A plot for the good of posterity. Communicated in a sermon to the Honorable House of Commons for the sanctifying of the monthly fast. March 25. 1646. / By Francis Cheynell.
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             A plot for the good of posterity. Communicated in a sermon to the Honorable House of Commons for the sanctifying of the monthly fast. March 25. 1646. / By Francis Cheynell.
             Cheynell, Francis, 1608-1665.
          
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               Die
               Mercurij
               ,
               25.
               
               Martij
               ,
               1646.
               
            
          
        
         
           ORdered
           by
           the
           Commons
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           That
           M.
           
             Holles
          
           and
           St
           
             Peter
             Wentworth
             ,
          
           do
           from
           this
           House
           give
           thanks
           to
           M.
           
             Bolton
          
           and
           M.
           
             Cheynell
             ,
          
           for
           the
           great
           pains
           they
           took
           in
           the
           Sermons
           they
           preached
           this
           day
           at
           the
           intreaty
           of
           this
           House
           ,
           at
           St
           
             Margarets
             Westminster
             ,
          
           (
           it
           being
           the
           day
           of
           Publique
           Humiliation
           )
           and
           to
           desire
           them
           to
           Print
           their
           Sermons
           ;
           And
           it
           is
           Ordered
           that
           none
           shall
           presume
           to
           Print
           their
           Sermons
           ,
           without
           license
           under
           their
           hands
           writing
           .
        
         
           
             H.
             Elsyng
             .
             Cler.
             Parl.
             D.
             Com.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
               March
               28.
               1646.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             I
             Appoint
          
           Andrew
           Kemb
           
             to
             Print
             my
             Sermon
             .
          
        
         
           
             Samuel
             Bolton
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           A
           PLOT
           FOR
           THE
           GOOD
           OF
           POSTERITY
           .
           COMMUNICATED
           IN
           A
           SERMON
           TO
           THE
           HONORABLE
           HOUSE
           Of
           COMMONS
           For
           the
           sanctifying
           of
           the
           Monthly
           
             Fast
             .
          
           March
           25.
           1646.
           
        
         
           By
           FRANCIS
           CHEYNELL
           .
        
         
           
             Posteris
             sero
             ,
             aeternitati
             pingo
             .
          
           
             Parentes
             sunt
             liberorum
             praeceptores
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Xenophon
             .
             Cyropaed
             .
             l
             8.
             
          
        
         
           
             Magistratus
             pius
             totius
             Regni
             pater
             est
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             wise
             in
             heart
             will
             receive
             Commandments
             ,
             but
             a
             prating
             fool
             shall
             fall
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             10.
             8.
             
          
        
         
           
             Let
             not
             thine
             heart
             envy
             sinners
             ,
             but
             be
             thou
             in
             the
             fear
             of
             the
             Lord
             all
             the
             day
             long
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             23.
             17.
             
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Samuel
             Gellibrand
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           at
           the
           Brasen
           Serpent
           in
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           .
           1646.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           HONOURABLE
           HOUSE
           of
           COMMONS
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           WHen
           I
           received
           Your
           Order
           ,
           I
           was
           not
           in
           case
           to
           obey
           it
           ,
           being
           scarse
           able
           to
           write
           or
           read
           ;
           
             We
             should
             learn
             by
             every
             fit
             of
             sicknesse
             the
             greatnesse
             of
             Gods
             Majesty
             and
             our
             frailtie
             .
          
           We
           live
           in
           sickly
           times
           ,
           and
           You
           are
           collecting
           many
           wholsome
           and
           Medicinable
           ingredients
           ,
           onely
           take
           heed
           that
           you
           do
           not
           mistake
           one
           Herbe
           for
           another
           ,
           it
           is
           easily
           done
           ,
           and
           whilest
           You
           are
           but
           making
           Essayes
           it
           may
           be
           easily
           rectified
           :
           Be
           pleased
           to
           consider
           that
           the
           
             Antidote
          
           must
           be
           made
           according
           to
           the
           
             Dispensatory
          
           the
           prescription
           of
           the
           great
           Physician
           of
           Souls
           in
           his
           saving
           Gospel
           ,
           that
           the
           blessing
           of
           Christ
           may
           be
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           prove
           a
           soveraign
           Antidote
           for
           the
           preventing
           as
           well
           as
           removing
           of
           Church-offences
           .
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             hath
             not
             entrusted
             any
             State
             to
             make
             new
             Institutions
             ,
             or
             create
             new
             offices
             in
             his
             Church
             .
          
           There
           are
           several
           forms
           of
           Civill
           government
           in
           severall
           Christian
           States
           ,
           but
           there
           should
           be
           the
           same
           Church-offices
           ,
           and
           for
           substance
           the
           same
           Church-government
           in
           every
           Christian
           State
           ,
           though
           that
           government
           cannot
           be
           so
           peaceably
           exercised
           in
           some
           places
           as
           in
           other
           ;
           There
           is
           so
           much
           equity
           and
           prudence
           
           in
           Evangelical
           rules
           and
           Institutions
           ,
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           observed
           in
           all
           Christian
           States
           and
           Common-weals
           thoroughout
           the
           world
           :
           
             Those
             orders
             which
             Christ
             hath
             sent
             us
             by
             his
             Apostles
             must
             be
             obeyed
             ,
          
           there
           can
           be
           no
           
             exception
          
           against
           them
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           no
           
             Prohibition
          
           of
           them
           ;
           
           This
           is
           a
           Rule
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           
             they
             who
             walk
             inordinately
             ,
             and
             cause
             divisions
             contrary
             to
             the
             doctrine
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
          
           
           
             must
             not
             be
             admitted
             into
             society
             with
             the
             Saints
             .
          
           
           I
           need
           not
           insist
           upon
           other
           rules
           .
           
           Our
           Saviour
           did
           injoyn
           his
           Apostles
           to
           teach
           Christians
           
             to
             observe
             all
             things
             he
             commanded
             ,
             Matth.
          
           28.
           20.
           
           Now
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           did
           not
           onely
           teach
           
             Timot●y
             to
             ordain
             Elders
             in
             every
             City
             ,
             Tit.
          
           1.
           5.
           but
           
             Paul
          
           and
           
             Barnabas
          
           ordained
           Elders
           
             in
             every
             Church
             .
             Act.
          
           14.
           23.
           
           And
           when
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           spoke
           of
           his
           
             departing
             out
             of
             the
             world
             ,
          
           and
           
             seeing
             their
             faces
             no
             more
          
           to
           whom
           he
           had
           preached
           ,
           he
           recommended
           the
           oversight
           or
           government
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           Elders
           ,
           assuring
           them
           that
           
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             had
             made
             them
             overseers
             over
             the
             Church
             .
          
           Act.
           20.
           1●
           ,
           25
           ,
           28
           ,
           29.
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           the
           Elders
           were
           ,
           
             Jure
             Divino
             ,
          
           by
           the
           will
           and
           appointment
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           to
           succeed
           the
           Apostles
           in
           the
           ordinary
           government
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           
             Christ
             promised
             to
             be
             with
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             their
             successours
             ,
             not
             for
             two
             or
             three
             hundred
             yeers
             onely
             ,
             till
             some
             Magistrates
             did
             turn
             Christians
             ,
             but
             even
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             :
          
           and
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           seals
           up
           the
           promise
           with
           
             Amen
             ,
             Matth.
          
           28.
           20.
           
           If
           then
           there
           be
           
             ten
             thousand
             Churches
          
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           there
           should
           be
           
             ten
             thousand
             Elderships
             ;
          
           but
           the
           government
           by
           these
           Elders
           is
           not
           Arbitrary
           ,
           all
           the
           Censures
           which
           they
           passe
           must
           be
           in
           some
           sort
           Evangelicall
           ,
           because
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           Christ
           ;
           for
           the
           Elders
           are
           
           not
           to
           govern
           in
           their
           
             own
             name
             ,
          
           or
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           no
           nor
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           from
           whom
           they
           do
           
             immediately
          
           receive
           their
           power
           and
           authority
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           to
           receive
           their
           orders
           and
           directions
           from
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           .
           The
           Christian
           Magistrate
           ought
           to
           protect
           the
           
             Elders
             ,
          
           that
           they
           may
           peaceably
           exercise
           that
           Church-power
           which
           is
           committed
           to
           them
           by
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           for
           
             the
             Christian
             Magistrate
             doth
             owe
             a
             spirituall
             subjection
             to
             all
             the
             ordinances
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
             Erastus
          
           himself
           confesses
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Magistrate
             in
             ordering
             of
             sacred
             things
             must
             not
             depart
             one
             hairs
             breadth
             from
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             .
             p.
             161.
             
             &
             162.
             li.
             3.
             
             Confirm
             .
             Thes.
          
           It
           will
           be
           very
           dangerous
           for
           a
           Magistrate
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           of
           his
           own
           head
           about
           Church
           affairs
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           be
           as
           dangerous
           for
           Ministers
           to
           complement
           in
           this
           weighty
           point
           ;
           all
           the
           power
           that
           a
           Magistrate
           hath
           setled
           upon
           him
           in
           
             Rom.
          
           13.
           is
           setled
           on
           him
           as
           he
           is
           a
           
             Minister
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           they
           who
           teach
           Magistrates
           to
           despise
           the
           Authority
           of
           Ministers
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           
             but
             Ministers
             of
             God
             ,
          
           teach
           the
           Magistrates
           to
           despise
           their
           own
           authority
           .
           Officers
           of
           Christs
           instituting
           ,
           and
           powers
           of
           Gods
           ordaining
           ,
           must
           agree
           together
           ,
           and
           uphold
           one
           another
           ,
           or
           else
           both
           will
           be
           vilified
           :
           Ministers
           must
           not
           usurp
           a
           civil
           power
           ,
           nor
           Magistrates
           lay
           claim
           to
           any
           Spiritual
           power
           properly
           so
           called
           :
           if
           a
           man
           go
           about
           to
           thrust
           two
           swords
           into
           one
           scabberd
           ,
           let
           him
           take
           heed
           he
           doth
           not
           split
           the
           scabberd
           ,
           and
           cut
           his
           fingers
           .
           Mr.
           
             Robinson
          
           and
           those
           of
           his
           mind
           say
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Magistrate
           be
           a
           Church-officer
           ,
           he
           must
           be
           called
           to
           his
           office
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           deposed
           from
           it
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           and
           if
           the
           Magistrate
           be
           a
           
             ruling
             Elder
             ,
          
           he
           is
           inferior
           to
           
             teaching
             Elders
             ,
          
           and
           deserves
           lesse
           honour
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           order
           ,
           1
           
             Tim.
          
           5.
           17.
           
           In
           his
           
             Iustificat
             .
             of
             Separat
             .
             p.
          
           216.
           
           if
           the
           Magistrate
           (
           say
           others
           )
           chalenge
           a
           Church-power
           ,
           and
           deny
           himself
           to
           be
           a
           Church-officer
           ,
           then
           we
           have
           a
           good
           Argument
           for
           
             Popular
             government
             ,
          
           because
           there
           is
           a
           Church●power
           in
           some
           that
           are
           not
           Church
           officers
           ;
           and
           none
           can
           be
           entitled
           to
           Church-power
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           Church
           office
           ,
           or
           by
           Church-membership
           ;
           and
           if
           by
           the
           latter
           ,
           then
           say
           they
           ,
           
             Every
             member
             hath
             as
             much
             power
             as
             the
             Magistrate
             ;
          
           who
           knows
           not
           what
           the
           Anabaptists
           say
           upon
           this
           point
           ;
           The
           Church
           of
           
             Scotland
          
           hath
           declared
           their
           judgement
           ;
           and
           they
           who
           plead
           for
           a
           Congregationall
           government
           have
           expressed
           themselves
           after
           this
           manner
           :
           The
           Governors
           of
           the
           Church
           have
           not
           their
           power
           from
           the
           members
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           from
           Christ
           ,
           they
           
             are
             invested
             with
             the
             power
             of
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           they
           exercise
           his
           power
           ,
           and
           do
           act
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           saith
           Mr.
           
             Burroughs
          
           in
           his
           
             ●ren
             .
             p.
          
           50.
           
           And
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           shall
           readily
           grant
           that
           these
           Officers
           ought
           to
           transact
           all
           things
           which
           concern
           the
           consciences
           of
           the
           people
           in
           such
           a
           
             convincing
             way
          
           as
           may
           best
           tend
           to
           
             Common
             edification
          
           and
           
             satisfaction
             .
             Church
             ordinances
             are
             to
             be
             dispensed
             by
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             by
             the
             Elders
             with
             consent
             of
             the
             people
             ,
          
           saith
           Mr.
           
             Rutherford
             ,
          
           in
           his
           late
           book
           
             p.
          
           398.
           
           We
           should
           quickly
           think
           of
           some
           expedients
           for
           an
           happy
           agreement
           ,
           if
           You
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           free
           us
           from
           
             the
             much
             feared
             Commissioners
             .
          
        
         
           Church
           power
           must
           needs
           be
           acknowledged
           to
           have
           the
           
             proper
             notion
          
           and
           character
           of
           Authority
           in
           the
           Elders
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           multitude
           ought
           by
           a
           
             command
          
           from
           Christ
           to
           be
           
             subject
          
           and
           
             obedient
             ,
          
           as
           to
           an
           
             ordinance
          
           to
           guide
           them
           in
           their
           consent
           ,
           and
           therfore
           in
           the
           sentence
           of
           the
           Elders
           the
           ultimate
           for
           mall
           ministeriall
           act
           of
           
             binding
          
           or
           
             loosing
          
           should
           consist
           .
           Christ
           hath
           placed
           a
           
             Rule
             and
             Authority
          
           in
           these
           officers
           over
           the
           ●est
           
           of
           the
           congregation
           ,
           not
           
             directing
          
           only
           ,
           but
           
             binding
             .
          
           (
           See
           the
           Epistle
           to
           Mr.
           
             ●ottons
          
           book
           of
           the
           Keyes
           )
           When
           these
           officers
           gathered
           in
           Christs
           name
           do
           passe
           a
           right
           judgement
           upon
           hereticall
           congregations
           ,
           or
           persons
           declaring
           them
           to
           be
           such
           as
           have
           no
           communion
           with
           any
           of
           the
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
             those
             hereticall
             persons
             or
             Churches
             are
             put
             out
             of
             the
             kingdom
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             consequently
             put
             under
             the
             power
             of
             Satan
             :
          
           Heart
           divisions
           ,
           
             p.
          
           44.
           
           The
           Rule
           urged
           by
           many
           is
           this
           ,
           
             Nemini
             fit
             injuria
             cui
             praeponitur
             Christus
             ,
          
           we
           prefer
           the
           Authority
           of
           Christ
           above
           all
           authoritie
           of
           men
           ,
           or
           societies
           of
           men
           :
           
             King
             ,
             Parliament
             ,
             &
             people
             must
             subject
             themselves
             to
             Iesus
             Christ
             .
          
           None
           must
           plead
           priviledge
           to
           live
           scandalously
           ,
           though
           
             Peers
          
           of
           the
           Realm
           .
           The
           
             Tigurine
          
           Divines
           are
           accounted
           most
           favourable
           or
           rather
           remisse
           in
           this
           point
           ;
           but
           
             Guather
          
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           
             Ionvill
             ,
          
           saith
           ,
           
             Excommunicatio
             legibus
             nostris
             praecipitur
             quâ
             a
             tribuum
             Societate
             ,
             &
             publicorum
             pascuorum
             usu
             fructu
             excluduntur
             qui
             contemptis
             admonitionibus
             tam
             publicis
             quam
             privatis
             aliter
             vivunt
             quam
             homines
             deceat
             Christianos
             :
          
           and
           
             Bullinger
          
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           Mr.
           
           
             Dathen
          
           speaks
           for
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             if
             Noble
             men
             amongst
             them
             were
             taken
             in
             the
             act
             of
             uncleannesse
             ,
             they
             were
             publickly
             degraded
             .
             Solemus
             maechos
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             deprehensos
             honore
             &
             trabeâ
             exutos
             publicè
             ded●corare
             ;
          
           And
           
             Erastus
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           do
           pertinaciously
           violate
           Gods
           commands
           ,
           may
           be
           put
           to
           death
           .
           
             Confirmat
             Thes.
             p.
          
           337.
           
           You
           see
           that
           
             Erastus
          
           did
           not
           encourage
           pertinacious
           offenders
           .
           
             They
             that
             desire
             such
             a
             monstrous
             kind
             of
             liberty
             ,
             as
             to
             live
             as
             they
             list
             ,
             and
             be
             accountable
             to
             none
             whatsoever
             they
             hold
             or
             do
             ,
             are
             not
             onely
             unworthy
             of
             Christian
             ,
             but
             Humane
             society
             ,
          
           saith
           Mr.
           
             Burroughes
             ,
          
           Heart-divisions
           ,
           
             p.
             166.
             
             &
          
           177.
           
           You
           see
           what
           a
           generall
           severity
           is
           expressed
           by
           all
           ,
           that
           desire
           any
           true
           Reformation
           ,
           though
           they
           
           be
           men
           of
           
             different
             perswasions
             .
          
           In
           the
           judgement
           of
           the
           
             Assembly
             ,
             None
             are
             fit
             to
             be
             admitted
             to
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             who
             do
             usually
             neglect
             to
             pray
             in
             and
             with
             their
             families
             ,
             or
             to
             instruct
             them
             in
             those
             principles
             of
             Religion
             ,
             the
             ignorance
             of
             which
             ,
             is
             sufficient
             cause
             to
             debar
             any
             one
             from
             the
             Sacrament
             .
          
           Be
           pleased
           then
           to
           take
           these
           things
           into
           your
           most
           retired
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           godly
           Ministers
           and
           people
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           will
           stick
           close
           to
           you
           for
           promoting
           of
           a
           thorough-reformation
           ;
           onely
           let
           me
           intreat
           you
           ,
           that
           when
           bloody
           Delinquents
           come
           to
           compound
           3.
           things
           may
           be
           excepted
           .
           1.
           
           That
           their
           composition
           may
           not
           authorise
           them
           to
           communicate
           at
           the
           Lords
           Table
           with
           those
           friends
           of
           yours
           ,
           whose
           fathers
           ,
           brothers
           ,
           &c
           they
           have
           slain
           with
           wicked
           hands
           ,
           &
           have
           not
           as
           yet
           given
           any
           publick
           testimony
           of
           their
           repentance
           .
           2.
           
           That
           they
           may
           not
           deprive
           any
           Parish
           of
           a
           powerfull
           Ministry
           ,
           by
           denying
           sufficient
           maintenance
           to
           the
           Minister
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           raise
           their
           Fine
           ,
           or
           a
           good
           part
           of
           it
           out
           of
           the
           Impropriations
           ,
           which
           come
           into
           their
           hand
           upon
           their
           composition
           .
           3.
           
           That
           they
           may
           not
           make
           themselves
           whole
           ,
           by
           oppressing
           and
           racking
           those
           poore
           Tenants
           of
           theirs
           ,
           or
           their
           widows
           ,
           or
           orphans
           who
           have
           been
           faithfull
           to
           You
           ,
           and
           spent
           their
           estates
           ,
           or
           lost
           their
           lives
           in
           your
           Service
           ,
           Help
           the
           honest
           Tenants
           to
           an
           easie
           composition
           with
           their
           Malignant
           Landlords
           .
           
             If
             I
             did
             not
             Honour
             You
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             be
             thus
             plain
             with
             You
             ,
          
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           your
           wisdom
           to
           draw
           conclusions
           from
           all
           ,
           for
           the
           putting
           of
           your
           own
           Order
           in
           execution
           ,
           
             for
             suspending
             all
             that
             are
             scandalous
             sinners
             from
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             though
             the
             sins
             which
             they
             be
             guilty
             of
             be
             not
             yet
             enumerated
             ;
          
           let
           all
           be
           fairly
           interpreted
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           humbly
           presented
           ,
           by
           him
           who
           
             desires
             Your
             perfection
             .
          
        
         
           
             Francis
             Cheynell
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           to
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           ,
           March
           25.
           1646.
           
        
         
           
             GEN
             .
             18.
             19.
             
          
           
             For
             I
             know
             him
             that
             he
             will
             command
             his
             children
             ,
             and
             his
             houshold
             after
             him
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             keepe
             the
             way
             of
             Jehovah
             to
             doe
             Justice
             and
             Judgement
             ,
             that
             the
             Lord
             may
             bring
             upon
             Abraham
             that
             which
             he
             hath
             spoken
             of
             him
             .
          
        
         
           BE
           pleased
           to
           consider
           the
           Forme
           and
           Matter
           of
           the
           Text
           :
           If
           you
           looke
           upon
           the
           Forme
           ,
           the
           Rationall
           Particle
           
             For
          
           points
           backward
           ,
           and
           shewes
           you
           that
           the
           Words
           containe
           a
           Reason
           why
           God
           did
           acquaint
           
             Abraham
          
           with
           his
           Intention
           concerning
           
             Sodom
             :
             Abraham
          
           had
           the
           honor
           to
           be
           taken
           into
           Covenant
           with
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           
           nay
           to
           be
           stiled
           the
           
             Friend
             of
             God
             :
          
           and
           God
           deales
           with
           him
           as
           a
           friend
           ,
           he
           communicates
           certain
           secrets
           ,
           
             Arcana
             Imperii
          
           to
           him
           ,
           &
           makes
           him
           in
           some
           particulars
           of
           
           his
           
             Privy-Councell
             ;
          
           for
           he
           imparts
           to
           him
           his
           great
           Designe
           (
           upon
           wicked
           
             Sodom
          
           )
           in
           a
           kinde
           of
           familiar
           and
           loving
           way
           .
           What
           saith
           God
           ,
           shall
           I
           conceale
           this
           Secret
           from
           my
           Friend
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           blessed
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           in
           whose
           Seed
           all
           the
           Nations
           of
           the
           Earth
           shall
           be
           blessed
           ?
           I
           know
           him
           ,
           and
           love
           him
           well
           ,
           and
           know
           that
           he
           will
           make
           a
           good
           use
           of
           it
           .
           
             For
             I
             know
             him
             that
             he
             will
             command
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           If
           you
           looke
           upon
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           Text
           :
           it
           is
           in
           one
           word
           ,
           
             Abrahams
             Testimoniall
          
           subscribed
           by
           God
           himselfe
           ;
           a
           Divine
           Testimoni●ll
           indeed
           ,
           which
           did
           not
           onely
           certifie
           what
           
             Abraham
          
           was
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           but
           what
           he
           should
           be
           for
           the
           future
           :
           
             This
             is
             the
             Testimoniall
             of
             a
             God
             .
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           God
           beares
           witnesse
           to
           the
           integrity
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           I
           know
           him
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             I
             know
             his
             judgement
             ,
             I
             know
             his
             heart
             ,
          
           I
           am
           well
           acquainted
           with
           the
           frame
           of
           his
           spirit
           ,
           the
           inclination
           of
           his
           will
           ,
           and
           the
           bent
           of
           his
           affections
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           .
           For
           the
           future
           ,
           God
           foretels
           ,
           First
           ,
           VVhat
           
             Abraham
          
           would
           doe
           for
           God
           :
           he
           would
           endeavour
           to
           bring
           all
           that
           were
           
             under
             his
             Command
             ,
          
           to
           be
           
             at
             Gods
             Command
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           VVhat
           God
           would
           doe
           for
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           namely
           
             Fulfill
             his
             Promise
             ,
             Keepe
             his
             Word
             .
          
           From
           the
           Forme
           of
           the
           Words
           as
           they
           yeeld
           a
           reason
           ,
           VVhy
           God
           did
           communicate
           this
           Secret
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           I
           raise
           this
           Observation
           .
        
         
           God
           doth
           communicate
           
             Rare
             Secrets
          
           to
           certaine
           
             knowne
             and
             chosen
             men
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           Gods
           Prerogative
           Royall
           to
           communicate
           Secrets
           to
           whom
           he
           pleases
           :
           and
           therefore
           these
           
             Knowne
          
           men
           are
           fitly
           termed
           
             Chosen
             men
             .
             I
             know
             whom
             I
             have
             chosen
             ▪
          
           saith
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             John
             17.
             18.
             
             God
          
           makes
           choise
           of
           some
           men
           for
           State
           Service
           ,
           and
           some
           for
           Church-Service
           :
           and
           God
           doth
           communicate
           different
           Secrets
           to
           severall
           men
           answerable
           to
           those
           severall
           Services
           for
           which
           he
           hath
           chosen
           them
           .
           1.
           
           To
           his
           Servants
           the
           Prophets
           he
           did
           reveale
           
             Prophesies
             ,
          
           foretell
           the
           ruine
           of
           Monarchies
           and
           States
           ,
           such
           secrets
           were
           proper
           for
           them
           ,
           
             Amos
             3.
             7.
             
             ▪
          
           2.
           
           Our
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           did
           reveale
           
             Doctrinall
             Secrets
          
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           such
           Gospell-Secrets
           as
           they
           were
           to
           communicate
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           .
           
             John
          
           15.
           15.
           
           I
           call
           you
           freinds
           ,
           and
           I
           deale
           with
           you
           as
           freinds
           ,
           I
           impart
           Secrets
           to
           you
           
           not
           that
           you
           should
           keepe
           them
           close
           and
           conceale
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           you
           might
           publish
           and
           declare
           them
           ;
           I
           have
           not
           shunned
           saith
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           to
           declare
           unto
           you
           all
           the
           Counsell
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Acts
          
           20.
           27
           
           :
           3.
           
           God
           doth
           impart
           
             Secrets
             of
             State
          
           to
           men
           of
           Publique
           Spirits
           :
           that
           
             blacke
             secret
          
           of
           the
           Powder-plot
           was
           by
           a
           wonderfull
           providence
           discovered
           and
           prevented
           :
           and
           we
           have
           had
           such
           admirable
           experiments
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           in
           this
           kind
           within
           these
           five
           years
           last
           past
           ,
           that
           our
           posterity
           will
           scarce
           beleeve
           what
           we
           have
           seene
           .
           4
           ▪
           God
           doth
           impart
           
             Mysterious
             Secrets
          
           to
           his
           chosen
           people
           whom
           he
           hath
           fore-knowne
           :
           Some
           Secrets
           are
           communicated
           to
           them
           ▪
           
             to
             make
             them
             his
             friends
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Secrets
           are
           imparted
           to
           them
           after
           they
           are
           his
           friends
           ,
           
             because
             they
             are
             his
             friends
             ,
          
           his
           Saints
           ,
           his
           Heires
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           thereby
           know
           themselves
           to
           be
           the
           Elect
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           Secret
           indeed
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           The
           Secrets
           which
           God
           doth
           impart
           to
           his
           Elect
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           become
           his
           friends
           ,
           and
           fall
           in
           love
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           holinesse
           ,
           
           are
           
             Convincing
             Secrets
             ,
             Humbling
             Secrets
             ,
          
           and
           both
           being
           set
           home
           by
           the
           Spirit
           are
           
             Converting
             Secrets
             :
             for
             men
             doe
             discourse
             and
             act
             according
             to
             that
             Habit
             of
             Principles
             ,
             which
             is
             ingrafted
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             last
             end
             intended
             by
             them
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Spirit
           doth
           impart
           
             Convincing
             Secrets
          
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           take
           us
           off
           from
           our selfe-conceitednesse
           ,
           and
           selfe-dependance
           :
           for
           
             whilest
             we
             are
             in
             our
             naturall
             estate
             ,
             we
             have
             ●igh
             thoughts
             of
             our selves
             ,
             and
             base
             thoughts
             of
             Grace
             and
             holinesse
             ,
             nay
             meane
             thoughts
             of
             God
             and
             Christ
             .
          
           Now
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           doth
           convince
           us
           of
           our
           errour
           :
           
           I
           say
           ,
           
             Convince
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             holy
             Spirit
             doth
             clearely
             and
             undeniably
             prove
             that
             to
             be
             most
             false
             ,
             which
             we
             conceive
             to
             be
             most
             true
             .
          
           You
           saith
           the
           Spirit
           (
           to
           these
           naturall
           ,
           but
           chosen
           men
           )
           thinke
           your selves
           wise
           ,
           and
           strong
           ,
           rich
           ,
           and
           righteous
           ,
           highly
           favoured
           by
           God
           ,
           because
           you
           are
           flattered
           by
           men
           :
           but
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           
             You
             are
             fooles
             and
             weakelings
             ,
             you
             are
             slaves
             and
             beggars
             ▪
             prisoners
             ,
             guilty
             ,
             filthy
             ,
             miserable
             ,
             abominable
             ,
             corrupted
             ▪
             cursed
             ,
             and
             almost
             damned
             :
          
           These
           are
           
             Humbling
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             Convincing
             Secrets
             :
          
           The
           body
           sweates
           ,
           and
           the
           soule
           trembles
           at
           such
           
             amazing
             Secrets
          
           as
           these
           .
           I
           am
           sent
           this
           day
           not
           to
           whisper
           ,
           but
           to
           speake
           this
           truth
           aloude
           in
           your
           eares
           ;
           All
           you
           that
           are
           yet
           in
           your
           naturall
           estate
           ,
           let
           your
           
             Parts
             ,
             Gifts
             ,
             Titles
             ,
             Places
             ,
          
           be
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           this
           this
           is
           your
           condition
           ;
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           rent
           that
           vaile
           asunder
           ,
          
           
           
           
           which
           is
           before
           your
           eyes
           ,
           and
           over
           your
           hearts
           .
           I
           arrest
           you
           this
           day
           at
           the
           Suit
           of
           the
           great
           Jehovah
           ,
           the
           glorious
           Commander
           of
           heaven
           and
           earth
           ,
           for
           a
           debt
           of
           ten
           thousand
           thousand
           talents
           ,
           my
           millions
           of
           millions
           ,
           and
           over
           and
           above
           of
           high
           treason
           against
           all
           the
           three
           blessed
           Persons
           of
           the
           holy
           Trinity
           ;
           
             You
             cannot
             deny
             the
             debt
             ,
             you
             must
             stand
             to
             the
             arrest
             ,
             you
             can
             have
             no
             protection
             ,
             you
             are
             in
             as
             great
             danger
             ,
             as
             if
             Death
             ,
             were
             before
             you
             ,
             the
             Devill
             ,
             behinde
             you
             ,
             and
             both
             ready
             to
             seize
             upon
             you
             .
          
           The
           Spirit
           doth
           convince
           you
           that
           you
           are
           in
           a
           state
           of
           sinne
           because
           you
           are
           in
           a
           state
           of
           unbeleife
           ,
           
             John
             16.
             8
             
             ▪
             9.
             
             The
             Spirit
             doth
             reprove
             ,
          
           the
           word
           signifies
           ,
           
             Convince
             the
             whole
             world
          
           of
           unregenerate
           men
           ,
           
             Of
             sinne
             because
             they
             beleeve
             not
             in
             Christ
             .
          
           The
           Spirit
           doth
           convince
           all
           carnall
           men
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           in
           the
           state
           of
           wrath
           ,
           nay
           of
           enmity
           :
           because
           their
           hearts
           rise
           ,
           and
           swell
           against
           the
           
             Simplicity
             and
             Power
             of
             godlinesse
             .
          
           Are
           these
           things
           Secrets
           to
           you
           ,
           or
           are
           they
           not
           ?
           if
           they
           be
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           all
           grace
           set
           these
           convincing
           truths
           home
           upon
           your
           Spirits
           ;
           If
           they
           be
           not
           ,
           then
           tell
           me
           all
           you
           that
           are
           in
           a
           state
           of
           enmity
           ,
           how
           dare
           you
           goe
           to
           sleepe
           in
           that
           estate
           ?
           I
           tell
           you
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           Jehovah
           ,
           that
           
             That
             man
             who
             doth
             not
             onely
             commit
             an
             act
             of
             sinne
             against
             knowledge
             ,
             but
             resolves
             to
             continue
             in
             a
             state
             of
             sinne
             after
             conviction
             is
             within
             ,
             some
             few
             steppes
             of
             the
             unpardonable
             sinne
             .
          
           Thou
           that
           hast
           meane
           thoughts
           of
           God
           ,
           consider
           thy
           
             dependance
          
           upon
           God
           ,
           and
           Gods
           absolute
           
             Independency
             ,
             his
             Infinite
             Excellency
             ,
             the
             Soveraignty
             of
             his
             Over-ruling
             Providence
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Supremacy
             of
             his
             Almighty
             Power
             ,
             thinke
             of
             his
             satiating
             All-sufficiency
             ,
             and
             Flesh
             confounding
             Majesty
             ,
          
           that
           thou
           mayest
           learne
           to
           abase
           thy selfe
           before
           this
           great
           Jehovah
           the
           God
           of
           Glory
           ;
           Now
           let
           me
           speake
           ,
           and
           speake
           freely
           to
           thee
           ,
           whilest
           thou
           hast
           these
           
             vigorous
             impressions
          
           of
           Gods
           Excellency
           upon
           thy
           spirit
           ,
           This
           God
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           this
           Lord
           of
           Glory
           is
           a
           
             Professed
             Enemy
          
           to
           all
           those
           who
           resolve
           to
           continue
           in
           a
           State
           or
           course
           of
           sinne
           :
           Dost
           thou
           heare
           me
           ?
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           is
           thine
           Enemy
           ,
           
             That
             God
             in
             whose
             hand
             thy
             life
             ,
             breath
             ,
             counsels
             ,
             wayes
             ,
             comforts
             are
             ,
             is
             thine
             Enemy
             :
          
           Doth
           not
           thy
           soule
           tremble
           at
           such
           a
           thought
           ?
           Thy
           sinnes
           which
           thou
           lookest
           on
           as
           trifles
           ,
           are
           so
           many
           
             injuries
             ,
          
           nay
           
             affronts
          
           offered
           to
           this
           Almighty
           God
           :
           thou
           hast
           
             abused
          
           him
           to
           his
           
             face
             ,
          
           and
           if
           this
           offended
           Majesty
           should
           refuse
           to
           be
           reconciled
           unto
           thee
           ,
           thou
           
           wilt
           for
           certaine
           die
           and
           perish
           to
           all
           eternity
           ;
           Let
           these
           humbling
           considerations
           abide
           upon
           thy
           soule
           ,
           let
           the
           terrours
           of
           the
           Almighty
           dwell
           upon
           thy
           spirit
           :
           thou
           art
           now
           in
           a
           course
           of
           physicke
           ,
           and
           if
           thou
           feele
           convul●ions
           in
           thy
           bowels
           ,
           and
           tortures
           in
           thy
           conscience
           ,
           be
           patient
           under
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           that
           thou
           mayest
           be
           cured
           .
           
             Be
             humbled
             ,
             be
             abased
             ,
             but
             doe
             not
             despaire
             ,
             be
             ashamed
             ,
             but
             be
             not
             discouraged
             :
          
           Consider
           the
           filthinese
           of
           sinne
           ,
           the
           Purity
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Majesty
           of
           God
           ,
           his
           VVrath
           ,
           Displeasure
           ,
           Zeale
           ,
           Indignation
           against
           every
           sinne
           :
           and
           
             let
             all
             these
             considerations
             move
             thee
             to
             fly
             from
             sinne
             ,
             but
             not
             from
             God
             ;
          
           blesse
           God
           for
           that
           Secret
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           a
           Secret
           which
           hath
           supported
           and
           revived
           many
           a
           fainting
           soule
           ,
           and
           wounded
           spirit
           .
        
         
           Tell
           me
           ,
           how
           doe
           these
           Secrets
           worke
           upon
           thee
           ?
           art
           thou
           willing
           to
           take
           a
           pardon
           upon
           faire
           and
           honourable
           termes
           ?
           wouldest
           thou
           doe
           any
           thing
           ,
           suffer
           any
           thing
           ,
           forgoe
           any
           thing
           ,
           that
           thou
           mightest
           be
           at
           peace
           with
           this
           mighty
           God
           ?
           Dost
           thou
           desire
           
             Direction
             from
             God
             ,
             Reconciliation
             and
             Communion
             with
             him
             ?
          
           Why
           then
           I
           have
           some
           
             Encouraging
             Secrets
          
           to
           impart
           unto
           thee
           .
        
         
           God
           hath
           discovered
           his
           rich
           mercy
           ,
           his
           undeserved
           love
           ,
           and
           free
           grace
           by
           a
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           sealed
           with
           the
           Bloud
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           
             Guilt
             cannot
             looke
             on
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             Majesty
             is
             most
             terrible
             in
             an
             Enemy
             and
             a
             Judge
             :
          
           but
           when
           Christ
           enterposes
           ,
           God
           is
           a
           reconciled
           God
           ,
           and
           tender
           Father
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           
             In
             Christ
             Gods
             nature
             is
             lovely
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             our
             persons
             lovely
             to
             God
             .
          
           God
           doth
           beseech
           you
           ,
           and
           Christ
           intreates
           you
           to
           be
           reconciled
           :
           
             God
             shewes
             mercy
             to
             them
             that
             deserve
             no
             mercy
             :
          
           There
           is
           an
           
             Heart-breaking
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           an
           
             Encouraging
             Secret
             ,
             a
             Gospell
             Secret
             :
          
           these
           Secrets
           are
           usually
           the
           first
           ground
           of
           faith
           ,
           and
           hope
           :
           Now
           faith
           and
           hope
           doe
           kindle
           in
           us
           a
           love
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           love
           doth
           most
           sweetely
           breake
           the
           heart
           ,
           and
           humble
           the
           soule
           :
           
             My
             froward
             soule
             is
             now
             willing
             to
             abase
             it selfe
             before
             so
             good
             a
             God
             ,
             a
             God
             so
             willing
             to
             shew
             mercy
             to
             such
             a
             wretch
             as
             I
             am
             who
             deserve
             no
             mercy
             :
          
           I
           see
           nothing
           in
           my selfe
           to
           encourage
           me
           to
           goe
           to
           God
           ,
           but
           I
           see
           enough
           in
           my selfe
           to
           
             drive
          
           me
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           I
           see
           enough
           in
           God
           for
           to
           
             encourage
          
           me
           to
           runne
           unto
           him
           :
           I
           see
           mercy
           enough
           in
           God
           ,
           merit
           enough
           in
           Christ
           ,
           holinesse
           enough
           in
           the
           Spirit
           of
           holinesse
           to
           perswade
           me
           to
           runne
           to
           God
           for
           
           grace
           as
           well
           as
           mercy
           ,
           for
           faith
           and
           repentance
           as
           well
           as
           any
           other
           graces
           ,
           for
           pardon
           of
           sinne
           and
           power
           against
           it
           .
        
         
           Come
           then
           be
           convinced
           of
           thine
           owne
           naughtinesse
           in
           spirituall
           respects
           ,
           humbly
           and
           yet
           chearefully
           cast
           thy selfe
           upon
           Gods
           free
           grace
           for
           pardon
           :
           depend
           upon
           Christs
           obedience
           alone
           for
           righteousnesse
           ,
           upon
           his
           holy
           Spirit
           the
           Comforter
           for
           holinesse
           and
           comfort
           ;
           and
           say
           as
           
             Bradford
          
           did
           ,
           
             I
             am
             Hell
             ,
             but
             God
             is
             Heaven
             ,
             I
             am
             sinne
             ,
             but
             Christ
             is
             righteousnesse
             .
          
           Blesse
           God
           for
           providing
           thee
           a
           Surety
           ,
           a
           Saviour
           who
           is
           able
           to
           pay
           all
           thy
           debts
           ,
           and
           to
           supply
           all
           thy
           wants
           .
           I
           hope
           by
           this
           time
           thou
           art
           encouraged
           to
           trust
           Christ
           stedfastly
           ,
           and
           love
           him
           heartily
           :
           and
           
             if
             thou
             findest
             thy
             heart
             overcome
             by
             the
             love
             of
             God
             in
             Christ
             ,
             then
             thou
             mayest
             goe
             to
             Christ
             not
             out
             of
             pure
             neede
             ,
             but
             pure
             love
             :
          
           and
           Christ
           will
           give
           thee
           such
           liberall
           entertainement
           ,
           and
           hearty
           welcome
           ,
           that
           thou
           wilt
           prize
           and
           love
           Christ
           for
           
             himselfe
             ,
          
           and
           for
           his
           
             holinesse
             ,
          
           and
           all
           his
           excellencies
           as
           well
           as
           benefits
           :
           and
           the
           more
           thou
           dost
           
             prize
          
           him
           ,
           the
           faster
           will
           thy
           devoute
           soule
           by
           a
           lively
           
             faith
          
           cleave
           unto
           him
           :
           and
           the
           more
           thou
           dost
           cleave
           to
           him
           by
           faith
           ,
           the
           faster
           wilt
           thou
           adhere
           to
           him
           by
           
             love
             ;
          
           and
           the
           more
           thou
           dost
           love
           Christ
           ,
           the
           more
           wilt
           
             thou
             hate
             sin
             ,
             abhorre
          
           thy self
           for
           ●inne
           ,
           and
           
             deny
             thy selfe
          
           for
           Christ
           ;
           And
           the
           more
           thou
           art
           convinced
           of
           thy
           sinfulnesse
           ,
           and
           abased
           for
           thy
           sinne
           ,
           the
           more
           wilt
           thou
           prize
           Christ
           ,
           and
           love
           him
           ,
           and
           runne
           to
           him
           for
           grace
           and
           mercy
           ,
           and
           draw
           new
           vertue
           and
           fresh
           supplies
           from
           him
           ,
           that
           thou
           mayest
           every
           way
           expresse
           thy
           love
           unto
           him
           ▪
           And
           beleeve
           it
           ,
           
             there
             will
             be
             no
             love
             lost
             between
             thee
             and
             Christ
             :
          
           thou
           shalt
           be
           delighted
           with
           his
           presence
           ,
           satisfied
           with
           his
           love
           ,
           and
           acquainted
           with
           those
           other
           Secrets
           ,
           which
           God
           imparts
           to
           men
           after
           they
           are
           made
           Saints
           and
           freinds
           ;
           
             Not
             onely
             the
             wisedome
             of
             God
             hid
             in
             a
             Mystery
             of
             faith
             and
             godlinesse
             ,
             but
             the
             deepe
             things
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             Secrets
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Adoption
             ,
             those
             Love-Secrets
          
           which
           Christ
           imparts
           to
           us
           when
           he
           comes
           in
           to
           suppe
           with
           us
           ,
           even
           
             Miracles
             of
             love
             ,
             and
             Treasures
             of
             glory
             :
          
           And
           when
           Christ
           doth
           thus
           feast
           you
           with
           his
           
             love
             ,
          
           you
           will
           the●
           demonstrate
           your
           
             Spouse-like
          
           love
           to
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           able
           to
           say
           that
           you
           love
           Christ
           for
           〈…〉
           for
           what
           you
           have
           from
           him
           ,
           or
           by
           him
           ,
           but
           you
           〈…〉
           in
           your
           love
           to
           him
           ,
           though
           you
           lose
           all
           you
           
           have
           for
           him
           .
           When
           God
           doth
           bestow
           these
           
             love●tokens
             ,
          
           and
           impart
           these
           
             Love-Secrets
          
           to
           his
           elect
           ,
           by
           a
           
             Spirit
             of
             Revelation
             ,
             Regeneration
             ,
             Adoption
             ,
          
           and
           hath
           taugh●
           〈…〉
           to
           know
           him
           ,
           love
           him
           ,
           and
           crie
           Abba
           Father
           to
           him
           :
           the●
           〈◊〉
           ownes
           them
           for
           his
           sonnes
           and
           daughters
           ,
           and
           saith
           of
           them
           as
           he
           〈◊〉
           here
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           I
           know
           them
           ,
           I
           love
           them
           ,
           approve
           them
           ,
           because
           I
           chose
           them
           from
           all
           eternity
           .
        
         
           
             Ob.
          
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           the
           Secret
           imparted
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           seemes
           to
           be
           a
           
             Secular-Secret
             ,
          
           rather
           then
           a
           
             Religious-Secret
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sol.
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           this
           Secret
           was
           imparted
           at
           least
           
             in
             Ordine
             ad
             Spiritualia
             ,
          
           for
           religious
           purposes
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           many
           edifying
           Secrets
           contained
           in
           it
           ;
           
             Abraham
          
           was
           not
           to
           repeate
           it
           as
           a
           story
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           Sermon
           to
           his
           Posterity
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           behold
           the
           Majesty
           of
           Jehovah
           ,
           in
           this
           great
           example
           of
           Divine
           vengeance
           ,
           and
           be
           perswaded
           to
           walke
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           my
           text
           :
           This
           Secret
           was
           communicated
           before
           hand
           ,
           that
           the
           burning
           of
           
             Sodom
          
           might
           not
           be
           imputed
           to
           chance
           ,
           fortune
           ,
           or
           a
           violent
           tempest
           raised
           by
           the
           common
           course
           of
           nature
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           immediate
           hand
           of
           God
           :
           
             That
             the
             sin-revenging
             Justice
             of
             God
             might
             be
             magnified
             ,
             and
             Posterity
             deterred
             from
             the
             sinnes
             of
             Sodom
             ,
             Pride
             ,
             fulnesse
             of
             bread
             ,
             abundance
             of
             Idlenesse
             ,
             unnaturall
             lust
             ,
             and
             base
             fornication
             ,
             Ezek.
             16.
             49.
             2
             Pet.
          
           2.
           6.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
           This
           Secret
           was
           imparted
           to
           
             Abraham
          
           by
           way
           of
           Prolepsis
           ,
           for
           the
           preventing
           of
           an
           Objection
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           staggered
           his
           faith
           :
           for
           God
           had
           given
           that
           Land
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Lot
          
           had
           made
           choise
           of
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           and
           
             Abrahams
          
           Portion
           bordered
           upon
           
             Lots
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           
             Abraham
          
           would
           have
           beene
           exceedingly
           staggered
           at
           the
           Overthrow
           of
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           if
           God
           had
           not
           acquainted
           him
           with
           this
           Secret
           before
           hand
           :
           And
           therefore
           I
           have
           so
           freely
           discoursed
           of
           Encouraging
           Secrets
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           remove
           those
           blocks
           at
           which
           our
           faith
           is
           most
           apt
           to
           stumble
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           By
           the
           imparting
           of
           this
           Secret
           ,
           
             Lots
          
           policy
           is
           confuted
           ,
           and
           
             Abrahams
          
           selfe-denying
           faith
           commended
           :
           
             Lot
          
           chooses
           the
           richer
           soyle
           ,
           but
           the
           fouler
           seate
           ,
           because
           of
           worldly
           accommodations
           ;
           but
           on
           a
           sudden
           the
           wickednesse
           of
           the
           place
           calls
           for
           a
           devouring
           fire
           ,
           which
           licks
           up
           all
           the
           wealth
           ,
           and
           buries
           all
           the
           glory
           of
           
             Sodom
          
           in
           dust
           andashes
           :
           this
           Secret
           is
           not
           secular
           ,
           which
           takes
           off
           the
           heart
           from
           all
           secular
           accommodations
           ,
           
           and
           teaches
           men
           to
           choose
           their
           seate
           or
           dwelling
           ,
           not
           for
           secular
           advantages
           ,
           but
           for
           Spirituall
           Accommodations
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           It
           was
           requisite
           to
           shew
           you
           when
           a
           man
           is
           in
           an
           
             approved
          
           condition
           ,
           and
           how
           a
           man
           may
           be
           brought
           to
           lay
           hold
           upon
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           because
           when
           God
           (
           speaking
           of
           
             Abraham
          
           )
           saith
           ▪
           
             I
             know
             him
             ,
          
           the
           meaning
           is
           ,
           I
           approve
           him
           as
           a
           man
           in
           Covenant
           with
           me
           :
           he
           is
           a
           sincere
           upright
           man
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           true
           to
           me
           in
           the
           most
           declining
           times
           .
        
         
           God
           takes
           notice
           of
           his
           Saints
           and
           Servants
           with
           a
           
             Knowledge
             of
             Approbation
             ,
             a
             sweete
             loving
             knowledge
             which
             implyes
             a
             deare
             and
             tender
             respect
             :
          
           but
           God
           takes
           notice
           of
           every
           particular
           person
           ,
           with
           a
           
             Knowledge
             of
             Observation
             :
          
           for
           God
           observes
           all
           our
           dispositions
           ,
           habits
           ,
           and
           inclinations
           ,
           all
           our
           thoughts
           ,
           plots
           ,
           designes
           ,
           all
           our
           desires
           ,
           intentions
           ,
           resolutions
           ,
           words
           and
           actions
           ,
           and
           will
           call
           us
           to
           an
           account
           for
           all
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           before
           the
           Tribunall
           of
           Christ
           ;
           when
           Hypocrites
           and
           Apostates
           ,
           scandalous
           and
           impenitent
           persons
           ,
           who
           lived
           and
           died
           in
           sinne
           ,
           appeare
           at
           that
           terrible
           day
           of
           accounts
           ,
           Christ
           will
           protest
           unto
           them
           ,
           
             that
             he
             never
             knew
             them
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             He
             never
             approved
             them
             ,
             Math.
          
           7.
           23.
           
           Nay
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           Christ
           doth
           usually
           set
           a
           brand
           upon
           all
           false-hearted
           men
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           highly
           conceited
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           cried
           up
           by
           others
           for
           prudence
           and
           piety
           :
           yet
           Christ
           saith
           ,
           
             I
             know
             such
             and
             such
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             never
             trust
             them
             ,
             because
             I
             know
             them
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             lay
             them
             open
             to
             my
             people
             that
             they
             may
             know
             them
             ,
          
           for
           they
           will
           deceive
           all
           that
           trust
           them
           :
           
             Some
             mens
             sinnes
             goe
             afore
             to
             judgement
             ,
             and
             some
             mens
             follow
             after
             :
             for
             they
             that
             are
             otherwise
             ,
             cannot
             be
             hid
             ,
             1
             Tim.
          
           5.
           24
           ,
           25.
           
           When
           Christ
           wrought
           miracles
           ,
           many
           beleeved
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           but
           Christ
           did
           not
           trust
           them
           ,
           for
           
             he
             knew
             what
             was
             in
             man
             ,
             in
             every
             man
             :
             for
             he
             knew
             all
             men
             ,
             John
          
           2.
           23
           ,
           24
           ,
           25.
           
           Christ
           workes
           miracles
           in
           our
           dayes
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           many
           that
           seeme
           to
           beleeve
           in
           his
           name
           :
           but
           if
           they
           be
           not
           sincere
           ,
           Christ
           will
           lay
           them
           open
           :
           for
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           deceive
           the
           Searcher
           of
           hearts
           ,
           and
           Judge
           of
           Secrets
           ,
           our
           Omniscient
           and
           Impartiall
           God
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           We
           may
           learne
           from
           hence
           ,
           That
           what
           ever
           God
           doth
           approve
           in
           man
           ,
           hee
           doth
           worke
           in
           man
           :
           for
           this
           knowledge
           is
           not
           a
           Notionall
           ,
           but
           a
           Practicall
           effectuall
           knowledge
           ;
           
             *
          
           whatsoever
           God
           knowes
           to
           be
           future
           ,
           he
           doth
           will
           :
           if
           
           it
           be
           evill
           ,
           he
           doth
           willingly
           permitte
           it
           ,
           or
           else
           he
           would
           certainely
           hinder
           it
           ;
           
             For
             even
             sinne
             which
             is
             against
             his
             will
             ,
             cannot
             come
             to
             passe
             without
             his
             will
             ;
          
           but
           if
           that
           which
           is
           to
           come
           to
           passe
           be
           good
           ,
           then
           God
           doth
           not
           onely
           
             know
          
           or
           
             permit
          
           it
           ,
           but
           
             worke
          
           it
           also
           :
           for
           
             God
             is
             the
             Author
             of
             every
             thing
             that
             is
             good
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           God
           foresees
           no
           good
           in
           the
           best
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           he
           from
           all
           eternity
           decrees
           :
           and
           in
           time
           doth
           (
           according
           to
           his
           decree
           )
           worke
           in
           them
           .
           
             Socinus
          
           makes
           quick
           worke
           in
           this
           point
           :
           for
           rather
           then
           he
           will
           deny
           the
           liberty
           of
           mans
           will
           ,
           he
           like
           an
           Atheist
           denyes
           the
           foreknowledge
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           here
           launch
           into
           the
           deepe
           ,
           and
           discourse
           of
           
             Scientia
             simplicis
             intelligentiae
             ,
             scientia
             visionis
             ,
          
           nor
           trouble
           you
           with
           the
           confutation
           of
           that
           Jesuiticall
           ,
           nay
           
             Arian
             Semipelagian
          
           invention
           of
           
             Scientia
             Media
             :
          
           nor
           will
           I
           wrangle
           with
           
             Pererius
          
           about
           
             Abrahams
          
           foreseene
           merits
           ,
           which
           in
           his
           conceite
           moved
           God
           to
           make
           ,
           nay
           to
           decree
           to
           make
           
             Abraham
          
           so
           great
           and
           glorious
           .
           
             I
             can
             with
             one
             light
             touch
             crush
             these
             Apples
             of
             Sodom
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             vanish
             into
             smoake
             ,
             or
             fall
             into
             ashes
             .
          
        
         
           
             *
          
           God
           knowes
           all
           things
           that
           are
           possible
           ,
           because
           he
           knowes
           his
           owne
           Power
           :
           God
           knowes
           all
           things
           future
           ,
           because
           he
           knowes
           his
           owne
           Will
           :
           for
           nothing
           can
           passe
           out
           of
           the
           ranke
           of
           things
           meerely
           possible
           ,
           into
           the
           ranke
           and
           order
           of
           things
           Future
           before
           some
           Act
           or
           Decree
           of
           Gods
           Will
           hath
           passed
           for
           its
           Futurition
           .
           A
           thing
           must
           be
           Future
           ,
           before
           God
           can
           know
           it
           to
           be
           future
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           futurition
           of
           a
           thing
           is
           not
           knowable
           ,
           no
           not
           
             in
             Signo
             Rationis
             ,
          
           before
           God
           hath
           passed
           a
           decree
           for
           its
           futurition
           :
           If
           God
           should
           foresee
           any
           good
           habit
           or
           action
           proceeding
           from
           mans
           will
           ,
           before
           he
           hath
           decreed
           to
           worke
           both
           in
           man
           and
           for
           him
           ;
           
             Mans
             will
             would
             be
             the
             first
             and
             Independent
             cause
             of
             something
             which
             is
             good
             .
          
           We
           must
           speake
           
           Scripture
           reason
           ,
           
             God
             sets
             his
             love
             upon
             us
             ,
             because
             he
             loves
             us
             ,
             Deut.
          
           7.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           And
           out
           of
           free
           grace
           and
           undeserved
           love
           decrees
           to
           make
           us
           holy
           ,
           and
           so
           foresees
           and
           approves
           our
           holinesse
           .
           The
           Knowledge
           then
           in
           the
           text
           being
           a
           Knowledge
           of
           Approbation
           ,
           supposes
           the
           free
           grace
           ,
           undeserved
           love
           ,
           Immutable
           and
           Effectuall
           Decree
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           fountaine
           of
           grace
           and
           glory
           .
           In
           bad
           actions
           ,
           we
           can
           hardly
           take
           enough
           to
           our selves
           ;
           for
           the
           divell
           cannot
           make
           me
           sinne
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           aske
           me
           leave
           ,
           and
           gaine
           my
           consent
           :
           but
           in
           good
           actions
           I
           can
           never
           ascribe
           too
           much
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           saves
           me
           out
           of
           free
           grace
           ,
           without
           any
           contributions
           of
           helpe
           ,
           or
           attributions
           of
           worth
           seene
           or
           foreseene
           in
           my
           fraile
           and
           sinfull
           selfe
           .
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           God
           doth
           bestow
           his
           saving
           benefits
           in
           a
           certaine
           Order
           ,
           so
           that
           one
           of
           his
           Favours
           doth
           make
           way
           for
           another
           :
           But
           his
           second
           favours
           cannot
           be
           deserved
           by
           his
           first
           ,
           because
           his
           first
           favours
           make
           way
           for
           his
           second
           ,
           and
           both
           proceede
           from
           his
           free
           grace
           .
        
         
           The
           Decree
           of
           God
           is
           a
           sure
           foundation
           ,
           the
           Fore-knowledge
           of
           God
           is
           a
           certaine
           Seale
           :
           
             The
             Foundation
             of
             God
             standeth
             sure
             ,
             having
             this
             Seale
             ,
             The
             Lord
             knoweth
             them
             that
             are
             his
             .
          
           There
           is
           the
           Privy-Seale
           :
           the
           Broade-Seale
           is
           stamped
           upon
           them
           ,
           In
           the
           next
           words
           ,
           
             And
             let
             every
             one
             that
             names
             the
             Name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             depart
             from
             iniquity
             ,
             2
             Tim.
          
           2.
           19.
           
           The
           Lord
           doth
           bring
           all
           that
           are
           his
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           name
           the
           Name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           professe
           his
           Name
           ,
           call
           upon
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           beleeve
           in
           his
           Name
           ,
           but
           to
           depart
           from
           iniquity
           ,
           live
           holily
           ,
           and
           persevere
           in
           faith
           and
           holinesse
           ;
           Faith
           by
           fetching
           strength
           from
           Christ
           ,
           doth
           strengthen
           all
           ,
           patience
           beares
           all
           ,
           love
           sweetens
           all
           ,
           and
           perseverance
           crownes
           all
           ;
           thus
           then
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           
             I
             know
             him
          
           saith
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           I
           love
           him
           ,
           and
           cannot
           but
           approve
           him
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           chosen
           him
           for
           mine
           owne
           ,
           and
           am
           resolved
           to
           stand
           to
           my
           choise
           :
           I
           have
           bestowed
           effectuall
           grace
           upon
           him
           ,
           which
           hath
           moved
           him
           to
           choose
           me
           for
           his
           God
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           chosen
           him
           for
           my
           friend
           :
           
           and
           my
           grace
           shall
           be
           further
           effectuall
           to
           make
           him
           stand
           to
           his
           choise
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           know
           both
           what
           he
           is
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           will
           be
           :
           he
           is
           right
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           he
           will
           be
           upright
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           because
           I
           know
           him
           ,
           thence
           it
           will
           come
           to
           passe
           that
           hee
           will
           command
           his
           children
           ,
           faith
           an
           
           acute
           and
           learned
           Expositour
           upon
           the
           place
           .
        
         
           Doct.
           It
           is
           our
           duty
           to
           endeavour
           to
           bring
           all
           that
           are
           under
           our
           command
           ,
           to
           be
           at
           Gods
           Command
           .
        
         
           
             Abraham
          
           did
           not
           leave
           his
           children
           and
           servants
           to
           their
           owne
           
             Genius
             ,
          
           their
           owne
           counsels
           ,
           their
           owne
           lusts
           :
           though
           it
           is
           certaine
           ,
           that
           divers
           of
           them
           would
           have
           thanked
           him
           for
           such
           a
           liberty
           ;
           
           for
           they
           had
           beene
           nursed
           up
           in
           superstition
           and
           Idolatry
           ,
           as
           
             Abraham
          
           was
           ,
           
           and
           might
           have
           pretended
           that
           they
           were
           not
           satisfied
           in
           point
           of
           conscience
           ;
           but
           
             Abraham
          
           knew
           how
           to
           distinguish
           betweene
           
             Phantasy
             ,
          
           and
           
             Conscience
             ,
          
           betweene
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
          
           and
           
             Liberty
             of
             Lust
             :
          
           and
           therefore
           would
           not
           allow
           them
           such
           a
           Liberty
           as
           would
           have
           enticed
           them
           into
           the
           worst
           kinde
           of
           Bondage
           .
        
         
           
             Abraham
             did
             command
             ,
          
           I
           know
           (
           saith
           God
           )
           that
           he
           will
           
             command
             ,
          
           he
           will
           make
           his
           children
           know
           that
           he
           is
           their
           Father
           ,
           and
           his
           servants
           know
           that
           he
           is
           their
           Master
           .
           
             Abraham
          
           shewed
           his
           
             Authority
             ,
             Prudence
             ,
             Love
             ,
             Diligence
             ,
             and
             Faithfulnesse
             ,
          
           by
           laying
           a
           strict
           and
           speciall
           Command
           upon
           his
           Houshold
           for
           the
           eternall
           welfare
           of
           their
           pretious
           soules
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           His
           Authority
           ,
           he
           was
           a
           King
           ,
           a
           Priest
           ,
           a
           Prophet
           in
           his
           owne
           Family
           ,
           and
           therefore
           did
           command
           them
           to
           subject
           their
           hearts
           ,
           wils
           ,
           consciences
           ,
           to
           the
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           of
           Jehovah
           ,
           
           the
           mighty
           God
           ,
           the
           great
           
             Creatour
             ,
          
           the
           high
           
             Possessour
             ,
          
           and
           glorious
           
             Commander
          
           both
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           His
           Prudence
           ,
           he
           laide
           no
           unnecessary
           burthen
           upon
           them
           ,
           his
           Commands
           were
           not
           a
           
             Cabala
             of
             his
             owne
             Invention
             ,
          
           God
           did
           first
           catechise
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           and
           then
           
             Abraham
          
           was
           the
           Doctor
           of
           his
           family
           ,
           and
           catechised
           his
           houshold
           :
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           but
           he
           did
           
             advise
          
           his
           houshold
           in
           Prudentials
           ;
           but
           he
           did
           
             command
          
           them
           in
           Points
           of
           Faith
           and
           Worship
           ,
           to
           walke
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           .
           It
           is
           the
           most
           imprudent
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           not
           to
           distinguish
           betweene
           
             Prudentials
             ,
          
           and
           
             Articles
          
           of
           Religion
           ,
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           His
           Love
           to
           the
           pretious
           soules
           of
           his
           children
           ,
           servants
           ,
           slaves
           .
           O
           happy
           thrice
           happy
           slaves
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           Care
           and
           Instruction
           of
           a
           godly
           Master
           were
           brought
           home
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           free-men
           of
           the
           great
           Jehovah
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           His
           Diligence
           ,
           It
           was
           no
           easie
           matter
           to
           instruct
           
           children
           and
           bond-slaves
           with
           line
           upon
           line
           ,
           and
           precept
           upon
           precept
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           His
           Faithfulnesse
           ,
           For
           all
           his
           Commands
           were
           Regular
           ,
           
             Abraham
          
           kept
           close
           to
           the
           rule
           ,
           and
           therefore
           neither
           sonne
           nor
           servant
           could
           pretend
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           to
           depart
           from
           that
           Rule
           ,
           which
           Jehovah
           who
           gives
           Lawes
           to
           the
           Conscience
           had
           commanded
           them
           to
           set
           up
           for
           a
           Rule
           in
           their
           very
           Conscience
           .
           No
           man
           can
           grant
           a
           licence
           ,
           or
           give
           liberty
           to
           depart
           from
           the
           Rule
           ,
           for
           that
           were
           to
           grant
           an
           
             Irregular
             Liberty
             ,
          
           an
           
             Vnconscionable
             Liberty
             .
             Liberty
             is
             a
             Priviledge
             ,
             Irregularity
             a
             Sin
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             hath
             a
             Priveledge
             to
             sinne
             ;
          
           Observe
           the
           Command
           in
           the
           text
           ,
           
           it
           is
           ,
           
             To
             keepe
             the
             way
             of
             Jehovah
             ,
             to
             d●e
             Justice
             and
             Judgement
             .
          
           It
           is
           the
           Scripture
           phrase
           to
           expresse
           Religion
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           a
           way
           to
           teach
           men
           to
           make
           a
           constant
           progresse
           in
           Religion
           :
           
           By
           way
           is
           meant
           
             the
             way
             of
             Faith
             ,
             Worship
             and
             Obedience
             ,
          
           
           
             Acts
             18.
             25
             ,
             26.
             
             Luke
          
           1.
           6.
           
           Nay
           the
           way
           of
           inward
           worship
           as
           well
           as
           the
           parts
           of
           outward
           worship
           ,
           
           
             Deut.
             10.
             12.
             
             Enoch
             and
             Noah
             walked
             with
             God
             ,
          
           
           
             Gen.
             5.
             22.
             24.
             
             Gen.
          
           6.
           9.
           
           It
           is
           not
           meant
           of
           obedience
           onely
           ,
           
           but
           of
           Faith
           .
           
           I
           must
           not
           be
           a
           
             Selfe-mover
             :
             I
             must
             not
             be
             my
             owne
             Rule
             ,
             my
             owne
             way
             ,
             or
             my
             owne
             righteousnesse
             :
          
           
           Christ
           is
           Jehovah
           my
           way
           ,
           and
           
             as
             I
             have
             received
             Christ
             ,
          
           
           
             so
             I
             must
             walke
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             grace
             of
             Christ
             ;
             I
             must
             walke
             in
             those
             good
             workes
             which
             God
             hath
             prepared
             that
             I
             might
             walke
             in
             ,
          
           
           
             not
             in
             the
             way
             of
             the
             old
             world
             ,
          
           
           
             the
             way
             of
             Cain
             ,
             the
             way
             of
             Balam
             ,
          
           
           any
           wicked
           way
           .
           
           Divers
           learned
           men
           conceive
           that
           
             Abraham
          
           did
           catechise
           his
           houshold
           in
           these
           weighty
           points
           ,
           
             Concerning
             God
             ,
             Creation
             ,
             Providence
             :
             Concerning
             the
             innocency
             and
             happinesse
             of
             man
             in
             his
             first
             estate
             :
             Concerning
             the
             Fall
             ,
             Sinne
             ,
             and
             misery
             of
             man
             :
             Our
             losse
             and
             corruption
             by
             the
             Fall
             ,
             Our
             danger
             if
             we
             continue
             in
             that
             corrupt
             estate
             :
          
           I
           change
           the
           persons
           that
           I
           may
           speake
           to
           you
           and
           my selfe
           .
           Others
           there
           are
           that
           adde
           many
           more
           necessary
           points
           ,
           concerning
           
             the
             Law
             of
             nature
             ,
             the
             Immortality
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             but
             the
             Mortality
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             the
             Day
             of
             Judgement
             ,
             Eternall
             life
             ,
             and
             Eternall
             death
             .
          
           And
           O
           that
           we
           would
           consider
           that
           our
           soules
           must
           certainely
           have
           an
           everlalasting
           Being
           ,
           either
           in
           glory
           ,
           or
           in
           torments
           ,
           
             That
             we
             may
             in
             this
             our
             day
             consider
             those
             things
             which
             belong
             to
             our
             everlasting
             Peace
             ,
             least
             hereafter
             they
             be
             hid
             from
             our
             eyes
             .
          
        
         
         
           But
           it
           is
           out
           of
           question
           that
           
             Abraham
          
           did
           communicate
           many
           other
           pretious
           and
           saving
           truths
           to
           his
           beloved
           family
           
             Concerning
             the
             rich
             mercy
             ,
             and
             free
             grace
             of
             God
             :
             Concerning
             salvation
             by
             faith
             in
             the
             promised
             seede
             :
             Concerning
             Prayer
             ,
             Vowes
             ,
             Sacrifices
             ,
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
             and
             Circumcision
             ,
             the
             Seale
             of
             the
             Covenant
             .
          
           
           Moreover
           the
           Commands
           of
           
             Abraham
          
           were
           not
           onely
           
             Regular
             ,
          
           but
           
             Practicall
          
           Commands
           :
           he
           did
           not
           onely
           command
           them
           to
           
             know
          
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           ,
           but
           to
           
             walke
          
           in
           it
           :
           nor
           were
           they
           onely
           to
           
             talke
          
           of
           Judgement
           and
           Justice
           ,
           but
           to
           
             d●e
             it
             :
          
           Judgement
           and
           Justice
           are
           here
           taken
           in
           a
           strict
           and
           practicall
           notion
           :
           the
           22.
           
           
             Chapter
          
           of
           
             Jeremiah
             ,
          
           from
           the
           thirteenth
           to
           the
           twentieth
           
             verse
          
           is
           an
           excellent
           Comment
           upon
           my
           text
           .
           
             Jehoiakim
          
           the
           sonne
           of
           
             Josiah
             ,
          
           and
           King
           of
           
             Judah
          
           was
           buried
           with
           the
           buriall
           of
           an
           Asse
           ,
           because
           he
           did
           not
           learne
           of
           his
           Father
           to
           doe
           Judgement
           and
           Justice
           ,
           
             ver.
          
           15.
           and
           to
           judge
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           poore
           and
           needy
           ,
           
             ver.
             16.
             
             If
             the
             greatest
             of
             men
             remaine
             unjust
             ,
             they
             will
             have
             no
             blessing
             upon
             them
             all
             their
             life
             ,
             no
             honour
             at
             their
             death
             .
          
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           so
           much
           as
           examine
           whether
           those
           precepts
           which
           some
           say
           were
           delivered
           to
           the
           sonnes
           of
           
             Noah
             ,
          
           
           were
           not
           onely
           pressed
           upon
           
             Abrahams
          
           family
           ,
           but
           upon
           all
           those
           that
           were
           thought
           worthy
           of
           humane
           society
           ;
           by
           this
           little
           that
           hath
           beene
           saide
           ,
           it
           is
           cleare
           and
           evident
           that
           
             Abraham
             did
             not
             goe
             about
             to
             set
             up
             himselfe
             ,
             but
             to
             set
             up
             God
             in
             his
             family
             ,
             by
             a
             kinde
             of
             Theocracy
             ,
             the
             best
             of
             Goverments
             .
          
        
         
           But
           the
           Jesuites
           tell
           us
           that
           
             Abraham
          
           had
           no
           
             written
             Catechisme
             ,
          
           to
           communicate
           to
           his
           Posterity
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           conceive
           that
           they
           may
           vent
           their
           
             unwritten
             lyes
          
           upon
           the
           Credit
           of
           some
           doating
           Pope
           .
           Our
           answer
           is
           briefe
           .
           
             The
             Scriptures
             have
             beene
             necessary
             ,
          
           
             *
          
           
             ever
             since
             it
             pleased
             God
             to
             expresse
             his
             minde
             in
             writing
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             so
             even
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           We
           must
           not
           expect
           such
           
             unwritten
             Revelations
          
           as
           were
           vouchsafed
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           because
           the
           
             whole
             Counsell
             of
             God
             ,
          
           his
           Royall
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           doe
           now
           stand
           upon
           record
           as
           his
           perfect
           Law
           ,
           full
           Testimony
           ,
           Compleate
           and
           Supreme
           Testament
           ,
           nothing
           is
           to
           be
           added
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           taken
           from
           it
           ;
           To
           say
           the
           Scriptures
           are
           not
           perfect
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           dispute
           ,
           but
           blaspheme
           :
           and
           if
           the
           Scriptures
           were
           not
           perfect
           ,
           it
           is
           for
           certaine
           that
           they
           could
           never
           be
           perfected
           by
           
           humane
           traditions
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           full
           of
           imperfection
           .
        
         
           A
           Synod
           is
           a
           solemne
           Ordinance
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           I
           looke
           upon
           that
           Counsell
           
             Acts
          
           15.
           not
           onely
           as
           a
           
             Precedent
             ,
          
           but
           as
           a
           
             Warrant
          
           for
           the
           Examination
           of
           matters
           of
           
             Fact
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           Doctrines
           of
           Faith
           :
           And
           such
           a
           determination
           of
           both
           ,
           as
           doth
           not
           onely
           
             direct
             ,
          
           but
           
             oblige
          
           severall
           Congregations
           
             to
             doe
             their
             duty
          
           by
           vertue
           of
           that
           Ministeriall
           Authority
           which
           is
           stamped
           upon
           such
           a
           Synod
           or
           Counsell
           by
           an
           Ordinance
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           And
           yet
           unlesse
           it
           were
           in
           that
           Counsell
           ,
           
             Acts
          
           15.
           the
           Church
           did
           for
           about
           three
           hundred
           yeares
           together
           convince
           and
           condemne
           Heretiques
           by
           scripture
           ,
           before
           any
           generall
           Councels
           were
           gathered
           ,
           or
           the
           Popes
           throne
           erected
           .
           I
           have
           beene
           at
           paines
           to
           remove
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           rubbish
           that
           lay
           in
           my
           way
           ,
           but
           now
           I
           shall
           beginne
           to
           build
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Governours
           of
           families
           are
           Gods
           Deputies
           ,
           they
           must
           command
           for
           God
           ,
           and
           give
           an
           account
           to
           him
           :
           all
           the
           power
           that
           any
           man
           can
           challenge
           in
           his
           family
           ,
           as
           an
           Husband
           ,
           Father
           ,
           Master
           ,
           is
           a
           subordinate
           and
           limited
           power
           ,
           not
           an
           Independent
           or
           Absolute
           power
           :
           for
           
             we
             must
             testifie
             our
             dependance
             upon
             God
             ,
             and
             Subiection
             to
             him
             ,
          
           by
           commanding
           our
           wives
           ,
           children
           servants
           ,
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Lord
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Order
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           peace
           ;
           where
           there
           is
           no
           order
           in
           a
           family
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           peace
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           impossible
           that
           there
           should
           be
           any
           happy
           Order
           without
           the
           highest
           Order
           ,
           I
           meane
           a
           Religious
           Order
           ,
           which
           sets
           God
           uppermost
           in
           the
           family
           ,
           and
           keepes
           the
           whole
           Houshold
           ,
           Master
           ,
           Mistresse
           ,
           and
           all
           in
           subjection
           to
           the
           God
           of
           Order
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           Peace
           ;
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           
             Religion
             puts
             a
             family
             in
             Order
             ,
             and
             then
             keepes
             it
             so
             :
          
           Policy
           may
           helpe
           to
           furnish
           an
           house
           with
           worldly
           accommodations
           ,
           for
           the
           support
           of
           our
           outward
           man
           ;
           but
           when
           men
           seeke
           temporall
           advantages
           with
           a
           neglect
           ,
           if
           not
           contempt
           of
           God
           and
           godlinesse
           ,
           Policy
           is
           but
           a
           kinde
           of
           subtile
           disorder
           and
           demure
           foolery
           ;
           
             Achitophell
          
           sets
           his
           house
           in
           order
           ,
           but
           you
           know
           what
           followed
           :
           because
           he
           had
           not
           set
           either
           his
           heart
           or
           house
           in
           a
           religious
           order
           ,
           though
           he
           was
           esteemed
           an
           Oracle
           of
           God
           for
           wisedome
           ,
           he
           lived
           an
           ungodly
           life
           ,
           and
           died
           a
           desperate
           and
           shamefull
           death
           ;
           and
           all
           Polititians
           may
           learne
           by
           his
           fall
           ,
           that
           
             Policy
             without
             Piety
             can
             never
             give
             a
             man
             satisfaction
             whilest
             he
             lives
             ,
             nor
             comfort
             when
             he
             dyes
             .
          
        
         
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Families
           are
           the
           first
           roote
           of
           humane
           consort
           and
           communion
           ;
           for
           Government
           was
           first
           setled
           in
           those
           little
           Nurseries
           :
           now
           if
           the
           roote
           be
           rotten
           ,
           what
           will
           the
           branches
           be
           ?
           A
           Kingdome
           consists
           of
           so
           many
           families
           united
           by
           one
           common
           Covenant
           for
           the
           Common
           good
           :
           and
           if
           the
           families
           be
           poysoned
           and
           corrupted
           ,
           what
           will
           become
           of
           the
           townes
           and
           the
           cities
           ,
           and
           how
           will
           the
           Kingdome
           flourish
           ?
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           How
           can
           we
           expect
           a
           blessing
           upon
           our
           family
           ,
           or
           hope
           to
           convey
           Gods
           blessing
           to
           our
           Posterity
           ,
           if
           we
           doe
           not
           labour
           to
           set
           up
           God
           ,
           by
           setting
           up
           of
           godlinesse
           in
           our
           family
           .
           
             Abraham
          
           had
           the
           promise
           of
           a
           blessed
           Seede
           ,
           but
           
             Abraham
          
           was
           to
           command
           his
           children
           and
           servants
           to
           walke
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           ,
           that
           the
           blessing
           of
           Jehovah
           might
           be
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Ob.
          
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           that
           in
           
             Abrahams
          
           time
           there
           was
           no
           setled
           Ministery
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Masters
           of
           families
           were
           to
           catechise
           their
           children
           and
           servants
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           not
           the
           same
           reason
           now
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Sol.
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           when
           there
           was
           a
           setled
           Ministery
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           speciall
           Command
           for
           men
           to
           teach
           not
           their
           sonnes
           onely
           ,
           but
           their
           sonnes
           sonnes
           .
           
             Deut.
          
           4.
           9.
           and
           to
           
             whet
          
           the
           Precepts
           of
           God
           upon
           their
           children
           ,
           to
           sharpen
           their
           wits
           ,
           and
           settle
           their
           mindes
           by
           diligent
           instruction
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           6.
           from
           the
           fourth
           verse
           to
           the
           seventh
           .
           
             Hezekiah
          
           looked
           upon
           those
           as
           dead
           and
           buried
           ,
           who
           neglected
           this
           duty
           :
           
             The
             grave
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             cannot
             prayse
             thee
             ,
             nor
             they
             that
             goe
             downe
             into
             the
             pit
             hope
             for
             thy
             truth
             ;
             the
             living
             ,
             the
             living
             he
             shall
             prayse
             thee
             ,
             the
             father
             to
             the
             children
             shall
             make
             knowne
             thy
             truth
             ,
             Isai.
          
           38.
           19.
           
           Parents
           are
           or
           may
           be
           better
           acquainted
           with
           the
           
             disposition
             ,
          
           
           and
           
             capacity
          
           of
           their
           owne
           children
           ,
           then
           any
           Minister
           can
           be
           with
           the
           disposition
           and
           capacity
           of
           all
           the
           children
           in
           the
           Parish
           ;
           children
           doe
           commonly
           learne
           more
           prophanesse
           at
           home
           ,
           then
           they
           can
           learne
           good
           at
           Church
           or
           schoole
           :
           the
           negligence
           or
           ill
           example
           of
           their
           parents
           ,
           or
           some
           in
           the
           family
           ,
           doth
           usually
           bring
           a
           
             curse
          
           upon
           the
           
             sad
             paines
          
           of
           the
           most
           laborious
           Minister
           ;
           Parents
           then
           and
           Ministers
           must
           be
           helpers
           to
           one
           another
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           godly
           Parents
           catechise
           their
           children
           in
           private
           ,
           that
           their
           mindes
           and
           hearts
           may
           be
           prepared
           for
           the
           receiving
           of
           
           those
           truthes
           which
           shall
           be
           taught
           them
           in
           the
           Publique
           Ministery
           :
           Parents
           repeate
           Sermons
           in
           private
           ,
           Ministers
           presse
           catechisticall
           points
           home
           in
           publique
           ,
           and
           so
           there
           is
           a
           sweete
           correspondence
           betweene
           both
           for
           the
           edification
           and
           salvation
           of
           all
           those
           that
           are
           committed
           to
           their
           charge
           .
           There
           is
           a
           Prophesie
           ,
           
           
             Psal.
          
           72.
           17.
           that
           there
           shall
           be
           as
           it
           were
           a
           Succession
           of
           Christs
           name
           from
           generation
           to
           generation
           ;
           
             His
             name
             shall
             passe
             from
             Father
             to
             Sonne
             ,
          
           as
           the
           phrase
           imports
           :
           every
           Father
           then
           must
           by
           Christian
           instruction
           and
           godly
           example
           hold
           forth
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           to
           his
           sonne
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           may
           passe
           from
           Father
           to
           sonne
           :
           This
           Prophesie
           concernes
           the
           dayes
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           and
           you
           know
           that
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           Parents
           are
           encouraged
           to
           bring
           their
           children
           unto
           Christ
           ,
           and
           commanded
           to
           bring
           them
           up
           in
           the
           Nurture
           and
           Admonition
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             Ephes.
          
           6.
           4.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           in
           Discipline
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Doctrine
           :
           for
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           tells
           you
           that
           you
           must
           put
           more
           understanding
           into
           them
           by
           instruction
           ,
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           may
           signifie
           Correction
           :
           every
           father
           will
           challenge
           the
           Power
           of
           Correction
           ;
           but
           he
           must
           consider
           that
           he
           doth
           likewise
           stand
           obliged
           to
           the
           duty
           of
           Instruction
           ;
           
           Meere
           Naturalists
           will
           tell
           you
           that
           
             correcting
             without
             instructing
             is
             like
             snuffing
             of
             the
             Lampe
             without
             pouring
             any
             oyle
             into
             it
             .
          
           If
           you
           doe
           but
           consider
           ,
           what
           a
           difference
           there
           is
           betweene
           children
           whose
           education
           is
           different
           ,
           I
           neede
           adde
           no
           more
           ;
           
             Absolom
          
           for
           his
           beauty
           ,
           and
           
             Adonijah
          
           for
           his
           comely
           stature
           were
           more
           cockered
           by
           
             David
          
           then
           
             Salomon
             ,
          
           they
           had
           more
           liberty
           ,
           and
           
             Salomon
          
           more
           learning
           ,
           being
           more
           hardly
           and
           religiously
           bred
           ,
           but
           you
           know
           how
           
             Absalom
          
           and
           
             Adonijah
          
           miscarried
           ,
           and
           
             Salomon
          
           was
           the
           Crowne
           of
           his
           Fathers
           joy
           ,
           and
           the
           heire
           of
           his
           Crowne
           .
        
         
           
             Bethel
          
           was
           a
           superstitious
           place
           and
           therefore
           the
           children
           no
           doubt
           had
           learned
           of
           their
           superstitious
           parents
           to
           revile
           the
           most
           powerfull
           Ministers
           of
           God
           :
           (
           for
           
             they
             that
             affect
             a
             kinde
             of
             blinde
             and
             apish
             devotion
             ,
             are
             most
             apt
             to
             scoffe
             at
             the
             power
             of
             religion
             :
          
           )
           The
           children
           of
           
             Bethel
          
           scoffed
           at
           
             Elisha
             ,
          
           and
           are
           torne
           in
           peeces
           ,
           2
           
             King.
          
           2.
           23
           ,
           24.
           
           But
           those
           children
           who
           had
           no
           doubt
           beene
           tolde
           that
           Christ
           was
           the
           Sonne
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           
           
             Math.
          
           21.
           came
           into
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           cried
           
             Hosanna
          
           to
           the
           Sonne
           of
           
           
             David
             ;
          
           Bestow
           religious
           education
           upon
           your
           children
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           see
           ,
           that
           when
           other
           mens
           children
           that
           are
           basely
           bred
           ,
           scoffe
           at
           the
           zealous
           Ministers
           of
           God
           ,
           your
           children
           will
           sing
           
             Halleluiahs
          
           in
           the
           highest
           to
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           The
           Use
           of
           this
           Point
           is
           to
           teach
           us
           all
           in
           our
           severall
           places
           ,
           
           callings
           ,
           relations
           ,
           to
           command
           for
           God
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Every
           man
           hath
           an
           houshold
           within
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Governours
           of
           families
           have
           an
           houshold
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           You
           that
           are
           Parliament
           men
           are
           Members
           of
           an
           Honourable
           House
           ,
           and
           the
           onely
           way
           to
           preserve
           your
           Honour
           is
           to
           walke
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           The
           Kingdome
           is
           your
           Houshold
           ,
           the
           Common-wealth
           is
           your
           Family
           ,
           and
           by
           doing
           Justice
           and
           Judgement
           you
           may
           not
           onely
           command
           ,
           but
           perswade
           the
           Kingdome
           to
           walke
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Every
           man
           hath
           an
           houshold
           within
           himselfe
           ,
           a
           little
           world
           ,
           and
           therefore
           sure
           a
           great
           houshold
           within
           the
           Circuit
           of
           his
           inward
           and
           outward
           man
           .
           Our
           first
           and
           greatest
           command
           is
           over
           our
           owne
           selves
           ;
           and
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           not
           fit
           to
           rule
           others
           ,
           no
           no●
           to
           rule
           and
           governe
           our
           families
           ,
           untill
           we
           have
           learned
           how
           to
           rule
           our selves
           ;
           we
           are
           not
           fit
           to
           
             command
             till
             we
             have
             put
             our
             spirits
             under
             an
             higher
             and
             better
             spirit
             then
             our
             owne
             :
             He
             that
             rules
             his
             owne
             spirit
             ,
             is
             a
             better
             man
             then
             he
             that
             takes
             or
             rules
             a
             City
             ,
             Prov.
          
           16.
           32.
           
           If
           I
           my selfe
           doe
           not
           walke
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           ,
           I
           shall
           never
           get
           my
           family
           into
           it
           ,
           or
           keepe
           them
           in
           it
           .
           
             Personall
             holinesse
             doth
             fit
             us
             for
             Houshold
             godlinesse
             :
             Zacheus
          
           did
           not
           endeavour
           to
           bring
           his
           family
           into
           the
           way
           of
           faithfull
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           till
           he
           himselfe
           became
           a
           Sonne
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Luke
          
           19.
           9.
           
           Salvation
           comes
           to
           our
           hearts
           ,
           before
           we
           are
           seriously
           Instrumentall
           to
           bring
           it
           into
           our
           houses
           :
           Christ
           said
           to
           
             Zacheus
          
           upon
           the
           day
           of
           his
           conversion
           ,
           
             This
             day
             is
             salvation
             come
             to
             this
             house
             ,
             for
             so
             much
             as
             he
             also
             is
             the
             Sonne
             of
             Abraham
             ;
          
           if
           you
           will
           be
           members
           of
           Christ
           ,
           you
           must
           be
           sonnes
           of
           
             Abraham
             :
          
           Doe
           not
           say
           that
           I
           perswade
           you
           to
           be
           men
           of
           an
           
             Old
             Testament
             spirit
             ;
          
           sure
           
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             and
             the
             New
             were
             written
             by
             the
             selfe
             same
             spirit
             ,
          
           and
           the
           selfe
           same
           Covenant
           of
           
           grace
           is
           propounded
           in
           both
           ,
           though
           under
           very
           different
           administrations
           .
           
             Abraham
          
           was
           
             a
             man
             of
             an
             Evangelicall
             Spirit
             under
             the
             Old
             Testament
             :
          
           nothing
           could
           satisfie
           his
           raised
           spirit
           ,
           and
           enlarged
           heart
           but
           Jesus
           Christ
           :
           God
           made
           him
           a
           gracious
           promise
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           15.
           1.
           but
           Lord
           God
           saith
           he
           ,
           what
           wilt
           thou
           give
           me
           since
           I
           goe
           childlesse
           ,
           
             ver.
          
           2.
           as
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           how
           shall
           I
           have
           thee
           for
           my
           God
           and
           Father
           ,
           reward
           and
           Saviour
           ,
           if
           the
           promised
           Seed
           who
           is
           to
           breake
           the
           head
           of
           the
           Serpent
           ,
           all
           the
           power
           and
           policy
           of
           the
           divell
           ,
           doe
           not
           spring
           from
           my
           loynes
           ?
           It
           is
           cleare
           and
           evident
           ,
           that
           
             Abrahams
             heart
             was
             not
             set
             upon
             any
             common
             seed
             ,
             but
             that
             promised
             seed
             in
             which
             all
             the
             Nations
             of
             the
             earth
             were
             to
             be
             bl●ssed
             .
          
           For
           the
           Apostle
           shewes
           that
           the
           promise
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           13.
           15.
           is
           meant
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
             To
             thy
             Seed
             ,
             which
             is
             Christ
             ,
             Gal.
             3.
             16.
             
             Abraham
          
           was
           not
           justified
           by
           beleeving
           that
           he
           should
           have
           a
           numerous
           of
           spring
           ,
           but
           by
           beleeving
           in
           Christ
           ,
           
             he
             saw
             the
             day
             of
             Christ
             by
             faith
             ,
             reioyced
             in
             hope
             ,
             and
             beleeved
             against
             hope
             :
          
           and
           if
           we
           will
           be
           his
           sonnes
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           shewes
           what
           we
           must
           beleeve
           in
           the
           fourth
           chapter
           of
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           and
           the
           three
           last
           verses
           .
           That
           by
           the
           way
           ;
           but
           if
           you
           will
           fully
           prove
           your selves
           to
           be
           sonnes
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           you
           must
           have
           the
           same
           minde
           and
           heart
           ,
           the
           same
           faith
           that
           
             Abraham
          
           had
           ,
           and
           walke
           in
           the
           same
           way
           and
           steps
           that
           
             Abraham
          
           did
           ,
           as
           farre
           as
           Evangelicall
           administrations
           will
           permit
           ,
           for
           you
           must
           observe
           that
           difference
           :
           be
           pleased
           then
           sadly
           to
           consider
           these
           few
           Observations
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             Abraham
          
           was
           a
           man
           much
           given
           to
           Heavenly
           meditation
           ,
           a
           fundamentall
           duty
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           layes
           the
           ground-worke
           ,
           and
           contrives
           the
           Plat-forme
           of
           Houshold-godlinesse
           .
           
             Abraham
          
           had
           his
           minde
           fixed
           ,
           and
           his
           heart
           warmed
           with
           meditation
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           be
           raised
           and
           enlarged
           for
           the
           highest
           strains
           of
           spirituall
           devotion
           ,
           when
           God
           gave
           him
           a
           promise
           that
           
             Sarah
          
           should
           have
           a
           son
           ,
           
             Abraham
             meditates
             upon
             the
             promise
             till
             his
             heart
             was
             even
             enravished
             with
             love
             and
             ioy
             :
          
           The
           good
           man
           is
           pleased
           in
           his
           minde
           ,
           and
           
             laughes
             in
             his
             heart
             ,
          
           and
           breaketh
           forth
           into
           Soliloquies
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ,
           and
           when
           his
           heart
           is
           by
           these
           contemplations
           and
           solitary
           discourses
           ,
           put
           into
           a
           praying
           frame
           ,
           put
           into
           tune
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           O
           then
           he
           prayes
           ,
           
             Gen.
             17.
             17
             ,
             
             18.
             
             Prayer
             is
             not
             the
             childe
             of
             wit
             and
             phantasie
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             rapture
             of
             an
             elevated
             spirit
             ,
             the
             heavenly
             dew
             of
             a
             broken
             heart
             :
          
           I
           meane
           a
           spirit
           elevated
           by
           a
           spirit
           of
           faith
           ,
           and
           a
           heart
           broken
           with
           the
           spirit
           of
           love
           .
           Would
           you
           be
           sons
           of
           
             Abraham
             ?
          
           learne
           this
           divine
           Logique
           ,
           this
           sacred
           Eloquence
           ,
           
             Let
             meditation
             fit
             you
             for
             Soliloquies
             ,
             and
             Soliloquies
             for
             Prayer
             .
             Meditation
             helpes
             the
             memory
             ,
             purges
             the
             conscience
             ,
             purifies
             the
             heart
             ,
             reformes
             the
             life
             ;
          
           It
           makes
           all
           our
           knowledge
           to
           become
           practicall
           ,
           because
           it
           affects
           the
           heart
           with
           those
           truthes
           which
           we
           beleeve
           ;
           it
           kindles
           love
           ,
           inflames
           zeale
           ,
           and
           when
           our
           love
           burnes
           ,
           and
           our
           zeale
           flames
           ,
           we
           shall
           warme
           others
           by
           speaking
           from
           our
           owne
           hearts
           to
           the
           hearts
           of
           our
           family
           ,
           the
           convincing
           and
           quickning
           truth
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Abraham
             was
             an
             humble
             and
             mortified
             man
             .
          
           When
           he
           received
           a
           gracious
           message
           from
           God
           in
           pretious
           promises
           ,
           he
           falls
           downe
           upon
           his
           face
           ,
           not
           out
           
             of
             a
             superstitious
             phantasie
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             a
             sweet
             selfe-abhorrency
             in
             adoration
             of
             Gods
             Maiesty
             ,
             and
             thankefulnesse
             for
             his
             mercy
             .
          
           You
           may
           read
           of
           this
           
             Son-like
             reverence
          
           twice
           in
           one
           chapter
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           17.
           3.
           17.
           
           O
           let
           us
           consider
           
             Gods
             Maiesty
             and
             our
             basenesse
             ,
             Gods
             purity
             and
             our
             sinfulnesse
             ,
             Gods
             free-grace
             ,
             and
             our
             unworthynesse
             ,
             Gods
             rich
             bounty
             ,
             and
             our
             unthankfulnesse
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             learne
             to
             abase
             our selves
             ,
             and
             exalt
             our
             God
             ;
             Abraham
          
           his
           thoughts
           did
           assuredly
           dwell
           upon
           humbling
           and
           mortifying
           considerations
           ,
           he
           laid
           out
           his
           money
           upon
           a
           
             buryi●g
             place
             ,
          
           as
           if
           it
           had
           beene
           the
           most
           
             necessary
             purchase
             :
          
           and
           when
           he
           was
           at
           prayer
           ,
           O
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             I
             am
             but
             dust
             and
             ashes
             ,
             Gen
          
           18.
           27.
           as
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           what
           am
           I
           that
           I
           should
           approach
           into
           the
           presence
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Majesty
           ,
           Alas
           ,
           I
           am
           but
           dust
           and
           ashes
           ,
           and
           yet
           I
           take
           upon
           me
           to
           speake
           to
           Jehovah
           the
           God
           of
           glory
           :
           Our
           blessed
           Saviour
           did
           more
           then
           once
           at
           the
           feast
           breake
           out
           into
           a
           discourse
           of
           his
           buriall
           ,
           
           once
           at
           
             Bethany
          
           in
           the
           house
           of
           
             Simon
          
           the
           leper
           ,
           
             Math.
          
           26.
           6.
           and
           another
           time
           in
           the
           city
           at
           the
           house
           of
           a
           Pharisee
           ,
           
             Luke
             7.
             36
             ,
             37.
             
             Our
             deare
             Lord
             would
             teach
             us
             to
             be
             of
             such
             a
             composed
             spirit
             ,
             that
             the
             dainties
             of
             a
             feast
             ,
             or
             the
             fragrant
             smell
             of
             costly
             Oyntments
             may
             not
             tempt
             us
             to
             take
             off
             our
             thoughts
             from
             humbling
             and
             mortifying
             considerations
             :
          
           Whilest
           we
           are
           feasting
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           dying
           ,
           
             Jobs
          
           children
           were
           strucke
           dead
           whilest
           
           they
           were
           feasting
           and
           drinking
           wine
           :
           
             Consider
             it
             all
             you
             that
             sit
             in
             the
             Congregation
             of
             the
             mighty
             :
             though
             you
             sit
             there
             as
             Gods
             ,
             you
             must
             dye
             like
             men
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Abraham
          
           was
           a
           
             selfe-denying
          
           man
           ;
           at
           the
           Command
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           left
           his
           father
           ,
           forsook
           his
           country
           ,
           renounced
           his
           idols
           ,
           circumcised
           himselfe
           and
           his
           houshold
           :
           though
           it
           was
           painefull
           to
           the
           flesh
           ,
           and
           seemed
           immodest
           ,
           nay
           ridiculous
           to
           carnall
           men
           ,
           and
           cost
           him
           his
           bloud
           :
           he
           turned
           
             Hagar
          
           and
           
             Ismael
          
           out
           of
           doors
           ,
           and
           was
           ready
           to
           sacrifice
           his
           dearest
           
             Isaack
             ,
          
           though
           
             the
             Command
             seemed
             contrary
             to
             nature
             and
             religion
             ,
             to
             Gods
             promise
             and
             his
             owne
             salvation
             :
          
           You
           may
           suppose
           him
           disputing
           with
           himselfe
           much
           after
           this
           manner
           ,
           
             What
             shall
             I
             sacrifice
             my
             sonne
             Isaack
             ,
             the
             sonne
             of
             my
             age
             and
             love
             ,
             my
             heart
             ,
             my
             bowels
             tell
             me
             that
             it
             is
             unnaturall
             :
             what
             will
             my
             Sarah
             ,
             my
             servants
             ,
             the
             Heathens
             say
             ?
             who
             will
             ever
             live
             within
             my
             walls
             ,
             or
             be
             of
             my
             religion
             ,
             when
             I
             have
             cut
             the
             throat
             of
             my
             dearest
             sonne
             ?
             Lord
             ,
             where
             is
             my
             blessing
             ,
             where
             is
             thy
             promise
             ,
             nay
             where
             is
             my
             faith
             ?
             How
             shall
             the
             promised
             Seed
             spring
             from
             my
             loynes
             if
             Isaack
             die
             ?
             En
             dignam
             Deo
             spectaculum
             :
          
           this
           was
           a
           sight
           worthy
           of
           God
           to
           looke
           upon
           ,
           a
           worke
           worthy
           for
           God
           to
           performe
           :
           God
           gave
           
             Abraham
          
           a
           selfe-denying
           spirit
           ,
           and
           that
           carried
           him
           through
           all
           .
           We
           cannot
           be
           sonnes
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           Members
           or
           followers
           of
           Christ
           without
           selfe-deniall
           ,
           
             Marke
             8.
             34.
             
             I
             must
             deny
             my
             graces
             ,
             services
             ,
             sufferings
             ,
             my
             whole
             regenerate
             selfe
             in
             point
             of
             Justification
             ,
             as
             I
             must
             deny
             my
             corrupt
             selfe
             in
             point
             of
             mortification
             ,
             and
             must
             deny
             even
             my
             naturall
             selfe
             ,
             my
             naturall
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             comforts
             of
             it
             ,
             if
             I
             am
             called
             to
             suffer
             Martyrdome
             ,
             Luke
          
           14.
           26.
           33.
           
           But
           alas
           ,
           how
           many
           are
           there
           that
           are
           more
           willing
           to
           deny
           Christ
           and
           deny
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           then
           to
           deny
           themselves
           ?
           This
           is
           a
           lamentation
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           for
           a
           lamentation
           :
           
             Few
             men
             are
             willing
             to
             circumcise
             their
             hearts
             ,
             mortifie
             their
             lusts
             ,
             cast
             out
             their
             Ismaels
             ,
             offer
             up
             their
             Isaacks
             ,
             part
             with
             their
             estates
             and
             lives
             for
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             Come
             let
             us
             deny
             our
             reason
             ,
             and
             submit
             to
             Gods
             Counsell
             ,
             deny
             our
             wills
             ,
             and
             submit
             to
             Gods
             Will
             ,
             quiet
             our
             passions
             ,
             and
             submit
             to
             Gods
             Providence
             .
          
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           
             Abraham
             was
             a
             man
             of
             faith
             ,
             the
             father
             of
             the
             faithfull
             ,
          
           he
           beleeved
           against
           sence
           ,
           against
           reason
           ,
           carnall
           reason
           ,
           nay
           
             against
             hope
             he
             beleeved
             in
             hope
             ,
             Rom.
          
           4.
           18.
           
           Was
           it
           reasonable
           to
           
           expect
           that
           a
           childe
           should
           spring
           from
           withered
           loynes
           ,
           from
           a
           dead
           body
           ?
           
             The
             Obiection
             was
             considerable
             ,
             but
             Abraham
             was
             so
             wise
             as
             not
             to
             consider
             it
             :
             he
             considered
             not
             his
             owne
             body
             now
             dead
             ,
             ver.
             19.
             
             The
             most
             plausible
             Objections
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             are
             not
             one
             whit
             considerable
             ,
             if
             framed
             against
             the
             plaine
             word
             of
             God
             .
          
           It
           is
           the
           crying
           sinne
           of
           this
           age
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           the
           wit
           and
           fancies
           of
           men
           in
           competition
           with
           the
           Authority
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           desire
           to
           speake
           freely
           ,
           I
           would
           I
           had
           time
           to
           speake
           fully
           ;
           men
           doe
           consider
           witty
           objections
           too
           much
           ,
           and
           the
           word
           of
           God
           too
           little
           :
           If
           we
           were
           not
           benighted
           at
           high
           noon
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           we
           did
           not
           shut
           out
           the
           light
           ,
           it
           were
           impossible
           that
           so
           many
           
             rotten
             opinions
          
           should
           seeme
           beautifull
           ,
           nay
           glorious
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           considerable
           men
           ;
           you
           know
           what
           the
           Philosopher
           saith
           ,
           
             Rotten
             things
             shine
             in
             the
             darke
             :
          
           Plausible
           Objections
           are
           
             curious
             Copwebs
             :
          
           I
           admire
           the
           art
           of
           them
           ,
           yet
           I
           know
           that
           they
           may
           be
           framed
           out
           of
           the
           
             bowels
             of
             a
             spider
             ,
          
           and
           they
           are
           the
           common
           habitation
           and
           
             Nest
             of
             spiders
             .
          
           Come
           ,
           come
           let
           us
           learne
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           let
           us
           be
           fully
           perswaded
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           not
           be
           staggered
           ,
           
             Rom.
             4.
             20.
             
             He
             staggered
             not
             at
             the
             promise
             of
             God
             through
             unbeleefe
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             was
             strong
             in
             faith
             ,
             giving
             glory
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             being
             fully
             perswaded
             ,
          
           
           
             &c.
             
          
           Let
           us
           be
           fully
           perswaded
           ,
           First
           ,
           
             That
             the
             God
             of
             Abraham
             ,
          
           
           
             the
             God
             who
             made
             heaven
             and
             earth
             is
             the
             onely
             true
             God
             :
          
           Let
           us
           not
           worshippe
           ,
           
           First
           an
           Idoll
           of
           our
           owne
           braine
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           an
           
             Inviduum
             vagum
             ,
          
           or
           an
           
             Vnknowne
             Diety
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             Athenians
          
           did
           :
           but
           let
           us
           fixe
           our
           beleefe
           upon
           the
           true
           and
           ever-living
           God
           ,
           and
           declare
           him
           to
           be
           our
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Psalmist
          
           doth
           .
           
           For
           
             this
             God
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           you
           see
           he
           fixes
           upon
           a
           certaine
           Diety
           :
           
           
             This
             God
             is
             our
             God
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             ,
             he
             will
             be
             our
             guide
             even
             unto
             death
             ;
          
           It
           is
           a
           short
           Creede
           ,
           but
           a
           very
           excellent
           one
           :
           it
           stands
           upon
           record
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           48.
           14.
           
        
         
           Reason
           tells
           us
           that
           this
           God
           is
           
             Optimus
             Maximus
             ,
          
           and
           
             summum
          
           
           
           
             bonum
             ,
          
           the
           best
           and
           the
           greatest
           infinite
           wise
           just
           and
           mercifull
           .
           But
           what
           shall
           I
           call
           him
           ?
           Why
           
             Jehovah
          
           that
           is
           the
           title
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             To
             note
             that
             he
             hath
             Being
             of
             himselfe
             ,
             gives
             being
             and
             well-being
             to
             all
             things
             else
             ,
             and
             more
             especially
             that
             he
             gives
             a
             subsistence
             to
             his
             promises
             .
          
           That
           so
           our
           faith
           might
           prevent
           time
           ,
           and
           make
           those
           things
           present
           to
           our
           mindes
           for
           the
           comfort
           of
           our
           hearts
           ,
           which
           in
           themselves
           are
           future
           ,
           and
           have
           no
           being
           at
           all
           ;
           Let
           us
           fixe
           our
           faith
           in
           
             *
          
           Jehovah
           our
           God
           .
           All
           other
           titles
           fall
           short
           of
           his
           excellency
           .
           God
           cannot
           be
           reduced
           to
           the
           Praedicament
           of
           substance
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           substantiality
           of
           substance
           is
           reduced
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           gives
           subsistence
           to
           all
           substances
           :
           If
           then
           you
           call
           God
           substance
           ,
           that
           word
           is
           not
           substantiall
           enough
           ;
           If
           you
           call
           him
           End
           ,
           that
           word
           hath
           not
           Being
           enough
           ,
           for
           he
           is
           
             Principium
             totius
             esse
             ,
          
           not
           as
           we
           say
           ,
           a
           point
           is
           
             Principuum
             lineae
             ,
          
           which
           is
           intrinsecally
           contained
           within
           the
           line
           :
           for
           he
           is
           the
           Efficient
           and
           Exemplar
           of
           all
           Being
           and
           well-being
           .
           Therefore
           some
           that
           have
           beene
           strict
           and
           accurate
           ,
           doe
           not
           onely
           say
           ,
           that
           God
           is
           
             most
             excellent
             ,
          
           but
           that
           he
           is
           
             super-excellent
             :
          
           because
           
             he
             doth
             excell
             even
             excellency
             it selfe
             .
          
        
         
           Reason
           tells
           us
           that
           
             this
             God
             deserves
             to
             be
             worshipped
             :
             that
             he
             is
             wise
             enough
             to
             judge
             what
             worship
             is
             due
             to
             him
             :
          
           and
           that
           it
           is
           certaine
           he
           hath
           revealed
           his
           Judgement
           somewhere
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           served
           and
           worshipped
           according
           to
           his
           owne
           minde
           ,
           and
           will
           :
           because
           otherwise
           
             our
             worshipping
             of
             him
             cannot
             be
             obedientiall
             :
          
           And
           where
           hath
           God
           revealed
           this
           but
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ?
           therefore
           we
           must
           fixe
           our
           faith
           upon
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           beleeve
           that
           God
           hath
           revealed
           his
           minde
           
             somewhere
             ,
          
           but
           that
           he
           hath
           revealed
           it
           
             here
             in
             the
             Old
             and
             New
             Testament
             .
          
           When
           God
           desires
           to
           make
           us
           sensible
           of
           our
           frailty
           by
           eclipsing
           all
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           
           that
           he
           might
           reveale
           his
           owne
           glory
           :
           what
           doth
           he
           bid
           the
           Prophet
           say
           ?
           
             Why
             cry
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             All
             flesh
             is
             grasse
             ,
             as
             the
             goodlinesse
             of
             the
             flower
             of
             grasse
             which
             is
             withering
             ,
             fading
             ,
             dying
             ,
          
           but
           saith
           he
           
             the
             Word
             of
             our
             God
             shall
             stand
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           
             Beloved
             ,
             let
             me
             freely
             speake
             to
             you
             ,
             let
             us
             builde
             our
             faith
             upon
             that
             which
             shall
             stand
             for
             ever
             ,
             upon
             the
             word
             of
             God
             onely
             .
             Our
             faith
             builds
             for
             eternity
             ,
             and
             therefore
             we
             had
             neede
             build
             upon
             that
             which
             will
             stand
             for
             ever
             .
          
           Our
           faith
           
           is
           not
           built
           upon
           the
           Votes
           of
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           Pleasure
           of
           Kings
           ,
           the
           Fancyes
           of
           the
           multitude
           ,
           the
           New
           light
           of
           Saints
           that
           are
           yet
           carnall
           ,
           or
           but
           comparatively
           perfect
           ;
           nay
           to
           goe
           higher
           yet
           ,
           my
           faith
           is
           not
           built
           upon
           the
           definitions
           of
           Councells
           ,
           or
           the
           Revelations
           of
           Angells
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           Word
           that
           stands
           for
           ever
           .
           
             But
             you
             will
             say
             that
             place
             of
          
           Isaiah
           
             is
             meant
             onely
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
             :
             I
             will
             shew
             you
             the
             selfe
             same
             words
             in
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
          
           1
           Pet.
           1.
           
             and
             the
             three
             last
             verses
             ,
          
           Ye
           are
           borne
           againe
           ,
           
             Of
             what
             Seed
             ?
          
           Not
           of
           corruptible
           seed
           ,
           but
           of
           incorruptible
           ,
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           which
           liveth
           and
           abideth
           for
           ever
           .
           For
           all
           flesh
           is
           grasse
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           glory
           of
           man
           as
           the
           flower
           of
           grasse
           :
           the
           grasse
           withereth
           ,
           and
           the
           flower
           thereof
           fadeth
           away
           ,
           but
           the
           Word
           of
           the
           Lord
           endureth
           for
           ever
           .
           But
           where
           is
           it
           ?
           saith
           some
           poore
           soule
           ,
           
             for
          
           I
           am
           to
           seeke
           where
           it
           is
           ;
           
             Why
             here
             it
             is
             ,
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             :
             in
             this
             Gospell
             reade
             on
             ,
             the
             last
             words
             of
             the
             chapter
             will
             give
             thee
             full
             satisfaction
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Word
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Gospell
           is
           preached
           unto
           you
           ;
           
             Say
             not
             then
             in
             your
             hearts
             ,
             who
             shall
             ascend
             into
             Heaven
             to
             bring
             downe
             the
             minde
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           
           The
           Word
           is
           nigh
           unto
           you
           ,
           
             Oh
             let
             it
             be
             nearer
             to
             you
             yet
             :
             let
             the
             word
             of
             faith
             which
             is
             preached
             out
             of
             this
             Gospell
             ,
             be
             a
             word
             of
             faith
             ingrafted
             in
             thy
             heart
             :
             thou
             mayest
             safely
             build
             thy
             faith
             upon
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             the
             words
             of
             God
             ,
             and
          
           though
           the
           Kingdomes
           of
           the
           earth
           be
           shaken
           ,
           yet
           the
           Words
           of
           God
           will
           stand
           ,
           and
           stand
           for
           ever
           .
           
             Be
             convinced
             and
             fully
             perswaded
             that
             this
             is
             the
             truth
             ,
             be
             not
             staggered
             about
             it
             ,
             but
             be
             confident
             of
             it
             :
          
           If
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           faile
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           thee
           leave
           to
           curse
           me
           upon
           thy
           death-bedde
           ,
           for
           I
           can
           with
           reverence
           and
           confidence
           appeale
           to
           God
           :
           and
           say
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           if
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           I
           am
           deceived
           ,
           thou
           thy selfe
           hast
           deceived
           mee
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           
             Abraham
             was
             the
             Freind
             of
             God
             :
          
           We
           are
           all
           by
           nature
           enemies
           to
           God
           ▪
           we
           doe
           naturally
           conceive
           an
           Atheisticall
           hatred
           against
           him
           ,
           onely
           because
           he
           is
           a
           God
           to
           Truth
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Purity
           ,
           and
           threatens
           to
           torment
           
           us
           for
           those
           sinnes
           which
           we
           are
           unwilling
           to
           forsake
           :
           wicked
           men
           wish
           with
           all
           their
           hearts
           that
           God
           were
           not
           so
           pure
           ,
           just
           and
           true
           ,
           as
           indeede
           he
           is
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           would
           have
           him
           to
           be
           no
           God
           at
           all
           ;
           Are
           you
           not
           ashamed
           of
           this
           Atheisticall
           quarrell
           ?
           Consider
           that
           
             God
             is
             truth
             ,
             can
             an
             understanding
             minde
             hate
             truth
          
           which
           is
           the
           very
           dareling
           of
           the
           understanding
           ?
           God
           is
           
             goodnesse
          
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           can
           thy
           will
           hate
           that
           which
           is
           
             good
             ,
          
           even
           goodnesse
           it selfe
           ,
           infinite
           goodnesse
           ?
           
             God
             is
             love
             ,
             and
             canst
             thou
             be
             out
             of
             love
          
           with
           love
           it selfe
           ?
           Doest
           thou
           not
           see
           that
           
             thy
             nature
             is
             extreamely
             perverted
             ,
             and
             become
             even
             unnaturall
             ?
          
           but
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           that
           our
           enmity
           ,
           though
           thus
           
             unnaturally
             naturall
             ,
          
           and
           grossely
           Atheisticall
           ,
           is
           highly
           aggravated
           by
           the
           Love
           of
           Christ
           .
           Christ
           died
           to
           save
           me
           ,
           though
           he
           knew
           that
           I
           would
           be
           his
           deadly
           enemy
           ,
           and
           offers
           me
           a
           pardon
           sealed
           with
           his
           precious
           bloud
           :
           and
           therefore
           
             I
             doe
             even
             hate
             my selfe
             for
             hating
             Christ
             ,
             and
             am
             willing
             to
             be
             ordered
             as
             well
             as
             justified
             by
             Jesus
             Christ
             :
          
           Christs
           minde
           shall
           be
           my
           minde
           ,
           Christs
           will
           shall
           be
           my
           will
           ,
           I
           desire
           to
           be
           
             a
             man
             according
             to
             Christs
             owne
             heart
             :
          
           I
           will
           be
           a
           freind
           to
           Christ
           ,
           though
           I
           seeme
           to
           be
           an
           enemy
           to
           my selfe
           ,
           
             I
             professe
             my selfe
             a
             freind
             to
             all
             the
             freinds
             ,
             and
             an
             enemy
             to
             all
             the
             enemyes
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             :
          
           Oh
           I
           feele
           I
           blesse
           God
           ,
           I
           feele
           my selfe
           transported
           even
           beyond
           my selfe
           with
           
             raptures
             ,
          
           and
           
             extasies
          
           of
           love
           :
           I
           am
           sensible
           of
           Gods
           eternall
           love
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           cannot
           be
           content
           with
           any
           lesse
           then
           an
           eternity
           to
           expresse
           my
           love
           to
           him
           :
           I
           will
           subscribe
           my selfe
           ,
           
             the
             eternall
             freind
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           
             Abraham
          
           was
           a
           
             Covenanter
             ,
          
           a
           perfect
           Covenanter
           ,
           
             Walke
             before
             me
             ,
             and
             be
             thou
             perfect
             or
             upright
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             make
             a
             Covenant
             with
             thee
             ,
          
           saith
           God
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Gen.
          
           17.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           Walke
           perfectly
           in
           the
           perfect
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           Jehovah
           :
           
             You
             must
             walke
             by
             fayth
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             7.
             and
             by
             sincere
             obedience
             ,
             Ephes.
          
           2.
           10.
           
           Let
           your
           heart
           be
           perfectly
           engaged
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           when
           that
           is
           done
           all
           is
           as
           good
           as
           done
           in
           respect
           of
           Gods
           acceptance
           and
           your
           comfort
           .
        
         
         
           Our
           Saviour
           concludes
           his
           spirituall
           Exposition
           of
           the
           Law
           with
           this
           Exhortation
           ,
           
             Be
             you
             therefore
             perfect
             ,
             as
             your
             Father
             which
             is
             in
             Heaven
             is
             perfect
             .
          
           Matth.
           5.
           48.
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           our
           sincere
           obedience
           is
           called
           perfect
           ,
           because
           
             our
             obedience
             in
             respect
             of
             our
             desire
             must
             be
             as
             large
             as
             the
             perfection
             of
             Gods
             holy
             will
             revealed
             in
             his
             Word
             ;
          
           nay
           he
           must
           endeavour
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           desire
           to
           come
           up
           to
           the
           rule
           in
           the
           most
           nice
           points
           ,
           in
           every
           Iota
           and
           Title
           of
           the
           spirituall
           Law
           ,
           and
           glorious
           Gospel
           ;
           they
           who
           do
           ordinarily
           commit
           known
           sins
           ,
           and
           neglect
           known
           duties
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           esteemed
           
             Honest
             Covenanters
             ;
          
           they
           who
           study
           excuses
           ,
           or
           frame
           objections
           to
           elude
           plain
           Commandments
           ,
           (
           the
           Wise
           man
           saith
           )
           are
           
             prating
             fools
             ,
             men
             of
             great
             lips
             ,
             and
             no
             brains
             ,
             a
             fool
             of
             lips
             ,
             void
             of
             heart
             ,
             or
             brains
             :
          
           Prov.
           10.
           8.
           13.
           
           Tell
           these
           men
           such
           a
           thing
           is
           
             a
             breach
             of
             Covenant
             ,
          
           such
           a
           thing
           is
           a
           dutie
           ,
           such
           a
           thing
           is
           a
           sin
           ,
           they
           say
           they
           care
           not
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           clear
           case
           that
           they
           
             despise
             their
             wayes
             ,
          
           and
           Gods
           precepts
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           do
           not
           repent
           of
           their
           contempt
           ,
           they
           shall
           die
           for
           it
           .
           
             He
             that
             keeps
             the
             Commandments
             ,
             keeps
             his
             own
             soul
             ;
             but
             he
             that
             despiseth
             his
             wayes
             ,
             shall
             die
             .
          
           Prov.
           19.
           16.
           
        
         
           7.
           
           
             Abraham
          
           was
           a
           good
           House-keeper
           ,
           he
           took
           care
           of
           his
           family
           ;
           and
           so
           I
           passe
           from
           Personal
           Holinesse
           to
           Household-godlinesse
           .
           We
           must
           command
           our
           children
           ,
           and
           Houshold
           to
           walk
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           ;
           
             The
             whole
             family
             should
             be
             perfumed
             with
             the
             graces
             of
             the
             Governor
             :
          
           for
           though
           all
           the
           pious
           actions
           which
           are
           performed
           by
           every
           member
           of
           the
           family
           proceed
           
             elicitive
          
           from
           that
           habituall
           godlinesse
           which
           is
           in
           that
           member
           ,
           yet
           they
           should
           proceed
           
             Imperative
             ,
          
           from
           the
           godlinesse
           of
           the
           Governor
           ,
           
             He
             should
             command
             ;
          
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           state
           of
           your
           families
           ,
           are
           they
           Nurseries
           of
           Piety
           ?
           do
           you
           look
           upon
           your
           heirs
           as
           Gods
           heritage
           ,
           and
           labour
           to
           make
           them
           sons
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           heirs
           of
           Heaven
           ?
           Do
           you
           desire
           to
           be
           spirituall
           ,
           
           as
           well
           as
           naturall
           Fathers
           to
           all
           your
           Children
           ;
           I
           am
           as
           it
           were
           born
           again
           in
           my
           childe
           ,
           oh
           that
           my
           childe
           might
           be
           born
           again
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Christ
           in
           him
           :
           I
           see
           too
           much
           of
           my
           own
           image
           in
           him
           ,
           oh
           that
           the
           image
           of
           Christ
           might
           be
           stamped
           upon
           him
           !
           these
           are
           the
           heavenly
           
           ejaculations
           of
           holy
           parents
           .
           We
           must
           say
           of
           our
           children
           as
           
             Jacob
          
           did
           of
           his
           ,
           
             These
             are
             the
             children
             which
             God
             hath
             graciously
             given
             :
          
           oh
           let
           them
           be
           graciously
           educated
           .
           Have
           a
           speciall
           care
           of
           your
           sons
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           
             support
          
           of
           the
           family
           ,
           O
           teach
           them
           to
           
             support
          
           Religion
           also
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           
             bear
             up
             Christs
             Name
             as
             well
             as
             yours
             .
          
           Have
           a
           tender
           care
           of
           your
           daughters
           ,
           for
           by
           them
           other
           Families
           are
           linked
           to
           yours
           ,
           therfore
           season
           them
           with
           Religion
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           by
           them
           propagate
           Religion
           to
           many
           Families
           .
           Would
           you
           have
           your
           Heirs
           good
           Statesmen
           ,
           teach
           them
           how
           
             to
             whet
             their
             tools
             at
             the
             Sanctuary
             ,
             to
             oyl
             their
             wheels
             with
             prayer
             ,
             and
             steel
             their
             Engines
             with
             Religion
             ,
          
           that
           they
           may
           seek
           the
           kingdom
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           righteousnes
           in
           the
           first
           and
           highest
           place
           ,
           and
           secular
           advantages
           in
           
             a
             subservient
             way
             .
          
           But
           when
           ,
           and
           how
           soon
           should
           we
           begin
           to
           teach
           our
           children
           ?
           why
           truly
           
             when
             they
             are
             able
             to
             learn
             any
             thing
             that
             's
             bad
             ,
             it
             is
             high
             time
             to
             teach
             them
             something
             that
             is
             good
             :
          
           when
           they
           can
           stammer
           out
           an
           oath
           ,
           or
           lisp
           near
           a
           blasphemy
           ,
           it
           is
           high
           time
           to
           teach
           them
           their
           Catechisme
           ,
           and
           instruct
           them
           in
           Principles
           of
           Christianity
           .
           Teach
           them
           their
           Catechisme
           in
           
             A.
             B.
             C.
          
           The
           holy
           Spirit
           hath
           composed
           some
           Abcedarian
           Psalms
           in
           Achrosticall
           verses
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           order
           of
           the
           Hebrew
           Alphabet
           ,
           that
           children
           might
           learn
           an
           Alphabet
           of
           godlinesse
           ,
           and
           parents
           teach
           their
           children
           the
           first
           Elements
           of
           Religion
           as
           well
           as
           Learning
           ;
           the
           first
           letters
           of
           the
           verses
           of
           certain
           Psalms
           ,
           the
           25.
           34.
           37.
           119.
           are
           set
           down
           according
           to
           the
           order
           of
           the
           Alphabet
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           all
           of
           them
           choice
           Psalms
           ,
           full
           of
           sweet
           streins
           and
           raptures
           of
           devotion
           .
           
             Tim●thy
          
           learnt
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           a
           childe
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           2
           
             Tim.
          
           3.
           15.
           
           a
           word
           of
           a
           very
           young
           signification
           .
           
             Childhood
             and
             youth
             are
             ages
             of
             Fancy
             ,
             and
             therefore
             certainly
             parents
             should
             set
             heavenly
             truths
             in
             fresh
             and
             lively
             colours
             ,
             that
             the
             phantasie
             of
             their
             children
             may
             be
             taken
             with
             the
             sensible
             representation
             of
             spirituall
             things
             ;
          
           God
           doth
           reveal
           heavenly
           truths
           in
           certain
           apt
           similitudes
           ,
           which
           do
           exceedingly
           please
           the
           phantasie
           ,
           because
           whilest
           our
           soul
           is
           joyned
           to
           our
           body
           ,
           nothing
           can
           come
           into
           the
           understanding
           but
           by
           the
           sences
           ,
           and
           so
           through
           the
           phantasie
           ;
           and
           therefore
           a
           similitude
           
           doth
           exceedingly
           help
           the
           understanding
           .
           God
           descends
           to
           our
           weak
           capacity
           ,
           when
           he
           clothes
           an
           heavenly
           truth
           with
           an
           earthly
           representation
           ,
           
             Joh.
          
           3.
           12.
           
           I
           have
           told
           you
           of
           
             earthly
             things
             ,
          
           saith
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           I
           have
           represented
           heavenly
           truths
           by
           comparisons
           taken
           from
           earthly
           things
           ,
           I
           have
           brought
           down
           the
           bough
           which
           was
           out
           of
           your
           reach
           ,
           and
           put
           it
           into
           your
           hand
           ,
           and
           helped
           you
           up
           ,
           so
           that
           you
           may
           now
           climbe
           from
           Earth
           to
           Heaven
           by
           these
           similitudes
           :
           I
           have
           used
           similitudes
           saith
           God
           ,
           
             Hos.
          
           12.
           10.
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           an
           higher
           aggravation
           of
           our
           unbelief
           and
           disobedience
           ,
           if
           when
           we
           have
           such
           helps
           we
           do
           not
           profit
           by
           instruction
           ;
           you
           know
           
             the
             Sacraments
             help
             our
             faithly
             our
             sences
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             our
             phantasie
             ,
             and
             phantasie
             will
             return
             a
             quick
             message
             to
             the
             affections
             ,
             and
             the
             affections
             will
             sway
             the
             will
             ,
             and
             consequently
             the
             whole
             man
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           if
           we
           can
           please
           the
           phantasie
           of
           a
           childe
           ,
           by
           representing
           the
           joyes
           of
           Heaven
           to
           him
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           a
           Banquet
           ,
           or
           a
           crown
           of
           Gold
           ,
           and
           so
           invite
           him
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           sweeten
           all
           the
           exercises
           of
           Religion
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           other
           side
           terrifie
           him
           from
           sin
           ,
           by
           representing
           the
           torments
           of
           Hell
           to
           him
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           ,
           
             and
             then
             shew
          
           him
           that
           there
           's
           ground
           for
           these
           representations
           in
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           you
           'l
           at
           once
           help
           his
           understanding
           ,
           and
           work
           upon
           his
           affections
           ,
           and
           withall
           lay
           a
           firm
           ground
           for
           his
           faith
           ,
           
             that
             his
             faith
          
           laying
           hold
           on
           the
           Divine
           revelation
           in
           the
           Word
           ,
           and
           his
           fancie
           fastening
           on
           the
           sensible
           representation
           of
           that
           divine
           truth
           ,
           his
           understanding
           may
           be
           enlightned
           ,
           his
           faith
           strengthned
           ,
           his
           fancie
           pleased
           ,
           his
           affections
           ordered
           ,
           his
           will
           turned
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Children
             have
             very
             good
             memories
             ,
          
           if
           you
           make
           use
           of
           them
           betimes
           ,
           and
           our
           memory
           doth
           work
           strongly
           upon
           our
           affections
           .
           2.
           
           
             Corinth
             .
             7.
             15.
             
             His
             inward
             affection
             or
             bowels
             are
             more
             abundant
             towards
             you
             whilest
             he
             remembreth
             the
             obedience
             of
             you
             all
             .
          
           God
           did
           empart
           an
           history
           to
           
             Abraham
          
           to
           communicate
           to
           his
           children
           ,
           children
           are
           excellent
           at
           the
           remembring
           of
           stories
           ;
           relate
           the
           story
           of
           drowning
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           burning
           of
           Sodome
           to
           your
           children
           ,
           such
           stories
           will
           work
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           
             Children
             are
             full
             of
             affection
             ,
          
           and
           
             Aristotle
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           thing
           that
           you
           should
           teach
           children
           ,
           is
           somewhat
           that
           concerns
           the
           ordering
           of
           their
           affections
           ,
           what
           
             they
             ought
             to
             delight
             in
             ,
             and
             what
             they
             ought
             to
             grieve
             for
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           
             what
             they
             ought
             to
             love
             ,
             and
             what
             they
             ought
             to
             hate
             .
          
        
         
           Pray
           for
           your
           children
           as
           well
           as
           instruct
           them
           ;
           
             Si
             nil
             curarem
             ,
             nil
             orarem
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Melancthon
             ;
          
           if
           you
           do
           not
           pray
           for
           your
           children
           ,
           you
           do
           not
           care
           for
           them
           ;
           pray
           for
           your
           children
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           continually
           ,
           that
           is
           as
           some
           expound
           it
           ,
           daily
           ,
           the
           
             daily
          
           sacrifice
           was
           called
           the
           
             continuall
          
           sacrifice
           ;
           or
           as
           others
           expound
           it
           ,
           pray
           for
           them
           seasonably
           upon
           all
           occasions
           .
           Do
           not
           onely
           pray
           for
           your
           children
           in
           generall
           ,
           but
           pray
           as
           
             Job
          
           sacrificed
           ,
           for
           every
           particular
           childe
           ,
           
             according
             to
             the
             number
             of
             them
             all
             ,
          
           Job
           1.
           5.
           
           As
           you
           provide
           a
           distinct
           portion
           ,
           and
           a
           distinct
           suit
           of
           clothes
           for
           every
           childe
           ;
           so
           provide
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           
             Sue
             cut
             a
             speciall
             blessing
             by
             a
             distinct
             prayer
             for
             every
             particular
             childe
             .
          
           You
           must
           be
           jealous
           over
           your
           children
           with
           a
           godly
           jealousie
           as
           
             Job
          
           was
           ,
           
             If
             you
             suspect
             that
             they
             have
             sinned
             ,
             let
             that
             suspition
             bring
             you
             upon
             your
             knees
             ;
          
           and
           cause
           you
           to
           lift
           up
           a
           prayer
           for
           them
           with
           all
           your
           strength
           ;
           if
           you
           do
           but
           fear
           that
           they
           may
           sin
           ,
           labour
           by
           good
           counsell
           to
           prevent
           their
           sin
           .
           Finally
           ,
           give
           good
           example
           to
           your
           children
           ,
           and
           take
           care
           of
           them
           when
           they
           are
           grown
           up
           and
           married
           from
           you
           :
           when
           
             Jobs
          
           children
           had
           houses
           of
           their
           own
           to
           feast
           in
           ,
           yet
           
             Job
          
           took
           care
           of
           their
           souls
           ,
           and
           sent
           to
           them
           to
           sanctifie
           themselves
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           prepare
           themselves
           for
           holy
           service
           .
           
             Job
          
           1.
           4
           ,
           5.
           
        
         
           Do
           not
           forget
           your
           beloved
           wife
           ,
           the
           choicest
           part
           of
           your self
           and
           family
           ;
           she
           will
           never
           be
           at
           your
           command
           ,
           unlesse
           you
           teach
           her
           to
           be
           at
           Christs
           command
           .
           The
           Phylosopher
           will
           tell
           you
           that
           souls
           have
           no
           sexes
           ,
           thy
           wives
           soul
           is
           as
           manly
           ,
           and
           as
           precious
           as
           thine
           own
           ,
           and
           therefore
           take
           care
           of
           her
           precious
           soul
           ,
           instruct
           her
           ,
           pray
           with
           her
           ,
           dwell
           with
           her
           as
           a
           man
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           walk
           together
           hand
           in
           hand
           to
           heaven
           ,
           like
           heirs
           of
           grace
           ,
           till
           you
           come
           to
           be
           coheirs
           in
           glory
           .
           Command
           your
           servants
           to
           walk
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           ,
           and
           instruct
           them
           in
           
           that
           way
           :
           Oh
           do
           not
           use
           your
           servants
           as
           you
           use
           your
           Beasts
           ,
           you
           work
           and
           feed
           your
           beasts
           ,
           but
           never
           instruct
           them
           ;
           and
           you
           make
           as
           very
           beasts
           of
           your
           servants
           ,
           if
           you
           do
           not
           instruct
           them
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           ,
           for
           you
           do
           onely
           find
           them
           work
           and
           food
           .
           Tell
           your
           family
           what
           considerations
           did
           at
           first
           move
           your
           heart
           ,
           and
           work
           upon
           your
           spirits
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           considerations
           may
           by
           Gods
           blessing
           melt
           ,
           and
           turn
           their
           hearts
           ;
           a
           religious
           Servant
           may
           improve
           thy
           zeal
           ,
           and
           bring
           a
           blessing
           on
           thy
           posteritie
           and
           estate
           ,
           when
           thou
           art
           dead
           and
           gone
           .
        
         
           Set
           up
           Houshold-godlinesse
           in
           order
           ,
           not
           in
           opposition
           ,
           to
           Congregationall
           godlinesse
           .
        
         
           Labour
           to
           make
           thy
           wife
           the
           spouse
           of
           Christ
           ;
           thy
           children
           ,
           the
           children
           of
           God
           ;
           thy
           servants
           ,
           the
           servants
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           blessing
           of
           Heaven
           rest
           upon
           thee
           ,
           and
           thine
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           not
           done
           ,
           
           for
           I
           have
           a
           farther
           journey
           to
           go
           :
           
             the
             Lord
             give
             me
             the
             strength
             and
             spirit
             of
             Elijah
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             not
             faint
             by
             the
             way
             :
          
           I
           consider
           that
           I
           am
           bound
           to
           speak
           to
           that
           Honourable
           House
           which
           called
           me
           hither
           ,
           and
           never
           was
           man
           called
           to
           speak
           in
           a
           more
           
             Criticall
             Juncture
             of
             time
             :
          
           I
           have
           put
           up
           many
           prayers
           ,
           and
           powred
           forth
           many
           tears
           for
           direction
           to
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           speak
           the
           words
           of
           
             sobernesse
             and
             truth
             :
          
           my
           heart
           tels
           me
           that
           I
           speak
           out
           of
           love
           and
           respect
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           my
           conscience
           tels
           me
           I
           speak
           in
           obedience
           to
           God
           ;
           all
           the
           Housholds
           of
           the
           Commons
           of
           
             England
          
           are
           represented
           in
           Your
           Honorable
           House
           ;
           
             Your
             House
             is
             a
             Paradise
             ,
             but
             may
             not
             the
             Serpent
             get
             into
             Paradise
             ?
             as
             great
             as
             you
             are
             ,
             you
             are
             under
             God
             ,
             every
             one
             of
             your
             Members
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             House
             ,
             must
             be
             at
             Gods
             devotion
             and
             command
             :
          
           if
           you
           will
           walk
           wisely
           ,
           and
           safely
           ,
           you
           must
           walk
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           ,
           and
           keep
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           :
           the
           Angels
           have
           charge
           over
           you
           as
           long
           as
           you
           walk
           in
           that
           way
           ,
           and
           Christ
           the
           head
           of
           Angels
           as
           well
           as
           Saints
           ,
           will
           beat
           down
           your
           Enemies
           under
           your
           feet
           ;
           
           
             The
             way
             of
             Christ
             is
             the
             way
             of
             Jehovah
             ,
             for
             he
             is
             Jehovah
             our
             righteousnesse
             ;
          
           But
           you
           will
           tell
           me
           ,
           that
           learned
           and
           godly
           men
           cannot
           agree
           about
           the
           Way
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
         
           My
           first
           motion
           is
           ,
           That
           we
           may
           not
           be
           beaten
           off
           from
           those
           principles
           in
           which
           we
           agree
           ,
           because
           there
           are
           some
           things
           about
           which
           we
           differ
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           it
           may
           be
           diligently
           considered
           ,
           how
           far
           we
           agree
           ;
           few
           men
           beleeve
           that
           there
           is
           so
           sweet
           an
           agreement
           in
           so
           many
           uniting
           Principles
           between
           godly
           ,
           prudent
           ,
           and
           charitable
           men
           of
           different
           perswasions
           ,
           for
           the
           preventing
           and
           removing
           of
           all
           scandals
           ,
           as
           indeed
           there
           is
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           those
           many
           fair
           Expedients
           which
           are
           propounded
           for
           the
           healing
           of
           breaches
           ,
           and
           composing
           of
           differences
           ,
           may
           be
           speedily
           taken
           into
           your
           most
           serious
           thoughts
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Consider
           ,
           that
           not
           onely
           the
           
             eyes
             of
             all
             the
             Churches
             abroad
             ,
             but
             the
             eyes
             of
             God
             ,
             nay
             the
             vows
             of
             God
             are
             upon
             you
             ,
             and
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             is
             set
             before
             you
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           as
           you
           tender
           the
           good
           and
           welfare
           of
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           as
           you
           will
           answer
           it
           to
           the
           Lord
           Christ
           at
           the
           dreadfull
           day
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           that
           you
           observe
           the
           directions
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           
             How
             will
             you
             satisfie
             your
             conscience
             upon
             your
             death-bed
             ,
             how
             will
             you
             look
             Christ
             in
             the
             face
             at
             the
             day
             of
             Judgement
             ,
             if
             you
             reject
             the
             counsell
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           I
           will
           not
           question
           your
           intentions
           ,
           what
           am
           I
           (
           
             the
             last
             of
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             least
             of
             Saints
          
           )
           that
           I
           should
           judge
           a
           Parliament
           ?
           I
           desire
           to
           judge
           my self
           ,
           and
           deny
           my self
           :
           
             I
             was
             not
             sent
             to
             divine
             ,
             but
             to
             preach
             ,
             and
          
           I
           
             dare
             not
             assume
             to
             my self
             the
             property
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             know
             the
             hearts
             of
             men
             ;
          
           It
           is
           enough
           for
           me
           to
           remember
           you
           that
           it
           doth
           specially
           concern
           you
           in
           this
           great
           work
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           to
           approve
           your selves
           to
           the
           
             Searcher
             of
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             Judge
             of
             secrets
             .
          
           I
           have
           no
           designe
           upon
           you
           ,
           
             I
             affect
             not
             power
             ,
             but
             desire
             purity
             :
          
           I
           ask
           no
           power
           of
           
             You
             :
          
           I
           have
           enough
           already
           more
           then
           I
           know
           how
           to
           use
           ,
           or
           answer
           for
           :
           
             It
             is
             the
             free
             use
             of
             power
             which
             is
             desired
             for
             purities
             sake
             .
          
           I
           shall
           not
           intreat
           you
           to
           part
           with
           any
           of
           your
           Civill
           Interests
           to
           make
           us
           friends
           ,
           I
           submit
           my self
           to
           all
           that
           Power
           which
           belongs
           to
           you
           as
           Christian
           Magistrates
           ;
           but
           remember
           that
           it
           is
           
             a
             Limited
             power
             ,
             Christ
             hath
             set
             bounds
             to
             Your
             Power
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             ours
             :
          
           and
           you
           are
           obliged
           to
           emprove
           all
           your
           Interests
           ,
           and
           use
           all
           your
           Power
           for
           the
           service
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           
           promoting
           the
           great
           work
           of
           Reformation
           ;
           I
           will
           not
           at
           present
           so
           much
           as
           state
           the
           great
           question
           for
           debate
           ,
           for
           
             this
             is
             not
             a
             fit
             place
             or
             day
             to
             dispute
             the
             point
             in
             controversie
             ;
          
           and
           it
           would
           be
           very
           absurd
           for
           me
           to
           take
           that
           for
           
             granted
             ,
          
           which
           you
           expect
           should
           be
           
             proved
             .
          
           I
           am
           resolved
           to
           follow
           my
           conscience
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           obliged
           to
           follow
           yours
           ;
           but
           if
           your
           Conscience
           be
           not
           rightly
           informed
           ,
           how
           many
           thousands
           are
           there
           that
           will
           be
           endangered
           ?
           
             Far
             better
             were
             it
             that
             all
             our
             Armies
             were
             routed
             in
             the
             Field
             ,
             then
             that
             the
             Parliament
             of
          
           England
           
             should
             be
             deceived
             ,
          
           
           I
           say
           ,
           but
           deceived
           :
           to
           perish
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           is
           to
           perish
           irrecoverably
           ,
           
             to
             perish
             by
             consent
             :
          
           And
           wise
           Statesmen
           have
           observed
           ,
           that
           as
           some
           Kingdoms
           have
           been
           wasted
           by
           
             Arms
             ;
          
           so
           others
           have
           been
           overthrown
           ,
           quite
           overthrown
           by
           
             Laws
             .
          
           My
           humble
           motion
           therefore
           is
           ,
           
             That
             you
             will
             not
             make
             more
             haste
             then
             good
             speed
             in
             deciding
             the
             great
             Question
             .
          
           You
           may
           yet
           be
           counselled
           ,
           
           because
           the
           work
           is
           not
           yet
           perfected
           ;
           my
           motion
           may
           seem
           strange
           to
           some
           ,
           but
           I
           know
           full
           well
           ,
           that
           though
           
             a
             Kingdom
             may
             be
             quickly
             corrupted
             ,
             yet
             it
             cannot
             be
             so
             suddenly
             reformed
             ;
          
           and
           if
           you
           take
           longer
           time
           that
           the
           Questions
           in
           controversie
           may
           be
           fully
           debated
           ,
           your
           Consciences
           rightly
           informed
           ,
           and
           satisfied
           ,
           you
           'l
           gain
           time
           ,
           and
           light
           experience
           and
           comfort
           by
           such
           a
           thrifty
           expence
           of
           time
           .
           That
           I
           may
           not
           countenance
           any
           
             politique
             delayes
             ,
          
           and
           may
           emprove
           the
           motion
           to
           the
           heighth
           ,
           be
           pleased
           to
           keep
           a
           Private
           Fast
           ,
           and
           call
           some
           judicious
           and
           self-denying
           men
           to
           Preach
           before
           you
           ,
           who
           will
           deal
           plainly
           ,
           and
           faithfully
           with
           you
           in
           the
           nicest
           points
           .
           My
           Reasons
           to
           back
           the
           Motion
           are
           briefly
           these
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           you
           were
           never
           in
           greater
           danger
           then
           now
           ,
           you
           are
           exercised
           with
           temptations
           on
           all
           hands
           ,
           surely
           this
           ,
           
             this
             is
             the
             Houre
             of
             Temptation
             ,
             you
             had
             need
             pray
             hard
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             not
             be
             led
             into
             temptation
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           Good
           men
           are
           apt
           to
           be
           secure
           ,
           because
           you
           are
           Masters
           of
           the
           Feild
           ,
           and
           are
           entring
           into
           your
           much
           desired
           Canaan
           ;
           
           but
           consider
           that
           when
           the
           people
           of
           Israel
           were
           upon
           the
           very
           borders
           of
           Canaan
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Enemies
           were
           not
           able
           to
           overthrow
           them
           ,
           they
           did
           ,
           by
           closing
           
           with
           temptations
           ,
           and
           giving
           way
           to
           their
           corruptions
           ,
           overthrow
           themselves
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           points
           in
           agitation
           are
           points
           of
           high
           concernment
           ,
           points
           that
           have
           been
           studied
           ,
           and
           much
           perplexed
           by
           great
           Scholers
           ,
           and
           wittie
           men
           on
           both
           sides
           ;
           
             Be
             not
             too
             pleasant
             ,
          
           though
           much
           of
           this
           week
           be
           spent
           already
           ,
           yet
           if
           you
           be
           not
           very
           circumspect
           ,
           nay
           
             if
             you
             do
             not
             beg
             counsell
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             you
             may
             undo
             three
             Kingdoms
             this
             week
             in
             three
             dayes
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           
             When
             we
             mingled
             tears
             in
             Private
             Fasts
             ,
          
           we
           had
           a
           sweet
           experience
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           ;
           your
           fidelitie
           and
           resolution
           even
           then
           when
           you
           were
           
             at
             lowest
             ,
          
           and
           it
           will
           be
           your
           wisdom
           ,
           and
           your
           Honour
           ,
           to
           walk
           humbly
           and
           closely
           with
           God
           when
           you
           are
           
             at
             highest
             ,
          
           that
           God
           may
           bring
           upon
           you
           all
           the
           good
           that
           he
           hath
           promised
           to
           them
           that
           
             rule
             with
             God
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             are
             faithfull
             with
             the
             most
             Holy
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             Saints
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           
             There
             are
             sins
             with
             you
             ,
          
           
           
             even
             with
             you
             ,
          
           and
           such
           as
           must
           be
           reproved
           ;
           but
           as
           things
           now
           stand
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           so
           fit
           to
           reprove
           them
           in
           a
           mixed
           Assembly
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           There
           are
           some
           proposals
           to
           be
           made
           to
           you
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           divulged
           when
           they
           are
           first
           presented
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           am
           not
           worthy
           to
           advise
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           motion
           is
           humbly
           presented
           ;
           and
           though
           it
           be
           rejected
           with
           smiles
           ,
           
             I
             intend
             not
             to
             appeal
             from
             you
             to
             the
             people
             :
          
           but
           give
           me
           leave
           in
           my
           Masters
           Name
           to
           present
           the
           Peoples
           Appeal
           to
           You
           :
           Consider
           the
           cries
           ,
           and
           out-cries
           of
           the
           godly
           part
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           for
           a
           Reformation
           ,
           they
           speak
           plain
           ,
           and
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           They
           have
           fasted
           ,
           prayed
           ,
           wept
           ,
           for
           a
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           They
           have
           exhausted
           their
           Treasures
           ,
           many
           of
           them
           ,
        
         
           3.
           
           Adventured
           their
           lives
           ,
           lost
           their
           limbs
           ,
           their
           blood
           ,
           their
           friends
           ,
           for
           a
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           You
           have
           promised
           us
           a
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           And
           we
           have
           payd
           for
           a
           Reformation
           .
           And
           ,
        
         
           6.
           
           You
           are
           therefore
           in
           debt
           to
           us
           for
           a
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           We
           are
           bold
           to
           chalenge
           such
           a
           Reformation
           as
           will
           quit
           the
           cost
           ,
           and
           answer
           the
           price
           which
           we
           have
           payd
           ,
           and
           the
           pains
           we
           have
           bestowed
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           We
           desire
           such
           a
           Reformation
           as
           that
           we
           may
           not
           be
           
           forced
           to
           make
           a
           Separation
           ,
           
             that
             is
             the
             language
             of
             some
             that
             are
             serious
             and
             peaceable
             Saints
             ;
          
           and
           therfore
           it
           is
           the
           more
           to
           be
           considered
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           
             By
             the
             help
             of
             a
             thorough-Reformation
             ,
             there
             may
             be
             a
             thorough-Reconciliation
             amongst
             all
             that
             are
             prudent
             ,
             pious
             ,
             and
             charitable
             :
          
           all
           who
           mind
           the
           same
           things
           ,
           purity
           and
           peace
           ,
           and
           desire
           to
           walk
           by
           the
           same
           rule
           in
           faith
           and
           love
           ,
           
             A
             thorough-Reformation
             would
             make
             us
             all
             friends
             ;
          
           for
           some
           of
           our
           Brethren
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           they
           know
           not
           whether
           or
           no
           they
           can
           
             close
             with
             us
             ,
          
           till
           they
           see
           
             what
             Reformation
             will
             be
             allowed
             us
             .
          
        
         
           There
           are
           divisions
           enough
           already
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           many
           things
           to
           propose
           which
           may
           unite
           all
           that
           are
           judicious
           Christians
           ,
           nothing
           that
           may
           divide
           them
           ,
           we
           all
           desire
           
             that
             the
             ordinances
             of
             Christ
             may
             be
             purely
             administred
             ,
             that
             all
             scandals
             that
             threaten
             us
             may
             be
             prevented
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             disquiet
             or
             pollute
             us
             may
             be
             removed
             :
          
           we
           all
           desire
           to
           walk
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           my
           Text
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           the
           way
           of
           faith
           ,
           our
           God
           is
           a
           jealous
           God
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           jealous
           in
           point
           of
           faith
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           worship
           ;
           
             The
             least
             Iota
             of
             divine
             truth
             is
             more
             precious
             then
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             :
          
           I
           blesse
           God
           ,
           
           and
           honour
           You
           ,
           for
           expressing
           your selves
           so
           freely
           in
           this
           hereticall
           and
           licentious
           age
           against
           
             Subverters
             of
             the
             Faith
             .
          
           There
           is
           as
           much
           difference
           between
           errors
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           between
           poysons
           :
           some
           destroy
           by
           heat
           ,
           some
           by
           cold
           ,
           some
           by
           corrosion
           ;
           but
           there
           are
           certain
           poysons
           ,
           whose
           very
           substance
           is
           malignant
           ;
           Physicians
           say
           their
           very
           specificall
           Form
           is
           destructive
           :
           and
           You
           have
           furnished
           us
           with
           an
           excellent
           Antidote
           against
           these
           subverting
           errors
           ,
           these
           
             hereticall
             poysons
             ,
          
           
           whose
           very
           substance
           is
           pestilentiall
           ,
           and
           whose
           authors
           and
           abettors
           are
           full
           of
           contumacious
           malignity
           .
           
           An
           Heretique
           cannot
           be
           as
           the
           seducers
           talk
           an
           honest
           man
           ,
           for
           
             Heresie
             is
             a
             brat
             begotten
             of
             the
             flesh
             by
             the
             Devil
             ;
             an
             heresie
             is
             a
             flood
             cast
             out
             of
             the
             Dragons
             mouth
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             lyes
             and
             depths
             of
             Satan
             ,
             a
             work
             of
             the
             flesh
             .
          
           What
           is
           more
           precious
           then
           Gods
           truth
           and
           our
           souls
           ?
           
           Now
           heresie
           corrupts
           the
           soul
           ,
           
           and
           subverts
           the
           Faith
           .
           
           Heresie
           is
           like
           an
           Hectique
           feaver
           ,
           
           which
           at
           first
           is
           very
           easie
           to
           be
           cured
           ,
           but
           very
           hard
           to
           be
           known
           ;
           
           but
           when
           once
           it
           hath
           gotten
           
           strength
           ,
           and
           discovered
           it self
           by
           undeniable
           symptoms
           ,
           though
           
             it
             may
             be
             easily
             known
             ,
             it
             is
             hardly
             cured
             .
          
        
         
           There
           are
           some
           Errors
           that
           have
           more
           vanity
           then
           malignity
           in
           them
           ,
           
           and
           yet
           they
           may
           do
           much
           mischief
           if
           spread
           abroad
           .
           
           1.
           
           Some
           may
           be
           entangled
           ,
           ensnared
           .
           2.
           
           Others
           offended
           .
           
           3.
           
           The
           Church
           divided
           ,
           and
           rent
           asunder
           ,
           if
           these
           vain
           Errors
           come
           to
           be
           
             professedly
          
           taught
           or
           divulged
           :
           
           concerning
           these
           lighter
           errors
           ,
           
           I
           shall
           say
           as
           
             Hippocrates
          
           saith
           of
           raw
           humours
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           
             ripened
             ,
          
           and
           concocted
           before
           they
           are
           
             purged
             ,
             unlesse
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             they
             be
             stirred
             by
             their
             own
             violence
             :
          
           vain
           errors
           have
           a
           deluding
           efficacy
           in
           them
           when
           they
           meet
           with
           vain
           men
           ;
           and
           errors
           are
           more
           stirring
           and
           active
           in
           pragmaticall
           busie
           men
           ,
           then
           in
           meek
           modest
           men
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           advice
           of
           St.
           
             Jude
          
           is
           seasonable
           in
           this
           point
           ;
           
             Of
             some
             have
             compassion
             ,
             making
             a
             difference
             ,
             and
             others
             save
             with
             fear
             ,
             plucking
             them
             out
             of
             the
             fire
             ;
          
           the
           fire
           of
           contention
           ,
           keeping
           them
           out
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           the
           fire
           of
           Hell
           ,
           and
           guiding
           their
           feet
           into
           the
           way
           of
           peace
           and
           truth
           ,
           
             the
             way
             of
             Jehovah
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Text
           .
        
         
           
             Obj.
          
           But
           you
           'l
           say
           ,
           if
           we
           must
           all
           walk
           in
           one
           way
           of
           faith
           ,
           then
           there
           must
           be
           an
           uniformity
           ,
           and
           
             though
             unity
             be
             Christian
             ,
          
           yet
           (
           if
           some
           may
           be
           beleeved
           )
           
             uniformity
             is
             Antichristian
             .
          
           
        
         
           
             Sol.
          
           I
           am
           not
           at
           leasure
           to
           wrangle
           about
           words
           ,
           I
           might
           distinguish
           between
           
             Vniformiter
             difforme
             ,
          
           and
           
             difformiter
             uniforme
             :
          
           
           but
           I
           desire
           to
           speak
           plain
           English
           ;
           when
           the
           Apostle
           exhorts
           
             Timothy
          
           to
           
             hold
             fast
             the
             form
             of
             sound
             words
             which
             he
             had
             heard
             of
             him
             in
             faith
             and
             love
             which
             is
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             :
          
           Was
           not
           that
           a
           Christian
           uniformity
           ?
           I
           mean
           no
           more
           .
           I
           conceive
           it
           is
           requisite
           for
           a
           Christian
           State
           to
           hold
           forth
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           in
           an
           
             wholsome
             Form
             of
             sound
             words
             that
             cannot
             be
             condemned
             ;
          
           
           that
           there
           may
           be
           a
           sweet
           Harmony
           between
           all
           the
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           :
           
           and
           if
           a
           Christian
           State
           shall
           find
           it
           necessarie
           to
           descend
           to
           some
           
             disputable
             points
          
           in
           their
           Confession
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           top
           the
           
             rising
             errors
          
           of
           the
           time
           ,
           
           I
           shall
           never
           move
           that
           learned
           men
           of
           a
           different
           perswasion
           should
           be
           
             forced
             ,
          
           or
           by
           preferment
           
             tempted
          
           to
           
             subscribe
          
           o●swear
           to
           that
           Form
           against
           their
           judgement
           ,
           
           
           to
           which
           the
           Civill
           sanction
           is
           annexed
           ,
           because
           I
           know
           full
           well
           what
           a
           great
           temptation
           it
           was
           to
           young
           and
           old
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Prelates
           reign
           ,
           to
           subscribe
           to
           such
           forms
           as
           they
           had
           never
           throughly
           examined
           ,
           because
           they
           could
           not
           be
           preferred
           unlesse
           they
           Subscribed
           ;
           Yet
           I
           humbly
           move
           that
           mens
           mouthes
           may
           be
           stopped
           from
           
             blaspheming
             or
             reviling
          
           the
           truth
           of
           God
           held
           forth
           for
           the
           encrease
           of
           Christian
           Uniformity
           .
           It
           is
           clear
           and
           evident
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           truth
           may
           no
           longer
           be
           
             maintained
          
           then
           till
           it
           be
           
             questioned
             ,
          
           it
           will
           not
           be
           long
           ere
           some
           out
           of
           the
           
             pride
          
           of
           their
           wits
           ,
           or
           
             wantonnesse
          
           of
           their
           spirits
           ,
           
           will
           be
           bold
           to
           call
           it
           into
           question
           ;
           the
           Socinians
           ,
           Arminians
           ,
           and
           some
           that
           tread
           in
           their
           steps
           ,
           have
           taken
           upon
           them
           ,
           like
           those
           old
           Heretiques
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Irenaeus
             ,
          
           to
           be
           
             Emendatores
             Apostolorum
             ,
             the
             reformers
             of
             the
             Apostles
             :
          
           but
           let
           not
           us
           be
           afraid
           to
           presse
           those
           truths
           upon
           a
           
             *
          
           
             whole
             Nation
          
           which
           are
           delivered
           by
           God
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           questioned
           by
           men
           ;
           for
           the
           Gospel
           is
           to
           be
           Preached
           to
           
             all
             Nations
             ,
             to
             every
             creature
             .
          
           Mark
           16.
           15.
           
           Col.
           1.
           23.
           28.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           must
           walk
           in
           the
           same
           way
           of
           Worship
           :
           I
           shall
           not
           here
           discourse
           of
           Naturall
           or
           Civill
           helps
           which
           may
           some
           way
           further
           us
           in
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           ;
           it
           is
           clear
           that
           the
           Members
           of
           every
           Congregation
           respectively
           are
           obliged
           to
           
             an
             Vniformity
             in
             respect
             of
             time
             and
             place
             ;
          
           they
           must
           agree
           to
           meet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           to
           joyn
           together
           in
           acts
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           .
           The
           Lords
           day
           is
           not
           a
           bare
           circumstance
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           Institution
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           a
           spirituall
           efficacy
           in
           it
           by
           vertue
           of
           that
           Institution
           ,
           to
           draw
           me
           nearer
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           God
           to
           me
           ;
           nay
           to
           commend
           my
           service
           to
           God
           ,
           for
           the
           tender
           of
           my
           respects
           to
           God
           in
           publick
           is
           more
           kindly
           taken
           upon
           that
           day
           ,
           then
           upon
           any
           other
           day
           ;
           
             A
             Christian
             State
             is
             not
             at
             liberty
             to
             worship
             God
             solemnly
             in
             the
             publick
             Congregation
             ,
             or
             neglect
             his
             worship
             upon
             the
             Lords
             day
             :
          
           we
           are
           all
           obliged
           to
           a
           
             Christian
             Vniformity
          
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           humane
           prudence
           must
           submit
           ,
           and
           con●orm
           to
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           Lord
           of
           the
           day
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           God
           is
           a
           jealous
           God
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           allow
           of
           
             Superstition
             ,
             Idolatry
             ,
             or
             profanenesse
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           we
           are
           bound
           up
           to
           an
           Uniformity
           
           in
           point
           of
           worship
           .
           The
           Libellatici
           of
           old
           were
           (
           as
           some
           conceive
           )
           in
           fee
           with
           the
           State
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           not
           be
           forced
           to
           worship
           Idols
           ,
           though
           they
           held
           too
           much
           correspondence
           with
           Idolaters
           :
           but
           
             Abrahams
          
           servants
           ,
           though
           once
           Idolaters
           ,
           had
           no
           such
           dispensation
           ,
           they
           were
           
             commanded
             ,
          
           peremptorily
           enjoyned
           by
           
             Abraham
          
           to
           walk
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           :
           and
           I
           hope
           we
           shall
           have
           no
           Libellatici
           amongst
           us
           ,
           men
           in
           fee
           with
           the
           State
           that
           they
           may
           worship
           Idols
           .
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           know
           that
           there
           is
           any
           humane
           Set-form
           of
           prayer
           like
           to
           be
           imposed
           upon
           the
           Ministry
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           yet
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           firm
           and
           uniform
           agreement
           amongst
           us
           about
           the
           substantials
           of
           worship
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           all
           observe
           those
           generall
           rules
           laid
           down
           in
           the
           Word
           ;
           
             Exercise
             our
             gifts
             ,
             stir
             up
             our
             graces
             ,
             and
             ●eg
             supplyes
             from
             the
             Spirit
             of
             grace
             and
             supplication
             to
             help
             our
             infirmities
             .
          
           Finally
           ,
           we
           must
           in
           our
           prayers
           have
           a
           speciall
           respect
           
             to
             order
             ,
             and
             edification
             ,
             to
             the
             necessities
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             the
             state
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             juncture
             of
             circumstances
             ,
             the
             work
             of
             Christ
             in
             our
             hands
             ,
             and
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             our
             hearts
             .
          
           Behold
           a
           Christian
           Uniformity
           without
           the
           Imposition
           of
           any
           Humane
           Set-form
           of
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           If
           you
           enquire
           after
           Government
           ,
           you
           have
           my
           Reasons
           why
           I
           say
           so
           little
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           not
           time
           to
           say
           much
           more
           ;
           
             There
             are
             some
             substantiall
             parts
             of
             Church-Government
             which
             must
             be
             maintained
             ,
          
           that
           the
           ordinances
           of
           Christ
           may
           be
           set
           up
           ,
           and
           maintained
           in
           
             Power
             and
             purity
             ▪
          
           Men
           that
           pretend
           to
           great
           things
           ,
           and
           know
           nothing
           ,
           seem
           to
           be
           much
           afraid
           of
           a
           Classicall
           tyranny
           ;
           but
           you
           that
           are
           acquainted
           with
           the
           secrets
           of
           that
           Honourable
           Committee
           for
           Accommodation
           ,
           know
           
             that
             there
             hath
             been
             liberty
             enough
             offered
             ,
             and
             fair
             expedients
             propounded
             in
             that
             particular
             .
          
        
         
           
             Obj.
          
           But
           you
           'l
           say
           ,
           that
           Saints
           are
           to
           be
           left
           wholly
           to
           their
           liberty
           ,
           and
           
             Liberty
             cannot
             consist
             with
             Vniformity
             .
          
        
         
           I
           answer
           .
           Saints
           are
           men
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           
             ruled
             ;
          
           or
           else
           their
           unregenerate
           part
           which
           often
           prevails
           will
           make
           them
           too
           
             unruly
             .
          
           It
           is
           the
           observation
           of
           some
           reverend
           Divines
           ,
           that
           
             Jonah
          
           was
           a
           
             peevish
             Saint
             ,
          
           and
           
             Sampson
          
           a
           
             desperate
             Saint
             ,
          
           and
           certainly
           there
           are
           many
           peevish
           and
           desperate
           men
           
           that
           passe
           for
           Saints
           in
           this
           time
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           these
           must
           be
           
             ruled
          
           and
           
             over-ruled
             .
          
           There
           are
           some
           that
           seem
           to
           be
           Saints
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           a
           form
           of
           godlinesse
           ;
           but
           they
           are
           no
           Saints
           ,
           because
           they
           deny
           the
           power
           of
           godlinesse
           .
           What
           will
           you
           say
           to
           those
           men
           who
           challenge
           an
           
             Absolute
             liberty
          
           to
           say
           and
           do
           what
           they
           list
           ,
           till
           it
           pleases
           God
           to
           work
           on
           them
           by
           spirituall
           means
           ;
           whereas
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           they
           live
           in
           contempt
           of
           all
           those
           means
           which
           should
           work
           upon
           them
           .
           You
           'l
           easily
           grant
           that
           no
           pretence
           ,
           nay
           no
           scruple
           of
           conscience
           can
           exempt
           a
           man
           from
           any
           
             Civill
             duty
          
           which
           he
           owes
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           or
           the
           government
           thereof
           ,
           for
           his
           own
           and
           the
           publique
           good
           :
           why
           then
           should
           any
           pretence
           or
           scruple
           exempt
           him
           from
           attendance
           upon
           quickning
           ordinances
           ,
           and
           powerfull
           means
           of
           Reformation
           ?
           If
           men
           broach
           
             damnable
             doctrines
             ,
          
           and
           pertinaciously
           defend
           them
           against
           common
           light
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           
             Common
             light
             of
             Nature
             ,
             or
             Christianity
             ,
          
           if
           their
           errours
           be
           
             destructive
             to
             Faith
             ,
             Piety
             ,
             Justice
             or
             Charity
             ;
          
           if
           a
           man
           plead
           conscience
           in
           the
           point
           of
           Community
           of
           goods
           ;
           if
           one
           pretend
           that
           his
           conscience
           puts
           him
           upon
           the
           ensnaring
           of
           other
           mens
           consciences
           ;
           
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           
             If
             under
             pretence
             of
             liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             he
             take
             liberty
             to
             be
             unconscionable
             ,
          
           sure
           this
           is
           but
           an
           
             Atheisticall
             Libertinisme
             ,
          
           it
           is
           not
           liberty
           of
           conscience
           ,
           but
           liberty
           of
           
             phantasie
             ,
          
           liberty
           of
           
             errour
             ,
          
           liberty
           of
           
             lust
             :
          
           he
           that
           hath
           no
           other
           title
           to
           Saintship
           but
           a
           bare
           profession
           ,
           doth
           by
           such
           errors
           and
           practises
           
             unsaint
          
           himself
           ,
           and
           is
           sit
           to
           be
           cast
           out
           of
           the
           
             society
             of
             Saints
             ,
             and
             protection
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Saints
           are
           Saints
           ,
           and
           therefore
           though
           they
           must
           be
           ordered
           ,
           yet
           they
           must
           not
           be
           scandalized
           ,
           
             Mark
          
           9.
           42.
           
           If
           they
           
             judge
             us
          
           we
           must
           not
           
             despise
          
           them
           ;
           we
           must
           not
           despise
           them
           as
           
             simple
             ,
          
           because
           they
           condemne
           us
           as
           
             profane
             ;
          
           if
           they
           be
           
             peevish
             ,
          
           we
           must
           not
           be
           
             proud
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Saints
           must
           not
           be
           
             persecuted
             ;
          
           though
           they
           be
           
             peevish
             ,
          
           nay
           desperate
           ,
           yet
           they
           must
           not
           be
           punished
           
             beyond
             their
             desert
             ,
             the
             warme
             blood
             of
             sheep
             is
             no
             drink
             for
             me
             ,
             it
             is
             too
             high
             and
             heady
             ;
          
           nor
           must
           I
           out
           of
           a
           
             sullen
             humour
             deny
             a
             peevish
             Saint
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             fellowship
             ,
          
           unlesse
           he
           will
           be
           over-awed
           by
           me
           ,
           and
           forced
           to
           
             confesse
          
           something
           to
           be
           true
           which
           he
           conceives
           
           to
           be
           
             false
             ,
          
           or
           
             practise
          
           something
           which
           he
           beleeves
           in
           his
           conscience
           to
           be
           a
           
             sin
             ;
          
           Surely
           if
           Saints
           urge
           arguments
           which
           may
           
             tempt
          
           wise
           men
           ,
           or
           
             sway
          
           weak
           men
           ,
           they
           should
           be
           dealt
           with
           in
           a
           spirituall
           ,
           brotherly
           ,
           and
           convincing
           way
           ;
           Church
           power
           is
           for
           edification
           ,
           not
           for
           destruction
           .
           
             Christians
             must
             not
             be
             like
             brinish
             lights
             ,
             which
             spit
             fire
             one
             at
             another
             till
             both
             go
             out
             ,
             and
             dye
             in
             a
             smoke
             and
             stench
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           I
           am
           so
           far
           from
           endeavouring
           to
           persecute
           Saints
           ,
           that
           I
           humbly
           desire
           that
           we
           would
           all
           
             study
             how
             to
             make
             more
             Saints
             ;
          
           we
           quarrell
           very
           often
           about
           gathering
           of
           Saints
           ,
           and
           the
           ordering
           of
           Saints
           :
           I
           beseech
           you
           that
           we
           may
           all
           look
           upon
           it
           as
           our
           businesse
           how
           to
           make
           Saints
           ;
           
             Oh
             it
             will
             be
             a
             comfortable
             work
             to
             gather
             and
             order
             Saints
             of
             our
             own
             making
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           Saints
           must
           have
           a
           
             Saint-like
             liberty
             :
          
           we
           are
           not
           obliged
           to
           obey
           any
           person
           ,
           or
           any
           company
           ,
           or
           society
           of
           persons
           in
           any
           thing
           which
           is
           prejudiciall
           to
           Gods
           glory
           and
           our
           salvation
           :
           and
           
             we
             are
             at
             liberty
             to
             do
             any
             thing
             which
             is
             religious
             or
             vertuous
             ,
          
           
           because
           there
           is
           no
           Law
           against
           any
           duties
           ,
           
           for
           which
           we
           are
           enabled
           by
           the
           fruits
           of
           the
           Spirit
           .
           
             The
             fruit
             of
             the
             Spirit
             is
             love
             ,
             joy
             ,
             peace
             ,
             long-suffering
             ,
             gentlenesse
             ,
             goodnesse
             ,
             faith
             ,
             meeknesse
             ,
             temperance
             ,
             against
             such
             there
             is
             no
             law
             .
             Galat.
          
           5.
           22
           ,
           23.
           
           No
           man
           is
           Lord
           of
           my
           faith
           or
           conscience
           ,
           and
           if
           men
           will
           be
           displeased
           with
           me
           for
           pleasing
           Christ
           ,
           I
           am
           at
           liberty
           to
           displease
           all
           the
           world
           .
           
             Gal.
             1.
             10.
             
             This
             is
             a
             Saint-like
             liberty
             ,
          
           but
           
             Saints
             are
             not
             at
             liberty
             to
             sin
             against
             the
             Royall
             Law
             of
             Liberty
             ;
          
           they
           must
           fulfill
           the
           
             Royall
             Law
             according
             to
             the
             Scripture
             ,
          
           or
           else
           they
           will
           be
           
             convinced
          
           and
           
             judged
          
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Liberty
           .
           
             Saints
             are
             men
             of
             generous
             spirits
             ,
          
           and
           take
           themselves
           to
           be
           at
           liberty
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           
             Servato
             ordine
             finis
             ,
          
           any
           thing
           that
           God
           allows
           them
           ;
           true
           Saints
           affect
           not
           ,
           challenge
           not
           a
           kind
           of
           Free-will
           to
           think
           ,
           beleeve
           ,
           speak
           and
           act
           according
           to
           the
           
             garb
             and
             humour
             of
             the
             time
             .
          
           True
           Saints
           will
           not
           say
           that
           a
           man
           may
           be
           of
           what
           Religion
           he
           pleases
           ,
           so
           he
           be
           of
           any
           Religion
           ,
           and
           seem
           zealous
           for
           it
           ;
           There
           is
           one
           precious
           truth
           maintained
           by
           all
           Sectaries
           and
           
             most
             Heretiques
             ,
             That
             there
             is
             but
             one
             onely
             true
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           for
           the
           most
           part
           every
           one
           
             *
          
           of
           them
           doth
           
           hold
           forth
           his
           way
           and
           opinion
           as
           the
           onely
           true
           Religion
           ,
           and
           saving
           way
           ;
           I
           say
           
             most
             Heretiques
          
           do
           so
           ,
           but
           there
           was
           of
           old
           a
           
             Catholique-Heresie
             ,
          
           so
           I
           call
           it
           because
           it
           did
           approve
           and
           extoll
           all
           heresies
           .
           
             a
          
           
             Augustine
          
           cals
           it
           the
           Heresie
           of
           
             Rhetorius
             ,
          
           and
           saith
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           
             admirable
             for
             vanity
             ,
          
           and
           I
           fear
           that
           some
           in
           our
           dayes
           who
           take
           themselves
           to
           be
           Saints
           ,
           are
           fallen
           into
           this
           Heresie
           ;
           I
           beleeve
           this
           fond
           conceit
           ,
           was
           first
           broached
           amongst
           the
           Pagans
           by
           
             b
          
           
             Themistius
          
           the
           Philosopher
           ,
           
           who
           said
           ,
           
             That
             God
             was
             well
             pleased
             with
             variety
             of
             opinions
             ,
             because
             his
             glory
             was
             much
             illustrated
             by
             them
             .
          
           But
           true
           Saints
           will
           not
           play
           the
           Sceptiques
           ;
           they
           that
           think
           it
           a
           kind
           of
           bondage
           to
           fix
           their
           belief
           upon
           that
           truth
           ,
           which
           Christ
           hath
           by
           his
           Apostles
           
             once
             for
             all
             delivered
             to
             the
             Saints
             ,
          
           and
           are
           therefore
           willing
           to
           hear
           any
           one
           rather
           then
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           
             These
             men
             are
             no
             Saints
             ;
             for
             he
             that
             is
             so
             ready
             to
             be
             of
             any
             religion
             ,
             is
             for
             the
             present
             of
             no
             religion
             .
          
           Faith
           is
           no
           jesting
           matter
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           be
           so
           indifferent
           in
           our
           judgement
           in
           points
           of
           faith
           :
           
             the
             Question
             is
             not
             of
          
           
             c
          
           
             Liberty
             ,
             but
             of
             Eternity
             ,
          
           as
           
             Tertullian
          
           speaks
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           fit
           ,
           that
           
             all
             pretenders
             should
             be
             silenced
             that
             we
             may
             hear
          
           
             d
          
           
             Christ
             speak
             :
          
           for
           all
           true
           Saints
           will
           give
           ear
           to
           him
           ,
           rest
           in
           his
           determination
           ,
           and
           
             curse
          
           all
           those
           that
           preach
           any
           other
           Gospel
           ,
           though
           they
           pretend
           to
           be
           Saints
           ,
           Apostles
           ,
           Angels
           ;
           
             Though
             we
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             or
             an
             Angel
             from
             Heaven
             preach
             any
             other
             Gospel
             to
             you
             then
             that
             which
             we
             have
             preached
             unto
             you
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             accursed
             .
          
           Gal.
           1.
           8.
           
        
         
           For
           the
           making
           and
           ordering
           of
           Saints
           then
           ,
           and
           directing
           of
           our
           steps
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           ,
           be
           pleased
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           To
           set
           up
           the
           Primitive
           
             teaching
             from
             house
             to
             house
             ,
          
           or
           something
           correspondent
           to
           it
           ;
           unlesse
           you
           lay
           your
           Civill
           obligation
           upon
           governors
           of
           families
           ,
           Church-officers
           will
           find
           them
           too
           uncivill
           ;
           we
           talk
           much
           of
           reforming
           Congregations
           ,
           but
           till
           there
           be
           a
           Reformation
           wrought
           in
           our
           own
           persons
           ,
           and
           families
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           madnesse
           to
           think
           that
           our
           Congregations
           can
           be
           reformed
           ;
           as
           long
           as
           families
           are
           poysoned
           with
           ignorance
           and
           profanesse
           ,
           ordinances
           will
           be
           neglected
           or
           profaned
           in
           our
           Congregations
           :
           but
           by
           your
           Order
           even
           the
           Governors
           of
           families
          
           
           
           
           would
           submit
           to
           be
           catechised
           in
           those
           Articles
           of
           faith
           ,
           the
           knowledge
           whereof
           is
           by
           Ordinance
           of
           Parliament
           required
           of
           all
           these
           that
           are
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           the
           Sacrament
           .
           Beleeve
           it
           ,
           our
           Congregations
           will
           not
           be
           〈◊〉
           Churches
           ,
           till
           our
           families
           are
           turned
           into
           Churches
           ;
           Oh
           that
           I
           might
           live
           to
           see
           that
           happy
           〈◊〉
           when
           the
           Church
           in
           this
           House
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           House
           ,
           and
           so
           along
           from
           house
           to
           house
           ,
           shall
           be
           all
           united
           in
           Church-fellowship
           ,
           and
           a
           Congregation
           shall
           be
           a
           
             Church
             consisting
             of
             many
             domesticall
             Churches
             united
             in
             one
             body
             ,
             under
             a
             powerfull
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             Christian
             discipline
             ,
             for
             the
             edifying
             of
             it self
             in
             faith
             and
             love
             .
          
           I
           shall
           deal
           plainly
           with
           you
           ,
           till
           some
           such
           course
           be
           taken
           for
           the
           Reformation
           of
           families
           ,
           there
           are
           
             divers
             parts
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             if
             not
             some
             whole
             Countreys
             ,
             that
             are
             uncapable
             of
             Discipline
             .
          
           There
           must
           be
           some
           time
           given
           for
           the
           instructing
           of
           men
           that
           have
           parts
           and
           gifts
           in
           the
           nature
           and
           qualitie
           of
           that
           office
           to
           which
           they
           are
           designed
           ;
           and
           I
           humbly
           offer
           it
           to
           your
           consideration
           ,
           whether
           the
           power
           of
           a
           people
           in
           chusing
           Officers
           ,
           be
           not
           much
           like
           the
           power
           of
           a
           son
           in
           chusing
           a
           wife
           ?
           You
           know
           what
           a
           wise
           father
           will
           say
           ,
           if
           my
           son
           have
           wit
           and
           grace
           to
           chuse
           a
           wife
           ,
           I
           will
           allow
           him
           the
           more
           liberty
           in
           his
           choice
           ;
           if
           he
           have
           not
           ,
           why
           then
           the
           lesse
           skill
           ,
           the
           lesse
           liberty
           .
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           your
           wisdom
           to
           make
           application
           of
           that
           rule
           ,
           
             Mutatis
             mutandis
          
           to
           the
           point
           in
           hand
           .
        
         
           The
           people
           of
           this
           Land
           are
           as
           
             unstable
             as
             water
          
           
             *
          
           ,
           water
           sets
           no
           bounds
           to
           it self
           ;
           the
           people
           of
           
             England
          
           are
           as
           it
           were
           boundlesse
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           certain
           that
           they
           will
           set
           no
           bounds
           to
           themselves
           :
           and
           truly
           if
           you
           set
           no
           bounds
           to
           them
           ,
           you
           'l
           find
           them
           very
           
             fluid
             ,
             they
             will
             run
             away
             from
             you
             and
             themselves
             ;
          
           from
           Gods
           service
           and
           yours
           ,
           from
           their
           principles
           ,
           and
           your
           conclusions
           ;
           
             from
             your
             safety
             and
             their
             own
             .
          
           You
           know
           how
           many
           changes
           the
           generalitie
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           have
           made
           in
           the
           great
           businesse
           of
           Religion
           ,
           they
           turned
           from
           being
           Protestants
           in
           
             profession
          
           to
           be
           Papists
           
             indeed
          
           when
           the
           Articles
           were
           pressed
           in
           
             H.
          
           the
           8.
           his
           Reign
           ;
           and
           from
           being
           Papists
           ,
           to
           be
           seeming
           Protestants
           in
           
             Ed.
          
           the
           sixth
           time
           ;
           in
           Queen
           
             Maries
          
           time
           
           they
           were
           Papists
           ,
           and
           in
           Queen
           
             Elizabeths
          
           Protestants
           again
           :
           
             The
             same
             men
             changed
             their
             Religion
             foure
             times
             in
             a
             matter
             of
             fourteen
             or
             sixteen
             yeers
             .
             Bellarmine
          
           layes
           it
           as
           
             a
             reproach
             upon
             the
             English
             Nation
             ,
          
           and
           truly
           I
           cannot
           impute
           this
           inconstancy
           to
           any
           thing
           more
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           neglect
           of
           catechising
           in
           publick
           and
           private
           :
           
             There
             hath
             been
             no
             care
             taken
             to
             settle
             Religion
             in
             families
             ,
             to
             acquaint
             young
             and
             old
             with
             the
             Principles
             of
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           
             men
             will
             not
             die
             for
             a
             religion
             which
             they
             do
             not
             understand
             .
          
           Great
           Scholers
           read
           over
           their
           Grammer-rules
           ,
           and
           Logique-rules
           very
           often
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           retain
           the
           grounds
           of
           Learning
           ;
           good
           Divines
           read
           their
           Catechisme
           often
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           retain
           the
           grounds
           of
           Divinity
           :
           It
           was
           very
           well
           said
           of
           noble
           
             Luther
             ,
             Fateor
             me
             catechismi
             discipulum
             ;
             I
             confesse
             that
             I
             am
             neither
             too
             wise
             ,
             nor
             too
             old
             to
             learn
             my
             Catechisme
             .
          
           The
           people
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           will
           never
           be
           
             rooted
          
           and
           
             grounded
             in
             faith
             and
             love
             ,
          
           if
           the
           generall
           neglect
           of
           family-duties
           may
           passe
           unpunished
           ;
           the
           Sabbath
           will
           be
           polluted
           ,
           and
           the
           Sacrament
           profaned
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           family-duties
           are
           so
           grosly
           and
           wilfully
           neglected
           as
           now
           they
           are
           .
           
             Is
             it
             fit
             that
             men
             should
             receive
             the
             publique
             Badge
             of
             Christianity
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             which
             they
             receive
             as
             an
             Honour
             to
             them
             ,
          
           when
           they
           will
           not
           weare
           the
           private
           Badge
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           will
           not
           own
           Jesus
           Christ
           for
           their
           Master
           ,
           by
           the
           performance
           of
           religious
           duties
           in
           their
           families
           ,
           
             though
             Christ
             would
             take
             it
             kindly
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             look
             upon
             it
             as
             an
             Honour
             to
             him
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             set
             up
             Christ
             in
             their
             hearts
             and
             houses
             .
          
           Assure
           your selves
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           generality
           of
           
             England
          
           be
           not
           
             true
             to
             Christ
             ,
          
           
           they
           'l
           never
           prove
           
             true
             to
             you
             :
          
           you
           'l
           loose
           us
           much
           by
           their
           inconstancie
           (
           shall
           I
           say
           )
           as
           the
           Pope
           hath
           lost
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           as
           Christ
           hath
           lost
           ;
           do
           not
           deceive
           your selves
           ,
           the
           people
           if
           they
           are
           left
           to
           their
           humour
           ,
           are
           ,
           as
           some
           others
           have
           been
           ,
           more
           
             willing
             to
             shake
             off
             Christ
             ,
             then
             ever
             they
             were
             to
             throw
             off
             the
             Pope
             ;
          
           and
           they
           that
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           Christs
           Laws
           ,
           will
           not
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           left
           to
           their
           liberty
           ,
           submit
           to
           yours
           ;
           they
           embrace
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           seem
           to
           respect
           your
           Orders
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           you
           over-aw
           them
           ,
           but
           if
           they
           see
           their
           time
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           fair
           advantage
           ,
           judge
           what
           they
           are
           like
           
           to
           do
           ;
           I
           am
           confident
           that
           
             when
             you
             are
             in
             streights
             ,
             they
             'l
             never
             be
             at
             your
             command
             ,
             unlesse
             you
             ,
             now
             you
             are
             in
             your
             full
             power
             ,
             prevail
             with
             them
             to
             be
             at
             Gods
             command
             .
          
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           that
           a
           more
           equall
           division
           of
           Parishes
           would
           much
           conduce
           to
           their
           Reformation
           ,
           
           but
           there
           hath
           been
           enough
           presented
           upon
           that
           Argument
           by
           a
           very
           learned
           and
           judicious
           Divine
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           forbear
           to
           presse
           that
           point
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           purge
           the
           Universities
           ,
           you
           have
           done
           worthily
           in
           laying
           a
           good
           foundation
           for
           the
           reforming
           of
           that
           University
           which
           is
           within
           your
           power
           ;
           be
           pleased
           to
           take
           some
           speedy
           course
           for
           the
           reducing
           of
           the
           other
           University
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           the
           grief
           of
           our
           souls
           that
           whilest
           
             You
             are
             casting
             salt
             into
             one
             Fountain
             ,
             the
             Enemy
             is
             casting
             poyson
             into
             the
             other
             ;
          
           I
           will
           pray
           ,
           and
           hope
           to
           be
           heard
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           the
           Honour
           of
           this
           
             Parliament
          
           to
           reduce
           ,
           and
           reform
           both
           Universities
           ;
           the
           
             Philistines
          
           did
           desire
           to
           put
           out
           both
           our
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           certainly
           one
           was
           bleared
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           darkned
           ,
           but
           by
           Gods
           blessing
           upon
           Your
           endeavours
           ,
           
             we
             begin
             to
             see
             with
             one
             Eye
             ,
             and
             hope
             that
             we
             may
             in
             due
             time
             recover
             the
             other
             ;
          
           and
           then
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           will
           help
           us
           to
           all
           the
           good
           old
           Statutes
           which
           were
           repealed
           and
           cancelled
           by
           some
           ,
           that
           
             new
             Statutes
             might
             be
             imposed
             for
             the
             countenancing
             of
             an
          
           
             *
          
           
             Arbitrary
             Government
             against
             Statute
             .
          
           I
           shall
           not
           move
           You
           to
           repeal
           those
           new
           Statutes
           ,
           for
           as
           
             Cicero
          
           said
           when
           he
           was
           unjustly
           banished
           ,
           
             I
             need
             no
             Law
             to
             restore
             me
             from
             my
             banishment
             to
             my
             Countrey
             ,
             for
             I
             was
             not
             banished
             by
             Law
             ;
          
           so
           say
           I
           ,
           
             there
             needs
             no
             Law
             to
             repeal
             those
             Statutes
             which
             were
             never
             established
             by
             Law
             ;
          
           
           yet
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amisse
           (
           if
           you
           in
           your
           wisdom
           think
           it
           sit
           )
           to
           declare
           them
           to
           be
           
             null
             .
          
           The
           old
           Statutes
           did
           recommend
           
             Calvins
          
           Institutions
           to
           Tutors
           as
           a
           fit
           book
           to
           be
           expounded
           to
           their
           Scholers
           ,
           but
           that
           good
           Statute
           was
           omitted
           in
           the
           book
           of
           new
           Statutes
           ,
           because
           there
           are
           so
           many
           precious
           truths
           in
           
             Calvins
          
           Institutions
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             *
          
           
             piety
             of
             those
             times
          
           in
           which
           the
           new
           Statutes
           were
           invented
           .
           
             Paul
          
           the
           2d
           condemned
           all
           those
           for
           Hereticks
           (
           as
           
             Platina
          
           relates
           )
           who
           did
           but
           name
           an
           University
           either
           in
           jest
           or
           earnest
           ,
           but
           I
           hope
           there
           are
           none
           of
           his
           strein
           in
           this
           Honourable
           Assembly
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           
             To
             encourage
             faithfull
             Ministers
             ,
          
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           beseech
           you
           ,
           1
           
             Thess.
             5.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
             We
             beseech
             you
             ,
             brethren
             ,
             to
             know
             them
             which
             labour
             among
             you
             ,
             and
             are
             over
             you
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             admonish
             you
             :
             and
             to
             esteem
             them
             very
             highly
             for
             their
             works
             sake
             ,
             and
             be
             at
             peace
             among
             your selves
             .
          
           God
           doth
           endear
           his
           Ministers
           to
           the
           greatest
           of
           Christians
           ,
           by
           sending
           glad
           tydings
           ,
           and
           love-tokens
           by
           them
           to
           all
           the
           Saints
           ;
           hence
           those
           
             endearing
             relations
             ,
          
           which
           the
           Apostle
           mentions
           in
           severall
           places
           :
           Ministers
           are
           instead
           of
           Fathers
           ,
           Mothers
           ,
           Nurses
           ,
           
             A●
          
           
             a
          
           
             Fathers
             they
             beseech
             you
             ,
             as
          
           
             b
          
           
             Mothers
             they
             travail
             with
             you
             ,
             as
          
           
             c
          
           
             Nurses
             they
             cherish
             you
             .
          
           Be
           pleased
           not
           onely
           to
           
             command
             ,
          
           but
           
             to
             encourage
          
           the
           Ministers
           to
           walk
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Jehovah
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           like
           to
           meet
           with
           manifold
           discouragements
           
             in
             dispensatione
             offi●ii
             ;
          
           when
           they
           
             rebuke
             with
             Authority
             ,
          
           and
           rebuke
           men
           of
           corrupt
           opinions
           
             sharply
          
           that
           they
           may
           be
           
             sound
             in
             the
             faith
             ,
          
           
           when
           they
           come
           to
           
             warn
             the
             unruly
             ,
             and
             charge
             the
             disorderly
             ,
             and
             confute
             the
             gain-sayers
             ,
          
           some
           will
           
             shew
             their
             teeth
             ;
          
           and
           when
           they
           come
           to
           be
           dressed
           ,
           and
           cured
           ,
           
             turn
             their
             heels
             ;
          
           for
           too
           many
           are
           like
           the
           Horse
           which
           hath
           no
           understanding
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           will
           not
           be
           instructed
           ,
           must
           be
           bridled
           ,
           curbed
           .
           
             Psal.
          
           32.
           8
           ,
           9.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           To
           provide
           able
           Schoolmasters
           ,
           youths
           must
           be
           ordered
           by
           
             *
          
           
             domesticall
          
           and
           
             scholasticall
          
           Magistrates
           ,
           before
           they
           come
           to
           be
           ruled
           by
           
             Civill
          
           Magistrates
           :
           a
           Schoolmaster
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           Magistrate
           ,
           his
           Office
           is
           as
           honourable
           as
           it
           is
           usefull
           ;
           none
           contemne
           that
           office
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           unable
           to
           discharge
           it
           ,
           or
           unworthy
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           it
           :
           
             All
             learning
             is
             upheld
             by
             the
             grounds
             of
             learning
             .
          
           If
           the
           foundation
           be
           weak
           ,
           the
           fairest
           fabrique
           will
           reel
           and
           fall
           ;
           
             A
             School
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             little
             kingdom
             ,
             nay
             a
             private
             Church
             ;
          
           for
           the
           grounds
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Learning
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           first
           taught
           by
           religious
           and
           judicious
           Schoolmasters
           ,
           let
           their
           maintenance
           be
           as
           honourable
           as
           their
           office
           ;
           for
           ,
           beleeve
           it
           ,
           they
           help
           to
           support
           Church
           and
           State
           .
           If
           you
           will
           take
           these
           
           proposals
           into
           your
           saddest
           thoughts
           ,
           you
           will
           lay
           a
           strong
           foundation
           for
           the
           good
           of
           future
           generations
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           the
           old
           siurdy
           Malignants
           of
           our
           time
           will
           not
           submit
           ,
           and
           conform
           to
           Gospel-rules
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           good
           hope
           of
           the
           next
           generation
           ,
           when
           their
           fathers
           (
           who
           are
           ●otten
           already
           )
           will
           be
           dead
           and
           gone
           .
           And
           the
           godly
           men
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           will
           die
           with
           comfort
           ,
           when
           they
           see
           the
           Kingdom
           put
           into
           such
           a
           posture
           ,
           and
           such
           provision
           made
           for
           the
           instruction
           of
           their
           children
           ,
           whom
           they
           leave
           behind
           them
           :
           they
           may
           say
           to
           their
           children
           ,
           as
           
             Israel
          
           said
           to
           
             Joseph
             ,
             Behold
             I
             die
             ,
             but
             God
             shall
             be
             with
             you
             .
          
           Gen.
           48.
           21.
           
           This
           Kingdom
           may
           be
           happy
           hereafter
           ,
           though
           it
           should
           refuse
           to
           be
           happie
           now
           ;
           if
           men
           will
           be
           stubborn
           in
           
             this
             wildernesse-condition
             ,
          
           and
           are
           resolved
           to
           perish
           in
           their
           stubbornnesse
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           some
           hope
           that
           though
           the
           fathers
           die
           in
           the
           wildernesse
           ,
           some
           of
           their
           children
           ,
           nay
           the
           very
           next
           generation
           may
           enter
           into
           Canaan
           ,
           and
           be
           quiet
           .
        
         
           Finally
           ,
           my
           Text
           remembers
           me
           to
           call
           upon
           you
           to
           
             do
             Justice
             and
             Judgement
             .
          
           You
           must
           distribute
           rewards
           ,
           and
           inflict
           punishments
           with
           
             a
             single
             heart
             ,
             and
             an
             impartiall
             hand
             .
          
           The
           
             Parliament
          
           is
           the
           Fountain
           of
           Justice
           ,
           righteousnesse
           ,
           and
           judgement
           must
           flow
           forth
           from
           thence
           ,
           and
           run
           thorough
           out
           the
           Kingdom
           like
           
             a
             mighty
             stream
             ,
          
           which
           bears
           down
           all
           before
           it
           ,
           and
           refreshes
           the
           dry
           and
           thirsty
           corners
           of
           the
           Land
           .
           You
           have
           been
           assaulted
           by
           violence
           ,
           and
           you
           could
           not
           be
           compelled
           to
           be
           unjust
           ;
           but
           now
           you
           will
           be
           counted
           with
           flatteries
           ,
           what
           
             will
             you
             be
             flattered
             into
             injustice
             ?
          
           There
           are
           some
           desperate
           Malignants
           that
           take
           the
           Covenant
           with
           
             à
             salv●
             ,
          
           who
           keep
           it
           in
           their
           
             own
             sence
             ,
          
           but
           break
           it
           in
           curs
           ,
           in
           the
           true
           genuine
           literall
           sense
           .
           There
           are
           so●e
           
             〈◊〉
             Malignants
             who
             are
             too
             wise
             to
             be
             scandalous
             ;
          
           they
           do
           not
           roar
           like
           a
           
             Lyon
             ,
          
           
           but
           fret
           like
           a
           
             M●ath
             ;
             They
             do
             m●st
             mischief
             ,
             who
             keep
             least
             noise
             .
             Tinea
             damnaum
             facit
             ,
             &
             s●nitum
             non
             facit
             .
             You
             will
             be
             importuned
             by
             some
             plausible
             solicitors
             ,
             that
             these
             men
             may
             be
             spared
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             not
             s●andal●us
             in
             their
             lives
             .
          
           Have
           you
           not
           read
           of
           one
           ,
           
             qui
             sobri●●s
             acc●ssit
             ad
             perdendum
             〈◊〉
             ?
          
           Must
           men
           be
           spared
           because
           they
           do
           not
           
             fiercely
             ass●ult
          
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           though
           they
           do
           
             subtilly
             
             undermine
          
           both
           ?
           If
           so
           ,
           you
           must
           despair
           of
           
             safety
             ,
          
           and
           we
           of
           a
           
             Reformation
             .
          
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           not
           enough
           for
           you
           to
           be
           just
           your selves
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           provide
           good
           Justices
           in
           all
           parts
           thoroughout
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           
             You
             may
             delegate
             part
             of
             your
             power
             ,
          
           but
           you
           cannot
           delegate
           your
           
             prudence
             ,
          
           nor
           your
           
             Bowels
             ,
          
           witnesse
           those
           sad
           and
           just
           complaints
           which
           are
           presented
           against
           
             Countrey
             Committees
             ,
          
           and
           
             Malignant
             Justices
             .
          
           I
           shall
           not
           dispute
           that
           question
           in
           the
           Politiques
           ,
           
             Whether
             it
             be
             better
             to
             have
             good
             Laws
             ,
             or
             good
             Magistrates
             ?
          
           But
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           
             good
             Laws
             will
             do
             no
             good
             without
             good
             Magistrates
             .
          
           A
           Justice
           should
           be
           
             Custes
             utriusque
             Ta●ulae
             ,
          
           but
           such
           is
           our
           condition
           in
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           that
           both
           Tables
           may
           be
           broken
           without
           controll
           ;
           the
           Lords
           day
           is
           profaned
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           places
           even
           in
           the
           time
           of
           religious
           Exercises
           the
           
             Alehouses
          
           are
           fuller
           then
           the
           
             Churches
             .
          
           When
           shall
           
             unclean
             persons
          
           be
           brought
           to
           their
           deserved
           punishment
           ?
           Men
           commit
           this
           wickednesse
           with
           a
           bold
           brazen
           face
           ,
           and
           brag
           that
           if
           the
           worst
           come
           to
           the
           worst
           ,
           they
           are
           able
           to
           keep
           their
           misbegotten
           brats
           ,
           and
           
             save
             the
             Parish
             and
             themselves
             harmlesse
             .
          
        
         
           You
           know
           we
           have
           vowed
           a
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           yet
           you
           know
           what
           the
           generall
           part
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           are
           even
           to
           this
           very
           day
           ;
           nay
           there
           are
           some
           that
           look
           high
           and
           big
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           notable
           profession
           also
           ,
           and
           yet
           if
           you
           observe
           their
           dealings
           ,
           and
           look
           into
           their
           families
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           very
           
             little
             charity
             ,
             lesse
             Justice
             ,
             and
             no
             Religion
             ;
          
           Charity
           is
           comprehended
           under
           Justice
           ,
           
           and
           Judgement
           .
           
             Praecepta
             Domini
             sunt
             Regulae
             juris
             &
             aequi
             :
             There
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             equity
             in
             charity
             .
          
           But
           there
           are
           some
           that
           have
           spent
           all
           their
           stock
           of
           charity
           upon
           the
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           you
           may
           prove
           them
           Bankrupts
           by
           that
           forfeiture
           they
           have
           made
           ;
           but
           if
           this
           be
           charity
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           
             left-handed
             charity
             ,
          
           for
           they
           distribute
           favours
           with
           the
           
             wrong
             hand
          
           to
           them
           that
           are
           of
           the
           
             wrong
             side
             ;
          
           Sure
           I
           am
           there
           is
           a
           great
           out-cry
           ,
           and
           a
           cry
           that
           reaches
           Heaven
           gone
           up
           from
           those
           widows
           and
           orphans
           ,
           whose
           husbands
           and
           fathers
           lived
           and
           died
           in
           your
           Service
           :
           and
           
             some
             of
             your
             friends
             professe
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             be
             glad
             of
             those
             favours
             which
             are
             vouchsafed
             to
             your
             Enemies
             :
          
           I
           
           mean
           such
           Enemies
           ,
           as
           have
           out
           of
           a
           forced
           and
           
             *
          
           
             feigned
             obedience
          
           compounded
           with
           you
           upon
           easie
           rates
           ,
           and
           gained
           extraordinary
           favours
           ,
           and
           considerable
           advantages
           ,
           besides
           their
           Arrears
           ;
           and
           I
           mean
           
             such
             friends
             ●s
             have
             lost
             or
             given
             away
             all
             they
             have
             to
             promote
             the
             cause
             of
             God
             in
             your
             hands
             ;
          
           and
           yet
           they
           complain
           that
           they
           cannot
           procure
           those
           Arrears
           which
           are
           due
           to
           them
           for
           that
           service
           in
           which
           they
           adventured
           (
           all
           that
           is
           left
           them
           )
           their
           lives
           .
        
         
           Oh
           let
           Justice
           and
           Religion
           flourish
           ,
           or
           else
           your
           friends
           will
           be
           discouraged
           ;
           
             It
             would
             g●ieve
             my
             ●oul
             ,
             and
             even
             break
             ,
             my
             heart
             ,
             to
             see
             your
             friends
             co●e
             weeping
             from
             you
             .
          
           Be
           just
           ,
           
             ●e
             just
             both
             to
             your
             enemies
             ,
             and
             your
             friends
             ;
          
           or
           el●e
           you
           can
           neve●
           be
           true
           to
           your
           own
           interests
           .
           Some
           have
           complained
           that
           crying
           abominations
           ,
           besides
           those
           that
           have
           been
           pointed
           at
           ,
           do
           passe
           unpunished
           ;
           they
           say
           that
           not
           onely
           
             simple
             uncleannesse
             ,
          
           but
           even
           
             grosse
             adultery
             doth
             escape
             unpunished
             ;
          
           When
           
             Abraham
          
           came
           amongst
           the
           Heathens
           ,
           that
           had
           no
           fear
           of
           God
           before
           their
           eyes
           ,
           he
           considered
           that
           his
           wife
           was
           beautifull
           ,
           and
           they
           lustfull
           ,
           and
           though
           he
           did
           fear
           that
           they
           would
           defile
           his
           wife
           ,
           yet
           he
           did
           verily
           beleeve
           that
           they
           would
           slay
           him
           first
           ,
           
           and
           defile
           her
           afterwards
           ,
           because
           
             Adultery
             was
             ,
             in
             the
             opinion
             of
             those
             profane
             Heathens
             ,
             a
             f●uler
             sin
             then
             Murther
             it self
             .
          
        
         
           Talk
           no
           more
           of
           Justice
           and
           Judgement
           ,
           
             Fiat
             Justitia
             ;
          
           my
           Text
           remembers
           you
           ,
           that
           
             Justice
             and
             Judgement
             are
             things
             not
             to
             be
             talked
             on
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             done
             :
          
           The
           Philosophers
           give
           three
           Reasons
           why
           Justice
           should
           be
           done
           .
           1.
           
           That
           Authoritie
           might
           be
           preserved
           ,
           the
           authority
           of
           God
           and
           his
           Officers
           .
           2.
           
           That
           Delinquents
           might
           be
           reformed
           .
           3.
           
           That
           others
           might
           be
           deterred
           by
           those
           Examples
           of
           Justice
           ,
           which
           are
           frequently
           made
           in
           a
           wise
           State
           ,
           and
           Nation
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           spoken
           my
           mind
           clearly
           ,
           and
           should
           have
           spoken
           more
           fully
           ,
           and
           freely
           ,
           had
           I
           had
           the
           advantage
           of
           speaking
           in
           private
           ;
           If
           I
           have
           offended
           the
           conscience
           of
           my
           Governors
           by
           satisfying
           my
           own
           ,
           I
           shall
           bear
           their
           Censure
           ,
           and
           hope
           by
           Gods
           grace
           to
           bear
           any
           punishment
           which
           they
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           inflict
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           comfort
           
           as
           they
           inflict
           it
           .
           
           
             Albutius
          
           the
           Orator
           was
           condemned
           for
           the
           profusenesse
           of
           his
           Rhetorique
           ,
           because
           he
           spoke
           all
           he
           could
           upon
           every
           Argument
           which
           he
           took
           in
           hand
           ;
           I
           have
           by
           his
           errour
           learnt
           this
           truth
           ,
           that
           
             It
             is
             better
             to
             say
             enough
             ,
             then
             to
             say
             All
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Errata
           .
        
         
           In
           pa.
           16.
           l.
           15
           ,
           &
           16.
           read
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           p.
           16.
           l.
           27.
           r.
           then
           
             Solomon
          
           was
           .
           p.
           19.
           l.
           30.
           r.
           at
           a
           feast
           .
           p.
           22.
           l.
           13.
           r.
           if
           you
           call
           him
           
             Ens.
          
           p.
           25.
           l.
           6.
           r.
           nay
           we
           must
           .
           p.
           26.
           l.
           32.
           r.
           should
           set
           forth
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A79475e-490
           
             Rom.
             16.
             v.
             17
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             2
             Thes.
             3.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             5.
             11.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             3.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A79475e-1470
           
             Isaiah
             41.
             8.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Arist.
            
             Eth.
             lib.
             3.
             cap.
             7.
             
             Qualis
             homo
             ,
             talis
             finis
             :
             qualis
             finis
             ,
             ●alis
             cursus
             ;
             qualis
             cursus
             ,
             tali●
             discursus
             .
          
           
             Elenchus
             est
             Syllogismus
             cum
             contradictione
             conclusionis
             ;
             hoc
             est
             Syllogismus
             concludens
             contr●rium
             ejus
             quod
             positum
             fuit
             in
             Thes●
             .
          
           
             Addit
             
               Rabbi
               Sal●mon
            
             jam
             ei
             donaverat
             Dominus
             illam
             terram
             ad
             cujus
             sines
             
               Sedom
            
             &
             
               Hemorrha
            
             pertinebant
             ,
             ergo
             videtur
             illi
             indicandum
             —
             Ne
             res
             tanta
             si
             inopinatò
             accideret
             fortè
             perte●rete●
             amicum
             Dei
             :
             
               P.
               Martyr
            
             in
             locum
             .
          
           
             *
             Vi●e
             
               〈◊〉
               de●●●desm
               ▪
               A●x
               l.
               
               Orat.
               Alvarez
               .
               A●x
               .
               Orat.
            
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             6.
             
             ●
             .
             
               Twiss.
            
             dissert
             de
             Scientia
             media
             .
             
               Aquin.
               p.
               1.
               q.
               14
               Act.
            
             9.
             
             Contra
             
               Gent.
            
             1.
             cap.
             66.
             
             &
             69.
             ad
             11.
             
             
               D.
               Rivetum
               ▪
            
             in
             
               Gen
               18.
               ver.
               19.
               
               Aria●●
            
             〈◊〉
             Scientiam
             in
             Deo
             constituebant
             ,
             uti
             videre
             est
             in
             Concilio
             Ephesino
             lib.
             1.
             tom
             .
             1.
             
             Conciliorum
             .
             Novoque
             apud
             illos
             (
             
               hoc
               st
               Semip●lagianos
            
             )
             absurditatis
             genere
             ,
             &
             non
             agenda
             praescita
             sint
             ,
             &
             praescita
             non
             a
             cta
             sint
             .
             
               Epistol.
               Prosperi
               .
            
             ad
             
               Augu●inum
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Impossibile
             est
             quòd
             detur
             in
             Deo
             aliqua
             cognitio
             ,
             quae
             nec
             sit
             naturalis
             nec
             libera
             :
             in
             Deo
             ponendae
             non
             sunt
             imperfectiones
             
               semiplenae
            
             deliberationis
             ;
             omnis
             itaque
             actus
             divinus
             est
             vel
             totaliter
             naturalis
             ,
             vel
             totaliter
             liber
             .
             Inter
             rem
             existentem
             in
             se
             ,
             &
             existentem
             in
             causa
             non
             datur
             medium
             .
             Ergo
             .
             Vide
             Navaret
             .
             Controv.
             56.
             
             Scientia
             Dei
             quatenus
             a
             voluntate
             divinà
             sejuncta
             consideratur
             ,
             non
             facit
             res
             futuras
             ,
             sed
             tantum
             praescit
             :
             causa
             itaque
             cur
             res
             ex
             merè
             possibilibus
             evadant
             futurae
             ,
             in
             Dei
             ipsius
             voluntatem
             atque
             decretum
             unicè
             rejicienda
             est
             .
             Vide
             
               Nazarium
               Ledes●am
               .
            
             &
             Dominicanos
             passim
             ;
             contingens
             quá
             sic
             ,
             est
             indifferens
             ad
             utrumlibet
             ,
             &
             proinde
             indeterminatum
             in
             se
             .
             Propositiones
             itaque
             de
             futuro
             contingenti
             non
             sunt
             determinatè
             verae
             vel
             falsae
             ;
             nihil
             autem
             indeterminatum
             intelligitur
             ut
             futurum
             ,
             quia
             effectus
             non
             possunt
             certó
             praecognosci
             ,
             nisi
             in
             causa
             determinatâ
             &
             completa
             ,
             quae
             non
             potest
             impediri
             ;
             nulla
             autem
             talis
             causa
             datur
             futurorum
             ,
             nisi
             divina
             voluntas
             ,
             quae
             impediri
             non
             potest
             per
             causam
             inferiorem
             ,
             nec
             per
             seipsam
             ,
             cùm
             sit
             immutabilis
             .
             Vide
             
               Alvarez
               .
            
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             9.
             
             
               Aux
               .
               Grat.
               
            
          
           
             Quia
             cognovi
             cum
             
               inde
               fiet
            
             ut
             praecipiat
             ●iliis
             suis
             .
             D.
             River
             .
             in
             locum
             .
          
           
             Josh.
             24
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             17.
             23.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             14.
             19.
             
          
           
             The
             Way
             of
             Jehovah
             .
          
           
             1
             Kin.
             11.
             33.
             38.
             
          
           
             Act.
             22.
             24.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             6.
             12.
             
          
           
             Act.
             24.
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             15.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             11.
             5.
             7.
             
          
           
             Coloss.
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             Ephes.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             6.
             
          
           
             Jude
             ver.
             11
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             2.
             15.
             
          
           
             Jerem.
             2.
             18.
             
          
           
             To
             doe
             Justice
             and
             Judgment
             .
          
           
             Vide
             
               Petrum
               Cunaeum
            
             de
             Repub.
             
               Hebr.
            
             lib.
             1.
             p.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             Deut.
             17.
             18
             
             Josh.
             1.
             8.
             
             Rom.
             15.
             4.
             
             Jude
             ver.
             3.
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             11.
             b.
             John
             4
             25.
             
             John
             15.
             15
             
             John
             16.
             13.
             
             Math.
             28.
             19
             ,
             20.
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             6
             8.
             11.
             
             Revel.
             22.
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20●
             
          
           
             Quomodo
             ad
             nos
             pertinet
             in
             Ecclesia
             loqui
             vobis
             ,
             sic
             ad
             vo●
             pertinet
             in
             domibus
             vestris
             agere
             ,
             ut
             bonam
             rationem
             reddatis
             de
             his
             qui
             vobis
             sunt
             subditi
             .
             
               August
               .
            
             enarrat
             .
             in
             
               Psal.
            
             50.
             
          
           
             Filiab●tur
             nomen
             eius
             ,
             sive
             propagabitur
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Phi●
             .
             Praecept
             .
             Polis
             .
          
           
             Matth.
             21.
             15.
             
          
           
             Application
             
          
           
             
               Vide
            
             Cartwright
             .
             Harmon
             .
             Evang.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             8.
             4.
             
          
           
             Act.
             17.
             23.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             23.
             25.
             
          
           
             Tu
             
               Jupiter
            
             sive
             coelum
             es
             ,
             sive
             aether
             ,
             sive
             terra
             1.
             
             
               King
            
             18.
             21.
             36.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             48.
             14.
             
          
           
             Vide
             Bradwardin
             .
             de
             Causa
             Dei
             .
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Vide
             Simplicium
             in
             1.
             
             
               Physis
               .
               Platonem
            
             in
             Timaeo
             .
             
               Aristot
               .
               8.
               
               Physic
               .
            
             &
             lib.
             1.
             de
             coelonec
             non
             12.
             
             
               Metaph.
            
             Ubi
             non
             tantum
             probat
             Deum
             esse
             ,
             sed
             quaedam
             attributa
             de
             Deo
             demonstrat
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               &c.
               Aristot
               .
               Metaphys.
            
             lib.
             12.
             cap.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
             Vide
             demonstration
             ●●S
             .
             
               Thomae
            
             de
             Existentia
             Dei
             ex
             
               Aristotele
            
             desumptas
             .
             
               Paul
               .
               Ferii
               scholast.
               .
               Orthodox
               .
               Ciccron
               .
            
             de
             Natura
             Deorum
             .
             Deus
             ille
             Maximus
             Potentissimusque
             ipse
             vehit
             omnia
             .
             
               Senec.
               Epistol.
            
             31.
             quod
             Sacris
             convenit
             ,
             inquit
             
               Muretus
               ,
            
             Portans
             omnia
             verbo
             virtutis
             suae
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Vide
            
             Salo
             Buxtorfi
             .
             Glassium
             .
             Mercerum
             .
          
           
             Isai.
             40.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             8.
             
          
           
             Internas
             perswasiones
             sine
             externo
             verbo
             tanquam
             
               Sa●ana
            
             Iudibria
             cavemus
             :
             ex
             scripturis
             sapimus
             ,
             cum
             scripturis
             sentimus
             ,
             propter
             scripturas
             credimus
             .
             
               Whita●k
               .
            
             de
             Authorit
             .
             Scriptur
             .
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             10.
             prope
             finer●
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             10.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             127.
             13.
             
          
           
             Application
             to
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             23.
             6.
             
          
           
             Quod
             plane
             contra
             aliis
             in
             Rebus
             publicis
             fuit
             quae
             legibus
             fundatae
             cùm
             essent
             legibus
             eversae
             sunt
             .
          
           
             Petrus
             Cunaeus
             ,
             de
             Repub.
             Hebr.
             li
             .
             1.
             cap.
             1.
             
          
           
             Numb.
             25.
             
          
           
             Hos.
             11.
             12.
             
          
           
             Ministri
             non
             debent
             ex
             Magistratibus
             populo
             sp●ctacula
             facere
             .
          
           
             Qui
             resistunt
             contumaciter
             ,
             suaque
             pesti●era
             &
             mortifera
             dogmata
             emendare
             nolunt
             ,
             sed
             defensare
             persistunt
             haereti●i
             fiunt
             .
          
           
             August
             .
             de
             Civit
             .
             Dei
             ,
             li.
             18.
             ca.
             51.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Ignat.
             Epist.
             ad
             Trallenles
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor
             11.
             15.
             
          
           
             Revel.
             12.
             16.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             2.
             9.
             24.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             8.
             44.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             20.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             14.
             1.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             32.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             10.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             16
             17.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             1.
             13.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             20.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             17.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             1.
             14.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Heb
             5
             12.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Hebr.
             6.
             1.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Gloriantes
             se
             esse
             Emendatores
             Apostolorum
             .
             Iren
             ▪
             lib.
             3.
             cap.
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             In
             primis
             hoc
             propono
             unum
             &
             certum
             aliquid
             à
             Christo
             institutum
             esse
             quod
             credere
             omnimodo
             debeant
             nationes
             .
             Tertul.
             Praescript
             .
             advers.
             Haeret.
             
          
           
             Non
             est
             haec
             libertas
             eredendi
             sed
             errandi
             ,
             non
             conscientiae
             sed
             phantasiae
             ,
             non
             libertas
             sed
             Libertinismus
             .
          
           
             Mar.
             9.
             42.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             2.
             8.
             9.
             12
             
          
           
             Libertas
             in
             amplitudine
             quadam
             Independentiâ
             animi
             consistit
             ,
             animus
             quippe
             noster
             nulli
             eorum
             quae
             sunt
             infra
             Deum
             addictus
             est
             nisi
             propter
             Deum
             ,
             &c.
             Gib●uf
             .
          
           
             *
             Nullus
             error
             se
             audet
             extollere
             ad
             congregandas
             sibiturbas
             imperitorum
             qui
             nou
             Christiani
             nominis
             velamenta
             conqu●rat
             .
             Aug.
             Epist.
             56.
             
          
           
             a
             A
             Rhetorio
             baeresis
             exortaquae
             omnes
             haereticos
             recte
             ambulare
             &
             vera
             dicere
             affirmat
             .
             &c.
             Aug.
             de
             Haeres
             .
          
           
             b
             Vide
             Socrat.
             Histor.
             li
             4.
             ca.
             27.
             
          
           
             Iude
             v.
             3.
             
          
           
             c
             
               Tertul.
               de
               Patient
               .
            
             Cujus
             judicium
             in
             suos
             non
             in
             compede
             aut
             pileo
             vertitur
             sed
             in
             aeternitate
             aut
             poenae
             aut
             salutis
             .
          
           
             d
             
               Cyprian
               .
            
             S●
             solus
             Christus
             audiendus
             est
             ,
             non
             debemus
             attendere
             quid
             aliquis
             ante
             nos
             faciendum
             putaverit
             ,
             sed
             quid
             qui
             ante
             omnes
             Christus
             prior
             fecerit
             .
             Cui
             succinit
             .
             Aug.
             Epist.
             48.
             
             Audi
             dicit
             Dominus
             non
             dicit
             Donatus
             ,
             aut
             Rogatus
             ,
             aut
             Vincentus
             ,
             aut
             Hilarius
             ,
             aut
             Augustinus
             ,
             sed
             dicit
             Dominus
             .
          
           
             *
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Arist.
             de
             Gen.
             
             &
             Cor.
             li.
             2.
             ca.
             2.
             
          
           
             Nostri
             ●ùm
             〈◊〉
             legibus
             Papae
             liberi
             sint
             ,
             etiam
             à
             lege
             Dei
             liberi
             esse
             volunt
             ,
             nihil
             nisi
             Politica
             sequi
             ,
             sed
             sic
             ut
             sub
             illis
             quoque
             pro
             libito
             sin●
             .
             
               Luther
               .
            
          
           
             M●
             .
             White
             one
             of
             our
             ●●verend
             Ass●●ss●rs
             in
             his
             Sermon
             before
             the
             Lords
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Matters
               were
               referred
               to
               the
               Chancellor
               to
               determine
            
             pro
             arbitrio
             ,
             sive
             in
             jud●cio
             ,
             sive
             ●xtrajud●cium
             .
          
           
             Nihil
             nobis
             opus
             ●rat
             Lege
             ,
             de
             〈◊〉
             nihil
             actu●
             esset
             legibus
             .
             
               Cicerode
               Legib
               li
            
             3.
             
          
           
             *
             The
             Reign
             of
             Canterbury
             
          
           
             a
             1
             Thes.
             2.
             11.
             
          
           
             b
             Gal
             4
             19.
             
          
           
             c
             1
             Thes.
             2.
             7.
             
          
           
             
               Aug.
               Epist
            
             50.
             
             Jumenta
             eos
             calce
             morsuque
             appetunt
             ,
             à
             quibus
             eorum
             curanda
             vulnera
             contrect●ntur
             .
          
           
             *
             Quia
             utile
             est
             juventuti
             regi
             ,
             impositi
             sunt
             illi
             quasi
             
               M●g●stratus
               dem●st●●
               ,
            
             sub
             quibus
             contineretur
             .
             Senec
             de
             Benef●ii
             3.
             
             An
             Philippus
             Macedonum
             Rex
             Alexandro
             silio
             s●o
             prima
             literarum
             elementa
             tradi
             ab
             Aristotele
             summo
             ejus
             aetatis
             philosopho
             voluisset
             ,
             aut
             ille
             suscepisse●
             hoc
             officium
             si
             non
             studiorum
             initia
             à
             perfect
             s●imo
             quoque
             tractari
             pert●●ere
             ad
             summam
             credidisset
             Quin
             til
             .
             lib.
             1.
             cap
             1.
             
             Non
             sunt
             con●emnenda
             quasi
             parva
             sine
             quibus
             magna
             constare
             non
             possunt
             .
             Hieronym
             Epist.
             ad
             Laetam
             .
          
           
             ●o
             5.
             12.
             14.
             
             Gregor.
          
           
             Qui
             ambulet
             prout
             ▪
             aequ●m
             est
             eoram
             Deo
             Ier.
             22.
             15.
             
          
           
             *
             Psal
             66.
             3.
             yeeld
             feigned
             obedience
             ,
             Hebr
             a
             Lie
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             the
             margin
             of
             our
             Bibles
             .
          
           
             Poeniend●s
             peccatis
             tres
             esse
             debere
             causas
             ●aist
             :
             matumest
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             cùm
             dignitas
             au●●ori●●
             asque
             ,
             ejus
             in
             quem
             est
             peccatum
             tuenda
             est
             .
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             cùm
             Paena
             adhibetur
             emendandigrat●●
             :
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             cùm
             poen●tio
             propt●r
             ex●m●
             um
             est
             necessria
             .
             A.
             Gel.
             Noct.
             Attic.
             l.
             ●
             ca.
             14.
             
          
           
             Reprehensus
             olim
             Albutius
             Rhetor
             est
             ,
             quòd
             de
             omni
             causâ
             dicere
             cuperet
             ,
             non
             quicquid
             
               debebat
            
             dici
             ,
             sed
             quicquid
             
               p●terat
               .