A sermon preach'd to the natives of the county of Warwick and city of Coventry in the church of St. Mary le Bow, London, November 14th, 1695 by Tho. White, preacher at Stratford Le Bow in Middlesex and Prebendary of Litchfield.
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             A sermon preach'd to the natives of the county of Warwick and city of Coventry in the church of St. Mary le Bow, London, November 14th, 1695 by Tho. White, preacher at Stratford Le Bow in Middlesex and Prebendary of Litchfield.
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           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           to
           the
           NATIVES
           OF
           THE
           County
           of
           WARWICK
           ,
           AND
           City
           of
           COVENTRY
           ,
           IN
           THE
           Church
           of
           St.
           
             Mary
             Le
             Bow
             ,
             London
             ,
             November
          
           14th
           .
           1695.
           
        
         
           By
           
             THO.
             WHITE
          
           ,
           Preacher
           at
           
             Stratford
             Le
             Bow
          
           in
           Middlesex
           ,
           and
           Prebendary
           of
           Litchfield
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Tho.
             Hodgkin
          
           ;
           and
           are
           to
           be
           Sold
           by
           
             John
             Whitlock
          
           ,
           near
           Stationers-Hall
           ,
           1695.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           
             
               Mr.
               
                 Ralph
                 Palmer
              
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Edwards
              
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Burnivill
              
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Hegg
              
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Kirkum
              
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               
                 Adam
                 Morroll
              
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Morroll
              
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               
                 Samuel
                 Knowles
              
               .
            
          
           Stewards
           of
           the
           Warwickshire
           Feast
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
            
             
               IT
               's
               usual
               for
               the
               Printing
               of
               a
               Sermon
               ,
               to
               plead
               the
               Importunity
               of
               some
               or
               other
               ,
               as
               if
               that
               must
               atone
               for
               all
               its
               Weaknesses
               and
               Defects
               .
            
             
               I
               wave
               this
               as
               an
               old
               fashion'd
               Apology
               and
               out
               of
               Date
               .
            
             
             
               Besides
               ,
               I
               would
               not
               be
               so
               Vnkind
               to
               my
               Country-Men
               ,
               if
               I
               were
               guilty
               of
               a
               Fault
               ,
               to
               make
               them
               Accessaries
               ,
               and
               draw
               them
               into
               a
               Participation
               of
               my
               Guilt
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               very
               well
               satisfied
               no
               Man
               can
               think
               Meaner
               of
               this
               Vndertaking
               than
               he
               who
               undertook
               it
               ;
               and
               if
               I
               have
               done
               neither
               Honour
               nor
               Service
               to
               your
               Native
               Country
               ,
               yet
               I
               meant
               so
               well
               ,
               and
               intended
               it
               ,
               I
               would
               certainly
               have
               done
               it
               if
               I
               could
               .
               
                 I
                 am
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 GENTLEMEN
                 ,
              
               
                 Your
                 Obliged
                 Servant
                 and
                 Country-Man
                 THO.
                 WHITE
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             PSALM
             lxxxvii
             .
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             
               And
               of
               Zion
               it
               shall
               be
               said
               ,
               This
               and
               that
               man
               was
               born
               in
               her
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               High
               shall
               establish
               her
               .
            
             
               The
               Lord
               shall
               count
               it
               when
               he
               writes
               up
               the
               people
               ,
               that
               this
               man
               was
               born
               in
               her
               .
            
          
        
         
           WE
           are
           here
           assembl'd
           this
           Day
           ,
           as
           for
           other
           good
           Ends
           and
           Purposes
           ,
           so
           to
           celebrate
           the
           Country
           and
           Place
           of
           our
           Birth
           .
        
         
           The
           Historian
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           when
           he
           describes
           any
           Place
           or
           Province
           ,
           entertains
           us
           with
           the
           Commodiousness
           of
           the
           Situation
           ,
           the
           Sweetness
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           the
           Temperature
           of
           the
           Clime
           ,
           the
           Fertility
           of
           the
           Soil
           ,
           the
           Variety
           and
           Abundance
           of
           all
           Things
           for
           the
           Necessities
           and
           Conveniency
           of
           Humane
           Life
           :
           But
           it
           looks
           Foreign
           to
           the
           Office
           of
           a
           Preacher
           ,
           who
           considers
           not
           so
           much
           the
           good
           Qualities
           of
           a
           Place
           as
           
           the
           People
           ;
           the
           Piety
           and
           Prudence
           ,
           the
           Truth
           and
           Honesty
           ,
           the
           Moderation
           and
           Peaceableness
           ,
           the
           Charity
           and
           Usefulness
           of
           those
           that
           were
           born
           there
           .
        
         
           The
           Holy
           Writer
           of
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           whence
           I
           have
           borrow'd
           my
           Text
           ,
           gives
           a
           high
           and
           honourable
           Character
           of
           Zion
           upon
           both
           Accounts
           ,
           as
           well
           for
           the
           Excellency
           of
           the
           Place
           ,
           as
           the
           Natives
           also
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           She
           is
           extoll'd
           for
           her
           great
           Force
           and
           impregnable
           Strength
           ;
           
           
             Her
             Foundation
             is
             in
             the
             holy
             Mountains
             .
          
        
         
           Her
           Situation
           likewise
           was
           so
           sweet
           and
           inviting
           ,
           that
           the
           Almighty
           seems
           pleas'd
           with
           the
           Prospect
           ;
           
           for
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             loveth
             the
             gates
             of
             Zion
             more
             than
             all
             the
             dwellings
             of
             Jacob.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             Glorious
             things
             are
             spoken
             of
             thee
             ,
             thou
             City
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
           She
           is
           call'd
           ,
           
             The
             house
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             the
             place
             of
             his
             rest
             ;
             the
             habitation
             of
             the
             Mighty
             God
             of
             Jacob
          
           ;
           
           
             the
             city
             of
             the
             great
             King
          
           ;
           and
           ,
           
             the
             joy
             of
             the
             whole
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
         
           Glorious
           are
           these
           Sayings
           ,
           but
           greater
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           is
           that
           said
           of
           her
           in
           my
           Text
           ;
           That
           she
           was
           the
           Birth-place
           of
           Saints
           ,
           and
           the
           Children
           of
           God
           ;
           
             For
             of
             Zion
             it
             shall
             be
             said
             ,
             This
             and
             that
             man
             was
             born
             in
             her
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             High
             shall
             establish
             her
             .
          
        
         
           These
           Words
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           properly
           and
           literally
           speaking
           ,
           describe
           Zion
           ,
           not
           for
           the
           Nation
           or
           City
           of
           the
           Natural
           ,
           but
           the
           Place
           of
           a
           Spiritual
           Birth
           ,
           where
           many
           were
           born
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           made
           his
           Children
           by
           Adoption
           and
           Grace
           .
        
         
           This
           the
           foregoing
           Words
           fully
           prove
           ,
           where
           it
           's
           said
           ,
           
             I
             'll
             make
             mention
             of
             Rahab
             and
             Babylon
             to
             them
             that
             know
             me
             ;
             Behold
             Philistia
             and
             Tyre
             ,
             with
             Ethiopia
             ;
             This
             man
             was
             born
             there
          
           ;
           That
           is
           ,
           It
           shall
           be
           spoke
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           these
           Barbarous
           Nations
           ,
           who
           were
           Aliens
           to
           the
           Hebrew
           Common-wealth
           ;
           without
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           without
           the
           Promise
           ,
           and
           without
           God
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           that
           now
           they
           are
           incorporated
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           made
           Natives
           of
           Zion
           ,
           Fellow-Citizens
           
           with
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Houshold
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           It
           's
           usual
           we
           may
           observe
           in
           sacred
           Scripture
           ,
           to
           mention
           with
           Respect
           the
           very
           Place
           and
           Instruments
           of
           a
           Man's
           Conversion
           to
           God
           from
           an
           evil
           Course
           of
           Life
           ;
           nay
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           Natural
           ,
           that
           we
           can't
           but
           think
           well
           of
           those
           who
           have
           been
           Instrumental
           to
           our
           Spiritual
           Good
           ,
           so
           kind
           and
           civil
           to
           our
           Souls
           ,
           as
           to
           reduce
           them
           from
           Error
           and
           Ignorance
           ,
           Popular
           Mistakes
           ,
           and
           Prejudice
           to
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Establishment
           in
           the
           Truth
           .
        
         
           St.
           Paul
           speaks
           great
           things
           of
           those
           Instruments
           by
           whose
           Ministry
           some
           were
           born
           into
           the
           Heavenly
           Life
           ;
           
             How
             beautiful
             are
             the
             Feet
             of
             those
             that
             preach
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             bring
             glad
             tidings
             of
             good
             things
             ?
          
           Rom.
           10.15
           .
        
         
           Nor
           were
           Persons
           only
           ,
           but
           Places
           likewise
           ,
           in
           repute
           upon
           the
           same
           Account
           .
        
         
           Jericho
           stands
           upon
           record
           in
           the
           
             Gospel
             of
             St.
             Luke
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Place
           where
           Zacheus
           the
           Publican
           was
           call'd
           by
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
           and
           of
           an
           Heir
           of
           Perdition
           ,
           a
           Child
           of
           Wrath
           ,
           was
           made
           a
           Son
           of
           Abraham
           .
           
        
         
         
           Antioch
           ,
           once
           a
           Place
           of
           Note
           and
           Eminency
           ,
           tho'
           now
           decay'd
           ,
           yet
           lives
           in
           Apostolical
           History
           ,
           for
           the
           Christning
           of
           the
           Disciples
           ,
           who
           were
           call'd
           Christians
           first
           at
           Antioch
           ,
           after
           the
           Custom
           of
           the
           Greeks
           ,
           
           who
           call'd
           the
           Sect
           by
           the
           Founder's
           Name
           .
        
         
           Thus
           I
           observe
           ,
           that
           where
           we
           first
           receiv'd
           Religion
           and
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           in
           a
           sense
           is
           the
           Place
           of
           our
           Birth
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           that
           where
           we
           first
           drew
           our
           Breath
           .
        
         
           However
           ,
           I
           shall
           consider
           these
           Words
           in
           the
           largest
           Sense
           they
           are
           capable
           of
           ,
           as
           they
           denote
           the
           Nation
           and
           Province
           of
           our
           Natural
           Birth
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           that
           where
           we
           were
           born
           into
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           ,
           and
           Acquaintance
           with
           God
           ;
           and
           then
           these
           two
           things
           they
           will
           offer
           to
           our
           Observation
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           a
           great
           difference
           in
           Places
           as
           to
           the
           forming
           Men's
           Manners
           ,
           and
           a
           right
           institution
           of
           Life
           .
        
         
           Second
           ,
           That
           true
           worth
           and
           Goodness
           doth
           an
           Honour
           to
           a
           Country
           ,
           and
           reflects
           a
           Reputation
           to
           the
           Place
           of
           one's
           Birth
           .
        
         
         
           To
           each
           of
           these
           I
           shall
           speak
           briefly
           ,
           and
           then
           end
           with
           something
           proper
           to
           the
           Occasion
           of
           our
           Meeting
           this
           Day
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           a
           difference
           in
           places
           as
           to
           the
           forming
           Men's
           Manners
           ,
           and
           a
           right
           Institution
           of
           Life
           :
           
             Of
             Zion
             it
             shall
             be
             said
             ,
             this
             and
             that
             Man
             was
             born
             in
             her
             .
          
        
         
           The
           whole
           World
           is
           indeed
           a
           Divinity-School
           ,
           where
           the
           Dominion
           and
           Government
           of
           God
           is
           learnt
           ;
           
           
             The
             invisible
             things
             of
             God
             being
             plainly
             seen
             by
             the
             things
             that
             are
             made
             ,
             even
             his
             eternal
             power
             and
             Godhead
          
           ;
           yet
           notwithstanding
           there
           are
           some
           Places
           and
           People
           more
           peculiarly
           interested
           in
           the
           Tuition
           of
           the
           Almighty
           .
        
         
           Zion
           was
           illustrious
           above
           all
           the
           Regions
           of
           Judaea
           ,
           all
           the
           Towns
           and
           Cities
           of
           Gallilee
           ,
           for
           the
           Divine
           Oracles
           ,
           whence
           Men
           were
           taught
           to
           Reverence
           and
           Fear
           the
           God
           of
           Israel
           .
        
         
           Rahab
           and
           
             Babylon
             ,
             Tire
          
           and
           Aethiopia
           ,
           were
           eminent
           in
           the
           Records
           of
           Time
           for
           Wealthy
           and
           Populous
           Countries
           :
           But
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           
             in
             Jewry
             was
             God
             known
             ,
             his
             Name
             
             was
             great
             in
             Israel
             ,
             in
             Salem
             was
             his
             Tabernacle
             ,
             and
             his
             dwelling
             in
             Zion
             .
          
           Psal.
           76.1.2
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           great
           Towns
           and
           Cities
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           were
           the
           Seats
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ;
           here
           dwelt
           
           Rabbi's
           and
           Expositors
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           here
           were
           erected
           the
           Schools
           of
           Religion
           and
           learning
           ;
           here
           were
           their
           Synagogues
           and
           Houses
           of
           Prayer
           ;
           here
           their
           Altars
           and
           Places
           of
           Sacrifice
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           the
           Natives
           had
           all
           the
           Advantages
           of
           inriching
           their
           Minds
           with
           Wisdom
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           useful
           in
           their
           Generations
           ,
           and
           to
           procure
           them
           Favour
           with
           God
           and
           Man.
           
        
         
           Such
           a
           mighty
           Opinion
           had
           the
           Jews
           coneceiv'd
           of
           their
           great
           Towns
           and
           Cities
           ,
           that
           they
           dispis'd
           all
           inferior
           Places
           ,
           in
           Competition
           with
           them
           ,
           for
           Virtue
           and
           Wisdom
           ;
           they
           usually
           ,
           in
           disdain
           ,
           call'd
           such
           as
           were
           not
           of
           their
           Stamp
           ,
           
             Terrae
             Populum
          
           ,
           The
           People
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           or
           if
           you
           will
           take
           it
           in
           the
           Pharisees
           own
           Language
           ,
           John
           7.49
           .
           
             This
             people
             who
             knoweth
             not
             the
             Law
             are
             cursed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Philo
             Judaeus
          
           in
           his
           Book
           concerning
           special
           and
           particular
           Laws
           ,
           tells
           us
           that
           
           the
           Hebrews
           gave
           the
           Cities
           of
           the
           Priests
           ,
           who
           profest
           the
           Law
           ,
           preference
           to
           all
           others
           ,
           yea
           ,
           moreover
           ,
           that
           the
           Towns
           of
           Sacrifice
           were
           held
           to
           be
           more
           Religious
           than
           any
           besides
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           's
           easie
           enough
           to
           conceive
           ,
           that
           Religion
           and
           Goodness
           should
           thrive
           most
           in
           those
           Places
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           the
           Advantage
           to
           be
           recommended
           daily
           by
           Precept
           and
           Example
           ,
           Custom
           and
           general
           Approbation
           .
        
         
           Where
           shall
           we
           seek
           Wisdom
           ?
           Where
           shall
           we
           find
           Understanding
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Schools
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ?
           Where
           shall
           we
           find
           Devotion
           ,
           if
           not
           in
           Synagogues
           and
           Houses
           of
           Prayer
           ?
           Where
           shall
           we
           meet
           the
           Divine
           Presence
           ,
           but
           between
           the
           Cherubins
           ,
           the
           Place
           where
           his
           Honour
           dwells
           ?
        
         
           Thus
           in
           the
           Judgment
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           Places
           of
           Religion
           and
           beneficial
           Converse
           ,
           have
           a
           mighty
           Power
           in
           forming
           Mens
           Manners
           ,
           and
           governing
           the
           Actions
           of
           ther
           Lives
           ;
           yea
           ,
           we
           find
           that
           they
           were
           so
           prejudic'd
           against
           those
           little
           Towns
           and
           Villages
           where
           were
           no
           Synagogues
           ,
           and
           Places
           for
           Sacrifice
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           not
           admit
           
           any
           good
           Thing
           could
           be
           done
           in
           them
           ,
           or
           any
           good
           Man
           come
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           was
           one
           Reason
           (
           though
           not
           to
           be
           justified
           )
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           himself
           found
           so
           little
           Favour
           from
           his
           Country-Men
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           Obscurity
           and
           Ignobleness
           of
           the
           Place
           of
           his
           Birth
           .
        
         
           Hence
           came
           those
           reproachful
           Reflections
           of
           the
           Pharisees
           and
           their
           Admirers
           .
           
           
             Shall
             Christ
             come
             out
             of
             Galilee
             ?
             Look
             and
             see
             ;
             For
             out
             of
             Galilee
             ariseth
             no
             Prophet
             .
          
        
         
           A
           Country
           so
           poor
           and
           despis'd
           ,
           never
           yet
           sent
           a
           Man
           forth
           endued
           with
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Prophecy
           ,
           and
           now
           they
           believe
           it
           never
           would
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           honest
           Nathanael
           ,
           who
           for
           his
           Plainness
           and
           Simplicity
           ,
           was
           so
           belov'd
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           that
           he
           gave
           him
           the
           Character
           of
           an
           
             Israelite
             indeed
          
           ,
           and
           
             without
             guile
          
           ;
           
           was
           notwithstanding
           so
           prejudic'd
           against
           the
           City
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           ;
           that
           when
           Philip
           invited
           him
           to
           see
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           Jesus
           of
           Nazareth
           the
           Son
           of
           Joseph
           ,
           he
           forthwith
           makes
           this
           Reply
           ,
           
           
             Can
             there
             any
             good
             thing
             come
             out
             of
             Nazareth
          
           ?
        
         
           For
           to
           come
           from
           Nazareth
           was
           a
           Proverbial
           
           Kind
           of
           Saying
           for
           a
           Man
           that
           was
           useless
           ,
           and
           good
           for
           nothing
           :
           especially
           amongst
           the
           Men
           of
           that
           Generation
           ,
           who
           ador'd
           only
           the
           Pomp
           and
           Splendour
           of
           Riches
           ,
           allowing
           few
           for
           Wise
           and
           Prudent
           besides
           the
           rich
           and
           prosperous
           ;
           nor
           any
           for
           Good
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           were
           very
           Great
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           
           That
           who
           sate
           in
           
           Moses's
           Chair
           were
           resolv'd
           to
           keep
           their
           Seat
           ;
           wherefore
           to
           secure
           Reverence
           to
           themselves
           ,
           the
           scatter'd
           amongst
           the
           People
           such
           Sayings
           as
           these
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Wisdom
           rests
           not
           upon
           the
           Heads
           of
           Poor
           Men.
           
        
         
           That
           the
           Rich
           and
           Mighty
           upon
           Earth
           are
           the
           Favourites
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           so
           that
           according
           to
           their
           Scheme
           ,
           if
           a
           Man
           be
           shatter'd
           in
           his
           Fortunes
           ,
           or
           however
           brought
           into
           Poverty
           and
           Contempt
           ,
           no
           more
           adoe
           but
           write
           upon
           his
           Doors
           ,
           
           
             Forsaken
             of
             God
             ,
             take
             him
             and
             persecute
             him
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             none
             to
             deliver
             him
             .
          
        
         
           These
           were
           the
           Men
           who
           stumbled
           at
           the
           Humility
           of
           the
           Messiah
           when
           he
           came
           amongst
           'em
           ;
           for
           they
           said
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           prophesied
           
           of
           them
           ,
           
           
             He
             hath
             no
             form
             nor
             comeliness
             ,
             and
             when
             we
             shall
             see
             him
             there
             is
             no
             beauty
             that
             we
             should
             desire
             him
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Place
           of
           his
           Birth
           and
           Parentage
           were
           such
           stumbling-Blocks
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           that
           they
           scorn'd
           to
           receive
           Rules
           of
           Life
           ,
           or
           be
           taught
           Civility
           and
           good
           Manners
           from
           the
           Carpenter's
           Son.
           
        
         
           To
           their
           great
           Sanhedrim
           ,
           which
           consisted
           of
           Rulers
           ,
           Judges
           ,
           Priests
           ,
           and
           Chief
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           they
           fix'd
           the
           Shecinah
           ,
           the
           Divine
           Presence
           ,
           yea
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Judgment
           they
           so
           appropriated
           to
           themselves
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           would
           seek
           for
           Instruction
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           in
           their
           Courts
           and
           Consistories
           ,
           and
           not
           amongst
           poor
           Plebeians
           in
           the
           Sea-Port-Towns
           of
           Galilee
           .
        
         
           This
           that
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           shews
           that
           the
           Instances
           of
           Piety
           and
           Wisdom
           were
           rare
           and
           unfrequent
           in
           the
           mean
           and
           contemptible
           Parts
           of
           Galilee
           ,
           but
           doth
           on
           no
           hand
           justifie
           the
           Infidelity
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Nation
           in
           rejecting
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           that
           Mighty
           Prophet
           ,
           who
           was
           born
           there
           ;
           nor
           should
           any
           Man
           of
           true
           Worth
           and
           Greatness
           ,
           be
           despis'd
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           purely
           for
           the
           Obscurity
           
           of
           his
           House
           and
           Family
           ,
           and
           Place
           of
           his
           Birth
           .
           And
           this
           brings
           me
           to
           the
           second
           thing
           I
           propose
           to
           treat
           of
           ,
           Namely
           ,
        
         
           
           That
           Religion
           and
           Virtue
           doth
           Honour
           to
           a
           Country
           ,
           and
           reflects
           a
           Reputation
           to
           the
           Place
           of
           a
           Man's
           Birth
           :
           
             The
             Lord
             shall
             rehearse
             it
             when
             he
             writes
             up
             the
             people
             ,
             that
             this
             man
             was
             born
             in
             her
             .
          
        
         
           It
           was
           common
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           to
           inroll
           the
           Names
           and
           Doings
           of
           their
           Worthies
           ,
           in
           some
           publick
           Court
           of
           Record
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           live
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           and
           that
           Generations
           to
           come
           ,
           might
           call
           them
           blessed
           .
           To
           this
           the
           Psalmist
           alludes
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             shall
             write
             up
             the
             people
             .
          
        
         
           And
           not
           unlike
           to
           this
           was
           the
           Usage
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Times
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           who
           inserted
           into
           the
           Dyptichs
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           Martyrs
           and
           Confessors
           of
           the
           Faith
           ;
           and
           then
           at
           the
           celebration
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           recited
           their
           Virtues
           ,
           with
           their
           Names
           and
           Countries
           .
        
         
           I
           acknowledge
           no
           Place
           of
           it self
           is
           capable
           of
           Respect
           and
           Honour
           ,
           further
           than
           it
           's
           related
           to
           such
           Men
           ,
           whose
           Merits
           and
           glorious
           Atcheivements
           have
           given
           it
           Credit
           .
        
         
         
           For
           what
           Reputation
           can
           a
           City
           or
           Country
           have
           more
           ,
           than
           that
           it
           hath
           been
           the
           Birth-Place
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Worthies
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           those
           of
           whom
           the
           World
           was
           not
           worthy
           ?
        
         
           All
           the
           Reputation
           of
           a
           City
           or
           Province
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           a
           Place
           in
           History
           ,
           that
           it
           lives
           in
           the
           Archieves
           and
           Registry
           of
           time
           ,
           that
           it
           shall
           be
           talk'd
           of
           with
           Love
           and
           Delight
           ,
           and
           mention'd
           with
           Esteem
           to
           the
           World's
           End
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           the
           Credit
           good
           Men
           do
           to
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           the
           Place
           of
           their
           Birth
           ;
           and
           upon
           the
           Score
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           there
           's
           a
           Respect
           due
           to
           them
           both
           ,
           if
           we
           shall
           appeal
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           To
           the
           general
           Sense
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           
           Or
           ,
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Consider
           the
           Natural
           tendency
           
           of
           Vertue
           it self
           .
        
         
           First
           .
           It
           hath
           been
           the
           general
           Opinion
           
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           
             Jews
             ,
             Pagans
             ,
             Turks
          
           and
           Christians
           ,
           and
           their
           Practice
           confirms
           it
           ,
           that
           there
           's
           an
           Honour
           due
           to
           such
           who
           have
           been
           the
           Authors
           of
           any
           public
           Good
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           their
           Memories
           they
           have
           celebrated
           
           with
           Praise
           ,
           and
           registred
           the
           Land
           of
           their
           Nativity
           .
        
         
           The
           antient
           Jews
           ever
           preserv'd
           a
           great
           Esteem
           of
           the
           Towns
           and
           Countries
           ,
           Houses
           and
           Dwelling●
           of
           their
           Patriarchs
           and
           Prophets
           ;
           Chaldea
           was
           celebrated
           for
           the
           Country
           of
           Abraham
           ;
           and
           Zoar
           (
           tho'
           a
           little
           one
           )
           for
           the
           City
           of
           
           Lot's
           deliverance
           .
        
         
           Whenever
           they
           recited
           the
           Deeds
           of
           their
           Ancestors
           ,
           't
           was
           commonly
           after
           this
           Manner
           ,
           
             Let
             his
             Name
             be
             blessed
             ,
             and
             his
             Memory
             abide
             to
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             World
             to
             come
             :
          
           From
           the
           Jews
           it's
           probable
           was
           this
           deriv'd
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           who
           instituted
           Feasts
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           their
           Gods
           ,
           and
           held
           the
           Places
           in
           Reverence
           that
           gave
           them
           Life
           .
        
         
           Whenever
           they
           talk
           of
           their
           Founders
           of
           Cities
           ,
           their
           Restorers
           of
           Liberties
           ,
           their
           Generals
           and
           Leaders
           of
           Armies
           ,
           their
           inspir'd
           Poets
           and
           Oratours
           ,
           they
           are
           sure
           to
           mention
           the
           Nation
           and
           Country
           whence
           they
           came
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           lov'd
           the
           very
           Ground
           they
           trod
           ,
           and
           fansied
           a
           peculiar
           Generousness
           in
           that
           Air
           where
           those
           Heroes
           breath'd
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           If
           we
           consider
           the
           Natural
           Tendency
           
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           eternize
           the
           Names
           and
           Countries
           of
           Men.
           
        
         
           
             The
             righteous
             shall
             be
             had
             in
             everlasting
             remembrance
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             glory
             of
             his
             house
             shall
             not
             be
             forgot
             .
          
        
         
           Indeed
           Men
           may
           set
           up
           their
           Names
           by
           Villanous
           Actions
           ;
           they
           may
           be
           talk'd
           of
           when
           they
           are
           dead
           ,
           for
           Fools
           and
           Knaves
           ,
           Tyrants
           ,
           Oppressors
           ,
           Murderers
           and
           Destroyers
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           of
           such
           it
           's
           said
           oftimes
           in
           Contempt
           ,
           Loe
           ,
           there
           was
           his
           Dwelling
           ,
           the
           Possession
           of
           Fraud
           and
           Violence
           ;
           Loe
           ,
           there
           his
           Folly
           and
           the
           Place
           of
           his
           Birth
           ;
           but
           to
           be
           buried
           in
           everlasting
           Obscurity
           ,
           is
           better
           by
           far
           ;
           yea
           ,
           what
           our
           Saviour
           said
           to
           Judas
           may
           be
           applied
           to
           such
           ,
           
             it
             had
             been
             better
             for
             them
             if
             they
             had
             never
             been
             born
             .
          
        
         
           Whereas
           in
           the
           Works
           of
           Righteousness
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           there
           are
           the
           Seeds
           of
           Immortality
           ,
           which
           though
           depress'd
           will
           spring
           again
           with
           a
           fresh
           Verdure
           ,
           and
           out
           live
           all
           the
           Pleasures
           of
           Sin
           ,
           which
           last
           but
           a
           Moment
           ;
           in
           a
           Word
           ,
           as
           Vertue
           and
           
           Righteousness
           ,
           will
           embalm
           the
           Names
           of
           the
           Just
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           fragrant
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           so
           will
           they
           preserve
           the
           obscurest
           Parts
           of
           the
           Earth
           from
           Oblivion
           and
           Contempt
           .
        
         
           True
           Worth
           and
           Religion
           will
           hallow
           a
           Cell
           ,
           and
           ennoble
           a
           Cottage
           ;
           when
           Wickedness
           and
           Wrong
           will
           make
           the
           Rafters
           of
           the
           most
           stately
           Structure
           crack
           ,
           
             force
             the
             very
             stone
             out
             of
             the
             wall
             to
             speak
             ,
             and
             the
             beam
             out
             of
             the
             timber
             to
             answer
             it
             :
          
           
           
             Woe
             to
             him
             that
             builds
             a
             town
             with
             blood
             ,
             and
             stablisheth
             a
             City
             by
             iniquity
             .
          
           Yea
           ,
           it
           will
           it
           cause
           to
           be
           written
           upon
           its
           very
           Portico's
           and
           Gates
           ,
           The
           Glory
           of
           this
           House
           is
           departed
           ,
           and
           like
           Filth
           and
           Ordure
           ,
           will
           stick
           upon
           the
           Walls
           ,
           though
           cieled
           with
           Cedar
           ,
           and
           painted
           with
           Vermillion
           .
           So
           then
           as
           long
           as
           there
           's
           any
           Sence
           of
           true
           Honour
           and
           Greatness
           ,
           any
           Difference
           preserv'd
           betwixt
           Good
           and
           Evil
           ;
           good
           Men
           and
           the
           Place
           of
           their
           Birth
           ,
           will
           live
           in
           Credit
           and
           Reputation
           ;
           
             For
             of
             Zion
             it
             will
             be
             said
             ,
          
           as
           long
           as
           the
           World
           stands
           ,
           
             This
             and
             that
             man
             was
             born
             in
             her
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             high
             shall
             establish
             her
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           Consideration
           of
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           shou'd
           provoke
           us
           to
           a
           grateful
           Sense
           of
           the
           Mercies
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           hath
           cast
           our
           Lot
           in
           a
           good
           Land
           ,
           in
           a
           civiliz'd
           Nation
           ,
           by
           the
           planting
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith.
           
        
         
           We
           were
           not
           born
           of
           Cannibals
           and
           Savages
           ,
           as
           many
           in
           the
           barbarous
           parts
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           but
           of
           Christian
           Parents
           ,
           who
           dedicated
           us
           to
           God
           betimes
           ;
           and
           we
           have
           been
           ever
           since
           instructed
           in
           the
           Ways
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           taught
           the
           Judgments
           of
           our
           God.
           
        
         
           Take
           away
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           Institution
           of
           Behaviour
           ,
           what
           a
           dismal
           Prospect
           wou'd
           be
           the
           Land
           of
           our
           Nativity
           ?
           In
           a
           very
           little
           time
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           fear'd
           ,
           we
           shou'd
           return
           to
           our
           primitive
           Barbarity
           ;
           be
           as
           Rude
           in
           our
           Manners
           ,
           as
           Idolatrous
           and
           Apish
           in
           our
           Worship
           ,
           as
           our
           Saxon
           Progenitors
           were
           before
           us
           .
        
         
           But
           bless'd
           be
           God
           ,
           we
           have
           had
           both
           Place
           and
           Conversation
           to
           form
           our
           Manners
           aright
           ,
           and
           conduct
           our
           Lives
           :
           Now
           if
           the
           Jews
           gloried
           in
           their
           great
           Towns
           and
           Cities
           ,
           because
           they
           had
           Synagogues
           
           and
           Places
           of
           Sacrifice
           there
           ,
           we
           have
           this
           ground
           of
           boasting
           all
           the
           Nation
           over
           :
           Every
           Parish
           amongst
           us
           in
           this
           Sense
           may
           be
           call'd
           a
           *
           
             Bethshemesh
             ,
             the
             City
             of
             a
             Priest
          
           ;
           and
           every
           Country
           Village
           hath
           its
           Synagogue
           ,
           the
           House
           of
           Prayer
           and
           Sacrifice
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           we
           wou'd
           attend
           the
           Offices
           of
           Devotion
           with
           a
           Zeal
           answerable
           to
           the
           wise
           Provision
           the
           Church
           hath
           made
           for
           us
           ,
           our
           Prayers
           might
           come
           before
           God
           early
           in
           the
           Morning
           when
           we
           look
           up
           ;
           and
           the
           lifting
           up
           of
           our
           Hands
           wou'd
           be
           as
           surely
           accepted
           as
           the
           Evening
           Sacrifice
           :
           if
           we
           are
           not
           wanting
           to
           our selves
           ,
           we
           may
           know
           something
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           be
           every
           one
           taught
           of
           God
           from
           the
           least
           to
           the
           greatest
           :
           But
           if
           we
           will
           not
           take
           the
           Advantages
           God
           affords
           us
           for
           the
           improving
           and
           bettering
           our selves
           ,
           we
           can
           reasonably
           judge
           no
           otherwise
           ,
           but
           that
           as
           our
           Sins
           are
           aggravated
           ,
           so
           our
           Stripes
           will
           be
           increas'd
           and
           multiply'd
           ;
           For
           
             he
             that
             knew
             his
             master's
             will
             and
             did
             it
             not
             ,
             shall
             be
             beaten
             with
             many
             stripes
          
           ;
           and
           to
           him
           that
           knows
           to
           do
           Good
           (
           or
           may
           know
           if
           he
           pleases
           )
           and
           doth
           it
           
           not
           ,
           to
           him
           it
           is
           Sin
           ;
           it
           is
           Sin
           with
           a
           Witness
           .
        
         
           However
           ,
           as
           a
           Testimony
           of
           our
           Gratitude
           to
           God
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           our
           Birth
           ,
           and
           the
           Advantage
           of
           Education
           ,
           let
           me
           recommend
           but
           these
           two
           things
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           To
           keep
           a
           warm
           ,
           lively
           Sence
           of
           
           God
           and
           Religion
           upon
           your
           Minds
           ,
           acknowledging
           him
           in
           all
           your
           Ways
           ,
           so
           shall
           he
           direct
           your
           Paths
           .
        
         
           To
           live
           without
           God
           in
           the
           World
           is
           our
           degeneracy
           in
           the
           highest
           Measure
           and
           Proportion
           .
        
         
           To
           alienate
           our selves
           from
           him
           by
           wicked
           Works
           ,
           is
           the
           worst
           sort
           of
           Sacrilege
           we
           can
           commit
           ;
           for
           our
           reasonable
           Souls
           are
           Gods
           Peculiar
           ,
           made
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           fitted
           to
           attend
           upon
           him
           ;
           fix
           therefore
           upon
           that
           as
           the
           greatest
           Credit
           to
           any
           Nation
           or
           Country
           that
           leads
           us
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           makes
           us
           most
           acceptable
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           last
           Place
           ,
           as
           a
           farther
           Testimony
           
           of
           our
           Gratitude
           ,
           let
           's
           be
           ready
           and
           prepar'd
           
           to
           every
           good
           Thing
           ,
           provoking
           one
           another
           to
           Love
           and
           good
           Works
           .
        
         
           For
           in
           Truth
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           upon
           the
           Account
           of
           Friendship
           and
           Charity
           ,
           this
           Day
           's
           Meeting
           were
           an
           unlawful
           Assembly
           ,
           little
           better
           than
           a
           Rout
           or
           a
           Riot
           ,
           in
           the
           common
           Sense
           and
           Construction
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           but
           Piety
           and
           Charity
           will
           sanctifie
           an
           Assembly
           ,
           and
           make
           your
           Meeting
           together
           for
           the
           better
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           the
           worse
           .
        
         
           That
           therefore
           I
           wou'd
           leave
           with
           you
           (
           my
           Friends
           and
           Country-Men
           )
           is
           ,
           as
           to
           promote
           Friendship
           and
           Kindness
           among
           your selves
           ,
           so
           to
           let
           your
           poor
           Country-Men
           taste
           the
           Effects
           of
           your
           Liberality
           and
           Bounty
           towards
           them
           .
        
         
           Ye
           of
           this
           Society
           and
           County
           ,
           without
           Ostentation
           be
           it
           said
           ,
           have
           made
           the
           best
           improvement
           of
           these
           Feasts
           of
           Charity
           of
           any
           other
           in
           the
           Nation
           besides
           .
        
         
           How
           many
           poor
           Children
           have
           been
           fetch'd
           from
           the
           Towns
           and
           Villages
           where
           ye
           were
           born
           ,
           and
           put
           to
           honest
           Callings
           in
           this
           City
           ;
           so
           that
           from
           being
           reliev'd
           themselves
           ,
           in
           a
           little
           time
           have
           been
           
           made
           capable
           of
           relieving
           and
           comforting
           others
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           an
           excellent
           sort
           of
           Charity
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           Effects
           of
           it
           are
           conspicuous
           in
           every
           Age.
           
        
         
           How
           many
           began
           in
           this
           great
           City
           in
           as
           mean
           Circumstances
           as
           those
           who
           wear
           the
           Liveries
           and
           Badges
           of
           your
           Charity
           this
           Day
           ?
        
         
           And
           who
           knows
           but
           those
           poor
           Children
           may
           have
           such
           Seeds
           of
           Vertue
           in
           their
           Natures
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           little
           time
           they
           may
           exchange
           their
           Places
           for
           yours
           ,
           and
           be
           as
           useful
           in
           the
           times
           to
           come
           as
           you
           have
           been
           in
           the
           Generations
           before
           them
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           is
           no
           Reflexion
           upon
           any
           Man
           ;
           nay
           it
           's
           so
           far
           from
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           much
           to
           a
           Man's
           Credit
           ,
           when
           his
           Parts
           and
           Prudence
           with
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           not
           his
           Paternal
           Inheritance
           hath
           made
           Rich.
           
        
         
           Abundant
           Examples
           there
           are
           of
           such
           who
           from
           a
           small
           Figure
           once
           ,
           have
           arriv'd
           to
           the
           chief
           Magistracy
           of
           this
           City
           ;
           and
           of
           others
           who
           from
           Schools
           and
           Hospitals
           of
           Religion
           and
           Learning
           ,
           have
           in
           
           time
           arriv'd
           to
           be
           useful
           and
           considerable
           Men
           in
           Church
           and
           State.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           inglorious
           only
           to
           grow
           Great
           by
           Frauds
           and
           Perjuries
           ,
           Extortion
           or
           Oppression
           ,
           or
           to
           thrive
           by
           any
           Sin
           :
           But
           it
           is
           no
           way
           infamous
           from
           Low
           Beginnings
           to
           take
           one's
           Rise
           ,
           while
           Sobriety
           and
           Honesty
           ,
           Diligence
           and
           Industry
           ,
           are
           the
           Means
           to
           Advancement
           .
        
         
           The
           Heathens
           ,
           who
           made
           Honour
           a
           Goddess
           ,
           however
           they
           did
           in
           that
           ,
           yet
           did
           wisely
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           made
           Vertue
           the
           Step
           to
           her
           Altars
           ,
           and
           wou'd
           allow
           none
           for
           Men
           of
           Honour
           ,
           who
           had
           not
           first
           been
           the
           Sons
           of
           Wisdom
           .
        
         
           We
           may
           indeed
           be
           thought
           to
           move
           counter
           to
           the
           Custom
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           if
           we
           take
           these
           Steps
           :
           But
           assure
           your selves
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           take
           others
           ,
           will
           find
           in
           the
           End
           that
           they
           made
           more
           haste
           than
           good
           speed
           .
        
         
           Let
           the
           World
           judge
           Things
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           yet
           upon
           this
           you
           may
           depend
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           Religion
           and
           Piety
           ,
           Justice
           and
           Charity
           will
           reflect
           a
           Reputation
           upon
           you
           
           and
           your
           Country
           :
           For
           never
           any
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           whether
           Philosophers
           or
           Heralds
           ,
           who
           have
           treated
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           of
           Dignity
           of
           Birth
           ,
           or
           Titles
           of
           Honour
           ,
           but
           made
           Virtue
           a
           constitutive
           Part
           of
           true
           Greatness
           and
           Gentility
           .
        
         
           The
           Children
           of
           God
           were
           
           Zion's
           Crown
           and
           Glory
           :
           This
           was
           her
           boasting
           ,
           that
           the
           Servants
           of
           God
           were
           born
           in
           her
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           Bethsaida
           of
           Galilee
           is
           fam'd
           for
           little
           else
           but
           the
           Birth-Place
           of
           
             Peter
             ,
             Andrew
          
           ,
           and
           Philip
           ,
           the
           Disciples
           of
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           How
           many
           Towns
           and
           Villages
           in
           Africk
           ,
           and
           other
           Parts
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           of
           whom
           there
           's
           nothing
           remains
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           were
           the
           Seats
           and
           Habitations
           of
           some
           Ancient
           Bishops
           ,
           Martyrs
           ,
           and
           Confessors
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith.
           
        
         
         
           Nor
           have
           the
           Pagans
           been
           backward
           to
           pay
           all
           Respect
           to
           the
           Birth-Place
           of
           their
           Worthies
           .
        
         
           Seven
           Towns
           ,
           we
           are
           told
           ,
           contested
           the
           Honour
           of
           
           Homer's
           Birth
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           Alexander
           came
           against
           Thebes
           ,
           sack'd
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           sold
           the
           Citizens
           to
           the
           Number
           of
           Thirty
           Thousand
           ,
           yet
           he
           remember'd
           poor
           
           Pindar's
           House
           ,
           and
           Off-Spring
           ,
           and
           excepted
           them
           the
           Common
           Calamity
           ,
           
           out
           of
           Respect
           to
           his
           Name
           and
           Memory
           .
        
         
           Tully
           in
           his
           Book
           against
           Verres
           ,
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           ,
           with
           his
           wicked
           Complices
           ,
           lay'd
           their
           Sacrilegious
           Hands
           upon
           the
           Gods
           ,
           and
           the
           Sacred
           Things
           of
           the
           Temple
           at
           Delphos
           ;
           the
           Inhabitants
           were
           much
           inraged
           for
           the
           Sake
           of
           the
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Antiquity
           of
           the
           Place
           ,
           and
           adds
           besides
           ,
           that
           the
           Persians
           ,
           when
           they
           over-ran
           Greece
           ,
           and
           threatned
           Destruction
           to
           the
           Gods
           and
           
           their
           Worshippers
           ,
           yet
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           their
           Millitary
           Rage
           and
           Sanguine
           Zeal
           ,
           spar'd
           Delos
           ,
           because
           't
           was
           the
           Birth-Place
           of
           Apollo
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           Wisdom
           and
           Eloquence
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           we
           read
           how
           Infamous
           some
           Places
           have
           been
           ,
           for
           the
           Sins
           of
           the
           Natives
           there
           .
        
         
           Tire
           and
           
             Sidon
             ,
             Sodom
          
           and
           Gomorra
           are
           stigmatiz'd
           in
           Sacred
           History
           for
           Gluttony
           ,
           and
           fulness
           of
           Bread
           ,
           for
           their
           great
           Contempt
           of
           God
           and
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Crete
           is
           branded
           for
           Lying
           and
           Deceit
           ,
           for
           Inhumanity
           and
           Cruelty
           ,
           Titus
           1.12
           .
           St.
           Paul
           quotes
           it
           out
           of
           one
           of
           their
           own
           Prophets
           (
           so
           they
           are
           call'd
           who
           had
           the
           Poetic
           Fury
           )
           
             The
             Cretians
             are
             always
             lyars
             ,
             evil
             beasts
             ,
             slow-bellies
             .
          
        
         
           To
           conclude
           therefore
           ,
           if
           we
           have
           any
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           any
           Respect
           to
           our
           Native
           Country
           ,
           any
           Value
           for
           the
           Memory
           of
           our
           Friends
           ,
           Let
           's
           resolve
           to
           devote
           our
           
           selves
           to
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           serve
           one
           another
           by
           Love.
           
        
         
           And
           now
           since
           we
           are
           returning
           to
           the
           Amicable
           Enjoyment
           one
           of
           another
           ,
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Feasting
           ,
           let
           there
           be
           no
           Spots
           in
           your
           Feasts
           of
           Love
           ,
           let
           Charity
           be
           the
           chief
           Steward
           ,
           and
           Sobriety
           the
           Ornament
           of
           your
           Guests
           :
           Then
           that
           Saying
           of
           the
           Preacher
           may
           take
           Place
           ,
           Ecclesiastes
           9.7
           ,
           8.
           
           
             Let
             thy
             garments
             be
             always
             white
             ,
             and
             let
             thy
             head
             lack
             no
             ointment
             .
          
        
         
           
             Go
             thy
             way
             ,
             eat
             thy
             bread
             with
             joy
             ,
             and
             drink
             thy
             wine
             with
             a
             merry
             heart
             ,
             for
             God
             accepts
             thy
             work
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A65808-e480
           
             Verse
             1.
             
          
           
             Verse
             2.
             
          
           
             Verse
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             122.1.132.5
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             48.2
             .
          
           
             Luke
             19.1
             .
          
           
             Verse
             4.
             
          
           
             Acts
             11.26
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             
          
           
             John
             7.41.52
             .
          
           
             John
             1.47
             .
          
           
             John
             1.45.46
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             23.2
             
          
           
             Psal.
             71.11
             .
          
           
             Isa.
             53.2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             112.6
             
          
           
             Hab.
             2.11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             *
             Jos.
             21.16
             .
          
           
             
               Plut.
               in
               vit
               .
               Alexandri
            
             .