The progresse of divine providence, set out in a sermon preached in the Abbey Church of Westminster before the house of Peers, on the 24th of September, 1645. being the day of their monethly fast. / By William Gouge, one of the members of the Assembly.
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             The progresse of divine providence, set out in a sermon preached in the Abbey Church of Westminster before the house of Peers, on the 24th of September, 1645. being the day of their monethly fast. / By William Gouge, one of the members of the Assembly.
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           THE
           PROGRESSE
           OF
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           SET
           OVT
           IN
           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           In
           the
           
             Abbey
          
           Church
           of
           
             Westminster
          
           before
           the
           house
           of
           PEERS
           ,
           on
           the
           24th
           of
           
             September
             ,
          
           1645.
           being
           the
           day
           of
           their
           Monethly
           FAST
           .
        
         
           By
           
             William
             Gouge
             ,
          
           one
           of
           the
           MEMBERS
           of
           the
           ASSEMBLY
           .
        
         
           
             ECCLES.
             7.
             8.
             
          
           
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             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
        
         
           Inest
           omni
           utenti
           ratione
           naturaliter
           appetere
           potiora
           .
           
             
               Bem
               .
            
             de
             diligendo
             Deo.
             
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             G.
             M.
          
           for
           
             Ioshua
             Kirton
          
           next
           Goldsmiths-hall
           in
           Foster-lane
           ,
           MDCXLV
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           
             
               
                 Die
                 Veneris
                 26.
                 
                 Sept.
                 1645.
                 
              
            
          
           
             IT
             is
             this
             day
             ordered
             by
             the
             Lords
             in
             Parliament
             assembled
             ,
             That
             M.
             Doctour
             
               Gouge
               ,
            
             who
             preached
             on
             Wednesday
             last
             before
             the
             Lords
             of
             Parliament
             in
             the
             Abbey
             Church
             ,
             
               Westminster
               ,
            
             it
             being
             the
             day
             of
             the
             publike
             Fast
             ,
             is
             hereby
             thanked
             for
             his
             great
             pains
             he
             took
             in
             his
             said
             Sermon
             ,
             and
             desired
             to
             print
             and
             publish
             the
             same
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             be
             done
             only
             by
             authority
             under
             his
             hand
             .
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Brown
               ,
               Cleric
               .
               Parliamentorum
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             Appoint
             
               Joshua
               Kirton
            
             to
             print
             my
             Sermon
             ,
             and
             none
             else
             .
          
           
             
               William
               Gouge
               ,
            
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONOVRABLE
           House
           of
           PEERS
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           
             RIGHT
             HONOURABLE
             ,
          
        
         
           
             AS
          
           in
           sundry
           other
           ages
           and
           places
           ,
           so
           in
           this
           age
           and
           place
           wherein
           we
           now
           live
           ,
           hath
           my
           Text
           been
           verified
           :
           and
           that
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           these
           last
           five
           years
           ;
           in
           every
           of
           which
           
             God
             hath
             done
             better
             unto
             us
             then
             at
             our
             beginnings
             :
          
           and
           we
           have
           great
           and
           just
           cause
           to
           hope
           that
           he
           will
           yet
           continue
           to
           doe
           
             better
          
           and
           
             better
             .
          
        
         
           It
           was
           an
           especial
           evidence
           of
           Gods
           good
           providence
           ,
           that
           the
           
             great
             Counsel
          
           of
           
             England
          
           was
           called
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           called
           .
        
         
           The
           State
           of
           Church
           and
           Common-wealth
           was
           so
           farre
           out
           of
           order
           ,
           and
           the
           disorder
           in
           both
           so
           backed
           ,
           as
           ,
           without
           a
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           it
           would
           not
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           (
           in
           mans
           apprehensions
           )
           have
           been
           redressed
           .
        
         
           The
           Reformation
           that
           was
           then
           intended
           by
           that
           
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           being
           by
           some
           envious
           eyes
           espied
           ,
           a
           dissolution
           thereof
           was
           procured
           .
        
         
           
             But
             that
             ,
             and
             other
             former
             dissolutions
             of
          
           Parliaments
           (
           
             necessity
             forcing
             another
          
           Parliament
           
             soon
             after
             to
             be
             called
             )
             occasioned
             an
          
           Act
           to
           prevent
           inconveniencies
           ,
           which
           may
           happen
           by
           the
           untimely
           Adjourning
           ,
           Proroguing
           ,
           or
           dissolving
           of
           this
           present
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           What
           
             better
          
           thing
           (
           
             rebus
             sic
             stantibus
             ut
             tunc
             &
             nunc
          
           )
           could
           have
           happened
           to
           this
           State
           ?
           The
           good
           consequencies
           ,
           that
           have
           happened
           thereupon
           ,
           are
           evident
           demonstrations
           of
           Gods
           minde
           ,
           still
           to
           do
           
             better
          
           and
           
             better
          
           for
           us
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           exceed
           the
           proportion
           of
           a
           
             Dedicatory
             Epistle
             ,
          
           to
           reckon
           up
           the
           particular
           instances
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           encreasing
           time
           after
           time
           for
           the
           better
           unto
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           vertue
           of
           this
           present
           
             Parliament
             :
          
           they
           are
           so
           clear
           and
           evident
           ,
           as
           none
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           take
           notice
           of
           nothing
           ,
           can
           be
           ignorant
           of
           them
           :
           and
           none
           ,
           but
           envious
           and
           malignant
           spirits
           ,
           can
           conceal
           or
           pervert
           them
           .
        
         
           When
           might
           the
           good
           
             Providence
          
           of
           God
           have
           been
           better
           discerned
           ,
           in
           protecting
           the
           persons
           ,
           upholding
           the
           spirits
           ,
           directing
           the
           counsels
           ,
           and
           prospering
           the
           endeavours
           of
           such
           as
           were
           assembled
           in
           a
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           then
           in
           this
           ?
           When
           might
           the
           like
           
             Providence
          
           of
           God
           have
           
           been
           better
           discerned
           in
           stirring
           up
           mens
           mindes
           ,
           encouraging
           their
           spirits
           ,
           enabling
           their
           bodies
           ,
           and
           preserving
           their
           persons
           for
           maintaining
           a
           cause
           ,
           then
           in
           this
           cause
           that
           is
           now
           maintained
           by
           the
           
             Parliament
             ?
          
           Of
           them
           who
           with
           a
           single
           eye
           behold
           the
           footsteps
           of
           the
           Lord
           in
           the
           Counsels
           of
           our
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           it
           may
           justly
           be
           said
           ,
           
             They
             have
             seen
             thy
             goings
             ,
          
           O
           God
           ,
           the
           goings
           of
           my
           God
           ,
           
           my
           King
           .
        
         
           Have
           not
           our
           Armies
           had
           successe
           beyond
           expectation
           ,
           even
           to
           admiration
           ?
        
         
           What
           a
           stop
           hath
           been
           set
           to
           
             Superstition
             ?
          
           How
           good
           a
           progresse
           hath
           been
           made
           in
           Reformation
           ?
           And
           may
           we
           not
           yet
           hope
           that
           God
           will
           
             doe
             better
             unto
             us
             then
             at
             our
             beginnings
             ?
          
           Gods
           promise
           is
           the
           ground
           of
           hope
           :
           and
           my
           Text
           sheweth
           that
           God
           hath
           promised
           as
           much
           .
        
         
           Goe
           on
           ,
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           and
           put
           forth
           your
           utmost
           endeavours
           ,
           
           for
           bringing
           on
           those
           
             better
             things
          
           that
           yet
           remain
           .
           Where
           their
           is
           
             Hope
             ,
          
           there
           endeavours
           use
           to
           be
           most
           earnest
           :
           For
           
             Hope
          
           stirreth
           up
           mens
           spirits
           to
           set
           upon
           great
           things
           .
        
         
           Though
           the
           full
           accomplishment
           of
           the
           remaining
           
             better
             things
          
           should
           be
           reserved
           to
           a
           future
           age
           ,
           yet
           it
           becomes
           us
           ,
           to
           be
           as
           earnest
           in
           prosecuting
           them
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           ability
           and
           opportunity
           that
           God
           doth
           give
           us
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           our selves
           were
           sure
           ,
           while
           we
           live
           ,
           to
           have
           
           the
           fruition
           of
           them
           .
           Experience
           sheweth
           that
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           which
           of
           old
           was
           said
           of
           the
           provident
           husbandman
           ,
           that
           he
           planteth
           trees
           which
           may
           be
           usefull
           in
           an
           other
           age
           .
           But
           I
           hope
           that
           God
           will
           let
           you
           see
           and
           enjoy
           the
           fruit
           of
           your
           Counsels
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           desires
           .
           This
           shall
           be
           the
           continuall
           prayer
           of
        
         
           
             Your
             Honours
             humble
             Servant
             and
             Oratour
             ,
             William
             Gouge
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THE
           PROGRESSE
           OF
           GODS
           Providence
           .
        
         
           
             
               EZEK.
               36.
               11.
               
            
             I
             will
             doe
             better
             unto
             you
             then
             at
             your
             beginnings
             .
          
        
         
           AMong
           other
           evidences
           of
           Gods
           speciall
           providence
           ,
           
           and
           care
           over
           his
           Church
           ,
           this
           is
           an
           especiall
           one
           ,
           that
           he
           ever
           afforded
           unto
           it
           sufficient
           means
           to
           instruct
           it
           in
           his
           will
           ,
           and
           to
           direct
           it
           in
           the
           way
           to
           happinesse
           .
        
         
           When
           ,
           
           at
           the
           beginning
           he
           made
           man
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           only
           write
           his
           law
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           but
           also
           revealed
           means
           of
           standing
           in
           his
           happy
           estate
           ,
           or
           falling
           from
           the
           same
           .
           Instance
           the
           two
           
             Sacraments
          
           in
           Paradise
           ,
           the
           
             tree
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             tree
             of
             knowledge
             of
             good
             and
             evil
             .
          
        
         
           When
           men
           encreased
           into
           a
           Family
           ,
           
           God
           ordained
           the
           first-born
           ,
           both
           to
           be
           a
           
             Governour
             ,
          
           
           and
           also
           an
           
             Instructour
          
           of
           the
           Family
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Church
           multiplied
           into
           a
           Nation
           ,
           God
           set
           
           apart
           the
           twelfth
           part
           thereof
           ,
           namely
           one
           Tribe
           of
           twelve
           ,
           to
           be
           ordinary
           Ministers
           therein
           .
           These
           he
           distinguished
           into
           
             Priests
          
           and
           
             Levites
             .
          
        
         
           When
           that
           Politie
           ended
           ,
           
           be
           ordained
           
             Pastors
          
           and
           
             Teachers
          
           to
           be
           ordinary
           Ministers
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           Of
           old
           in
           extraordinary
           times
           ,
           
           and
           upon
           extraordinary
           occasions
           ,
           God
           endued
           men
           with
           an
           extraordinary
           spirit
           ,
           who
           were
           stiled
           
             Prophets
             ;
          
           such
           an
           one
           was
           
             Ezekiel
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           more
           extrordinary
           visions
           and
           revelations
           were
           made
           known
           ,
           then
           to
           any
           other
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           raised
           up
           in
           most
           corrupt
           and
           said
           times
           ,
           
           even
           when
           God
           was
           forced
           to
           
             doe
             his
             work
             ,
             his
             strange
             work
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             to
             passe
             his
             act
             ,
             his
             strange
             act
             .
          
        
         
           He
           prophesied
           in
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           whither
           he
           was
           carried
           captive
           ,
           when
           the
           
             Babylonians
          
           first
           entred
           into
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           and
           took
           away
           many
           of
           the
           sacred
           and
           precious
           vessels
           of
           the
           Temple
           ;
           together
           with
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           treasures
           of
           that
           house
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Princes
           ,
           and
           carried
           them
           ,
           together
           with
           
             Jehoiakim
          
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           Princes
           ,
           
             Priests
          
           and
           people
           into
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           There
           he
           also
           continued
           after
           that
           the
           said
           
             Babylonians
          
           had
           again
           entred
           into
           the
           said
           City
           ,
           broke
           down
           the
           walls
           thereof
           ,
           burnt
           the
           house
           of
           God
           ,
           
           and
           all
           the
           houses
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           carried
           away
           the
           remainder
           of
           the
           vessels
           of
           the
           said
           Temple
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           treasures
           therein
           ,
           together
           with
           
             Zedekiah
          
           another
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           remainder
           of
           Princes
           ,
           Priests
           and
           people
           .
        
         
           About
           the
           same
           time
           
             Jeremiah
          
           was
           raised
           up
           to
           bea
           
             Prophet
          
           among
           that
           remnant
           of
           
             Judah
             ,
          
           which
           was
           left
           in
           
             Judaea
             .
          
           They
           both
           prophesied
           the
           same
           things
           for
           substance
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           far
           distant
           in
           place
           ,
           and
           so
           ratified
           each
           others
           prophecies
           .
        
         
           As
           other
           Prophets
           ,
           
           so
           this
           our
           Prophet
           had
           to
           doe
           with
           
           two
           sorts
           of
           people
           ,
           impious
           and
           pious
           .
           The
           impious
           were
           openly
           prophane
           ,
           and
           impenitently
           obstinate
           ,
           or
           covertly
           hypocriticall
           and
           deceitfull
           .
           The
           pious
           were
           righteous
           ,
           upright
           and
           humble
           .
           In
           which
           respect
           his
           prophecies
           were
           of
           a
           mixed
           kinde
           .
           
           In
           regard
           of
           the
           former
           sort
           ,
           he
           had
           such
           a
           spirit
           as
           was
           given
           to
           
             Boanerges
             ,
          
           sonnes
           of
           thunder
           ,
           to
           denounce
           Gods
           terrible
           judgements
           against
           them
           ;
           
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           later
           ,
           he
           had
           such
           a
           spirit
           as
           was
           given
           to
           
             Barnabas
          
           a
           sonne
           of
           consolation
           ,
           
           to
           pronounce
           sweet
           promises
           .
           Hereby
           the
           obstinate
           were
           the
           more
           terrified
           and
           kept
           down
           ;
           the
           humble
           and
           penitent
           were
           supported
           .
        
         
           The
           spirit
           of
           consolation
           did
           sweetly
           breathe
           forth
           in
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           I
           have
           taken
           my
           text
           .
           It
           is
           full
           of
           very
           comfortable
           promises
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           beginning
           of
           it
           ,
           
           he
           pointeth
           at
           the
           insultations
           of
           enemies
           against
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           in
           their
           troubles
           :
           with
           which
           weak
           spirits
           use
           much
           to
           be
           perplexed
           .
           The
           Lord
           therefore
           to
           keep
           their
           spirits
           from
           fainting
           ,
           by
           this
           his
           Prophet
           maketh
           known
           before
           hand
           the
           good
           which
           he
           intended
           unto
           them
           .
           Many
           particular
           promises
           are
           set
           down
           ,
           both
           before
           and
           after
           my
           text
           ;
           but
           the
           summe
           of
           them
           all
           is
           couched
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             I
             will
             doe
             better
             unto
             you
             then
             at
             your
             beginnings
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Hebrew
          
           is
           so
           excellent
           in
           compounding
           words
           ,
           as
           it
           compriseth
           the
           ten
           words
           of
           my
           text
           in
           two
           ,
           which
           are
           these
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           word
           for
           word
           ,
           
             I
             will
             doe
             good
             above
             your
             beginnings
             .
          
        
         
           The
           first
           word
           compriseth
           under
           it
           all
           the
           blessings
           which
           God
           intended
           for
           his
           Church
           ,
           not
           of
           Jews
           only
           ,
           but
           of
           Gentiles
           also
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ;
           even
           from
           their
           return
           out
           of
           captivity
           ,
           till
           the
           comming
           of
           Christ
           ;
           not
           in
           the
           flesh
           only
           ,
           but
           in
           glory
           also
           .
           The
           later
           word
           noting
           out
           a
           comparison
           between
           times
           and
           times
           ,
           
           hath
           relation
           to
           all
           the
           former
           ages
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           even
           unto
           those
           very
           times
           of
           their
           great
           troubles
           .
        
         
           The
           main
           scope
           of
           all
           is
           ,
           
           to
           set
           out
        
         
           The
           Progresse
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           done
           by
           five
           particulars
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
           The
           Authour
           or
           fountain
           .
           He
           is
           not
           expressed
           in
           the
           text
           ,
           but
           clearly
           intimated
           :
           for
           the
           verb
           is
           of
           the
           first
           person
           :
           besides
           the
           copulative
           particle
           [
           
             and
          
           ]
           doth
           intend
           the
           same
           person
           that
           is
           mentioned
           before
           ,
           thus
           ,
           
             I
             will
             multiply
             ,
             I
             will
             settle
             ,
             and
             will
             doe
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             and
             I
             will
             doe
             .
          
           In
           the
           seventh
           verse
           the
           person
           intended
           is
           plainly
           expressed
           to
           be
           the
           
             Lord
             God
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           next
           clause
           after
           my
           text
           ,
           the
           
             Lord
             Jehovah
          
           is
           expressed
           .
           For
           where
           this
           word
           LORD
           is
           set
           down
           in
           four
           Capitall
           letters
           ,
           it
           sets
           out
           
             Jehovah
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Act
           whereby
           the
           foresaid
           providence
           is
           exercised
           ,
           
             Doe
             good
             .
          
           The
           word
           is
           in
           the
           third
           active
           conjugation
           of
           the
           Hebrew
           tongue
           ,
           called
           
             Hiphil
             ,
          
           which
           signifieth
           an
           
             efficiency
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           encrease
           of
           that
           providence
           ,
           in
           this
           note
           of
           comparison
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             above
             ,
          
           or
           
             more
             then
             .
          
           Our
           English
           compriseth
           the
           act
           ,
           and
           the
           encrease
           thereof
           under
           this
           word
           
             better
             :
          
           for
           better
           sets
           out
           
             more
             good
             ,
          
           or
           
             greater
             good
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           parties
           to
           whom
           that
           good
           is
           intended
           ,
           
             Vnto
             you
             .
          
           I
           must
           confesse
           that
           the
           parties
           are
           not
           expressed
           in
           the
           Originall
           ,
           but
           yet
           implied
           under
           this
           copulative
           particle
           [
           
             And
             :
          
           ]
           which
           sheweth
           that
           this
           promise
           is
           made
           to
           the
           same
           parties
           to
           whom
           the
           former
           were
           made
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           thus
           expressed
           ,
           I
           will
           multiply
           
             upon
             you
             ,
          
           and
           I
           will
           settle
           
             you
             ,
          
           so
           here
           ,
           I
           
             will
             doe
             better
             unto
             you
             .
          
           Besides
           ,
           the
           affix
           after
           the
           later
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             your
             ,
          
           sheweth
           what
           parties
           are
           here
           intended
           .
           They
           are
           in
           one
           word
           stiled
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           under
           which
           is
           comprised
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           .
        
         
         
           5.
           
           The
           times
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           later
           times
           ;
           for
           this
           promise
           is
           made
           in
           opposition
           to
           former
           times
           ,
           expressed
           under
           this
           word
           
             beginnings
             .
          
        
         
           These
           five
           points
           afford
           five
           usefull
           instructions
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             the
             fountain
             of
             all
             good
             .
          
           I
           may
           well
           say
           
             all
             ,
          
           for
           the
           indefinite
           particle
           
             good
             ,
          
           intendeth
           as
           much
           .
           Besides
           all
           the
           particular
           good
           things
           promised
           ,
           before
           and
           after
           my
           text
           ,
           are
           applied
           to
           this
           Authour
           the
           
             LORD
             .
          
           So
           other
           good
           things
           also
           in
           other
           places
           .
           Pertinently
           to
           this
           purpose
           saith
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           
           
             Every
             good
             gift
             ,
             and
             every
             perfect
             gift
             is
             from
             above
             ,
             and
             commeth
             down
             from
             the
             Father
             of
             lights
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
           
             God
             causeth
             his
             goodnesse
             to
             flow
             forth
             .
          
           He
           is
           ,
           not
           only
           a
           full
           fountain
           ,
           
           but
           an
           open
           and
           over-flowing
           fountain
           .
           
             David
          
           speaking
           to
           the
           Lord
           of
           his
           goodnesse
           ,
           
           thus
           saith
           ,
           
             Thou
             art
             good
             ,
             and
             doest
             good
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           
           
             Gods
             goodnesse
             ever
             increaseth
             .
          
           It
           's
           like
           the
           waters
           that
           came
           down
           from
           the
           Lords
           Sanctuary
           ,
           and
           increased
           from
           ankle-deep
           ,
           to
           knee
           deep
           ;
           from
           knee-deep
           ,
           to
           middle-deep
           ;
           from
           middle-deep
           ,
           to
           an
           impassible
           river
           .
           In
           this
           respect
           ,
           this
           word
           of
           comparison
           ,
           
             better
             ,
          
           useth
           to
           be
           added
           to
           the
           good
           things
           which
           God
           provideth
           in
           later
           ages
           .
           I
           intend
           to
           exemplifie
           this
           in
           sundry
           particulars
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           
           
             The
             Church
             is
             the
             proper
             object
             of
             Gods
             goodnesse
             .
             Israel
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           this
           promise
           was
           made
           ,
           
           is
           put
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           .
           This
           is
           further
           evidenced
           by
           that
           great
           difference
           which
           is
           made
           between
           
             Jacob
          
           and
           
             Esau
             ,
          
           thus
           expressed
           ,
           
             I
             loved
             Jacob
             ,
             and
             I
             hated
             Esau
             .
          
           
           This
           the
           Apostle
           applieth
           to
           Gods
           chosen
           children
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           other
           ,
           on
           the
           otherside
           .
           Thus
           there
           is
           an
           
             especially
          
           put
           upon
           Gods
           mercy
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           members
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           
           for
           he
           is
           said
           to
           be
           the
           Saviour
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           
             especially
          
           of
           those
           that
           believe
           .
        
         
         
           5.
           
           
           
             The
             best
             things
             are
             reserved
             for
             the
             last
             times
             .
          
           The
           beginnings
           here
           mentioned
           ,
           comprising
           all
           former
           ages
           and
           times
           ,
           the
           great
           encrease
           of
           goodnesse
           here
           intended
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           referred
           to
           the
           later
           times
           .
           This
           ,
           a
           
             Prophet
          
           thus
           expresseth
           ,
           
             It
             shall
             come
             to
             passe
             in
             the
             last
             daies
             ,
             that
             the
             mountain
             of
             the
             Lords
             house
             shall
             be
             established
             in
             the
             top
             of
             the
             mountains
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             exalted
             above
             the
             hils
             ,
          
           
           &c.
           
        
         
           Time
           will
           not
           suffer
           me
           distinctly
           and
           fully
           to
           handle
           all
           these
           points
           ;
           neither
           indeed
           is
           it
           needfull
           ;
           for
           the
           last
           compriseth
           all
           the
           other
           under
           it
           :
           which
           will
           the
           better
           appear
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           somewhat
           more
           largely
           expresse
           it
           ,
           thus
           ;
           
             The
             Lord
             hath
             provided
             his
             better
             things
             for
             the
             later
             times
             of
             his
             Church
             .
          
           Here
           have
           we
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           
             Person
          
           that
           is
           the
           fountain
           of
           goodnes
           expressed
           ,
           
             the
             Lord
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           
             Act
          
           of
           goodnes
           flowing
           from
           him
           ,
           in
           this
           word
           ,
           
             provided
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           This
           comparison
           ,
           
             better
             things
             ,
          
           declareth
           the
           
             Increase
          
           of
           his
           goodnesse
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           mention
           of
           his
           
             Church
          
           sheweth
           the
           proper
           
             Object
             ,
          
           or
           parties
           to
           whom
           his
           goodnes
           is
           extended
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           The
           
             times
          
           are
           here
           expresly
           set
           down
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             later
             times
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           in
           handling
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           
             God
             hath
             provided
             his
             better
             things
             for
             the
             later
             times
             of
             his
             Church
             ,
          
           all
           the
           former
           will
           be
           handled
           ;
           and
           the
           proofs
           alleadged
           for
           this
           ,
           will
           prove
           all
           the
           rest
           .
           My
           purpose
           therefore
           is
           to
           insist
           upon
           the
           last
           Doctrine
           .
           You
           heard
           it
           before
           ,
           hear
           it
           again
           ,
           
             God
             hath
             provided
             his
             better
             things
             for
             the
             later
             times
             of
             his
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           Well
           observe
           the
           particular
           good
           things
           ,
           
           which
           God
           hath
           provided
           for
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           later
           times
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           finde
           them
           stiled
           ,
           better
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Testament
           given
           to
           the
           Christian
           Church
           is
           a
           
             better
             Testament
             .
          
           
           It
           is
           made
           by
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Immanuel
             ,
          
           God
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           ratified
           by
           his
           death
           ,
           wherein
           an
           
             eternall
             inheritance
          
           is
           bequeathed
           unto
           us
           .
           Was
           there
           ever
           such
           a
           testament
           before
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           
           The
           Covenant
           made
           between
           God
           and
           his
           Church
           in
           these
           later
           times
           ,
           is
           a
           
             better
             Covenant
             .
          
           Give
           me
           here
           leave
           ,
           because
           mention
           is
           made
           both
           of
           a
           
             Testament
          
           and
           a
           
             Covenant
             ,
          
           to
           shew
           you
           the
           difference
           between
           them
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
           A
           
             Covenant
          
           is
           an
           agreement
           between
           two
           :
           a
           
             Testament
          
           is
           the
           declaration
           of
           the
           will
           of
           one
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           two
           between
           whom
           a
           
             Covenant
          
           passeth
           must
           be
           both
           living
           :
           a
           
             Testament
          
           receiveth
           force
           by
           the
           death
           of
           him
           that
           made
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           A
           
             Covenant
          
           is
           ratified
           by
           the
           mutuall
           consent
           of
           both
           parties
           :
           a
           
             Testament
             ,
          
           by
           the
           will
           only
           of
           him
           that
           made
           it
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           A
           
             Covenant
          
           useth
           to
           be
           made
           upon
           conditions
           on
           both
           parts
           :
           a
           
             Testament
          
           is
           made
           upon
           the
           meer
           favour
           and
           grace
           of
           the
           testatour
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           
             Covenant
          
           made
           with
           Christians
           is
           better
           then
           the
           two
           former
           
             Covenant
             :
          
           
           both
           called
           old
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           both
           in
           such
           respects
           nulled
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           was
           a
           
             Covenant
          
           of
           works
           made
           with
           man
           in
           his
           entire
           estate
           :
           which
           by
           his
           fall
           he
           made
           impossible
           for
           man
           to
           keep
           .
           
           But
           this
           
             Covenant
          
           giveth
           ability
           to
           keep
           it
           with
           much
           alacrity
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           There
           was
           a
           
             Covenant
          
           indeed
           of
           grace
           made
           with
           the
           Church
           before
           Christ
           exhibited
           ;
           but
           set
           out
           in
           such
           obscure
           promises
           and
           prophecies
           ,
           and
           dark
           types
           and
           shadows
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           needfull
           in
           time
           to
           be
           abolished
           :
           but
           the
           new
           
             Covenant
          
           made
           with
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           is
           so
           clearly
           and
           plainly
           revealed
           ,
           as
           it
           may
           well
           in
           that
           respect
           also
           be
           called
           
             better
             .
          
        
         
         
           3.
           
           The
           
             Promises
          
           now
           made
           ,
           
           are
           
             better
             Promises
             :
          
           most
           of
           the
           
             Promises
          
           before
           Christ
           exhibited
           were
           of
           temporall
           good
           things
           :
           I
           will
           not
           deny
           ,
           but
           that
           spirituall
           and
           celestiall
           good
           things
           were
           prefigured
           under
           them
           ;
           but
           now
           spirituall
           and
           heavenly
           good
           things
           ,
           are
           more
           expressely
           ,
           perspicuously
           and
           plentifully
           promised
           to
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           
           The
           hope
           that
           now
           we
           have
           ,
           is
           a
           
             better
             hope
             ,
          
           Promises
           are
           the
           ground
           of
           hope
           .
           The
           better
           the
           promises
           ,
           the
           better
           must
           hope
           needs
           be
           :
           and
           that
           in
           those
           respects
           wherein
           the
           Promises
           are
           better
           .
           Christians
           may
           more
           immediately
           ,
           directly
           and
           steadily
           ,
           hope
           for
           all
           spirituall
           and
           heavenly
           blessings
           ,
           then
           they
           that
           lived
           before
           Christ
           could
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           
           The
           sacrifice
           that
           now
           we
           have
           ,
           is
           
             better
          
           then
           the
           former
           sacrifices
           .
           He
           that
           considereth
           the
           difference
           between
           the
           bodies
           of
           unreasonable
           creatures
           ,
           &
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           ,
           cannot
           but
           know
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           an
           infinite
           excellency
           in
           this
           sacrifice
           over
           and
           above
           those
           :
           If
           any
           thing
           under
           the
           Gospel
           may
           justly
           be
           stiled
           ,
           better
           ,
           then
           the
           like
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           surely
           this
           sacrifice
           may
           most
           of
           all
           be
           stiled
           
             better
          
           then
           those
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           
           The
           blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           
             crie
          
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           stiled
           
             better
             .
          
           It
           is
           said
           
             to
             speak
             better
             things
             then
             that
             of
             Abel
             :
          
           because
           
             Abels
          
           blood
           cried
           for
           
             vengeance
             ;
          
           Christs
           ,
           for
           
             pardon
             .
          
           Christ
           when
           he
           was
           upon
           the
           crosse
           ,
           where
           he
           shed
           his
           blood
           ,
           
           thus
           cried
           ,
           
             Father
             ,
             forigive
             them
             .
          
           Yea
           further
           Christs
           blood
           is
           
             better
          
           then
           that
           blood
           which
           was
           shed
           on
           the
           Altars
           under
           the
           Law
           :
           
           
             For
             it
             is
             not
             possible
             that
             the
             blood
             of
             buls
             and
             goats
             should
             take
             away
             sins
             :
          
           
           but
           the
           
             blood
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             cleanseth
             us
             from
             all
             sin
             .
          
        
         
           7.
           
           
           To
           insist
           upon
           no
           more
           particulars
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           under
           this
           indefinite
           phrase
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             some
             better
             thing
             ,
          
           compriseth
           all
           those
           good
           things
           ,
           which
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           
           Church
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           are
           bestowed
           on
           the
           Christian
           Church
           .
           
           For
           thus
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             God
             hath
             provided
             some
             better
             thing
             for
             us
             ,
             that
             they
             without
             us
             should
             not
             be
             made
             perfect
             .
          
        
         
           In
           such
           a
           respect
           ,
           
           as
           Gospel-blessings
           are
           called
           
             better
             ,
          
           they
           are
           also
           called
           
             new
             ,
          
           as
           
             A
             new
             Covenant
             ,
             a
             new
             Testament
             ,
             a
             new
             Hierusalem
             ,
             a
             new
             Heaven
             and
             earth
             ,
             a
             new
             name
             ,
             a
             new
             commandement
             ,
             a
             new
             way
             ,
             a
             new
             heart
             ,
             a
             new
             spirit
             ,
             and
             a
             new
             song
             .
          
           These
           and
           other
           like
           things
           are
           called
           
             new
             ,
          
           in
           opposition
           to
           old
           things
           ,
           
           which
           decaid
           and
           vanished
           away
           :
           so
           as
           there
           was
           a
           necessity
           of
           new
           things
           to
           succeed
           in
           their
           room
           .
           These
           new
           things
           shall
           never
           wax
           old
           :
           they
           are
           new
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           their
           beginning
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           their
           perpetuall
           continuance
           ;
           They
           shall
           ever
           be
           fresh
           and
           flourishing
           ,
           
           like
           
             Aarons
          
           rod
           which
           budded
           ,
           and
           bloomed
           blossomes
           ,
           and
           yeelded
           Almonds
           :
           and
           so
           alwayes
           continued
           ,
           even
           as
           long
           as
           the
           Arke
           of
           the
           testimony
           ,
           before
           which
           it
           was
           set
           ,
           remained
           .
           The
           new
           Covenant
           and
           the
           new
           Testament
           are
           the
           same
           ,
           which
           were
           before
           stiled
           
             better
             ,
          
           and
           in
           such
           like
           respects
           called
           new
           .
           Of
           them
           therefore
           I
           shall
           need
           to
           say
           no
           more
           then
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           .
           The
           rest
           that
           follow
           are
           these
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
           A
           new
           
             Jerusalem
             .
          
           The
           old
           
             Jerusalem
          
           was
           of
           senseles
           corruptible
           materialls
           .
           
             The
             new
             Jerusalem
             is
             of
             lively
             stones
             ,
             a
             spirituall
             house
             :
          
           It
           is
           stiled
           the
           
             City
             of
             God
             ,
          
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           excellency
           thereof
           ,
           (
           for
           excellent
           things
           ,
           in
           
             Canaans
          
           language
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           be
           things
           of
           God
           )
           
           and
           in
           regard
           of
           that
           care
           which
           God
           taketh
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           delight
           which
           he
           takes
           to
           be
           in
           it
           .
           
           The
           old
           
             Jerusalem
          
           was
           but
           a
           type
           and
           figure
           of
           this
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             New
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             a
             new
             Earth
             :
          
           Hereby
           is
           meant
           a
           new
           face
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           farre
           more
           glorious
           in
           the
           spirituality
           of
           it
           ,
           then
           the
           former
           before
           Christ
           .
           The
           phrase
           is
           
             hyperbolicall
             :
          
           it
           is
           used
           to
           set
           forth
           not
           only
           a
           renovation
           
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           such
           a
           renovation
           as
           should
           put
           the
           world
           as
           it
           were
           into
           a
           new
           forme
           and
           frame
           ;
           insomuch
           as
           he
           that
           should
           attentively
           look
           upon
           it
           ,
           might
           say
           ,
           Behold
           
             new
             Heavens
             and
             a
             new
             Earth
             .
          
           If
           it
           be
           objected
           ,
           
           that
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           speaking
           of
           the
           times
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           saith
           ,
           
             We
             looke
             for
             new
             Heavens
             and
             a
             new
             Earth
             ,
          
           and
           thereby
           intends
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           world
           to
           come
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           excellent
           matters
           are
           some
           times
           spoken
           of
           in
           their
           inchoation
           and
           progresse
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           in
           their
           perfection
           and
           consummation
           :
           so
           as
           the
           
             new
             Heavens
             and
             the
             new
             Earth
             ,
          
           in
           their
           beginning
           and
           increase
           ,
           may
           be
           under
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           consummation
           and
           perfection
           ,
           after
           the
           day
           of
           judgement
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
           
             A
             new
             name
             .
          
           This
           Christ
           stileth
           ,
           his
           name
           ,
           (
           
             Rev.
          
           3.
           12.
           )
           This
           name
           is
           to
           be
           a
           
             sonne
             of
             God
             :
             For
             as
             many
             as
             received
             him
             ,
             to
             them
             he
             gave
             power
             to
             become
             the
             sonnes
             of
             God
             .
          
           Of
           old
           ,
           they
           were
           called
           children
           of
           
             Israel
             ;
          
           now
           ,
           
             Christians
             :
          
           yea
           the
           Apostle
           giveth
           the
           name
           
             Christ
          
           to
           the
           mysticall
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           consisting
           of
           many
           Saints
           ,
           (
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           12.
           12.
           )
        
         
           4.
           
           A
           new
           
             Commandement
             .
          
           
           Another
           kinde
           of
           Commandement
           then
           that
           which
           was
           written
           in
           tables
           of
           stone
           .
           For
           that
           exacted
           an
           impossibility
           ,
           (
           
             Rom.
          
           8.
           3.
           
           )
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           weaknesse
           and
           corruption
           of
           our
           flesh
           :
           But
           the
           
             New
             Commandement
          
           is
           written
           in
           the
           fleshly
           tables
           of
           our
           heart
           ,
           whereby
           ability
           is
           given
           unto
           us
           cherefully
           and
           acceptably
           to
           performe
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           A
           
             new
             way
             .
          
           
           This
           is
           also
           called
           a
           living
           way
           ,
           which
           Christ
           by
           his
           flesh
           hath
           consecrated
           for
           us
           .
           For
           Christ
           himselfe
           ,
           having
           with
           his
           own
           bloud
           entred
           into
           the
           most
           holy
           place
           ,
           hath
           thereby
           made
           full
           satisfaction
           for
           all
           our
           sins
           (
           which
           causes
           the
           way
           to
           Heaven
           to
           be
           impassible
           ,
           )
           and
           made
           the
           way
           easy
           for
           us
           to
           walke
           in
           .
           Thus
           is
           he
           
             the
             
             way
             ,
             the
             truth
             and
             the
             life
             :
          
           the
           only
           true
           way
           that
           leadeth
           us
           unto
           life
           .
           
        
         
           6.
           
           
           
             A
             new
             heart
             .
          
           This
           is
           opposed
           to
           a
           mans
           naturall
           heart
           ,
           which
           is
           stiled
           
             an
             heart
             of
             stone
             ,
          
           in
           that
           it
           is
           so
           obdurate
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           sooner
           (
           like
           a
           stone
           )
           be
           broken
           all
           to
           pieces
           ,
           and
           utterly
           confounded
           with
           Gods
           judgements
           ,
           then
           yield
           to
           him
           and
           his
           word
           .
           This
           new
           heart
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           freed
           from
           that
           obstinacy
           ,
           but
           also
           made
           flexible
           and
           pliable
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           worke
           of
           his
           spirit
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           called
           an
           
             heart
             of
             flesh
             .
          
           
        
         
           7.
           
           
             A
             new
             spirit
             .
          
           
           This
           also
           is
           opposed
           to
           a
           mans
           naturall
           spirit
           ,
           
           which
           in
           all
           things
           resisteth
           the
           good
           Spirit
           of
           God
           .
           Such
           a
           spirit
           the
           Jewes
           of
           old
           had
           ,
           of
           whom
           
             Stephen
             ,
          
           the
           first
           Martyr
           for
           Christ
           ,
           thus
           speaketh
           ,
           
             Ye
             do
             alwayes
             resist
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             :
             as
             your
             fathers
             did
             ,
             so
             do
             ye
             .
          
           But
           this
           new
           spirit
           readily
           and
           willingly
           yeeldeth
           to
           every
           good
           motion
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           
             A
             new
             song
             .
          
           
           A
           song
           which
           shall
           sound
           forth
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Prophet
           expounds
           himselfe
           )
           
             Gods
             praises
             from
             the
             end
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
          
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           whose
           sound
           ,
           as
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           heavens
           ,
           
             hath
             gone
             forth
             thorow
             all
             the
             earth
             :
          
           The
           sum
           and
           substance
           of
           this
           new
           song
           was
           sung
           out
           by
           an
           heavenly
           quire
           at
           the
           birth
           of
           Christ
           .
           
           It
           was
           this
           :
           
             Glory
             to
             God
             in
             the
             highest
             ,
             and
             on
             earth
             peace
             ,
             good
             will
             towards
             men
             .
          
           
        
         
           
             Finally
             ,
          
           to
           insist
           on
           no
           more
           particulars
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           promise
           made
           ,
           
             of
             making
             all
             things
             new
             .
          
           If
           any
           shall
           thinke
           that
           this
           is
           meant
           of
           the
           world
           to
           come
           :
           let
           him
           consider
           how
           expressely
           the
           Apostle
           applyes
           it
           to
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ;
           saying
           of
           that
           time
           ,
           
             Behold
             ,
             all
             things
             are
             become
             new
             ,
             2
             Cor.
          
           5.
           17.
           
        
         
           Thus
           we
           see
           how
           this
           promise
           of
           Gods
           doing
           better
           for
           his
           Church
           in
           the
           later
           times
           ,
           is
           evidenced
           by
           sundry
           particulars
           ,
           of
           
             better
             ,
          
           and
           
             new
             things
             .
          
           
           Yet
           further
           ,
           as
           if
           ordinary
           words
           and
           usuall
           comparisons
           were
           not
           sufficient
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           great
           increase
           of
           Gods
           providence
           ,
           
           the
           Prophets
           use
           very
           transcendent
           ,
           and
           
             hyperbolicall
          
           expressions
           ,
           to
           set
           it
           out
           the
           more
           to
           the
           life
           ,
           and
           that
           according
           to
           our
           capacity
           .
           To
           which
           purpose
           this
           increase
           of
           Gods
           Providence
           is
           thus
           expressed
           :
           
             For
             brasse
             I
             will
             bring
             gold
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             for
             iron
             I
             will
             bring
             silver
             ,
             and
             for
             wood
             brasse
             ,
             and
             for
             stones
             iron
             :
          
           Hereby
           he
           sheweth
           ,
           that
           as
           
             wood
          
           is
           better
           then
           common
           stones
           ,
           and
           
             iron
          
           better
           then
           wood
           ,
           and
           
             brasse
          
           better
           then
           iron
           ,
           and
           
             silver
          
           better
           then
           brasse
           ,
           and
           
             gold
          
           better
           then
           silver
           ,
           so
           much
           better
           ,
           yea
           infinitely
           more
           ,
           are
           the
           good
           things
           of
           these
           later
           times
           ,
           better
           then
           the
           good
           things
           of
           former
           times
           .
           Yet
           further
           is
           this
           increase
           thus
           heightened
           ,
           
           (
           
             Isa.
          
           30.
           26.
           )
           
             The
             light
             of
             the
             Moone
             shall
             be
             as
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Sun
             shall
             be
             seven
             fold
             ,
             as
             the
             light
             of
             seven
             dayes
             .
          
           Who
           knowes
           not
           how
           great
           a
           difference
           there
           is
           ,
           between
           the
           two
           lights
           of
           the
           Moone
           and
           the
           Sun
           ?
           to
           make
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Moone
           as
           great
           as
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           wonderfull
           great
           increase
           .
           And
           because
           there
           can
           be
           no
           greater
           light
           then
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           he
           multiplieth
           that
           light
           to
           the
           number
           of
           perfection
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             The
             light
             of
             the
             Sun
             shall
             be
             seven
             fold
             ,
             as
             the
             light
             of
             seven
             dayes
             .
          
           And
           to
           shew
           that
           no
           comparisons
           are
           sufficient
           to
           set
           out
           the
           increase
           of
           Gods
           goodnes
           to
           the
           full
           :
           it
           is
           further
           said
           ,
           
             The
             Sun
             shall
             be
             no
             more
             thy
             light
             by
             day
             ,
             neither
             for
             brightnes
             shall
             the
             Moone
             give
             light
             unto
             thee
             :
             But
             the
             Lord
             shall
             be
             unto
             thee
             an
             everlasting
             light
             ,
             and
             thy
             God
             thy
             glory
             ,
          
           Isa.
           60.
           19.
           
        
         
           If
           we
           take
           a
           view
           of
           the
           increase
           of
           Gods
           good
           Providence
           ,
           generation
           after
           generation
           ,
           even
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           to
           the
           end
           thereof
           ,
           it
           will
           yet
           more
           clearely
           appeare
           ,
           that
           as
           Gods
           goodnes
           hath
           ever
           increased
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           so
           the
           greatest
           increase
           thereof
           hath
           
           been
           in
           later
           times
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           better
           things
           reserved
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           others
           who
           have
           lived
           therein
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           clearer
           exemplification
           hereof
           ,
           we
           will
           account
           the
           whole
           continuance
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           
           together
           with
           the
           world
           to
           come
           ,
           as
           one
           great
           week
           :
           And
           distinguish
           the
           whole
           course
           thereof
           ,
           from
           the
           creation
           to
           the
           day
           of
           judgement
           ,
           into
           six
           long
           dayes
           ,
           the
           seventh
           ,
           being
           an
           eternall
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           a
           keeping
           a
           Sabbath
           ,
           or
           rest
           after
           the
           day
           of
           judgement
           .
        
         
           The
           six
           forementioned
           dayes
           may
           thus
           be
           distinguished
           .
        
         
           The
           
             first
          
           from
           
             Adam
          
           to
           
             Noah
             :
          
           
           Wherein
           ,
           besides
           Gods
           goodnes
           in
           creating
           the
           world
           ,
           was
           manifested
           that
           great
           evidence
           of
           mercy
           ,
           in
           promising
           a
           Redeemer
           to
           free
           man
           from
           his
           miserable
           bondage
           under
           Satan
           ,
           whereinto
           he
           had
           implunged
           himself
           ;
           the
           words
           of
           the
           promise
           are
           these
           ;
           
           
             It
             shall
             bruise
             thy
             head
             ,
             and
             thou
             shalt
             bruise
             his
             heele
             .
          
        
         
           By
           this
           relative
           particle
           
             It
             ,
          
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           woman
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           is
           meant
           .
           The
           words
           being
           spoken
           to
           Satan
           under
           the
           serpent
           ,
           by
           
             thy
             head
             ,
          
           is
           meant
           Satan
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           power
           :
           by
           
             bruising
             ,
          
           an
           utter
           subduing
           of
           the
           same
           .
           The
           next
           words
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             bruise
             his
             heele
             ,
          
           set
           forth
           Satans
           attempts
           against
           the
           mysticall
           body
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           annoying
           of
           the
           same
           in
           many
           respects
           :
           But
           so
           as
           the
           heele
           only
           the
           externall
           condition
           of
           the
           foresaid
           body
           ,
           not
           the
           head
           ,
           
           the
           soule
           of
           it
           ,
           can
           be
           crushed
           .
           This
           was
           a
           very
           gracious
           promise
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           good
           .
        
         
           The
           
             second
          
           day
           lasted
           from
           
             Noah
          
           to
           
             Abraham
             :
          
           wherein
           the
           Church
           had
           that
           memorable
           type
           of
           Gods
           preserving
           it
           out
           of
           that
           common
           deluge
           which
           destroyed
           the
           whole
           world
           besides
           .
           This
           type
           was
           the
           
             Arke
             .
          
           This
           the
           Apostle
           calls
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           Baptisme
           ,
           
             a
             like
             figure
             .
          
           For
           it
           did
           lively
           set
           forth
           to
           the
           Church
           such
           a
           preservation
           and
           deliverance
           
           from
           sinne
           and
           destruction
           ,
           as
           Baptisme
           doth
           .
           In
           this
           respect
           a
           more
           expresse
           evidence
           of
           Gods
           goodnes
           was
           given
           in
           this
           day
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           The
           
             third
          
           day
           was
           from
           
             Abraham
          
           to
           
             David
             ,
          
           
           wherein
           that
           precious
           and
           expresse
           promise
           of
           blessing
           all
           Nations
           in
           
             Abrahams
          
           seed
           ,
           was
           made
           :
           wherein
           also
           
             Israel
          
           was
           brought
           out
           of
           the
           
             Egyptian
          
           bondage
           ,
           (
           a
           type
           of
           the
           redemption
           of
           the
           Church
           from
           her
           spiritual
           bondage
           under
           sinne
           and
           Satan
           .
           )
           In
           this
           day
           the
           
             Tabernacle
             ,
          
           with
           the
           many
           other
           types
           of
           Christ
           ,
           his
           offices
           and
           benefits
           to
           his
           Church
           were
           first
           ordained
           ,
           and
           
             Israel
          
           setled
           in
           the
           land
           of
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           a
           type
           of
           their
           heavenly
           rest
           .
           Thus
           did
           this
           third
           day
           farre
           exceed
           the
           former
           in
           glory
           .
        
         
           The
           
             fourth
          
           was
           from
           
             David
          
           to
           the
           carrying
           of
           
             Israel
          
           into
           captivity
           .
           
           Herein
           a
           royall
           government
           was
           given
           to
           Gods
           people
           (
           a
           type
           of
           Christs
           royall
           Kingdome
           .
           )
           Herein
           most
           of
           the
           extraordinary
           Prophets
           (
           speciall
           types
           of
           Christs
           propheticall
           office
           )
           were
           raised
           up
           :
           and
           most
           cleare
           prophecies
           made
           of
           the
           better
           things
           to
           come
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           .
           Herein
           also
           
             Solomons
          
           Temple
           was
           built
           ,
           and
           sundry
           new
           and
           more
           glorious
           types
           of
           Christ
           were
           made
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           
             Tabernacle
             .
          
           So
           much
           therefore
           as
           this
           Temple
           of
           
             Solomon
          
           excelled
           the
           Tabernacle
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Cherubins
           ,
           Tables
           ,
           Altars
           ,
           Pillars
           ,
           and
           all
           manner
           of
           sacred
           instruments
           in
           the
           Temple
           ,
           surpassed
           them
           that
           were
           in
           the
           Tabernacle
           :
           so
           much
           more
           did
           Gods
           goodnesse
           in
           this
           day
           exceed
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           former
           dayes
           .
        
         
           The
           
             fifth
          
           day
           was
           from
           
             Israels
          
           going
           into
           captivity
           to
           
             Christs
          
           ascension
           into
           Heaven
           .
           
           This
           day
           ,
           for
           the
           greatest
           part
           thereof
           ,
           was
           indeed
           a
           dismall
           day
           .
           Yet
           the
           delivering
           of
           
             Israel
          
           out
           of
           the
           
             Babylonish
          
           captivity
           ,
           was
           a
           more
           cleare
           and
           full
           type
           of
           our
           redemption
           by
           Christ
           ,
           then
           any
           former
           deliverance
           :
           
           whereupon
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             It
             shall
             no
             more
             be
             said
             ,
             
             The
             Lord
             liveth
             that
             brought
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             up
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
             Egypt
             :
             but
             the
             Lord
             liveth
             that
             brought
             up
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             from
             the
             lands
             of
             the
             North
             ,
             and
             from
             all
             the
             land
             whither
             he
             had
             driven
             them
             .
          
           The
           re-edifying
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           was
           also
           a
           principall
           type
           of
           Christs
           resurrection
           :
           and
           of
           this
           Temple
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
           
             The
             glory
             of
             this
             later
             house
             ,
             shall
             be
             greater
             then
             of
             the
             former
             :
          
           so
           as
           these
           added
           much
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           this
           day
           .
           But
           in
           that
           the
           Lord
           Christ
           was
           in
           the
           evening
           of
           this
           day
           actually
           exhibited
           :
           and
           the
           things
           accomplished
           ,
           which
           were
           perfigured
           by
           the
           legall
           types
           ,
           and
           fore-told
           by
           the
           ancient
           Prophets
           ,
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           God
           manifested
           in
           this
           day
           ,
           farre
           exceeded
           that
           which
           was
           in
           former
           dayes
           .
           In
           this
           respect
           it
           is
           said
           of
           
             John
          
           the
           
             Baptist
             ,
          
           who
           saw
           and
           made
           known
           that
           promised
           
             Messiah
             ,
          
           and
           was
           the
           first
           that
           directly
           pointed
           him
           out
           ,
           
           saying
           ,
           
             Behold
             the
             Lambe
             of
             God
             :
          
           Of
           him
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             among
             them
             that
             are
             borne
             of
             women
             ,
             there
             hath
             not
             risen
             a
             greater
             .
          
           This
           was
           the
           surpassing
           glory
           of
           the
           fifth
           day
           .
        
         
           The
           
             sixth
          
           was
           from
           Christs
           ascension
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           
           to
           his
           second
           comming
           unto
           judgement
           .
           This
           is
           the
           day
           of
           the
           cleare
           and
           full
           revelation
           of
           all
           the
           glorious
           mysteries
           that
           were
           hidden
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           till
           then
           .
           This
           is
           the
           day
           wherein
           all
           the
           forementioned
           new
           things
           ,
           and
           better
           things
           were
           conferred
           upon
           the
           Christian
           Church
           .
           In
           this
           day
           ,
           as
           better
           things
           shall
           not
           be
           given
           ,
           so
           better
           things
           cannot
           be
           expected
           while
           the
           world
           lasteth
           .
           
           This
           is
           the
           day
           whereof
           we
           may
           say
           ,
           
             This
             is
             the
             day
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             made
             :
             we
             will
             rejoyce
             and
             be
             glad
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           from
           this
           exemplification
           of
           the
           increase
           of
           Gods
           goodnesse
           in
           the
           severall
           ages
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           we
           may
           well
           inferre
           ,
           that
           
             God
             hath
             provided
             better
             things
             for
             the
             later
             times
             .
          
        
         
         
           Questionlesse
           ,
           God
           thus
           ordereth
           his
           good
           providence
           upon
           just
           and
           weighty
           reasons
           :
           
           and
           though
           his
           counsell
           be
           unsearchable
           ,
           and
           his
           waies
           past
           finding
           out
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           full
           latitude
           of
           them
           ,
           yet
           hath
           he
           left
           some
           footsteps
           ;
           wherein
           and
           whereby
           we
           may
           observe
           some
           grounds
           of
           his
           wise
           proceedings
           therein
           .
           Among
           others
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           these
           may
           be
           some
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           extent
           of
           his
           goodnesse
           may
           be
           more
           distinctly
           considered
           ,
           
           more
           clearly
           discerned
           ,
           and
           more
           transcendently
           admired
           .
           Gods
           governing
           of
           his
           Church
           in
           the
           world
           by
           his
           providence
           ,
           is
           ordered
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           his
           prudence
           in
           creating
           the
           world
           was
           manifested
           .
        
         
           In
           that
           
             first
          
           great
           work
           ,
           
           he
           still
           put
           off
           the
           better
           things
           to
           the
           later
           daies
           .
           He
           could
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           pleased
           him
           ,
           have
           created
           all
           the
           things
           that
           he
           did
           create
           ,
           at
           once
           .
           Had
           he
           at
           once
           said
           ,
           
             Let
             there
             be
             light
             ,
             firmament
             ,
             waters
             ,
             earth
             ,
             all
             manner
             of
             trees
             ,
             and
             herbs
             bearing
             seed
             ,
             Sunne
             ,
             Moon
             and
             Stars
             ,
             fowls
             ,
             fishes
             ,
             beasts
             and
             man
             ,
          
           they
           had
           instantly
           been
           all
           ;
           but
           voluntarily
           and
           purposely
           he
           took
           up
           six
           daies
           in
           creating
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           each
           day
           made
           severall
           and
           distinct
           creatures
           ,
           but
           ever
           the
           better
           ,
           for
           the
           reason
           before
           specified
           .
           This
           will
           evidently
           appear
           by
           an
           induction
           of
           particulars
           ,
           which
           follow
           in
           order
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           
             light
          
           which
           he
           created
           in
           the
           
             first
          
           day
           ,
           
           was
           indeed
           a
           glorious
           creature
           .
           But
           either
           it
           was
           the
           element
           of
           fire
           (
           for
           no where
           else
           we
           read
           of
           creating
           fire
           )
           or
           else
           it
           was
           some
           other
           light
           ,
           which
           was
           of
           use
           but
           for
           three
           daies
           :
           for
           in
           the
           fourth
           day
           those
           lights
           were
           made
           ,
           which
           have
           hitherto
           continued
           ,
           and
           shall
           continue
           to
           the
           worlds
           end
           .
           So
           as
           either
           this
           light
           was
           annihilated
           ,
           when
           those
           were
           made
           ,
           or
           else
           it
           was
           setled
           in
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Sun
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           the
           
             second
          
           day
           the
           
             firmament
          
           or
           air
           was
           made
           ,
           
           and
           called
           heaven
           :
           then
           also
           were
           the
           seas
           and
           earth
           made
           .
           If
           
           we
           mark
           the
           Text
           ,
           we
           shall
           finde
           that
           the
           blessing
           of
           the
           second
           daies
           work
           is
           not
           expressed
           ,
           
           till
           the
           seas
           and
           earth
           were
           made
           ,
           
             Genes
             .
          
           1.
           10.
           
           These
           three
           ,
           air
           ,
           water
           ,
           earth
           ,
           are
           the
           three
           elements
           ,
           of
           which
           all
           bodies
           are
           compounded
           .
           These
           are
           more
           excellent
           then
           the
           fore-said
           light
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           continuall
           use
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           In
           the
           
             third
          
           day
           all
           the
           
             grasse
          
           and
           
             herb
             yeelding
             seed
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             tree
             yeelding
             fruit
          
           after
           his
           kinde
           were
           made
           .
           These
           being
           vegitable
           creatures
           ,
           
           by
           reason
           of
           that
           life
           which
           is
           in
           them
           ,
           excelled
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           In
           the
           
             fourth
          
           day
           the
           host
           of
           heaven
           was
           made
           .
           
           This
           daies
           work
           in
           the
           glory
           and
           immutability
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           constant
           perpetuall
           motion
           ,
           running
           most
           swiftly
           round
           about
           the
           world
           every
           day
           ,
           without
           wasting
           or
           wearinesse
           ,
           excelled
           all
           that
           went
           before
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           In
           the
           
             fift
          
           day
           all
           the
           fowl
           of
           heaven
           ,
           
           and
           fish
           in
           the
           sea
           were
           created
           .
           These
           having
           life
           and
           sense
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           voluntarily
           moving
           from
           place
           to
           place
           ,
           surpassed
           the
           very
           host
           of
           heaven
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           In
           the
           
             sixth
          
           day
           ,
           
           besides
           other
           creatures
           living
           on
           the
           earth
           ,
           
             Man
          
           was
           made
           :
           Man
           ,
           in
           the
           image
           of
           God
           .
           This
           was
           Gods
           master-piece
           ,
           and
           reserved
           unto
           the
           last
           working
           day
           .
           By
           this
           distinct
           encrease
           of
           Gods
           goodnesse
           ,
           God
           comes
           the
           more
           to
           be
           admired
           ,
           and
           his
           wisdom
           ,
           power
           and
           other
           excellencies
           the
           better
           discerned
           .
           The
           like
           course
           therefore
           God
           took
           in
           his
           providence
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           God
           provides
           better
           things
           for
           the
           later
           times
           ,
           
           to
           make
           those
           better
           things
           to
           be
           the
           more
           earnestly
           desired
           and
           longed
           for
           ,
           before
           they
           come
           :
           and
           to
           be
           the
           more
           highly
           prized
           ,
           and
           the
           better
           esteemed
           ,
           after
           they
           are
           exhibited
           .
           It
           is
           said
           ,
           
             That
             many
             Prophets
             and
             righteous
             men
             desired
             to
             see
             and
             hear
             the
             things
             which
             were
             seen
             and
             heard
             in
             Christs
             daies
             ,
          
           which
           were
           the
           last
           daies
           .
           It
           is
           also
           said
           ,
           
           that
           the
           Prophets
           
             searched
             diligently
             ,
             what
             ,
             or
             what
             manner
             of
             time
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             which
             was
             in
             them
             did
             signifie
             ,
          
           
           
             when
             it
             testified
             before
             hand
             the
             sufferings
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             glorie
             that
             should
             follow
             .
          
           Certainly
           the
           putting
           off
           the
           great
           blessing
           of
           the
           exhibition
           of
           Christ
           to
           the
           later
           times
           ,
           made
           it
           to
           be
           the
           more
           desired
           ,
           and
           the
           better
           esteemed
           .
           When
           he
           was
           exhibited
           ,
           the
           Angel
           that
           brought
           the
           first
           tidings
           thereof
           ,
           
           thus
           expresseth
           it
           ,
           
             Behold
             ,
             I
             bring
             you
             good
             tidings
             of
             great
             joy
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             to
             all
             people
             .
          
           And
           the
           blessed
           Virgin
           ,
           so
           soon
           as
           she
           conceived
           him
           in
           her
           womb
           ,
           thus
           breaks
           out
           ,
           
             My
             soul
             doth
             magnifie
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             my
             spirit
             hath
             rejoyced
             in
             God
             my
             Saviour
             .
          
           
           And
           good
           old
           
             Zacharie
             ,
          
           when
           the
           fore-runner
           of
           Christ
           was
           born
           ,
           thus
           in
           great
           joy
           breaks
           out
           ,
           
           
             Blessed
             be
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Israel
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           another
           good
           old
           man
           ,
           having
           embraced
           Christ
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           but
           a
           little
           infant
           ,
           sweetly
           sings
           forth
           this
           Swan-like
           song
           ,
           
           
             Lord
             now
             lettest
             thou
             thy
             servant
             depart
             in
             peace
             ,
             for
             mine
             eyes
             have
             seen
             thy
             salvation
             .
          
           Their
           long
           expectation
           of
           Christ
           thus
           affected
           them
           ,
           when
           at
           length
           their
           longing
           was
           satisfied
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           God
           put
           off
           his
           best
           things
           to
           the
           last
           times
           ,
           
           because
           in
           his
           unsearchable
           wisdom
           he
           ordained
           ,
           that
           his
           Sonne
           should
           be
           sent
           into
           the
           world
           in
           the
           later
           age
           thereof
           ;
           that
           thereby
           he
           might
           be
           known
           to
           be
           the
           best
           of
           Gods
           gifts
           ,
           and
           to
           excell
           all
           other
           gifts
           ,
           that
           were
           before
           conferred
           upon
           the
           Church
           .
           
           He
           is
           said
           to
           be
           
             sent
             forth
             when
             the
             fullnesse
             of
             time
             was
             come
             .
          
           The
           Church
           had
           been
           as
           a
           breeding
           woman
           .
           
           She
           began
           first
           to
           conceive
           ,
           when
           God
           made
           the
           promise
           of
           the
           womans
           seed
           .
           She
           grew
           bigger
           and
           bigger
           through
           many
           other
           promises
           ,
           prophecies
           ,
           types
           and
           figures
           ,
           whereby
           her
           hope
           in
           the
           
             Messiah
          
           was
           nourished
           .
           At
           the
           fullnesse
           of
           time
           she
           travelled
           ,
           and
           brought
           forth
           this
           long
           expected
           man-childe
           .
           The
           better
           
           things
           ,
           which
           were
           now
           brought
           to
           passe
           in
           this
           fullnesse
           of
           time
           ,
           added
           much
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           him
           that
           was
           then
           born
           :
           then
           was
           the
           fulnesse
           of
           Gods
           grace
           and
           goodnesse
           manifested
           :
           so
           as
           this
           God
           thus
           ordered
           even
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           his
           Son
           .
        
         
           Hitherto
           of
           the
           Doctrinall
           part
           of
           my
           Text
           .
           
           It
           is
           time
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Application
           thereof
           .
           The
           Uses
           of
           Gods
           providence
           in
           reserving
           better
           things
           to
           the
           later
           times
           ,
           are
           of
           manifold
           and
           singular
           Use
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           affords
           a
           Demonstration
           of
           the
           detestablenesse
           of
           the
           Romish
           religion
           ,
           
           which
           hath
           directly
           perverted
           the
           fore-mentioned
           course
           of
           Gods
           providence
           to
           his
           Church
           .
           For
           ,
           where
           God
           provides
           better
           for
           the
           later
           times
           ,
           they
           make
           these
           later
           times
           to
           be
           farre
           the
           worse
           .
           As
           they
           handle
           the
           matter
           ,
           their
           Church
           under
           the
           Gospel
           is
           many
           waies
           in
           a
           worse
           case
           then
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Church
           was
           under
           the
           Law
           .
           Among
           many
           other
           instances
           I
           will
           note
           only
           four
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Their
           publike
           reading
           of
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           
           administring
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           praying
           and
           performing
           other
           divine
           services
           in
           an
           unknown
           tongue
           ,
           make
           the
           mysteries
           of
           the
           Gospel
           lesse
           intelligible
           ,
           more
           obscure
           ,
           and
           every
           way
           lesse
           edifying
           then
           all
           the
           rites
           ,
           types
           and
           shadows
           under
           the
           Law
           did
           .
           
           
             Except
             ye
             utter
             by
             the
             tongue
             words
             easie
             to
             be
             understood
             ,
             how
             shall
             it
             be
             known
             what
             is
             spoken
             ?
             for
             ye
             shall
             speak
             into
             the
             air
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           .
           And
           again
           ,
           
             If
             I
             know
             not
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             voice
             ,
             I
             shall
             be
             unto
             him
             that
             speaketh
             a
             Barbarian
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             speaketh
             shall
             be
             a
             Barbarian
             unto
             me
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           Their
           unbloudy
           Sacrifice
           (
           as
           they
           stile
           it
           )
           of
           a
           feigned
           transubstantiated
           body
           ,
           
           is
           farre
           worse
           then
           if
           they
           had
           such
           Sacrifices
           of
           beasts
           and
           fowls
           ,
           as
           were
           under
           the
           Law
           .
           Those
           sacrifices
           ,
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           did
           set
           out
           the
           vertue
           
           of
           Christs
           death
           ,
           and
           nourish
           their
           faith
           and
           hope
           in
           the
           benefits
           thereof
           .
           
           But
           the
           fore-said
           Popish
           sacrifice
           would
           take
           away
           the
           vertue
           and
           efficacy
           of
           Christs
           sacrifice
           ,
           if
           it
           could
           be
           taken
           away
           .
           For
           I
           demand
           ,
           whether
           the
           sacrifice
           that
           they
           pretend
           to
           offer
           up
           ,
           be
           the
           very
           same
           ,
           that
           Christ
           himself
           offered
           upon
           the
           crosse
           .
           If
           they
           say
           ,
           the
           same
           ,
           what
           need
           is
           there
           that
           it
           should
           be
           offered
           up
           again
           ?
           
           Was
           not
           Christs
           once
           offering
           of
           it
           up
           sufficient
           ?
           The
           Apostle
           doth
           assuredly
           intend
           as
           much
           by
           his
           frequent
           mention
           of
           this
           word
           
             once
             ,
          
           which
           is
           exclusively
           to
           be
           taken
           :
           once
           for
           all
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           reiterated
           .
           If
           it
           be
           another
           sacrifice
           ,
           then
           the
           sacrifice
           of
           Christ
           was
           not
           perfect
           .
           For
           hereby
           the
           Apostle
           proveth
           the
           Priesthood
           of
           the
           Law
           to
           be
           unperfect
           ;
           because
           another
           was
           to
           succeed
           in
           the
           room
           of
           it
           .
           Whereas
           some
           say
           ,
           that
           their
           offering
           up
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           is
           but
           by
           way
           of
           application
           ;
           that
           seems
           to
           contradict
           their
           own
           position
           ;
           for
           they
           teach
           that
           the
           fore-mentioned
           transubstantiated
           body
           ,
           offered
           up
           by
           a
           Priest
           ,
           is
           a
           
             true
             ,
             reall
             ,
             propitiatory
             sacrifice
             for
             the
             quick
             and
             dead
             .
          
           Besides
           ,
           the
           end
           of
           Christs
           intercession
           ,
           and
           the
           vertue
           thereof
           is
           made
           void
           by
           that
           which
           is
           avouched
           of
           the
           applicatory
           vertue
           of
           their
           sacrifice
           .
           For
           the
           continuall
           application
           of
           Christs
           own
           sacrifice
           ,
           is
           the
           end
           of
           Christs
           intercession
           .
           They
           think
           to
           evade
           all
           these
           absurdities
           by
           a
           distinction
           betwixt
           a
           bloody
           and
           unbloody
           sacrifice
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           the
           sacrifice
           which
           Christ
           himself
           offered
           up
           was
           a
           bloudy
           sacrifice
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           they
           offer
           up
           ,
           unbloody
           .
           To
           this
           distinction
           I
           answer
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           's
           without
           any
           warrant
           or
           ground
           from
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           being
           applied
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           position
           ,
           to
           one
           and
           the
           same
           thing
           (
           for
           they
           say
           that
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           their
           Priest
           offereth
           up
           ,
           is
           the
           very
           same
           that
           Christ
           offered
           upon
           the
           crosse
           )
           it
           implieth
           contradictory
           terms
           ,
           
           namely
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           thing
           should
           be
           bloody
           and
           unbloody
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           According
           to
           their
           own
           position
           ,
           their
           sacrifice
           cannot
           be
           unbloody
           :
           for
           they
           hold
           that
           the
           wine
           is
           transubstantiated
           into
           blood
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           bread
           into
           a
           body
           ,
           and
           both
           make
           one
           sacrifice
           .
           How
           can
           that
           be
           unbloody
           ,
           which
           consists
           of
           bloud
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           of
           blood
           poured
           out
           ,
           as
           their
           wine
           is
           into
           the
           chalice
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           the
           chalice
           into
           the
           Priests
           mouth
           .
           
        
         
           4.
           
           If
           it
           be
           unbloody
           ,
           
           it
           hath
           no
           vertue
           for
           the
           taking
           away
           of
           sin
           :
           For
           
             without
             shedding
             of
             blood
             is
             no
             remission
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           third
           instance
           of
           their
           making
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           worse
           then
           of
           the
           Jewish
           ,
           
           is
           their
           unwarrantable
           and
           inhumane
           penance
           (
           which
           oft
           they
           enjoyn
           to
           their
           penitents
           ,
           for
           satisfaction
           )
           and
           other
           barbarous
           courses
           ,
           whereunto
           they
           perswademen
           upon
           pretence
           of
           merit
           and
           perfection
           .
           They
           have
           in
           these
           cases
           some
           whom
           they
           stile
           
             Eremites
             ,
          
           who
           live
           in
           remote
           places
           from
           all
           society
           ,
           and
           feed
           upon
           such
           fruit
           ,
           roots
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           that
           the
           earth
           bringeth
           forth
           ,
           lodging
           in
           Caves
           ,
           Dens
           or
           Cellars
           ,
           digged
           out
           of
           the
           ground
           .
           Others
           they
           call
           
             Anchorites
             ,
          
           who
           live
           enclosed
           betwixt
           walls
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           receive
           their
           sustenance
           for
           the
           whole
           week
           .
           Others
           they
           either
           enjoy
           ,
           or
           perswade
           to
           whip
           their
           naked
           backs
           with
           scourges
           of
           cords
           ,
           wyers
           ,
           and
           sharp
           rundals
           ,
           till
           the
           blood
           run
           down
           ,
           and
           skin
           and
           flesh
           be
           torn
           from
           their
           backs
           .
           Others
           must
           lie
           in
           shirts
           of
           hair
           cloth
           .
           Others
           go
           bare
           foot
           and
           bare
           legged
           to
           such
           and
           such
           shrines
           .
           Others
           undertake
           long
           pilgrimages
           to
           remote
           lands
           ;
           nay
           ,
           they
           stick
           not
           to
           send
           a
           Queen
           to
           Tiburn
           upon
           penance
           .
           Did
           the
           Law
           ever
           impose
           such
           hard
           tasks
           upon
           any
           that
           were
           under
           the
           pedagogy
           thereof
           ?
           
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           last
           instance
           that
           I
           will
           give
           of
           putting
           an
           heavier
           
           yoke
           upon
           the
           necks
           of
           Christians
           ,
           then
           the
           Law
           did
           upon
           the
           Jews
           ,
           
           shall
           be
           the
           innumerable
           ,
           unwarrantable
           ,
           and
           intolerable
           rites
           ,
           which
           on
           meer
           humane
           inventions
           are
           obtruded
           upon
           their
           people
           .
           These
           must
           needs
           be
           heavier
           burdens
           then
           the
           rites
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           in
           three
           respects
           especially
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           that
           they
           lie
           as
           dead
           things
           on
           mens
           shoulders
           ,
           which
           make
           them
           the
           heavier
           .
           The
           life
           of
           rites
           in
           Gods
           service
           ,
           consisteth
           in
           divine
           institution
           ,
           and
           warrantable
           signification
           .
           But
           Popish
           rites
           are
           neither
           instituted
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           have
           any
           warrantable
           signification
           ,
           whereupon
           he
           that
           useth
           them
           may
           rest
           .
           The
           rites
           of
           the
           Law
           had
           both
           their
           institution
           and
           signification
           from
           God
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           There
           is
           no
           set
           stint
           of
           them
           .
           For
           mans
           inventions
           are
           endlesse
           .
           They
           have
           no
           set
           and
           certain
           rule
           to
           be
           ordered
           and
           moderated
           by
           .
           But
           God
           set
           down
           a
           distinct
           number
           of
           rites
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           whereunto
           there
           was
           no
           need
           to
           adde
           any
           other
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           When
           all
           is
           done
           that
           can
           be
           done
           about
           the
           foresaid
           Popish
           rites
           ,
           they
           can
           give
           no
           sound
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           conscience
           .
           If
           the
           doers
           thereof
           should
           plead
           them
           before
           God
           ,
           what
           other
           answer
           could
           they
           receive
           ,
           but
           this
           ,
           
             Who
             hath
             required
             this
             at
             your
             hand
             ?
          
           
           Or
           thus
           ,
           
             In
             vain
             they
             worship
             me
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           Much
           more
           might
           be
           said
           in
           manifesting
           the
           wrong
           ,
           which
           in
           this
           kinde
           our
           Adversaries
           doe
           to
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           and
           in
           manifesting
           the
           blindenesse
           of
           those
           ,
           that
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           beled
           with
           such
           blinde
           guides
           .
           Blessed
           be
           God
           that
           hath
           delivered
           us
           out
           of
           that
           worse
           then
           
             Egyptian
          
           darknesse
           .
        
         
           The
           progresse
           of
           Gods
           providence
           unto
           the
           better
           ,
           
           gives
           us
           information
           in
           their
           folly
           ,
           who
           on
           too
           great
           admiration
           of
           those
           externall
           glorious
           types
           ,
           which
           were
           
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           doe
           wish
           the
           continuance
           of
           them
           still
           :
           as
           such
           a
           Temple
           as
           
             Solomon
          
           built
           ,
           such
           
             Cherubims
             ,
          
           such
           
             Altars
             ,
          
           such
           
             Tables
             ,
          
           such
           
             Candle-sticks
             ,
          
           such
           
             Lavers
             ,
          
           such
           
             Priestly
             vestments
             ,
          
           and
           other
           such
           
             vessels
          
           and
           
             instruments
             ,
          
           as
           were
           precious
           in
           their
           matter
           ,
           being
           of
           pure
           and
           fine
           brasse
           ,
           silver
           ,
           gold
           ,
           fine
           linnen
           ,
           silk
           ,
           skarlet
           ,
           pearls
           ,
           precious
           stones
           ,
           and
           very
           curious
           in
           their
           workmanship
           ,
           and
           glorious
           to
           the
           sight
           .
           Herein
           they
           manifest
           their
           folly
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           doe
           not
           understand
           nor
           discern
           the
           excellency
           of
           those
           spirituall
           and
           coelestiall
           things
           which
           God
           hath
           now
           provided
           for
           his
           Church
           :
           whereof
           those
           externall
           and
           earthly
           ,
           though
           seemingly
           glorious
           types
           ,
           
           were
           but
           shadows
           and
           figures
           ;
           herein
           they
           shew
           themselves
           like
           to
           our
           first
           Parents
           ,
           who
           were
           deceived
           with
           the
           fair
           shew
           and
           pleasant
           taste
           of
           the
           forbidden
           fruit
           .
        
         
           Some
           ,
           
           whom
           we
           may
           well
           stile
           
             Jewish
             Christians
             ,
          
           so
           farre
           manifest
           their
           folly
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           as
           they
           doe
           not
           only
           wish
           those
           former
           times
           ,
           but
           also
           actually
           conform
           themselves
           to
           that
           servile
           pedagogy
           .
           
           For
           what
           fish
           ,
           fowl
           and
           beast
           were
           then
           forbidden
           ,
           they
           still
           hold
           unlawfull
           to
           be
           eaten
           ,
           though
           God
           hath
           forbidden
           us
           to
           call
           that
           unclean
           which
           he
           hath
           cleansed
           ,
           and
           reckons
           abstaining
           from
           meats
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           created
           to
           be
           received
           ,
           among
           
             doctrines
             of
             devils
             .
          
           
           The
           last
           day
           also
           of
           the
           week
           they
           still
           keep
           for
           their
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           though
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           in
           memorial
           of
           Christs
           resurrection
           ,
           be
           expresly
           set
           down
           in
           the
           new
           Testament
           ,
           
           for
           Christians
           holy
           assembling
           together
           .
        
         
           Too
           near
           to
           these
           doe
           they
           come
           ,
           
           who
           though
           they
           do
           not
           tie
           themselves
           to
           the
           very
           same
           rites
           and
           ordinances
           ,
           whereto
           the
           Jews
           were
           bound
           ,
           yet
           tread
           too
           near
           upon
           their
           heels
           ,
           and
           too
           apishly
           imitate
           them
           :
           and
           that
           in
           matters
           about
           divine
           Service
           :
           as
           in
           fair
           embroidered
           
           Copes
           ,
           and
           other
           Ministers-vestments
           ;
           in
           high
           standing
           Altars
           ;
           in
           low
           cringings
           and
           bowings
           ;
           in
           turning
           to
           the
           East
           ,
           as
           they
           to
           the
           Temple
           ,
           when
           they
           pray
           ;
           in
           variety
           of
           musicall
           instruments
           and
           artificiall
           anthems
           ;
           in
           multitude
           of
           holy
           daies
           ,
           with
           the
           like
           ;
           whereof
           even
           this
           Church
           stood
           formerly
           too
           guilty
           .
           These
           
             Jewish
             Christians
          
           doe
           both
           justifie
           the
           poor
           blinde
           Jews
           ,
           who
           yet
           retain
           as
           many
           of
           the
           
             Mosaicall
          
           Ceremonies
           as
           they
           can
           (
           in
           that
           Christians
           have
           a
           greater
           light
           ,
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           to
           discover
           unto
           them
           the
           abrogation
           of
           that
           Law
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           reason
           thereof
           )
           and
           also
           doe
           harden
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           bold
           in
           cleaving
           to
           their
           Law
           ,
           when
           they
           see
           such
           as
           professe
           themselves
           Christians
           ,
           come
           so
           near
           there
           unto
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Gods
           encreasing
           goodnesse
           may
           give
           some
           satisfaction
           to
           such
           as
           make
           question
           of
           
             Church
             Governours
             ,
          
           
           proper
           and
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           Of
           such
           I
           demand
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           a
           good
           ,
           usefull
           ,
           and
           needfull
           thing
           ,
           for
           the
           Church
           to
           have
           Governours
           of
           its
           own
           ;
           and
           secondly
           ,
           whether
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           
             Iews
          
           had
           such
           Governours
           ,
           or
           no
           .
           Surely
           ,
           me thinks
           neither
           of
           these
           should
           be
           denied
           .
           Have
           not
           families
           ,
           schools
           of
           learning
           ,
           Colledges
           ,
           Universities
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           Towns
           ,
           all
           manner
           of
           Corporations
           ,
           Companies
           and
           Societies
           ,
           Governours
           proper
           and
           peculiar
           to
           themselves
           :
           besides
           the
           publike
           Magistrates
           ,
           who
           are
           also
           over
           them
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           by
           experience
           found
           ,
           that
           such
           proper
           and
           peculiar
           Governours
           are
           needfull
           and
           usefull
           ,
           and
           so
           good
           in
           their
           severall
           sphears
           ?
           And
           shall
           the
           best
           Society
           on
           earth
           ,
           the
           militant
           Church
           ,
           be
           without
           Ecclesiasticall
           Governours
           ,
           proper
           and
           peculiar
           to
           it
           ?
           I
           suppose
           none
           will
           deny
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Israel
          
           had
           such
           Governours
           :
           instance
           their
           
             Priests
          
           and
           
             Levites
             .
          
           In
           
             Iehoshaphats
          
           time
           there
           is
           an
           expresse
           
           distinction
           made
           betwixt
           Ecclesiasticall
           and
           Civill
           Governours
           under
           these
           two
           phrases
           ,
           
           
             matter
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             matters
             of
             the
             King
             .
          
           If
           Church-Governours
           were
           an
           evidence
           of
           Gods
           good
           Providence
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           surely
           his
           Providence
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           would
           not
           be
           more
           scantie
           to
           the
           Church
           under
           the
           Gospel
           :
           for
           he
           hath
           promised
           to
           doe
           better
           then
           at
           her
           beginnings
           .
           A
           change
           of
           Governours
           there
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           the
           better
           ;
           but
           an
           utter
           abolishing
           of
           all
           Governours
           ,
           proper
           and
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           cannot
           be
           to
           the
           better
           .
           We
           expressely
           reade
           that
           
             God
             hath
             set
             in
             his
             Church
             ,
          
           
           among
           other
           good
           functions
           ,
           
             Governments
             .
          
           If
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           under
           that
           word
           ,
           
             Governments
             ,
          
           
           civill
           
             Magistrates
          
           are
           understood
           :
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           first
           this
           phrase
           ,
           
             God
             hath
             set
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           then
           the
           other
           particulars
           ,
           among
           which
           Governments
           are
           reckoned
           ,
           being
           all
           proper
           and
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           admit
           not
           such
           an
           interpretation
           thereof
           .
           To
           them
           which
           aske
           where
           any
           mention
           is
           made
           of
           a
           ruling
           Elder
           ,
           I
           alleadge
           these
           words
           of
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           (
           1
           
             Tim.
          
           5.
           17.
           )
           
             The
             Elders
             that
             rule
             well
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Apply
           them
           as
           you
           please
           ,
           to
           Ministers
           or
           others
           :
           there
           are
           ruling
           Elders
           .
           The
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           twice
           used
           by
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           (
           
             Heb.
          
           13.
           7
           ,
           17.
           )
           and
           translated
           by
           our
           last
           and
           best
           Translators
           of
           the
           Bible
           ,
           
             them
             that
             have
             rule
             ,
          
           sheweth
           ,
           that
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           are
           Church-Governours
           :
           for
           Christians
           are
           required
           
             to
             obey
          
           them
           .
           And
           that
           Ministers
           are
           there
           meant
           ,
           is
           evident
           by
           these
           phrases
           ,
           
             They
             have
             spoken
             unto
             you
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             they
             watch
             for
             your
             soules
             .
          
        
         
           To
           shew
           that
           this
           kinde
           of
           Government
           doth
           not
           intrench
           upon
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           civill
           Magistrate
           ,
           let
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           them
           be
           well
           observed
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           these
           three
           particulars
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Civill
           Magistrates
           command
           in
           their
           owne
           name
           ,
           or
           
           in
           the
           name
           of
           a
           superiour
           civill
           Magistrate
           ,
           thus
           ,
           
             I
             charge
             you
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             King
             .
          
           But
           Church-Governours
           ,
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Civill
           Magistrates
           require
           obedience
           to
           themselves
           ,
           Church-Governours
           ,
           to
           Christ
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Civill
           Magistrates
           presse
           on
           their
           subjects
           their
           own
           Lawes
           ,
           as
           Statutes
           and
           Ordinances
           made
           by
           themselves
           .
           Church-Governours
           ,
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           4
           ,
           The
           progresse
           of
           Gods
           Providence
           to
           the
           better
           ,
           
           is
           a
           great
           aggravation
           of
           the
           ungracious
           and
           ungratefull
           disposition
           of
           many
           people
           ,
           if
           not
           of
           most
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           reserved
           to
           these
           later
           times
           .
           God
           hath
           graciously
           done
           better
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           deale
           worse
           with
           God
           .
           Such
           are
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           They
           who
           remaine
           blinde
           and
           ignorant
           under
           the
           cleare
           light
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           
           A
           wonder
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           there
           should
           be
           so
           little
           knowledge
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           so
           plentifull
           means
           of
           knowledge
           .
           Note
           an
           Apostles
           doom
           of
           such
           ,
           
             If
             our
             Gospel
             be
             hid
             ,
          
           
           
             it
             is
             hid
             to
             them
             that
             are
             lost
             ,
             whose
             eyes
             the
             God
             of
             the
             world
             hath
             blinded
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           They
           who
           are
           unstable
           ,
           
           and
           carryed
           about
           with
           every
           winde
           of
           doctrine
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           evident
           demonstration
           of
           the
           truth
           now
           made
           known
           unto
           us
           .
           The
           Apostle
           resembles
           them
           to
           
             children
             ,
          
           
           whereas
           for
           the
           time
           we
           ought
           to
           be
           as
           grown
           strong
           men
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Such
           as
           are
           ever
           weak
           in
           faith
           ,
           
           full
           of
           doubts
           and
           fears
           .
           Oft
           doth
           Christ
           check
           his
           Disciples
           for
           this
           .
           Such
           come
           farre
           short
           in
           strength
           of
           faith
           ,
           of
           those
           who
           lived
           before
           these
           better
           times
           .
           Witnesse
           that
           catalogue
           of
           believers
           which
           the
           Apostle
           maketh
           ,
           
             Heb.
          
           11.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           Such
           as
           take
           advantage
           ,
           
           from
           the
           abundance
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           ,
           to
           exceed
           in
           sinne
           .
           In
           the
           Apostles
           time
           ,
           upon
           this
           gracious
           extent
           of
           grace
           to
           great
           sinners
           ,
           
             Where
             sin
             abounded
             
             grace
             did
             much
             more
             abound
             ;
          
           some
           made
           this
           impious
           and
           unjust
           inference
           ,
           let
           us
           
             continue
             in
             sinne
             ,
             that
             grace
             may
             abound
             .
          
           These
           make
           sinne
           the
           proper
           procuring
           cause
           of
           Gods
           grace
           ,
           
           which
           is
           every
           way
           free
           :
           only
           God
           takes
           occasion
           from
           the
           misery
           whereinto
           sin
           implungeth
           man
           ,
           to
           extend
           mercy
           unto
           him
           :
           and
           that
           abundance
           of
           sinne
           may
           not
           hinder
           the
           current
           of
           his
           grace
           ,
           he
           causeth
           it
           to
           abound
           .
           
           Besides
           ,
           they
           who
           inferre
           the
           fore-said
           unjust
           consequence
           ,
           apply
           that
           to
           sins
           future
           ,
           which
           is
           spoken
           of
           sins
           past
           ;
           
           and
           extend
           that
           to
           obstinate
           and
           impenitent
           sinners
           ,
           which
           is
           intended
           to
           such
           as
           groan
           under
           the
           burden
           of
           their
           sins
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Such
           as
           from
           the
           comfortable
           Doctrine
           of
           Election
           to
           life
           ,
           
           inferre
           that
           they
           shall
           assuredly
           be
           saved
           ,
           though
           they
           live
           never
           so
           lewdly
           :
           not
           considering
           that
           they
           who
           are
           ordained
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           
           are
           ordained
           to
           the
           means
           that
           bring
           to
           that
           end
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Such
           as
           from
           Gods
           wisdom
           in
           bringing
           good
           out
           of
           evil
           ,
           
           take
           occasion
           to
           do
           evil
           ,
           upon
           this
           pretence
           ,
           that
           good
           may
           come
           .
           The
           Apostle
           most
           justly
           makes
           this
           inference
           upon
           theirs
           ,
           
           
             whose
             damnation
             is
             just
             :
          
           implying
           thereby
           ,
           that
           damnation
           is
           their
           due
           ,
           and
           that
           most
           justly
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Such
           as
           upon
           Gods
           pardoning
           a
           sinner
           ,
           
           whensoever
           he
           repents
           ,
           put
           off
           their
           repentance
           :
           not
           considering
           that
           men
           have
           not
           power
           to
           repent
           when
           they
           will
           :
           so
           as
           such
           may
           never
           repent
           ,
           and
           never
           be
           pardoned
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           Such
           as
           from
           that
           liberty
           wherewith
           Christ
           hath
           made
           us
           free
           ,
           
           imagine
           that
           they
           are
           freed
           from
           all
           obedience
           to
           the
           morall
           Law
           :
           
           whereas
           that
           liberty
           is
           only
           from
           the
           rigour
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           which
           bindes
           to
           a
           perfect
           fullfilling
           thereof
           in
           every
           part
           ,
           point
           and
           degree
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           curse
           thereof
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           Such
           as
           deny
           the
           morality
           of
           the
           Christian
           Sabbath
           ,
           
           
           and
           profane
           it
           with
           all
           manner
           of
           sports
           ,
           because
           the
           ancient
           day
           is
           changed
           by
           vertue
           of
           Christs
           resurrection
           .
           All
           these
           and
           other
           like
           them
           
             turn
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             into
             lasciviousnesse
             ;
          
           
           that
           is
           ,
           into
           all
           kinde
           of
           licentious
           living
           .
           An
           Apostle
           gives
           this
           verdict
           of
           them
           ,
           
             They
             were
             of
             old
             ordained
             to
             condemnation
             .
          
        
         
           10.
           
           All
           
             that
             having
             escaped
             the
             pollutions
             of
             the
             world
             ,
          
           
           
             through
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             are
             again
             entangled
             therein
             ,
             and
             overcome
             ,
             and
             willfully
             sinne
             ,
             after
             they
             have
             received
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             truth
             .
          
           
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           all
           apostates
           from
           the
           true
           faith
           ,
           deal
           most
           ungraciously
           and
           ungratefully
           with
           God
           .
           I
           may
           well
           use
           
             Moses
          
           his
           exprobration
           against
           them
           ,
           
           
             Do
             yee
             thus
             requite
             the
             Lord
             ,
             O
             foolish
             people
             and
             unwise
             ?
          
           The
           fore-mentioned
           Gospel-sins
           ,
           and
           others
           like
           unto
           them
           ,
           doe
           much
           grieve
           the
           good
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           commit
           them
           go
           far
           
             in
             treading
             under
             foot
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             counting
             the
             blood
             of
             the
             Covenant
             wherewith
             they
             were
             sanctified
             an
             unholy
             thing
             .
          
           By
           the
           means
           of
           grace
           they
           are
           
             exalted
             unto
             heaven
             :
          
           
           but
           by
           their
           abuse
           thereof
           they
           are
           
             brought
             down
             unto
             hell
             .
          
           So
           as
           the
           woe
           denounced
           against
           those
           ,
           among
           whom
           Christ
           much
           conversed
           ,
           may
           be
           applied
           to
           these
           .
           The
           inference
           which
           the
           Apostle
           maketh
           upon
           Gospel-sinners
           ,
           cannot
           but
           terrifie
           such
           as
           heed
           it
           ,
           
           it
           is
           this
           ,
           
             He
             that
             despised
             Moses
             Law
             died
             without
             mercy
             .
             Of
             how
             much
             sorer
             punishment
             ,
             suppose
             yee
             ,
             shall
             he
             be
             thought
             worthy
             ,
             who
             hath
             treden
             under
             foot
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God
             ?
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           But
           from
           these
           Uses
           of
           errour
           and
           terrour
           ,
           I
           proceed
           to
           Uses
           of
           another
           kinde
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           
           Much
           consolation
           may
           be
           gathered
           by
           faithfull
           ones
           ,
           from
           the
           continuall
           encrease
           of
           Gods
           providence
           ,
           in
           such
           sad
           ,
           doubtfull
           ,
           dangerous
           daies
           ,
           as
           these
           our
           daies
           are
           .
           For
           we
           may
           with
           confidence
           expect
           better
           things
           .
           The
           
           daies
           wherein
           the
           Prophet
           first
           uttered
           this
           prophecy
           were
           worse
           daies
           then
           ours
           are
           ;
           and
           to
           comfort
           the
           faithfull
           that
           then
           lived
           ,
           and
           such
           others
           as
           should
           from
           age
           to
           age
           live
           after
           them
           ,
           he
           revealed
           this
           promise
           .
           There
           are
           more
           particular
           promises
           concerning
           a
           future
           glory
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           set
           down
           by
           the
           Prophets
           in
           the
           old
           Testament
           ,
           and
           by
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           in
           the
           new
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           book
           of
           the
           
             Revelation
             ,
          
           then
           we
           have
           either
           heard
           of
           ,
           or
           seen
           in
           our
           daies
           to
           be
           accomplished
           .
           The
           glorious
           City
           described
           ,
           
             Revel.
             21.
             10
             ,
             &c.
          
           is
           by
           many
           judicious
           Divines
           taken
           for
           a
           type
           of
           a
           spirituall
           ,
           glorious
           estate
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           under
           the
           Gospel
           yet
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           that
           before
           his
           last
           comming
           to
           judgement
           .
           I
           passe
           by
           all
           conceits
           of
           our
           later
           
             Chiliasts
          
           or
           
             Millenaries
             ,
          
           (
           whom
           in
           English
           we
           may
           call
           
             Thousandaries
          
           )
           who
           imagine
           ,
           that
           Christ
           shall
           personally
           come
           down
           from
           heaven
           ,
           in
           that
           nature
           in
           which
           after
           his
           resurrection
           he
           ascended
           into
           heaven
           ,
           and
           raign
           here
           a
           thousand
           years
           with
           his
           Saints
           .
           The
           certainty
           of
           this
           I
           leave
           to
           be
           proved
           by
           them
           who
           are
           the
           broachers
           thereof
           .
           But
           this
           is
           most
           certain
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           yet
           better
           things
           to
           come
           then
           have
           been
           since
           the
           first
           calling
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           .
           
           Among
           other
           better
           things
           to
           come
           ,
           the
           
             recalling
             of
             the
             Jews
          
           is
           most
           clearly
           and
           plentifully
           fore
           told
           by
           the
           Prophets
           .
           Many
           apply
           sundry
           prophecies
           that
           tend
           that
           way
           ,
           to
           the
           delivery
           of
           the
           Jews
           from
           the
           
             Babylonish
          
           Captivity
           ;
           and
           others
           ,
           to
           the
           spirituall
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           consisting
           of
           
             Gentiles
             .
          
           But
           assuredly
           such
           prophecies
           as
           fore-tell
           the
           re-uniting
           of
           
             Judah
          
           and
           
             Ephraim
          
           together
           ,
           have
           especiall
           reference
           to
           the
           fore-said
           
             recalling
             of
             the
             Jews
             :
          
           as
           that
           Parable
           ,
           whereof
           this
           our
           Prophet
           maketh
           mention
           ,
           about
           joyning
           two
           sticks
           ,
           on
           the
           one
           whereof
           was
           written
           ,
           
           
             For
             Judah
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             his
             companions
             :
          
           and
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           
             For
             Joseph
             
             the
             stick
             of
             Ephraim
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             the
             house
             of
             Israel
             his
             companions
             .
          
           That
           Parable
           the
           Prophet
           thus
           applieth
           ,
           
             I
             will
             make
             them
             one
             Nation
             ,
             and
             one
             King
             shall
             be
             King
             to
             them
             all
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           But
           if
           any
           shall
           question
           this
           and
           other
           prophecies
           of
           the
           ancient
           Prophets
           .
           The
           Apostle
           
             Paul
          
           hath
           so
           expresly
           fore-told
           a
           
             recalling
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
          
           and
           thereupon
           ,
           
             a
             bringing
             in
             a
             fullness
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           as
           no
           question
           can
           be
           made
           thereof
           :
           and
           he
           doth
           after
           such
           a
           manner
           expresse
           these
           ,
           as
           apparently
           declareth
           a
           future
           glory
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           .
           Some
           particular
           expressions
           of
           his
           in
           the
           11.
           to
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           are
           these
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Vers
             .
          
           11.
           
           Having
           propounded
           this
           Question
           concerning
           the
           Jews
           ,
           
             Have
             they
             stumbled
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             fall
             ?
          
           (
           namely
           ,
           totally
           and
           finally
           ,
           never
           to
           be
           raised
           again
           .
           )
           He
           gives
           this
           answer
           ,
           
             God
             forbid
             .
          
           Whereby
           he
           implieth
           ,
           that
           assuredly
           they
           shall
           be
           raised
           again
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           made
           a
           visible
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           submit
           themselves
           to
           his
           ordinances
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Vers
             .
          
           12.
           
           This
           supposition
           ,
           
             If
             the
             fall
             of
             them
             be
             riches
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             diminishing
             of
             them
             the
             riches
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             :
             how
             much
             more
             their
             fullnesse
             ?
          
           By
           their
           fullnesse
           ,
           he
           meaneth
           their
           bringing
           them
           in
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           consisting
           of
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           and
           thereby
           making
           that
           Church
           full
           ,
           when
           both
           
             Gentiles
          
           and
           
             Jews
          
           shall
           be
           joyned
           together
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Vers
             .
          
           15.
           
           This
           Question
           (
           
             What
             shall
             the
             receiving
             of
             them
             be
             but
             life
             from
             the
             dead
             ?
          
           )
           doth
           take
           it
           for
           grant
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           be
           received
           ,
           and
           taken
           into
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           restauration
           of
           theirs
           will
           be
           as
           a
           new
           glorious
           resurrection
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           
             Vers
             .
          
           23.
           
           It
           is
           said
           ,
           
             They
             also
             shall
             be
             graffed
             in
             ;
          
           namely
           ,
           into
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ;
           and
           a
           proof
           thereof
           is
           taken
           from
           Gods
           omnipotency
           ,
           
             For
             God
             is
             able
             to
             graff
             them
             in
             again
             .
          
        
         
         
           5.
           
           
             Vers
             .
          
           24.
           
           This
           emphaticall
           Interrogation
           ,
           
             How
             much
             more
             shall
             these
             ,
             which
             be
             the
             naturall
             branches
             ,
             he
             graffed
             into
             their
             own
             Olive-tree
             ?
          
           doth
           put
           it
           out
           of
           all
           question
           ,
           that
           the
           Jews
           shall
           again
           be
           brought
           to
           be
           of
           the
           true
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Olive-tree
           here
           intended
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           
             Vers
             .
          
           25.
           
           This
           restrictive
           particle
           ,
           
             In
             part
             (
             blindenesse
             in
             part
             is
             happened
             unto
             Israel
          
           )
           doth
           import
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           not
           be
           
             finally
          
           blinded
           ,
           but
           that
           at
           length
           they
           shall
           come
           to
           have
           their
           eyes
           so
           opened
           ,
           as
           they
           shall
           know
           and
           believe
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           This
           is
           further
           manifested
           by
           expressing
           the
           period
           of
           this
           limitation
           ,
           thus
           ,
           
             Vntill
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             be
             come
             in
             .
          
        
         
           7.
           
           
             Verse
          
           26.
           
           This
           generall
           phrase
           ;
           
             All
             Israel
             shall
             be
             saved
             ,
          
           sheweth
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           when
           not
           only
           two
           or
           three
           ,
           or
           a
           few
           
             Jews
          
           here
           and
           there
           thorowout
           the
           Christian
           Church
           (
           as
           have
           been
           in
           all
           ages
           thereof
           )
           but
           the
           whole
           Nation
           shall
           be
           called
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           
             Vers
             .
          
           31.
           
           This
           phrase
           ,
           
             Through
             your
             mercy
             they
             also
             may
             obtain
             mercy
             ;
          
           sheweth
           ,
           that
           God
           purposely
           suffered
           them
           sometime
           to
           abide
           in
           unbelief
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           should
           be
           brought
           to
           believe
           ,
           this
           grace
           and
           honour
           might
           appear
           to
           arise
           from
           Gods
           meer
           mercy
           and
           free
           grace
           .
           The
           words
           following
           in
           the
           next
           verse
           doe
           shew
           as
           much
           :
           They
           are
           these
           ,
           
             For
             God
             hath
             concluded
             them
             all
             in
             unbelief
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             have
             mercy
             upon
             all
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           we
           see
           that
           there
           is
           a
           calling
           of
           the
           
             Jews
          
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           calling
           shall
           be
           as
           a
           resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           as
           an
           incision
           of
           many
           more
           branches
           into
           a
           glorious
           tree
           ,
           that
           it
           shall
           be
           an
           universall
           ,
           conspicuous
           calling
           of
           a
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           wherein
           the
           freenesse
           and
           largenesse
           of
           Gods
           grace
           and
           mercy
           shall
           be
           evidently
           manifested
           .
           At
           which
           time
           there
           shall
           be
           also
           such
           a
           number
           of
           
             Gentiles
          
           brought
           in
           ,
           as
           may
           well
           be
           called
           the
           
             fulnesse
             of
             the
             
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           vers.
           25.
           
           This
           certainly
           shall
           be
           a
           most
           glorious
           condition
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           yet
           to
           come
           :
           therefore
           God
           will
           yet
           doe
           better
           things
           for
           us
           .
           In
           expectation
           whereof
           we
           may
           comfort
           our selves
           ,
           though
           for
           a
           while
           thick
           clouds
           of
           troubles
           doe
           over-spread
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           somewhat
           eclipse
           the
           glorious
           brightnesse
           thereof
           .
        
         
           Yea
           further
           ,
           
           we
           may
           expect
           better
           things
           then
           yet
           we
           doe
           enjoy
           ,
           upon
           the
           fore-mentioned
           progresse
           of
           Gods
           good
           providence
           ,
           before
           that
           glorious
           calling
           of
           the
           
             Jews
          
           be
           accomplished
           .
           For
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           after
           this
           promise
           made
           ,
           before
           the
           first
           comming
           of
           the
           
             Messiah
             ,
          
           and
           calling
           of
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           had
           conferred
           upon
           them
           many
           better
           things
           then
           before
           .
           They
           were
           brought
           out
           of
           Captivity
           to
           their
           own
           Land
           .
           A
           second
           Temple
           was
           built
           .
           The
           Law
           was
           restored
           unto
           them
           by
           
             Ezra
             ,
          
           and
           many
           other
           blessings
           .
           So
           after
           Christs
           first
           comming
           ,
           the
           Gospel
           was
           preached
           in
           many
           Nations
           ,
           multitudes
           of
           Churches
           were
           erected
           and
           established
           ,
           the
           Gospel
           confirmed
           by
           many
           undaunted
           Martyrs
           .
           Yea
           ,
           after
           much
           persecution
           ,
           the
           Church
           had
           great
           rest
           and
           liberty
           in
           
             Constantines
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Christian
           
             Emperours
          
           times
           .
           And
           though
           that
           rest
           and
           liberty
           were
           in
           time
           exceedingly
           abused
           ,
           by
           the
           ambition
           of
           Prelates
           ,
           which
           at
           length
           brought
           it
           to
           the
           height
           of
           Papacy
           ,
           yet
           God
           by
           a
           Reformation
           in
           these
           later
           times
           ,
           shewed
           that
           he
           was
           mindefull
           of
           this
           his
           promise
           ,
           and
           did
           better
           things
           for
           her
           then
           before
           .
        
         
           This
           may
           further
           be
           exemplified
           by
           Gods
           doing
           better
           for
           us
           here
           in
           
             England
          
           then
           at
           our
           beginnings
           .
           
           For
           as
           the
           thick
           dark
           cloud
           of
           
             Antichristianisme
          
           over-spread
           the
           skie
           of
           the
           whole
           Christian
           Church
           for
           many
           years
           together
           ,
           so
           did
           it
           clean
           keep
           away
           the
           bright
           shining
           of
           the
           Gospel
           from
           
             England
             .
          
           But
           it
           pleased
           God
           almost
           three
           hundred
           
           years
           agoe
           ,
           
           in
           the
           raign
           of
           
             Edward
          
           the
           third
           ,
           to
           raise
           up
           
             John
             Wickliff
             ,
          
           a
           Professour
           at
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           to
           hold
           out
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           so
           as
           many
           in
           those
           daies
           were
           much
           enlightned
           thereby
           .
        
         
           Among
           other
           principles
           wherein
           he
           instructed
           the
           people
           ,
           these
           were
           some
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Eucharist
           ,
           
           after
           consecration
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           very
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           figuratively
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           is
           not
           the
           head
           of
           all
           Churches
           ,
           more
           then
           any
           Church
           is
           .
           Nor
           hath
           
             Peter
          
           any
           more
           power
           given
           of
           Christ
           ,
           then
           any
           other
           Apostle
           hath
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           
             Pope
          
           of
           
             rome
          
           hath
           no
           more
           in
           the
           keyes
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           then
           any
           other
           within
           the
           order
           of
           Priesthood
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           Gospel
           is
           a
           rule
           sufficient
           of
           it self
           to
           rule
           the
           life
           of
           every
           Christian
           man
           here
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           rule
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           All
           other
           rules
           ,
           under
           whose
           observances
           divers
           religious
           persons
           be
           governed
           ,
           doe
           adde
           no
           more
           perfection
           to
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           then
           doth
           the
           white
           colour
           to
           the
           wall
           .
        
         
           These
           and
           other
           like
           positions
           wrought
           so
           effectually
           upon
           the
           hearts
           of
           noble
           and
           mean
           persons
           ,
           as
           this
           may
           be
           accounted
           a
           good
           beginning
           ,
           wherein
           many
           rejoyced
           ;
           but
           no
           publike
           reformation
           was
           wrought
           thereupon
           .
        
         
           About
           an
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           years
           after
           ,
           the
           Lord
           did
           better
           then
           at
           that
           beginning
           .
           
           For
           he
           stirred
           up
           both
           
             King
          
           and
           
             Parliament
          
           to
           goe
           further
           in
           suppressing
           Popery
           ,
           and
           advancing
           the
           Gospel
           .
           Witnesse
           that
           
             Act
          
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           in
           
             Henry
          
           the
           eight
           his
           dayes
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Popes
           usurped
           authority
           in
           
             England
          
           was
           taken
           away
           ;
           and
           liberty
           given
           to
           the
           King
           to
           reform
           abuses
           crept
           into
           the
           Church
           .
           The
           King
           ,
           by
           vertue
           thereof
           ,
           sent
           out
           injunctions
           for
           removing
           
           images
           ,
           reading
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           performing
           all
           divine
           Service
           in
           English
           :
           preaching
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           Catechising
           children
           ,
           and
           observing
           other
           duties
           of
           piety
           :
           so
           as
           the
           Gospel
           began
           to
           shine
           forth
           somewhat
           brightly
           in
           
             England
             .
          
           Only
           it
           was
           much
           obscured
           by
           an
           other
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           even
           in
           that
           Kings
           time
           ,
           which
           established
           
             Transubstantiation
             ,
          
           
           
             communion
             in
             one
             kinde
             ,
             private
             Masses
             ,
             Auricular
             confession
             ,
             Vowes
             of
             chastity
             and
             prohibiting
             Priests
             marriages
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           About
           seven
           yeares
           after
           ,
           that
           King
           being
           dead
           ,
           and
           his
           Sonne
           ,
           
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           sixth
           ,
           a
           childe
           of
           nine
           yeares
           old
           ,
           (
           yet
           another
           
             Iosiah
          
           )
           set
           on
           the
           throne
           ,
           God
           did
           better
           for
           
             England
          
           then
           before
           .
           For
           the
           foresaid
           
             Act
          
           (
           commonly
           called
           the
           scourge
           with
           six
           strings
           )
           was
           repealed
           :
           and
           a
           more
           thorow
           reformation
           established
           .
           But
           even
           then
           ,
           many
           of
           the
           peoples
           hearts
           so
           lingred
           after
           Romish
           superstition
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           did
           after
           the
           high
           places
           ,
           in
           the
           raigne
           of
           
             Asa
             ,
          
           
           
             Iehoshaphat
          
           and
           other
           good
           Kings
           :
           so
           as
           this
           goodly
           reformation
           continued
           but
           six
           yeares
           ;
           For
           God
           tooke
           away
           that
           good
           young
           King
           .
           
           After
           whose
           death
           a
           popish
           bloody
           Queen
           utterly
           defaced
           the
           foresaid
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           brought
           in
           that
           darke
           cloud
           of
           Popery
           ,
           which
           overshadowed
           this
           whole
           Land
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           God
           being
           mindefull
           of
           his
           goodnes
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           within
           five
           yeares
           after
           raised
           up
           blessed
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           in
           whose
           raigne
           that
           darke
           cloud
           of
           Popery
           was
           more
           thorowly
           dispelled
           then
           ever
           before
           :
           and
           Religion
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           truth
           and
           soundnesse
           of
           doctrine
           was
           restored
           to
           as
           full
           an
           integrity
           ,
           as
           ever
           it
           was
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           since
           the
           Apostles
           time
           .
           A
           grave
           ,
           learned
           and
           judicious
           out-landish
           Divine
           giveth
           this
           testimony
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           that
           under
           her
           that
           was
           granted
           to
           her
           Kingdome
           ,
           which
           he
           knew
           not
           whether
           it
           were
           given
           to
           any
           other
           
           Kingdome
           or
           no
           ,
           namely
           ,
           an
           intire
           profession
           of
           the
           pure
           and
           sincere
           doctrine
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           More
           learned
           and
           stout
           Champions
           ,
           were
           in
           her
           raigne
           raised
           up
           to
           maintaine
           the
           same
           faith
           ,
           then
           ever
           before
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           There
           is
           yet
           another
           reformation
           now
           begun
           in
           this
           Land
           ,
           
           which
           being
           added
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           evidently
           demonstrates
           that
           God
           doth
           intend
           better
           things
           then
           at
           our
           beginnings
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Discipline
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           concerning
           which
           the
           foresaid
           judicious
           Divine
           thus
           saith
           ,
           If
           to
           the
           profession
           of
           true
           Doctrine
           ,
           a
           full
           reformation
           of
           Ecclesiasticall
           Discipline
           be
           also
           added
           ,
           surely
           I
           see
           not
           what
           
             England
          
           can
           more
           desire
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           shall
           object
           ,
           
           that
           in
           many
           respects
           the
           state
           of
           our
           Church
           hath
           growne
           worse
           and
           worse
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           by
           reason
           of
           our
           sluggishnesse
           ,
           want
           of
           zeal
           ,
           and
           unworthy
           walking
           of
           that
           light
           which
           .
           God
           graciously
           afforded
           ,
           clouds
           of
           errour
           and
           superstition
           gathered
           together
           :
           as
           by
           the
           negligence
           and
           wickednesse
           of
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           the
           
             Canaanites
          
           were
           not
           utterly
           destroyed
           ,
           
           but
           proved
           to
           be
           
             snares
             and
             traps
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             scourges
             in
             their
             sides
             ,
             and
             thornes
             in
             their
             eyes
             .
          
           Yet
           God
           did
           time
           after
           time
           remove
           those
           impediments
           ,
           and
           cause
           the
           light
           of
           his
           Gospel
           more
           and
           more
           brightly
           to
           shine
           forth
           .
        
         
           Why
           then
           may
           not
           we
           yet
           looke
           for
           better
           things
           then
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           our
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           hope
           that
           as
           then
           the
           
             Doctrine
          
           of
           the
           Gospel
           was
           restored
           to
           the
           purity
           of
           it
           :
           so
           the
           
             Government
          
           also
           of
           the
           Church
           be
           restored
           to
           its
           purity
           .
           Comfort
           your selves
           in
           these
           sad
           times
           with
           this
           hope
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Gods
           reserving
           his
           better
           things
           to
           the
           later
           times
           ,
           
           ministreth
           unto
           us
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           reserved
           unto
           these
           later
           
           times
           ,
           
           much
           matter
           of
           gratulation
           .
           The
           
             least
          
           of
           us
           ,
           which
           live
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           of
           God
           (
           stiled
           ,
           for
           the
           celestiall
           excellency
           thereof
           ,
           
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Heaven
          
           )
           The
           least
           of
           us
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           greater
           then
           he
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             Among
             them
             that
             are
             borne
             of
             women
             ,
             there
             hath
             not
             risen
             a
             greater
             .
          
           Had
           we
           lived
           in
           the
           ancient
           former
           times
           ,
           and
           believed
           the
           promises
           of
           things
           exhibited
           in
           these
           times
           ,
           how
           should
           we
           have
           enquired
           and
           searched
           after
           them
           ?
           
           The
           
             Prophets
          
           so
           did
           .
           How
           should
           we
           have
           desired
           to
           see
           them
           ?
           Many
           
             Prophets
          
           and
           
             Kings
          
           so
           did
           .
           
           How
           should
           we
           have
           rejoyced
           to
           see
           this
           day
           ?
           
           
             Abraham
          
           so
           did
           .
           Now
           that
           we
           are
           reserved
           to
           live
           in
           this
           time
           ,
           to
           hear
           ,
           see
           and
           enjoy
           these
           better
           things
           ,
           should
           not
           our
           hearts
           be
           filled
           with
           praises
           ,
           and
           our
           mouths
           opened
           to
           utter
           the
           same
           ?
           God
           hath
           made
           an
           abundant
           recompence
           unto
           us
           ,
           who
           live
           in
           these
           later
           dayes
           ,
           for
           putting
           off
           our
           time
           of
           living
           in
           this
           world
           so
           long
           .
           It
           is
           to
           our
           unspeakable
           advantage
           and
           benefit
           ;
           and
           shall
           not
           God
           have
           the
           praise
           thereof
           ?
           True
           believers
           now
           have
           greater
           cause
           then
           old
           
             Zachary
          
           had
           to
           sing
           and
           say
           ,
           
             Blessed
             be
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Israel
             ,
             for
             he
             hath
             visited
             and
             redeemed
             his
             people
             .
          
           
           Yea
           ,
           then
           old
           
             Simeon
          
           had
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             now
             lettest
             thou
             thy
             servant
             depart
             in
             peace
             ,
             for
             mine
             eyes
             have
             seen
             thy
             salvation
             .
          
           These
           old
           men
           saw
           but
           the
           Sunne-rising
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           We
           see
           it
           shining
           forth
           in
           the
           full
           brightnesse
           thereof
           .
           Should
           not
           we
           then
           be
           thankfull
           ,
           even
           for
           the
           times
           wherein
           we
           live
           ?
        
         
           Well
           may
           I
           ,
           
           from
           the
           fore-mentioned
           Doctrine
           ,
           raise
           an
           Exhortation
           of
           worthy
           walking
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           carrying
           our selves
           answerably
           to
           this
           good
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           reserving
           us
           to
           the
           enjoying
           of
           better
           things
           .
           This
           worthy
           walking
           in
           generall
           is
           much
           pressed
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           
             We
             charge
             you
             that
             you
             would
             walke
             worthy
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             hath
             called
             you
             to
             his
             Kingdome
             and
             Glory
             .
          
           
           
             We
             cease
             not
             to
             desire
             that
             
             you
             might
             walke
             worthy
             of
             the
             Lord
             unto
             all
             pleasing
             .
          
           
           
             I
             beseech
             ye
             that
             ye
             walke
             worthy
             of
             the
             vocation
             wherewith
             ye
             are
             called
             .
          
        
         
           This
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           worthy
           ,
           doth
           not
           intend
           any
           merit
           ,
           but
           a
           meer
           meetnesse
           ;
           no
           condignity
           ,
           but
           a
           congruity
           and
           correspondency
           to
           that
           whereunto
           it
           is
           referred
           .
           This
           is
           evident
           by
           that
           phrase
           which
           the
           Baptist
           useth
           ,
           where
           he
           exhorteth
           to
           bring
           forth
           fruits
           
             worthy
             repentance
             ,
          
           
           which
           our
           last
           and
           best
           Translators
           thus
           turne
           ,
           
             Fruits
             meet
             for
             repentance
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           margin
           thus
           ,
           
             Fruits
             answerable
             to
             amendment
             of
             life
             .
          
           If
           in
           that
           place
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           worthy
           ,
           should
           be
           taken
           for
           any
           matter
           of
           desert
           ,
           it
           might
           be
           thus
           translated
           ,
           
             Fruits
             which
             deserve
             repentance
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           to
           be
           repented
           of
           .
           And
           what
           are
           those
           fruits
           ,
           thinke
           ye
           ?
           surely
           evil
           ,
           
           such
           as
           those
           whereof
           the
           Apostle
           thus
           saith
           ,
           
             What
             fruit
             had
             you
             then
             of
             those
             things
             ,
             whereof
             you
             are
             now
             ashamed
             ?
             For
             the
             end
             of
             those
             things
             is
             death
             .
          
           A
           catalogue
           of
           them
           is
           reckoned
           up
           ,
           
             Gal.
          
           5.
           19
           ,
           20
           ,
           21.
           
           But
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           is
           derived
           from
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           which
           signifieth
           to
           poise
           :
           and
           the
           
             Metaphor
          
           is
           taken
           from
           things
           equally
           poised
           :
           there
           being
           the
           like
           weight
           in
           each
           balance
           ,
           they
           stand
           even
           .
           Thus
           when
           mans
           inward
           disposition
           ,
           and
           outward
           conversation
           is
           answerable
           to
           Gods
           gracious
           dispensation
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           Scripture
           dialect
           called
           
             a
             worthy
             walking
             .
          
           Hereby
           therefore
           it
           i●
           intended
           ,
           that
           we
           who
           live
           in
           these
           later
           times
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           the
           better
           things
           which
           God
           hath
           provided
           for
           his
           Church
           ,
           should
           more
           abound
           in
           knowledge
           ,
           be
           more
           strengthened
           in
           faith
           ,
           be
           more
           established
           in
           hope
           ,
           be
           more
           enlarged
           in
           our
           hearts
           with
           a
           zeal
           of
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           be
           more
           conformable
           in
           our
           lives
           to
           his
           holy
           will
           ,
           be
           more
           charitable
           to
           such
           as
           stand
           in
           need
           ,
           be
           more
           diligent
           and
           faithfull
           in
           imploying
           and
           improving
           our
           talent
           ,
           more
           patient
           under
           crosses
           ,
           more
           ready
           and
           forward
           to
           suffer
           for
           
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           seale
           up
           our
           holy
           profession
           ,
           even
           with
           our
           blood
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           called
           thereunto
           .
           It
           is
           not
           enough
           for
           us
           to
           be
           
             followers
             of
             them
             ,
             who
             through
             faith
             and
             patience
             inherit
             the
             promises
             ;
          
           
           but
           we
           must
           strive
           to
           outstrip
           them
           .
           As
           we
           have
           more
           meanes
           of
           grace
           ,
           so
           we
           must
           more
           abound
           in
           the
           measure
           of
           all
           Christian
           graces
           .
           The
           forementioned
           
             worthy
             walking
          
           intends
           thus
           much
           .
        
         
           But
           may
           some
           say
           ,
           
           Is
           this
           possible
           ?
           Can
           the
           best
           of
           us
           now
           come
           neere
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           other
           
             Patriarks
          
           and
           
             Prophets
             ,
          
           in
           knowledge
           ,
           faith
           ,
           parience
           and
           other
           like
           graces
           ?
        
         
           I
           answer
           first
           ,
           that
           indeed
           some
           had
           the
           Spirit
           in
           such
           an
           extraordinary
           manner
           and
           measure
           bestowed
           on
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           might
           excell
           such
           as
           live
           under
           the
           Gospel
           .
           But
           the
           comparison
           is
           not
           so
           much
           betwixt
           person
           and
           person
           ,
           as
           betwixt
           body
           and
           body
           .
           So
           as
           the
           point
           intended
           is
           ,
           that
           Gods
           people
           in
           these
           times
           should
           excell
           his
           people
           in
           those
           times
           .
        
         
           Againe
           ,
           though
           in
           some
           particular
           extraordinary
           gifts
           and
           revelations
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           excelled
           ,
           yet
           in
           a
           full
           and
           distinct
           knowledge
           of
           all
           the
           mysteries
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           in
           other
           graces
           ,
           we
           may
           and
           ought
           to
           excell
           them
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           be
           perswaded
           to
           the
           foresaid
           
             worthy
             walking
             ,
          
           
           I
           will
           make
           bold
           to
           set
           before
           you
           a
           direction
           ,
           whereby
           you
           may
           be
           much
           helped
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           In
           generall
           it
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           in
           every
           of
           the
           foresaid
           dayes
           of
           the
           great
           weeke
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           you
           observe
           the
           most
           eminent
           persons
           recorded
           in
           the
           sacred
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           excellent
           graces
           for
           which
           they
           are
           commended
           ,
           and
           thereby
           be
           stirred
           up
           to
           an
           holy
           emulation
           .
        
         
           This
           that
           ye
           may
           the
           better
           doe
           ,
           I
           will
           endeavour
           to
           set
           before
           you
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           ,
           
             Heb.
          
           11.
           )
           some
           of
           the
           prime
           paterns
           ,
           in
           every
           day
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           In
           the
           
             first
          
           day
           note
           especially
           
             Abel
             ,
          
           
           
             Enosh
          
           and
           
             Enoch
             .
             Abel
          
           so
           ordered
           his
           offering
           ,
           as
           his
           person
           and
           offering
           was
           accepted
           .
           His
           faith
           occasioned
           it
           .
           
             Enosh
          
           gathered
           assemblies
           together
           to
           worship
           God
           ,
           and
           frequented
           the
           same
           .
           
             Enoch
          
           in
           all
           that
           he
           did
           had
           his
           eye
           on
           God
           ,
           to
           approve
           himself
           unto
           God
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           the
           
             second
          
           day
           observe
           
             Noah
             ,
          
           
           
             Japhet
             ,
             Shem
             ,
             Melchisedech
             .
             Noah
          
           shined
           as
           a
           bright
           light
           in
           a
           dark
           and
           wicked
           world
           .
           
             Japhet
          
           with
           his
           brother
           
             Shem
             ,
          
           covered
           his
           Fathers
           infirmity
           .
           
             Melchisedech
          
           blessed
           God
           for
           
             Abrams
          
           victory
           ,
           and
           encouraged
           his
           souldiers
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           In
           the
           
             third
          
           day
           very
           many
           are
           set
           before
           us
           ,
           
           as
           the
           three
           great
           
             Patriarks
             :
          
           who
           all
           with
           much
           patience
           passed
           thorow
           many
           trials
           ,
           and
           long
           lived
           ,
           and
           died
           in
           the
           faith
           of
           those
           Promises
           ,
           which
           after
           their
           daies
           were
           to
           be
           accomplished
           .
           
             Joseph
          
           in
           an
           impious
           and
           idolatrous
           Land
           kept
           his
           integrity
           .
           
           
             Caleb
          
           was
           a
           man
           of
           an
           invincible
           spirit
           in
           Gods
           cause
           ,
           
             Joshua
          
           also
           with
           his
           houshold
           would
           serve
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
           though
           none
           else
           did
           it
           .
           How
           carefull
           were
           the
           
             Iudges
          
           to
           draw
           the
           people
           from
           idolatry
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           them
           close
           to
           God
           ?
           
             Ruth
             ,
          
           after
           she
           had
           been
           instructed
           in
           the
           true
           Religion
           ,
           went
           from
           her
           own
           Countrey
           ,
           with
           a
           poore
           Mother
           in
           Law
           ,
           to
           the
           true
           Church
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           In
           the
           
             fourth
          
           day
           we
           have
           excellent
           paterns
           of
           singular
           Governours
           ,
           as
           
             David
             ,
             Solomon
             ,
             Iehoshaphat
             ,
             Hezekiah
             ,
             Iosiah
          
           and
           others
           ,
           who
           made
           it
           their
           main
           end
           ,
           and
           put
           forth
           their
           utmost
           power
           to
           advance
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           settle
           and
           restore
           true
           Religion
           and
           peace
           ,
           and
           procure
           good
           to
           their
           people
           .
           In
           that
           day
           also
           ,
           there
           were
           multitudes
           of
           faithfull
           
             Prophets
             ,
          
           who
           held
           close
           to
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           falsifie
           it
           for
           fear
           or
           favour
           .
           Such
           were
           
             Elijah
             ,
             Elisha
             ,
             Micaiah
             ,
             Isaiah
             ,
             Ieremiah
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           5.
           
           In
           the
           
             fifth
          
           day
           there
           were
           worthy
           restorers
           and
           reformers
           
           of
           Religion
           ,
           builders
           up
           of
           the
           house
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           redressers
           of
           grievances
           in
           State
           ,
           and
           preservers
           of
           Gods
           people
           from
           pernitious
           plots
           of
           Adversaries
           .
           Such
           were
           
             Zerobabel
             ,
             Iehoshua
             ,
             Ezra
             ,
             Nehemiah
             ,
             Mordecai
             ,
             Esther
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           6.
           
           In
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           
             sixt
          
           day
           ,
           there
           were
           painfull
           and
           faithfull
           preachers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           zealous
           and
           pious
           professours
           of
           the
           true
           faith
           :
           mercifull
           and
           charitable
           brethren
           :
           constant
           and
           couragious
           Martyrs
           .
        
         
           These
           being
           reserved
           to
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           last
           day
           ,
           wherein
           the
           better
           things
           were
           exhibited
           ,
           answerably
           carried
           themselves
           ,
           and
           were
           in
           many
           respects
           better
           then
           such
           as
           lived
           before
           them
           .
        
         
           Should
           not
           we
           then
           who
           live
           in
           the
           later
           part
           of
           the
           last
           day
           (
           to
           which
           better
           things
           are
           reserved
           then
           in
           the
           former
           part
           )
           endeavour
           to
           be
           better
           then
           all
           the
           former
           ?
           What
           a
           shame
           is
           it
           to
           us
           to
           be
           so
           ignorant
           ,
           so
           superstitious
           ,
           so
           doubtfull
           ,
           so
           fearfull
           ,
           so
           cold
           and
           backward
           to
           good
           ,
           so
           impatient
           ,
           so
           discontent
           ,
           so
           worldly
           ,
           so
           wicked
           ,
           as
           many
           of
           us
           are
           ?
           
           If
           the
           men
           of
           
             Nineveh
             ,
          
           and
           
             Queen
          
           of
           the
           
             South
          
           shall
           rise
           up
           in
           judgement
           against
           the
           Jews
           ,
           who
           lived
           in
           Christs
           time
           :
           much
           more
           shall
           such
           as
           lived
           either
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           last
           day
           ,
           or
           in
           other
           daies
           before
           it
           ,
           rise
           up
           in
           judgement
           against
           us
           .
           I
           will
           conclude
           this
           point
           ,
           and
           my
           Sermon
           too
           ,
           
           with
           that
           inference
           which
           an
           Apostle
           makes
           upon
           a
           like
           ground
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Wherefore
             seeing
             we
             also
             are
             compassed
             about
             with
             so
             great
             a
             cloud
             of
             witnesses
             ,
             let
             us
             lay
             aside
             every
             weight
             ,
             and
             the
             sin
             which
             doth
             so
             easily
             beset
             us
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             runne
             with
             patience
             the
             race
             that
             is
             set
             before
             us
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A85485e-360
           
             Psal.
             68
             :
             24.
             
          
           
             Cum
             aliqua
             spes
             subest
             ,
             vehementiores
             vires
             apparere
             assolent
             .
             
               Aug.
            
             de
             quant
             .
             animae
             .
             c.
             22.
             
             Spes
             ad
             majora
             audenda
             sese
             erigit
             .
             
               Greg.
            
             M
             in
             
               Iob
               4
               l.
               5
               c.
            
             29.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A85485e-890
           
             Gods
             care
             in
             affording
             instructors
             to
             his
             Church
             .
          
           
             Sundry
             kindes
             of
             instructors
             .
             1.
             
             God
             himself
             ,
             Gen.
             2.
             9.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             First-born
             .
             Gen.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             18.
             19.
             3
             
             Priests
             and
             Levites
             .
             Num.
             3.
             12.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             Pastours
             and
             Teachers
             .
             Ephes
             4.
             11.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             Extraordinary
             Prophets
             .
          
           
             When
             and
             where
             
               Ezekiel
            
             prophesied
             .
             Isa.
             28.
             23.
             
          
           
             
               Jeremias
            
             &
             
               Ezekiel
            
             immimente
             caprivitate
             vaticinium
             exercuerunts
             sed
             alter
             eorum
             in
             terra
             Iuda
             ,
             alter
             in
             Babylonia
             .
             
               Hier
            
             Conm
             :
             in
             Jer.
             Prophet
             .
             ●…1
             .
          
           
             With
             what
             kinde
             of
             persons
             Prophets
             had
             to
             doe
             .
          
           
             Different
             spirits
             of
             Prophets
             .
          
           
             Mark
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             Act.
             4.
             36.
             
          
           
             The
             summe
             of
             the
             Chapter
             .
          
           
             The
             scope
             of
             the
             text
             .
          
           
             The
             parts
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Observ.
             1.
             
          
           
             Jam.
             1.
             17.
             
          
           
             Observ.
             2.
             
          
           
             Zech.
             11.
             1.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             119.
             68.
             
          
           
             Observ.
             3.
             
          
           
             Observ.
             4.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             1.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             9.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             
          
           
             Observ.
             5.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             Particular
             things
             stiled
             better
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Better
             Testament
             .
             Heb.
             7.
             22.
             
             Heb.
             9.
             15.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Better
             Covenant
             .
             Heb.
             8.
             6.
             
          
           
             Difference
             betwixt
             Covevenant
             and
             Testament
             .
             Heb.
             9.
             17.
             
          
           
             Two
             old
             Covenants
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             3.
             
          
           
             3
             Better
             promises
             .
             Heb.
             8.
             6.
             
          
           
             4
             Better
             hope
             .
             Heb.
             7.
             19.
             
          
           
             4
             Better
             sacrifice
             Heb.
             9.
             23.
             
          
           
             6
             Better
             blood
             .
             Heb.
             12.
             24.
             
          
           
             Luke
             2
             34.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             10.
             4.
             
          
           
             1
             Iohn
             1
             7.
             
          
           
             All
             Gospel
             things
             better
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             11.
             40.
             
          
           
             Gospel-things
             new
             .
          
           
             In
             what
             respect
             new
             .
             Heb.
             8.
             13.
             
          
           
             Numb.
             17.
             8.
             
               &c.
            
             Heb.
             9.
             4.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             New
             Jerusalem
             .
             Rev.
             3.
             12.
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             New
             Heavens
             and
             a
             new
             Earth
             .
             Isa.
             65.
             17.
             
          
           
             Non
             dixit
             alios
             caelos
             &
             aliā
             ,
             terran
             videbi
             .
             mus
             ,
             sed
             antiquos
             in
             melius
             commutatos
             .
             
               Hier.
            
             Com.
             in
             
               Isa.
            
             65.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             3.
             13.
             
             How
             we
             still
             look
             for
             new
             heavens
             and
             a
             new
             earth
             .
             
               Principium
               innovationis
               in
               praesentiseculo
               ▪
               perfecta
               consummataque
               novitas
               nondum
               .
            
             Hier.
             
               Com.
               in
            
             Ephes.
             
               l.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             3
             A
             new
             name
             .
             Isa.
             62.
             2.
             Joh.
             1.
             12.
             
             Act.
             11.
             26.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             A
             new
             Commandement
             .
             Ioh.
             13.
             34.
             
          
           
             5
             A
             new
             way
             .
             Heb.
             10.
             20.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             14.
             6.
             
          
           
             6.
             
             A
             new
             heart
             .
             Ezek.
             36.
             26.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             11.
             15.
             
          
           
             7.
             
             A
             new
             spirit
             .
          
           
             Act.
             7.
             51.
             
          
           
             8.
             
             A
             new
             song
             .
             Isa.
             42.
             10
             
             Rom.
             10
             18.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             2.
             14.
             
          
           
             All
             things
             new
             .
             Rev.
             21.
             5.
             
          
           
             
               Hyperboles
            
             doe
             set
             out
             the
             increase
             of
             Gods
             goodnes
             .
          
           
             Isa.
             60.
             17.
             
          
           
             Luna
             fulgebit
             ,
             ut
             sol
             ,
             &c.
             non
             significat
             interitum
             pristinorum
             ,
             sed
             commutationem
             in
             mell
             us
             .
             
               Hier.
            
             Com.
             in
             
               Isa.
            
             ●…
             l.
             18.
             
          
           
             The
             continuance
             of
             this
             world
             divided
             into
             six
             dayes
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             3.
             15.
             
          
           
             
               Gen.
               6.
               18.
               1
               Pet.
               3.
               21.
               
               Beza
            
             transsere
             .
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             correspondens
             exem
             lar
             .
             Vide
             annotat
             ejus
             majores
             in
             hunc
             locum
             
               Suidas
               ,
            
             ait
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             sumi
             prosimilitudine
             .
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             5.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             16.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Hag.
             2.
             9.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             1.
             29
             ,
             36.
             
             Mat.
             11.
             11.
             
          
           
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             118.
             24.
             
          
           
             Reasons
             of
             Gods
             increasing
             goodnesse
             .
          
           
             1
             Extent
             of
             goodnesse
             better
             discerned
             .
          
           
             Gods
             works
             better
             &
             better
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             daies
             work
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             daies
             work
             .
          
           
             
               Aben
               Ezra
            
             aliique
             referunt
             maria
             &
             terram
             ad
             e●undum
             diem
             ,
             eò
             quod
             post
             quā
             illa
             creata
             fuerunt
             dictum
             sit
             v.
             10.
             
             Vidit
             Deus
             quod
             bonū
             esset
             .
          
           
             The
             third
             daies
             work
             .
          
           
             The
             fourth
             daies
             work
             .
          
           
             The
             fifth
             daies
             work
             .
          
           
             The
             sixth
             daies
             work
             .
          
           
             2
             Better
             things
             put
             off
             ,
             to
             make
             them
             more
             desired
             and
             esteemed
             .
             Mat.
             13.
             17.
             
          
           
             1
             Peter
             1.
             11.
             
          
           
             Luke
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             Luke
             2.
             46
             ,
             47.
             
          
           
             Luke
             ●
             .
             68.
             
          
           
             Luke
             2.
             29.
             
          
           
             3
             Best
             things
             put
             off
             to
             the
             last
             daies
             for
             Christs
             honour
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             3.
             25.
             
          
           
             Uses
             of
             Gods
             encreasing
             goodnesse
             .
          
           
             1
             Popery
             makes
             the
             last
             daies
             worst
             .
          
           
             1
             An
             unknown
             tongue
             lesse
             understood
             than
             types
             .
             Bellarm.
             
               de
               effect
               .
               Sacr.
               l.
               2.
               c.
            
             31.
             
          
           
             Rhem.
             
               Annot.
            
             on
             1
             Cor.
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             Popish
             sacrifice
             worse
             then
             legall
             .
          
           
             Concil.
             Trid.
             Decret
             10.
             c.
             2.
             
               Bellarm.
            
             de
             Miss.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             5.
             
             &
             12.
             &
             l.
             2.
             c.
             7.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             7.
             27.
             and
             9.
             26
             ,
             28
             and
             10.
             10.
             
             Heb.
             7.
             11
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9.
             22.
             
          
           
             3
             Popish
             penance
             more
             heavie
             then
             legall
             .
          
           
             Alij
             degentes
             in
             remotis
             &
             abditu
             locis
             singuli
             singulas
             cellas
             veluti
             sepulchro
             ,
             inhabitant
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
             Annonam
             totius
             bebdomadae
             Sabbato
             accipiunt
             ,
             ac
             omnimode
             humanae
             consolationis
             expertes
             ,
             
               &c
            
             Alij
             antris
             ,
             speluncis
             ,
             parietibus
             se
             includunt
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
             Sune
             etiam
             quisqualores
             solitudinum
             requarūt
             ,
             bestiale
             ferarū
             consortium
             non
             pertimescunt
             ,
             &c.
             
               Otho
               .
            
             Frisingins
             .
             l
             1.
             cap.
             35.
             
          
           
             4
             Popish
             ceremonies
             more
             burdensome
             then
             legall
             .
          
           
             Bellarm
             :
             
               de
               effect
               :
               Sacr
               :
               c
            
             31.
             
             Rhem.
             
               Annot
               :
            
             on
             Gal.
             4.
             
             §
             1.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             1.
             12.
             
             Mat.
             15.
             9.
             
          
           
             2
             To
             wish
             the
             Jewish
             glorious
             times
             argues
             folly
             .
          
           
             Genesis
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             Jewish
             Christians
             .
          
           
             Acts
             10.
             15.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim:
             4.
             1
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Acts
             20.
             7.
             1
             Cor.
             16.
             1●
             
          
           
             Apish
             imitation
             of
             the
             Jews
             .
          
           
             3
             It
             is
             worse
             to
             have
             no
             Church-governours
             ,
             then
             such
             as
             the
             Jews
             had
             .
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             19.
             11.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             28.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             both
             in
             sacred
             Scriptures
             and
             other
             authours
             signifieth
             a
             
               Governour
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             Mica
             5.
             2.
             )
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               Dominator
               ,
            
             is
             stile
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             Mat.
             1.
             6.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             is
             also
             opposed
             to
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             him
             that
             serveth
             ,
             Luk.
             22.
             26
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Qui
               imperat
               voluptatibus
               .
            
             Islo
             a
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Plutaron
             .
             Difference
             betwixt
             Magistrates
             and
             Church-Governours
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Aggravation
             of
             Gospel-sins
             .
          
           
             Gospel-sins
             .
             1.
             
             Ignorance
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Unsetlednes
             .
          
           
             Ephes
             4.
             14.
             
             Heb.
             5.
             12.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Doubtings
             .
             Jam.
             5.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
             Mat.
             8.
             36.
             
             —
             14.
             31.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             Abuse
             of
             Grace
             .
          
           
             Causa
             pro
             non
             causa
             .
          
           
             Objectum
             pro
             non
             objecto
             .
          
           
             Subjecum
             pro
             nos
             subjecto
             .
          
           
             5
             Perverting
             Election
             .
          
           
             Ephes.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             6
             Doing
             evil
             on
             pretence
             of
             good
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             8.
             
          
           
             7
             Delay
             of
             repetnance
             .
          
           
             8
             Misapplying
             liberty
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             3.
             10.
             
             —
             13.
             
             Rom.
             8.
             1.
             
          
           
             9
             Prophaning
             the
             Sabbath
             .
          
           
             Jude
             v.
             4.
             
          
           
             10
             Apostacie
             .
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             20.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             10.
             26.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             32.
             6.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             10.
             29.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             11.
             21
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             ●…
             .
             8
             ,
             29.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             Gods
             reserving
             better
             things
             to
             later
             times
             makes
             us
             expect
             better
             in
             bad
             .
          
           
             The
             Jews
             to
             be
             recalled
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             37.
             16
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             better
             things
             given
             to
             Jews
             .
          
           
             Better
             things
             to
             Christians
             .
          
           
             Light
             held
             forth
             by
             
               Wickliff
               .
            
          
           
             
               Wickliffs
            
             articles
             .
          
           
             Popes
             supremacie
             cast
             down
             .
          
           
             The
             scourge
             with
             six
             strings
             .
          
           
             A
             better
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             15.
             17.
             
             —
             20.
             33.
             
          
           
             
               Q.
            
             Many
             .
             
               The
               doctrine
               of
               the
               Gospel
               restored
               to
               the
               purity
               thereof
               .
            
             Tihi
             ,
             Regina
             ,
             tu●sque
             populis
             ,
             quod
             haud
             scio
             ,
             an
             cuiquam
             nostra
             tempestate
             regno
             per
             te
             datum
             est
             ,
             pura
             videlicet
             ac
             fincerae
             Evangelij
             .
             doctrinae
             integra
             professio
             .
             
               B●za
            
             in
             Epist.
             Ded.
             Reginae
             
               Eliza.
               
            
          
           
             Ad
             quam
             si
             plenam
             quosque
             ecclesiasticae
             disciplinae
             instaurationem
             adjunxeris
             ,
             lane
             non
             video
             quid
             a●…p●…us
             Anglia
             ipsa
             possità
             te
             flagi
             .
             tare
             .
             Ibi●
             .
          
           
             Rubs
             which
             hinder
             the
             Progres
             of
             Providence
             .
          
           
             Joshua
             23.
             13.
             
          
           
             6.
             
             Gods
             increasing
             goodnes
             ,
             requires
             greater
             thankfulnes
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             11.
             11.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             10.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             10.
             24.
             
          
           
             John
             8
             56.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             1.
             68.
             
             〈◊〉
             2.
             2●
             
          
           
             7
             Worthy
             walking
             .
          
           
             1
             Thes.
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             Col.
             1.
             10.
             
             Ephes.
             4.
             1.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             3.
             8.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             21.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             6.
             12.
             
          
           
             How
             Christians
             are
             to
             excell
             the
             ancient
             Jewes
             .
          
           
             How
             Christians
             walk
             worthy
             .
          
           
             Genesis
             4.
             4
             ,
             Heb.
             11.
             4.
             
             Genesis
             4
             26.
             
             Genesis
             5.
             24.
             
          
           
             Genesis
             6.
             9
             ,
             11
             Genesis
             ●
             .
             23.
             
             Genesis
             14
             ,
             18
             ,
             20
             
          
           
             Heb.
             11.
             13.
             
          
           
             Genesis
             42.
             18
             
             Namb.
             14.
             24.
             
             Joshua
             24.
             15.
             
             Judges
             .
             2.
             16
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ruth
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             12.
             41
             ,
             42.
             
          
           
             Hab.
             12.
             1.