
             The
             spirit
             of
             a
             man
             will
             sustain
             his
             Infirmities
             .
          
           And
           
             2dly
             ,
          
           That
           the
           only
           Evils
           that
           are
           intolerable
           and
           insupportable
           ,
           are
           wholly
           owing
           to
           our selves
           ;
           and
           then
           we
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           quarrel
           at
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           when
           God
           is
           more
           merciful
           to
           us
           ,
           than
           we
           are
           to
           our selves
           .
           
             But
             a
             wounded
             spirit
             ,
             who
             can
             bear
             ?
          
        
         
           For
           the
           Explication
           and
           Improvement
           of
           these
           Words
           ,
           I
           shall
           1.
           
           Enquire
           what
           is
           meant
           by
           sustaining
           Infirmities
           .
           2.
           
           By
           what
           means
           the
           spirit
           of
           a
           man
           can
           sustain
           his
           Infirmities
           .
           3.
           
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           a
           Wounded
           Spirit
           .
           4.
           
           How
           unsupportable
           a
           Wounded
           Spirit
           is
           .
           5.
           
           Conclude
           with
           some
           Practical
           Inferences
           from
           the
           whole
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           
             sustaining
             Infirmities
             :
          
           Now
           
             Infirmities
          
           in
           this
           place
           being
           opposed
           to
           a
           
             Wounded
             Spirit
             ,
          
           must
           signifie
           
           only
           external
           sufferings
           ,
           whatever
           is
           grievous
           and
           afflicting
           ,
           excepting
           the
           disorders
           and
           troubles
           of
           our
           own
           minds
           .
           And
           by
           sustaining
           Infirmities
           ,
           is
           not
           meant
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           not
           feel
           them
           ,
           nor
           have
           any
           afflicting
           sense
           of
           them
           ;
           for
           the
           Stoicks
           themselves
           would
           not
           say
           ,
           that
           pain
           was
           not
           pain
           ;
           for
           then
           there
           would
           be
           no
           need
           of
           Patience
           to
           bear
           it
           ;
           
           but
           that
           Patience
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           can
           conquer
           pain
           .
           And
           therefore
           to
           sustain
           Infirmities
           ,
           is
           to
           feel
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           sink
           under
           the
           weight
           of
           them
           ;
           as
           that
           man
           sustains
           his
           burden
           ,
           who
           can
           go
           upright
           ,
           and
           not
           stagger
           ,
           at
           least
           not
           fall
           ;
           though
           he
           feels
           the
           weight
           of
           it
           on
           his
           shoulders
           :
           That
           is
           ,
           he
           who
           can
           in
           any
           measure
           enjoy
           himself
           under
           suffering
           ,
           does
           so
           far
           sustain
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           perfectly
           we
           can
           enjoy
           our selves
           ,
           though
           the
           brightness
           and
           gaiety
           of
           our
           spirits
           may
           be
           a
           little
           sullied
           and
           overcast
           ,
           the
           more
           compleat
           and
           perfect
           is
           our
           Conquest
           over
           all
           the
           Calamities
           of
           Life
           .
        
         
         
           
             2dly
             .
          
           But
           the
           great
           Enquiry
           is
           ,
           How
           the
           spirit
           of
           a
           man
           can
           sustain
           his
           Infirmities
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           done
           Three
           ways
           :
           1.
           
           By
           Natural
           Courage
           ,
           and
           Strength
           of
           Mind
           .
           2.
           
           By
           the
           Powers
           of
           Reason
           .
           3.
           
           By
           the
           Diviner
           Aids
           and
           Succours
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Natural
           Courage
           ,
           and
           Strength
           of
           Mind
           :
           A
           man
           of
           spirit
           thinks
           it
           a
           reproach
           to
           be
           easily
           disturbed
           and
           ruffled
           ,
           to
           be
           put
           out
           of
           humour
           by
           every
           accident
           ,
           to
           sink
           under
           the
           common
           Calamities
           of
           life
           ;
           nay
           ,
           to
           be
           wholly
           mastered
           by
           the
           most
           extraordinary
           and
           formidable
           Events
           .
           There
           is
           an
           inbred
           Greatness
           in
           human
           Nature
           ,
           which
           does
           not
           care
           to
           confess
           its
           own
           weakness
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           yield
           ,
           or
           submit
           ,
           or
           own
           a
           Conquest
           ;
           an
           untaught
           Courage
           ,
           which
           supports
           the
           rude
           and
           illiterate
           part
           of
           mankind
           ,
           even
           without
           Reason
           and
           Discourse
           ;
           which
           is
           improved
           by
           a
           sense
           of
           Honour
           in
           men
           of
           Fortune
           ,
           increases
           by
           exercise
           and
           discipline
           ,
           by
           hard
           labour
           ,
           
           and
           difficult
           trials
           ,
           and
           is
           lost
           by
           ease
           and
           luxury
           ,
           and
           softness
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           Mind
           as
           tender
           as
           the
           Body
           ,
           to
           feel
           all
           the
           Vicissitudes
           of
           Fortune
           ,
           as
           a
           crazy
           and
           distempered
           body
           does
           the
           change
           of
           Weather
           .
           God
           has
           put
           a
           spirit
           into
           man
           ,
           which
           can
           bear
           his
           Infirmity
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           have
           it
           not
           ,
           it
           is
           our
           own
           fault
           .
        
         
           
             2dly
             .
          
           The
           spirit
           of
           a
           man
           sustains
           his
           Infirmities
           by
           the
           Power
           of
           Reason
           ,
           which
           adds
           to
           our
           Natural
           Courage
           ,
           gives
           us
           a
           more
           confirmed
           sense
           of
           Decency
           and
           Honour
           ,
           teaches
           us
           the
           true
           value
           of
           things
           ,
           quiets
           our
           Passions
           ,
           undeceives
           our
           abused
           Imaginations
           ,
           convinces
           us
           that
           some
           fancied
           evils
           are
           none
           at
           all
           ,
           others
           not
           so
           great
           as
           we
           thought
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           worst
           condition
           has
           its
           allays
           ,
           which
           make
           it
           tolerable
           to
           a
           Wise
           and
           Good
           man.
           
        
         
           I
           am
           far
           from
           thinking
           ,
           That
           the
           mere
           Power
           of
           Natural
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Moral
           Arguments
           ,
           is
           able
           to
           support
           us
           under
           all
           
           events
           ,
           much
           less
           ,
           that
           the
           Arguments
           of
           the
           Heathen
           Philosophers
           ,
           though
           they
           said
           a
           great
           many
           wise
           and
           good
           things
           ,
           were
           sufficient
           to
           this
           purpose
           ;
           but
           yet
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           That
           Reason
           is
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           the
           Mind
           which
           must
           bear
           up
           under
           external
           Sufferings
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           as
           certain
           ,
           that
           Nature
           furnishes
           us
           with
           a
           great
           many
           Arguments
           to
           bear
           them
           easily
           without
           fainting
           :
           As
           for
           Instance
           :
        
         
           We
           must
           consider
           the
           state
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           a
           continual
           flux
           and
           motion
           ,
           and
           does
           not
           long
           shew
           the
           same
           face
           of
           things
           ;
           that
           the
           various
           Lusts
           and
           passions
           of
           men
           among
           whom
           we
           live
           ,
           will
           create
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           trouble
           to
           us
           ;
           and
           that
           our
           mortal
           bodies
           are
           liable
           to
           pain
           and
           hunger
           ,
           and
           many
           Calamities
           .
           This
           is
           the
           state
           of
           all
           mankind
           in
           this
           world
           ;
           and
           if
           after
           all
           ,
           it
           be
           desirable
           to
           live
           ,
           to
           come
           into
           ,
           and
           to
           continue
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           upon
           these
           terms
           ,
           we
           must
           make
           the
           best
           of
           our
           condition
           ,
           and
           bear
           our
           sufferings
           patiently
           ,
           and
           not
           repine
           ,
           if
           we
           escape
           as
           well
           as
           the
           generality
           
           of
           Mankind
           :
           In
           such
           a
           state
           of
           life
           we
           must
           not
           promise
           to
           our selves
           a
           compleat
           and
           undisturbed
           Happiness
           ;
           for
           then
           we
           must
           be
           disappointed
           ,
           and
           be
           very
           uneasie
           and
           impatient
           at
           such
           a
           disappointment
           ;
           but
           we
           must
           expect
           to
           suffer
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           make
           us
           think
           we
           escape
           well
           ,
           when
           our
           Sufferings
           are
           but
           light
           ;
           and
           teach
           us
           to
           arm
           our selves
           against
           those
           which
           are
           greater
           with
           courage
           and
           patience
           .
        
         
           Thus
           a
           Wise
           man
           sees
           through
           the
           frightful
           or
           flattering
           Disguises
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           judges
           by
           Nature
           ,
           not
           by
           Fancy
           and
           Opinion
           ;
           and
           then
           he
           finds
           no
           mighty
           reason
           to
           be
           disturbed
           about
           many
           things
           ,
           which
           are
           judged
           and
           resented
           as
           great
           Calamities
           by
           unthinking
           Men.
           Reason
           teaches
           them
           ,
           that
           Nature
           is
           contented
           with
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           that
           poor
           men
           enjoy
           themselves
           ,
           and
           have
           their
           Pleasures
           and
           Satisfactions
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Rich
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Poverty
           without
           pressing
           Wants
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           great
           an
           Evil
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           thought
           by
           some
           men
           :
           and
           then
           it
           can
           be
           no
           intolerable
           Evil
           
           neither
           ,
           to
           fall
           from
           a
           high
           and
           prosperous
           Fortune
           to
           a
           meaner
           State.
           Reason
           teaches
           them
           ,
           that
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           who
           is
           conscious
           to
           himself
           of
           his
           own
           Vertue
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           concerned
           for
           unjust
           Reproaches
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           effects
           of
           Ignorance
           or
           Malice
           .
           That
           undeserved
           Honours
           ,
           unjust
           Praises
           and
           Commendations
           are
           only
           the
           Entertainments
           of
           Fools
           ;
           and
           that
           unjust
           Reproaches
           ought
           not
           to
           put
           Wise
           men
           out
           of
           countenance
           .
           And
           thus
           it
           is
           in
           other
           Cases
           ;
           There
           is
           a
           vast
           difference
           between
           the
           natures
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           mens
           Opinions
           ;
           and
           were
           our
           Passions
           and
           Resentments
           governed
           by
           Reason
           ,
           and
           proportioned
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           things
           ,
           not
           to
           the
           Opinions
           of
           men
           about
           them
           ,
           it
           would
           make
           our
           Condition
           in
           this
           World
           much
           more
           easie
           and
           tolerable
           .
           But
           I
           cannot
           now
           particularly
           shew
           you
           all
           the
           variety
           of
           Arguments
           ,
           whereby
           men
           may
           support
           themselves
           under
           several
           Calamities
           of
           Life
           ;
           it
           is
           sufficient
           to
           my
           present
           purpose
           ,
           that
           Reason
           gives
           a
           new
           strength
           
           and
           vigour
           to
           the
           spirit
           of
           a
           man
           to
           sustain
           his
           Infirmities
           .
        
         
           
             Thirdly
             ,
          
           But
           the
           greatest
           Supports
           of
           all
           ,
           are
           the
           Arguments
           Religion
           furnishes
           us
           with
           ;
           as
           to
           name
           but
           two
           at
           present
           .
           1.
           
           That
           whatever
           we
           suffer
           is
           not
           the
           effect
           of
           a
           blind
           Chance
           ,
           or
           fatal
           Necessity
           ,
           but
           is
           ordered
           by
           a
           Wise
           and
           Good
           Providence
           .
           2.
           
           That
           if
           we
           bear
           our
           present
           Sufferings
           with
           patience
           and
           submission
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           wise
           use
           of
           them
           to
           our
           improvement
           in
           Grace
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           our
           very
           sufferings
           shall
           be
           greatly
           rewarded
           in
           the
           next
           World.
           These
           two
           Principles
           are
           the
           Foundations
           of
           all
           Religion
           ,
           and
           as
           certain
           as
           any
           thing
           in
           Religion
           ;
           all
           other
           Arguments
           without
           this
           belief
           cannot
           support
           us
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           no
           Sufferings
           too
           great
           for
           a
           man
           to
           bear
           ,
           who
           is
           throughly
           possessed
           with
           a
           firm
           belief
           and
           vigorous
           sense
           of
           these
           .
        
         
           Can
           we
           our selves
           ,
           or
           the
           kindest
           Friend
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           chuse
           better
           for
           us
           than
           God
           ?
           Do
           we
           suspect
           his
           Wisdom
           ,
           or
           his
           Goodness
           ?
           Can
           he
           mistake
           our
           Condition
           ,
           
           who
           knows
           our
           Frame
           ?
           Can
           he
           be
           wanting
           in
           his
           care
           of
           us
           ,
           or
           in
           good
           will
           to
           us
           ,
           who
           made
           us
           ?
           What
           is
           it
           we
           desire
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           happy
           ?
           and
           if
           God
           intends
           our
           happiness
           in
           his
           severest
           Corrections
           ,
           why
           should
           we
           complain
           ?
           Religion
           teaches
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           care
           of
           our
           Souls
           is
           of
           much
           greater
           concernment
           to
           us
           than
           bodily
           Ease
           or
           Pleasure
           ;
           and
           if
           God
           sees
           Pain
           and
           Sickness
           ,
           Poverty
           and
           Disgrace
           ,
           necescessary
           to
           cure
           ,
           or
           restrain
           our
           vicious
           and
           distempered
           Passions
           ,
           or
           to
           improve
           and
           exercise
           our
           Graces
           ,
           have
           we
           any
           reason
           to
           complain
           that
           God
           takes
           such
           severe
           methods
           to
           save
           our
           Souls
           ?
           Had
           we
           rather
           be
           miserable
           for
           ever
           ,
           than
           suffer
           some
           present
           want
           and
           pain
           ?
           The
           Soul
           is
           the
           best
           part
           of
           Man
           ;
           and
           to
           take
           care
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           is
           to
           improve
           his
           better
           Part
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           the
           Design
           of
           God's
           Providence
           towards
           particular
           men
           ,
           to
           train
           them
           up
           to
           Vertue
           by
           such
           methods
           of
           Kindness
           or
           Severity
           ,
           as
           he
           sees
           them
           want
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           confess
           may
           be
           very
           grievous
           and
           afflicting
           at
           present
           ,
           but
           then
           we
           
           have
           the
           hopes
           of
           Immortal
           Life
           to
           support
           us
           ;
           and
           can
           that
           man
           be
           miserable
           ,
           can
           he
           sink
           under
           present
           Sufferings
           ,
           who
           has
           the
           hope
           of
           Immortal
           Life
           ,
           
             as
             the
             Anchor
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             both
             sure
             and
             stedfast
             ?
          
           To
           believe
           ,
           that
           all
           things
           at
           present
           are
           intended
           for
           our
           good
           ,
           and
           
             shall
             work
             together
             for
             our
             good
             ,
             if
             we
             love
             God
             ;
          
           and
           that
           when
           we
           have
           out-rid
           the
           Storms
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           by
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Patience
           ,
           and
           Hope
           ,
           
             These
             light
             afflictions
             ,
             which
             are
             but
             for
             a
             moment
             ,
             shall
             work
             for
             us
             a
             far
             more
             exceeding
             and
             eternal
             weight
             of
             glory
             :
          
           This
           ,
           if
           any
           thing
           ,
           will
           make
           all
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           this
           Life
           easie
           :
           if
           natural
           Courage
           ,
           or
           natural
           Reason
           fail
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           supported
           by
           Religion
           ,
           will
           sustain
           his
           Infirmity
           .
        
         
           
             Thirdly
             ,
          
           Let
           us
           now
           consider
           what
           is
           meant
           by
           
             a
             wounded
             Spirit
             :
          
           This
           is
           a
           metaphorical
           Expression
           ,
           and
           signifies
           a
           Spirit
           which
           suffers
           pain
           and
           trouble
           .
           A
           wound
           in
           the
           Body
           ,
           is
           a
           Division
           of
           one
           part
           from
           another
           ,
           which
           is
           always
           painful
           ;
           and
           tho
           a
           Spirit
           cannot
           be
           thus
           divided
           ,
           yet
           because
           
           a
           Wound
           causes
           Pain
           ;
           a
           Spirit
           which
           is
           disordered
           ,
           and
           suffers
           pain
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           be
           wounded
           :
           As
           for
           instance
           ,
        
         
           Some
           mens
           Spirits
           are
           wounded
           with
           the
           disorders
           and
           violence
           of
           their
           own
           Passions
           ;
           they
           love
           ,
           or
           hope
           ,
           or
           fear
           ,
           or
           desire
           ,
           or
           grieve
           immoderately
           ;
           and
           all
           Passions
           are
           very
           painful
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           in
           excess
           .
           Upon
           this
           account
           the
           Wicked
           are
           said
           
             to
             be
             like
             a
             troubled
             sea
             when
             it
             cannot
             rest
             ,
             whose
             waters
             cast
             up
             mire
             and
             dirt
             :
             there
             is
             no
             peace
             ,
             saith
             my
             God
             ,
             to
             the
             wicked
             .
          
        
         
           Other
           mens
           Spirits
           are
           wounded
           with
           a
           sense
           of
           Guilt
           ;
           their
           own
           Consciences
           reproach
           and
           shame
           them
           ,
           and
           threaten
           the
           Vengeance
           of
           God
           against
           them
           ;
           they
           have
           gratified
           their
           Lust
           ,
           or
           Revenge
           ,
           their
           Ambition
           ,
           or
           Covetousness
           ;
           and
           dreamt
           of
           nothing
           but
           ease
           and
           pleasure
           ;
           the
           Temptation
           was
           very
           charming
           as
           it
           came
           towards
           them
           ,
           but
           now
           the
           heat
           and
           impetus
           is
           allay'd
           ,
           and
           the
           enjoyment
           over
           ,
           they
           can't
           reveiw
           what
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           without
           horror
           ;
           their
           affrighted
           Consciences
           draw
           the
           most
           amazing
           scenes
           
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           paint
           their
           Fancies
           with
           all
           the
           blackest
           Images
           of
           Terror
           ;
           
             The
             Sinners
             of
             Sion
             are
             afraid
             ,
             fear
             hath
             surpriz'd
             the
             Hippocrites
             ,
             Who
             shall
             dwell
             with
             devouring
             fire
             ,
             who
             shall
             dwell
             with
             everlasting
             burnings
             ?
          
        
         
           
             3dly
             ,
          
           This
           is
           the
           wounded
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           
             wounded
             Spirit
             ,
             who
             can
             bear
             ?
          
           This
           is
           Matter
           of
           Sense
           ,
           and
           therefore
           for
           the
           Proof
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           must
           appeal
           to
           the
           Sense
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           no
           danger
           in
           this
           Appeal
           ;
           for
           though
           some
           Men
           may
           scorn
           to
           confess
           ,
           what
           they
           feel
           ,
           yet
           if
           all
           Mens
           Minds
           be
           of
           a
           make
           ,
           we
           can
           feel
           in
           our selves
           ,
           what
           other
           Men
           feel
           :
           And
           then
           we
           all
           know
           ,
           that
           Anger
           when
           it
           grows
           immoderate
           ,
           and
           encreases
           into
           Rage
           and
           Fury
           ,
           worries
           the
           Mind
           ,
           and
           sharpens
           it self
           into
           such
           a
           keenness
           ,
           as
           cuts
           deep
           into
           our
           own
           Souls
           ;
           that
           an
           immoderate
           love
           of
           Riches
           or
           Honours
           or
           Pleasures
           creates
           us
           infinite
           Trouble
           ,
           torments
           with
           an
           impatient
           Thirst
           ,
           with
           restless
           and
           uneasie
           Expectations
           ,
           distracts
           us
           between
           Hopes
           and
           Fears
           ,
           kills
           with
           Delays
           and
           Disappointments
           ;
           
           and
           there
           are
           but
           few
           Men
           ,
           who
           can
           long
           dissemble
           their
           inward
           pain
           and
           uneasiness
           ,
           but
           confess
           it
           in
           their
           Looks
           ,
           and
           Words
           ,
           and
           Behaviour
           ,
           by
           external
           and
           visible
           Symptoms
           of
           Frenzy
           and
           Distraction
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           all
           this
           is
           nothing
           to
           the
           Agonies
           of
           a
           guilty
           Mind
           ,
           as
           any
           Man
           must
           confess
           who
           knows
           what
           it
           is
           to
           be
           Self-condemned
           ,
           and
           to
           live
           under
           the
           Apprehensions
           of
           God's
           Wrath
           ,
           and
           the
           terrible
           Expectations
           of
           endless
           Torments
           ;
           for
           with
           what
           Courage
           and
           Patience
           can
           any
           Man
           bear
           such
           a
           Thought
           as
           this
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           be
           miserable
           for
           ever
           ?
           some
           Men
           may
           laugh
           away
           the
           Thoughts
           of
           Hell
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           no
           Man
           who
           believes
           in
           good
           earnest
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Hell
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           himself
           is
           in
           the
           most
           apparent
           danger
           of
           falling
           into
           it
           ,
           that
           can
           bear
           this
           Thought
           :
           The
           many
           sad
           Examples
           of
           despairing
           Sinners
           ,
           who
           at
           the
           last
           moment
           groan
           out
           their
           Souls
           in
           Agonies
           and
           Horrors
           ,
           are
           an
           undeniable
           Proof
           of
           this
           .
           Men
           who
           do
           not
           believe
           a
           Hell
           may
           laugh
           at
           it
           ,
           till
           they
           
           feel
           it
           ;
           but
           for
           experiments
           sake
           let
           them
           only
           suppose
           that
           there
           were
           a
           Hell
           ,
           and
           that
           Hell
           were
           to
           be
           their
           Portion
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           them
           tell
           me
           ,
           how
           they
           can
           bear
           such
           a
           Thought
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           sufficient
           to
           satisfie
           us
           ,
           how
           unsupportable
           a
           wound
           Spirit
           is
           ,
           but
           to
           give
           us
           a
           deeper
           and
           more
           lasting
           Sense
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           further
           observe
           ,
           that
           a
           wounded
           Spirit
           has
           no
           refuge
           or
           retreat
           ,
           has
           nothing
           left
           to
           support
           it self
           with
           .
           The
           Spirit
           of
           a
           Man
           can
           bear
           his
           Infirmities
           ,
           but
           when
           the
           Spirit
           it self
           is
           wounded
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           to
           support
           that
           ;
           this
           wounds
           our
           Courage
           ,
           our
           Reason
           ,
           makes
           all
           external
           Comforts
           tastless
           ,
           and
           deprives
           us
           of
           all
           the
           Comforts
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           For
           
             1st
             .
          
           What
           Courage
           can
           any
           Man
           have
           against
           Himself
           ,
           against
           the
           Wounds
           and
           Disorders
           of
           his
           own
           Mind
           ?
           Courage
           is
           nothing
           else
           ,
           but
           a
           firmness
           of
           Mind
           to
           govern
           its
           own
           Resentments
           and
           Passions
           ;
           to
           suffer
           Pain
           ,
           and
           Reproach
           ,
           and
           other
           Evils
           without
           immoderate
           Grief
           ,
           and
           to
           encounter
           dangers
           without
           an
           amazing
           fear
           ;
           but
           
           when
           the
           Mind
           it self
           is
           oppressed
           with
           Grief
           and
           Fears
           and
           Cares
           ,
           the
           Disease
           which
           Courage
           should
           prevent
           has
           already
           seized
           the
           Spirits
           .
           Courage
           fortifies
           us
           against
           external
           Evils
           to
           keep
           them
           at
           a
           distance
           from
           wounding
           our
           Spirits
           ,
           but
           the
           Disorders
           of
           our
           own
           Passions
           are
           inward
           Wounds
           ,
           which
           we
           must
           feel
           and
           languish
           under
           .
           When
           our
           own
           Consciences
           reproach
           ,
           chide
           ,
           and
           threaten
           us
           ,
           the
           good
           Opinion
           and
           Courtships
           of
           the
           World
           cannot
           defend
           us
           from
           our selves
           ,
           we
           cannot
           stop
           our
           ears
           against
           it
           ,
           we
           cannot
           harden
           our selves
           against
           its
           Terrors
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           domestick
           Fury
           ,
           which
           when
           it
           is
           provoked
           and
           awakened
           ,
           will
           be
           heard
           ,
           and
           will
           make
           us
           tremble
           ,
           will
           make
           us
           judge
           and
           condemn
           our selves
           ,
           and
           begin
           our
           own
           Torments
           in
           frightful
           Horrors
           and
           Agonies
           of
           Mind
           .
        
         
           
             2dly
             ,
          
           Whereas
           reason
           can
           fortifie
           the
           Mind
           against
           all
           external
           Calamities
           ,
           when
           our
           Spirits
           are
           wounded
           ,
           that
           little
           Reason
           we
           have
           left
           proves
           our
           Tormentor
           .
           When
           we
           are
           under
           the
           Transports
           of
           violent
           and
           
           disorderly
           Passions
           ,
           Reason
           can't
           be
           heard
           ,
           or
           is
           bribed
           by
           Passion
           to
           justifie
           its
           own
           Excesses
           .
           Wise
           Counsels
           are
           lost
           on
           such
           men
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           a
           Lecture
           of
           Philosophy
           would
           be
           in
           the
           Noise
           and
           Distraction
           of
           an
           Alarm
           or
           Battel
           .
        
         
           What
           a
           sullen
           and
           obstinate
           thing
           is
           Grief
           !
           how
           does
           it
           pore
           on
           its
           own
           Misfortune
           ,
           nourish
           its
           Disease
           ,
           and
           despise
           all
           Arts
           of
           Diversion
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           commonly
           above
           the
           cure
           of
           any
           thing
           but
           Time
           ,
           which
           weakens
           the
           Impression
           ,
           or
           tires
           men
           with
           their
           own
           Complaints
           .
        
         
           When
           our
           Consciences
           are
           wounded
           with
           Guilt
           ,
           this
           arms
           all
           the
           Reason
           we
           have
           against
           us
           ,
           for
           Reason
           in
           such
           Cases
           can
           never
           be
           on
           our
           side
           ;
           then
           Reason
           discovers
           our
           Shame
           and
           Danger
           ,
           aggravates
           our
           Sins
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           drives
           such
           awaken'd
           Sinners
           into
           the
           very
           Horrors
           of
           Dispair
           ,
           disputes
           against
           the
           possibility
           of
           their
           Pardon
           ,
           and
           blots
           their
           Names
           out
           of
           all
           the
           Promises
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           how
           large
           and
           universal
           soever
           they
           be
           .
           The
           Guides
           of
           Souls
           ,
           who
           are
           always
           consulted
           upon
           such
           
           Occasions
           ,
           (
           how
           much
           soever
           they
           are
           despised
           at
           other
           times
           )
           could
           tell
           a
           great
           many
           sad
           Stories
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           enow
           to
           convince
           Sinners
           ,
           that
           even
           Wit
           and
           Reason
           is
           a
           very
           dangerous
           Enemy
           ,
           when
           a
           guilty
           Conscience
           turns
           the
           edge
           of
           it
           against
           our selves
           .
        
         
           
             3dly
             ,
          
           When
           there
           is
           no
           Ease
           and
           Comfort
           within
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           other
           Remedy
           ,
           but
           to
           seek
           for
           Support
           and
           Comfort
           from
           abroad
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           a
           great
           many
           pretty
           Diversions
           in
           the
           World
           to
           entertain
           Men
           ,
           who
           are
           at
           leisure
           to
           attend
           them
           ,
           but
           these
           are
           no
           Entertainments
           to
           a
           wounded
           Spirit
           .
           When
           men
           are
           galled
           by
           their
           own
           Passions
           ,
           by
           Fear
           ,
           Emulation
           ,
           Jealousie
           ,
           Discontent
           ,
           in
           the
           
             very
             midst
             of
             laughter
             the
             heart
             is
             sorrowful
             .
          
           As
           great
           as
           
             Haman
          
           was
           ,
           all
           his
           Riches
           and
           Power
           availed
           him
           nothing
           ,
           while
           he
           saw
           
             Mordecai
          
           the
           Jew
           sitting
           at
           the
           Kings
           Gate
           ,
           5
           
             Esth.
          
           13.
           
        
         
           The
           good
           things
           of
           this
           World
           are
           very
           considerable
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           an
           easie
           and
           cheerful
           mind
           to
           enjoy
           them
           ;
           but
           they
           cannot
           make
           a
           man
           easie
           and
           happy
           ,
           whose
           
           Mind
           is
           disturbed
           ;
           they
           may
           entertain
           an
           easie
           Mind
           ,
           but
           cannot
           quiet
           the
           Tumults
           and
           Disorders
           of
           Passions
           ,
           nor
           give
           any
           Ease
           to
           a
           wounded
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           Much
           less
           can
           external
           things
           appease
           the
           Horrors
           of
           a
           guilty
           Conscience
           .
           Away
           all
           ye
           vain
           Delights
           will
           such
           a
           man
           say
           ,
           what
           have
           I
           to
           do
           with
           Pleasure
           ,
           when
           Torments
           ,
           everlasting
           Torments
           ,
           must
           be
           my
           Portion
           ?
           Why
           do
           ye
           tell
           me
           of
           Riches
           and
           Honours
           ,
           when
           the
           great
           God
           is
           my
           Enemy
           ,
           when
           I
           am
           despised
           and
           abhorred
           of
           my
           Maker
           ,
           and
           am
           thought
           worthy
           of
           no
           better
           Portion
           than
           Eternal
           Flames
           ?
           I
           am
           not
           at
           leisure
           to
           attend
           the
           Flattering
           Courtships
           of
           this
           World
           ;
           my
           Thoughts
           are
           taken
           up
           with
           a
           more
           dreadful
           Prospect
           of
           things
           to
           come
           .
           O
           Eternity
           ,
           Eternity
           ,
           the
           never-dying
           Worm
           ,
           the
           never-dying
           Death
           !
        
         
           
             4thly
             ,
          
           Nor
           can
           a
           wounded
           Spirit
           find
           any
           Support
           from
           the
           Considerations
           of
           Religion
           ,
           unless
           it
           find
           its
           Cure
           there
           .
           If
           the
           Belief
           of
           a
           Divine
           Providence
           and
           another
           World
           can
           cure
           our
           Love
           to
           present
           things
           ,
           
           it
           will
           give
           us
           quiet
           and
           easie
           Passions
           too
           ,
           but
           without
           this
           a
           wounded
           and
           distemper'd
           Spirit
           will
           reproach
           God
           as
           well
           as
           Men
           ,
           and
           rage
           against
           Heaven
           it self
           ;
           like
           that
           wicked
           King
           ,
           
             This
             evil
             is
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             why
             should
             I
             wait
             on
             the
             Lord
             any
             longer
             ?
          
           As
           
             Solomon
          
           observes
           ,
           
             The
             foolishness
             of
             Man
             perverteth
             his
             ways
             ,
             and
             his
             heart
             fretteth
             against
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           If
           the
           Fear
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           Punishments
           He
           has
           threatned
           against
           Sin
           ,
           makes
           us
           true
           and
           sincere
           Penitents
           ,
           conquers
           our
           vicious
           Habits
           ,
           and
           reforms
           our
           Lives
           ,
           this
           is
           such
           a
           wounded
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           God
           will
           bind
           up
           again
           ,
           such
           
             a
             broken
             and
             contrite
             Heart
             as
             God
             will
             not
             despise
             ;
          
           but
           the
           Thoughts
           of
           God
           and
           of
           a
           future
           Judgment
           are
           very
           terrible
           to
           Impenitent
           Sinners
           .
           It
           is
           a
           dreadful
           Prospect
           to
           look
           into
           the
           other
           World
           ,
           and
           to
           see
           those
           Lakes
           of
           Fire
           and
           Brimstone
           ,
           
             prepared
             for
             the
             Devil
             and
             his
             Angels
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           all
           that
           Bad
           men
           can
           see
           in
           the
           next
           World.
           
        
         
           Thus
           we
           see
           how
           supportable
           all
           External
           Evils
           and
           Calamities
           are
           ,
           how
           insupportable
           
           a
           wounded
           Spirit
           is
           ;
           and
           the
           comparing
           these
           two
           Cases
           will
           suggest
           some
           very
           useful
           Thoughts
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           As
           ,
           
             First
             ,
          
           This
           is
           a
           great
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           those
           Evils
           and
           Calamities
           that
           are
           in
           the
           World.
           Sufferings
           are
           very
           necessary
           in
           this
           corrupt
           and
           degenerate
           State
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           but
           though
           God
           sees
           it
           necessary
           to
           punish
           Sinners
           ,
           yet
           he
           has
           made
           abundant
           Provision
           to
           support
           us
           under
           all
           external
           Sufferings
           :
           He
           inflicts
           nothing
           on
           us
           ,
           but
           what
           the
           Spirit
           of
           a
           Man
           can
           sustain
           ,
           and
           support
           it self
           under
           ;
           but
           our
           greatest
           Sufferings
           are
           owing
           to
           our selves
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           chargeable
           on
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           than
           our
           Sins
           are
           .
           Nothing
           that
           is
           external
           can
           hurt
           us
           ,
           while
           our
           minds
           are
           sound
           and
           healthful
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           only
           a
           disordered
           or
           guilty
           mind
           which
           gives
           a
           Sting
           to
           Afflictions
           :
           God
           corrects
           in
           measure
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           able
           to
           bear
           ,
           but
           we
           our selves
           tye
           the
           Knots
           ,
           or
           add
           the
           Scorpions
           to
           the
           Scourge
           ▪
        
         
         
           
             Secondly
             ▪
          
           This
           greatly
           recommends
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           ,
           in
           that
           Provision
           God
           has
           made
           for
           our
           Support
           under
           Sufferings
           .
        
         
           As
           ,
           1st
           ,
           Since
           the
           generality
           of
           Mankind
           were
           not
           likely
           to
           prove
           any
           great
           Philosophers
           ,
           
             GOD
          
           hath
           bestowed
           on
           them
           such
           a
           measure
           of
           Natural
           Courage
           ,
           as
           will
           bear
           Afflictions
           better
           than
           the
           Reason
           and
           Philosophy
           of
           more
           thinking
           men
           ,
           and
           we
           may
           generally
           observe
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           make
           the
           least
           use
           of
           their
           Reason
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           least
           share
           of
           External
           Comforts
           ,
           have
           the
           greatest
           Portion
           of
           this
           untaught
           Courage
           ,
           because
           they
           need
           it
           most
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           God
           has
           provided
           the
           greatest
           Supports
           for
           the
           best
           men
           .
           Those
           who
           use
           their
           Reason
           ,
           and
           examine
           the
           nature
           of
           things
           ,
           will
           more
           easily
           bear
           Poverty
           ,
           and
           Disgrace
           ,
           and
           such
           other
           Evils
           ,
           than
           men
           who
           judge
           by
           Opinion
           and
           popular
           Mistakes
           .
        
         
           Those
           who
           live
           by
           Reason
           ,
           and
           govern
           their
           sensual
           Appetites
           and
           Inclinations
           ,
           and
           use
           the
           things
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           so
           as
           not
           to
           
           be
           mastered
           by
           them
           ,
           retain
           that
           Courage
           and
           Strength
           of
           Mind
           ,
           which
           is
           lost
           by
           Softness
           and
           Effeminacy
           .
        
         
           But
           a
           truly
           devout
           man
           ,
           who
           believes
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           of
           Providence
           ,
           and
           the
           Rewards
           of
           the
           next
           Life
           has
           the
           greatest
           Support
           of
           all
           .
           Whereas
           an
           impenitent
           Sinner
           ,
           who
           wounds
           his
           Conscience
           with
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           an
           Atheist
           ,
           who
           believes
           neither
           a
           God
           nor
           a
           Providence
           ,
           have
           nothing
           but
           Sottishness
           and
           Stupidity
           to
           support
           them
           ;
           and
           could
           things
           be
           better
           ordered
           for
           the
           encouragement
           of
           Virtue
           and
           Religion
           .
           Good
           men
           ,
           whatever
           their
           Condition
           be
           ,
           have
           the
           Advantage
           of
           the
           Wicked
           ,
           even
           as
           to
           this
           present
           Life
           ;
           they
           may
           be
           easie
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           themselves
           in
           all
           Conditions
           ,
           for
           
             GOD
          
           has
           provided
           for
           their
           present
           Support
           ;
           but
           if
           bad
           men
           be
           Sufferers
           ,
           they
           have
           nothing
           to
           support
           them
           ;
           and
           though
           they
           be
           prosperous
           ,
           they
           feel
           such
           Disorders
           of
           Passions
           ,
           or
           such
           guilty
           Fears
           ,
           as
           sowre
           all
           their
           other
           Enjoyments
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           God
           has
           so
           wisely
           ordered
           things
           ,
           that
           we
           cannot
           support
           our selves
           under
           Sufferings
           without
           making
           a
           wise
           and
           good
           use
           of
           them
           ;
           for
           the
           best
           Arguments
           to
           comfort
           us
           under
           Sufferings
           ,
           will
           afford
           us
           no
           comfort
           unless
           they
           make
           us
           better
           .
           It
           is
           a
           great
           comfort
           that
           Afflictions
           are
           appointed
           by
           a
           wise
           and
           good
           God
           :
           But
           he
           who
           considers
           this
           ,
           will
           naturally
           inquire
           into
           the
           Reason
           ,
           why
           God
           strikes
           ,
           
             will
             search
             and
             try
             his
             way
             and
             turn
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             will
             hear
             the
             rod
             and
             who
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             hath
             appointed
             it
             .
          
        
         
           That
           Afflictions
           are
           ordered
           for
           our
           good
           will
           make
           us
           endeaveour
           to
           reap
           the
           Spiritual
           Benefit
           of
           them
           :
           for
           that
           Afflictions
           are
           useful
           is
           no
           Comfort
           at
           all
           ,
           unless
           we
           make
           a
           wise
           use
           of
           them
           ;
           unless
           they
           bring
           forth
           the
           peaceable
           Fruits
           of
           Righteousness
           .
        
         
           No
           Man
           can
           take
           Comfort
           in
           the
           Rewards
           of
           the
           next
           World
           ,
           without
           bearing
           his
           Sufferings
           well
           in
           this
           ;
           for
           our
           Sufferings
           will
           have
           no
           reward
           ,
           unless
           they
           make
           us
           better
           ;
           unless
           they
           purifie
           our
           
           Minds
           ,
           and
           exercise
           our
           Faith
           and
           Patience
           and
           Submission
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           
             3dly
             ,
          
           I
           observe
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           better
           to
           suffer
           then
           to
           sin
           even
           with
           respect
           to
           our
           present
           ease
           ,
           because
           sufferings
           may
           be
           born
           by
           an
           innocent
           and
           vertuous
           Mind
           ,
           but
           Guilt
           inflicts
           an
           unsupportable
           wound
           upon
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           those
           Sufferings
           which
           the
           Spirit
           of
           a
           Man
           can
           bear
           ,
           are
           rather
           to
           be
           chosen
           ,
           than
           what
           the
           Spirit
           of
           a
           Man
           cannot
           bear
           .
        
         
           
             Lastly
             ,
          
           I
           observe
           ,
           that
           the
           Government
           of
           our
           own
           Passions
           contributes
           more
           to
           our
           Happiness
           than
           any
           external
           Enjoyments
           .
           While
           our
           Minds
           are
           disordered
           with
           violent
           and
           tumultuous
           Passions
           we
           can
           never
           be
           Easie
           and
           Happy
           ,
           whatever
           else
           we
           enjoy
           :
           for
           this
           gives
           such
           a
           Wound
           to
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           as
           no
           external
           Enjoyments
           can
           heal
           :
           But
           he
           who
           has
           his
           Passions
           under
           government
           ,
           who
           knows
           how
           to
           Love
           and
           Fear
           and
           Desire
           and
           Hope
           ,
           though
           he
           may
           be
           a
           great
           Sufferer
           ,
           can
           never
           be
           miserable
           ,
           because
           he
           can
           support
           himself
           under
           all
           other
           Sufferings
           .
           
           What
           a
           wrong
           Course
           then
           do
           the
           generality
           of
           Mankind
           take
           to
           make
           themselves
           happy
           :
           They
           seek
           for
           Happiness
           without
           ,
           when
           the
           Foundation
           of
           Happiness
           must
           be
           laid
           within
           ,
           in
           the
           Temper
           and
           Disposition
           of
           our
           Minds
           .
           An
           easie
           quiet
           Mind
           will
           weather
           all
           the
           Storms
           of
           Fortune
           ;
           but
           how
           calm
           and
           serene
           soever
           the
           Heavens
           be
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           peace
           to
           the
           Wicked
           ,
           who
           have
           nothing
           but
           noise
           and
           tumult
           and
           confusion
           within
           .
        
         
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           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           God
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           and
           God
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           be
           Honour
           ,
           Glory
           ,
           and
           Power
           now
           and
           for
           ever
           ,
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
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             and
             Ever
             Blessed
             Trinity
             ,
             and
             the
             Incarnation
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
             The
             Second
             Edition
             .
             
               4to
               .
            
          
           
             
             The
             Case
             of
             the
             Allegiance
             due
             to
             Soveraign
             Powers
             stated
             and
             resolved
             according
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             Reason
             ,
             and
             the
             Principles
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               .
            
             Sixth
             Editior
             .
             
               Quarto
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Vindication
             of
             the
             Case
             of
             Allegiance
             due
             to
             Soveraign
             Powers
             ,
             
               &c.
               Quarto
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Sermon
             Preached
             at
             
               Whitehall
            
             before
             the
             Queen
             ,
             on
             the
             
               17th
               .
            
             of
             
               Iune
               ,
            
             1691.
             being
             the
             Fast-Day
             .
             
               Quarto
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Practical
             Discourse
             concerning
             Death
             .
             The
             Fifth
             Edition
             .
             
               Octavo
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Practical
             Discourse
             concerning
             a
             Future
             Judgment
             .
             Second
             Edition
             .
             
               Octavo
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Sermon
             Preached
             before
             the
             Honourable
             House
             of
             Commons
             at
             St.
             
               Margarets
               Westminster
               ,
               Ianuary
               30th
               .
            
             1691
             /
             2.
             
             
               Quarto
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Sermon
             Preached
             before
             the
             Queen
             at
             
               Whitehall
               ,
               Febr.
            
             12.
             1691
             
             /
             2.
             
             
               Quarto
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Charity
             of
             Lending
             without
             Usury
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             Notion
             of
             Usury
             stated
             ,
             in
             a
             Sermon
             Preach'd
             before
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             at
             St.
             
             Bridget's
             Church
             ,
             on
             
               Tuesday
            
             in
             
               Easter-week
               ,
            
             1692.
             
             
               Quarto
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Sermon
             Preached
             at
             the
             
               Temple-Church
               ,
               May
               29th
               .
            
             1692.
             and
             Printed
             at
             the
             Desire
             of
             the
             Bench-Table
             of
             the
             Honourable
             Society
             of
             the
             
               Inner-Temple
               .
               Quarto
               .
            
          
        
         
           Printed
           for
           
             W.
             Rogers
             .
          
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A59883-e240
           
             Non
             ego
             dolorem
             ,
             dolorem
             esse
             nego
             ,
             cur
             enim
             fortitudo
             desideraretur
             ,
             sed
             eum
             opprimi
             dico
             pationtia
             ,
             si
             modo
             est
             aliqua
             patientia
             .
             
               Cicer.