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             A sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons at St. Margarets Westminster, Octob. 10, 1666 being the fast-day appointed for the late dreadfull fire in the city of London / by Edward Stillingfleet ...
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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           Honourable
           House
           OF
           COMMONS
           ,
           At
           St.
           MARGARETS
           WESTMINSTER
           Octob.
           10.
           1666.
           being
           the
           Fast-day
           appointed
           for
           the
           late
           dreadfull
           Fire
           in
           the
           City
           of
           LONDON
           .
           By
           
             Edward
             Stillingfleet
             ,
          
           B.
           D.
           Rector
           of
           St.
           
             Andrews
             Holborn
             ,
          
           and
           one
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Chaplains
           in
           Ordinary
           .
           Published
           by
           Order
           of
           the
           said
           House
           .
        
         
           The
           Fourth
           Edition
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Robert
             White
             ,
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Mortlock
             ,
          
           and
           〈…〉
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           ,
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           White
           〈◊〉
           in
           
             Westminster
          
           Hall.
           1666.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             AMOS
             4.
             11.
             
          
           
             
               I
               have
               overthrown
               some
               of
               you
               ,
               as
               God
               overthrew
            
             Soodom
             
               and
            
             Gomorrah
             ,
             
               and
               ye
               were
               as
               a
               firebrand
               pluckt
               out
               of
               the
               burning
               :
               yet
               have
               ye
               not
               returned
               unto
               me
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord.
               
            
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           but
           a
           very
           little
           time
           since
           you
           met
           together
           in
           this
           place
           to
           lament
           the
           remainders
           of
           a
           
             raging
             pestilence
             ,
          
           which
           the
           last
           year
           destroyed
           so
           many
           thousand
           inhabitants
           of
           the
           late
           great
           and
           famous
           City
           :
           and
           now
           
             God
          
           hath
           given
           us
           another
           sad
           occasion
           for
           our
           
             fasting
          
           and
           
             humiliation
             ,
          
           by
           suffering
           a
           
             devouring
             fire
          
           to
           break
           forth
           and
           consume
           so
           many
           of
           her
           habitations
           .
           As
           though
           the
           infected
           air
           had
           been
           too
           kind
           and
           partial
           ,
           and
           like
           
             Saul
          
           to
           the
           
             Amalekites
             ,
          
           had
           only
           destroyed
           
             the
             vile
             and
             refuse
             ,
          
           and
           spared
           
             the
             greatest
             of
             the
             people
             ;
          
           as
           though
           the
           grave
           had
           surfeited
           with
           the
           bodies
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           were
           loth
           to
           go
           on
           in
           the
           execution
           of
           
             Gods
          
           displeasure
           ;
           he
           hath
           imployed
           a
           more
           furious
           Element
           ,
           which
           
           by
           its
           merciless
           and
           devouring
           flames
           might
           in
           a
           more
           lively
           manner
           represent
           unto
           us
           the
           
             kindling
          
           of
           his
           
             wrath
          
           against
           us
           .
           And
           that
           by
           a
           
             Fire
             ,
          
           which
           began
           with
           that
           violence
           ,
           and
           spread
           with
           that
           horrour
           ,
           and
           raged
           with
           that
           fury
           ,
           &
           continued
           for
           so
           long
           a
           time
           with
           that
           irresistible
           force
           ;
           that
           it
           might
           justly
           fill
           the
           beholders
           with
           confusion
           ,
           the
           hearers
           of
           it
           with
           amazement
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           us
           with
           a
           deep
           and
           humble
           sense
           of
           those
           sins
           which
           have
           brought
           down
           the
           judgements
           of
           
             God
          
           in
           so
           severe
           a
           manner
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           us
           .
        
         
           For
           whatever
           arguments
           or
           reasons
           we
           can
           imagine
           ,
           that
           should
           compose
           the
           minds
           of
           men
           to
           a
           sense
           of
           their
           own
           or
           others
           calamities
           ,
           or
           excite
           them
           to
           an
           apprehension
           of
           the
           
             wrath
             of
             God
          
           as
           the
           cause
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           quicken
           them
           to
           an
           earnest
           supplication
           to
           him
           for
           mercy
           ,
           they
           do
           all
           eminently
           concurr
           in
           the
           sad
           occasion
           of
           this
           dayes
           solemnity
           .
           For
           if
           either
           compassion
           would
           move
           ,
           or
           fear
           awaken
           ,
           or
           interest
           engage
           us
           to
           any
           of
           these
           ,
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           conceive
           there
           should
           be
           an
           instance
           of
           a
           more
           efficacious
           nature
           ,
           than
           that
           is
           which
           we
           this
           day
           bewail
           ;
           For
           who
           can
           behold
           the
           ruines
           of
           so
           great
           a
           City
           ,
           and
           not
           have
           his
           bowels
           of
           compassion
           moved
           towards
           it
           ?
           Who
           can
           have
           any
           sense
           of
           the
           anger
           of
           God
           discovered
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           have
           his
           fear
           awakened
           by
           it
           ?
           Who
           can
           (
           as
           we
           ought
           all
           )
           look
           upon
           it
           as
           a
           judgement
           of
           universal
           influence
           on
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           and
           not
           think
           himself
           concerned
           to
           implore
           the
           
           mercy
           of
           Heaven
           towards
           us
           ?
           For
           certainly
           ,
           howsoever
           we
           may
           vainly
           flatter
           and
           deceive
           our selves
           ,
           these
           are
           no
           common
           indications
           of
           the
           frowns
           of
           heaven
           ;
           nor
           are
           they
           meerly
           intended
           as
           the
           expressions
           of
           
             Gods
          
           severity
           towards
           that
           City
           which
           hath
           suffered
           so
           much
           by
           them
           ;
           but
           the
           stroaks
           which
           fall
           upon
           the
           head
           (
           though
           they
           light
           upon
           that
           only
           )
           are
           designed
           for
           the
           punishment
           of
           the
           whole
           body
           .
        
         
           Were
           there
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           bare
           permission
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           as
           to
           these
           things
           ,
           we
           could
           not
           reasonably
           think
           ,
           but
           that
           
             G●d
          
           must
           needs
           be
           very
           angry
           with
           us
           ,
           when
           he
           suffers
           two
           such
           dreadful
           calamities
           to
           tread
           almost
           upon
           each
           others
           heels
           ;
           that
           no
           sooner
           had
           
             death
          
           taken
           away
           such
           multitudes
           of
           our
           inhabitants
           ,
           but
           a
           
             Fire
          
           follows
           it
           to
           consume
           our
           habitations
           .
           A
           
             Fire
             ,
          
           so
           dreadfull
           in
           its
           appearance
           ,
           in
           its
           rage
           and
           fury
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           the
           dismal
           consequences
           of
           it
           (
           which
           we
           cannot
           yet
           be
           sufficiently
           apprehensive
           of
           )
           that
           on
           that
           very
           account
           we
           may
           justly
           
             lie
             down
             in
             our
             shame
             ,
             and
             our
             confusion
             cover
             us
             :
          
           because
           
             God
             hath
             covered
             the
             daughter
             of
             Sion
             with
             a
          
           
           
             cloud
             in
             his
             anger
             ,
             and
             cast
             down
             from
             heaven
             to
             earth
             the
             beauty
             of
          
           Israel
           ,
           
             and
             remembred
             not
             his
             footstool
             in
             the
             day
             of
             his
             anger
             .
          
           For
           such
           was
           the
           violence
           and
           fury
           of
           the
           
             flames
             ,
          
           that
           they
           have
           not
           only
           defaced
           the
           beauty
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           humbled
           the
           pride
           and
           grandeur
           of
           it
           ;
           not
           only
           stained
           its
           glory
           ,
           and
           consumed
           its
           palaces
           ;
           but
           have
           made
           the
           Houses
           of
           
             God
          
           themselves
           a
           heap
           of
           ruines
           ,
           and
           a
           spectacle
           of
           desolation
           .
        
         
         
           And
           what
           then
           can
           we
           propose
           to
           our selves
           as
           arguments
           of
           
             Gods
          
           severe
           displeasure
           against
           us
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           not
           either
           already
           felt
           ,
           or
           have
           just
           cause
           to
           fear
           are
           coming
           upon
           us
           without
           a
           speedy
           and
           sincere
           amendment
           ?
           If
           a
           Sword
           abroad
           and
           Pestilence
           at
           home
           ,
           if
           Fire
           in
           our
           Houses
           and
           Death
           in
           our
           Streets
           ,
           if
           Forreign
           Wars
           and
           Domestick
           Factions
           ,
           if
           a
           languishing
           State
           and
           a
           discontented
           People
           ,
           if
           the
           ruines
           of
           the
           City
           and
           poverty
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           may
           make
           us
           sensible
           how
           sad
           our
           condition
           at
           present
           is
           ,
           how
           much
           worse
           it
           may
           be
           (
           if
           
             God
          
           in
           his
           mercy
           prevent
           it
           not
           )
           we
           shall
           all
           surely
           think
           we
           have
           reason
           enough
           this
           day
           to
           lay
           to
           heart
           
             the
             evil
             of
             our
             doings
             which
             have
             brought
             all
             these
             things
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             abhor
             our selves
             ,
             repenting
             in
             dust
             and
             ashes
             .
          
           That
           would
           seem
           indeed
           to
           bear
           some
           analogy
           with
           the
           present
           ruines
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           the
           calamities
           we
           lie
           under
           at
           this
           time
           ;
           but
           
             God
          
           will
           more
           easily
           dispense
           with
           the
           pompous
           shews
           ,
           and
           solemn
           garbs
           of
           our
           humiliation
           ;
           if
           our
           hearts
           bleed
           within
           for
           our
           former
           impieties
           ,
           and
           our
           repentance
           discovers
           its
           sin●erity
           ,
           by
           bringing
           us
           to
           that
           temper
           ;
           that
           ,
           
             though
             we
             have
             done
             iniquity
             ,
             we
             will
             do
             so
             no
             more
             .
          
           That
           is
           the
           true
           and
           proper
           end
           ,
           which
           
             Almighty
             God
          
           aims
           at
           ,
           in
           all
           his
           Judgements
           :
           he
           takes
           no
           delight
           in
           hurling
           the
           world
           into
           confusions
           ,
           and
           turning
           Cities
           into
           ruinous
           heaps
           ,
           and
           making
           whole
           Countries
           a
           desolation
           :
           but
           when
           he
           sees
           it
           necessary
           to
           vindicate
           the
           honour
           of
           his
           Justice
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           he
           doth
           it
           
           with
           that
           
             severity
          
           that
           may
           make
           us
           apprehend
           his
           displeasure
           ,
           and
           yet
           with
           that
           
             mercy
          
           which
           may
           incourage
           us
           to
           repent
           and
           
             return
             unto
             the
             Lord.
          
           Thus
           we
           find
           in
           the
           instances
           recorded
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           when
           some
           
             Cities
          
           were
           
             consumed
             by
             him
             ;
          
           so
           that
           as
           far
           as
           concerned
           them
           ,
           they
           were
           made
           
             like
             to
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             :
          
           yet
           he
           doth
           it
           with
           that
           kindness
           to
           the
           
             Inhabitants
             ,
          
           that
           
             they
             are
             pluckt
             as
             firebrands
             out
             of
             the
             burning
             :
          
           and
           therefore
           he
           looks
           upon
           it
           as
           a
           frustrating
           the
           design
           both
           of
           his
           
             Justice
             ,
          
           and
           of
           his
           
             Mercy
             ,
          
           when
           he
           is
           fain
           to
           conclude
           with
           that
           sad
           reflection
           on
           their
           incorrigibleness
           ;
           
             Yet
             have
             ye
             not
             returned
             unto
             me
             saith
             the
             Lord.
          
           Thus
           ye
           see
           what
           the
           design
           and
           scope
           of
           the
           words
           is
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           read
           unto
           you
           ,
           wherein
           we
           may
           consider
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           severity
           of
           the
           Judgement
           which
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           execute
           upon
           them
           .
           
             I
             have
             overthrown
             some
             of
             you
             ,
             as
             God
             overthrew
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           mixture
           of
           his
           mercy
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           his
           severity
           ,
           
             and
             ye
             were
             as
             a
             firebrand
             pluckt
             out
             of
             the
             burning
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           incorrigibleness
           of
           the
           people
           notwithstanding
           both
           .
           
             Yet
             have
             ye
             not
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           In
           the
           first
           we
           have
           
             Gods
             Rod
          
           lifted
           up
           to
           
             strike
             ,
          
           in
           the
           second
           we
           have
           
             Gods
             Hand
          
           stretched
           out
           to
           
             save
             ,
          
           yet
           neither
           of
           these
           would
           make
           them
           sensible
           of
           their
           disobedience
           ;
           though
           their
           
             Cities
          
           were
           
             overthrown
          
           for
           
             their
             sakes
             ,
          
           though
           they
           themselves
           escaped
           not
           
             for
             their
             own
             sakes
             ,
          
           but
           for
           his
           
             mercies
             sake
          
           only
           whom
           they
           
           had
           so
           highly
           provoked
           ;
           
             yet
             have
             ye
             not
             returned
             unto
             me
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord.
          
           I
           am
           sure
           I
           may
           say
           of
           the
           two
           former
           parts
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           as
           our
           
             Saviour
          
           doth
           in
           another
           case
           ,
           
             This
             day
             hath
             this
             Scripture
             been
             fulfilled
             among
             you
             :
          
           we
           have
           seen
           a
           sad
           instance
           of
           
             Gods
             severity
             ,
             a
             City
          
           almost
           wholly
           
             consumed
          
           as
           
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
          
           and
           a
           great
           expression
           of
           his
           kindness
           ,
           
             the
             Inhabitants
             saved
             ,
             as
             firebrands
             pluckt
             out
             of
             the
             burning
             :
          
           O
           let
           it
           never
           be
           said
           that
           the
           last
           part
           of
           the
           words
           is
           fulfilled
           too
           ,
           
             Yet
             have
             ye
             not
             returned
             unto
             me
             ,
             &c.
          
           which
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           not
           be
           ,
           I
           shall
           first
           consider
           
             the
             severity
             of
             God
             in
             his
             judgement
          
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           then
           discover
           
             the
             mixture
             of
             his
             kindness
             with
             it
             ,
          
           and
           the
           result
           of
           both
           will
           be
           the
           
             unreasonableness
             of
             obstinate
             disobedience
          
           after
           them
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             The
             severity
             of
             the
             Judgement
          
           here
           expressed
           :
           which
           though
           we
           take
           it
           not
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           persons
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Cities
           wherein
           they
           dwelt
           :
           as
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           understood
           not
           only
           by
           the
           
             Original
             ,
          
           wherein
           the
           words
           relating
           to
           persons
           are
           left
           out
           :
           but
           by
           the
           following
           clause
           ,
           expressing
           their
           preservation
           :
           yet
           we
           shall
           find
           the
           Judgement
           to
           be
           severe
           enough
           ,
           in
           regard
           1.
           
           Of
           the
           
             nature
             and
             kind
          
           of
           it
           .
           2.
           
           The
           
             series
             and
             order
          
           of
           it
           .
           3.
           
           The
           
             causes
          
           moving
           to
           it
           .
           4.
           
           The
           
             Author
          
           of
           it
           .
           
             I
             have
             overthrown
             some
             of
             you
             ,
             as
             God
             overthrew
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             The
             nature
             and
             kind
             of
             it
             :
          
           We
           can
           imagine
           nothing
           more
           severe
           when
           we
           consider
           what
           it
           is
           set
           forth
           by
           ,
           the
           most
           unparalleld
           Judgement
           we
           read
           of
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           
             destruction
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
          
           by
           a
           fire
           
           from
           Heaven
           .
           Although
           in
           all
           circumstances
           the
           instance
           might
           not
           come
           up
           to
           the
           parallel
           ,
           yet
           in
           several
           respects
           there
           might
           be
           so
           sad
           a
           desolation
           ,
           that
           any
           other
           example
           but
           that
           might
           fall
           beneath
           the
           greatness
           and
           severity
           of
           it
           .
           And
           we
           may
           better
           understand
           of
           how
           sad
           and
           dreadfull
           a
           nature
           such
           a
           Judgement
           must
           be
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           it
           with
           relation
           to
           the
           
             suddenness
             and
             unexpectedness
          
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           the
           
             force
          
           and
           
             violence
          
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           that
           
             sad
             train
             of
             circumstances
          
           which
           attend
           and
           follow
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             The
             suddenness
             and
             unexpectedness
          
           of
           it
           ;
           
             as
             God
             overthrew
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           when
           they
           least
           of
           all
           looked
           for
           such
           a
           desolation
           .
           For
           
             thus
             it
             was
             in
             the
          
           
           
             dayes
             of
             Lot
          
           (
           as
           our
           
             Saviour
          
           tells
           us
           )
           
             they
             did
             eat
             ,
             they
             drank
             ,
             they
             bought
             ,
             they
             sold
             ,
             they
             planted
             ,
             they
             builded
             ;
             but
             the
             same
             day
             that
          
           Lot
           
             went
             out
             of
          
           Sodom
           ,
           
             it
             rained
             fire
             and
             brimstome
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             destroyed
             them
             all
             .
          
           They
           were
           all
           immersed
           either
           in
           their
           pleasures
           or
           in
           their
           business
           ,
           they
           little
           thought
           of
           destruction
           being
           so
           near
           them
           as
           it
           proved
           to
           be
           ;
           Thus
           it
           was
           with
           the
           
             Jews
          
           in
           their
           first
           and
           latter
           destruction
           both
           of
           their
           City
           and
           Countrey
           ;
           they
           were
           as
           high
           and
           as
           confident
           of
           the
           contrary
           as
           might
           be
           to
           the
           very
           last
           ;
           nothing
           could
           perswade
           them
           that
           their
           Temple
           or
           their
           City
           should
           be
           burnt
           with
           
             Fire
             ,
          
           till
           they
           saw
           them
           flaming
           before
           their
           eyes
           .
           Thus
           
             Josephus
          
           
           observes
           of
           his
           Countrey-men
           ,
           
             that
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             all
             their
             miseries
             they
             had
             no
             kind
             of
             sense
             at
             all
             of
             their
             sins
             ,
             but
             were
             as
             proud
             ,
             presumptuous
             and
             arrogant
             ,
          
           
           
             as
             if
             all
             things
             went
             well
             with
             them
             ;
             and
             were
             like
             to
             do
             so
             .
          
           They
           thought
           God
           could
           not
           possibly
           punish
           such
           a
           people
           as
           they
           were
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ;
           they
           could
           easily
           have
           believed
           it
           of
           any
           other
           people
           but
           themselves
           :
           but
           that
           
             God
          
           should
           punish
           his
           own
           people
           in
           
             Covenant
          
           with
           him
           ,
           that
           Judgement
           should
           begin
           at
           the
           house
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           that
           they
           who
           had
           loved
           to
           be
           called
           by
           his
           name
           ,
           should
           be
           made
           examples
           to
           all
           other
           Nations
           ;
           this
           seemed
           so
           harsh
           &
           incredible
           that
           by
           no
           means
           could
           they
           entertain
           it
           .
           But
           
             God
          
           &
           Wise
           men
           too
           thought
           otherwise
           of
           them
           than
           they
           did
           of
           themselves
           :
           they
           could
           not
           but
           see
           an
           outward
           shew
           of
           Religion
           joyned
           with
           a
           deep
           and
           subtil
           hypocrisie
           ;
           there
           being
           among
           them
           an
           heap
           of
           pride
           and
           luxury
           ,
           of
           fraud
           and
           injustice
           ,
           of
           sedition
           and
           faction
           guilded
           over
           with
           a
           fair
           shew
           of
           greater
           zeal
           for
           
             God
          
           and
           his
           
             Glory
             :
          
           which
           that
           impartial
           Historian
           (
           as
           one
           who
           knew
           them
           well
           )
           hath
           described
           at
           large
           :
           and
           although
           they
           could
           not
           believe
           that
           such
           heavy
           Judgements
           should
           befall
           them
           ,
           yet
           others
           did
           not
           only
           
             believe
             ,
          
           but
           
             tremble
          
           at
           the
           apprehensions
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Who
           among
           all
           the
           Citizens
           of
           
             London
          
           could
           have
           been
           perswaded
           ,
           but
           the
           day
           before
           the
           
             Fire
          
           brake
           out
           ,
           nay
           when
           they
           saw
           the
           
             flames
          
           for
           near
           a
           day
           together
           ,
           that
           ever
           in
           four
           days
           time
           ,
           not
           a
           fourth
           part
           of
           the
           City
           should
           be
           left
           standing
           ?
           For
           when
           were
           they
           ever
           more
           secure
           &
           inapprehensive
           of
           their
           danger
           than
           at
           this
           time
           ?
           they
           had
           not
           been
           long
           returned
           
           to
           their
           Houses
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Plague
          
           had
           driven
           them
           from
           ,
           and
           now
           they
           hoped
           to
           make
           some
           amends
           for
           the
           loss
           of
           their
           Trade
           before
           ;
           but
           they
           returned
           home
           with
           the
           same
           sins
           they
           carryed
           away
           with
           them
           ;
           like
           new
           
             Moons
             ,
          
           they
           had
           a
           new
           face
           and
           appearance
           ,
           but
           the
           same
           
             spots
          
           remained
           still
           :
           or
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           increased
           by
           that
           
             scumm
          
           they
           had
           gathered
           in
           the
           Countries
           where
           they
           had
           been
           .
           Like
           Beasts
           of
           prey
           that
           had
           been
           chained
           up
           so
           long
           till
           they
           were
           hunger-bitten
           ,
           when
           they
           once
           got
           loose
           they
           ran
           with
           that
           violence
           and
           greediness
           to
           their
           wayes
           of
           gain
           ,
           as
           though
           nothing
           could
           ever
           satisfie
           them
           .
           But
           that
           which
           betrayed
           them
           to
           so
           much
           security
           ,
           was
           their
           late
           deliverance
           from
           so
           sweeping
           a
           Judgement
           as
           the
           
             Plague
          
           had
           been
           to
           the
           City
           and
           Suburbs
           of
           it
           :
           they
           could
           by
           no
           means
           think
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           all
           so
           lately
           escaped
           the
           
             Grave
             ,
          
           that
           the
           City
           it self
           should
           be
           so
           near
           being
           buried
           in
           its
           own
           ruines
           ;
           that
           the
           
             fire
          
           which
           had
           missed
           their
           blood
           should
           seize
           upon
           their
           houses
           ;
           that
           there
           should
           be
           no
           other
           way
           to
           purge
           the
           infected
           air
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           
             flames
          
           of
           the
           whole
           City
           .
           Thus
           when
           the
           Mariners
           have
           newly
           escaped
           a
           wreck
           at
           Sea
           ,
           the
           fears
           of
           which
           have
           a
           long
           time
           deprived
           them
           of
           their
           wonted
           rest
           ,
           they
           think
           they
           may
           securely
           lye
           down
           and
           sleep
           ,
           till
           it
           may
           be
           another
           storm
           overtake
           and
           sink
           them
           .
           We
           see
           then
           there
           is
           neither
           piety
           nor
           wisdom
           in
           so
           much
           security
           when
           a
           great
           danger
           is
           over
           ,
           for
           we
           know
           not
           but
           that
           very
           security
           it self
           may
           provoke
           
             God
          
           to
           send
           a
           greater
           .
           
           And
           no
           kind
           of
           judgements
           are
           so
           dreadful
           and
           amazing
           ,
           as
           those
           which
           come
           most
           unexpectedly
           upon
           men
           ;
           for
           these
           betray
           the
           succours
           which
           reason
           offers
           ,
           they
           infatuate
           mens
           councils
           ,
           weaken
           their
           courage
           ,
           and
           deprive
           them
           of
           that
           presence
           of
           mind
           which
           is
           necessary
           at
           such
           a
           time
           for
           their
           own
           and
           the
           publick
           interest
           .
           And
           there
           needs
           no
           more
           to
           let
           us
           know
           how
           severe
           such
           a
           Judgement
           must
           be
           when
           it
           comes
           upon
           men
           in
           so
           sudden
           and
           unexpected
           a
           manner
           ;
           but
           that
           is
           not
           all
           ,
           for
           the
           severity
           of
           it
           lyes
           further
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           
             In
             the
             force
             and
             violence
             of
             it
             :
          
           and
           surely
           that
           was
           very
           great
           which
           consumed
           four
           Cities
           to
           nothing
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           
             God
          
           did
           
             pluere
             Gehennam
             de
             coelo
          
           as
           one
           expresses
           it
           ,
           rained
           down
           
             hell-fire
             upon
          
           Sodom
           
             and
          
           Gomorrah
           .
           And
           this
           is
           that
           which
           some
           think
           is
           called
           
             the
             vengeance
             of
             eternal
             fire
             ,
             which
             all
             those
             in
          
           Sodom
           
             and
          
           Gomorrah
           
             are
             said
             to
             suffer
             ;
          
           i.
           e.
           
             a
             Fire
          
           which
           consumed
           ,
           till
           there
           was
           nothing
           left
           to
           
           be
           consumed
           by
           it
           .
           Not
           but
           that
           those
           wicked
           persons
           did
           justly
           suffer
           the
           
             vengeance
             of
             an
             eternal
             fire
          
           in
           another
           life
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           seems
           to
           set
           out
           and
           paint
           forth
           to
           us
           that
           in
           the
           life
           to
           come
           ,
           by
           the
           force
           and
           violence
           of
           that
           
             fire
          
           which
           destroyed
           those
           Cities
           ;
           and
           it
           would
           be
           harsh
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           all
           who
           were
           involved
           in
           that
           common
           calamity
           (
           who
           yet
           were
           innocent
           as
           to
           the
           great
           abominations
           of
           those
           places
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           
             Infants
          
           there
           destroyed
           )
           must
           be
           immediately
           sentenced
           to
           eternal
           misery
           .
           But
           although
           
             God
          
           since
           
           that
           perpetual
           monument
           of
           his
           justice
           in
           the
           destruction
           of
           those
           Cities
           hath
           not
           by
           such
           an
           immediate
           fire
           from
           Heaven
           consumed
           and
           razed
           out
           the
           very
           foundations
           of
           other
           Cities
           ;
           yet
           at
           some
           times
           there
           are
           
             fires
          
           which
           break
           out
           and
           rage
           with
           a
           more
           than
           ordinary
           violence
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           yield
           to
           those
           attempts
           for
           quenching
           them
           ,
           which
           at
           other
           times
           may
           be
           attended
           with
           great
           success
           .
           Such
           might
           that
           great
           fire
           in
           
             Rome
          
           be
           in
           Nero's
           time
           ,
           which
           whether
           begun
           
             casually
             ,
          
           or
           by
           
             design
          
           (
           which
           was
           disputed
           then
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           been
           about
           others
           since
           )
           did
           presently
           spread
           it self
           with
           greater
           speed
           over
           the
           
             Cirque
          
           (
           as
           the
           Historian
           
           tells
           us
           )
           than
           the
           
             Wind
          
           it self
           ,
           and
           never
           left
           burning
           ,
           till
           of
           fourteen
           
             Regions
          
           in
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           but
           four
           were
           left
           entire
           .
           Such
           might
           that
           be
           in
           the
           
             Emperour
             Titus
          
           his
           time
           ,
           which
           lasted
           three
           dayes
           and
           nights
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           irresistible
           in
           its
           fury
           ,
           that
           the
           Historian
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             it
             was
             certainly
             more
             than
             an
             ordinary
          
           
           
             fire
             .
          
           Such
           might
           that
           be
           in
           the
           same
           City
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Commodus
             ,
          
           which
           though
           all
           the
           art
           and
           industry
           imaginable
           were
           used
           for
           the
           quenching
           it
           ,
           yet
           it
           burnt
           ,
           till
           it
           had
           consumed
           besides
           the
           
             Temple
          
           of
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           the
           fairest
           Houses
           and
           Palaces
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           which
           on
           that
           account
           ,
           the
           
             Historians
          
           
           attribute
           to
           more
           than
           natural
           causes
           .
           Such
           might
           that
           be
           (
           which
           comes
           the
           nearest
           of
           any
           I
           have
           met
           with
           ,
           to
           that
           
             fire
          
           we
           this
           day
           lament
           the
           effects
           of
           )
           I
           mean
           that
           at
           
             Constantinople
             ,
          
           which
           happened
           
             A.
             D.
          
           465.
           in
           the
           
           beginning
           of
           
             September
             ;
          
           it
           brake
           forth
           by
           the
           water
           side
           ,
           and
           raged
           with
           that
           horrible
           fury
           for
           four
           days
           
           together
           ,
           that
           it
           burnt
           down
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           little
           capable
           of
           resistance
           ,
           that
           as
           
             Evagrius
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           the
           strongest
           Houses
           were
           but
           
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             like
             so
             much
             dryed
             stubble
             before
             it
             ;
          
           by
           which
           means
           the
           whole
           City
           was
           ,
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             a
             most
             miserable
             and
             doleful
             spectacle
             ;
          
           so
           that
           as
           
             Baronius
          
           expresses
           it
           ,
           
             that
             City
             which
             before
             was
          
           
           
             accounted
             the
             wonder
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             was
             made
             like
             to
          
           Sodom
           
             and
          
           Gomorrah
           .
           Such
           likewise
           might
           those
           two
           great
           
             fires
          
           have
           been
           which
           have
           formerly
           burnt
           down
           great
           part
           of
           the
           then
           City
           of
           
             London
             ;
          
           but
           neither
           of
           them
           come
           near
           the
           dreadfulness
           of
           this
           ,
           considering
           how
           much
           bigger
           the
           habitations
           of
           the
           City
           were
           now
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           greater
           the
           riches
           of
           it
           then
           could
           be
           imagined
           at
           those
           times
           .
           How
           great
           must
           we
           conceive
           the
           force
           of
           this
           Fire
           to
           have
           been
           ,
           which
           having
           at
           first
           gotten
           a
           head
           where
           there
           was
           little
           means
           of
           resisting
           it
           ,
           and
           much
           fuel
           to
           increase
           it
           ;
           from
           thence
           it
           spread
           it self
           both
           with
           and
           against
           the
           wind
           ;
           till
           it
           had
           gained
           so
           considerable
           a
           force
           ,
           that
           it
           despised
           all
           the
           resistance
           could
           be
           made
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           buildings
           which
           stood
           in
           its
           way
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           had
           once
           subdued
           the
           strongest
           and
           the
           tallest
           of
           them
           ,
           it
           then
           roared
           like
           the
           waves
           of
           the
           sea
           ,
           and
           made
           its
           way
           through
           all
           the
           lesser
           obstacles
           ,
           and
           might
           have
           gone
           on
           so
           far
           ,
           till
           it
           had
           laid
           this
           
             City
          
           levell
           with
           the
           ruines
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           had
           not
           he
           
           who
           sets
           the
           bounds
           to
           the
           
             Ocean
             ,
          
           and
           saith
           ,
           
             thus
             far
             shalt
             thou
             go
             and
             no
             further
             ,
          
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           it
           in
           those
           places
           which
           were
           as
           ready
           to
           have
           yielded
           up
           themselves
           to
           the
           rage
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           any
           which
           had
           been
           consumed
           before
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           severity
           of
           it
           will
           yet
           more
           appear
           from
           all
           
             the
             dreadful
             circumstances
             which
             attend
             and
             follow
             it
             .
          
           Could
           you
           suppose
           your selves
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           those
           Cities
           which
           were
           consumed
           by
           
             Fire
          
           from
           heaven
           ,
           when
           it
           had
           seized
           upon
           their
           dwellings
           ,
           O
           what
           cryes
           and
           lamentations
           ,
           what
           yellings
           and
           shriekings
           might
           ye
           then
           have
           heard
           among
           them
           !
           We
           may
           well
           think
           how
           dreadful
           those
           were
           ,
           when
           we
           do
           but
           consider
           how
           sad
           the
           circumstances
           were
           of
           the
           
             fire
          
           we
           mourn
           for
           this
           day
           .
           When
           it
           began
           like
           
             Sampson
          
           to
           break
           in
           pieces
           all
           the
           means
           of
           resisting
           it
           ,
           and
           carryed
           before
           it
           not
           only
           the
           
             Gates
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             Churches
          
           and
           most
           
             magnificent
             structures
          
           of
           the
           
             City
             ,
          
           what
           horrour
           and
           confusion
           may
           we
           then
           imagine
           had
           seized
           upon
           the
           spirits
           of
           the
           
             Citizens
             ;
          
           what
           distraction
           in
           their
           councils
           ,
           what
           paleness
           in
           their
           countenances
           ,
           what
           pantings
           at
           their
           hearts
           ,
           what
           an
           universal
           consternation
           might
           have
           been
           then
           seen
           upon
           the
           minds
           of
           men
           ?
           But
           O
           the
           sighs
           and
           tears
           ,
           the
           frights
           and
           amazements
           ,
           the
           miscarriages
           ,
           nay
           the
           deaths
           of
           some
           of
           the
           weaker
           Sex
           at
           the
           terrour
           and
           apprehension
           of
           it
           !
           O
           the
           hurry
           and
           useless
           pains
           ,
           the
           alarms
           and
           tumults
           ,
           the
           mutual
           hinderances
           of
           each
           other
           that
           were
           among
           men
           at
           the
           beholding
           
           the
           rage
           and
           fury
           of
           it
           !
           There
           we
           might
           have
           seen
           Women
           weeping
           for
           their
           children
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           their
           being
           trod
           down
           in
           the
           press
           ,
           or
           lost
           in
           the
           crowd
           of
           people
           ,
           or
           exposed
           to
           the
           violence
           of
           the
           flames
           ;
           Husbands
           more
           solicitous
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ,
           than
           their
           own
           ;
           the
           Souldiers
           running
           to
           their
           swords
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           more
           need
           of
           Buckets
           ;
           the
           Tradesmen
           loading
           their
           backs
           with
           that
           which
           had
           gotten
           possession
           of
           their
           hearts
           before
           .
           Then
           we
           might
           have
           heard
           some
           complaining
           thus
           of
           themselves
           :
           O
           that
           I
           had
           been
           as
           carefull
           of
           laying
           up
           treasures
           in
           Heaven
           as
           I
           have
           been
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           I
           had
           not
           been
           under
           such
           fears
           of
           losing
           them
           as
           now
           I
           am
           !
           If
           I
           had
           served
           
             God
          
           as
           faithfully
           as
           I
           have
           done
           the
           world
           ,
           he
           would
           never
           have
           left
           me
           as
           now
           that
           is
           like
           to
           do
           .
           What
           a
           fool
           have
           I
           been
           which
           have
           spent
           all
           my
           pretious
           time
           for
           the
           gaining
           of
           that
           which
           may
           be
           now
           lost
           in
           an
           hours
           time
           !
           If
           these
           flames
           be
           so
           dreadful
           ,
           what
           are
           those
           which
           are
           reserved
           for
           them
           who
           love
           the
           world
           more
           than
           
             God!
          
           If
           none
           can
           come
           near
           the
           
             heat
          
           of
           this
           
             Fire
             ,
          
           who
           can
           dwell
           with
           
             everlasting
             burnings
             !
          
           O
           what
           madness
           then
           will
           it
           be
           to
           sin
           any
           more
           wilfully
           against
           that
           
             God
          
           who
           is
           
             a
             consuming
             fire
             ,
          
           infinitely
           more
           dreadful
           than
           this
           can
           be
           !
           Farewell
           then
           all
           ye
           deceitful
           vanities
           :
           now
           I
           understand
           thee
           and
           my self
           better
           ,
           O
           bewitching
           world
           ,
           then
           to
           fix
           my
           happiness
           in
           thee
           any
           more
           .
           I
           will
           henceforth
           learn
           so
           much
           wisdom
           to
           lay
           up
           my
           treasures
           
           there
           where
           neither
           moths
           can
           corrupt
           them
           ,
           nor
           Thieves
           steal
           them
           ,
           nor
           Fire
           consume
           them
           .
           O
           how
           happy
           would
           
             London
          
           be
           ,
           if
           this
           were
           the
           effect
           of
           her
           flames
           on
           the
           minds
           of
           all
           her
           inhabitants
           !
           She
           might
           then
           rise
           with
           a
           greater
           glory
           ,
           and
           her
           inward
           beauty
           would
           outshine
           her
           outward
           splendour
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           as
           great
           as
           we
           can
           wish
           or
           imagine
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           who
           can
           behold
           her
           present
           ruines
           ,
           without
           paying
           some
           tears
           as
           due
           to
           the
           sadness
           of
           the
           spectacle
           ,
           and
           more
           to
           the
           sins
           which
           caused
           them
           ?
           If
           that
           City
           were
           able
           to
           speak
           out
           of
           its
           ruines
           ,
           what
           sad
           complaints
           would
           it
           make
           of
           all
           those
           impieties
           which
           have
           made
           her
           so
           miserable
           .
           If
           it
           had
           not
           been
           (
           might
           she
           say
           )
           for
           the
           pride
           and
           luxury
           ,
           the
           ease
           and
           delicacy
           of
           some
           of
           my
           inhabitants
           ,
           the
           covetousness
           ,
           the
           fraud
           ,
           the
           injustice
           of
           others
           ,
           the
           debaucheries
           of
           the
           prophane
           ,
           the
           open
           factions
           and
           secret
           hypocrisie
           of
           too
           many
           pretending
           to
           greater
           sanctity
           ,
           my
           
             beauty
          
           had
           not
           been
           thus
           
             turned
             into
             ashes
             ,
          
           nor
           my
           glory
           into
           those
           ruines
           which
           make
           my
           enemies
           rejoyce
           ,
           my
           friends
           to
           mourn
           ,
           and
           all
           stand
           amazed
           at
           the
           beholding
           of
           them
           .
           Look
           now
           upon
           me
           ,
           you
           who
           so
           lately
           admired
           the
           greatness
           of
           my
           trade
           ,
           the
           riches
           of
           my
           Merchants
           ,
           the
           number
           of
           my
           people
           ,
           the
           conveniency
           of
           my
           
             Churches
             ,
          
           the
           multitude
           of
           my
           Streets
           ,
           and
           see
           what
           desolations
           sin
           hath
           made
           in
           the
           earth
           .
           Look
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           then
           tell
           me
           whether
           it
           be
           nothing
           to
           dally
           with
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           mock
           at
           sin
           ,
           to
           slight
           the
           judgements
           
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           abuse
           his
           mercies
           ,
           and
           after
           all
           the
           attempts
           of
           Heaven
           to
           reclaim
           a
           people
           from
           their
           sins
           ,
           to
           remain
           still
           the
           same
           that
           ever
           they
           were
           ?
           Was
           there
           no
           way
           to
           expiate
           your
           guilt
           but
           by
           my
           misery
           ?
           Had
           the
           
             Leprosie
          
           of
           your
           sins
           so
           fretted
           into
           my
           Walls
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           cleansing
           them
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           flames
           which
           consume
           them
           ?
           Must
           I
           mourn
           in
           
             my
             dust
             and
             ashes
          
           for
           your
           iniquities
           ,
           while
           you
           are
           so
           ready
           to
           return
           to
           the
           practice
           of
           them
           ?
           Have
           I
           suffered
           so
           much
           by
           reason
           of
           
             them
             ,
          
           and
           do
           you
           think
           to
           escape
           your selves
           ?
           Can
           you
           then
           look
           upon
           my
           ruines
           with
           hearts
           as
           hard
           and
           unconcerned
           as
           the
           
             stones
          
           which
           lye
           in
           them
           ?
           If
           you
           have
           any
           kindness
           for
           me
           ,
           or
           for
           your selves
           ,
           if
           you
           ever
           hope
           to
           see
           my
           breaches
           repaired
           ,
           my
           beauty
           restored
           ,
           my
           glory
           advanced
           ,
           look
           on
           
             Londons
          
           ruines
           and
           
             repent
             .
          
           Thus
           would
           she
           bid
           her
           inhabitants
           not
           weep
           for
           her
           miseries
           ,
           but
           for
           their
           own
           sins
           ;
           for
           if
           
             never
             any
             sorrow
             were
             like
             to
             her
             sorrow
             ,
          
           it
           is
           because
           never
           any
           sins
           were
           like
           to
           their
           sins
           .
           Not
           as
           though
           they
           were
           only
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           which
           have
           brought
           this
           evil
           upon
           her
           ;
           no
           ,
           but
           as
           far
           as
           the
           judgement
           reaches
           ,
           so
           great
           hath
           the
           compass
           of
           the
           sins
           been
           ,
           which
           have
           provoked
           
             God
          
           to
           make
           her
           an
           example
           of
           his
           justice
           .
           And
           I
           fear
           the
           effects
           of
           
             Londons
          
           calamity
           will
           be
           felt
           all
           the
           Nation
           over
           .
           For
           ,
           considering
           the
           present
           languishing
           condition
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           no
           easie
           matter
           to
           recover
           the
           
             blood
          
           and
           
             spirits
          
           which
           have
           been
           lost
           by
           this
           
             Fire
             .
          
           So
           that
           whether
           we
           consider
           
           the
           sadness
           of
           those
           circumstances
           which
           accompanied
           the
           rage
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           or
           those
           which
           respect
           the
           present
           miseries
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           or
           the
           general
           influence
           those
           will
           have
           upon
           the
           Nation
           ,
           we
           cannot
           easily
           conceive
           what
           judgement
           could
           in
           so
           
             critical
          
           a
           time
           have
           befallen
           us
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           more
           severe
           for
           the
           
             kind
          
           and
           
             nature
          
           of
           it
           ,
           than
           this
           hath
           been
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           consider
           it
           
             in
             the
             series
             and
             order
             of
             it
             .
          
           We
           see
           by
           the
           
             Text
             ,
          
           this
           comes
           in
           the
           last
           place
           ,
           as
           a
           reserve
           ,
           when
           nothing
           else
           would
           do
           any
           good
           upon
           them
           :
           It
           is
           
             extrema
             medicina
             ,
          
           as
           St.
           
             Hierom
          
           saith
           ,
           the
           last
           attempt
           
           that
           
             God
          
           uses
           to
           reclaim
           a
           people
           by
           ,
           and
           if
           these
           
             Causticks
          
           will
           not
           do
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           he
           looks
           on
           the
           wounds
           as
           incurable
           .
           He
           had
           sent
           a
           
             famine
          
           before
           ,
           v.
           6.
           a
           
             drought
             ,
          
           v.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
             blasting
             and
             mildew
             ,
          
           v.
           9.
           
             the
             Pestilence
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             Egypt
             ,
          
           v.
           10.
           
             the
             miseries
             of
             War
          
           in
           the
           same
           
             verse
             .
          
           And
           when
           none
           of
           these
           would
           work
           that
           effect
           upon
           them
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           designed
           for
           ,
           then
           he
           comes
           to
           this
           last
           way
           of
           punishing
           before
           a
           final
           destruction
           ,
           
             be
             overthrew
             some
             of
             their
             Cities
             as
             he
             had
             overthrown
          
           Sodom
           
             and
          
           Gomorrah
           .
           
             God
          
           forbid
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           so
           near
           a
           final
           subversion
           ,
           and
           utter
           desolation
           ,
           as
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           were
           ,
           when
           none
           of
           these
           things
           would
           bring
           them
           to
           repentance
           ;
           but
           yet
           the
           method
           
             God
          
           hath
           used
           with
           us
           seems
           to
           
             bode
          
           very
           ill
           in
           case
           we
           do
           not
           at
           last
           
             return
             to
             the
             Lord.
          
           For
           it
           is
           not
           only
           agreeable
           to
           what
           is
           here
           delivered
           as
           the
           course
           
             God
          
           used
           to
           reclaim
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           but
           to
           what
           is
           reported
           by
           the
           most
           faithfull
           
           
             Historian
          
           of
           those
           times
           of
           the
           degrees
           and
           steps
           that
           
             God
          
           made
           before
           the
           ruines
           of
           the
           
             British
             Nation
             .
          
           For
           
           
             Gildas
          
           tells
           us
           the
           decay
           of
           it
           began
           by
           
             Civil
             Wars
          
           among
           themselves
           ,
           and
           
             high
             discontents
          
           remaining
           as
           the
           consequents
           of
           them
           ,
           after
           this
           an
           
             universal
             decay
             and
             poverty
          
           among
           them
           ,
           after
           that
           ,
           nay
           during
           the
           continuannce
           of
           it
           ,
           
             Wars
          
           with
           the
           
             Picts
          
           and
           
             Scots
          
           their
           inveterate
           enemies
           ;
           but
           no
           sooner
           had
           they
           a
           little
           breathing
           space
           ,
           but
           they
           return
           to
           their
           luxury
           and
           other
           sins
           again
           ;
           then
           
             God
          
           sends
           among
           them
           
             a
             consuming
             Pestilence
             ,
          
           which
           destroyed
           an
           incredible
           number
           of
           people
           .
           When
           all
           this
           would
           not
           do
           ,
           those
           whom
           they
           trusted
           most
           to
           ,
           betrayed
           them
           ,
           and
           rebelled
           against
           them
           ,
           by
           whose
           means
           ,
           not
           only
           
             the
             Cities
             were
             burnt
             with
             Fire
             ,
          
           but
           the
           whole
           
             Island
          
           was
           turned
           almost
           into
           
             one
             continued
             flame
             .
          
           The
           issue
           of
           all
           which
           at
           last
           was
           ,
           that
           their
           
             Countrey
          
           was
           turned
           to
           a
           desolation
           ,
           the
           ancient
           
             Inhabitants
          
           driven
           out
           ,
           or
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           their
           former
           servants
           ,
           but
           now
           their
           bitter
           enemies
           ,
           
             possessing
          
           their
           
             habitations
             .
          
           May
           
             God
          
           avert
           the
           
             Omen
          
           from
           us
           at
           this
           day
           .
           We
           have
           smarted
           by
           
             Civil
             Wars
             ,
          
           and
           the
           dreadful
           
             effects
          
           of
           them
           ;
           we
           yet
           complain
           of
           
             great
             discontents
          
           and
           
             poverty
          
           as
           great
           as
           them
           ,
           we
           have
           
             inveterate
             enemies
          
           combined
           abroad
           against
           us
           ,
           we
           have
           very
           lately
           suffered
           under
           a
           
             Pestilence
          
           as
           great
           almost
           as
           any
           we
           read
           of
           ,
           and
           now
           the
           
             great
             City
          
           of
           our
           
             Nation
             burnt
             down
             by
             a
             dreadful
             Fire
             .
          
           And
           what
           do
           all
           these
           things
           mean
           ?
           and
           what
           will
           the
           issue
           of
           them
           be
           ?
           though
           that
           be
           lockt
           up
           in
           the
           
           
             Councils
          
           of
           
             Heaven
             ,
          
           yet
           we
           have
           just
           cause
           to
           fear
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           not
           our
           speedy
           amendment
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           our
           ruine
           .
           And
           they
           who
           think
           that
           incredible
           ,
           let
           them
           tell
           me
           whether
           two
           years
           since
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           think
           it
           altogether
           as
           improbable
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           compass
           of
           the
           two
           succeeding
           years
           ,
           above
           
             a
             hundred
             thousand
             persons
          
           should
           be
           destroyed
           by
           the
           
             Plague
          
           in
           
             London
          
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           and
           the
           City
           it self
           should
           be
           burnt
           to
           the
           
             Ground
             ?
          
           And
           if
           our
           
             fears
          
           do
           not
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           our
           
             sins
          
           may
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           these
           are
           but
           the
           fore-runners
           of
           greater
           calamities
           ,
           in
           case
           there
           be
           not
           a
           timely
           reformation
           of
           our selves
           .
           And
           although
           
             God
          
           may
           give
           us
           some
           intermissions
           of
           punishments
           ,
           yet
           at
           last
           he
           may
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Roman
             Consul
          
           expressed
           it
           ,
           pay
           us
           
             intercalatae
             poenae
             usuram
             ,
          
           that
           which
           may
           make
           amends
           for
           all
           his
           abatements
           ,
           and
           give
           us
           full
           measure
           according
           to
           that
           of
           our
           sins
           ,
           
             pressed
             down
             ,
             shaken
             together
             ,
             and
             running
             over
             .
          
           Which
           leads
           to
           the
           third
           particular
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             The
             causes
             moving
             God
             to
             so
             much
             severity
             in
             his
             Judgements
             ,
          
           which
           are
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           
             sins
          
           committed
           against
           him
           .
           So
           this
           
             Prophet
          
           tels
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           true
           account
           of
           all
           
             Gods
          
           punishments
           is
           to
           be
           fetched
           from
           the
           
             sins
          
           of
           the
           
             people
             ,
          
           Amos
           1.
           3.
           
           
             For
             three
             transgressions
             of
          
           Damascus
           ,
           
             and
             for
             four
             I
             will
             not
             turn
             away
             the
             punishment
             thereof
             :
          
           so
           it
           is
           said
           of
           
             Gaza
             ,
             v.
             6.
          
           of
           
             Tyrus
             ,
             v.
             9.
          
           of
           
             Edom
             ,
             v.
          
           11.
           of
           
             Ammon
             ,
             v.
          
           13.
           
           
             Moab
             ,
          
           ch
           .
           2.
           1.
           
           
             Judah
             ,
             v.
             4.
          
           and
           at
           last
           
             Israel
             ,
             v.
             6.
             
          
           And
           it
           is
           observable
           of
           every
           one
           of
           these
           ,
           that
           when
           
             God
          
           threatens
           to
           punish
           them
           for
           the
           
             greatness
          
           of
           their
           
             iniquities
             ,
          
           and
           
           the
           
             multitude
          
           of
           their
           
             transgressions
             ,
          
           (
           which
           is
           generally
           supposed
           to
           be
           meant
           by
           the
           
             three
             transgressions
             and
             the
             four
             )
          
           he
           doth
           particularly
           threaten
           to
           send
           a
           
             fire
          
           among
           them
           to
           consume
           the
           Houses
           and
           the
           Palaces
           of
           their
           Cities
           .
           So
           to
           
             Damascus
             ,
          
           chap.
           1.
           4.
           to
           
             Gaza
             ,
          
           v.
           7.
           to
           
             Tyrus
             ,
          
           v.
           10.
           to
           
             Edom
             ,
          
           v.
           12.
           to
           
             Ammon
             ,
          
           v.
           14.
           to
           
             Moab
             ,
          
           ch
           .
           2.
           v.
           2.
           to
           
             Judah
             ,
          
           v.
           5.
           
           
             I
             will
             send
             a
             fire
             upon
          
           Judah
           ,
           
             and
             it
             shall
             devour
             the
             Palaces
             of
             Jerusalem
             :
          
           and
           
             Israel
          
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           text
           .
           This
           is
           a
           judgement
           then
           ,
           which
           when
           it
           comes
           in
           its
           
             fury
             ,
          
           gives
           us
           notice
           to
           how
           great
           a
           height
           our
           sins
           are
           risen
           ;
           especially
           when
           it
           hath
           so
           many
           dreadful
           fore-runners
           ,
           as
           it
           had
           in
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           and
           hath
           had
           among
           our selves
           .
           When
           the
           
             red
             horse
          
           hath
           marched
           furiously
           before
           it
           all
           
             bloody
          
           with
           the
           
             effects
          
           of
           a
           
             Civil
             War
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             pale
             horse
          
           hath
           followed
           after
           the
           other
           with
           
             Death
          
           upon
           his
           back
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Grave
          
           at
           his
           heels
           ,
           and
           after
           both
           these
           ,
           those
           come
           ,
           
             out
             of
             whose
             mouth
             issues
             fire
             ,
             and
             smoak
             ,
             and
             brimstone
             ,
          
           it
           is
           then
           time
           for
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           
             to
             repent
             of
             the
             work
             of
             their
             hands
             .
          
           But
           it
           is
           our
           great
           unhappiness
           that
           we
           are
           apt
           to
           impute
           these
           great
           calamities
           to
           any
           thing
           rather
           than
           to
           our
           
             sins
             ;
          
           and
           thereby
           we
           hinder
           our selves
           from
           the
           true
           remedy
           ,
           because
           we
           will
           not
           understand
           the
           cause
           of
           our
           distemper
           .
           Though
           
             God
          
           hath
           not
           sent
           
             Prophets
          
           among
           us
           ,
           to
           tell
           us
           for
           such
           and
           such
           sins
           ,
           I
           will
           send
           such
           and
           such
           judgements
           upon
           you
           ,
           yet
           where
           we
           observe
           the
           parallel
           between
           the
           
             sins
          
           and
           the
           
             punishments
          
           agreeable
           with
           what
           we
           find
           recorded
           in
           
             Scripture
             ,
          
           
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           say
           that
           those
           sins
           were
           not
           only
           the
           
             antecedents
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             causes
          
           of
           those
           punishments
           which
           followed
           after
           them
           .
           And
           that
           because
           the
           reason
           of
           punishment
           was
           not
           built
           upon
           any
           particular
           relation
           between
           
             God
          
           and
           the
           people
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           but
           upon
           reasons
           common
           to
           all
           mankind
           ;
           yet
           with
           this
           difference
           ,
           that
           the
           greater
           the
           mercies
           were
           which
           any
           people
           enjoyed
           ,
           the
           sooner
           was
           the
           measure
           of
           their
           iniquities
           filled
           up
           ,
           and
           the
           severer
           were
           the
           judgements
           when
           they
           came
           upon
           them
           .
           This
           our
           
             Prophet
          
           gives
           an
           account
           of
           ,
           Chap.
           3.
           2.
           
           
             You
             only
             have
             I
             known
             of
             all
             the
             Nations
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             therefore
             will
          
           I
           
             punish
             you
             for
             your
             iniquities
             .
          
           So
           did
           
             God
          
           punish
           
             Tyre
          
           and
           
             Damascus
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             Israel
          
           and
           
             Judah
             ;
          
           but
           his
           meaning
           is
           ,
           he
           would
           punish
           them
           sooner
           ,
           he
           would
           punish
           them
           more
           severely
           .
           I
           wish
           we
           could
           be
           brought
           once
           to
           consider
           what
           influence
           
             piety
          
           and
           
             vertue
          
           hath
           upon
           the
           good
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           if
           we
           did
           ,
           we
           should
           not
           only
           live
           better
           our selves
           ,
           but
           our
           
             Kingdom
             &
             Nation
          
           might
           flourish
           more
           than
           otherwise
           we
           are
           like
           to
           see
           it
           do
           .
           Which
           is
           a
           truth
           hath
           been
           so
           universally
           received
           among
           the
           wise
           Men
           of
           all
           ages
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Historians
             ,
          
           though
           of
           no
           very
           severe
           life
           himself
           ,
           yet
           imputes
           the
           decay
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             State
             ,
          
           not
           to
           Chance
           or
           Fortune
           ,
           or
           some
           unhidden
           causes
           (
           which
           the
           
             Atheism
          
           of
           our
           age
           would
           presently
           do
           )
           but
           to
           the
           general
           loosness
           of
           mens
           lives
           ,
           and
           corruption
           of
           their
           manners
           .
           And
           it
           was
           the
           grave
           Observation
           of
           one
           of
           the
           bravest
           
             Captains
          
           ever
           the
           
           
             Roman
             State
          
           had
           ,
           
             that
             it
             was
             impossible
             for
             any
             State
             to
             be
             happy
             ,
             stantibus
             moenibus
             ,
             ruentibus
             moribus
             ,
             though
             their
          
           
           
             walls
             were
             firm
             ,
             if
             their
             manners
             were
             decayed
             .
          
           But
           it
           is
           our
           misery
           ,
           that
           our
           walls
           and
           our
           manners
           are
           fallen
           together
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           latter
           undermined
           the
           former
           .
           They
           are
           our
           
             sins
          
           which
           have
           drawn
           so
           much
           of
           our
           blood
           ,
           and
           infected
           our
           air
           ,
           and
           added
           the
           greatest
           fuell
           to
           our
           flames
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           not
           enough
           in
           general
           to
           declaim
           against
           our
           
             sins
             ,
          
           but
           we
           must
           search
           out
           particularly
           those
           predominant
           vices
           ,
           which
           by
           their
           
             boldness
          
           and
           
             frequency
          
           have
           provoked
           
             God
          
           thus
           to
           punish
           us
           ;
           and
           as
           we
           have
           hitherto
           observed
           a
           parallel
           between
           the
           
             Judgements
          
           of
           
             Israel
          
           in
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           and
           our
           
             own
             :
          
           So
           I
           am
           afraid
           we
           shall
           find
           too
           sad
           a
           parallel
           between
           
             their
             sins
          
           and
           
             ours
          
           too
           .
           Three
           sorts
           of
           
             sins
          
           are
           here
           spoken
           of
           in
           a
           peculiar
           manner
           ,
           as
           the
           causes
           of
           their
           severe
           punishments
           ,
           Their
           
             luxury
             and
             intemperance
             ,
          
           their
           
             covetousness
             and
             oppression
             ,
          
           and
           
             their
             contempt
             of
             God
             and
             his
             Laws
             ,
          
           and
           I
           doubt
           we
           need
           not
           make
           a
           very
           exact
           
             scrutiny
          
           to
           find
           out
           these
           in
           a
           high
           degree
           among
           our selves
           :
           and
           I
           wish
           it
           were
           as
           easie
           to
           reform
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           find
           them
           out
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Luxury
             and
             intemperance
             ;
          
           that
           we
           meet
           with
           in
           the
           first
           verse
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           compellation
           ,
           
             Ye
             Kine
             of
          
           Bashan
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           behaviour
           ,
           
             which
             say
             to
             their
             Masters
             ,
             bring
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             drink
             .
             Ye
             Kine
             of
          
           Bashan
           ,
           
             Loquitur
             ad
             principes
             Israel
             &
             optimates
             quosque
             decem
             Tribuum
             ,
          
           saith
           St.
           
             Hierom
             ,
          
           he
           speaks
           to
           the
           
             Princes
             of
          
           
           Israel
           ,
           
             and
             the
             chief
             of
             all
             the
             ten
             Tribes
             ;
          
           Those
           which
           are
           fed
           in
           the
           richest
           pastures
           ,
           such
           as
           those
           of
           
             Bashan
          
           were
           .
           Who
           are
           more
           fully
           described
           by
           the
           
             Prophet
          
           in
           his
           sixth
           chapter
           .
           They
           are
           the
           men
           
             who
             are
             at
             ease
             in
             Sion
             ,
          
           v.
           1.
           
             they
             put
             far
             away
             from
             them
             the
             evil
             day
             ,
          
           v.
           3.
           
             they
             lye
             upon
             beds
             of
             Ivory
             ,
             and
             stretch
             themselves
             upon
             their
             couches
             ,
             and
             eat
             the
             Lambs
             out
             of
             the
             flock
             ,
             and
             the
             Calves
             out
             of
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             stall
             ,
          
           v.
           4.
           
             they
             chaunt
             to
             the
             sound
             of
             the
             Viol
             ,
             and
             invent
             to
             themselves
             instruments
             of
             musick
             like
          
           David
           ,
           v.
           5.
           
             they
             drink
             Wine
             in
             bowls
             ,
             and
             anoint
             themselves
             with
             the
             chief
             oyntments
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             not
             grieved
             for
             the
             affliction
             of
          
           Joseph
           .
           The
           meaning
           of
           all
           which
           is
           ,
           they
           minded
           nothing
           but
           ease
           ,
           softness
           ,
           and
           pleasure
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           endure
           to
           hear
           of
           the
           calamities
           which
           were
           so
           near
           them
           .
           Nothing
           but
           mirth
           ,
           and
           jollity
           ,
           and
           riot
           ,
           and
           feasting
           ,
           and
           the
           evil
           consequences
           of
           these
           were
           to
           be
           seen
           or
           heard
           among
           them
           .
           Their
           delicate
           souls
           were
           presently
           ruffled
           and
           disturbed
           at
           the
           discourse
           of
           any
           thing
           but
           matters
           of
           Courtship
           ,
           address
           and
           entertainment
           .
           Any
           thing
           that
           was
           grave
           and
           serious
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           necessary
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           greatest
           importance
           ,
           was
           put
           off
           ,
           as
           
             Felix
          
           put
           off
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           to
           a
           more
           convenient
           time
           :
           especially
           if
           it
           threatned
           miseries
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           appeared
           with
           a
           countenance
           sadder
           than
           their
           own
           .
           These
           were
           the
           
             Kine
             of
             Bashan
             ,
          
           who
           were
           full
           of
           ease
           and
           wantonness
           ,
           and
           never
           thought
           of
           the
           
             day
          
           of
           
             slaughter
             ,
          
           which
           the
           other
           were
           the
           certain
           forerunners
           of
           .
           
             Symmachus
          
           renders
           it
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
           which
           others
           apply
           to
           
             the
             rich
             Citizens
             of
             Samaria
             ,
          
           I
           am
           afraid
           we
           may
           take
           it
           in
           either
           sense
           without
           a
           
             Soloecism
             .
             Bring
             and
             let
             us
             drink
             ,
          
           which
           as
           
             St.
             Hierom
          
           goes
           on
           ,
           
             ebrietatem
             significat
             in
             vino
             &
             luxuria
             quae
             statum
             mentis
             evertunt
             ,
             it
             implies
             the
             height
             of
             their
             luxury
             and
             intemperance
             .
          
           It
           is
           observed
           by
           some
           ,
           that
           our
           
             Prophet
          
           retatins
           still
           the
           language
           of
           his
           education
           in
           the
           bluntness
           of
           his
           expressions
           ,
           
             the
             great
             men
          
           that
           lived
           
             wholly
          
           at
           their
           
             ease
             ,
          
           in
           wantonness
           and
           luxury
           ,
           he
           styles
           like
           
             the
             heardsman
             of
          
           Tekoa
           ,
           
             the
             Kine
             of
          
           Bashan
           .
           That
           he
           thought
           was
           title
           good
           enough
           for
           such
           who
           seemed
           to
           have
           
             souls
          
           for
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           than
           the
           other
           had
           .
           And
           hath
           not
           that
           
             delicata
             insania
             ,
          
           as
           St.
           
             Austin
          
           calls
           it
           ,
           that
           soft
           and
           effeminate
           kind
           of
           madness
           taken
           possession
           of
           too
           many
           among
           us
           ,
           whose
           birth
           and
           education
           designed
           them
           for
           more
           manly
           imployments
           ?
           yea
           ,
           what
           an
           age
           of
           
             Luxury
          
           do
           we
           live
           in
           ,
           when
           instead
           of
           those
           noble
           characters
           of
           men
           from
           their
           vertue
           ,
           and
           wisdom
           ,
           and
           courage
           ,
           it
           is
           looked
           on
           among
           some
           as
           a
           mighty
           character
           of
           a
           person
           ,
           that
           
             he
             eats
             and
             drinks
             well
             :
          
           a
           
             character
          
           that
           becomes
           none
           so
           much
           as
           the
           
             Kine
          
           of
           
             Bashan
          
           in
           the
           literal
           sense
           ,
           for
           surely
           they
           did
           so
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           had
           never
           been
           in
           so
           much
           esteem
           among
           the
           
             heardsmen
             of
             Tokoa
             .
          
           A
           
             character
          
           which
           those
           
             Philosophers
          
           would
           have
           been
           ashamed
           of
           ,
           who
           looked
           upon
           no
           other
           end
           of
           humane
           life
           but
           
             pleasure
             ;
          
           but
           in
           order
           to
           that
           ,
           they
           thought
           nothing
           more
           necessary
           than
           
             temperance
          
           and
           
             sobriety
             ;
          
           but
           whatever
           esteem
           they
           had
           then
           ,
           
           they
           have
           lost
           all
           their
           reputation
           among
           our
           modern
           
             Epicures
             ,
          
           who
           know
           of
           no
           such
           things
           as
           
             pleasures
          
           of
           
             the
             mind
             ,
          
           and
           would
           not
           much
           value
           whether
           they
           had
           any
           
             faculties
          
           of
           the
           
             mind
          
           or
           no
           ,
           unless
           it
           were
           for
           the
           contrivance
           of
           new
           oaths
           and
           debaucheries
           .
           But
           if
           this
           were
           only
           among
           some
           few
           persons
           ,
           we
           hope
           the
           whole
           Nation
           would
           not
           suffer
           for
           their
           madness
           :
           for
           scarce
           any
           age
           hath
           been
           so
           happy
           ,
           but
           it
           hath
           had
           some
           
             monsters
          
           in
           
             Morality
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             Nature
             .
          
           But
           I
           am
           afraid
           these
           vices
           are
           grown
           too
           
             Epidemical
             ;
          
           not
           only
           in
           the
           
             City
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             Countries
          
           too
           ;
           what
           mean
           else
           those
           frequent
           complaints
           (
           and
           I
           hope
           more
           general
           then
           the
           causes
           of
           them
           )
           that
           the
           houses
           of
           
             great
             men
          
           in
           too
           many
           places
           are
           so
           near
           being
           
             publick
             schools
          
           of
           
             debauchery
             ,
          
           rather
           than
           of
           
             piety
          
           and
           
             vertue
             ,
          
           where
           men
           shall
           not
           want
           instructers
           to
           teach
           them
           to
           
             forget
          
           both
           
             God
          
           and
           
             themselves
             ;
          
           wherein
           
             sobriety
          
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           accounted
           a
           matter
           of
           
             honour
             ,
          
           that
           the
           rules
           of
           the
           
             Persian
          
           civility
           are
           quite
           forgotten
           ,
           and
           
             men
          
           are
           
             forced
          
           to
           
             unman
          
           themselves
           .
           I
           know
           nothing
           would
           tend
           more
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           or
           the
           advantage
           of
           it
           ,
           then
           if
           once
           these
           publick
           excesses
           were
           severely
           restrained
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           mean
           so
           much
           by
           making
           new
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           (
           for
           those
           generally
           do
           but
           exercise
           peoples
           Wits
           by
           finding
           out
           new
           evasions
           )
           but
           by
           executing
           old
           ones
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Covetousness
             and
             oppression
             .
          
           You
           see
           what
           these
           great
           men
           in
           
             Samaria
          
           did
           when
           they
           had
           any
           respite
           from
           their
           excesses
           and
           intemperance
           ,
           then
           woe
           be
           
           to
           the
           poor
           who
           come
           in
           their
           way
           ;
           
             VVhich
             oppress
             the
             poor
             ,
             and
             crush
             the
             needy
             :
          
           V.
           I.
           either
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           violence
           ,
           or
           by
           those
           arts
           and
           devices
           which
           either
           their
           honesty
           or
           poverty
           have
           kept
           them
           from
           the
           knowledge
           of
           .
           And
           if
           there
           be
           not
           so
           much
           of
           open
           violence
           in
           our
           dayes
           ,
           the
           thanks
           are
           due
           to
           the
           care
           of
           our
           
             Magistrates
             ,
          
           and
           the
           severity
           of
           our
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           but
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           say
           whether
           ever
           any
           age
           produced
           more
           studious
           and
           skilful
           to
           pervert
           the
           design
           of
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           without
           breaking
           the
           letter
           of
           them
           ,
           than
           this
           of
           ours
           hath
           done
           .
           Fraud
           and
           injustice
           is
           now
           managed
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           artifice
           and
           cunning
           ;
           and
           he
           thinks
           himself
           no
           body
           in
           the
           understanding
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           cannot
           over-reach
           his
           Brother
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           discovered
           :
           or
           however
           in
           the
           multiplicity
           and
           obscurity
           of
           our
           
             Laws
          
           cannot
           find
           out
           something
           in
           pretence
           at
           least
           to
           justifie
           his
           actions
           by
           .
           But
           if
           appeal
           be
           made
           to
           the
           
             Courts
          
           of
           
             Judicature
             ,
          
           what
           arts
           are
           then
           used
           either
           for
           concealing
           or
           hiring
           witnesses
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           their
           Purses
           be
           not
           equal
           ,
           the
           adverse
           party
           may
           overswear
           him
           by
           so
           much
           as
           his
           Purse
           is
           weightier
           than
           the
           others
           .
           I
           heartily
           wish
           it
           may
           never
           be
           said
           of
           us
           ,
           what
           the
           
             Orator
          
           once
           said
           of
           the
           
             Greeks
             ,
             quibus
             jusjurandum
             jocus
             ,
             testimonium
             ludus
             ,
          
           they
           made
           it
           
             a
             matter
             of
             jest
             and
             drollery
             to
             for
             swear
             themselves
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             give
             false
             testimonies
             .
          
           But
           supposing
           men
           keep
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           justice
           and
           common
           honesty
           ,
           yet
           how
           unsatiable
           are
           the
           desires
           of
           men
           ?
           they
           are
           for
           adding
           
             house
             to
             house
             ,
          
           and
           
             land
             to
             land
             ,
          
           never
           contented
           
           with
           what
           either
           their
           Ancestors
           have
           left
           them
           ,
           or
           the
           bountiful
           hand
           of
           Heaven
           hath
           bestowed
           upon
           them
           .
           Till
           at
           last
           it
           may
           be
           in
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           expression
           
             for
             their
             covetousness
             ,
             the
             stone
             cry
             out
             of
             the
             wall
             ,
             and
             the
             beam
             out
             of
             the
             timber
             answer
             it
             ;
          
           i.
           e.
           provoke
           God
           to
           
           give
           a
           severe
           check
           to
           the
           exorbitant
           and
           boundless
           desires
           of
           men
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           done
           by
           this
           dayes
           calamity
           .
           Thus
           while
           
             the
             City
          
           thought
           with
           
             Babylon
             to
             sit
             as
          
           
           
             a
             Lady
             for
             ever
             ,
             while
             she
             dwelt
             carelesly
             ,
             and
             said
             I
             am
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             none
             else
             besides
             me
             ;
             evil
             is
             come
             upon
             her
             ,
             and
             she
             knows
             not
             from
             whence
             it
             comes
             ,
             and
             mischief
             is
             fallen
             upon
             her
             ,
             and
             she
             hath
             not
             been
             able
             to
             put
             it
             off
             ,
             and
             desolation
             is
             come
             upon
             her
             suddenly
             ,
             which
             she
             did
             not
             foresee
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Contempt
             of
             God
             and
             his
             Laws
             .
          
           That
           we
           read
           of
           
             v
          
           4.
           where
           the
           
             Prophet
          
           speaks
           by
           an
           
             Irony
          
           to
           them
           ,
           
             Come
             to
          
           Bethel
           
             and
             transgress
             ,
          
           &c.
           he
           knew
           well
           enough
           they
           were
           resolved
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           let
           
             God
          
           or
           the
           
             Prophet
          
           say
           what
           they
           pleased
           .
           For
           these
           
             Kine
             of
          
           Bashan
           were
           all
           for
           the
           
             Calves
          
           of
           
             Dan
          
           and
           
             Bethel
             ,
          
           and
           some
           think
           that
           is
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           title
           that
           is
           given
           them
           .
           These
           great
           men
           of
           
             Samaria
          
           thought
           it
           beneath
           them
           to
           own
           
             Religion
          
           any
           further
           than
           it
           was
           subservient
           to
           their
           civil
           interests
           .
           They
           were
           all
           of
           
             Jeroboams
             Religion
             ,
          
           who
           looked
           on
           it
           as
           a
           meer
           
             politick
             thing
             ,
          
           and
           fit
           to
           advance
           his
           own
           designs
           by
           .
           I
           am
           afraid
           there
           are
           too
           many
           at
           this
           day
           who
           are
           secretly
           of
           his
           mind
           ,
           and
           think
           it
           a
           piece
           of
           
             wisdom
          
           to
           be
           so
           :
           
             Blessed
             God
             ,
          
           that
           men
           should
           be
           so
           wise
           to
           deceive
           themselves
           ,
           and
           go
           down
           with
           so
           much
           discretion
           
           to
           Hell
           !
           These
           are
           the
           Grave
           and
           retired
           
             Atheists
             ,
          
           who
           ,
           though
           they
           secretly
           love
           not
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           yet
           their
           caution
           hinders
           them
           from
           talking
           much
           against
           it
           .
           But
           there
           is
           a
           sort
           of
           men
           much
           more
           common
           than
           the
           other
           ;
           the
           faculties
           of
           whose
           minds
           are
           so
           thin
           and
           aiery
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           not
           bear
           the
           consideration
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           much
           less
           of
           
             Religion
             ;
          
           these
           throw
           out
           their
           bitter
           scoffs
           ,
           and
           prophane
           jests
           against
           it
           .
           A
           thing
           never
           permitted
           that
           I
           know
           of
           in
           any
           civilized
           Nation
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           whatsoever
           their
           
             Religion
          
           was
           ,
           the
           reputation
           of
           
             Religion
          
           was
           alwayes
           preserved
           sacred
           :
           
             God
          
           himself
           would
           not
           suffer
           the
           
             Jews
          
           to
           speak
           evil
           of
           other
           
             Gods
          
           though
           they
           were
           to
           destroy
           all
           those
           who
           tempted
           them
           to
           the
           worship
           of
           them
           .
           And
           shall
           we
           suffer
           the
           most
           excellent
           and
           reasonable
           
             Religion
          
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           
             Christian
             ,
          
           to
           be
           profaned
           by
           the
           unhallowed
           mouths
           of
           any
           who
           will
           venture
           to
           be
           damned
           ,
           to
           be
           accounted
           witty
           ?
           If
           their
           enquiries
           were
           deeper
           ,
           their
           reason
           stronger
           ,
           or
           their
           arguments
           more
           perswasive
           ,
           than
           of
           those
           who
           have
           made
           it
           their
           utmost
           care
           and
           business
           to
           search
           into
           these
           things
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           allowed
           a
           fair
           hearing
           ;
           but
           for
           men
           who
           pretend
           to
           none
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           yet
           still
           to
           make
           Religion
           the
           object
           of
           their
           
             scoffs
          
           and
           
             raillery
             ,
          
           doth
           not
           become
           the
           gravity
           of
           a
           Nation
           professing
           wisdom
           to
           permit
           it
           ,
           much
           less
           the
           sobriety
           of
           a
           people
           professing
           
             Christianity
             .
          
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           such
           persons
           may
           know
           that
           wise
           men
           may
           be
           argued
           out
           of
           a
           
             Religion
          
           they
           own
           ,
           but
           
           none
           but
           
             Fools
          
           and
           
             mad
             men
          
           will
           be
           
             droll'd
          
           out
           of
           it
           .
           Let
           them
           first
           try
           whether
           they
           can
           laugh
           men
           out
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           before
           they
           attempt
           to
           do
           it
           out
           of
           their
           hopes
           of
           an
           eternal
           happiness
           .
           And
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           will
           be
           no
           comfort
           to
           them
           in
           another
           world
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           accounted
           
             Wits
          
           for
           deriding
           those
           miseries
           which
           they
           then
           feel
           and
           smart
           under
           the
           severity
           of
           :
           it
           will
           be
           no
           
             mitigation
          
           of
           their
           
             flames
          
           that
           they
           go
           
             laughing
          
           into
           them
           ;
           nor
           will
           they
           endure
           them
           the
           better
           because
           they
           would
           not
           believe
           them
           .
           But
           while
           this
           is
           so
           prevailing
           a
           
             humour
          
           among
           the
           vain
           men
           of
           this
           Age
           and
           Nation
           ,
           what
           can
           we
           expect
           but
           that
           
             God
          
           should
           by
           remarkable
           and
           severe
           judgements
           ,
           seek
           to
           make
           men
           more
           serious
           in
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           or
           else
           make
           their
           
             hearts
             to
             ake
             ,
          
           and
           their
           
             joynts
             to
             tremble
             ,
          
           as
           he
           did
           
             Belshazzars
             ,
          
           when
           he
           could
           find
           nothing
           else
           to
           carouse
           in
           but
           the
           
             vessels
          
           of
           the
           
             Temple
             .
          
           And
           when
           men
           said
           in
           the
           Prophet
           
             Zephany
             ,
          
           
           chap.
           1.
           12.
           
             that
             God
             neither
             did
             good
             nor
             evil
             ,
          
           presently
           it
           follows
           ,
           
             therefore
             their
             goods
             shall
             become
             a
             booty
             ,
             and
             their
             houses
             a
             desolation
             :
             the
             day
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             near
             ,
             a
             day
             of
             wrath
             ,
             a
             day
             of
             trouble
             and
             distress
             ,
             a
             day
             of
             wasteness
             and
             desolation
             ;
          
           as
           it
           is
           with
           us
           at
           this
           time
           .
           Thus
           we
           see
           how
           sad
           the
           parallel
           hath
           been
           not
           only
           in
           the
           
             judgements
          
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           but
           in
           the
           
             sins
          
           likewise
           which
           have
           made
           those
           judgements
           so
           severe
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           severity
           of
           the
           judgement
           appears
           not
           only
           from
           the
           
             Causes
             ,
          
           but
           from
           the
           
             Author
          
           of
           it
           .
           
             I
             have
             overthrown
             some
             of
             you
             as
             God
             overthrew
          
           Sodom
           
           
             and
          
           Gomorrah
           .
           
             God
          
           challenges
           the
           execution
           of
           his
           justice
           to
           himself
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           the
           great
           day
           ,
           but
           in
           his
           judgement
           here
           in
           the
           world
           .
           
             Shall
             there
             be
             evil
             in
             a
          
           
           
             City
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             hath
             not
             done
             it
             ?
          
           When
           
             God
          
           is
           pleased
           to
           punish
           men
           for
           their
           sins
           ,
           the
           execution
           of
           his
           justice
           is
           as
           agreeable
           to
           his
           nature
           now
           ,
           as
           it
           will
           be
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           .
           We
           all
           know
           that
           he
           may
           do
           it
           if
           he
           please
           ,
           and
           he
           hath
           told
           us
           ,
           that
           
             he
             doth
          
           and
           
             will
             do
             it
             ;
          
           and
           we
           know
           withall
           ,
           that
           without
           such
           remarkable
           severities
           ,
           the
           world
           will
           hardly
           be
           kept
           in
           any
           a
           we
           of
           him
           .
           We
           do
           not
           find
           that
           love
           doth
           so
           much
           in
           the
           world
           as
           fear
           doth
           ,
           there
           being
           so
           very
           few
           persons
           of
           tractable
           and
           ingenuous
           spirits
           .
           It
           is
           true
           of
           too
           many
           ,
           what
           
             Lactantius
          
           
           observes
           of
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
             Nunquam
             Dei
             meminerunt
             ,
             nisi
             dum
             in
             malis
             sunt
             ,
             they
             seldom
             think
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             when
             they
             are
             afraid
             of
             him
             .
          
           And
           there
           is
           not
           only
           this
           reason
           as
           to
           particular
           persons
           why
           
             God
          
           should
           punish
           them
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           a
           greater
           as
           to
           communities
           ,
           and
           bodies
           of
           men
           ;
           for
           although
           
             God
          
           suffers
           wicked
           men
           to
           escape
           punishment
           here
           ,
           as
           he
           often
           doth
           ;
           yet
           he
           is
           sure
           not
           to
           do
           it
           in
           the
           life
           to
           come
           ;
           but
           communities
           of
           men
           can
           never
           be
           punished
           but
           in
           this
           world
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           justice
           of
           
             God
          
           doth
           often
           discover
           it
           selr
           in
           these
           common
           calamities
           ,
           to
           keep
           the
           world
           in
           subjection
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           let
           men
           see
           that
           neither
           the
           
             multitude
          
           of
           their
           
             associates
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           
             depth
          
           of
           their
           
             designs
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           
             subtilty
          
           of
           their
           
             Councils
          
           can
           secure
           them
           from
           the
           omnipotent
           arm
           of
           
           Divine
           Justice
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           determined
           
             to
             visit
             their
             transgressions
             with
             rods
             ,
          
           and
           
             their
             iniquities
             with
             stripes
             .
          
           But
           when
           he
           doth
           all
           this
           ,
           yet
           his
           
             loving
             kindness
             doth
             he
             not
             utterly
             take
             from
             them
             :
          
           for
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           all
           his
           judgements
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           remember
           mercy
           ;
           of
           which
           we
           have
           a
           remarkable
           instance
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           for
           when
           
             God
          
           was
           overthrowing
           Cities
           ,
           
             yet
             he
             pluckt
             the
             inhabitants
             as
             firebrands
             out
             of
             the
             burning
             :
          
           and
           so
           I
           come
           from
           the
           
             severity
          
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           the
           mixture
           of
           his
           mercy
           in
           it
           .
           
             And
             ye
             were
             as
             a
             fire-brand
             pluckt
             out
             of
             the
             burning
             .
          
           That
           notes
           two
           things
           ,
           
             the
             nearness
             they
             were
             in
             to
             the
             danger
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             unexpectedness
             of
             their
             deliverance
             out
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             The
             nearness
             they
             were
             in
             to
             the
             danger
             ,
             quasi
             torris
             ,
             cujus
             jam
             magna
             pars
             absumpta
             est
             ,
          
           as
           some
           
             Paraphrase
          
           it
           ;
           
             like
             a
             brand
             ,
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             which
             is
             already
             consumed
             by
             Fire
             ;
          
           which
           shews
           the
           difficulty
           of
           their
           escaping
           .
           So
           
             Joshua
          
           is
           said
           to
           be
           a
           
             brand
             pluckt
             out
             of
             the
             fire
             ,
          
           Zech.
           3.
           2.
           
           And
           to
           this
           
             St.
             Hierom
          
           upon
           this
           place
           ,
           applyes
           that
           difficult
           passage
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           3.
           15.
           
             they
             shall
             be
             saved
             ,
             but
             so
             as
             by
             Fire
             ,
          
           nothing
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           danger
           they
           were
           in
           ,
           and
           how
           hardly
           they
           should
           escape
           .
           And
           are
           not
           all
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           this
           City
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           us
           in
           the
           suburbs
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           whose
           houses
           
             escaped
          
           so
           near
           the
           
             flames
             ,
          
           as
           
             Firebrands
             pluckt
             out
             of
             the
             burning
             ?
          
           When
           the
           fire
           came
           on
           in
           its
           rage
           and
           fury
           ,
           as
           though
           it
           would
           in
           a
           short
           time
           have
           devoured
           all
           before
           it
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           this
           whole
           
             City
             ,
          
           but
           so
           great
           a
           part
           of
           the
           
             Suburbs
          
           of
           the
           other
           should
           
           escape
           untouched
           ,
           is
           (
           all
           circumstances
           considered
           )
           a
           wonderful
           expression
           of
           the
           
             kindness
          
           of
           
             God
          
           to
           us
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           so
           much
           severity
           .
           If
           he
           had
           suffered
           the
           
             Fire
          
           to
           go
           on
           to
           have
           consumed
           the
           remainder
           of
           our
           
             Churches
          
           and
           
             Houses
             ,
          
           and
           laid
           this
           City
           even
           with
           the
           other
           in
           one
           continued
           heap
           of
           
             ruines
             ,
          
           we
           must
           have
           said
           ,
           
             Just
             art
             thou
             O
             Lord
             ,
             and
             righteous
             in
             all
             thy
             judgements
             .
          
           We
           ought
           rather
           to
           have
           admired
           his
           
             patience
          
           in
           sparing
           us
           so
           long
           ;
           then
           complain
           of
           this
           rigour
           of
           his
           justice
           in
           punishing
           us
           at
           last
           ;
           but
           instead
           of
           that
           he
           hath
           given
           us
           occasion
           this
           day
           with
           the
           
             three
             Children
          
           in
           the
           
             fiery
             furnace
          
           to
           praise
           him
           in
           the
           
             midst
          
           of
           the
           
             flames
             .
          
           For
           even
           the
           
             Inhabitants
          
           of
           
             London
          
           themselves
           who
           have
           suffered
           most
           in
           this
           calamity
           ,
           have
           cause
           to
           acknowledge
           the
           
             mercy
          
           of
           
             God
          
           towards
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           escaped
           themselves
           ;
           though
           it
           be
           (
           as
           the
           
             Jews
          
           report
           of
           
             Joshua
             ,
          
           the
           
             High
             Priest
             ,
          
           when
           thrown
           into
           the
           fire
           by
           the
           
             Chaldeans
             )
          
           with
           
             their
             cloaths
             burnt
             about
             them
             .
          
           Though
           their
           habitations
           be
           consumed
           ,
           and
           their
           losses
           otherwise
           may
           be
           too
           great
           ,
           yet
           that
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           so
           much
           danger
           by
           the
           
             flames
             ,
          
           and
           the
           press
           of
           people
           so
           very
           few
           should
           suffer
           the
           loss
           of
           their
           
             lives
             ,
          
           ought
           to
           be
           owned
           by
           them
           and
           us
           as
           a
           miraculous
           
             Providence
          
           of
           
             God
          
           towards
           them
           .
           And
           therefore
           
             not
             unto
             us
             ,
             not
             unto
             us
             ,
             but
             to
             his
             holy
             name
             be
             the
             praise
             of
             so
             great
             a
             preservation
          
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           so
           heavy
           a
           Judgement
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             The
             unexpectedness
             of
             such
             a
             deliverance
             ;
          
           they
           
           are
           not
           saved
           by
           their
           own
           skill
           and
           counsell
           ,
           nor
           by
           their
           strength
           and
           industry
           ,
           but
           by
           him
           who
           by
           his
           mighty
           hand
           did
           
             pluck
             them
             as
             firebrands
             out
             of
             the
             burning
             .
          
           Though
           we
           own
           the
           
             justice
          
           of
           
             God
          
           in
           the
           calamities
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           let
           us
           not
           forget
           his
           
             mercy
          
           in
           what
           he
           hath
           unexpectedly
           rescued
           from
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           flames
           ;
           that
           the
           
             Royal
             Palaces
          
           of
           our
           
             Gracious
             Soveraign
             ,
          
           the
           
             residence
          
           of
           the
           
             Nobility
             ,
          
           the
           
             Houses
          
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           the
           
             Courts
          
           of
           
             Judicature
             ,
          
           the
           
             place
          
           where
           we
           are
           now
           assembled
           and
           several
           others
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ,
           with
           other
           places
           and
           habitations
           to
           receive
           those
           who
           were
           burnt
           out
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           stand
           at
           this
           day
           untouched
           with
           the
           
             fire
          
           (
           and
           long
           may
           they
           continue
           so
           )
           ought
           chiefly
           to
           be
           ascribed
           to
           the
           
             power
          
           and
           
             goodness
          
           of
           that
           
             God
             ,
          
           who
           not
           only
           commands
           the
           
             raging
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             madness
             of
             the
             people
             ,
          
           but
           whom
           the
           
             winds
          
           and
           the
           
             flames
          
           obey
           .
           Although
           enough
           in
           a
           due
           subordination
           to
           
             Divine
             Providence
          
           can
           never
           be
           attributed
           to
           the
           mighty
           care
           and
           industry
           of
           our
           most
           
             Gracious
             Soveraign
             ,
          
           and
           his
           
             Royal
             Highness
             ,
          
           who
           by
           their
           presence
           and
           incouragement
           inspired
           a
           new
           
             life
          
           and
           
             vigour
          
           into
           the
           sinking
           spirits
           of
           the
           
             Citizens
             ,
          
           whereby
           
             God
          
           was
           pleased
           so
           far
           to
           succeed
           their
           endeavours
           ,
           that
           a
           stop
           was
           put
           to
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           fire
           in
           such
           places
           where
           it
           was
           as
           likely
           to
           have
           prevailed
           ,
           as
           in
           any
           parts
           of
           the
           
             City
          
           consumed
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           O
           let
           us
           not
           then
           frustrate
           the
           design
           of
           so
           much
           severity
           mixed
           with
           so
           great
           mercy
           :
           let
           it
           never
           be
           
           said
           ,
           that
           neither
           judgements
           nor
           kindness
           will
           work
           upon
           us
           :
           that
           neither
           our
           deliverance
           from
           the
           
             Pestilence
          
           which
           
             walks
             in
             darkness
             ,
          
           nor
           from
           the
           
             flames
          
           which
           shine
           as
           the
           
             noon-day
             ,
          
           will
           awaken
           us
           from
           that
           
             Lethargy
          
           and
           security
           we
           are
           in
           by
           our
           sins
           :
           but
           let
           
             God
          
           take
           what
           course
           he
           pleases
           with
           us
           ,
           we
           are
           the
           same
           incorrigible
           people
           still
           that
           ever
           we
           were
           .
           For
           we
           have
           cause
           enough
           for
           our
           mourning
           and
           lamentation
           this
           day
           ,
           (
           if
           
             God
          
           had
           not
           sent
           new
           calamities
           upon
           us
           )
           that
           we
           were
           no
           better
           for
           those
           we
           had
           undergone
           before
           .
           We
           have
           surfetted
           with
           mercies
           ,
           and
           grown
           sick
           of
           the
           kindness
           of
           Heaven
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           when
           
             God
          
           hath
           made
           us
           smart
           for
           our
           fulness
           and
           wantonness
           ,
           then
           we
           grew
           sullen
           and
           murmured
           and
           disputed
           against
           Providence
           ,
           and
           were
           willing
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           but
           repent
           of
           our
           sins
           and
           reform
           our
           lives
           .
           It
           is
           not
           many
           years
           since
           
             God
          
           blessed
           us
           with
           great
           and
           undeserved
           blessings
           ,
           which
           we
           then
           thought
           our selves
           very
           thankful
           for
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           had
           been
           really
           so
           ,
           we
           should
           never
           have
           provoked
           him
           who
           bestowed
           those
           favours
           upon
           us
           in
           so
           great
           a
           degree
           as
           we
           have
           done
           since
           .
           Was
           this
           our
           requital
           to
           
             him
          
           for
           restoring
           our
           
             Soveraign
             ,
          
           to
           
             rebell
          
           the
           more
           against
           Heaven
           ?
           Was
           this
           our
           thankfulness
           ,
           for
           removing
           the
           
             disorders
          
           of
           
             Church
          
           and
           
             State
             ,
          
           to
           bring
           them
           into
           our
           
             lives
             ?
          
           Had
           we
           no
           other
           way
           of
           trying
           the
           continuance
           of
           
             Gods
             goodness
          
           to
           us
           ,
           but
           by
           exercising
           his
           patience
           by
           our
           greater
           provocations
           ?
           As
           though
           we
           had
           resolved
           
           to
           let
           the
           world
           see
           ,
           there
           could
           be
           a
           more
           unthankful
           and
           disobedient
           people
           than
           the
           
             Jews
          
           had
           been
           .
           Thus
           we
           sinned
           with
           as
           much
           security
           and
           confidence
           ,
           as
           though
           we
           had
           blinded
           the
           eyes
           ,
           or
           bribed
           the
           justice
           ,
           or
           commanded
           the
           power
           of
           Heaven
           :
           When
           
             God
          
           of
           a
           sudden
           like
           one
           highly
           provoked
           drew
           forth
           the
           sword
           of
           his
           destroying
           
             Angel
             ,
          
           and
           by
           it
           cut
           off
           so
           many
           thousands
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           us
           .
           Then
           we
           fell
           upon
           our
           knees
           ,
           and
           begg'd
           the
           mercy
           of
           Heaven
           that
           our
           lives
           might
           be
           spared
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           have
           time
           to
           amend
           them
           :
           but
           no
           sooner
           did
           our
           fears
           abate
           ,
           but
           our
           devotion
           did
           so
           too
           ,
           we
           had
           soon
           forgotten
           the
           promises
           we
           made
           in
           the
           day
           of
           our
           distress
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           afraid
           it
           is
           at
           this
           day
           too
           true
           of
           us
           which
           is
           said
           in
           the
           
             Revelations
          
           of
           those
           who
           had
           escaped
           the
           several
           plagues
           which
           so
           many
           had
           been
           destroyed
           by
           .
           
             And
             the
             rest
             of
             the
          
           
           
             men
             which
             were
             not
             killed
             by
             these
             Plagues
             ,
             yet
             repented
             not
             of
             the
             work
             of
             their
             hands
             .
          
           For
           if
           we
           had
           not
           greedily
           suckt
           in
           again
           the
           poison
           we
           had
           only
           laid
           down
           while
           we
           were
           begging
           for
           our
           lives
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           not
           returned
           with
           as
           great
           fury
           and
           violence
           as
           ever
           to
           our
           former
           lusts
           ,
           the
           removing
           of
           one
           judgement
           had
           not
           been
           as
           it
           were
           only
           to
           make
           way
           for
           the
           coming
           on
           of
           another
           .
           For
           the
           
             grave
          
           seemed
           to
           close
           up
           her
           mouth
           ,
           and
           
             death
          
           by
           degrees
           to
           withdraw
           himself
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Fire
             might
          
           come
           upon
           the
           
             Stage
             ,
          
           to
           act
           its
           part
           too
           in
           the
           
             Tragoedy
          
           our
           sins
           have
           made
           among
           us
           :
           and
           I
           pray
           
             God
          
           this
           may
           be
           the
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           last
           
             Act
          
           of
           it
           .
           Let
           us
           not
           then
           provoke
           
             God
          
           to
           find
           out
           new
           methods
           of
           vengeance
           ,
           and
           make
           experiments
           upon
           us
           of
           what
           other
           unheard
           of
           severities
           may
           do
           for
           our
           cure
           .
           But
           let
           us
           rather
           meet
           
             God
          
           now
           by
           our
           repentance
           ,
           and
           returning
           to
           him
           ,
           by
           our
           serious
           humiliation
           for
           our
           former
           sins
           ,
           and
           our
           stedfast
           resolutions
           to
           return
           no
           more
           to
           the
           practice
           of
           them
           .
           That
           ,
           that
           much
           more
           dangerous
           
             infection
          
           of
           our
           souls
           may
           be
           cured
           as
           well
           as
           that
           of
           our
           bodies
           ,
           that
           the
           impure
           
             flames
          
           which
           burn
           within
           may
           be
           extinguished
           ,
           that
           all
           our
           
             luxuries
          
           may
           be
           retrenched
           ,
           our
           debaucheries
           punished
           ,
           our
           vanities
           taken
           away
           ,
           our
           careless
           indifferency
           in
           Religion
           turned
           into
           a
           greater
           seriousness
           both
           in
           the
           profession
           and
           the
           practise
           of
           it
           .
           So
           will
           
             God
          
           make
           us
           a
           happy
           and
           prosperous
           ,
           when
           he
           finds
           us
           a
           more
           righteous
           and
           holy
           Nation
           .
           So
           will
           
             God
          
           succeed
           all
           your
           endeavours
           for
           the
           honour
           and
           interest
           of
           that
           people
           whom
           you
           represent
           .
           So
           may
           he
           add
           that
           other
           Title
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           those
           you
           have
           deserved
           for
           your
           Countries
           good
           ,
           to
           make
           you
           
             Repairers
             of
             the
             breaches
             of
             the
             City
          
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           and
           
             restorers
             of
             paths
             to
             dwell
             in
             :
          
           So
           may
           that
           
             City
          
           which
           now
           sits
           solitary
           like
           a
           
             Widow
             ,
          
           have
           her
           tears
           wiped
           off
           ,
           and
           her
           beauty
           and
           comeliness
           restored
           unto
           her
           .
           Yea
           so
           may
           her
           present
           ruines
           ,
           in
           which
           she
           now
           lyes
           
             buried
             ,
          
           be
           only
           the
           forerunners
           of
           a
           more
           joyfull
           
             resurrection
             .
          
           In
           which
           though
           the
           
             body
          
           may
           remain
           the
           
             same
             ,
          
           the
           
             qualities
          
           may
           be
           so
           altered
           ,
           that
           its
           present
           desolation
           may
           be
           
           only
           the
           puting
           off
           its
           former
           inconveniencies
           ,
           weakness
           ,
           and
           deformities
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           rise
           with
           greater
           glory
           ,
           strength
           and
           proportion
           :
           and
           to
           all
           her
           other
           qualities
           ,
           may
           that
           of
           
             incorruption
          
           be
           added
           too
           ,
           at
           least
           till
           the
           general
           conflagration
           .
           And
           I
           know
           your
           great
           
             Wisdom
          
           and
           
             Justice
          
           will
           take
           care
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           have
           suffered
           by
           the
           ruines
           ,
           may
           not
           likewise
           suffer
           by
           the
           rising
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           
             City
          
           may
           not
           be
           laid
           upon
           the
           
             tears
          
           of
           the
           
             Orphans
          
           and
           
             Widows
             ,
          
           but
           that
           its
           foundations
           may
           be
           setled
           upon
           Justice
           and
           Piety
           .
           That
           there
           be
           no
           complaining
           in
           the
           Streets
           for
           want
           of
           righteousness
           ,
           nor
           in
           the
           City
           for
           want
           of
           
             Churches
             ,
          
           nor
           in
           the
           
             Churches
          
           for
           want
           of
           a
           setled
           maintenance
           .
           That
           those
           who
           attend
           upon
           the
           service
           of
           
             God
          
           in
           them
           may
           never
           be
           tempted
           to
           betray
           their
           Consciences
           to
           gain
           a
           livelihood
           ,
           nor
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           factious
           humors
           of
           men
           that
           they
           may
           be
           able
           to
           live
           among
           them
           .
           And
           thus
           when
           the
           City
           through
           the
           blessing
           of
           Heaven
           shall
           be
           built
           again
           ,
           may
           it
           be
           a
           habitation
           of
           
             Holiness
          
           towards
           
             God
             ,
          
           of
           
             Loyalty
          
           towards
           our
           
             Gracious
             King
             and
             his
             Successours
             ,
          
           of
           
             Justice
          
           and
           
             Righteousness
          
           towards
           men
           ,
           of
           
             Sobriety
             ,
          
           and
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           and
           
             Unity
          
           among
           all
           the
           
             Inhabitants
             ,
          
           till
           not
           Cities
           and
           Countries
           only
           ,
           but
           the
           World
           and
           time
           it self
           shall
           be
           no
           more
           .
           Which
           
             God
          
           of
           his
           infinite
           mercy
           grant
           through
           the
           merits
           and
           mediation
           of
           his
           
             Son
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           with
           the
           
             Father
          
           and
           
             Eternal
             spirit
             ,
          
           be
           all
           Honour
           and
           Glory
           for
           evermore
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A61600-e140
           
             Lam.
             2.
             1.
             
          
           
             Luke
             17.
             28
             ,
             29.
             
          
           
             
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               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               de
               bell
               .
               Jud.
               l.
            
             7.
             
               c.
            
             14.
             
          
           
             Jude
             7.
             
          
           
             
               Tacit.
               An.
            
             15.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               X●phil
               .
               in
               Epit.
               Dion
               .
               in
               Tito
               .
               p.
            
             227.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Herod
               .
               an
               in
               Commod
               .
               hist.
               l.
            
             1.
             
               p.
            
             22.
             
               v.
               X●phil
               .
               ad
               fin
               .
               Commodi
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nic●p●
               .
               l.
            
             15.
             
               c.
            
             21
             
          
           
             
               Evagr.
               l.
            
             2.
             
               cap.
            
             13.
             
          
           
             
               Baron
               .
               Tom.
            
             5.
             
             
               A.
            
             465.
             1
             
          
           
             Hieron
             .
             in
             lo●
             .
          
           
             Gildas
             de
             ●xcid
             .
             Brit.
             
          
           
             
               Scipio
               apud
               Ang.
               de
               Civ
               .
               D.
               l.
            
             1.
             
               c.
            
             33.
             
          
           
             Cicer.
             pro
             Flacco
             .
          
           
             Hab.
             2.
             11.
             
          
           
             Is●
             .
             47.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Zeph.
             1.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Amos
             3
             6.
             
          
           
             
               Lact.
               l.
            
             2.
             
               c.
            
             11.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             9.
             20.