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             A sermon preached upon the fifth of November, 1678. By a Protestant divine
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           UPON
           THE
           Fifth
           of
           November
           ,
           1678.
           
        
         
           By
           a
           Protestant
           Divine
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Dorman
             Newman
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Kings-Arms
           in
           the
           Poultry
           ,
           1678.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             PSAL.
             LXXXIII
             .
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             They
             have
             taken
             crafty
             counsel
             against
             thy
             people
             ,
             and
             consulted
             against
             thy
             hidden
             ones
             :
             They
             have
             said
             ,
             Come
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             cut
             them
             off
             from
             being
             a
             Nation
             ,
             that
             the
             name
             of
             Israel
             be
             no
             more
             in
             remembrance
             .
          
        
         
           THIS
           Psalm
           may
           either
           refer
           to
           some
           particular
           time
           ,
           when
           the
           Land
           of
           Israel
           had
           War
           with
           ,
           and
           was
           invaded
           by
           the
           
             Edomites
             ,
             Ismaelites
          
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Nations
           spoken
           of
           here
           ,
           ver
           .
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8
           ;
           as
           it
           was
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           David
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           8.
           1
           ,
           &c.
           and
           Jehosaphat
           ,
           2
           Chron.
           20.
           1
           ,
           10.
           
           Or
           else
           it
           may
           be
           applied
           to
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           Jews
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           several
           enemies
           which
           they
           had
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           to
           the
           Captivity
           .
           At
           which
           time
           especially
           we
           find
           the
           Amonites
           and
           Moabites
           ,
           the
           Edomites
           and
           Philistins
           ,
           in
           Ezek.
           25
           ,
           with
           those
           of
           Tyre
           ,
           chap.
           26
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           sworn
           enemies
           to
           the
           welfare
           of
           Israel
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           rejoiced
           in
           the
           destruction
           and
           captivity
           of
           that
           people
           .
           Upon
           which
           of
           these
           occasions
           this
           Psalm
           was
           
           penned
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           so
           fit
           to
           determine
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           to
           observe
           the
           lively
           representation
           that
           is
           here
           made
           of
           the
           enmity
           which
           the
           wicked
           do
           bear
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           people
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           need
           which
           the
           Church
           hath
           of
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           protection
           it
           finds
           by
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           .
        
         
           The
           Jews
           were
           a
           typical
           people
           ,
           an
           emblem
           of
           what
           the
           Church
           was
           like
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           of
           what
           it
           was
           like
           to
           meet
           with
           in
           future
           ages
           .
           They
           were
           seldom
           or
           never
           without
           enemies
           ,
           and
           those
           enemies
           never
           without
           mischievous
           designs
           ,
           which
           they
           laid
           with
           great
           cunning
           ,
           and
           prosecuted
           with
           all
           their
           might
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           also
           never
           without
           a
           defence
           ,
           and
           with
           which
           they
           were
           always
           safe
           .
           The
           enemies
           might
           advise
           and
           conspire
           ,
           confederate
           ,
           assemble
           and
           joyn
           together
           ;
           they
           might
           proceed
           ,
           and
           promise
           themselves
           success
           in
           their
           design
           ;
           but
           as
           long
           as
           Israel
           was
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           was
           safe
           :
           and
           as
           till
           it
           needed
           persecution
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           preserved
           from
           it
           ;
           so
           till
           it
           deserved
           it
           ,
           should
           never
           be
           forsaken
           .
           This
           is
           the
           account
           which
           the
           Psalmist
           gives
           of
           the
           state
           of
           that
           Church
           with
           respect
           to
           its
           enemies
           that
           sought
           to
           destroy
           it
           ,
           and
           with
           respect
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           took
           care
           to
           preserve
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Words
           we
           have
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           An
           evil
           design
           laid
           and
           contrived
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           destroy
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ;
           
             They
             have
             taken
             counsel
             against
             thy
             people
             ,
             and
             consulted
             against
             thy
             hidden
             ones
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             2.
             
             Their
             Confederacy
             in
             this
             design
          
           ;
           They
           have
           said
           ,
           come
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           cut
           them
           off
           .
           
             So
             again
          
           ,
           vers
           .
           5
           ,
           They
           have
           consulted
           together
           with
           one
           consent
           :
           they
           are
           confederate
           against
           thee
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           success
           which
           they
           promised
           themselves
           in
           it
           ;
           
             Come
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             cut
             them
             off
          
           ;
           as
           if
           it
           was
           what
           they
           could
           as
           soon
           do
           as
           say
           ;
           what
           they
           could
           not
           be
           opposed
           or
           prevented
           in
           .
        
         
           Accordingly
           I
           shall
           shew
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           wicked
           do
           bear
           an
           enmity
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           seek
           the
           destruction
           of
           it
           .
           Where
           I
           shall
           consider
           whence
           that
           doth
           proceed
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           what
           ways
           they
           do
           shew
           this
           enmity
           ,
           and
           what
           course
           they
           take
           to
           afflict
           and
           destroy
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           confidence
           which
           they
           have
           of
           success
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           By
           way
           of
           Supplement
           ,
           I
           shall
           shew
           by
           what
           ways
           their
           designs
           may
           be
           prevented
           ,
           and
           their
           enterprizes
           overthrown
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           I
           shall
           consider
           the
           enmity
           which
           the
           wicked
           bear
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           from
           whence
           that
           doth
           proceed
           .
        
         
           When
           we
           consider
           what
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           is
           ,
           and
           of
           what
           excellent
           persons
           its
           Family
           doth
           consist
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           excellent
           Rules
           it
           is
           ordered
           ,
           we
           may
           think
           it
           as
           safe
           from
           all
           outward
           violence
           ,
           as
           from
           any
           inward
           distemper
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           should
           not
           find
           any
           enemies
           ,
           since
           it
           doth
           not
           by
           any
           just
           invitations
           make
           them
           .
           
             From
             whence
             come
             wars
             and
             fightings
             among
             you
             ?
             Come
          
           
           
             they
             not
             hence
             ,
             even
             of
             your
             lusts
             that
             war
             in
             your
             members
             ?
             Ye
             lust
             and
             have
             not
             :
             ye
             kill
             and
             desire
             to
             have
             .
             James
          
           4.
           1.
           
           ●
           .
           When
           men
           do
           greedily
           desire
           what
           another
           doth
           possess
           ,
           and
           use
           violence
           to
           thrust
           him
           out
           of
           his
           right
           that
           they
           themselves
           may
           enjoy
           it
           :
           when
           they
           do
           envy
           the
           good
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           do
           maliciously
           endeavour
           to
           supplant
           them
           in
           it
           :
           when
           they
           do
           seek
           to
           revenge
           themselves
           upon
           those
           that
           have
           done
           them
           a
           real
           injury
           ,
           or
           that
           have
           prevented
           them
           from
           doing
           it
           to
           another
           ;
           they
           grow
           quarrelsom
           and
           contentious
           ,
           and
           fill
           the
           World
           with
           divisions
           and
           strifes
           ,
           hatred
           and
           variance
           ,
           blood
           and
           slaughter
           .
           But
           now
           when
           men
           are
           meek
           and
           peaceable
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           not
           forward
           to
           do
           any
           wrong
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           backward
           to
           resent
           what
           they
           receive
           from
           them
           ;
           one
           would
           think
           that
           they
           are
           as
           secure
           from
           receiving
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           above
           the
           design
           of
           doing
           any
           hurt
           ;
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           1
           Pet.
           3.
           13
           ,
           
             Who
             will
             harm
             you
             if
             ye
             be
             followers
             of
             that
             which
             is
             good
             ?
          
           This
           is
           indeed
           often
           the
           reward
           of
           meekness
           ,
           and
           modesty
           ,
           of
           integrity
           and
           faithfulness
           ,
           of
           justice
           and
           honesty
           ,
           of
           goodness
           and
           piety
           ,
           that
           it
           gains
           the
           good
           will
           and
           the
           good
           word
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           procures
           peace
           and
           safety
           to
           those
           that
           practice
           it
           .
           But
           yet
           it
           is
           no
           rare
           thing
           for
           the
           best
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Religion
           in
           the
           World
           to
           meet
           with
           fierce
           oppositions
           and
           sharp
           persecutions
           .
           An
           instance
           of
           which
           is
           the
           people
           of
           Israel
           ,
           who
           were
           continually
           practised
           upon
           ,
           invaded
           and
           assaulted
           by
           those
           that
           were
           their
           neighbours
           .
           We
           find
           
           that
           no
           tie
           or
           obligation
           could
           secure
           them
           against
           ,
           or
           engage
           others
           to
           be
           for
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           watched
           and
           took
           all
           advantages
           to
           surprize
           ,
           to
           spoil
           and
           to
           ruin
           them
           .
           Some
           of
           these
           nations
           spoken
           of
           in
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           had
           more
           reason
           to
           be
           their
           Friends
           than
           their
           Enemies
           .
           The
           Ishmaelites
           descended
           directly
           from
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           the
           Hagarens
           are
           supposed
           to
           be
           his
           posterity
           also
           by
           Keturah
           ,
           whom
           some
           think
           to
           have
           been
           Hagar
           that
           he
           took
           again
           after
           
           Sarah's
           death
           .
           The
           Moabites
           and
           Ammonites
           were
           the
           off-spring
           of
           Lot.
           The
           Edomites
           sprung
           from
           Esau
           the
           brother
           of
           Jacob
           :
           And
           which
           three
           last
           ,
           besides
           this
           relation
           by
           blood
           ,
           had
           a
           particular
           reason
           to
           forbear
           all
           Acts
           of
           Hostility
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           not
           disturbed
           by
           the
           Israelites
           when
           they
           passed
           by
           them
           into
           Canaan
           ,
           Deut.
           2.
           5
           ,
           9.
           
           The
           rest
           of
           them
           were
           such
           whom
           Israel
           did
           not
           disturb
           or
           invade
           ,
           unless
           when
           invaded
           ,
           contenting
           themselves
           with
           what
           was
           given
           them
           by
           the
           decree
           ,
           and
           order
           ,
           and
           appointment
           of
           God.
           But
           it
           is
           not
           always
           quietness
           and
           innocency
           that
           are
           a
           sufficient
           protection
           ;
           even
           that
           ,
           when
           nothing
           else
           can
           be
           the
           foundation
           of
           a
           quarrel
           ,
           shall
           serve
           to
           make
           it
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Church
           may
           be
           persecuted
           without
           fault
           ,
           and
           may
           fare
           ill
           ,
           not
           because
           it
           is
           worse
           ,
           but
           better
           than
           those
           it
           receives
           injury
           from
           :
           and
           that
           will
           appear
           if
           we
           consider
           from
           whence
           this
           doth
           proceed
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           This
           proceeds
           from
           the
           craft
           and
           policy
           ,
           the
           malice
           and
           spite
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           who
           being
           a
           competitor
           with
           God
           for
           dominion
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           
           whose
           whole
           design
           it
           is
           to
           defeat
           him
           in
           the
           good
           that
           he
           would
           do
           for
           mankind
           ,
           doth
           perpetually
           labour
           to
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           whatever
           may
           be
           offered
           toward
           the
           delivering
           of
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
           out
           of
           his
           snare
           .
           How
           doth
           he
           triumph
           in
           being
           
             the
             god
             of
             this
             World
          
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           success
           that
           he
           hath
           upon
           poor
           and
           miserable
           mortals
           ;
           most
           of
           whom
           he
           hath
           in
           all
           ages
           made
           his
           tributaries
           and
           vassals
           ;
           and
           by
           whom
           he
           was
           so
           generally
           served
           and
           obeyed
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           but
           in
           a
           spot
           of
           the
           earth
           that
           God
           was
           truly
           worshipped
           ,
           a
           Country
           not
           above
           200
           miles
           in
           length
           ,
           and
           80
           in
           breadth
           .
           So
           Psal
           .
           147.
           19
           ,
           20
           ,
           
             He
             sheweth
             his
             word
             unto
             Jacob
             :
             his
             statutes
             and
             his
             judgments
             unto
             Israel
             .
             He
             hath
             not
             dealt
             so
             with
             any
             nation
             ,
             and
             as
             for
             his
             judgments
             they
             have
             not
             known
             them
             .
          
           Whatever
           good
           men
           might
           be
           scattered
           through
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           however
           Religion
           might
           be
           preserved
           in
           some
           particular
           Families
           and
           Tribes
           of
           other
           nations
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           was
           in
           that
           of
           Job
           and
           his
           friends
           )
           yet
           there
           was
           no
           intire
           nation
           that
           kept
           up
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           only
           true
           God
           ,
           besides
           that
           of
           the
           Jews
           .
           When
           mankind
           had
           basely
           degenerated
           ,
           and
           the
           state
           of
           the
           World
           grew
           worse
           and
           worse
           ,
           God
           chose
           out
           the
           people
           of
           Israel
           for
           his
           peculiar
           service
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           other
           ends
           ,
           so
           to
           be
           an
           instrument
           of
           winning
           others
           over
           to
           the
           same
           practice
           .
           This
           people
           he
           separated
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           by
           his
           dealings
           with
           them
           ,
           in
           dividing
           the
           Seas
           ,
           piercing
           the
           Rocks
           ,
           destroying
           the
           nations
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           preserving
           them
           when
           threatned
           with
           
           the
           greatest
           dangers
           ,
           so
           that
           no
           violence
           could
           hurt
           them
           ,
           nor
           power
           disposses
           them
           ,
           nor
           any
           thing
           destroy
           them
           but
           their
           sins
           ;
           by
           these
           and
           the
           like
           ways
           he
           made
           them
           conspicuous
           to
           the
           Nations
           far
           and
           near
           ,
           and
           pu●
           such
           upon
           enquiring
           whence
           all
           this
           should
           proceed
           ▪
           and
           so
           at
           length
           they
           might
           be
           won
           to
           own
           the
           same
           God
           ,
           and
           put
           themselves
           under
           his
           protection
           .
           So
           Deut.
           4.
           6
           ,
           
             Keep
             therefore
             and
             do
             them
          
           [
           my
           statutes
           ]
           
             for
             this
             is
             your
             wisdom
             and
             your
             understanding
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             all
             the
             nations
             ,
             which
             shall
             hear
             all
             these
             statutes
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             surely
             this
             great
             nation
             is
             a
             wise
             and
             understanding
             people
             .
          
           So
           Vers
           .
           32.
           33
           ,
           34.
           and
           Chap.
           26.
           18
           ,
           19.
           
        
         
           And
           when
           God
           had
           so
           visibly
           separated
           a
           people
           to
           himself
           from
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           such
           eminent
           tokens
           of
           his
           presence
           with
           them
           ,
           he
           had
           made
           them
           and
           himself
           known
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           it
           was
           no
           wonder
           that
           the
           Devil
           set
           himself
           with
           all
           his
           might
           to
           prevent
           this
           growing-danger
           that
           threatned
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           to
           provide
           that
           his
           dominions
           which
           he
           had
           kept
           hitherto
           intire
           to
           himself
           ,
           might
           not
           be
           invaded
           ;
           and
           what
           he
           had
           usurped
           might
           not
           be
           wrested
           out
           of
           his
           hands
           ;
           Nothing
           should
           in
           such
           a
           case
           be
           wanting
           on
           his
           part
           that
           either
           his
           wit
           could
           invent
           ,
           or
           his
           power
           perform
           ;
           and
           so
           without
           doubt
           he
           did
           stir
           up
           enemies
           to
           assault
           ,
           vex
           and
           destroy
           them
           .
           And
           he
           that
           did
           thus
           bestir
           himself
           in
           the
           first
           settlement
           of
           a
           National
           Church
           ,
           cannot
           be
           thought
           to
           have
           forgot
           himself
           or
           to
           neglect
           his
           cause
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           use
           an
           industry
           great
           and
           sufficient
           
           in
           proportion
           to
           the
           danger
           that
           was
           approaching
           ;
           when
           no
           less
           a
           design
           was
           set
           on
           foot
           than
           of
           bringing
           the
           whole
           world
           into
           the
           same
           condition
           ,
           and
           making
           al●
           mankind
           to
           adore
           the
           King
           of
           kings
           ,
           and
           Lord
           of
           lords
           in
           the
           same
           way
           .
           When
           this
           design
           was
           laid
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           power
           appeared
           in
           its
           behalf
           ,
           as
           threw
           him
           out
           of
           his
           Empire
           in
           a
           shameful
           way
           ,
           and
           tore
           up
           the
           foundations
           of
           it
           ;
           we
           may
           suppose
           that
           he
           would
           bend
           all
           his
           forces
           that
           way
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           his
           Crew
           would
           take
           up
           Arms
           to
           oppose
           whatever
           was
           like
           to
           procure
           the
           total
           overthrow
           of
           that
           Empire
           he
           had
           so
           long
           injoyed
           .
           Then
           the
           gates
           of
           Hell
           ,
           all
           the
           power
           and
           policy
           of
           it
           ,
           would
           combine
           against
           the
           Church
           which
           Christ
           established
           so
           much
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           the
           Devils
           dominion
           .
           It
           's
           said
           Revel
           .
           12.
           12
           ,
           13.
           
           
             Wo
             to
             the
             inhabiters
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Sea
             :
             for
             the
             Devil
             is
             come
             down
             unto
             you
             ,
             having
             great
             wrath
             ,
             because
             he
             knoweth
             that
             he
             hath
             but
             a
             short
             time
             .
             And
             when
             the
             Dragon
             saw
             that
             he
             was
             castout
             unto
             the
             earth
             ,
             he
             persecuted
             the
             woman
             which
             brought
             forth
             the
             man-child
             .
          
           He
           that
           prided
           himself
           before
           in
           the
           extent
           of
           his
           dominions
           and
           numbers
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           being
           deprived
           of
           that
           Supremacy
           ,
           breaks
           forth
           into
           the
           greatest
           rage
           against
           all
           the
           deserters
           of
           his
           government
           ,
           and
           seeks
           to
           destroy
           those
           whom
           he
           could
           not
           retain
           and
           keep
           firm
           to
           him
           .
           And
           this
           is
           one
           cause
           why
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           meets
           with
           opposition
           and
           persecution
           ,
           as
           the
           Devil
           is
           concerned
           in
           the
           quarrel
           ,
           and
           doth
           instigate
           bad
           men
           to
           manage
           and
           to
           carry
           it
           on
           .
        
         
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
             It
             proceeds
             from
             the
             restless
             tempe●…
             of
             wicked
             men
             ,
             whose
             minds
             are
             set
             upon
             mischief
             and
             that
             do
             catch
             at
             all
             opportunities
             for
             it
             .
             It
             is
             said
             of
             such
             ,
          
           Prov.
           
             1.
             16
             ,
             that
          
           their
           feet
           run
           to
           evil
           ,
           and
           make
           haste
           to
           shed
           blood
           .
           And
           Chap.
           
             4.
             16
             ,
             17.
          
           
           They
           sleep
           not
           except
           they
           have
           done
           mischief
           :
           and
           their
           sleep
           is
           taken
           away
           unless
           they
           cause
           some
           to
           fall
           .
           For
           they
           eat
           the
           bread
           of
           wickedness
           ,
           and
           drink
           the
           wine
           of
           violence
           .
           
             Wherefore
             they
             are
             fitly
             compared
             to
          
           the
           troubled
           Sea
           ,
           when
           it
           cannot
           rest
           ,
           whose
           waters
           cast
           up
           mire
           and
           dirt
           .
           
             Isaiah
             57.
             20.
          
           
        
         
           When
           sin
           hath
           erected
           its
           Empire
           ,
           and
           come
           to
           be
           predominant
           ,
           it
           then
           becomes
           an
           interest
           ;
           and
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           which
           of
           it self
           is
           perpetually
           in
           motion
           ,
           will
           then
           ,
           being
           made
           a
           party
           ,
           move
           strongly
           in
           its
           desires
           and
           designs
           that
           way
           which
           by
           such
           a
           depraved
           temper
           it
           is
           directed
           to
           .
           It
           's
           always
           then
           prepared
           for
           action
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           is
           habitually
           disposed
           ,
           so
           being
           awakened
           by
           the
           least
           occasion
           ,
           it
           presently
           is
           all
           on
           fire
           ,
           and
           engages
           in
           the
           quarrel
           .
           It
           will
           then
           appear
           in
           the
           Cause
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           fight
           its
           battels
           ;
           and
           whatever
           doth
           obstruct
           and
           oppose
           it
           ,
           shall
           be
           looked
           upon
           and
           dealt
           with
           as
           an
           Enemy
           .
           This
           doth
           all
           sin
           more
           or
           less
           wherever
           it
           is
           .
           But
           there
           are
           some
           sinners
           that
           from
           their
           own
           natural
           temper
           ,
           or
           their
           manner
           of
           life
           ,
           are
           more
           unquiet
           than
           others
           ,
           and
           whom
           it
           's
           necessary
           for
           the
           peace
           and
           safety
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           find
           out
           some
           employment
           for
           (
           as
           they
           say
           it
           is
           for
           a
           Spirit
           when
           it
           is
           raised
           
           by
           the
           power
           of
           charms
           and
           witchcraft
           )
           and
           to
           watch
           over
           them
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           will
           be
           perpetually
           hatching
           and
           doing
           of
           mischief
           .
           Such
           especially
           are
           they
           that
           ●ive
           in
           Cloysters
           and
           Frieries
           ,
           that
           having
           no
           set
           and
           fixed
           employments
           to
           take
           up
           their
           minds
           ,
           are
           listning
           to
           all
           news
           ,
           greedy
           of
           understanding
           the
           state
           of
           affairs
           ,
           prying
           into
           every
           ones
           concerns
           ,
           busying
           themselves
           in
           finding
           out
           what
           others
           think
           ,
           design
           ,
           or
           do
           :
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           that
           there
           is
           no
           part
           of
           their
           office
           which
           they
           are
           so
           diligent
           in
           ,
           and
           expert
           at
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           hearing
           confessions
           ;
           This
           they
           can
           abide
           by
           all
           the
           day
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           thereby
           ▪
           an
           opportunity
           of
           diving
           into
           the
           hearts
           ,
           and
           drawing
           out
           the
           secrets
           of
           others
           ;
           of
           understanding
           the
           tempers
           of
           persons
           ,
           the
           state
           of
           Families
           ,
           Towns
           ,
           and
           Kingdoms
           .
           These
           are
           very
           dangerous
           persons
           wherever
           they
           do
           reside
           .
           It
           's
           such
           as
           these
           that
           will
           not
           suffer
           Princes
           or
           People
           to
           be
           quiet
           (
           where
           they
           are
           admitted
           and
           indulged
           )
           but
           are
           perpetually
           instigating
           them
           ,
           and
           putting
           them
           forward
           upon
           dangerous
           enterprizes
           .
           These
           ,
           that
           pretend
           to
           be
           under
           an
           Obligation
           not
           to
           divulge
           the
           secrets
           of
           Confession
           (
           although
           a
           Prince
           ,
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           thousands
           of
           People
           suffer
           by
           the
           concealment
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           had
           likely
           to
           have
           proved
           in
           the
           Gunpowder-Treason
           )
           make
           their
           advantage
           of
           these
           to
           breed
           ill
           blood
           ,
           to
           foster
           and
           promote
           jealousies
           and
           contentions
           betwixt
           Prince
           and
           people
           ,
           betwixt
           Nation
           and
           Nation
           ,
           that
           their
           Cause
           may
           be
           promoted
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           means
           others
           may
           
           be
           made
           unable
           to
           hurt
           them
           ,
           or
           defend
           themselves
           .
           It
           's
           but
           fit
           therefore
           ,
           since
           such
           have
           chosen
           the
           life
           of
           a
           Cloyster
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           confined
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           are
           enough
           to
           set
           all
           the
           World
           on
           fire
           ,
           and
           to
           draw
           men
           into
           perpetual
           quarrels
           and
           contentions
           .
           These
           are
           they
           that
           keep
           the
           Church
           from
           being
           quiet
           ,
           and
           Christians
           from
           the
           practice
           of
           those
           duties
           that
           tend
           to
           the
           peace
           ,
           the
           order
           ,
           and
           the
           security
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           It
           proceeds
           from
           the
           interest
           of
           wicked
           men
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           Vers
           .
           3.
           
           
             They
             have
             consulted
             against
             thy
             hidden
             ones
             ,
          
           or
           as
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           is
           rendred
           Psalm
           17.
           14.
           
           
             Thy
             treasures
          
           .
           So
           Vers
           .
           12.
           
           
             They
             say
             ,
             let
             us
             take
             to
             our selves
             the
             houses
          
           [
           or
           ornaments
           ]
           
             of
             God
             in
             possession
          
           .
           The
           riches
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           amongst
           other
           things
           ,
           did
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           invite
           their
           avarice
           .
           And
           this
           is
           frequently
           a
           reason
           of
           the
           enmity
           of
           such
           .
           The
           Church
           may
           either
           have
           somewhat
           which
           they
           want
           ;
           or
           else
           if
           it
           should
           prevail
           ,
           deprive
           them
           of
           somewhat
           which
           they
           have
           ,
           and
           so
           gives
           therefore
           sufficient
           ground
           of
           a
           quarrel
           .
           The
           Apostle
           tells
           us
           of
           some
           men
           ,
           
             whose
             God
             is
             their
             belly
             ,
             and
             that
             mind
             earthly
             things
             ,
          
           Phil.
           3.
           19.
           and
           of
           others
           ,
           
             whose
             gain
             is
             godliness
          
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           6.
           5
           ,
           that
           are
           no
           further
           for
           Religion
           than
           Religion
           is
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           make
           use
           of
           that
           Sacred
           Name
           to
           obtain
           or
           secure
           their
           secular
           interest
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           be
           opposed
           ,
           Hell
           it self
           shall
           be
           moved
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           power
           and
           policy
           can
           do
           ,
           imployed
           to
           protect
           it
           .
           Religion
           it self
           shall
           be
           abandoned
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           harassed
           and
           persecuted
           ,
           if
           they
           make
           against
           it
           .
        
         
         
           This
           is
           one
           great
           reason
           of
           the
           quarrel
           betwixt
           us
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           those
           attemps
           made
           upon
           us
           by
           a
           Foreign
           Power
           .
           England
           is
           a
           fruitful
           Country
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           ,
           of
           their
           own
           temper
           ,
           inclined
           to
           devotion
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           a
           plentiful
           harvest
           which
           some
           men
           reaped
           here
           in
           former
           times
           from
           Peter-pence
           ,
           and
           first-Fruits
           ,
           and
           Pensions
           ,
           and
           Appeals
           ,
           and
           Dispensations
           ,
           and
           Indulgences
           ,
           and
           Jubilees
           ,
           and
           Pilgrimages
           ;
           they
           were
           goodly
           days
           when
           there
           were
           frequent
           returns
           in
           these
           kinds
           from
           hence
           to
           Rome
           :
           but
           now
           that
           there
           is
           a
           great
           Gulph
           fixed
           ,
           by
           Laws
           and
           Statutes
           and
           Penalties
           ,
           betwixt
           us
           and
           them
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           which
           would
           pass
           from
           hence
           to
           them
           cannot
           ;
           neither
           can
           they
           pass
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           would
           come
           from
           thence
           about
           such
           affairs
           without
           danger
           ,
           whilst
           those
           Laws
           are
           in
           being
           ,
           and
           are
           put
           in
           execution
           ;
           their
           bank
           is
           sunk
           ,
           and
           they
           would
           fain
           be
           returning
           to
           their
           old
           quarter
           .
           There
           are
           Abbies
           ,
           and
           
             Monastries
             ,
             Frieries
          
           and
           Nunneries
           ,
           with
           noble
           Mannors
           and
           large
           Demesnes
           ;
           there
           are
           Benefices
           and
           Colledges
           which
           they
           thirst
           after
           .
           These
           are
           the
           Souls
           that
           they
           so
           dearly
           prize
           and
           venture
           so
           hard
           to
           rescue
           out
           of
           the
           fire
           ;
           these
           are
           the
           Proselytes
           which
           they
           above
           all
           labour
           to
           gain
           :
           and
           because
           they
           are
           still
           kept
           out
           ,
           what
           broils
           and
           stirs
           do
           they
           make
           ?
           what
           do
           they
           not
           threaten
           and
           endeavour
           ?
           And
           besides
           ,
           there
           is
           danger
           ,
           lest
           if
           they
           invade
           not
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           grow
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           other
           people
           begin
           to
           be
           wise
           as
           well
           as
           ours
           .
           Such
           also
           may
           come
           to
           see
           that
           Religion
           
           consists
           not
           in
           the
           visiting
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           or
           looking
           devoutly
           upon
           a
           Relique
           ,
           or
           kissing
           a
           piece
           of
           wood
           ,
           or
           bowing
           to
           an
           Image
           ,
           or
           crossing
           the
           breast
           ,
           or
           in
           singring
           of
           Beads
           ,
           or
           saying
           Prayers
           by
           tale
           ,
           or
           being
           clad
           with
           the
           Robe
           of
           St.
           Francis
           ,
           or
           walking
           barefoot
           ,
           or
           in
           being
           all
           night
           locked
           up
           in
           a
           Cloyster
           ,
           or
           in
           fasting
           by
           eating
           of
           Fish
           ,
           or
           in
           lighting
           up
           of
           Tapers
           ,
           and
           making
           processions
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           of
           the
           like
           apish
           and
           fantastical
           Ceremonies
           ;
           nay
           ,
           they
           might
           come
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           is
           not
           Christs
           Vicar
           ,
           nor
           his
           Holiness
           Infallible
           ;
           nor
           that
           he
           hath
           power
           to
           deliver
           Souls
           out
           of
           Purgatory
           ;
           and
           what
           is
           more
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           such
           place
           as
           Purgatory
           ,
           and
           so
           no
           need
           of
           praying
           for
           the
           dead
           ,
           nor
           of
           Money
           to
           purchase
           those
           prayers
           .
           This
           is
           a
           great
           reason
           why
           our
           Religion
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           Reformation
           of
           those
           corrupt
           errors
           and
           practices
           that
           are
           crept
           into
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           is
           so
           much
           disliked
           and
           inveighed
           against
           by
           the
           Popish
           faction
           .
           For
           what
           would
           Rome
           signify
           if
           it
           had
           no
           supremacy
           over
           other
           Churches
           ?
           what
           appeals
           would
           be
           made
           thither
           ?
           what
           directions
           ,
           commands
           and
           grants
           would
           be
           expected
           thence
           ,
           if
           each
           had
           as
           much
           authority
           within
           it self
           ,
           as
           that
           now
           claims
           over
           all
           ?
           If
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Apostles
           had
           authority
           equal
           with
           St.
           Peter
           ;
           if
           all
           their
           successours
           in
           the
           several
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           were
           of
           the
           same
           degree
           ,
           and
           none
           had
           superiority
           over
           the
           rest
           ;
           if
           the
           Church
           of
           Ephesus
           where
           St.
           John
           was
           ,
           or
           that
           of
           Jerusalem
           where
           St.
           
           James
           did
           preside
           ,
           had
           as
           much
           priviledge
           as
           that
           of
           Rome
           ,
           then
           she
           might
           sit
           as
           a
           widow
           in
           respect
           of
           what
           for
           these
           last
           ages
           she
           hath
           been
           ,
           and
           be
           bereaved
           of
           all
           that
           Pomp
           and
           Greatness
           ,
           that
           Wealth
           and
           Magnificence
           that
           she
           hath
           abounded
           in
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           no
           infallibility
           amongst
           them
           ,
           if
           their
           Popes
           have
           mistaken
           in
           point
           of
           faith
           ,
           and
           their
           decrees
           have
           been
           erroneous
           ;
           if
           their
           Councils
           have
           miscarried
           in
           their
           determinations
           ;
           if
           Tradition
           hath
           failed
           in
           what
           they
           pretend
           to
           be
           conveighed
           down
           by
           it
           ;
           if
           their
           Church
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           be
           no
           better
           than
           others
           ;
           and
           whatever
           it
           pretends
           to
           ,
           can
           really
           claim
           no
           better
           infallibility
           ;
           Then
           what
           need
           will
           there
           be
           of
           being
           solicitous
           and
           inquisitive
           about
           what
           she
           shall
           require
           or
           determine
           ?
           what
           need
           any
           one
           take
           a
           long
           journey
           thither
           ,
           when
           he
           may
           with
           greater
           ease
           and
           as
           much
           certainty
           have
           his
           case
           resolved
           at
           home
           ?
           Could
           that
           Church
           do
           no
           more
           than
           others
           ,
           and
           had
           it
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           a
           treasure
           of
           Merits
           and
           Superarogaions
           ,
           no
           publick
           and
           general
           stock
           from
           whence
           such
           may
           be
           relieved
           as
           having
           made
           little
           conscience
           of
           Religion
           whilst
           they
           lived
           ,
           have
           no
           other
           claim
           to
           the
           priviledges
           of
           it
           when
           they
           come
           to
           dye
           ;
           where
           would
           be
           the
           profit
           that
           doth
           daily
           accrue
           to
           it
           by
           the
           issuing
           out
           of
           Indulgences
           ?
           Were
           there
           nothing
           in
           the
           Reliques
           that
           are
           shewed
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           in
           that
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           which
           they
           expose
           to
           the
           view
           and
           veneration
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           a
           Duck
           (
           as
           my
           Lord
           Herbert
           in
           his
           History
           of
           
           Henry
           the
           8
           th
           .
           saith
           it
           was
           found
           to
           be
           )
           were
           there
           no
           more
           in
           the
           Stairs
           of
           Pilate
           which
           the
           people
           with
           great
           devotion
           do
           climb
           up
           at
           Rome
           ,
           and
           expect
           great
           Indulgences
           for
           ,
           than
           in
           those
           of
           an
           ordinary
           Church
           ,
           who
           would
           make
           such
           tedious
           Pilgrimages
           thither
           ?
           If
           Purgatory
           be
           yet
           a
           place
           to
           be
           discovered
           ;
           and
           what
           there
           is
           not
           so
           much
           proof
           of
           ,
           as
           for
           a
           World
           in
           the
           Moon
           ;
           if
           the
           proof
           of
           it
           depends
           upon
           Legends
           and
           Apparitions
           ,
           &c.
           what
           will
           become
           of
           the
           Dirges
           and
           Prayers
           offered
           for
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Priests
           whose
           incomes
           much
           depend
           upon
           it
           ?
           If
           their
           Priests
           can
           do
           no
           more
           than
           ours
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           eye
           and
           experience
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           make
           no
           more
           alteration
           upon
           the
           Bread
           and
           the
           Wine
           consecrated
           by
           them
           ,
           than
           what
           is
           consecrated
           by
           us
           ;
           that
           after
           all
           their
           ceremony
           and
           a
           do
           about
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           other
           than
           what
           it
           was
           before
           ,
           is
           of
           no
           other
           colour
           or
           tast
           ,
           is
           of
           no
           more
           weight
           ,
           and
           takes
           up
           no
           more
           room
           than
           before
           ;
           what
           will
           become
           of
           the
           veneration
           that
           the
           Priest
           obtains
           ,
           and
           the
           profit
           that
           he
           makes
           by
           it
           ?
           If
           they
           can
           forgive
           sins
           upon
           no
           other
           terms
           than
           we
           ,
           and
           repentance
           and
           amendment
           of
           life
           must
           be
           the
           condition
           of
           it
           ,
           What
           becomes
           of
           all
           their
           Dispensations
           ,
           Pardons
           ,
           Penances
           and
           Indulgences
           ?
           If
           these
           and
           the
           like
           things
           fail
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           in
           the
           same
           condition
           with
           other
           Churches
           ,
           a
           great
           part
           of
           their
           gain
           and
           dominion
           is
           lost
           .
           And
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           that
           they
           exclaim
           against
           us
           ,
           that
           are
           so
           bold
           as
           to
           question
           and
           deny
           what
           they
           would
           in
           these
           and
           the
           like
           particulars
           impose
           
           upon
           the
           Christian
           world
           .
           They
           do
           then
           with
           as
           great
           reason
           set
           themselves
           against
           us
           ,
           as
           Demetrius
           and
           the
           Crafts-men
           did
           oppose
           St.
           Paul
           and
           his
           associates
           ,
           Acts
           19.
           25
           ,
           
             Sirs
             ,
             Ye
             know
             that
             by
             this
             craft
             we
             have
             our
             wealth
             .
          
           This
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           case
           puts
           them
           hard
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           are
           concerned
           ,
           nearly
           concerned
           to
           see
           that
           this
           Heresie
           spreads
           no
           further
           ,
           and
           to
           root
           it
           up
           wherever
           it
           hath
           already
           prevailed
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           It
           may
           proceed
           from
           the
           excellency
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           when
           it
           doth
           outshine
           them
           in
           the
           best
           and
           truest
           Perfections
           ,
           and
           that
           true
           goodness
           and
           substantial
           piety
           is
           there
           taught
           and
           practised
           .
           When
           it
           is
           not
           taken
           up
           with
           little
           things
           ,
           with
           imageries
           and
           fantastical
           appearances
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Religion
           it
           owns
           is
           what
           tends
           to
           make
           men
           better
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           made
           by
           it
           not
           so
           much
           Proselytes
           to
           a
           particular
           way
           ,
           as
           to
           Vertue
           and
           Christianity
           .
           Give
           me
           a
           Religion
           that
           works
           this
           way
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           lay
           hold
           upon
           ,
           that
           gives
           such
           rules
           and
           directions
           as
           will
           abide
           the
           examination
           ,
           and
           last
           throughout
           ages
           ,
           and
           are
           of
           good
           use
           to
           the
           world
           .
           There
           are
           some
           principles
           which
           run
           all
           into
           Air
           ,
           and
           carry
           you
           away
           till
           you
           know
           not
           where
           you
           are
           ;
           that
           hoise
           a
           man
           above
           ground
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           full
           of
           self-conceit
           ;
           and
           which
           he
           is
           so
           mighty
           fond
           of
           ,
           that
           all
           that
           are
           not
           as
           fanciful
           as
           himself
           ,
           shall
           be
           accounted
           Hereticks
           and
           what
           not
           .
           This
           is
           too
           true
           of
           some
           amongst
           our selves
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           also
           as
           true
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ,
           that
           talk
           of
           infallibility
           ,
           infallibility
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Popes
           
           and
           their
           own
           Councils
           have
           as
           grosly
           mistaken
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           never
           pretend
           to
           it
           ;
           that
           talk
           of
           Absolution
           and
           Indulgence
           ,
           and
           yet
           mens
           sins
           are
           no
           otherwise
           forgiven
           than
           upon
           the
           terms
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           such
           as
           Faith
           ,
           Repentance
           and
           new
           Obedience
           (
           as
           the
           soberer
           of
           themselves
           acknowledge
           )
           ;
           that
           tell
           of
           Christ's
           being
           bodily
           present
           at
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           flesh
           and
           blood
           as
           much
           as
           our selves
           ,
           and
           yet
           he
           is
           no
           otherwise
           to
           be
           seen
           than
           by
           our
           plain
           way
           of
           Faith
           ,
           unless
           they
           take
           fancy
           for
           another
           .
           These
           and
           the
           like
           notions
           are
           full
           of
           wind
           ,
           and
           make
           their
           Religion
           look
           big
           and
           bulky
           ,
           but
           it
           s
           either
           all
           art
           ,
           and
           not
           nature
           ;
           or
           ,
           what
           is
           worse
           ,
           the
           distemper
           and
           not
           the
           constitution
           of
           it
           :
           It
           's
           a
           Religion
           so
           far
           of
           their
           own
           making
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           made
           to
           serve
           an
           interest
           .
           But
           now
           if
           a
           Church
           is
           plain
           in
           its
           Doctrine
           ,
           grave
           in
           its
           Directions
           ,
           substantial
           in
           its
           Principles
           ,
           and
           what
           drive
           at
           present
           practice
           (
           as
           these
           of
           ours
           do
           )
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           struck
           at
           by
           these
           kind
           of
           Hectors
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           could
           ,
           banished
           out
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           It
           may
           proceed
           from
           the
           disposal
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           punishing
           of
           the
           sins
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           doth
           not
           only
           suffer
           others
           to
           afflict
           her
           ,
           but
           turn
           their
           displeasure
           that
           way
           .
           When
           the
           heart
           is
           of
           it self
           bent
           upon
           mischief
           ,
           and
           full
           fraught
           with
           evil
           and
           pernicious
           inclinations
           and
           designs
           ,
           God
           may
           make
           use
           of
           that
           temper
           for
           the
           serving
           of
           his
           own
           Providence
           ,
           and
           may
           direct
           it
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           without
           being
           guilty
           of
           the
           sin
           of
           it
           .
           So
           Psal
           .
           105.
           25
           ,
           
             He
             turned
             their
             heart
             to
             hate
          
           
           
             his
             people
             ,
             to
             deal
             subtilly
             with
             his
             servants
             .
          
           Their
           heart
           before
           was
           corrupt
           and
           mischievous
           ,
           and
           he
           made
           use
           of
           it
           for
           the
           serving
           of
           his
           own
           design
           ;
           He
           doth
           not
           infuse
           this
           into
           such
           ,
           or
           necessitate
           them
           by
           any
           absolute
           decree
           or
           act
           of
           his
           own
           to
           be
           ambitious
           ,
           or
           proud
           ,
           or
           covetous
           ,
           or
           cruel
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           what
           he
           finds
           ;
           and
           the
           direction
           of
           it
           to
           such
           objects
           ,
           doth
           no
           more
           make
           him
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           than
           that
           person
           that
           divides
           and
           directs
           the
           Stream
           ,
           can
           be
           the
           maker
           of
           it
           .
           It
           is
           what
           he
           finds
           to
           his
           hands
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           doth
           only
           order
           and
           dispose
           of
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           is
           intimated
           in
           the
           phrase
           used
           in
           Scripture
           of
           
             stirring
             up
             an
             adversary
          
           .
           God
           by
           his
           disposal
           ordering
           and
           directing
           the
           inclinations
           of
           men
           that
           were
           before
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           according
           as
           time
           and
           occasion
           requireth
           .
           This
           is
           plain
           in
           what
           is
           said
           ,
           1
           Kings
           11.
           14
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             stirred
             up
             an
             adversary
             unto
             Solomon
             ,
             Hadad
             the
             Edomite
             ,
             he
             was
             of
             the
             Kings
             seed
             in
             Edom.
             Hadad
          
           being
           beaten
           out
           of
           his
           Country
           by
           David
           ,
           and
           forced
           to
           take
           shelter
           under
           the
           King
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           did
           doubtless
           wait
           an
           opportunity
           of
           returning
           ,
           and
           yet
           notwithstanding
           ,
           we
           had
           nothing
           of
           any
           attempts
           made
           by
           him
           that
           way
           till
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           Solomon
           (
           to
           whom
           God
           had
           promised
           a
           peaceable
           reign
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           he
           continued
           to
           serve
           him
           )
           when
           
             his
             wives
             had
             turned
             away
             his
             heart
             after
             other
             gods
             ,
             vers
             .
          
           4.
           and
           then
           Hadad
           is
           said
           to
           have
           desired
           
           Pharoah's
           leave
           to
           depart
           ,
           vers
           .
           21.
           
           God
           then
           making
           use
           of
           the
           setled
           inclinations
           
           of
           his
           mind
           ,
           in
           punishment
           to
           Solomon
           for
           his
           Apostacy
           .
           So
           God
           is
           said
           to
           
             send
             the
             Assyrian
             ,
             Isa
          
           .
           1●
           .
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           His
           pride
           and
           vain
           glory
           ,
           were
           what
           did
           engage
           him
           to
           invade
           the
           dominions
           of
           others
           ,
           vers
           .
           7.
           8
           ,
           
             It
             is
             in
             his
             heart
             to
             destroy
             ,
             and
             cut
             off
             nations
             not
             a
             few
             .
             For
             he
             saith
             ,
             are
             not
             my
             Princes
             altogether
             Kings
             ?
          
           And
           God
           served
           himself
           of
           this
           temper
           of
           his
           ,
           and
           turned
           him
           upon
           
             the
             people
             of
             Gods
             wrath
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           are
           there
           called
           .
           So
           he
           is
           said
           to
           
             bring
             Nebuchadnezzar
             against
             them
             ,
             Jer.
          
           25.
           9.
           
           So
           that
           a
           Church
           and
           people
           may
           come
           thus
           to
           suffer
           through
           Gods
           wise
           and
           powerful
           ordination
           ,
           as
           they
           by
           their
           sins
           have
           provoked
           him
           to
           anger
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           hath
           done
           this
           work
           ,
           and
           served
           this
           end
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           it
           they
           are
           brought
           to
           repentance
           ,
           the
           same
           hand
           that
           brought
           it
           on
           will
           carry
           it
           off
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           shall
           proceed
           to
           the
           second
           general
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           observe
           the
           ways
           in
           which
           they
           shew
           this
           enmity
           ,
           or
           the
           course
           which
           they
           take
           for
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           deep
           consultation
           and
           joynt
           endeavour
           ,
           
             They
             take
             crafty
             counsel
             ,
             and
             are
             confederate
             .
          
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           the
           most
           likely
           way
           to
           accomplish
           a
           design
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           cunningly
           contrived
           ,
           and
           closely
           prosecuted
           .
           For
           all
           the
           action
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           without
           good
           consultation
           ,
           may
           be
           baffled
           and
           disappointed
           ;
           and
           the
           shrewdest
           consultation
           without
           vigorous
           action
           will
           come
           to
           nothing
           ;
           but
           when
           both
           these
           do
           meet
           ,
           it
           hath
           the
           fairest
           hopes
           of
           success
           .
           And
           this
           the
           Adversaries
           
           of
           the
           Church
           are
           not
           wanting
           in
           ,
           who
           do
           too
           often
           surmount
           in
           both
           ,
           those
           that
           have
           the
           best
           cause
           ,
           and
           whose
           greatest
           interest
           it
           is
           to
           defend
           it
           .
           But
           there
           are
           particular
           ways
           which
           such
           do
           take
           .
           As
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Slandering
           their
           adversaries
           ,
           and
           raising
           false
           reports
           of
           them
           .
           They
           are
           then
           dealt
           with
           as
           the
           primitive
           Christians
           were
           by
           their
           persecutors
           ,
           who
           were
           dressed
           up
           in
           the
           skins
           of
           such
           Creatures
           as
           would
           the
           more
           exasperate
           and
           invite
           the
           wild
           beasts
           to
           which
           they
           were
           exposed
           ,
           to
           tear
           and
           devour
           them
           ;
           they
           shall
           be
           represented
           as
           Hypocrites
           and
           Deceivers
           ,
           as
           Hereticks
           and
           Infidels
           ,
           as
           pernicious
           and
           dangerous
           .
           So
           it
           was
           with
           the
           Christians
           of
           old
           ,
           who
           were
           said
           to
           be
           Atheists
           and
           contemners
           of
           all
           Religion
           ,
           and
           guilty
           of
           the
           foulest
           crimes
           ,
           as
           Sacriledge
           ,
           Sedition
           ,
           Incest
           and
           Murder
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           when
           thus
           represented
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           the
           best
           of
           the
           Heathenish
           Emperers
           made
           Laws
           and
           Edicts
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           followed
           them
           with
           severe
           persecutions
           ,
           as
           
             Trajan
             ,
             Adrian
          
           ,
           and
           Antoninus
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           made
           to
           understand
           better
           by
           their
           Apologists
           .
           And
           so
           it
           happens
           often
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           Religion
           for
           want
           of
           being
           understood
           ,
           and
           the
           Religious
           for
           want
           of
           being
           truly
           known
           ,
           are
           evil
           intreated
           by
           them
           that
           mean
           well
           .
           But
           as
           such
           by
           mistake
           and
           misreport
           may
           become
           Enemies
           to
           what
           is
           good
           ,
           thinking
           it
           to
           be
           evil
           ;
           so
           bad
           men
           are
           willing
           to
           have
           it
           so
           ,
           and
           do
           therefore
           take
           all
           occasions
           to
           asperse
           Religion
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           expose
           that
           and
           those
           that
           are
           better
           
           than
           themselves
           to
           obloquy
           and
           reproach
           ;
           for
           by
           how
           much
           the
           more
           they
           can
           cast
           dirt
           upon
           them
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           the
           more
           do
           they
           think
           themselves
           vindicated
           .
           And
           this
           is
           no
           small
           artifice
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           in
           the
           foul
           dealing
           which
           they
           shew
           to
           those
           that
           will
           not
           own
           its
           authority
           ,
           and
           submit
           to
           its
           unlimited
           Jurisdiction
           ;
           they
           will
           take
           Hell
           it self
           for
           calumnies
           ,
           and
           say
           any
           thing
           that
           will
           serve
           to
           disgrace
           them
           .
           They
           will
           dress
           them
           up
           as
           the
           poor
           people
           that
           are
           condemned
           for
           Heresie
           by
           the
           Inquisition
           ,
           in
           Sanbenito's
           and
           Coats
           painted
           over
           with
           Owls
           and
           Devils
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           ridiculous
           or
           worse
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           the
           people
           off
           from
           condoling
           their
           misfortune
           ;
           they
           will
           describe
           their
           adversaries
           in
           Characters
           of
           blood
           and
           soot
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ,
           to
           set
           the
           people
           on
           with
           fury
           ,
           and
           render
           them
           implacable
           .
           Thus
           we
           find
           they
           did
           by
           Luther
           ,
           whom
           they
           will
           needs
           have
           to
           dye
           ,
           just
           when
           he
           had
           entertained
           his
           Friends
           with
           merry
           conceits
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           entertained
           at
           a
           plentiful
           Supper
           ,
           and
           that
           immediately
           his
           Soul
           was
           carried
           away
           by
           Devils
           ;
           when
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           that
           after
           he
           had
           been
           long
           troubled
           with
           a
           pain
           in
           his
           breast
           ,
           and
           was
           brought
           by
           it
           under
           great
           weakness
           ,
           he
           was
           in
           continual
           expectation
           of
           death
           ;
           (
           though
           he
           ceased
           not
           to
           Preach
           as
           he
           had
           any
           intermission
           )
           and
           the
           night
           that
           he
           died
           ,
           though
           weak
           ,
           yet
           set
           down
           with
           his
           Friends
           ,
           discoursing
           about
           the
           state
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           whether
           we
           shall
           then
           know
           one
           another
           ;
           and
           then
           retiring
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           custom
           ,
           to
           private
           Prayer
           ,
           he
           
           found
           that
           his
           pain
           increased
           ;
           and
           perceiving
           ,
           after
           some
           hours
           ,
           that
           his
           end
           drew
           near
           ,
           he
           exhorted
           his
           Friends
           ,
           and
           declared
           his
           perseverance
           in
           the
           Faith
           ;
           and
           praying
           with
           great
           fervency
           ,
           concluded
           that
           and
           his
           life
           together
           ,
           with
           ,
           
             Father
             into
             thy
             hands
             I
             commit
             my
             spirit
             ;
             thou
             hast
             redeemed
             me
             ,
             O
             God
             of
             truth
             .
          
        
         
           So
           they
           tell
           us
           that
           Calvin
           was
           given
           to
           gluttony
           and
           Epicurism
           ,
           and
           was
           branded
           for
           Sodomy
           at
           Noviodunum
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           born
           ;
           whereas
           he
           was
           a
           man
           of
           great
           abstinence
           ,
           never
           eating
           any
           thing
           for
           Ten
           years
           before
           his
           death
           till
           evening
           ;
           and
           is
           cleared
           of
           the
           latter
           by
           
             Jacob
             le
             Vasseur
          
           Dean
           of
           Noviodunum
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           which
           he
           published
           of
           the
           Annals
           of
           that
           Church
           in
           1633.
           
           Thus
           would
           they
           make
           our
           Religion
           and
           all
           that
           profess
           it
           ,
           look
           miscreantly
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           fall
           on
           us
           without
           mercy
           ,
           and
           worry
           us
           with
           some
           reputation
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           By
           dividing
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           setting
           one
           part
           of
           it
           against
           the
           other
           .
           It
           's
           the
           policy
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           have
           more
           and
           greater
           divisions
           amongst
           them
           ,
           as
           about
           the
           seat
           of
           infallibility
           it self
           (
           which
           is
           a
           fundamental
           principle
           with
           them
           )
           than
           we
           ,
           yet
           that
           there
           is
           a
           superiour
           power
           to
           crush
           them
           ;
           and
           though
           they
           cannot
           be
           reconciled
           and
           put
           to
           an
           end
           ,
           yet
           that
           that
           puts
           them
           to
           silence
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           are
           kept
           from
           doing
           mischief
           .
           But
           where
           persons
           have
           a
           free
           liberty
           ,
           and
           few
           or
           no
           restraints
           laid
           upon
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           tempted
           to
           break
           into
           parties
           ,
           and
           those
           parties
           
           are
           apt
           to
           break
           one
           against
           the
           other
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           they
           are
           often
           made
           a
           prey
           to
           the
           common
           Adversary
           .
           And
           I
           pray
           God
           this
           be
           not
           the
           event
           of
           this
           state
           with
           us
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           there
           hath
           not
           been
           wanting
           endeavour
           on
           their
           part
           to
           effect
           it
           ;
           endeavour
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           make
           and
           aggravate
           and
           perpetuate
           differences
           ,
           that
           so
           all
           might
           lie
           at
           their
           mercy
           .
           How
           do
           they
           sort
           with
           all
           persons
           ,
           strike
           into
           all
           Societies
           ,
           take
           upon
           themselves
           the
           guise
           of
           all
           parties
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           bring
           each
           to
           war
           against
           other
           ,
           and
           fight
           the
           battels
           of
           Rome
           whilst
           they
           fight
           one
           with
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           all
           may
           fall
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           its
           fury
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           By
           downright
           force
           :
           that
           when
           other
           means
           do
           fail
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           are
           weary
           of
           expecting
           what
           will
           be
           the
           issue
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           do
           without
           more
           ado
           ,
           run
           to
           their
           Arms
           ,
           and
           bring
           the
           Cause
           to
           a
           decision
           in
           open
           Field
           .
           In
           open
           Field
           ,
           say
           I
           ,
           I
           wish
           that
           were
           all
           ;
           nay
           they
           will
           assassinate
           and
           massacre
           ,
           blow
           up
           or
           burn
           ,
           or
           do
           any
           thing
           that
           either
           treachery
           or
           cruelty
           can
           teach
           them
           .
           This
           is
           too
           true
           a
           Character
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           That
           ever
           since
           it
           first
           drew
           the
           sword
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Hildebrand
           ,
           never
           knew
           what
           it
           was
           to
           sheath
           it
           again
           ,
           but
           that
           hath
           prosecuted
           it's
           Cause
           by
           force
           of
           Arms
           to
           this
           day
           .
           It
           's
           that
           which
           hath
           claimed
           a
           Jurisdiction
           over
           Princes
           ,
           and
           a
           power
           to
           depose
           and
           dethrone
           them
           .
           It
           's
           that
           which
           hath
           disposed
           of
           their
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           given
           Subjects
           authority
           to
           rebel
           against
           them
           .
           It
           's
           that
           which
           hath
           raised
           Armies
           ,
           and
           animated
           
           Princes
           to
           head
           them
           against
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nations
           .
           It
           's
           to
           that
           we
           are
           beholding
           for
           88
           ,
           when
           with
           the
           Popes
           blessing
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           a
           Fleet
           of
           130
           Ships
           ,
           with
           19290
           Souldiers
           on
           board
           ,
           besides
           Seamen
           ,
           was
           sent
           to
           invade
           England
           ,
           and
           despoil
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           of
           her
           Crown
           and
           Kingdom
           .
           But
           what
           is
           all
           this
           to
           their
           bloody
           Conspiracies
           !
           An
           Army
           cannot
           move
           without
           giving
           an
           Alarm
           ,
           it
           awakens
           others
           ,
           and
           puts
           them
           upon
           their
           guard
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           malice
           
             walks
             like
             the
             pestilence
             in
             darkness
             ,
          
           and
           is
           disguised
           either
           with
           the
           shews
           of
           friendship
           and
           peace
           ,
           or
           else
           lies
           out
           of
           all
           discovery
           ,
           it
           's
           far
           more
           dangerous
           .
           This
           makes
           the
           Church
           or
           people
           against
           whom
           it
           is
           designed
           ,
           more
           secure
           ;
           and
           the
           Enemy
           more
           confident
           of
           success
           .
           Which
           brings
           to
           the
           fourth
           general
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Here
           is
           the
           confidence
           that
           they
           have
           of
           success
           ,
           and
           that
           may
           proceed
           from
           the
           review
           which
           they
           take
           of
           their
           own
           policy
           and
           strength
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           observation
           which
           they
           make
           of
           the
           weakness
           of
           their
           adversaries
           ;
           weak
           perhaps
           of
           themselves
           ,
           weaker
           perhaps
           with
           their
           divisions
           ;
           weak
           because
           they
           are
           secure
           ,
           and
           not
           aware
           of
           an
           assault
           ;
           and
           weak
           because
           they
           have
           made
           no
           provision
           against
           it
           .
           Confident
           again
           they
           may
           be
           of
           success
           because
           the
           design
           lies
           out
           of
           sight
           ,
           and
           what
           's
           not
           easily
           discovered
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           never
           so
           inquisitive
           ;
           when
           it
           lies
           under
           ground
           in
           Vaults
           or
           Cellars
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           in
           the
           Gunpowder-Treason
           ;
           or
           what
           is
           so
           well
           banded
           together
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           well
           prevented
           ,
           
           though
           never
           so
           watchful
           ,
           as
           that
           in
           88.
           
           Confident
           again
           they
           may
           be
           of
           success
           ;
           because
           it
           is
           masked
           and
           disguised
           ,
           that
           it
           's
           carried
           on
           whilst
           they
           pretend
           peace
           ,
           friendship
           ,
           and
           alliance
           .
           So
           was
           the
           Parisian
           Massacre
           ,
           Anno
           1572
           ,
           when
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           great
           friendship
           ,
           upon
           the
           marriage
           betwixt
           the
           King
           of
           Navar
           and
           Margaret
           sister
           to
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           in
           great
           numbers
           were
           drawn
           into
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           then
           above
           30000
           of
           them
           barbarously
           murdered
           .
           So
           it
           was
           in
           88
           ,
           when
           a
           peace
           was
           propounded
           ,
           and
           Commissioners
           on
           both
           sides
           sent
           to
           treat
           about
           it
           ,
           with
           great
           and
           solemn
           protestations
           on
           the
           Prince
           of
           Parma's
           side
           that
           no
           invasion
           was
           intended
           ,
           and
           yet
           within
           a
           few
           days
           after
           this
           ,
           the
           Invincible
           (
           as
           it
           was
           called
           )
           Armado
           set
           forth
           from
           Spain
           .
           So
           again
           in
           1605
           ,
           there
           were
           sent
           from
           the
           Pope
           orders
           to
           forbid
           Conspiracies
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           whilst
           at
           the
           same
           time
           the
           Gunpowder-Treason
           was
           not
           without
           his
           privity
           in
           agitation
           .
           Whilst
           these
           and
           the
           like
           arts
           are
           used
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           that
           they
           promise
           themselves
           good
           assurance
           of
           carrying
           the
           day
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           good
           time
           they
           shall
           prevail
           over
           them
           that
           they
           have
           thus
           far
           blinded
           and
           infatuated
           .
           But
           
             let
             not
             him
             that
             girdeth
             on
             his
             harness
             ,
             boast
             himself
             ,
             as
             he
             that
             putteth
             it
             off
          
           ;
           nor
           talk
           too
           confidently
           of
           success
           ,
           till
           he
           is
           sure
           of
           it
           .
           For
           in
           this
           case
           there
           is
           a
           promise
           of
           God
           that
           is
           surer
           than
           all
           the
           counsels
           and
           power
           of
           men
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           That
           
             the
             gates
             of
             Hell
             shall
             never
             prevail
             against
             the
             Church
          
           ;
           and
           as
           God
           will
           always
           
           have
           a
           Church
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           do
           men
           or
           Devils
           what
           they
           can
           ;
           so
           also
           a
           particular
           Church
           shall
           reap
           the
           benefit
           of
           that
           promise
           ,
           if
           they
           take
           the
           course
           pointed
           to
           in
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           which
           brings
           to
           the
           fourth
           General
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           course
           by
           which
           the
           Church
           and
           People
           of
           God
           may
           and
           shall
           be
           secured
           ;
           intimated
           here
           ,
           vers
           .
           1
           ,
           
             Keep
             not
             thou
             silence
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
             hold
             not
             thy
             peace
             ,
             and
             be
             not
             still
             ,
             O
             God
          
           ;
           Which
           is
           fervent
           prayer
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           intire
           dependence
           upon
           him
           :
           in
           sum
           ,
           the
           behaving
           themselves
           as
           those
           that
           are
           his
           servants
           ;
           for
           then
           God
           will
           be
           their
           Friend
           ,
           and
           their
           Patron
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           be
           as
           secure
           notwithstanding
           the
           power
           of
           the
           enemy
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           no
           enemy
           to
           encounter
           ,
           or
           that
           enemy
           had
           no
           power
           to
           assault
           them
           .
           Then
           they
           shall
           find
           that
           verefied
           ,
           which
           is
           said
           ,
           Isa
           .
           8.
           9
           ,
           10
           ,
           
             Associate
             your selves
             ,
             O
             ye
             people
             ,
             and
             ye
             shall
             be
             broken
             in
             pieces
             ,
             and
             give
             ear
             all
             ye
             of
             far
             countreys
             :
             Gird
             your selves
             ,
             and
             ye
             shall
             be
             broken
             in
             pieces
             :
             Gird
             your selves
             ,
             and
             ye
             shall
             be
             broken
             in
             pieces
             :
             Take
             counsel
             together
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             come
             to
             naught
             :
             speak
             the
             word
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             not
             stand
             :
             for
             God
             is
             with
             us
             .
          
           Let
           us
           then
           betake
           our selves
           to
           this
           course
           ,
           and
           engage
           the
           Divine
           Protection
           by
           our
           importunate
           prayers
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           a
           due
           conformity
           to
           his
           commands
           ,
           that
           we
           make
           good
           our
           profession
           by
           a
           suitable
           practice
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           exceed
           our
           adversaries
           in
           the
           life
           and
           spirit
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           in
           the
           Purity
           and
           Principles
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           then
           we
           shall
           find
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           
           may
           dig
           deep
           ,
           their
           counsel
           shall
           be
           brought
           to
           light
           ;
           though
           they
           combine
           together
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           broken
           ;
           though
           they
           summon
           up
           all
           their
           force
           they
           shall
           be
           defeated
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           then
           be
           able
           to
           say
           with
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           Psal
           .
           118.
           6
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             on
             my
             side
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             fear
             what
             man
             can
             do
             unto
             me
             .
          
           Thus
           our
           Ancestors
           were
           delivered
           .
           
             Our
             Fathers
             trusted
             in
             thee
             :
             they
             trusted
             ,
             and
             thou
             didst
             deliver
             them
             :
             They
             cryed
             unto
             thee
             ,
             and
             were
             delivered
             :
             they
             trusted
             in
             thee
             ,
             and
             were
             not
             confounded
             .
          
           And
           to
           encourage
           you
           hereunto
           ,
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           a
           brief
           account
           of
           Gods
           great
           mercy
           to
           them
           and
           this
           Church
           ,
           in
           the
           deliverance
           which
           we
           are
           this
           day
           met
           to
           commemorate
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           shall
           do
           in
           the
           order
           of
           the
           Text.
           
        
         
           Their
           design
           was
           to
           root
           out
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ;
           A
           Religion
           that
           hath
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           to
           defend
           it
           ;
           a
           Religion
           planted
           amongst
           us
           ,
           with
           peace
           ,
           and
           by
           Authority
           ;
           that
           made
           not
           its
           way
           by
           blood
           and
           slaughter
           ,
           by
           rebellion
           and
           disobedience
           ;
           that
           was
           setled
           without
           any
           injury
           to
           the
           Prince
           ,
           or
           prejudice
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           what
           did
           hugely
           tend
           to
           the
           security
           of
           both
           :
           A
           Religion
           that
           dealt
           candidly
           and
           fairly
           with
           those
           that
           were
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           was
           never
           an
           enemy
           to
           them
           ,
           till
           they
           became
           an
           enemy
           to
           it
           ;
           First
           ,
           by
           receiving
           and
           owning
           the
           Bull
           of
           Pope
           
             Pius
             Quintus
          
           ,
           that
           meant
           no
           less
           than
           to
           depose
           the
           Queen
           ,
           and
           turn
           her
           out
           of
           her
           Throne
           ,
           and
           then
           practising
           accordingly
           .
           A
           Religion
           ,
           that
           when
           in
           its
           own
           
           defence
           it
           had
           Laws
           against
           such
           ,
           yet
           rarely
           put
           them
           into
           execution
           ;
           and
           that
           notwithstanding
           which
           ,
           many
           of
           them
           held
           Offices
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Estates
           ,
           unless
           forfeired
           by
           some
           particular
           Treason
           .
           This
           Religion
           which
           hath
           so
           much
           to
           say
           for
           it self
           ,
           and
           God
           hath
           so
           much
           honour
           ,
           and
           we
           our
           comfort
           and
           salvation
           by
           ;
           nay
           ,
           this
           Religion
           which
           they
           lived
           so
           safely
           under
           ,
           did
           they
           seek
           to
           subvert
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           in
           a
           way
           so
           barbarous
           ,
           that
           it
           wants
           both
           parallel
           and
           defence
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           boldest
           of
           that
           Way
           cannot
           hear
           of
           without
           ▪
           blushing
           ;
           and
           howsoever
           they
           would
           have
           been
           in
           the
           success
           of
           it
           ,
           cannot
           find
           any
           thing
           to
           excuse
           .
        
         
           To
           Murder
           a
           King
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           was
           no
           new
           case
           ;
           so
           fell
           Frederick
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           Henry
           the
           seventh
           ,
           Emperors
           ;
           so
           fell
           our
           King
           John
           ,
           so
           fell
           also
           Henry
           the
           third
           and
           fourth
           of
           France
           .
           To
           Butcher
           a
           people
           ;
           and
           without
           respect
           to
           Order
           ,
           Age
           ,
           or
           Sex
           ,
           to
           fall
           upon
           them
           ,
           was
           what
           the
           Albigenses
           felt
           of
           old
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           France
           in
           the
           Massacre
           at
           
             Merindol
             ,
             Anno
          
           1545.
           and
           at
           Paris
           before
           spoken
           of
           ,
           had
           experience
           of
           .
           But
           when
           Prince
           ,
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           People
           were
           to
           be
           assembled
           ,
           without
           any
           regard
           to
           what
           they
           were
           ,
           to
           blow
           them
           up
           all
           at
           once
           with
           Gun-powder
           ,
           and
           scatter
           the
           limbs
           of
           30
           or
           40000
           persons
           that
           must
           then
           have
           necessarily
           perished
           by
           that
           practice
           ,
           was
           what
           we
           are
           yet
           to
           find
           a
           name
           for
           ,
           and
           what
           Treason
           and
           Murder
           are
           too
           soft
           words
           to
           express
           .
        
         
         
           And
           this
           was
           not
           the
           Act
           of
           some
           rash
           and
           inconsiderate
           person
           ,
           but
           what
           many
           confederated
           together
           in
           ;
           not
           a
           design
           all
           on
           a
           sudden
           thought
           of
           ,
           and
           as
           suddenly
           embraced
           ,
           but
           what
           had
           been
           considered
           and
           reviewed
           ,
           and
           advised
           upon
           ;
           what
           Flanders
           and
           Rome
           had
           been
           consulted
           about
           ,
           as
           the
           Transactions
           of
           
             Baldwin
             ,
             Owen
          
           ,
           and
           Baynham
           do
           sufficiently
           witness
           .
           It
           was
           what
           they
           had
           spent
           much
           time
           and
           many
           thoughts
           upon
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           therefore
           did
           promise
           themselves
           success
           in
           .
           And
           success
           they
           found
           ,
           for
           they
           quickly
           met
           with
           an
           house
           fit
           for
           their
           purpose
           ,
           adjoyning
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           there
           they
           attempted
           to
           make
           a
           Myne
           fit
           for
           the
           receiving
           the
           stowage
           which
           they
           had
           provided
           .
           But
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Parliament's
           sitting
           came
           on
           too
           fast
           ,
           they
           wanted
           hands
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           hands
           wanted
           exercise
           in
           such
           hard
           labour
           to
           bring
           this
           to
           perfection
           ;
           and
           here
           again
           success
           waited
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           fortune
           (
           which
           they
           call'd
           providence
           )
           seemed
           to
           be
           of
           their
           party
           ;
           for
           the
           Parliament
           was
           adjourned
           from
           February
           to
           November
           ;
           and
           they
           in
           the
           mean
           while
           also
           met
           with
           a
           Vault
           which
           they
           soon
           hired
           ,
           and
           was
           more
           convenient
           for
           their
           purpose
           ,
           as
           what
           was
           already
           sitted
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           nearer
           to
           the
           place
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           convention
           .
        
         
           The
           time
           now
           grew
           near
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           big
           with
           expectation
           ;
           the
           train
           was
           laid
           for
           their
           design
           in
           the
           Country
           as
           well
           as
           here
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           parts
           they
           were
           ripe
           for
           action
           .
           But
           that
           which
           went
           on
           for
           so
           long
           a
           time
           
           as
           smoothly
           as
           their
           hearts
           could
           wish
           ,
           was
           all
           on
           a
           sudden
           interrupted
           .
           For
           ten
           days
           before
           (
           which
           was
           the
           same
           time
           that
           the
           Conspirators
           appointed
           to
           assemble
           )
           one
           of
           them
           doubtless
           by
           the
           over-ruling
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           more
           tender-hearted
           than
           the
           rest
           ,
           wrote
           a
           Letter
           to
           the
           Lord
           Monteagle
           to
           disswade
           him
           from
           being
           present
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           Session
           .
        
         
           A
           Letter
           in
           the
           reasoning
           of
           it
           very
           obscure
           ;
           but
           what
           by
           the
           fortunate
           interpretation
           of
           the
           King
           was
           found
           to
           signifie
           much
           ,
           and
           proved
           the
           happy
           discoverer
           of
           the
           whole
           .
           Then
           as
           success
           waited
           before
           upon
           them
           ,
           so
           it
           doth
           as
           much
           in
           the
           further
           discovery
           ,
           whilst
           Faux
           is
           taken
           without
           the
           House
           (
           that
           if
           otherwise
           within
           ,
           would
           have
           blown
           up
           ,
           though
           not
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           yet
           thousands
           with
           himself
           )
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Conspirators
           are
           pursued
           ,
           and
           taken
           in
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           before
           they
           were
           known
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           this
           horrid
           Treason
           .
           These
           and
           many
           other
           particulars
           might
           be
           observed
           in
           this
           Action
           ;
           but
           that
           I
           shall
           chuse
           to
           refer
           you
           for
           satisfaction
           to
           what
           hath
           formerly
           ,
           and
           of
           late
           been
           published
           upon
           that
           subject
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           appointed
           to
           be
           read
           upon
           this
           day
           ,
           which
           follows
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Anno
           Tertio
           Jacobi
           Regis
           .
        
         
           Yearly
           Prayers
           shall
           be
           made
           ,
           for
           the
           delivery
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           &c.
           From
           the
           Gunpowder-Treason
           .
        
         
           FOr
           as
           much
           as
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           hath
           in
           all
           Ages
           shewed
           his
           power
           and
           mercy
           ,
           in
           the
           miraculous
           and
           gracious
           deliverance
           of
           his
           Church
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Protection
           of
           Religious
           Kings
           and
           States
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           Nation
           of
           the
           Earth
           hath
           been
           blessed
           with
           greater
           benefits
           ,
           than
           this
           Kingdom
           now
           enjoyeth
           ,
           having
           the
           true
           and
           free
           profession
           of
           the
           Gospel
           under
           our
           Most
           Gracious
           Soveraign
           Lord
           King
           James
           ;
           the
           most
           Great
           ,
           Learned
           ,
           and
           Religious
           King
           that
           ever
           reigned
           therein
           ,
           inriched
           with
           a
           most
           hopeful
           and
           plentiful
           Progeny
           ,
           proceeding
           out
           of
           his
           Royal
           Loyns
           ,
           promising
           continuance
           of
           this
           happiness
           and
           profession
           to
           all
           prosterity
           ;
           the
           which
           many
           malignant
           and
           devilish
           
             Papists
             ,
             Jesuites
          
           ,
           and
           
             Seminary
             Priests
          
           much
           envying
           and
           fearing
           ,
           conspired
           most
           horribly
           ,
           when
           the
           Kings
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           Queen
           ,
           the
           Prince
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           and
           Commons
           should
           have
           been
           
           Assembled
           in
           the
           Vpper-House
           of
           Parliament
           upon
           the
           fifth
           day
           of
           November
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           1605
           ,
           Suddenly
           to
           have
           blown
           up
           the
           said
           whole
           House
           with
           Gunpowder
           :
           an
           invention
           so
           Inhumane
           ,
           Barbarous
           and
           Cruel
           ,
           as
           the
           like
           was
           never
           before
           heard
           of
           ,
           and
           was
           ,
           as
           some
           of
           the
           principal
           Conspirators
           thereof
           confess
           ,
           purposely
           devised
           and
           concluded
           to
           be
           done
           in
           the
           said
           House
           .
           That
           where
           sundry
           necessary
           and
           Religious
           Laws
           for
           preservation
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           were
           made
           (
           which
           they
           falsly
           and
           slanderously
           term
           cruel
           Laws
           )
           and
           enacted
           against
           them
           and
           their
           Religion
           ;
           both
           place
           and
           persons
           should
           be
           all
           destroyed
           and
           blown
           up
           at
           once
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           turned
           to
           the
           utter
           ruin
           of
           this
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           pleased
           Almighty
           God
           by
           inspiring
           the
           Kings
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           with
           a
           Divine
           Spirit
           to
           interpret
           some
           dark
           phrases
           of
           a
           Letter
           shewed
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           above
           and
           beyond
           all
           ordinary
           constructions
           ,
           thereby
           miraculously
           discovering
           this
           hidden
           Treason
           ,
           not
           many
           hours
           before
           the
           appointed
           time
           for
           the
           execution
           thereof
           ;
           therefore
           the
           Kings
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           and
           all
           His
           Majesties
           faithful
           and
           loving
           Subjects
           ,
           do
           most
           
           justly
           acknowledge
           this
           great
           and
           infinite
           blessing
           to
           have
           proceeded
           meerly
           from
           God
           ,
           his
           great
           mercy
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           most
           holy
           name
           do
           ascribe
           all
           honour
           ,
           glory
           ,
           and
           praise
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           end
           this
           unfeigned
           thankfulness
           may
           never
           be
           forgotten
           ,
           but
           be
           had
           in
           a
           perpetual
           remembrance
           ;
           that
           all
           ages
           to
           come
           may
           yeild
           praises
           to
           his
           Divine
           Majesty
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           have
           in
           memory
           this
           joyful
           day
           of
           deliverance
           .
        
         
           Be
           it
           therefore
           Enacted
           by
           the
           Kings
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           and
           the
           Commons
           in
           this
           present
           Parliament
           Assembled
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           that
           all
           and
           singular
           Ministers
           in
           every
           Cathedral
           ,
           and
           Parish
           Church
           ,
           or
           other
           usual
           place
           for
           Common-Prayer
           ,
           within
           this
           Realm
           of
           England
           and
           the
           Dominions
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           shall
           always
           upon
           the
           fifth
           day
           of
           November
           say
           morning
           prayer
           ,
           and
           give
           unto
           Almighty
           God
           thanks
           for
           this
           most
           happy
           deliverance
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           and
           every
           person
           and
           persons
           inhabiting
           within
           this
           Realm
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           Dominions
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           shall
           always
           upon
           that
           day
           diligently
           and
           faithfully
           resort
           to
           the
           Parish
           Church
           ,
           or
           Chappel
           accustomed
           ,
           or
           to
           some
           usual
           Church
           or
           Chappel
           where
           the
           
           said
           morning
           Prayer
           ,
           Preaching
           or
           other
           service
           of
           God
           shall
           be
           used
           ,
           and
           then
           and
           there
           to
           abide
           orderly
           and
           soberly
           during
           the
           time
           of
           the
           said
           Prayers
           ,
           or
           Preaching
           ,
           or
           other
           service
           of
           God
           there
           to
           be
           used
           and
           Ministred
           .
        
         
           And
           because
           all
           and
           every
           person
           may
           be
           put
           in
           mind
           of
           his
           duty
           ,
           and
           be
           then
           better
           prepared
           to
           the
           said
           holy
           service
           ,
           be
           it
           enacted
           by
           Authority
           aforesaid
           ,
           that
           every
           Minister
           shall
           give
           warning
           to
           his
           Parishioners
           publickly
           in
           the
           Church
           at
           Morning-Prayer
           the
           Sunday
           before
           every
           such
           fifth
           day
           of
           November
           ,
           for
           the
           due
           observation
           of
           the
           said
           day
           ,
           and
           that
           after
           morning
           Prayer
           ,
           or
           Preaching
           upon
           the
           said
           fifth
           day
           of
           November
           ,
           they
           read
           publickly
           ,
           distinctly
           and
           plainly
           this
           present
           Act.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .