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             A sermon concerning doing good to posterity preach'd before Their Majesties at White-Hall, on February 16, 1689/90 / by Thomas Tenison ...
             Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715.
          
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             1690.
          
           
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           Dr.
           TENISON's
           SERMON
           CONCERNING
           Doing
           Good
           to
           Posterity
           .
        
         
           Preached
           before
           Their
           MAJESTIES
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           PRINTED
           ,
           By
           Their
           Majesties
           Special
           Command
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           CONCERNING
           Doing
           Good
           to
           Posterity
           .
        
         
           PREACH'D
           before
           THEIR
           MAJESTIES
           AT
           WHITE-HALL
           ,
           On
           February
           16.
           1689
           
           /
           90.
           
        
         
           BY
           
             THOMAS
             TENISON
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           Their
           MAJESTIES
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Chiswell
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Rose
           and
           Crown
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           M
           DC
           XC
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           CONCERNING
           Doing
           Good
           to
           Posterity
           .
        
         
           
             PSALM
             Lxxviii
             .
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             
               
                 V.
                 5.
                 —
                 He
                 established
                 a
                 Testimony
                 in
                 Iacob
                 ,
                 and
                 appointed
                 a
                 Law
                 in
                 Israel
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 commanded
                 our
                 Forefathers
                 ,
                 That
                 they
                 should
                 make
                 them
                 known
                 to
                 their
                 Children
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 V.
                 6.
                 
                 That
                 the
                 Generations
                 to
                 come
                 might
                 know
                 Them
                 ,
                 even
                 the
                 Children
                 which
                 should
                 be
                 born
                 ,
                 who
                 should
                 arise
                 and
                 declare
                 them
                 to
                 their
                 Children
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           THE
           Title
           of
           Benefactor
           does
           principally
           belong
           to
           those
           who
           are
           at
           present
           useful
           ,
           and
           likewise
           oblige
           Posterity
           .
        
         
         
           Such
           a
           one
           was
           King
           David
           ,
           who
           Serv'd
           his
           own
           Generation
           very
           Faithfully
           ;
           and
           having
           finish'd
           his
           Course
           ,
           delivered
           his
           Lamp
           to
           the
           succeeding
           Age.
           Of
           this
           ,
           as
           many
           are
           convinced
           ,
           as
           either
           read
           the
           History
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           or
           peruse
           his
           Psalms
           with
           Application
           of
           Mind
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           was
           his
           care
           ,
           amongst
           his
           other
           Pious
           Designs
           ,
           to
           continue
           the
           Memory
           of
           God's
           Wonderful
           Works
           from
           Age
           to
           Age
           ;
           to
           the
           end
           that
           the
           Consideration
           of
           his
           Power
           and
           Goodness
           might
           effectually
           move
           them
           to
           obey
           his
           Laws
           .
           Of
           such
           Remembrances
           they
           stood
           in
           great
           need
           ,
           being
           apt
           no
           longer
           to
           think
           upon
           the
           Miracles
           of
           Divine
           Mercy
           ,
           than
           whilst
           they
           saw
           them
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           God
           himself
           prescribed
           this
           way
           of
           teaching
           his
           Statutes
           ,
           
           and
           rehearsing
           the
           History
           of
           his
           Mighty
           Acts
           ,
           (
           and
           especially
           those
           at
           Horeb
           )
           to
           
             their
             Sons
          
           and
           their
           
             Sons
             Sons
          
           .
        
         
         
           And
           that
           the
           Israelites
           might
           not
           err
           in
           the
           repetition
           ,
           he
           caus'd
           those
           Statutes
           and
           Wonders
           to
           be
           written
           down
           ;
           not
           leaving
           them
           to
           the
           uncertainty
           of
           Oral
           Tradition
           ,
           which
           sometimes
           either
           passeth
           by
           things
           of
           moment
           ,
           or
           delivers
           them
           down
           very
           imperfectly
           ;
           and
           too
           often
           brings
           it
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           the
           Legends
           of
           one
           Age
           ,
           become
           History
           in
           those
           that
           follow
           .
        
         
           
             God
             establish'd
             a
             Testimony
             in
             Iacob
             ,
             and
             appointed
             a
             Law
             in
             Israel
             ,
             which
             he
             commanded
             our
             Fore-fathers
             ,
             That
             they
             should
             make
             them
             known
             to
             their
             children
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             the
             Generations
             to
             come
             might
             know
             them
             ,
             even
             the
             children
             which
             should
             be
             born
             ,
             who
             should
             arise
             and
             declare
             them
             to
             their
             children
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Argument
           of
           
             Doing
             Good
             to
             Posterity
          
           ,
           being
           set
           forth
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           not
           by
           any
           
             General
             Precept
          
           ,
           but
           only
           by
           the
           
             especial
             Instance
          
           of
           propagating
           
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           his
           Law
           ;
           I
           shall
           use
           them
           rather
           as
           the
           Occasion
           ,
           than
           the
           Ground
           of
           this
           Proposition
           ,
           
             That
             a
             Good
             Man
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             Talent
             and
             Circumstance
             ,
             does
             endeavour
             in
             such
             manner
             to
             
               Do
               good
            
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             that
             the
             next
             Age
             also
             may
             probably
             reap
             the
             benefit
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Concerning
           this
           kind
           of
           Charity
           ,
           I
           purpose
           to
           consider
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           
             How
             fit
             and
             just
             a
             thing
             it
             is
             to
             put
             it
             in
             Practice
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             That
             ,
             notwithstanding
             its
             fitness
             ,
             there
             is
             too
             general
             a
             disuse
             of
             It.
             
          
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Whence
             it
             comes
             to
             pass
             that
             there
             is
             so
             Common
             a
             failure
             in
             so
             necessary
             a
             Duty
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           
             By
             what
             means
             the
             Exercise
             of
             it
             may
             be
             made
             more
             regular
             ,
             and
             more
             frequent
             among
             us
             ;
             that
             so
             the
             ages
             to
             come
             may
             have
             just
             cause
             to
             Bless
             Almighty
             God
             
             for
             the
             advantages
             derived
             to
             them
             from
             this
             Generation
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           Now
           ,
           
             First
             of
             all
          
           ,
           the
           
             doing
             of
             Good
             to
             Posterity
          
           ,
           may
           appear
           a
           fit
           and
           reasonable
           Practice
           ;
           
             
               1.
               
               From
               a
               common
               Rule
               of
               Good
               and
               Evil.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               From
               the
               Obligation
               which
               man
               is
               under
               ,
               to
               imitate
               God.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               From
               the
               Gratitude
               we
               owe
               to
               former
               Ages
               .
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           This
           is
           a
           
             Common
             Rule
          
           concerning
           Good
           ,
           not
           only
           that
           it
           is
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           are
           to
           do
           what
           ,
           
             upon
             the
             whole
             matter
          
           ,
           is
           the
           
             greatest
             good
          
           which
           we
           are
           capable
           of
           doing
           in
           our
           Sphere
           and
           Condition
           .
           Now
           Good
           is
           increased
           as
           well
           by
           the
           Duration
           of
           Benefits
           ,
           as
           by
           their
           Magnitude
           and
           Number
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           the
           Good
           be
           equal
           in
           other
           respects
           ,
           he
           that
           does
           the
           Charity
           that
           lasts
           
             but
             a
             day
          
           ,
           does
           well
           ;
           but
           he
           that
           does
           the
           Good
           that
           lasts
           
             some
             years
          
           ,
           does
           still
           better
           .
           He
           who
           out
           
           of
           good
           will
           ,
           gives
           
             a
             cup
             of
             cold
             water
          
           to
           a
           thirsty
           man
           ,
           performs
           a
           Charitable
           Ofsice
           ;
           but
           that
           Person
           is
           ,
           by
           much
           ,
           the
           greater
           Benefactor
           ,
           who
           opens
           a
           Fountain
           which
           from
           time
           to
           time
           may
           give
           refreshment
           to
           Man
           and
           Beast
           .
           Wherefore
           by
           the
           Reasons
           and
           Proportions
           of
           Good
           ,
           a
           man
           is
           requir'd
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           ability
           ,
           to
           look
           beyond
           the
           term
           of
           his
           own
           few
           and
           uncertain
           days
           ,
           known
           only
           to
           God
           how
           few
           they
           are
           .
        
         
           He
           is
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           Required
           to
           
             benefit
             Posterity
          
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           a
           Follower
           of
           God
           in
           true
           Religion
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           imitation
           of
           Him
           whom
           we
           worship
           :
           And
           by
           doing
           Charities
           which
           may
           last
           ,
           we
           are
           made
           ,
           in
           some
           measure
           like
           to
           Him
           ;
           for
           all
           Generations
           partake
           of
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           He
           so
           framed
           the
           Material
           World
           at
           the
           beginning
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           same
           Order
           of
           Nature
           (
           the
           same
           for
           the
           main
           )
           it
           might
           in
           its
           several
           Ages
           conveniently
           subsist
           ;
           and
           the
           same
           Sun
           that
           shone
           on
           Adam
           ,
           enlightens
           us
           .
        
         
         
           God
           permitted
           men
           in
           the
           first
           Age
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           live
           very
           many
           Years
           ,
           that
           by
           their
           Experience
           (
           especially
           in
           the
           Courses
           of
           the
           Stars
           ,
           which
           required
           length
           of
           time
           for
           observation
           )
           the
           following
           Ages
           might
           receive
           useful
           Instruction
           ;
           useful
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           secular
           Affairs
           ,
           but
           in
           Religion
           ;
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           the
           
             more
             they
             are
             understood
             ,
             declaring
             the
             more
             the
             Glory
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           He
           ordained
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           the
           Passover
           ,
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           not
           merely
           for
           the
           men
           of
           any
           one
           Age
           ,
           but
           as
           Memorials
           of
           the
           Creation
           ,
           of
           the
           Deliverance
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           of
           the
           meritorious
           Passion
           of
           our
           Redeemer
           ,
           for
           many
           Generations
           .
        
         
           He
           sent
           his
           Blessed
           Son
           once
           to
           offer
           a
           Sacrifice
           ,
           whose
           Virtue
           might
           be
           communicated
           to
           all
           true
           Christians
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           there
           should
           be
           a
           Church
           on
           Earth
           .
        
         
           He
           caused
           Holy
           Scriptures
           to
           be
           written
           for
           the
           good
           of
           all
           following
           times
           ;
           and
           the
           things
           which
           were
           written
           of
           old
           ,
           were
           written
           for
           our
           Admonition
           ,
           upon
           
           whom
           the
           
             ends
             of
             the
             world
             are
             come
             .
          
           For
           instance
           ;
           we
           are
           commanded
           to
           
             Remember
             the
             wife
             of
             Lot
          
           ,
           who
           ,
           so
           many
           Years
           ago
           ,
           (
           looking
           
             back
             towards
             Sodom
          
           )
           was
           turn'd
           into
           a
           Pillar
           of
           Salt
           and
           Sulphur
           *
           ,
           being
           punish'd
           in
           the
           same
           extraordinary
           way
           with
           those
           unclean
           Sinners
           who
           remained
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           There
           is
           not
           a
           fitter
           expression
           of
           our
           
             gratitude
             to
             former
             Ages
          
           ,
           than
           a
           hearty
           endeavour
           to
           procure
           advantage
           to
           those
           who
           come
           after
           us
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           received
           benefit
           by
           those
           who
           went
           before
           us
           ;
           borrowing
           Light
           from
           their
           Light
           ,
           and
           living
           upon
           the
           Effects
           of
           their
           Benevolence
           .
           If
           nothing
           had
           been
           done
           for
           us
           ,
           in
           how
           miserable
           an
           Estate
           should
           we
           have
           come
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           lived
           in
           it
           ?
           Much
           more
           miserably
           than
           Adam
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           state
           of
           Innocence
           ,
           enjoy'd
           the
           Earth
           ,
           without
           the
           Curse
           which
           Disobedience
           brought
           upon
           it
           .
           If
           all
           Arts
           ,
           and
           Sciences
           ,
           and
           Buildings
           ,
           and
           other
           such
           Helps
           and
           Conveniences
           of
           
             Humane
             Life
          
           ,
           were
           to
           be
           invented
           and
           begun
           with
           
           every
           Age
           ,
           how
           rude
           ,
           how
           mean
           would
           the
           condition
           of
           it
           be
           ?
           How
           heavily
           would
           it
           be
           pressed
           with
           the
           burden
           of
           Necessity
           ?
           How
           much
           more
           painful
           and
           laborious
           would
           this
           render
           the
           Pilgrimage
           of
           man
           ,
           which
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           with
           all
           its
           advantages
           ,
           has
           still
           its
           sufficient
           share
           of
           trouble
           ?
           In
           what
           darkness
           had
           we
           sate
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           means
           of
           our
           Redemption
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           not
           pleased
           the
           God
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           through
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Christians
           of
           former
           Centuries
           ,
           to
           deliver
           down
           to
           us
           the
           Holy
           Bible
           ?
        
         
           It
           does
           therefore
           well
           become
           us
           to
           have
           a
           sense
           of
           the
           Favours
           of
           those
           who
           died
           before
           our
           times
           ,
           but
           still
           live
           in
           their
           benefits
           ;
           and
           gratefully
           to
           celebrate
           their
           just
           Praise
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           a
           perpetual
           inclination
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           not
           further
           power
           ,
           to
           
             go
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             likewise
             .
          
        
         
           But
           as
           fit
           and
           just
           as
           this
           Practice
           is
           ,
           there
           seems
           to
           be
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Too
             general
             a
             disuse
             of
             it
             .
          
           Some
           are
           careful
           even
           to
           Anxiety
           ,
           but
           they
           show
           that
           the
           solicitude
           is
           for
           their selves
           ,
           by
           
           their
           backwardness
           in
           disposing
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           by
           a
           WILL.
           Some
           let
           Receits
           and
           Inventions
           dye
           with
           them
           ,
           by
           which
           great
           numbers
           in
           succeeding
           Ages
           might
           have
           been
           profited
           .
           Some
           are
           not
           provident
           for
           their selves
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           likely
           to
           take
           due
           care
           for
           Posterity
           .
           They
           will
           not
           put
           a
           stone
           into
           a
           decaying
           Building
           ,
           or
           drop
           an
           acorn
           into
           the
           Ground
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           those
           that
           shall
           follow
           them
           ;
           much
           less
           have
           they
           a
           zeal
           for
           the
           supporting
           of
           Gods
           Church
           in
           difficult
           times
           ,
           or
           the
           planting
           of
           true
           Religion
           in
           places
           that
           want
           the
           blessing
           of
           it
           :
           Insomuch
           that
           when
           they
           give
           up
           their
           wretched
           lives
           (
           as
           give
           them
           up
           they
           must
           ,
           what
           aversion
           soever
           they
           have
           to
           it
           )
           they
           appear
           as
           a
           Place
           surrendred
           after
           a
           long
           and
           tedious
           Siege
           ,
           where
           little
           r
           mains
           ,
           besides
           dead
           Corpses
           ,
           Rubbish
           ,
           and
           Ruins
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           puts
           me
           in
           mind
           of
           still
           a
           
             worfer
             sort
             of
             men
          
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           inhumanity
           ,
           make
           such
           desolations
           in
           their
           times
           ,
           as
           late
           Posterity
           can
           scarce
           repair
           .
           Their
           
           Talent
           lies
           not
           in
           promoting
           Truth
           ,
           and
           
             Holy
             Worship
          
           ,
           but
           in
           forcing
           Error
           and
           Idolatry
           ;
           not
           in
           Building
           and
           Planting
           ,
           but
           in
           plucking
           up
           and
           destroying
           .
           They
           are
           imitators
           of
           Apollyon
           the
           God
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           whose
           Delight
           is
           Mischief
           ;
           whose
           Triumphs
           are
           Barbarities
           .
           Fire
           and
           Sword
           are
           the
           Instruments
           of
           their
           Glory
           :
           They
           spare
           neither
           the
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Living
           ,
           nor
           the
           Monuments
           of
           the
           Dead
           .
           They
           lay
           waste
           in
           a
           few
           Hours
           ,
           strong
           and
           beautiful
           Cities
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           fruit
           of
           the
           Arts
           and
           Labours
           of
           former
           Times
           .
           One
           would
           think
           they
           would
           anticipate
           Doomsday
           it self
           ,
           if
           their
           Force
           were
           equal
           to
           their
           Pride
           and
           Malice
           :
           Though
           that
           sort
           of
           men
           ,
           of
           all
           others
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           have
           the
           least
           reason
           to
           hasten
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgement
           .
           When
           their
           Acts
           shall
           be
           rehearsed
           before
           the
           
             Children
             that
             are
             yet
             unborn
          
           ,
           they
           will
           rise
           up
           with
           just
           indignation
           ,
           and
           call
           their
           Memories
           accursed
           .
        
         
           If
           (
           as
           we
           have
           proposed
           in
           the
           
             third
             place
             )
          
           ,
        
         
         
           3.
           
           We
           enquire
           into
           the
           Causes
           of
           this
           Uncharitableness
           ,
           we
           shall
           without
           much
           difficulty
           ,
           find
           them
           amongst
           the
           
             ill
             Principles
          
           and
           disorderly
           Lusts
           and
           Passions
           and
           Humours
           of
           unreasonable
           men
           .
           As
           for
           example
           ;
        
         
           The
           Atheistical
           ,
           if
           they
           follow
           the
           consequences
           of
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           terminate
           their
           Designs
           ,
           as
           they
           imagine
           they
           do
           their
           humane
           Beings
           ,
           in
           
             this
             Life
          
           .
        
         
           Those
           who
           live
           by
           Sense
           ,
           whose
           Objects
           are
           present
           ,
           have
           no
           regard
           for
           such
           as
           they
           shall
           never
           live
           to
           see
           ;
           for
           such
           as
           are
           not
           capable
           of
           returning
           them
           immediate
           thanks
           ,
           of
           making
           them
           Presents
           ,
           of
           pleasing
           them
           with
           flatteries
           ,
           of
           rendring
           them
           such
           services
           as
           are
           most
           grateful
           to
           flesh
           and
           blood
           .
        
         
           The
           slothful
           will
           not
           be
           at
           the
           pains
           to
           build
           or
           to
           uphold
           ,
           to
           manure
           or
           cultivate
           ,
           to
           catechise
           a
           Child
           ,
           or
           instruct
           a
           Servant
           ,
           or
           discreetly
           to
           reprove
           an
           irregular
           Neighbour
           :
           They
           will
           let
           their
           
             own
             Vineyards
          
           be
           over-run
           ,
           in
           their
           own
           times
           ,
           with
           Briars
           and
           Thorns
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Careless
           and
           Voluptuous
           are
           contented
           to
           think
           (
           if
           thinking
           be
           at
           any
           time
           the
           exercise
           of
           such
           Affectors
           of
           Ease
           )
           that
           Peace
           and
           Plenty
           will
           last
           for
           their
           Days
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           all
           the
           Eternity
           they
           care
           for
           ;
           though
           by
           such
           neglect
           ,
           Ruin
           often
           comes
           down
           upon
           their
           Heads
           before
           their
           term
           of
           Life
           is
           expired
           .
           So
           it
           commonly
           happens
           to
           the
           Prodigal
           who
           inspect
           not
           their
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           believe
           their
           Fortune
           to
           be
           
             sufficient
             for
             their
             Time
          
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           Imagination
           ,
           say
           to
           their
           Souls
           ,
           
             Take
             your
             Ease
          
           ;
           and
           dream
           on
           till
           they
           are
           surpriz'd
           by
           Poverty
           :
           And
           ,
           if
           their
           loose
           and
           swift
           way
           of
           living
           permits
           them
           to
           number
           many
           Years
           ;
           there
           remain
           to
           them
           the
           fewest
           Supplies
           in
           
             that
             Age
          
           which
           has
           the
           most
           and
           greatest
           needs
           ,
           the
           Age
           of
           
             Labour
             and
             Sorrow
          
           .
        
         
           Furthermore
           ,
        
         
           The
           Ill-natur'd
           hate
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           pleased
           that
           the
           state
           of
           it
           should
           be
           bettered
           by
           them
           .
           Out
           of
           
           the
           abundance
           of
           such
           an
           ill
           Heart
           came
           that
           worst
           of
           Sayings
           pronounced
           by
           one
           of
           the
           Brutal
           Heathens
           ,
           
             When
             I
             leave
             the
             World
             ,
             let
             Earth
             and
             Fire
             mingle
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           let
           the
           Frame
           of
           Nature
           be
           immediately
           dissolv'd
           .
           He
           would
           have
           forborn
           those
           wicked
           Words
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           but
           just
           thought
           of
           that
           more
           dreadful
           Fire
           which
           Divine
           Justice
           has
           prepared
           for
           the
           Uncharitable
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           the
           Proud
           and
           the
           Designing
           ,
           who
           are
           themselves
           ignorant
           ,
           will
           on
           purpose
           deny
           a
           liberal
           Education
           to
           those
           Children
           who
           are
           under
           their
           Conduct
           ,
           lest
           they
           grow
           too
           wise
           and
           sensible
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           same
           Passion
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           Wicked
           Men
           endeavour
           to
           hinder
           both
           present
           and
           future
           Good
           ,
           by
           depressing
           generous
           and
           worthy
           Persons
           ,
           giving
           them
           occasion
           to
           complain
           ,
           with
           that
           great
           Warrier
           Belisarius
           ;
           "
           It
           was
           not
           a
           
             "
             Crime
          
           that
           hurt
           us
           ,
           but
           Envy
           .
        
         
         
           Likewise
           ,
           the
           Covetous
           either
           stifle
           the
           Wills
           of
           the
           Charitable
           ,
           or
           forbear
           to
           fulfill
           them
           ;
           converting
           that
           to
           their
           own
           use
           ,
           which
           was
           piously
           intended
           for
           others
           .
        
         
           Also
           ,
           the
           Malicious
           study
           on
           purpose
           to
           leave
           
             That
             which
             must
             go
             to
             others
             ,
          
           in
           a
           ruinous
           Condition
           .
           It
           may
           be
           ,
           without
           a
           House
           for
           shelter
           ,
           or
           a
           Tree
           for
           shade
           ,
           or
           a
           Field
           not
           worn
           out
           with
           perpetual
           bearing
           ,
           or
           a
           Paper
           for
           Direction
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           determination
           of
           Strife
           ;
           much
           more
           without
           a
           Prayer
           for
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           those
           who
           shall
           come
           after
           them
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           of
           some
           Men
           of
           revengeful
           Dispositions
           ,
           it
           has
           been
           said
           ,
           That
           on
           their
           very
           Death-Beds
           ,
           [
           a
           solemn
           Time
           in
           which
           nothing
           should
           supplant
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           ;
           when
           their
           abundant
           Charity
           should
           ,
           through
           Christ
           ,
           prepare
           their
           Way
           to
           the
           Mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           before
           whom
           they
           are
           suddenly
           to
           appear
           ]
           
           that
           ,
           being
           engaged
           in
           vexatious
           Suits
           and
           Quarrels
           with
           others
           ,
           they
           have
           given
           it
           in
           charge
           to
           the
           Heirs
           of
           their
           Families
           ,
           to
           keep
           up
           the
           Grudg
           ,
           and
           to
           continue
           the
           Controversy
           from
           Generation
           to
           Generation
           .
        
         
           Finally
           ,
           Where
           this
           Evil
           Temper
           abounds
           ,
           it
           entails
           Trouble
           and
           Confusion
           :
           For
           it
           requires
           little
           skill
           to
           unfix
           and
           embroil
           ,
           but
           a
           great
           deal
           to
           establish
           .
           May
           That
           (
           as
           we
           hope
           ,
           and
           as
           we
           pray
           )
           be
           ,
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           this
           Age
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           it
           may
           flourish
           in
           True
           Religion
           ,
           in
           Unity
           ,
           in
           Plenty
           ,
           Peace
           and
           Health
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           become
           a
           Blessing
           to
           these
           Lands
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           These
           Evil
           
             Principles
             ,
             Lusts
             ,
             Passions
          
           ,
           and
           Humours
           which
           I
           have
           mentioned
           ,
           are
           the
           
             Causes
             of
             the
             Decay
          
           of
           that
           generous
           Charity
           so
           beneficial
           to
           the
           Ages
           to
           come
           .
        
         
         
           But
           ,
           Fourthly
           ,
        
         
           Let
           us
           not
           follow
           the
           inordinate
           Affections
           and
           unreasonable
           Customs
           of
           the
           Men
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           but
           be
           prevailed
           with
           to
           imitate
           David
           ;
           or
           rather
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           David
           ,
           who
           hath
           a
           Blessing
           for
           every
           Age
           :
           and
           who
           ,
           when
           he
           rested
           from
           the
           
             Work
             of
             Creation
          
           ,
           did
           not
           forbear
           the
           Works
           of
           Providence
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           purpose
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           we
           may
           be
           capable
           of
           practising
           this
           sort
           of
           Charity
           ,
           the
           forementioned
           Passions
           are
           to
           be
           subdu'd
           by
           pious
           Consideration
           ,
           by
           Prayer
           for
           the
           especial
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           firm
           and
           steadfast
           Resolution
           ,
           by
           Conversation
           with
           Christians
           whose
           Hearts
           are
           enlarged
           ,
           by
           reading
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           in
           them
           ,
           the
           History
           of
           God's
           Power
           and
           Goodness
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           being
           thus
           made
           capable
           of
           doing
           present
           and
           future
           Good
           ;
           that
           we
           may
           do
           it
           as
           we
           ought
           ,
           the
           Good-Will
           ,
           the
           right
           Scope
           ,
           the
           Decence
           ,
           the
           Iustice
           of
           It
           ,
           are
           well
           to
           be
           weighed
           .
        
         
         
           And
           ,
           
             First
             ,
             Good-Will
          
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           Spring
           which
           moves
           Men
           that
           benefit
           those
           who
           succeed
           them
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           no
           Vertue
           to
           
             leave
             that
             behind
             us
          
           ,
           which
           Death
           will
           not
           permit
           us
           to
           
             carry
             away
             .
             Dives
             laid
             up
             Goods
             for
             many
             years
             ,
          
           and
           he
           left
           them
           to
           Others
           ,
           without
           being
           to
           them
           a
           Benefactor
           ;
           for
           ,
           
             he
             laid
             them
             up
             for
             himself
             ,
          
           upon
           a
           vain
           and
           presumptuous
           supposition
           of
           long
           Life
           ;
           in
           which
           he
           was
           miserably
           disappointed
           ,
           by
           the
           surprizing
           Justice
           of
           that
           Righteous
           God
           ,
           who
           said
           to
           Him
           ,
           
             Thou
             Fool
             !
             this
             Night
             thy
             Soul
             shall
             be
             taken
             from
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           Again
           ,
           This
           Good-Will
           is
           to
           be
           directed
           to
           a
           right
           and
           profitable
           Scope
           ;
           that
           Charity
           may
           not
           be
           blinded
           by
           Superstition
           ,
           which
           hath
           founded
           many
           Societies
           ,
           and
           left
           great
           Revenues
           ,
           and
           enriched
           many
           Shrines
           ,
           to
           the
           
             hurt
             of
             Posterity
          
           ,
           by
           promoting
           the
           Honour
           of
           false
           Deities
           and
           Saints
           ;
           and
           by
           encouraging
           a
           Worship
           from
           Age
           to
           Age
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           True
           God
           can
           take
           no
           pleasure
           .
        
         
         
           There
           is
           also
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           in
           this
           Practice
           ,
           a
           Decency
           ,
           which
           forbids
           a
           Man
           to
           be
           severely
           Penurious
           all
           his
           days
           ,
           for
           
             the
             doing
             a
             greater
             Good
             at
             the
             last
             .
          
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           He
           is
           not
           to
           be
           condemned
           for
           cutting
           off
           unnecessary
           Pomps
           and
           Expences
           in
           order
           to
           so
           good
           an
           End
           :
           And
           he
           may
           be
           bold
           with
           himself
           .
           But
           ,
           though
           there
           may
           be
           a
           
             laudable
             Frugality
          
           ,
           there
           must
           not
           be
           a
           sordidness
           in
           his
           Self-denial
           .
        
         
           
             Add
             to
             this
          
           ,
           That
           Iustice
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Decency
           becomes
           all
           Men
           who
           piously
           design
           to
           be
           Benefactors
           to
           Posterity
           .
           They
           are
           not
           to
           do
           Evil
           that
           Good
           may
           come
           of
           it
           ;
           or
           ,
           to
           be
           unjust
           ,
           Oppressors
           ,
           Extortioners
           in
           one
           Age
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           bountiful
           to
           another
           .
           Yet
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           Covetous
           ,
           who
           love
           not
           Mankind
           ,
           nor
           their
           very
           Off
           spring
           as
           Men
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Quality
           of
           their
           second-selves
           :
           They
           run
           the
           hazard
           even
           of
           Damnation
           ,
           for
           the
           greatning
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           generally
           spend
           with
           vicious
           profuseness
           all
           that
           Wealth
           which
           ,
           with
           such
           
           guilt
           of
           Conscience
           they
           had
           gathered
           together
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Having
           found
           out
           such
           Rules
           as
           these
           for
           the
           governing
           of
           our
           Practice
           ,
           we
           may
           render
           our selves
           more
           fit
           for
           the
           discharge
           of
           so
           Excellent
           a
           Duty
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           By
           removing
           certain
           Discouragements
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           By
           attending
           to
           some
           further
           Motives
           .
        
         
           The
           Discouragements
           are
           of
           Two
           Kinds
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Suspicions
             of
             Ability
             to
             do
             such
             good
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Hindrances
             of
             Willingness
             in
             Those
             who
             are
             able
             to
             do
             it
             ;
             and
             in
             some
             of
             them
             who
             are
             not
             ill
             inclined
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           Men
           of
           
             inferiour
             condition
          
           suspect
           their
           Ability
           ;
           imagining
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           would
           become
           a
           Benefactor
           ,
           must
           be
           arm'd
           with
           great
           Power
           and
           Authority
           ,
           indued
           with
           high
           degrees
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           furnished
           with
           such
           heaps
           of
           growing
           Wealth
           ,
           as
           may
           supply
           Charity
           ,
           without
           sensible
           Diminution
           .
        
         
         
           whereas
           there
           are
           divers
           waies
           by
           which
           Persons
           ,
           in
           meaner
           Circumstances
           ,
           may
           ,
           in
           
             their
             Age
          
           ,
           be
           useful
           both
           to
           that
           and
           the
           next
           .
           A
           poor
           Man
           ,
           as
           we
           read
           in
           Ecclesiastes
           ,
           did
           by
           his
           prudent
           Counsel
           deliver
           a
           City
           .
           And
           that
           Place
           had
           ,
           probably
           ,
           the
           Benefit
           of
           his
           good
           Advice
           a
           long
           Time
           after
           ;
           though
           whilst
           his
           Wisdom
           made
           him
           considerable
           ,
           his
           Poverty
           exposed
           him
           to
           the
           Scorn
           and
           Neglect
           of
           the
           Proud
           and
           Ungrateful
           .
           There
           are
           true
           Benefactors
           in
           the
           World
           besides
           such
           who
           have
           Ability
           to
           make
           
             Publick
             Waies
          
           ,
           to
           repair
           Breaches
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           to
           calm
           that
           which
           is
           as
           tumultuous
           ,
           the
           Rage
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           to
           build
           Houses
           for
           God's
           Worship
           ,
           to
           found
           Colledges
           and
           Hospitals
           ,
           to
           subdue
           public
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           to
           enact
           wholsom
           Laws
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           Nerves
           of
           Society
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           which
           we
           a
           while
           (
           by
           God's
           Blessing
           )
           subsisted
           ,
           though
           Popish
           Superstition
           did
           so
           furiously
           assault
           us
           .
           Many
           may
           communicate
           to
           their
           
           Neighbours
           a
           wholsom
           Medicine
           ,
           though
           they
           cannot
           erect
           a
           House
           for
           the
           Sick
           ,
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           and
           Impotent
           .
           Every
           Master
           of
           a
           Family
           in
           Israel
           ,
           was
           obliged
           to
           shew
           his
           Children
           the
           Reason
           of
           the
           
             Paschal
             Feast
          
           ,
           and
           to
           teach
           them
           the
           Law
           of
           God.
           Those
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           were
           not
           Performances
           out
           of
           their
           Power
           ,
           for
           then
           they
           could
           not
           have
           been
           their
           Duty
           .
           And
           to
           Christians
           their
           great
           Master
           saith
           ,
           What
           excellent
           things
           do
           ye
           ?
           What
           do
           
             ye
             more
             than
             others
          
           ?
           Much
           Good
           they
           may
           do
           by
           rehearsing
           the
           Holy
           History
           of
           God's
           Law
           and
           his
           wonderful
           Works
           before
           others
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           learn
           it
           ,
           and
           transmit
           it
           to
           the
           next
           Generation
           .
           Much
           Good
           they
           may
           do
           by
           teaching
           of
           necessary
           Doctrines
           to
           Youth
           ,
           and
           by
           forming
           the
           Manners
           of
           those
           who
           are
           likely
           to
           outlive
           them
           .
           They
           may
           instil
           into
           them
           betimes
           such
           Christian
           Principles
           as
           may
           grow
           up
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           
             bring
             forth
             Fruit
             in
             their
             Age.
          
           He
           who
           hath
           a
           small
           proportion
           
           of
           Silver
           or
           Gold
           ,
           may
           yet
           be
           sometimes
           capable
           of
           leaving
           behind
           him
           a
           more
           valuable
           Legacy
           :
           By
           giving
           the
           World
           a
           
             Book
             of
             Piety
          
           ,
           such
           as
           that
           of
           the
           
             Whole
             Duty
             of
             Man
          
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           judicious
           and
           modest
           Author
           hath
           done
           a
           greater
           Good
           to
           those
           who
           lived
           in
           and
           after
           his
           Time
           ,
           than
           if
           he
           had
           poured
           forth
           other
           Riches
           upon
           them
           in
           overflowing
           measure
           .
        
         
           Most
           are
           capable
           of
           doing
           a
           durable
           Charity
           by
           good
           Example
           ,
           which
           may
           operate
           when
           they
           are
           dead
           and
           gone
           .
           To
           how
           many
           Generations
           has
           the
           Instance
           of
           the
           Patience
           of
           afflicted
           Iob
           administred
           Courage
           and
           Support
           ,
           whilst
           they
           have
           called
           it
           to
           Remembrance
           in
           the
           Time
           of
           their
           Trouble
           ?
           And
           there
           is
           great
           need
           of
           
             virtuous
             Example
          
           for
           the
           ballancing
           of
           that
           which
           is
           Bad
           ;
           the
           Contagion
           of
           which
           sticks
           like
           Leprosie
           in
           Families
           ,
           Churches
           and
           Kingdoms
           .
           Ieroboam
           the
           Son
           of
           Nebat
           made
           Israel
           to
           sin
           [
           to
           commit
           
           that
           great
           Sin
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           by
           worshipping
           
           the
           true
           God
           by
           an
           Image
           ]
           both
           in
           
             his
             Time
          
           ,
           and
           after
           he
           was
           gone
           to
           answer
           both
           for
           his
           own
           and
           for
           other
           Men's
           Sins
           .
           But
           what
           Answer
           could
           he
           make
           for
           either
           ?
           Either
           was
           a
           Burthen
           too
           heavy
           for
           him
           to
           bear
           .
        
         
           Then
           ,
           
             for
             the
             Charity
             of
             Prayer
          
           ,
           who
           is
           there
           that
           cannot
           call
           on
           God
           for
           a
           Blessing
           on
           Persons
           and
           Families
           ,
           on
           Churches
           and
           States
           ,
           after
           they
           shall
           have
           left
           this
           unquiet
           Stage
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Scheme
             of
             the
             World
             which
             passeth
             away
             .
          
        
         
           In
           sum
           ,
           all
           
             Wicked
             Men
          
           ,
           as
           wicked
           ,
           are
           hurtful
           ,
           and
           all
           
             Good
             Men
          
           ,
           as
           good
           ,
           
           are
           beneficial
           both
           at
           present
           and
           for
           the
           future
           .
           Blessing
           and
           Cursing
           pursue
           Families
           very
           often
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Righteousness
           or
           Impiety
           of
           the
           first
           Heads
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           There
           are
           Discouragements
           which
           hinder
           Men
           ,
           who
           are
           able
           to
           do
           Good
           to
           other
           Generations
           ,
           from
           being
           Willing
           .
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           The
           
           Instance
           of
           Backwardness
           in
           Public
           Mannagers
           to
           reward
           those
           who
           have
           undone
           themselves
           by
           some
           
             useful
             Invention
          
           ,
           which
           generally
           ruines
           the
           first
           Projectors
           ,
           whilst
           Posterity
           reaps
           the
           fruit
           of
           their
           Wit
           ,
           Labour
           ,
           and
           Expence
           .
           Also
           the
           Instances
           of
           Failures
           and
           Frauds
           in
           Trust
           ,
           of
           smothered
           or
           abused
           Legacies
           ,
           of
           the
           converting
           of
           that
           to
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Rich
           ,
           which
           is
           bequeathed
           to
           the
           Poor
           ;
           together
           with
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           
             uncertainty
             of
             Times
          
           ,
           in
           which
           ,
           by
           Wars
           and
           tumultuous
           Violences
           ,
           the
           Effects
           of
           Publick
           Charity
           do
           often
           perish
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           much
           Truth
           in
           this
           Objection
           ,
           but
           yet
           not
           so
           much
           as
           makes
           it
           
             unanswerable
             .
             Useful
             Inventions
          
           are
           often
           greater
           Charities
           than
           could
           have
           been
           done
           by
           the
           Pains
           and
           Wealth
           which
           they
           cost
           .
           Frauds
           and
           Abuses
           do
           not
           alwaies
           happen
           :
           They
           do
           not
           alwaies
           come
           ;
           and
           
             wo
             to
             them
          
           ,
           not
           who
           are
           injur'd
           by
           them
           ,
           but
           
             by
             whom
             they
             come
          
           .
           
           And
           the
           Observation
           of
           such
           accidental
           Miscarriages
           should
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           
             increase
             the
             Caution
          
           ,
           but
           not
           prevent
           the
           Charity
           of
           wealthy
           Men.
           It
           is
           ,
           also
           ;
           profitable
           for
           us
           to
           remember
           ,
           That
           whatsoever
           Hazards
           
             Good
             Works
             run
          
           ,
           the
           Soul
           that
           has
           done
           them
           in
           Christian
           Manner
           ,
           shall
           be
           safe
           in
           the
           Hands
           of
           their
           Mediator
           .
           Christians
           know
           in
           whom
           they
           have
           believed
           ,
           and
           how
           able
           he
           is
           to
           keep
           that
           which
           is
           committed
           to
           
             his
             Trust
          
           to
           
             that
             Day
          
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Uncertainty
           of
           Times
           and
           Seasons
           ,
           that
           's
           an
           Objection
           against
           doing
           Good
           in
           all
           Ages
           ;
           for
           Heaven
           only
           is
           
             a
             Kingdom
             which
             cannot
             be
             shaken
             .
          
        
         
           Wherefore
           ,
           laying
           aside
           these
           Impediments
           ,
           cast
           in
           our
           Way
           by
           too
           great
           a
           Degree
           of
           Jealousie
           ,
           let
           us
           ,
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Provoke
           our selves
           to
           Piety
           and
           to
           Good
           Works
           ,
           by
           laying
           before
           our
           Thoughts
           such
           further
           Motives
           as
           these
           .
        
         
         
           The
           First
           may
           be
           taken
           from
           the
           
             true
             pleasure
          
           which
           is
           found
           in
           all
           
             good
             Acts
          
           ,
           and
           particularly
           of
           those
           of
           that
           kind
           of
           which
           we
           have
           been
           speaking
           .
           Pleasure
           naturally
           springs
           up
           in
           the
           Mind
           ,
           when
           we
           think
           of
           any
           thing
           we
           much
           value
           ,
           as
           continuing
           and
           prospering
           .
           A
           great
           degree
           of
           happiness
           consists
           in
           hope
           ,
           and
           in
           hope
           cherished
           by
           proceeding
           .
           The
           Mind
           is
           damp'd
           when
           it
           is
           stinted
           ,
           and
           when
           it
           sees
           an
           end
           of
           any
           thing
           in
           which
           it
           took
           content
           .
           And
           if
           pleasure
           is
           derived
           to
           us
           from
           the
           growth
           and
           progress
           even
           of
           our
           humblest
           Plants
           ,
           much
           more
           shall
           we
           be
           pleased
           by
           the
           extent
           of
           our
           goodness
           to
           Christian
           Men
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           duration
           of
           it
           .
           It
           is
           a
           blessed
           and
           comfortable
           Thought
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           vouchsafe
           to
           use
           such
           frail
           earthen
           Vessels
           ,
           as
           Instruments
           of
           good
           ;
           by
           Instruction
           ,
           by
           Example
           ,
           by
           Prayers
           ,
           by
           Alms
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           the
           Span
           of
           our
           Life
           ,
           but
           
             for
             many
             years
             to
             come
          
           .
           It
           was
           a
           strong
           Consolation
           
           to
           Abraham
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           Off-spring
           all
           the
           
             Nations
             of
             the
             Earth
             should
             be
             blessed
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Second
             Motive
          
           may
           be
           taken
           from
           Honour
           ,
           which
           is
           Fame
           acquired
           by
           doing
           of
           
             worthy
             things
          
           .
           After
           this
           Men
           so
           naturally
           thirst
           ,
           that
           some
           have
           affected
           the
           Name
           of
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           or
           Benefactors
           who
           have
           
           turn'd
           their
           Power
           into
           Oppression
           ;
           for
           of
           that
           number
           (
           as
           Philo
           shews
           us
           )
           was
           
             Caius
             Caligula
          
           .
           They
           understood
           what
           was
           venerable
           ,
           but
           they
           did
           not
           pursue
           it
           .
        
         
           Even
           the
           Charity
           which
           is
           transient
           ,
           is
           honourable
           ;
           and
           the
           Woman
           who
           with
           her
           Spikenard
           
             anointed
             our
             Saviour
             to
             his
             burial
             ,
          
           is
           to
           this
           day
           honourably
           remembred
           wheresoever
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Gospel
           is
           read
           .
           And
           if
           to
           
             transient
             good
          
           our
           Praise
           is
           due
           ,
           certainly
           to
           that
           which
           is
           lasting
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           denied
           .
           Wherefore
           the
           
             Holy
             Virgin
          
           ,
           considering
           the
           Salvation
           of
           the
           World
           by
           Christ
           ,
           whose
           Mother
           she
           was
           become
           through
           
           God's
           special
           favour
           ,
           believed
           not
           her
           Magnificat
           to
           be
           a
           vain-glorious
           Hymn
           ,
           but
           said
           with
           humble
           Joy
           ,
           
             God
             hath
             regarded
             the
             lowliness
             of
             his
             Hand-maiden
             ;
             for
             behold
             from
             henceforth
             all
             Generations
             shall
             call
             me
             blessed
             .
          
        
         
           But
           the
           
             greatest
             Motives
          
           of
           all
           are
           ,
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           requireth
           us
           to
           
             do
             good
          
           ,
           as
           our
           Christian
           Duty
           .
        
         
           
             Religious
             Fear
          
           ,
           which
           sets
           before
           the
           Unprofitable
           (
           the
           unprofitable
           to
           Men
           ,
           for
           God
           we
           cannot
           profit
           )
           the
           Terrors
           of
           the
           
             great
             Day
          
           .
           And
           ,
           last
           of
           all
           ,
        
         
           
             Religious
             Hope
          
           ,
           which
           moves
           us
           to
           be
           useful
           ,
           in
           all
           our
           Capacities
           ,
           whilst
           time
           lasts
           ,
           upon
           the
           most
           comfortable
           prospect
           of
           an
           Eternal
           Recompence
           .
        
         
           O
           the
           blessed
           Day
           ,
           when
           those
           
             who
             abound
             in
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Lord
             Iesus
             ,
          
           shall
           find
           
             their
             labour
             not
             to
             be
             in
             vain
             in
             
             the
          
           same
           Lord.
           When
           the
           penitent
           ,
           pious
           ,
           and
           righteous
           ,
           shall
           behold
           the
           general
           Assembly
           of
           those
           
             great
             Souls
          
           who
           neither
           
             liv'd
             nor
             dy'd
             to
             themselves
          
           .
           May
           God
           prepare
           us
           for
           this
           Felicity
           ,
           by
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           Good
           Works
           ,
           through
           him
           who
           was
           both
           the
           desire
           and
           the
           
             blessing
             of
             all
             Nations
             ,
             Iesus
             Christ
             the
             Righteous
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           with
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           be
           all
           Honour
           and
           Glory
           ,
           World
           without
           end
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Books
           lately
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Chiswell
          
           .
        
         
           THE
           Fifteen
           Notes
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           laid
           downby
           Cardinal
           Bellarmin
           ,
           examined
           and
           confuted
           ,
           by
           several
           London
           Divines
           ,
           4
           
           o.
           With
           a
           Table
           to
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           the
           Authors
           Names
           .
        
         
           An
           Exposition
           of
           the
           Ten
           Commandments
           ,
           By
           Dr.
           
             Simon
             Patrick
          
           ,
           now
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Chichester
           .
        
         
           The
           Lay
           Christians's
           Obligation
           to
           read
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           by
           Dr.
           Stratford
           now
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Chester
           .
        
         
           The
           Texts
           which
           the
           Papists
           cite
           out
           of
           the
           Bible
           for
           proof
           of
           the
           points
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           Examined
           ,
           and
           shew'd
           to
           be
           alledged
           without
           Ground
           .
           In
           twenty
           five
           distinct
           Discourses
           ,
           by
           several
           
             London
             Divines
          
           ,
           with
           a
           Table
           to
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           the
           Authors
           Names
           .
        
         
           Taxes
           no
           Charge
           :
           In
           a
           Letter
           from
           a
           Gentleman
           to
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           :
           Shewing
           the
           Nature
           ,
           Use
           ,
           and
           Benefit
           of
           Taxes
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           compared
           with
           Impositions
           of
           Foreign
           States
           .
           Together
           with
           the
           improvement
           of
           Trade
           in
           time
           of
           War.
           
        
         
           The
           Case
           of
           Allegiance
           in
           our
           present
           circumstances
           considered
           ,
           in
           a
           Letter
           from
           a
           Minister
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           to
           a
           Minister
           in
           the
           Country
           .
           4
           
           o.
        
         
           A
           Breviate
           of
           the
           State
           of
           Scotland
           in
           its
           Government
           ,
           Supream
           Courts
           ,
           Officers
           of
           State
           ,
           Inferiour
           Officers
           ,
           Offices
           ,
           and
           Inferiour
           Courts
           ,
           Districts
           ,
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           Burroughs
           Royal
           ,
           and
           Free
           Corporations
           .
           Fol.
           
        
         
           Some
           Considerations
           touching
           Succession
           and
           Allegiance
           .
           4
           
           o.
        
         
           Reflections
           upon
           the
           late
           Great
           Revolution
           :
           Written
           by
           a
           Lay-Hand
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           some
           Neighbours
           .
        
         
           The
           History
           of
           the
           Desertion
           ;
           or
           an
           Account
           of
           all
           the
           publick
           Affairs
           in
           England
           ,
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           September
           1688.
           to
           the
           Twelfth
           of
           February
           following
           .
           With
           an
           Answer
           to
           a
           Piece
           call'd
           ,
           The
           Desertion
           discussed
           ,
           in
           a
           Letter
           to
           a
           Country
           Gentleman
           .
           By
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           .
        
         
           K.
           William
           and
           K.
           Lewis
           ,
           wherein
           is
           set
           forth
           the
           inevitable
           necessity
           these
           Nations
           lie
           under
           of
           submitting
           wholly
           to
           one
           or
           other
           of
           these
           Kings
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           matter
           in
           Controversie
           is
           not
           now
           between
           K.
           William
           and
           K.
           Iames
           ,
           but
           between
           K.
           William
           and
           K.
           Lewis
           of
           France
           ,
           for
           the
           Government
           of
           these
           Nations
           .
        
         
           Two
           Sermons
           ,
           one
           against
           Murmuring
           ,
           the
           other
           against
           Censuring
           ;
           By
           
             Simon
             Patrick
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           now
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Chichester
           .
        
         
           An
           Account
           of
           the
           Private
           League
           betwixt
           the
           late
           King
           Iames
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           the
           French
           King.
           Fol.
           
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Tully's
           Sermon
           of
           Moderation
           ,
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           May
           12.
           1689.
           
        
         
           An
           Examination
           of
           the
           Scruples
           of
           those
           who
           refuse
           to
           take
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           .
           By
           a
           Divine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           A
           Dialogue
           betwixt
           two
           Friends
           ,
           a
           Iacobite
           and
           a
           williamite
           ;
           occasioned
           by
           the
           late
           Revolution
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           .
        
         
           The
           Case
           of
           Oaths
           Stated
           .
           4
           
           o.
        
         
         
           
           Markam's
           perfect
           Horseman
           ,
           in
           fifty
           years
           practice
           ,
           8
           o
        
         
           
           Hodder's
           Arithmetick
           ,
           12
           
           o.
        
         
           An
           Account
           of
           the
           Reasons
           which
           induced
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           declare
           War
           against
           the
           States-General
           of
           the
           United
           Provinces
           in
           1672.
           
        
         
           A
           Letter
           from
           a
           French
           Lawyer
           to
           an
           English
           Gentleman
           ,
           upon
           the
           present
           Revolution
           .
           4
           
           o.
        
         
           The
           Advantages
           of
           the
           present
           Settlement
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           danger
           of
           a
           Relapse
           .
        
         
           The
           Interest
           of
           England
           in
           the
           preservation
           of
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           A
           short
           View
           of
           the
           Unfortunate
           Reigns
           of
           these
           Kings
           ,
           William
           the
           2d
           .
           Henry
           the
           2d
           .
           Edward
           the
           
             2d
             .
             Richard
          
           the
           2d
           .
           Charles
           the
           2d
           .
           and
           Iames
           the
           2d
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           
           Sherlock's
           Summary
           of
           the
           Controversies
           between
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           and
           
             Church
             of
             Rome
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Plain
           Mans
           Reply
           to
           the
           Catholick
           Missionaries
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           
           Wake
           's
           
             Preparation
             for
             Death
          
           .
        
         
           His
           Tracts
           and
           Discourses
           against
           Popery
           ,
           in
           2
           Vol.
           4
           
           o.
        
         
           His
           twelve
           Sermons
           and
           Discourses
           ,
           on
           several
           Occasions
           .
           8
           
           o.
        
         
           The
           Devout
           Communicant
           ,
           assisted
           with
           Rules
           for
           the
           worthy
           Receiving
           :
           Together
           with
           Meditations
           ,
           Prayers
           ,
           Anthems
           ,
           for
           every
           Day
           in
           the
           Holy
           Week
           .
        
         
           
           Valentine's
           private
           Devotions
           ,
           digested
           into
           six
           Litanies
           ,
           with
           Directions
           and
           Prayers
           for
           the
           Lord's-day
           ,
           Sacrament
           ,
           day
           of
           Death
           and
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           Bishop
           
           Burnet's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           King
           and
           Queen
           on
           Christmas-day
           ,
           1689.
           
        
         
           His
           Sermon
           of
           Pe●ce
           and
           Union
           ,
           Nov.
           26.
           1689.
           
        
         
           Some
           Remarks
           upon
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           History
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Churches
           of
           Piedmont
           .
           By
           
             P.
             Allix
             .
             DD.
          
           4
           
           o.
        
         
           Geologia
           :
           Or
           ,
           A
           Discourse
           concerning
           the
           Earth
           before
           the
           Deluge
           wherein
           the
           Form
           and
           Properties
           ascribed
           to
           it
           ,
           in
           a
           Book
           intituled
           
             [
             The
             Theory
             of
             the
             Earth
             ]
          
           are
           excepted
           against
           :
           And
           it
           is
           made
           appear
           ,
           That
           the
           dissolution
           of
           that
           Earth
           was
           not
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           Universal
           Flood
           .
           Also
           a
           new
           Explication
           of
           that
           Flood
           is
           attempted
           .
           By
           
             Erasmus
             Warren
          
           ,
           Rector
           of
           Worlington
           in
           Suffolk
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Private
             Prayer
          
           to
           be
           used
           in
           difficult
           Times
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Thanksgiving
          
           for
           our
           late
           Wonderful
           Deliverance
           :
           [
           recommended
           chiefly
           to
           those
           who
           have
           made
           use
           of
           the
           prayer
           in
           the
           late
           Difficult
           Times
           ]
        
         
           
             A
             Prayer
          
           for
           perfecting
           our
           late
           Deliverance
           by
           the
           Happy
           success
           of
           their
           Majesties
           Forces
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land.
           
        
         
           A
           Prayer
           for
           Charity
           ,
           Peace
           and
           Unity
           ,
           to
           be
           used
           in
           Lent.
           
        
         
           Dr.
           
           Tenison's
           Sermon
           of
           discretion
           in
           giving
           Alms
           ,
           12
           
           o.
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A64369-e220
           
             Deut.
             4.
             9.
             
          
           
             *
             Gen.
             19.
             25
             ,
             26.
             
             S.
             Luke
             17.
             32.
             
             Deut.
             29.
             23.
             
          
           
             1
             King.
             14
             16.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             20.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
             C.
             34.
             7.
             
             Deut.
             7.
             9.
             
          
           
             Luke
             22.
             25.
             
             
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