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           Die
           Mercurii
           ultimo
           Martii
           .
           1647.
           
        
         
           ORdered
           by
           the
           Commons
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           :
           That
           Sr
           
             Henry
             Mildmay
             ,
          
           do
           from
           this
           House
           give
           thanks
           unto
           Mr
           
             Iohnson
             ,
          
           for
           the
           great
           pains
           he
           took
           ,
           in
           the
           Sermon
           he
           Preached
           on
           this
           day
           at
           
             Margarets
             Westminster
             ,
          
           before
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           (
           it
           being
           a
           day
           of
           Publick
           Humiliation
           )
           and
           that
           he
           do
           desire
           him
           to
           print
           his
           Sermon
           .
           Wherein
           he
           is
           to
           have
           the
           like
           Priviledge
           in
           printing
           thereof
           as
           others
           in
           like
           kinde
           usually
           have
           had
           .
        
         
           
             H.
             Elsynge
             ,
          
           
             Cler.
             Parl.
             D.
             Com.
             
          
        
      
       
       
         
           LVX
           &
           LEX
           ,
           OR
           THE
           LIGHT
           AND
           THE
           LAW
           OF
           Jacobs
           House
           :
           HELD
           FORTH
           IN
           A
           SERMON
           Before
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           at
           St
           Margarets
           Westminster
           March
           31.
           1647.
           being
           the
           day
           of
           publike
           Humiliation
           .
        
         
           By
           ROBERT
           JOHNSON
           
             Eboraicus
             ,
          
           One
           of
           the
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           .
        
         
           ISAIAH
           8
           20.
           
        
         
           To
           the
           Law
           and
           to
           the
           Testimony
           ,
           if
           they
           speak
           not
           according
           to
           this
           word
           ,
           it
           is
           because
           there
           is
           no
           light
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           1
           PETER
           1.
           19.
           
        
         
           We
           have
           also
           a
           more
           sure
           word
           of
           prophecie
           ,
           whereunto
           ye
           do
           well
           that
           ye
           take
           heed
           as
           unto
           a
           light
           that
           shineth
           in
           a
           dark
           place
           .
        
         
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           Chrysost
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             by
          
           A.
           Miller
           ,
           
             for
          
           Philemon
           Stephens
           ,
           
             at
             the
             Signe
             of
             the
             Gilded
             Lion
             in
          
           Pauls
           
             Church-yard
             .
             1647.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           
           
           priviledges
           of
           
             Jacobs
          
           spirituall
           houshold
           ,
           and
           to
           draw
           from
           you
           (
           in
           these
           humbling
           times
           )
           expressions
           of
           sorrow
           most
           sutable
           to
           those
           who
           walk
           so
           unsutably
           to
           celestiall
           favours
           ;
           (
           many
           priding
           themselves
           in
           an
           imaginary
           title
           to
           the
           
             beneficium
          
           
           of
           the
           family
           ,
           who
           are
           wholly
           neglective
           of
           the
           
             officium
             )
          
           this
           being
           of
           concernment
           to
           all
           Christians
           (
           to
           whom
           —
           are
           also
           some
           directions
           hinted
           )
           so
           chiefly
           to
           governours
           and
           all
           Reformers
           ,
           that
           they
           
             partake
             not
             in
             other
             mens
             sins
             .
          
           
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           incite
           you
           who
           are
           
             Masters
          
           in
           our
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           to
           improve
           your
           diligence
           in
           the
           discharge
           of
           that
           trust
           and
           office
           in
           this
           family
           ,
           wherewith
           above
           others
           you
           are
           honoured
           by
           God
           ;
           who
           having
           
           manifested
           his
           bounty
           to
           this
           household
           no
           lesse
           ,
           if
           not
           much
           more
           then
           to
           
           those
           our
           forefathers
           ,
           in
           vouchsafing
           
             light
          
           to
           us
           ,
           when
           others
           of
           our
           Allies
           sit
           
           in
           
             darknesse
          
           blacker
           then
           Egyptian
           ,
           is
           pleased
           to
           direct
           us
           to
           our
           work
           and
           walk
           by
           a
           
             pillar
          
           at
           his
           own
           charges
           ,
           holding
           forth
           to
           us
           a
           
             light
          
           so
           much
           the
           more
           necessary
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           
             the
             Princes
             of
             this
             world
             ,
          
           who
           know
           not
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           
             crucifie
          
           
           
             to
             themselves
             the
             Lord
             of
             glory
             :
          
           And
           as
           those
           venemous
           serpents
           in
           
             Sardinia
             ,
          
           
           mentioned
           in
           stories
           ,
           either
           hate
           and
           flie
           the
           
             light
             ,
          
           or
           like
           those
           in
           
             Tertullians
          
           time
           ,
           bear
           a
           lanthorn
           profession
           without
           
             light
             ,
          
           or
           as
           another
           sort
           by
           an
           
             ignis
             fatuus
             ,
          
           are
           led
           into
           dangerous
           precipices
           and
           by-waies
           ,
           and
           with
           
             Ixion
          
           in
           the
           Poet
           ,
           embrace
           a
           cloud
           for
           the
           true
           
             Iuno
             ,
          
           shadows
           in
           the
           room
           of
           orthodox
           and
           substantiall
           truths
           .
           The
           scope
           of
           all
           is
           to
           undeceive
           you
           in
           pointing
           to
           that
           only
           
             light
          
           of
           truth
           which
           is
           able
           to
           lead
           you
           to
           eternall
           
             light
             ,
          
           and
           in
           the
           
             interim
          
           to
           afford
           direction
           in
           managing
           the
           whole
           businesse
           of
           
           this
           
             house
             ,
          
           by
           which
           all
           other
           
             lights
          
           are
           to
           be
           examined
           ,
           whereto
           if
           disagreeing
           ,
           it
           is
           
           because
           there
           is
           no
           light
           in
           them
           .
           
           According
           to
           which
           that
           you
           may
           act
           to
           the
           houses
           welfare
           ,
           Go●s
           glory
           ;
           and
           therein
           as
           your
           Noble
           predecessours
           ,
           appear
           
             Doctum
             ,
             pium
             &
             benedictum
             Parliamentum
             ,
          
           and
           not
           otherwise
           ,
           to
           your
           own
           comfort
           in
           the
           great
           day
           ,
           when
           the
           great
           
             Bishop
          
           and
           
             King
          
           of
           heaven
           and
           earth
           shall
           appear
           clothed
           with
           the
           robes
           of
           glory
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           the
           endeavour
           ,
           so
           the
           prayer
           of
        
         
           
             Yours
             
             Robert
             Iohn
             son
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           
             Lux
             &
             Lex
             ,
          
           OR
           THE
           LIGHT
           AND
           THE
           LAW
           OF
           
             Jacobs
          
           House
           .
        
         
           ISAIAH
           2.
           6.
           
        
         
           O
           house
           of
           Jacob
           ,
           Come
           ye
           and
           let
           us
           walk
           in
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Lord
           .
        
         
           WHilst
           I
           reade
           this
           Scripture
           ,
           I
           cannot
           forget
           
           to
           remember
           that
           of
           divine
           
             Austin
          
           in
           one
           of
           those
           Sermons
           
             de
             tempore
             ,
          
           which
           goe
           under
           his
           name
           (
           though
           indeed
           the
           authour
           is
           doubtfull
           ,
           )
           who
           speaking
           of
           
             Jacobs
          
           halting
           ,
           understands
           by
           his
           feet
           two
           sorts
           of
           people
           among
           the
           Jews
           .
           By
           his
           halting
           ,
           the
           unbeleevers
           ,
           who
           in
           faith
           did
           not
           receive
           Christ
           .
           By
           his
           going
           upright
           ,
           he
           conceives
           
           is
           meant
           those
           which
           beleeved
           in
           him
           .
           
             Jacob
          
           overcoming
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           signifies
           the
           Jews
           who
           prevailed
           against
           Christ
           in
           putting
           him
           to
           death
           .
           In
           being
           blessed
           ,
           he
           sheweth
           those
           who
           worshiped
           him
           ,
           and
           were
           of
           him
           blessed
           .
           We
           will
           not
           contend
           with
           
             Austin
          
           (
           or
           who
           ever
           is
           the
           authour
           )
           for
           the
           propriety
           of
           the
           allusion
           ;
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           assertion
           is
           clearly
           manifest
           .
           
           
             Jacobs
          
           family
           had
           
             Mep●i●osheths
          
           halters
           in
           it
           .
           Those
           who
           came
           of
           
             Jacobs
          
           loins
           were
           fouly
           tainted
           ,
           yea
           overgrown
           with
           unbelief
           .
           When
           Christ
           came
           they
           did
           not
           receive
           him
           .
           His
           own
           household
           ,
           
             Jacobs
          
           posterity
           ,
           did
           not
           acknowledge
           him
           .
           They
           putting
           salvation
           away
           from
           themselves
           ,
           he
           turnes
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           who
           embrace
           him
           .
           The
           Jews
           ,
           
             Jacobs
          
           posterity
           ,
           for
           a
           long
           time
           of
           blindenesse
           ,
           stand
           back
           through
           unbelief
           .
        
         
           This
           our
           Prophet
           
             Isaiah
             ,
          
           a
           noble
           mans
           sonne
           ,
           extraordinarily
           raised
           to
           reform
           the
           house
           of
           God
           ,
           doth
           observe
           what
           should
           
           come
           to
           passe
           in
           these
           
             latter
             daies
          
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           when
           
             Gods
             Mountain
             ,
          
           the
           Church
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           
             advanced
             in
             the
             top
             of
             mountains
             ,
             and
             all
             Nations
             ,
          
           even
           the
           Gentiles
           (
           heretofore
           an
           abject
           people
           )
           
             (
             the
             partition
             wall
             being
             pulled
             down
             )
             should
             flock
             unto
             it
             .
          
           This
           he
           mentions
           as
           a
           strong
           argument
           to
           perswade
           the
           Jews
           
             Abrahams
          
           seed
           ,
           
             Isaacks
          
           posterity
           ,
           
             Jacobs
          
           house
           ,
           to
           come
           in
           and
           receive
           Christ
           .
           Which
           (
           saith
           he
           ,
           )
           shall
           the
           
             Lords
             Mountain
             be
             advanced
             in
             the
             top
             of
             ●ountains
             ?
          
           shall
           
             many
             Nations
             flock
             unto
             it
             ?
          
           shall
           it
           repent
           them
           of
           their
           rigor
           against
           Gods
           people
           ?
           that
           they
           
             shall
             break
             their
             swords
             into
             plowshares
             ,
          
           and
           
             spears
             into
             pruning
             hooks
             ;
          
           if
           strangers
           be
           so
           inclinable
           to
           conformity
           ,
           surely
           children
           of
           the
           family
           should
           manifest
           themselves
           in
           actions
           of
           so
           high
           concernment
           much
           more
           zealous
           .
           The
           Prophet
           seems
           to
           ●ewail
           the
           Jews
           ,
           as
           
             Monica
          
           her
           sonne
           
             Austin
          
           before
           his
           conversion
           with
           many
           tears
           :
           or
           as
           the
           Apostle
           
             Paul
          
           
           his
           countrey-men
           and
           kindred
           
             after
             the
             flesh
             ,
          
           who
           remained
           in
           naturall
           impiety
           and
           obstinacy
           ;
           or
           as
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           his
           auditors
           ,
           that
           
             Publicanes
          
           and
           
             Harlots
          
           should
           receive
           
             the
             kingdome
             ,
          
           
           and
           the
           
             children
          
           of
           the
           house-hold
           be
           shut
           out
           .
           
             Oh
             house
             of
             Jacob
             .
          
        
         
           Here
           is
           a
           holy
           Apostrophe
           .
           He
           turns
           himself
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           who
           were
           (
           notwithstanding
           what
           ever
           plenty
           of
           ordinances
           God
           vouchsafed
           them
           )
           obstinate
           and
           re●ellious
           ,
           though
           
             Jacobs
          
           house
           .
           Nor
           is
           that
           meant
           only
           of
           those
           in
           after
           ages
           ,
           when
           Christ
           came
           in
           the
           flesh
           :
           The
           particular
           applications
           mentioned
           ,
           the
           kindes
           of
           sinners
           reprehended
           ,
           the
           nature
           of
           duties
           whereto
           they
           are
           exhorted
           ,
           manifest
           his
           scope
           is
           to
           teach
           the
           people
           of
           his
           own
           time
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           words
           you
           may
           ●ote
           three
           particulars
           .
        
         
         
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               persons
               concerned
               in
               the
               duty
               required
               .
               viz.
            
             The
             house
             of
             Jacob
             .
          
           
             
               2.
               
               The
               nature
               of
               the
               office
               from
               them
               expected
               ,
               which
               is
               
                 1prefaced
              
               ,
            
             Come
             ye
             ,
             let
             us
             .
             
               
                 2Expressed
              
               ,
            
             walk
             .
          
           
             
               3.
               
               The
               certainty
               of
               that
               directory
               ,
               whereby
               every
               thing
               is
               to
               be
               managed
               .
            
             The
             light
             of
             the
             Lord
             .
          
        
         
           From
           which
           he
           draweth
           three
           arguments
           of
           perswasion
           to
           godlinesse
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             A
             fontibus
             honesti
             .
          
           You
           are
           the
           house
           and
           family
           of
           father
           
             Jacob
             ,
          
           who
           prophecied
           of
           Christs
           manifestation
           in
           the
           flesh
           ,
           of
           
           whose
           line
           he
           was
           to
           come
           ;
           you
           have
           been
           educated
           
             ab
             incunabulis
          
           in
           the
           laws
           and
           statutes
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           Shall
           you
           suffer
           Gentiles
           to
           go
           before
           you
           ,
           
             O
             house
             of
             Jacob
             ?
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Ab
             inhonesto
             .
          
           How
           unseemly
           and
           base
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           others
           who
           are
           strangers
           to
           God
           and
           Christ
           ,
           without
           knowledge
           ,
           hope
           ,
           all
           ,
           should
           walk
           in
           the
           Lords
           way
           ,
           and
           you
           stand
           
             idle
             all
             the
             day
             long
             ?
             O
             come
             let
             us
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Ab
             occasion●
             facili
             .
          
           You
           have
           now
           a
           more
           fair
           opportunity
           of
           Reformation
           then
           ever
           .
           You
           cannot
           pretend
           ignorance
           ,
           through
           want
           of
           means
           to
           instruct
           you
           .
           You
           cannot
           deny
           but
           the
           Lord
           hath
           kindely
           invited
           you
           with
           tender
           of
           himself
           and
           salvation
           .
           You
           cannot
           alledge
           that
           you
           are
           strangers
           and
           in
           darknesse
           :
           Here
           is
           a
           
             light
          
           of
           truth
           ,
           a
           
             light
          
           of
           Scripture
           manifestation
           ,
           a
           
             light
          
           of
           Gospel
           revelation
           sent
           and
           set
           up
           by
           
             God
          
           himself
           ,
           that
           
             Light
             of
             the
             Lord
             .
          
        
         
           O
           
             house
          
           of
           
             Jacob
             .
          
           Why
           house
           ?
           why
           house
           of
           
             Jacob
             ?
          
           It
           were
           too
           tedious
           and
           happily
           not
           countervail
           the
           charge
           and
           labour
           ,
           to
           rear
           up
           a
           large
           structure
           of
           the
           various
           significations
           and
           acceptions
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           
             House
             .
          
           In
           Scripture
           language
           't
           is
           a
           work
           
           perfected
           already
           by
           our
           Divines
           in
           their
           writings
           ;
           you
           may
           please
           to
           take
           notice
           onely
           ,
           how
           it
           's
           squared
           to
           our
           present
           purpose
           .
           That
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           is
           often
           deciphered
           by
           this
           name
           ,
           is
           not
           unknown
           to
           those
           who
           are
           competently
           versed
           in
           sacred
           writ
           ;
           which
           because
           used
           both
           materially
           and
           formally
           ,
           be
           pleased
           to
           remember
           ,
           that
           it
           s
           taken
           speci●lly
           for
           sons
           or
           a
           posterity
           of
           those
           whom
           God
           would
           make
           happy
           with
           such
           a
           blessing
           .
           As
           when
           God
           is
           said
           to
           be
           favourable
           to
           the
           Egyptian
           Midwives
           ,
           that
           
             he
             made
             them
             a
             house
             ,
          
           concerning
           
           
           which
           ,
           though
           in
           severall
           glosses
           there
           be
           variety
           of
           opinions
           ,
           occasioned
           by
           the
           changing
           of
           the
           gender
           masculine
           for
           feminine
           ,
           and
           feminine
           for
           masculine
           .
           As
           also
           that
           some
           of
           the
           
             Hebrew
             Doctors
          
           conceive
           it
           meant
           of
           their
           preservation
           from
           the
           rage
           of
           
             Pharaoh
             ;
          
           Others
           with
           
             Tostatus
          
           take
           it
           for
           her
           incorporating
           into
           the
           Nation
           and
           Commonwealth
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           as
           
             Rabab
             ,
          
           though
           it
           s
           not
           improbable
           they
           were
           Hebrew
           women
           .
           Others
           with
           
             Hierom
          
           and
           
             Rupertus
             ,
          
           think
           it
           meant
           of
           the
           Heavenly
           mansions
           in
           future
           glory
           .
           And
           some
           with
           
             Theoderet
          
           and
           
             Augustine
          
           apply
           it
           to
           those
           houses
           of
           wealth
           and
           riches
           the
           Lord
           for
           that
           service
           gave
           them
           .
           In
           this
           variety
           we
           may
           not
           exclud●
           that
           sence
           which
           the
           foregoing
           words
           do
           reade
           ,
           of
           a
           numerous
           family
           and
           posterity
           wherewith
           God
           blessed
           them
           ,
           notwithstanding
           
             Pharaohs
          
           rage
           very
           great
           against
           them
           .
           To
           the
           like
           purpose
           is
           that
           phrase
           ,
           in
           
             Gen.
          
           16
           2.
           in
           the
           story
           of
           
           
             Sarah
          
           when
           she
           gave
           
             Hagar
          
           to
           
             Abraham
             .
          
           I
           may
           (
           saith
           she
           )
           
             be
             builded
             by
             her
             .
          
           So
           
             Rachel
          
           and
           
             Leah
          
           are
           said
           
             to
             build
             the
             house
          
           
           
             of
             Israel
             ,
          
           Ruth
           4.
           11.
           
           And
           in
           
             Davids
          
           story
           you
           have
           that
           ,
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           7.
           11
           ,
           27.
           and
           in
           other
           places
           .
           The
           reason
           whereof
           is
           manifest
           by
           the
           Etymologie
           .
           The
           Hebrew
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           signifying
           a
           sonne
           comes
           of
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Banah
             ,
          
           and
           is
           of
           the
           same
           root
           with
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Eben
          
           a
           stone
           ,
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Beth
          
           a
           house
           ,
           that
           as
           one
           stone
           built
           on
           another
           ,
           ariseth
           up
           to
           a
           house
           or
           building
           ,
           so
           of
           one
           sonne
           or
           childe
           (
           by
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           on
           the
           parents
           )
           a
           family
           ariseth
           .
           Neither
           is
           it
           to
           be
           restrained
           to
           this
           posterity
           as
           such
           only
           :
           He
           mentions
           them
           as
           a
           select
           house
           ,
           a
           chosen
           people
           amongst
           
           whom
           God
           had
           set
           his
           name
           and
           worship
           ,
           as
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           is
           set
           forth
           often
           in
           the
           new
           Testament
           ,
           
             Heb
          
           3.
           16.
           
        
         
           But
           
             Why
             Jacobs
             house
             ?
          
           You
           know
           (
           beloved
           )
           that
           
             Abraham
          
           had
           but
           one
           sonne
           by
           
             Sarah
             .
             Isaak
          
           indeed
           had
           two
           sons
           ,
           but
           one
           of
           them
           was
           rejected
           and
           cast
           out
           of
           the
           family
           .
           But
           
             Jacob
          
           was
           honoured
           with
           twelve
           sonnes
           ,
           all
           which
           as
           they
           were
           members
           ,
           so
           were
           they
           sharers
           in
           the
           heirship
           and
           benefits
           of
           the
           temporall
           and
           spirituall
           family
           ,
           and
           did
           joyn
           in
           enlarging
           his
           house
           :
           whence
           it
           is
           that
           
             Abraham
          
           and
           
             Isaak
          
           are
           silenced
           ,
           and
           so
           often
           mention
           is
           made
           of
           
             Jacob
          
           or
           
             Israels
          
           posterity
           ,
           doubtlesse
           they
           did
           much
           glory
           in
           this
           prerogative
           :
           the
           prophet
           therefore
           being
           to
           deal
           with
           them
           takes
           his
           rise
           hence
           to
           perswade
           them
           to
           duty
           .
        
         
         
           
             A
             priviledged
             people
             should
             walk
             sutable
             to
             those
             priviledges
             God
             vouchsafes
             them
             .
          
           
        
         
           To
           which
           purpose
           its
           observable
           in
           Scripture
           how
           frequently
           we
           are
           exhorted
           
             to
             walk
             worthy
             of
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           which
           sheweth
           ,
           
           that
           when
           God
           hath
           made
           large
           manifestations
           of
           favour
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           it
           ought
           to
           correspond
           in
           behaviour
           to
           those
           benefits
           .
           Hence
           are
           those
           connexions
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           6.
           10
           ,
           11
           ,
           12.
           
           
             And
             it
             shall
             be
             when
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             hath
             brought
             thee
             into
             the
             land
             which
             he
             sware
             unto
             thy
             fathers
             ,
             to
             Abraham
             to
             Isaac
             and
             to
             Jacob
             ,
             to
             give
             thee
             great
             and
             goodly
             cities
             which
             thou
             buildedst
             not
             ,
             and
             houses
             full
             of
             all
             good
             things
             which
             thou
             filledst
             not
             ,
             and
             wels
             digged
             which
             thou
             diggedst
             not
             :
             Vineyards
             and
             olive-trees
             which
             thou
             plantedst
             not
             :
             When
             thou
             shalt
             have
             eaten
             and
             be
             full
             ,
             then
             beware
             lest
             thou
             forget
             the
             Lord
             which
             brought
             thee
             forth
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
             Egypt
             from
             the
             house
             of
             bondage
             .
          
           You
           see
           their
           priviledges
           are
           many
           :
           And
           the
           last
           wherein
           he
           instanceth
           ,
           is
           deliverance
           from
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           of
           which
           the
           Jews
           made
           
             yearly
          
           mention
           ,
           when
           
           they
           presented
           their
           first
           fruits
           unto
           God
           :
           the
           intent
           of
           all
           which
           is
           to
           endear
           then
           ,
           that
           seeing
           the
           hearts
           of
           men
           are
           so
           
           corrupt
           ,
           as
           easily
           to
           abuse
           Gods
           bounty
           to
           wantonnesse
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           be
           so
           much
           more
           heedfull
           (
           being
           a
           priviledged
           people
           )
           that
           they
           forget
           not
           the
           service
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           his
           worship
           and
           Religion
           :
           that
           's
           his
           meaning
           surely
           ,
           for
           in
           Scripture
           men
           
           are
           said
           to
           
             forget
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           when
           they
           corrupt
           Religion
           ,
           or
           suffer
           it
           to
           be
           corrupted
           also
           ,
           in
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           12.
           29.
           
             onely
             fear
             the
             Lord
             and
             serve
             him
             in
             truth
             with
             all
             your
             heart
             ,
             for
             consider
             how
             great
             things
             he
             hath
             done
             for
             you
             .
          
           He
           might
           have
           said
           as
           the
           men
           of
           our
           times
           .
           God
           hath
           done
           great
           things
           for
           us
           ,
           great
           deliverances
           ,
           great
           preservations
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           now
           fail
           us
           ,
           though
           we
           be
           not
           so
           holy
           .
           Oh
           saith
           he
           ,
           this
           priviledge
           must
           binde
           you
           to
           
           duty
           ,
           
             consider
          
           what
           
             he
             hath
             done
             for
             you
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           constant
           language
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           .
           But
           I
           need
           not
           compasse
           this
           truth
           
             with
             a
             greater
             cloud
             of
             witnesses
             .
          
        
         
           You
           will
           say
           ,
           what
           were
           the
           priviledges
           of
           
             Jacobs
          
           house
           ,
           that
           
           he
           insists
           so
           much
           upon
           them
           ?
        
         
           Truly
           they
           were
           great
           and
           many
           ,
           both
           to
           Church
           and
           state
           ,
           
           and
           in
           them
           as
           in
           a
           mappe
           we
           may
           behold
           our
           own
           priviledges
           represented
           ,
           as
           St
           
             Austin
          
           saies
           ,
           
             priores
             omnei
             quotquot
             〈◊〉
          
           
           
           
             habuerunt
             Christiani
             dicendi
             sunt
             .
          
           Israelites
           were
           Christians
           (
           in
           his
           sence
           )
           Christians
           Israelites
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           They
           came
           of
           
             Jacob
          
           eternally
           famous
           for
           his
           great
           strength
           manifested
           in
           his
           wrastling
           by
           faith
           ,
           with
           Christ
           ,
           and
           overcoming
           
           him
           ,
           as
           
             Hilary
          
           notes
           ;
           for
           his
           familiarity
           with
           God
           ,
           
             talking
             with
             him
             face
             to
             face
             ,
          
           Gen.
           32.
           30.
           
           That
           he
           was
           to
           God
           a
           
             consilijs
             ,
          
           and
           long
           before
           the
           incarnation
           of
           Christ
           revealed
           to
           him
           that
           mistery
           .
           Nor
           do
           we
           come
           short
           in
           this
           favour
           ,
           we
           have
           by
           Christ
           
             accesse
             to
             the
             throne
             of
             grace
             ,
          
           we
           have
           power
           with
           Christ
           ,
           and
           by
           our
           faith
           
             conquer
             the
             world
             ,
          
           and
           are
           of
           Gods
           counsell
           ,
           
           knowing
           
             the
             minde
             of
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           God
           did
           separate
           
             Jacobs
          
           family
           as
           a
           
             peculiar
          
           people
           to
           himself
           ,
           
             from
             all
             the
             nations
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             on
             whom
             he
             would
             chuse
             to
             set
             his
             love
             and
             do
             them
             good
             ,
          
           Deut.
           7.
           6.
           they
           were
           a
           peculiar
           
           treasure
           of
           Jewels
           ,
           in
           which
           God
           took
           pleasure
           .
           In
           this
           happinesse
           are
           we
           also
           sharers
           as
           children
           of
           the
           spirituall
           family
           :
           who
           knows
           not
           that
           we
           were
           a
           wilde
           and
           barbarous
           people
           ,
           who
           painted
           and
           flashed
           our
           flesh
           ?
           God
           vouchsafed
           at
           that
           time
           to
           send
           his
           word
           amongst
           us
           to
           reclaim
           us
           of
           that
           barbarous
           paganisme
           ,
           after
           that
           we
           fell
           to
           popery
           and
           superstition
           ,
           the
           Lord
           was
           pleased
           by
           a
           further
           manifestation
           of
           his
           son
           Christ
           Jesus
           to
           call
           us
           to
           himself
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           be
           
             a
             peculiar
             people
             to
             him
             ,
             zealous
             of
             good
             works
             .
          
           
        
         
           3.
           
           Of
           
             Jacobs
          
           family
           Christ
           came
           as
           the
           Apostle
           witnesseth
           ,
           
             Rom
          
           9.
           5.
           
           It
           was
           no
           small
           honour
           to
           that
           house
           ,
           from
           which
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           as
           man
           descended
           .
           Is
           not
           Christ
           our
           kinsman
           ,
           our
           elder
           brother
           ?
           is
           he
           not
           flesh
           of
           our
           flesh
           ,
           bone
           of
           our
           bone
           ?
           did
           he
           take
           the
           
             nature
             of
             Angels
             on
             him
             ?
          
           No
           ,
           he
           is
           made
           
           like
           to
           us
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           finne
           onely
           excepted
           .
           I
           cannot
           but
           with
           divine
           
             Austin
          
           admire
           the
           incomprehensible
           love
           of
           God
           to
           us
           in
           this
           ,
           of
           clothing
           his
           divine
           nature
           with
           the
           rags
           of
           our
           humane
           flesh
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           to
           make
           himself
           a
           sacrifice
           for
           sinne
           .
        
         
           ●
           .
           It
           was
           a
           great
           priviledge
           of
           this
           family
           that
           God
           committed
           to
           them
           ,
           only
           the
           keeping
           of
           his
           
             Oracles
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Apostle
           
           speaketh
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           3.
           2.
           if
           it
           were
           an
           honour
           to
           
             Theophilus
             ,
          
           though
           a
           Sena●our
           ,
           as
           a
           learned
           Divine
           doth
           stile
           him
           ,
           that
           
             Luke
          
           the
           authour
           of
           the
           holy
           story
           containing
           the
           birth
           ,
           preaching-life
           ,
           
           and
           death
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           Gospel
           of
           
             Luke
          
           and
           the
           Acts
           of
           Apostles
           ,
           after
           Christs
           departure
           to
           heaven
           ,
           was
           dedicated
           
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           faithfully
           preserve
           it
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           Gods
           use
           and
           benefit
           :
           how
           great
           a
           favour
           was
           it
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           
             Jacobs
          
           house
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           sacred
           story
           ,
           mysterious
           books
           of
           the
           Prophets
           in
           their
           keeping
           ?
           Nor
           are
           Christians
           behinde
           in
           this
           mercy
           ,
           and
           we
           of
           this
           Land
           being
           a
           part
           of
           the
           family
           ,
           have
           experienced
           this
           bounty
           in
           a
           very
           great
           measure
           .
           Time
           was
           ,
           when
           our
           condition
           resembled
           theirs
           in
           
             Samuels
          
           daies
           ;
           
             that
             the
             word
          
           
           
             of
             God
             was
             exceeding
             precious
             :
          
           Time
           was
           ,
           when
           we
           had
           small
           vision
           and
           
             the
             blinde
          
           lead
           
             the
             blinde
             ,
          
           and
           through
           lack
           of
           it
           ,
           people
           were
           in
           a
           perishing
           condition
           :
           Time
           was
           ,
           when
           to
           have
           an
           English
           bible
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           of
           old
           or
           new
           Testament
           in
           our
           own
           language
           without
           licence
           was
           capitall
           .
           But
           God
           of
           his
           infinite
           mercy
           hath
           for
           many
           years
           shewed
           us
           in
           this
           particular
           the
           light
           of
           his
           countenance
           :
           We
           have
           the
           sacred
           
             Oracles
          
           (
           notwithstanding
           the
           projects
           and
           plots
           of
           all
           Atheisticall
           and
           popish
           men
           )
           in
           a
           large
           and
           plentifull
           measure
           .
           We
           have
           
             Moses
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ,
          
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           holding
           out
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           covenant
           in
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           for
           the
           foundation
           of
           our
           faith
           ,
           direction
           of
           our
           manners
           ;
           if
           by
           our
           unworthinesse
           we
           provoke
           him
           not
           to
           deprive
           us
           
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           This
           family
           had
           the
           Lord
           his
           speciall
           protection
           against
           forreign
           and
           domestick
           enemies
           ,
           he
           did
           
             bear
             them
             on
             Eagles
             wings
             ,
          
           he
           covered
           and
           defended
           them
           under
           
             the
             feathers
          
           of
           his
           providence
           ,
           
             he
             suffered
             no
             man
             to
             do
             them
             wrong
             :
             but
             reproved
             Kings
             for
             their
             sakes
             ;
          
           though
           as
           it
           seems
           ,
           they
           were
           in
           a
           
           low
           condition
           ,
           having
           seven
           mighty
           states
           to
           deal
           withall
           .
           Beloved
           we
           are
           equally
           partakers
           (
           as
           members
           of
           the
           family
           )
           in
           this
           favour
           .
           God
           hath
           been
           a
           
             Sunne
          
           to
           us
           ,
           inlightning
           our
           understandings
           with
           the
           knowledge
           of
           himself
           ,
           a
           
             shield
             ,
          
           a
           protection
           to
           us
           against
           the
           most
           nefarious
           and
           bloudy
           assaults
           of
           homebred
           and
           forreign
           enemies
           :
           How
           hath
           he
           
             turned
          
           the
           
             counsells
          
           of
           crafty
           
             Ahitophels
             into
             foolishnesse
             ?
          
           How
           hath
           he
           shattered
           the
           forces
           of
           bloudy
           
             Esaus
             ?
          
           How
           hath
           he
           discomfited
           yea
           routed
           the
           Annies
           of
           proud
           Philistines
           and
           confounded
           swelling
           
             Pharaohs
             in
             the
             red
             sea
             ?
          
           He
           
             hath
             broken
             their
             bow
             ,
          
           
           and
           knapt
           
             their
             spear
             in
             sunder
             ,
          
           and
           
             burnt
             their
             chariots
             in
             the
             fire
             :
          
           He
           hath
           raised
           up
           the
           Heroick
           spirits
           of
           those
           worthies
           (
           not
           as
           the
           heathen
           fain
           by
           transmigration
           of
           souls
           )
           but
           by
           redoubling
           the
           same
           spirit
           on
           them
           more
           powerfull
           then
           a
           drum
           of
           dead
           
             Ziscaes
          
           skin
           :
           on
           one
           he
           hath
           put
           
             Sampsons
          
           spirit
           ,
           on
           another
           ,
           
             Davids
          
           spirit
           ,
           on
           another
           
             Samuels
          
           spirit
           :
           He
           hath
           for
           us
           men
           and
           our
           safety
           ,
           
             subdued
             Kingdoms
             ,
             wrought
             righteousnesse
             ,
          
           performed
           
             promises
             ,
             stopped
             the
             mouths
             of
             Lions
             ,
             quenched
             the
             violence
             of
             fire
             ,
          
           made
           us
           escape
           
             the
             edge
             of
             the
             sword
             :
          
           of
           
           
             weaknesse
          
           made
           us
           strong
           ,
           we
           have
           
             waxed
             valiant
             in
             fight
             ;
          
           hath
           turned
           to
           
             flight
             the
             Armies
             of
             the
             Alions
             ,
          
           both
           in
           this
           and
           in
           other
           Kingdoms
           .
           I
           pray
           God
           ,
           our
           private
           differences
           (
           after
           the
           influence
           of
           so
           great
           mercies
           )
           which
           hath
           in
           severall
           ages
           of
           
             Saxons
             ,
             Danes
             ,
             Normans
             ,
          
           been
           fatall
           to
           this
           Nation
           ,
           prove
           
           not
           a
           sad
           
             omen
          
           to
           us
           ,
           who
           live
           no
           better
           ,
           if
           not
           worse
           then
           formerly
           ;
           in
           blasphemies
           ,
           in
           contempt
           of
           ordinances
           ,
           and
           
             abominable
             idolatries
             ,
          
           as
           if
           with
           
             Theramines
          
           in
           the
           story
           ,
           we
           judge
           our selves
           reserved
           to
           some
           further
           evil
           of
           misery
           ,
           by
           our
           trading
           
           in
           that
           of
           sin
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           God
           seated
           
             Jacobs
          
           family
           on
           a
           most
           fertile
           soil
           .
           The
           ground
           sometimes
           is
           of
           much
           advantage
           to
           that
           people
           ,
           which
           
           doth
           inhabit
           such
           a
           peece
           of
           earth
           :
           'T
           is
           observed
           by
           our
           learned
           historian
           Mr
           
             Camden
             ,
          
           that
           the
           Religious
           houses
           so
           called
           (
           built
           by
           our
           predecessours
           ,
           in
           the
           founders
           intentions
           ,
           nurseries
           of
           learning
           and
           piety
           )
           were
           placed
           in
           the
           most
           fruitfull
           parts
           of
           the
           countrey
           :
           And
           may
           not
           Christians
           ,
           and
           more
           particularly
           we
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           say
           as
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           16.
           6.
           
           
             The
             lines
             are
             fallen
          
           to
           us
           
             in
             a
             pleasant
             place
             ,
          
           or
           as
           the
           Greek
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             in
             optimis
             seu
             praestantissimis
             .
             We
             have
             a
             goodly
             heritage
             ,
          
           or
           ,
           as
           is
           fair
           for
           me
           ,
           or
           unto
           me
           ,
           
             it
             pleaseth
             me
             well
             ,
          
           such
           an
           heritage
           as
           is
           a
           little
           paradise
           on
           earth
           ,
           to
           the
           admiration
           of
           our
           friends
           and
           emulation
           of
           our
           enemies
           .
        
         
           Worthy
           patriots
           ,
           you
           have
           heard
           the
           
             beneficium
          
           and
           priviledge
           of
           
             Jacobs
          
           familie
           ;
           having
           been
           somewhat
           large
           in
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           briefly
           shew
           the
           
             officium
          
           or
           duty
           on
           our
           part
           ,
           correspondent
           
           to
           so
           high
           a
           favour
           .
        
         
           In
           opening
           whereof
           I
           tremble
           to
           tell
           you
           ;
           I
           may
           〈◊〉
           indeed
           ,
           
             vox
             faucibus
             haeret
             .
          
           I
           shall
           rather
           (
           such
           is
           our
           ingratefull
           
           behaviour
           )
           point
           at
           the
           unworthy
           carriage
           of
           this
           generation
           to
           our
           heavenly
           father
           (
           as
           
             Polycarpus
          
           said
           )
           that
           ever
           hath
           followed
           vs
           with
           good
           ,
           never
           did
           us
           evil
           .
           May
           I
           not
           take
           up
           
             Isaiahs
          
           complaint
           ,
           he
           
             hath
             nourished
             up
             children
             ,
             and
             they
             have
             rebelled
             against
             him
             ?
          
           may
           I
           not
           too
           truly
           lament
           our
           times
           ,
           in
           the
           language
           of
           
             Ezekiel
             ,
          
           that
           we
           
             are
             a
             rebellious
             house
             ?
          
           may
           I
           not
           as
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           complain
           of
           this
           family
           in
           that
           sad
           expression
           ,
           
           
             Oh
             foolish
             nation
             and
             unwise
             ,
             doe
             we
             thus
             requite
             the
             Lord
             ?
          
           He
           sharpens
           his
           speech
           with
           an
           Interrogation
           ,
           to
           shew
           the
           grievousnesse
           
           of
           their
           offence
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           work
           in
           them
           a
           deeper
           impression
           :
           And
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           he
           useth
           the
           word
           
             Nabal
             ,
          
           signifying
           a
           fool
           that
           hath
           his
           judgement
           and
           understanding
           faded
           from
           him
           ,
           whereupon
           he
           becomes
           wilde
           and
           wicked
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           riches
           of
           his
           heavenly
           fathers
           bounty
           towards
           him
           :
           Such
           
             Nabals
             ,
          
           such
           arrant
           fools
           ,
           are
           we
           of
           this
           
             Jacobs
          
           house
           ;
           as
           may
           be
           manifested
           ,
           if
           we
           make
           an
           impartiall
           scrutiny
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           How
           do
           children
           of
           this
           house
           undervalue
           the
           benefits
           conferred
           on
           them
           ?
           At
           how
           low
           and
           mean
           a
           rate
           doe
           they
           set
           them
           ?
           how
           vilely
           do
           most
           men
           esteem
           them
           ?
           As
           he
           in
           the
           Proverbs
           ,
           
             it
             's
             naught
             ,
             it
             's
             naught
             ,
             saith
             the
             buyer
             .
          
           It
           's
           mean
           ,
           it
           's
           not
           of
           that
           worth
           ,
           saith
           a
           carnall
           heart
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           that
           excellencie
           
           in
           the
           favours
           that
           men
           talk
           of
           .
           If
           a
           man
           should
           set
           a
           poor
           rate
           on
           a
           Shop
           commodity
           ,
           how
           would
           the
           owners
           frown
           at
           him
           ?
           Think
           you
           when
           God
           hath
           bestowed
           all
           his
           cost
           and
           labour
           on
           us
           ,
           his
           enemies
           by
           nature
           ,
           he
           will
           take
           it
           well
           we
           so
           underprize
           his
           bounty
           ,
           and
           yet
           of
           his
           family
           ?
           O
           that
           any
           could
           so
           value
           the
           Lord
           and
           his
           goodnesse
           ,
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           do
           !
           But
           as
           those
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           being
           invited
           to
           the
           feast
           (
           saith
           the
           text
           )
           
             they
             made
             light
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             went
             their
             way
             :
          
           
           the
           Greek
           signifies
           a
           disdainfull
           neglect
           ,
           as
           some
           base
           thing
           not
           worth
           the
           while
           ,
           and
           therefore
           bestow
           themselves
           otherwise
           :
           So
           do
           we
           disesteem
           (
           chiefly
           )
           spirituall
           favours
           :
           the
           people
           of
           God
           may
           by
           experience
           finde
           it
           in
           themselves
           too
           true
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           their
           hearts
           are
           most
           inclined
           to
           beat
           down
           the
           
           price
           of
           soul-mercies
           ,
           whereas
           God
           looks
           we
           should
           prize
           mercy
           t●
           its
           worth
           .
           Hence
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           150.
           2.
           
             praise
             him
             according
             to
          
           
           
             his
             excellent
             greatnesse
             ,
          
           as
           he
           riseth
           to
           us
           in
           favours
           ,
           our
           hearts
           should
           be
           raised
           to
           him
           in
           
             Magnificates
             .
          
           I
           may
           not
           unfitly
           in
           this
           case
           phrase
           it
           with
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           Numb.
           16.
           9.
           
           
             Seemeth
             it
             a
             small
             thin●
             unto
             you
             ,
             that
             the
             God
             of
             Israel
             hath
             separated
             you
             from
             the
             congregation
             of
             Israel
             ,
             to
             bring
             you
             neer
             to
             himself
             ,
             to
             do
             the
             service
             of
             the
             Tabernacle
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             to
             stand
             before
             the
             congregation
             to
             minister
             unto
             them
             ?
          
           His
           intent
           is
           to
           shew
           the
           Levites
           their
           sinne
           ,
           in
           undervaluing
           the
           kindenesse
           of
           God
           in
           the
           function
           he
           had
           put
           them
           .
           As
           Israel
           was
           separated
           from
           all
           other
           people
           to
           be
           the
           Lords
           peculiar
           ,
           
             Leviticus
          
           20.
           26.
           1
           
           
             King.
          
           8.
           33
           
           ▪
           34
           ,
           36.
           
           So
           were
           the
           Levites
           separated
           from
           the
           sons
           of
           Israel
           to
           be
           the
           Lords
           ,
           as
           
             Numb.
          
           8.
           19
           hereupon
           the
           Scripture
           speaks
           of
           them
           as
           distinct
           from
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           1
           
             Chron.
          
           9.
           2.
           
             Psal.
          
           135.
           19
           ,
           20.
           
           And
           this
           was
           their
           sinne
           ,
           that
           they
           bore
           so
           mean
           thoughts
           of
           it
           :
           So
           God
           having
           taken
           us
           Gentiles
           ,
           
             wilde
             Olives
             by
             nature
             ,
          
           put
           us
           
             into
             the
             true
             Olive
             ,
          
           called
           us
           to
           
           himself
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           people
           ,
           us
           of
           this
           nation
           ,
           by
           severall
           remarkable
           acts
           of
           providence
           ,
           hath
           he
           severed
           to
           be
           his
           peculiar
           portion
           .
           Shall
           we
           suffer
           our
           hearts
           now
           to
           be
           low
           in
           regard
           of
           him
           ?
           this
           is
           the
           way
           to
           forfeit
           all
           :
           Oh
           take
           heed
           of
           a
           scornfull
           undervaluing
           Gods
           mercies
           .
           
        
         
           2.
           
           How
           is
           it
           that
           our
           affections
           are
           not
           drawn
           to
           God
           by
           his
           favours
           ?
           We
           love
           and
           rejoyce
           in
           him
           nothing
           the
           more
           since
           we
           received
           them
           .
           These
           would
           (
           if
           our
           spirits
           were
           rightly
           tempered
           )
           be
           as
           a
           load-stone
           to
           draw
           us
           to
           God
           the
           donor
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           with
           
             David
             ,
             Whom
             have
             I
             in
             heaven
             but
             thee
             ,
          
           and
           
             in
             earth
             none
             in
             comparison
             of
             thee
             :
          
           As
           St
           
             Austin
          
           his
           heart
           
           could
           not
           be
           quiet
           ,
           but
           on
           all
           occasions
           of
           Gods
           dispensing
           his
           bounties
           mounts
           up
           to
           heaven
           .
           Were
           our
           souls
           in
           right
           frame
           ,
           these
           bounds
           of
           God
           would
           be
           to
           us
           as
           that
           clew
           or
           thred
           (
           pardon
           the
           expression
           )
           to
           carry
           us
           thorough
           all
           mazes
           and
           labyrinths
           to
           finde
           out
           the
           Lord
           .
           So
           were
           they
           to
           
             Jacob
          
           in
           a
           straight
           :
           he
           called
           to
           minde
           the
           promise
           ,
           that
           God
           had
           past
           his
           word
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           do
           
             him
             good
             ,
          
           he
           with
           that
           sets
           before
           his
           eyes
           his
           own
           unworthinesse
           of
           the
           least
           of
           all
           
             Gods
             mercies
             ,
          
           he
           considers
           how
           God
           brought
           him
           
             over
             Jordan
             with
             a
          
           
           
             staffe
             only
             ,
          
           he
           remembers
           also
           ,
           how
           great
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           God
           had
           made
           him
           ,
           having
           now
           
             two
          
           compleat
           
             bands
             ,
          
           and
           like
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           looks
           on
           
             him
             that
             's
             invisible
             ,
          
           through
           all
           these
           perspectives
           ,
           
           and
           so
           gathers
           assurance
           of
           Gods
           assistance
           against
           the
           rage
           of
           his
           mercilesse
           brother
           
             Esau
             ,
          
           who
           is
           
             ready
             to
             slay
             the
             mother
             upon
             the
             childe
             :
          
           So
           the
           Apostle
           in
           that
           place
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           ,
           where
           he
           setteth
           down
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           God
           to
           our
           fathers
           ,
           besides
           other
           things
           ,
           in
           making
           the
           promise
           to
           them
           (
           saith
           )
           
             they
             embraced
             the
             promises
             ,
          
           the
           Originall
           word
           signifies
           as
           much
           ,
           as
           they
           saluted
           the
           promises
           ,
           not
           in
           a
           vain
           frothy
           
           complement
           ,
           as
           gallants
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           but
           in
           earnest
           ,
           heartily
           ,
           drawn
           in
           affection
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           affiance
           for
           him
           that
           made
           the
           promises
           .
           It
           s
           an
           evil
           verily
           to
           be
           lamented
           ,
           that
           this
           goodnesse
           of
           our
           heavenly
           father
           is
           no
           more
           prevalent
           to
           allure
           our
           hearts
           to
           Godwards
           :
           this
           being
           one
           speciall
           means
           to
           ingage
           God
           ,
           as
           in
           
             Jacobs
          
           case
           .
           God
           is
           by
           
             Jeremy
          
           setting
           forth
           the
           return
           of
           the
           Israelites
           from
           Captivity
           ,
           
             Jer.
          
           30.
           2.
           
           See
           how
           he
           doth
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           10th
           verse
           you
           read
           ,
           
             fear
             not
             O
             my
             servant
             Jacob
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           In
           the
           18th
           verse
           ,
           
             Behold
             I
             will
             bring
             again
             the
             captivity
             of
             Jacobs
             tents
             ,
             and
             have
             mercy
             on
             his
             dwelling-places
             ,
          
           and
           their
           
             nobles
             shall
             be
             of
             themselves
          
           (
           strangers
           shall
           not
           be
           their
           masters
           )
           
             And
             their
             Governours
             shall
             proceed
             from
             the
             midst
             of
             them
             ,
          
           and
           
             I
             will
             cause
             him
             to
             draw
             near
             and
             he
             shall
             approach
             unto
             me
             ,
             for
             who
             is
             this
             that
             engaged
             his
             heart
             to
             approach
             unto
             me
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           It
           's
           an
           heart-engagement
           ,
           not
           tongue
           only
           ;
           when
           
           the
           very
           soul
           of
           a
           man
           is
           devoted
           to
           the
           Lord
           .
           I
           know
           some
           take
           it
           to
           be
           meant
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           be
           extended
           also
           to
           his
           members
           ,
           the
           spirituall
           posterity
           of
           
             Jacob
             ,
          
           as
           the
           scope
           of
           the
           words
           shew
           .
           O
           if
           we
           could
           ingage
           our
           hearts
           to
           God
           on
           mercies
           received
           ,
           he
           would
           count
           no
           favour
           too
           dear
           for
           us
           .
        
         
           Why
           doe
           we
           not
           imploy
           and
           improve
           our
           time
           and
           abilities
           to
           the
           benefit
           and
           advantage
           of
           the
           family
           ?
           Is
           any
           man
           born
           
           for
           himself
           ?
           Do
           we
           injoy
           guifts
           of
           nature
           ,
           learning
           or
           fortune
           (
           as
           I
           may
           so
           call
           them
           )
           for
           our
           ease
           ,
           honour
           ,
           wealth
           only
           ?
           The
           heathen
           will
           ,
           if
           we
           look
           into
           their
           writings
           ,
           teach
           us
           another
           lesson
           :
           A
           good
           man
           ,
           saith
           our
           English
           
             Seneca
             ,
          
           should
           be
           a
           common
           fountain
           ,
           at
           which
           all
           may
           freely
           come
           to
           receive
           
           water
           of
           comfort
           and
           assistance
           :
           those
           who
           are
           in
           a
           family
           should
           be
           instrumentall
           to
           the
           advantage
           of
           all
           ,
           chiefly
           of
           
             the
          
           
           
             family
             and
             houshold
             of
             faith
             ,
          
           as
           
             Joseph
          
           in
           
             Pharaohs
          
           house
           .
           What
           a
           world
           of
           good
           did
           he
           upon
           every
           occasion
           to
           those
           who
           stood
           in
           need
           of
           his
           help
           ?
           what
           an
           admirable
           testimony
           is
           it
           which
           
             Ambrose
          
           gives
           of
           
             Theodosius
          
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           who
           to
           his
           last
           ,
           was
           solicitous
           for
           the
           publike
           with
           neglect
           of
           his
           own
           private
           interests
           ?
           God
           hath
           put
           (
           Noble
           Senators
           )
           such
           a
           
             price
             into
             your
             hands
             ,
          
           hath
           given
           you
           so
           many
           ,
           so
           great
           opportunities
           (
           besides
           the
           deliverances
           vouchsafed
           beyond
           expression
           )
           for
           raising
           and
           making
           happy
           Church
           and
           state
           ,
           as
           never
           to
           any
           Parliament
           under
           the
           cope
           of
           heaven
           .
           He
           looks
           for
           more
           (
           without
           doubt
           )
           from
           you
           then
           others
           :
           It
           will
           not
           satisfie
           him
           in
           the
           great
           Assise
           ,
           that
           any
           of
           you
           have
           been
           quiet
           and
           
           forborn
           to
           meddle
           much
           ,
           as
           the
           heathen
           complained
           of
           some
           ;
           Nor
           that
           others
           of
           you
           have
           been
           doing
           some
           other
           work
           then
           family
           businesse
           ;
           Least
           of
           all
           that
           any
           of
           you
           should
           doe
           evil
           offices
           though
           never
           so
           closely
           to
           this
           family
           :
           As
           if
           you
           according
           to
           that
           opinion
           of
           the
           Florentine
           ,
           should
           imagine
           ,
           that
           great
           persons
           were
           made
           for
           their
           pleasures
           only
           .
           He
           hath
           betrusted
           
           you
           with
           his
           
             house
             ,
          
           be
           not
           deceived
           ,
           no
           pretences
           will
           satisfie
           him
           when
           he
           calls
           his
           stewards
           to
           an
           after
           reckoning
           .
           
             Saul
          
           you
           know
           was
           taken
           of
           God
           and
           imployed
           about
           this
           house
           ,
           but
           came
           short
           in
           his
           improvement
           .
           He
           perhaps
           prided
           himself
           in
           his
           greatnesse
           ,
           and
           thought
           
             his
          
           
             *
          
           
             mountain
             ,
          
           like
           
             David
          
           sometimes
           ,
           
             so
             strong
             as
             never
             to
             be
             moved
             :
          
           made
           light
           of
           admonitions
           ,
           sieighted
           opportunities
           ,
           lost
           advantages
           ,
           pleased
           himself
           ,
           but
           
             provoked
             God
             to
             the
             confusion
             of
             himself
             ,
          
           and
           
             rending
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             from
             him
             :
          
           yea
           though
           ,
           perhaps
           in
           tendernesse
           or
           policy
           ,
           he
           
             spared
             Agag
          
           and
           the
           fat
           cattell
           (
           it
           being
           contrary
           to
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Lord
           )
           God
           makes
           
             Samuel
          
           his
           executioner
           to
           do
           his
           pleasure
           on
           him
           in
           
             Gilgal
             :
          
           that
           
             as
             his
             sword
             had
             made
             many
             mothers
             childlesse
             ,
          
           so
           
             should
             his
             mother
             be
             childlesse
             .
             Jehu
          
           you
           know
           (
           honourable
           and
           beloved
           )
           was
           advanced
           to
           govern
           the
           family
           ,
           he
           had
           
             a
             price
             put
             into
             his
             hands
             ,
          
           and
           did
           something
           in
           the
           Lords
           cause
           :
           He
           set
           on
           a
           parcell
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           God
           therefore
           assures
           him
           the
           kingdome
           to
           a
           fourth
           generation
           .
           He
           went
           so
           far
           as
           by-ends
           and
           self
           principles
           would
           
           
           carry
           him
           ,
           but
           he
           did
           not
           all
           that
           the
           necessities
           of
           Gods
           family
           ,
           and
           the
           high
           calling
           he
           was
           honoured
           with
           ,
           challenged
           at
           his
           hands
           :
           
             Jehu
             took
             no
             heed
          
           (
           saith
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           )
           
             to
             walk
             in
             all
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Israel
             ,
          
           as
           
             Hezekiah
          
           did
           with
           all
           his
           heart
           (
           it
           was
           but
           in
           a
           corner
           of
           his
           heart
           )
           
             for
             he
             departed
          
           
           
             not
             from
             the
             sinnes
             of
             Jeroboam
             ,
             which
             made
             Israel
             sinne
             :
          
           and
           therefore
           you
           read
           in
           
             Hosea
          
           of
           him
           (
           though
           it
           may
           be
           at
           first
           
           sight
           you
           would
           take
           him
           to
           be
           a
           true
           Israelite
           of
           the
           family
           in
           whom
           is
           no
           guile
           )
           how
           God
           is
           resolved
           to
           repay
           his
           partiality
           and
           insincerity
           in
           that
           very
           service
           ,
           the
           matter
           of
           which
           so
           far
           as
           he
           went
           ,
           God
           approves
           ;
           
             for
             yet
             a
             little
             while
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             and
             I
             will
             avenge
             the
             blood
             of
             Jezreel
             upon
             the
             house
             of
             Jehu
             ,
             and
             will
             cause
             to
             cease
             the
             kingdome
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Israel
             .
          
           Think
           with
           your selves
           (
           beloved
           )
           what
           a
           terrible
           curse
           it
           is
           that
           lieth
           on
           
             Coniah
             a
             broken
             despised
             vessell
             wherein
          
           God
           takes
           
             no
             pleasure
             ,
          
           such
           was
           his
           disrespect
           of
           Gods
           house
           in
           which
           he
           lived
           :
           the
           Prophet
           
             Jeremy
          
           opens
           it
           fully
           ,
           
             thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             write
             this
             man
          
           
           
             childlesse
             ,
             a
             man
             that
             shall
             not
             prosper
             in
             his
             daies
             ,
             for
             no
             man
             of
             his
             seed
             shall
             prosper
             sitting
             upon
             the
             throne
             of
             David
             and
             ruling
             any
             more
             in
             Judah
             .
          
           You
           know
           that
           ,
           
             ut
             crescunt
             dona
             ,
             sic
             crescunt
             donorum
             rationes
             ,
          
           where
           the
           Lord
           bestows
           great
           gifts
           he
           will
           call
           for
           a
           proportionable
           account
           ,
           and
           will
           exact
           it
           in
           one
           kinde
           or
           another
           ,
           he
           looks
           we
           should
           walk
           sutable
           to
           favours
           ;
           if
           we
           doe
           not
           ,
           Hear
           what
           he
           saith
           by
           his
           messengers
           :
           
             The
             glory
             of
             Jacob
          
           
           
             shall
             be
             made
             thin
             .
          
           Hear
           
             Jeremy
             ,
             I
             will
             cast
             away
             the
             seed
             of
             Jacob
             ;
          
           Hear
           
             Amos
             ,
             it
             will
             make
             God
             abhor
             the
             excellencie
             of
             Jacob
             ;
          
           yea
           further
           
             he
             will
             burn
             against
             Jacob
             like
             a
             flaming
             fire
             ,
             which
             shall
             devour
             round
             about
             .
          
        
         
           Surely
           we
           desire
           not
           that
           
             Jacobs
             house
             should
             be
             worn
             thin
             ,
          
           that
           
             it
             be
             cast
             off
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             excellencie
          
           abhorred
           and
           
             burnt
             round
             about
             with
             fire
          
           from
           
             God
             ,
             who
             (
             being
             angry
             )
             is
             no
          
           less●
           then
           a
           consuming
           
           fire
           ;
           Oh
           then
           how
           are
           we
           concerned
           to
           be
           carefull
           ,
           being
           thus
           priviledged
           (
           as
           we
           have
           heard
           )
           that
           the
           house
           of
           
             Jacob
          
           walk
           in
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Lord
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           now
           consider
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           duty
           that
           's
           presented
           to
           us
           ,
           with
           its
           introduction
           and
           description
           ,
           the
           former
           in
           ,
           
             Come
             ye
             ,
          
           the
           latter
           in
           the
           words
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             walk
             .
          
        
         
           Some
           perhaps
           conceive
           this
           spoken
           by
           the
           Jews
           mutually
           
           exhorting
           one
           another
           as
           the
           Gentiles
           who
           were
           without
           the
           Church
           ,
           doe
           in
           the
           precedent
           verses
           perswade
           their
           fellows
           to
           goe
           up
           to
           the
           mount
           of
           the
           
             Lord
             .
          
           No
           they
           are
           within
           the
           Temples
           view
           ,
           they
           want
           hearts
           to
           go
           ,
           rather
           then
           an
           opportunity
           .
           I
           suppose
           their
           Prophet
           Gods
           vicegerent
           would
           mould
           into
           a
           better
           form
           .
        
         
           The
           Papists
           and
           Arminians
           abuse
           this
           and
           the
           like
           places
           to
           establish
           the
           power
           of
           free
           will
           ;
           but
           who
           knows
           not
           the
           severall
           
           ends
           God
           hath
           in
           expressions
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           as
        
         
           1.
           
           To
           shew
           what
           is
           our
           duty
           ,
           rather
           then
           our
           naturall
           ability
           to
           perform
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           humble
           men
           in
           consideration
           of
           their
           present
           condition
           of
           opposing
           and
           standing
           out
           against
           the
           Lord
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           such
           as
           are
           elect
           (
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           setting
           on
           the
           exhortation
           )
           may
           by
           grace
           perform
           what
           is
           required
           of
           them
           in
           nature
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           all
           excuse
           may
           be
           taken
           away
           from
           profane
           persons
           ,
           who
           cannot
           deny
           but
           
             a
             Prophet
             hath
             been
             amongst
             them
             ,
          
           and
           hath
           invited
           them
           to
           return
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Hereby
           God
           would
           shew
           that
           we
           are
           not
           moved
           as
           stocks
           
           and
           stones
           ;
           but
           as
           such
           who
           work
           
             ex
             consilio
             ,
          
           by
           consent
           of
           will
           ,
           God
           having
           made
           us
           
             ex
             nolentibus
             volentes
             .
          
        
         
           Is
           it
           not
           remarkable
           ,
           think
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           say
           a
           reformer
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           state
           ,
           setting
           to
           the
           work
           ,
           calls
           on
           himself
           as
           on
           them
           ?
           he
           doth
           not
           as
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           binde
           heavy
           burdens
           on
           other
           mens
           shoulders
           ,
           himself
           not
           touch
           them
           with
           one
           of
           his
           fingers
           :
           he
           is
           not
           as
           those
           sea
           Marks
           pointing
           a
           passage
           to
           Marriners
           ,
           and
           themselves
           move
           not
           :
           he
           ,
           as
           a
           good
           Generall
           ,
           saith
           in
           effect
           to
           them
           ,
           you
           are
           not
           to
           go
           one
           foot
           further
           then
           your
           leader
           shall
           break
           the
           way
           before
           you
           .
           He
           puts
           on
           the
           same
           resolution
           in
           
             Jacobs
          
           house
           ,
           as
           
             Joshuah
          
           did
           in
           his
           own
           ,
           
             I
             and
             my
             house
             will
             serve
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           
        
         
           
             Teaching
             us
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             are
             reformers
             of
             others
             ,
             must
             not
             exempt
             themselves
             from
             Reformation
             ;
          
           it
           's
           not
           enough
           
           that
           you
           be
           such
           as
           the
           Centurion
           to
           those
           under
           him
           ,
           
             saying
          
           go
           
             and
             he
             goeth
             ,
             come
             and
             he
             cometh
             ,
             doe
             this
             and
             he
             doth
             it
             .
          
           You
           should
           as
           Admirals
           in
           a
           fleet
           be
           as
           examples
           in
           the
           voyage
           ,
           as
           one
           saith
           ,
           teaching
           others
           to
           do
           right
           by
           your
           own
           examples
           ,
           
           which
           clearly
           is
           the
           reason
           why
           God
           would
           have
           us
           punctuall
           in
           the
           choice
           of
           rectors
           ,
           
             Exod
          
           the
           18.
           21.
           
           
             Moreover
             thou
             shalt
             provide
             out
             of
             all
             the
             people
             ,
             able
             men
             ,
             such
             as
             fear
             God
             ,
             men
             of
             truth
             ,
             hating
             covetousnesse
             .
          
           The
           Hebrews
           describe
           them
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           Men
           of
           ability
           and
           such
           as
           be
           mighty
           in
           the
           commandments
           ,
           exactly
           look
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           subdue
           their
           affections
           ,
           so
           that
           there
           be
           no
           dishonest
           or
           contemptible
           thing
           in
           them
           .
           And
           generally
           able
           men
           are
           such
           as
           have
           a
           strong
           (
           or
           couragious
           )
           heart
           to
           deliver
           the
           oppressed
           out
           of
           the
           oppressours
           hands
           ;
           as
           it
           is
           said
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
             he
             stood
             up
             and
             defended
             or
             saved
             them
             .
          
           To
           the
           same
           purpose
           is
           that
           charge
           ,
           in
           
             Numb.
          
           11.
           17.
           
           
           
             Gather
             unto
             me
          
           (
           saith
           God
           )
           
             seventy
             Elders
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             take
             the
             spirit
             which
             is
             upon
             the●
             ,
             and
             will
             put
             it
             upon
             them
             :
          
           thereby
           God
           sheweth
           that
           none
           without
           the
           guifts
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           are
           fit
           for
           government
           ,
           as
           is
           frequently
           taught
           in
           Gods
           book
           :
           By
           the
           
           spirit
           here
           is
           meant
           spirituall
           guifts
           ,
           as
           in
           Scripture
           language
           frequently
           ,
           neither
           was
           
             Moses
          
           his
           spirit
           hereby
           diminished
           .
           
           
             Moses
          
           in
           that
           hour
           was
           like
           unto
           the
           lamp
           left
           (
           burning
           )
           on
           the
           candlestick
           in
           the
           Sanctuary
           ,
           from
           which
           all
           the
           other
           lamps
           were
           lighted
           ,
           yet
           the
           light
           thereof
           was
           not
           lessened
           any
           whit
           .
           A
           like
           place
           you
           have
           ,
           in
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           23.
           30.
           
           
             He
             that
             ruleth
             over
             men
             must
             be
             just
             ,
             ruling
             in
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             ;
          
           he
           must
           have
           justice
           both
           of
           the
           first
           and
           second
           table
           ,
           that
           his
           Act●ons
           may
           read
           a
           lecture
           of
           both
           to
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           may
           in
           sincerity
           with
           comfort
           give
           the
           like
           charge
           which
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           to
           his
           Philippians
           ;
           
             those
             things
          
           that
           
             you
             have
             learned
             and
             seen
             in
             me
             ,
             doe
             ,
             and
             the
             God
          
           
           
             of
             peace
             shall
             be
             with
             you
             .
          
           Give
           me
           leave
           (
           honourable
           Senatours
           )
           (
           being
           one
           of
           your
           remembrancers
           from
           the
           Lord
           this
           day
           )
           to
           stirre
           up
           your
           pure
           mindes
           ,
           though
           happily
           you
           have
           been
           taught
           in
           the
           present
           truth
           ;
           
             Isaiah
          
           was
           a
           Noble
           person
           and
           Prophet
           of
           Gods
           sending
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           ashamed
           to
           interesse
           himself
           in
           the
           work
           of
           Reformation
           :
           't
           is
           your
           duties
           (
           as
           
             Abimelech
          
           did
           in
           another
           case
           )
           (
           that
           I
           may
           use
           the
           holy
           Ghosts
           
           words
           )
           to
           invite
           the
           people
           ,
           propounding
           your selves
           a
           pattern
           ,
           
             as
             you
             have
             seen
             us
          
           doe
           ,
           
             so
             doe
          
           you
           as
           we
           
             have
             done
             .
          
           I
           must
           confesse
           that
           naturall
           abilities
           are
           of
           great
           advantage
           in
           government
           and
           state-policie
           ,
           and
           where
           men
           are
           defective
           in
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           exposed
           to
           contempt
           and
           hazard
           ;
           Learning
           is
           
           of
           great
           worth
           ,
           and
           without
           it
           ,
           counsells
           are
           (
           in
           some
           sort
           )
           blinde
           and
           lame
           .
           But
           what
           if
           we
           have
           abilities
           of
           both
           very
           eminently
           ?
           what
           trust
           can
           we
           repose
           in
           such
           ?
           If
           there
           be
           not
           upright
           lives
           ,
           integrity
           ,
           godlinesse
           ,
           we
           may
           truly
           say
           of
           such
           men
           ,
           as
           of
           him
           in
           the
           story
           ;
           He
           hath
           
             navim
             bonam
             ,
             Gubernatorem
          
           
           
             malum
             ,
          
           a
           good
           ship
           ,
           but
           an
           evil
           pilot
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           
             probè
             doctus
             est
             qui
             probus
             est
             ,
          
           he
           is
           intirely
           learned
           ,
           who
           to
           his
           learning
           hath
           added
           integrity
           .
        
         
           Oh
           that
           all
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           Committees
           ,
           Commissioners
           ,
           Benches
           of
           justice
           ,
           which
           are
           under
           you
           ,
           were
           of
           this
           constitution
           ?
           how
           well
           should
           it
           be
           then
           with
           Gods
           people
           !
           this
           is
           no
           more
           then
           what
           we
           have
           covenanted
           in
           the
           very
           setting
           
           on
           the
           work
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           yet
           its
           strange
           to
           see
           and
           hear
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           pretenders
           to
           the
           settlement
           of
           the
           common
           wealth
           ,
           sticklers
           (
           as
           they
           would
           perswade
           us
           )
           for
           regularity
           and
           government
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           Antagonists
           of
           Hereticks
           ,
           Sectaries
           ,
           and
           Scismaticks
           ,
           zealous
           against
           Malignants
           ,
           as
           the
           Covenant
           obliges
           them
           :
           Yet
           how
           few
           are
           there
           that
           conscientiously
           make
           use
           of
           that
           other
           branch
           ,
           touching
           Reformation
           of
           our
           own
           waies
           ,
           without
           which
           what
           is
           the
           best
           even
           in
           Reformers
           but
           meer
           hypocrisie
           ?
        
         
           Worthy
           Senatours
           ,
           let
           this
           sink
           into
           your
           hearts
           ,
           as
           men
           by
           imploiment
           in
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           obligement
           in
           covenants
           draw
           neerer
           to
           God
           then
           others
           ;
           so
           should
           they
           manifest
           more
           holinesse
           in
           their
           conversation
           to
           God
           and
           his
           people
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Reformers
           (
           such
           as
           I
           say
           here
           )
           do
           stand
           in
           a
           neerer
           relation
           to
           the
           work
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           fruit
           of
           their
           own
           womb
           :
           that
           it
           be
           not
           defective
           or
           ill
           shapen
           :
           't
           is
           very
           requisite
           themselves
           be
           of
           an
           handsome
           and
           comely
           feature
           ,
           when
           parents
           are
           deformed
           ,
           children
           oftimes
           resemble
           them
           ;
           if
           Reformers
           be
           licentious
           and
           loose
           ,
           the
           product
           of
           their
           endeavours
           will
           be
           a
           loose
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Reformation
           takes
           best
           with
           the
           people
           ,
           when
           those
           who
           commend
           it
           to
           them
           are
           themselves
           active
           in
           what
           is
           good
           ,
           common
           people
           look
           much
           into
           the
           lives
           of
           their
           rulers
           ,
           how
           they
           move
           ,
           what
           course
           they
           stear
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           perswaded
           that
           you
           are
           in
           earnest
           ,
           if
           your selves
           act
           not
           :
           And
           indeed
           if
           we
           intend
           a
           Reformation
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           laid
           in
           the
           great
           
           ones
           ,
           that
           are
           or
           should
           be
           the
           Reformers
           of
           Israel
           :
           when
           in
           the
           Counsell
           of
           
             Constance
             ,
          
           there
           was
           a
           speech
           had
           concerning
           Reformation
           ,
           some
           saying
           ,
           
             quod
             oporteat
             incipere
          
           4
           
             minoritis
             ,
          
           
           the
           Reformation
           must
           begin
           at
           the
           Friers
           ,
           no
           saith
           
             Sigismond
             ,
             Non
             a
             Minoritis
             ,
             sed
             a
             Majoritis
             incipienda
             est
             Reformatio
             ,
          
           signifying
           that
           the
           Reformation
           should
           first
           begin
           with
           the
           Pope
           ,
           Cardinalls
           and
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           so
           descend
           to
           inferiours
           :
           and
           indeed
           
             mutato
             nomine
             ,
             de
             nobis
             ,
          
           change
           but
           the
           name
           and
           it
           's
           a
           good
           history
           ,
           shewing
           us
           a
           rule
           of
           our
           Reformation
           ,
           as
           he
           in
           the
           comedy
           said
           ,
           
             Loquere
             ut
             videam
             ,
          
           so
           speak
           as
           I
           may
           see
           it
           abroad
           ,
           so
           expresse
           in
           words
           ,
           that
           our
           conversation
           give
           not
           a
           lie
           to
           our
           language
           ,
           least
           we
           be
           not
           unjustly
           taxed
           ,
           as
           those
           who
           say
           and
           do
           not
           .
        
         
           The
           Lords
           expectations
           are
           higher
           and
           greater
           from
           Reformers
           then
           others
           .
           Where
           God
           gives
           much
           of
           power
           ,
           honour
           ,
           estate
           ,
           opportunities
           ,
           of
           them
           he
           requires
           the
           more
           duty
           ,
           
           
             Rom.
          
           2.
           21.
           
           
             Thou
             that
             saiest
             a
             man
             should
             not
             steal
             ,
             doest
             thou
             steal
             ?
             thou
             who
             professest
             to
             abhor
             Idols
             ,
             doest
             thou
             commit
             sacriledge
             ?
          
           Thou
           who
           framest
           to
           the
           Nation
           a
           Covenant
           ,
           for
           preserving
           Gods
           worship
           in
           purity
           ,
           setling
           the
           Church
           in
           a
           doctrine
           and
           discipline
           agreeable
           to
           the
           word
           ,
           reforming
           thy
           own
           waies
           ,
           doest
           thou
           by
           starting
           aside
           ,
           throwing
           it
           behinde
           thy
           back
           ,
           as
           an
           obsolete
           ceremony
           ,
           or
           using
           it
           as
           an
           engine
           for
           a
           particular
           project
           ,
           to
           advance
           the
           designes
           of
           
             a
             deceitfull
             heart
             ,
          
           not
           to
           make
           thee
           more
           humble
           ,
           holy
           ,
           or
           watchfull
           in
           thy
           walk
           ,
           
           before
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           
             dishonorest
             thou
          
           the
           Lord
           ?
           
             O
             tell
             it
             not
             in
             Gath
             ,
             publish
             it
             not
             in
             the
             streets
             of
             Askelon
             .
          
           Let
           not
           the
           
             Philistines
          
           triumph
           :
           All
           Christians
           (
           Hon.
           )
           are
           bound
           to
           walk
           with
           
           God
           ,
           you
           more
           as
           being
           Reformers
           of
           Church
           and
           state
           .
           
             Isaiah
          
           is
           a
           good
           pattern
           ,
           who
           prescribes
           to
           others
           what
           himself
           is
           ready
           to
           perform
           ,
           requiring
           not
           profession
           only
           but
           action
           .
           
             O
             house
             of
             Jacob
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             come
             ye
             ,
             let
             us
             walk
             in
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           And
           so
           I
           passe
           to
           the
           next
           words
           ,
           setting
           forth
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           duty
           ,
           
             Walk
             ye
             .
          
        
         
           There
           are
           two
           sorts
           of
           walkers
           our
           law
           mentioneth
           .
           1.
           
           Night
           Walkers
           ,
           And
           those
           the
           Scripture
           nameth
           such
           as
           walk
           in
           the
           flesh
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           8.
           2.
           and
           in
           darknesse
           ,
           1
           
             Thes
          
           5.
           3.
           2.
           
           Day
           Walkers
           ,
           who
           move
           to
           Godward
           after
           the
           direction
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           strength
           of
           grace
           received
           from
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           
           light
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           of
           such
           the
           Prophet
           here
           speaketh
           .
           He
           perswadeth
           not
           the
           Jews
           to
           speculation
           ,
           painted
           profession
           ,
           vain-glorious
           ,
           empty
           ostentation
           :
           reality
           and
           active
           walking
           in
           Gods
           waies
           ,
           is
           that
           to
           which
           they
           are
           invited
           .
        
         
           
             Reall
             holinesse
             consists
             in
             action
             ,
             not
             profession
             only
             .
          
           The
           Apostle
           prescribing
           rules
           to
           servants
           ,
           how
           they
           should
           as
           
           Christians
           behave
           themselves
           to
           their
           Masters
           ,
           saith
           ;
           it
           must
           not
           be
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           service
           to
           the
           eye
           .
           If
           men
           will
           not
           accept
           a
           perfunctory
           performance
           ,
           much
           lesse
           can
           we
           expect
           that
           God
           take
           such
           feigned
           holinesse
           well
           at
           our
           hands
           ,
           it
           being
           
             simulata
          
           
           
             sanctitas
             ,
          
           and
           so
           
             duplex
             iniquitas
             ,
          
           which
           occasioned
           
             Cyprian
          
           to
           crie
           out
           :
           
             Quid
             prodest
             verbis
             proferre
             veritatem
             ,
             &
             factis
             destruere
             virtutem
             ?
          
           To
           hold
           out
           this
           truth
           more
           fully
           it
           is
           that
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           makes
           use
           of
           such
           phrases
           as
           require
           a
           most
           industrious
           
           and
           solicitous
           behaviour
           to
           Godward
           ;
           
             strive
             to
             enter
             in
             at
             the
             strait
             gate
             ;
          
           sometime
           ,
           
             work
             out
             your
             own
             salvation
             with
             fear
             and
             trembling
             ;
          
           sometime
           ,
           
             so
             run
             that
             you
             may
             obtain
             :
          
           all
           which
           do
           shew
           the
           earnestnesse
           of
           endeavour
           after
           that
           godlinesse
           which
           should
           be
           in
           all
           Christians
           .
           It
           s
           not
           enough
           that
           we
           be
           as
           those
           St
           
             John
          
           mentioneth
           ,
           who
           have
           a
           name
           to
           live
           and
           in
           truth
           are
           dead
           ;
           Nor
           as
           such
           St
           
             Hierom
          
           remembreth
           ,
           
             Qui
             sub
             Christiano
             nomine
             ,
          
           under
           the
           vizard
           of
           Christians
           ,
           in
           all
           their
           deportments
           towards
           Church
           and
           state
           ,
           walk
           as
           Gentiles
           ;
           Nor
           as
           that
           Indian
           figtree
           in
           
             Pliny
             ,
          
           having
           leaves
           as
           large
           as
           Targets
           ,
           the
           fruit
           ●o
           bigger
           then
           a
           bean
           .
        
         
         
           O
           Honourable
           and
           beloved
           ,
           consider
           there
           must
           be
           reality
           in
           our
           godlinesse
           ,
           verball
           shews
           are
           not
           sufficient
           :
           My
           request
           to
           
           you
           is
           (
           that
           with
           more
           certainty
           and
           comfort
           you
           may
           walk
           in
           this
           way
           of
           the
           Lord
           )
           the
           ordinary
           tract
           ,
           the
           
             terminus
             a
             quo
             ,
          
           and
           
             terminus
             ad
             quem
          
           (
           being
           passed
           by
           ,
           )
           frequent
           in
           our
           Divines
           ,
           treating
           on
           this
           subject
           ,
           you
           would
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           propound
           to
           you
           some
           objects
           ,
           on
           which
           in
           this
           walk
           all
           Gods
           people
           must
           fix
           their
           eyes
           ;
           within
           which
           limits
           I
           shall
           bound
           my
           discourse
           ;
           Take
           them
           in
           these
           succinct
           following
           considerations
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Let
           your
           aim
           be
           in
           every
           undertaking
           to
           honour
           your
           heavenly
           father
           ,
           whose
           will
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           in
           these
           Scripture
           revelations
           of
           duty
           ,
           glorifie
           him
           .
           And
           whilst
           I
           say
           so
           ,
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           honour
           God
           for
           himself
           :
           We
           may
           not
           seek
           him
           for
           base
           ends
           ;
           We
           should
           see
           an
           excellencie
           in
           him
           ,
           above
           all
           persons
           ,
           and
           things
           else
           ,
           so
           as
           we
           can
           rest
           satisfied
           with
           God
           alone
           ,
           yea
           with
           outward
           crosses
           and
           troubles
           :
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           honour
           him
           not
           as
           those
           ,
           who
           sought
           after
           ,
           and
           followed
           Jesus
           ,
           induced
           thereto
           ,
           by
           mercinary
           ,
           base
           ,
           and
           by
           respects
           of
           loaves
           and
           fishes
           and
           perishing
           things
           ;
           as
           the
           
             Glosse
          
           saith
           ,
           
             Quaereb●nt
          
           
           
             Jesum
             sed
             non
             propter
             Jesum
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           our
           walk
           we
           must
           propound
           to
           our selves
           this
           likewise
           ,
           to
           help
           forward
           the
           salvation
           of
           our
           brethren
           ,
           by
           exhortation
           ,
           example
           ,
           or
           what
           way
           providence
           offereth
           ;
           after
           the
           Apostle
           
             Pauls
          
           president
           .
           It
           's
           a
           vain
           imagination
           of
           those
           who
           conceive
           
           that
           we
           must
           walk
           only
           to
           our
           own
           ends
           and
           interests
           ,
           to
           our
           own
           honour
           ,
           vain
           pleasure
           ,
           observance
           of
           carnall
           friends
           ,
           with
           neglect
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           their
           common
           cause
           :
           Woe
           be
           to
           such
           a
           man
           ,
           when
           his
           Master
           cometh
           ,
           and
           shall
           finde
           him
           so
           walking
           .
           It
           's
           one
           of
           the
           saddest
           spectacles
           our
           times
           presents
           us
           with
           ,
           and
           which
           doth
           threaten
           and
           may
           draw
           down
           a
           greater
           judgement
           then
           we
           are
           aware
           of
           ,
           that
           men
           will
           not
           walk
           nor
           stirre
           one
           foot
           (
           be
           the
           affair
           of
           never
           so
           great
           importance
           to
           the
           publike
           ,
           )
           unlesse
           the
           golden
           ball
           run
           before
           them
           .
           I
           have
           read
           of
           a
           bloud-stone
           ,
           which
           having
           an
           excellent
           quality
           to
           stanch
           bloud
           ,
           the
           Jewellers
           say
           ,
           it
           seldome
           or
           never
           exerts
           
           its
           force
           ,
           if
           not
           set
           in
           or
           covered
           over
           with
           silver
           .
           We
           have
           too
           many
           who
           have
           good
           parts
           ,
           but
           if
           not
           silvered
           ,
           you
           shall
           
           be
           poorly
           helped
           ,
           perhaps
           rather
           mischieved
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           Another
           object
           in
           our
           walk
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           look
           on
           ;
           is
           Gods
           likenesse
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           come
           as
           fully
           up
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           possible
           .
           We
           are
           children
           of
           a
           
             holy
          
           and
           heavenly
           father
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           bear
           his
           image
           ;
           that
           as
           when
           the
           question
           was
           ,
           
             whose
             is
             this
          
           
           
             image
             and
             superscription
             ,
          
           they
           answer
           ,
           
             Caesari
             ;
          
           so
           ,
           when
           one
           shall
           say
           ,
           whose
           is
           such
           a
           states-man
           ,
           such
           a
           Divine
           ,
           such
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           
           such
           a
           Councellor
           ?
           it
           may
           be
           answered
           ,
           he
           hath
           Gods
           image
           in
           all
           his
           deportments
           ,
           he
           walks
           up
           to
           God
           ,
           he
           breaths
           out
           piety
           in
           all
           his
           enterprises
           and
           imploiments
           .
           But
           alas
           that
           evil
           which
           a
           father
           complain'd
           of
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           is
           too
           rife
           among
           us
           ,
           
             Omnes
             ad
             Deum
             ,
             pauci
             post
             Deum
             ir●
             volunt
             ,
          
           All
           men
           would
           go
           to
           God
           that
           they
           may
           receive
           glory
           ,
           few
           
           would
           go
           after
           him
           in
           a
           holy
           and
           divine
           imitation
           .
           Let
           us
           that
           have
           given
           our
           names
           to
           Christ
           ;
           ●●minate
           on
           this
           :
           As
           we
           are
           called
           to
           a
           state
           of
           grace
           ,
           let
           us
           walk
           answerably
           .
           The
           Philosopers
           used
           to
           say
           ,
           if
           thou
           beest
           a
           Philosopher
           ,
           thou
           must
           live
           
           as
           such
           an
           one
           ;
           So
           I
           ,
           if
           thou
           beest
           a
           Saint
           ,
           walk
           up
           to
           Gods
           image
           and
           likenesse
           ,
           shew
           what
           thou
           art
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           another
           mark
           on
           which
           we
           must
           set
           our
           eies
           ,
           in
           this
           walk
           ,
           
             viz
             ,
          
           to
           ascertain
           our selves
           that
           we
           are
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           so
           shall
           with
           him
           partake
           of
           future
           glory
           ;
           which
           is
           that
           very
           lesson
           the
           Apostle
           
             Peter
          
           so
           plainly
           teacheth
           the
           Saints
           .
           Although
           
           (
           as
           the
           learned
           
             Zanchius
          
           observes
           )
           holinesse
           and
           good
           works
           are
           not
           requisite
           
             ad
             promerendam
             ,
          
           that
           we
           can
           by
           them
           merit
           everlasting
           happinesse
           ,
           yet
           
             ad
             possidendem
             vitam
             aeternam
             ,
          
           they
           are
           necessary
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           The
           increase
           of
           grace
           received
           (
           in
           this
           walk
           we
           now
           treat
           of
           )
           is
           also
           carefully
           to
           be
           looked
           unto
           ;
           and
           is
           one
           end
           that
           in
           our
           heavenly
           course
           we
           must
           aim
           at
           .
           You
           know
           diverse
           after
           sicknesse
           by
           moderate
           walking
           do
           get
           strength
           :
           use
           hands
           (
           we
           say
           )
           and
           have
           hands
           ;
           it
           s
           a
           very
           usefull
           lesson
           that
           of
           imploying
           graces
           ,
           philosophicall
           habits
           are
           augmented
           by
           putting
           them
           forth
           into
           exercise
           ,
           and
           the
           spirituall
           endowments
           God
           vouchsafeth
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           suffer
           not
           ,
           what
           we
           have
           received
           ,
           to
           impair
           
           by
           disuse
           ,
           will
           receive
           much
           advantage
           ;
           if
           we
           would
           learn
           with
           
             Henock
             ,
             to
             walk
             with
             God
             ,
          
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           we
           should
           gain
           much
           strength
           by
           that
           divine
           exercise
           of
           spirituall
           walking
           .
        
         
         
           6.
           
           Briefly
           this
           must
           be
           our
           scope
           and
           desire
           to
           please
           God
           ;
           in
           which
           as
           we
           are
           to
           imitate
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ;
           so
           ●…s
           our
           parts
           to
           draw
           power
           from
           Christ
           ,
           strengthening
           us
           to
           walk
           acceptably
           
           before
           him
           ;
           that
           of
           us
           it
           may
           be
           said
           truly
           in
           some
           sort
           ,
           as
           he
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             Joh
          
           8.
           20.
           
           
             I
             doe
             all
             things
             that
             please
             him
             ▪
          
           and
           indeed
           otherwise
           to
           what
           purpose
           is
           our
           walk
           ?
           God
           hath
           coupled
           ,
           walk
           ,
           and
           pleasing
           him
           together
           ,
           1
           
             Thes.
          
           4
           1
           
             how
             you
             ought
             to
             walk
             ,
             and
             please
             God
             ;
          
           It
           's
           possible
           to
           walk
           and
           not
           to
           please
           
           him
           ;
           many
           walk
           and
           are
           enemies
           to
           Christ
           ,
           but
           then
           we
           are
           not
           in
           Christ
           or
           walk
           not
           with
           God
           ,
           holily
           and
           in
           faith
           ;
           
             without
          
           
           
             which
             it
             's
             impossible
             to
             please
             God
             .
          
           It
           was
           〈◊〉
           his
           care
           in
           his
           walk
           to
           please
           God
           ,
           and
           should
           be
           ours
           also
           ;
           he
           
           behaved
           himself
           as
           in
           Gods
           sight
           ,
           had
           a
           regard
           to
           the
           rule
           ,
           that
           all
           performances
           were
           warranted
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           eye
           of
           faith
           looked
           on
           Christ
           ,
           who
           was
           to
           come
           ,
           his
           desires
           were
           to
           advance
           the
           Lord
           in
           every
           thing
           ;
           whom
           that
           we
           may
           please
           ,
           take
           heed
           of
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Pleasing
           our selves
           in
           satisfying
           our
           own
           corrupt
           humours
           :
           
             as
             Christ
             pleased
             not
             himself
          
           in
           his
           walk
           ,
           otherwise
           then
           might
           
           stand
           with
           Gods
           pleasure
           :
           So
           neither
           may
           we
           as
           
             Brutus
          
           and
           
             Cassius
             ,
          
           wedded
           to
           our
           own
           wills
           and
           corrupt
           lusts
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Of
           pleasing
           men
           ,
           to
           whose
           vain
           fancy
           it
           is
           a
           sin
           for
           us
           to
           comply
           .
           When
           God
           calleth
           us
           to
           him
           ;
           if
           so
           ,
           we
           are
           
             not
             the
             servants
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           This
           of
           pleasing
           God
           in
           our
           walk
           ,
           is
           both
           a
           duty
           and
           a
           speciall
           prerogative
           of
           Gods
           people
           ,
           that
           when
           ungodly
           
           naturall
           men
           with
           the
           richest
           habiliments
           ,
           and
           sweetest
           accommodations
           nature
           can
           afford
           them
           ,
           are
           distastfull
           ,
           yea
           odious
           to
           God
           ;
           yet
           the
           upright
           (
           their
           actions
           being
           died
           in
           
           the
           bloud
           of
           Christ
           )
           being
           acted
           by
           Gods
           own
           spirit
           ,
           their
           works
           are
           Gods
           in
           them
           ,
           their
           walking
           in
           a
           holy
           sutablenesse
           to
           his
           word
           ,
           intending
           sincerely
           his
           glory
           ,
           their
           persons
           being
           in
           
           Christ
           ,
           their
           performances
           please
           him
           ;
           mistake
           me
           not
           ,
           as
           if
           in
           every
           thing
           a
           childe
           of
           God
           ,
           pleased
           God
           ;
           though
           his
           person
           be
           accepted
           ,
           yet
           not
           all
           his
           actions
           ,
           as
           in
           
             David
          
           and
           
             Peter
          
           case
           ,
           though
           the
           person
           as
           in
           Christ
           be
           well
           pleasing
           ,
           yet
           not
           as
           in
           a
           trade
           of
           sin
           ;
           for
           which
           God
           doth
           justly
           correct
           such
           
             with
             the
          
           
           
             rods
             of
             men
             ,
          
           from
           whom
           he
           taketh
           not
           his
           
             mercy
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           That
           we
           may
           please
           God
           in
           our
           walk
           before
           him
           ,
           observe
           only
           these
           three
           rules
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           Walk
           so
           as
           to
           avoid
           every
           extream
           ,
           not
           to
           fall
           into
           one
           evil
           whilst
           we
           decline
           another
           :
           as
           some
           even
           of
           the
           primitive
           Fathers
           and
           Modern
           Divines
           through
           inanimadvertency
           in
           the
           heat
           of
           disputation
           have
           not
           avoided
           ;
           
             John
             Wickliffe
          
           though
           a
           good
           and
           learned
           man
           ,
           seeing
           the
           abuse
           of
           Church
           goods
           to
           
           excesse
           ,
           riot
           ,
           wantonnesse
           ,
           and
           Gods
           dishonour
           ,
           cries
           down
           Church
           revenues
           ,
           and
           opens
           unawares
           a
           gap
           that
           he
           never
           intended
           ,
           to
           sacrilegious
           practises
           of
           covetous
           worldings
           ,
           who
           soon
           after
           took
           the
           advantage
           of
           his
           errour
           to
           enrich
           themselves
           ,
           to
           the
           discountenancing
           of
           learning
           ,
           and
           discouragement
           of
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           ruine
           ;
           Others
           there
           have
           been
           endeavouring
           to
           shun
           the
           pressures
           of
           Episcopall
           tyranny
           ,
           giving
           too
           much
           the
           rains
           ,
           to
           novell
           opinions
           ,
           self
           conceipts
           and
           interests
           ,
           unawares
           run
           headlong
           into
           confusion
           and
           irregularity
           .
           And
           some
           there
           be
           who
           so
           highly
           advancing
           the
           love
           and
           free-grace
           of
           God
           to
           man
           ;
           Others
           pleading
           strongly
           for
           Christian
           liberty
           (
           forgetting
           the
           golden
           mean
           )
           treading
           the
           morall
           law
           under
           foot
           ,
           as
           an
           uselesse
           ceremony
           after
           men
           are
           in
           Christ
           ,
           hurry
           themselves
           from
           Christian
           liberty
           into
           Anti-Christian
           libertinisme
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Walk
           cautelously
           that
           we
           be
           not
           consened
           with
           the
           falsities
           and
           deceits
           of
           the
           devil
           ,
           oftentimes
           changing
           himself
           into
           an
           
           Angel
           of
           light
           ,
           sophisticating
           his
           wares
           ,
           and
           dying
           vice
           with
           vertues
           colours
           ,
           suggesting
           under
           glorious
           shews
           ,
           such
           notions
           ,
           of
           which
           we
           may
           say
           ,
           as
           
             Osiander
          
           of
           the
           German
           Interim
           ,
           there
           
           was
           
             plus
             veneni
             ,
          
           more
           poyson
           by
           many
           degrees
           then
           wholesome
           nourishment
           in
           it
           .
           I
           desire
           not
           to
           raise
           old
           errours
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           to
           engender
           new
           ones
           .
           
             Westminster
          
           Hall
           ,
           every
           street
           in
           
             London
          
           buy
           and
           sell
           them
           ;
           so
           as
           we
           may
           say
           of
           those
           Cities
           
           as
           sometimes
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
             omnia
             vaenalia
             Rome
             ,
          
           ther
           's
           not
           an
           old
           fashion
           but
           its
           new
           dressed
           and
           set
           to
           sale
           ,
           not
           an
           ancient
           errour
           in
           
             Austin
          
           or
           
             Epiphanius
          
           his
           time
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           set
           forth
           as
           gainfull
           Merchandise
           :
           every
           countrey
           town
           almost
           in
           the
           land
           ,
           is
           thereby
           infected
           .
           Nor
           would
           I
           be
           mistaken
           in
           this
           ,
           as
           if
           no
           distinction
           were
           to
           be
           made
           betwixt
           fundamentalls
           and
           
             prater-fundamentalls
          
           ,
           if
           that
           difference
           take
           not
           place
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           prejudiciall
           
           to
           the
           foundation
           upon
           which
           we
           all
           are
           builded
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Walk
           providently
           ,
           so
           to
           manage
           things
           present
           as
           to
           
           have
           an
           eye
           behind
           to
           discern
           what
           may
           follow
           ,
           how
           by
           such
           an
           enterprize
           much
           good
           may
           be
           hindered
           ,
           enemies
           of
           the
           truth
           may
           gain
           advantage
           ,
           thou
           maiest
           unwittingly
           play
           thine
           adversaries
           game
           :
           there
           is
           
             a
             time
          
           (
           saith
           
             Solomon
             )
             for
             all
             purposes
             :
          
           Christ
           himself
           did
           not
           many
           things
           which
           afterwards
           he
           put
           in
           
           practise
           ,
           his
           
             hour
             was
             not
             yet
             come
             ;
             Mary
          
           was
           deceived
           ,
           and
           for
           it
           justly
           by
           Christ
           blamed
           ,
           in
           hasting
           him
           to
           turn
           water
           into
           
           wine
           before
           the
           time
           ;
           The
           Disciples
           were
           in
           an
           errour
           ,
           requiring
           
             fire
             from
             heaven
             as
             Elias
             did
             ,
          
           it
           was
           not
           time
           ;
           The
           tares
           in
           the
           Gospell
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           are
           to
           be
           rooted
           up
           ,
           but
           not
           at
           all
           
           times
           ,
           if
           more
           detriment
           come
           to
           the
           good
           corn
           by
           taking
           them
           away
           (
           though
           in
           themselves
           unsufferable
           )
           then
           by
           their
           awhile
           standing
           ,
           let
           
             them
          
           alone
           to
           a
           fit
           
             harvest
             ;
          
           All
           actions
           are
           not
           fit
           for
           all
           times
           .
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           in
           Greek
           is
           
             tempus
             ,
          
           and
           
             temporis
             opportunitas
             ,
          
           
           
             time
          
           and
           the
           
             seasonablenesse
             of
             it
             :
          
           We
           must
           in
           our
           proceeding
           look
           to
           both
           significations
           ,
           if
           we
           mean
           to
           be
           conformable
           to
           the
           rule
           ,
           or
           profitable
           to
           our selves
           or
           others
           ;
           
             Cyprians
          
           advise
           is
           of
           good
           use
           here
           ,
           who
           reproved
           some
           Christians
           that
           would
           needs
           
             intempestivè
          
           professe
           the
           faith
           ,
           
             Confiteri
             nos
             vol●it
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             magis
             Christus
             quam
             profiteri
             .
          
           Let
           us
           (
           Honble
           )
           in
           this
           case
           walk
           providently
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           Apostle
           hath
           it
           
             exactly
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           :
           which
           that
           we
           may
           do
           ,
           go
           to
           the
           light
           ,
           for
           to
           walk
           in
           
           darknesse
           is
           dangerous
           ;
           And
           the
           rather
           let
           us
           be
           induced
           hereto
           by
           the
           consideration
           of
           Gods
           bounty
           to
           us
           ,
           no
           lesse
           then
           to
           our
           forefathers
           of
           
             Jacobs
          
           house
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           light
           fiery
           pillar
           to
           direct
           them
           through
           the
           wildernesse
           to
           
             Canaan
             ;
          
           So
           we
           have
           a
           light
           here
           sent
           
             from
             the
             father
             of
             lights
             with
             whom
             is
             no
             variablenesse
             nor
             shadow
             of
             turning
             ;
          
           it
           's
           the
           Lords
           
             light
          
           (
           saith
           the
           
           text
           )
           
             Oh
             house
             of
             Jacob
             ,
             come
             ya
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             walk
             in
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Lord
             .
          
        
         
           Having
           much
           ground
           to
           walk
           over
           ,
           I
           shall
           spare
           needlessely
           to
           stay
           my self
           or
           you
           in
           a
           review
           of
           the
           various
           acceptations
           of
           this
           word
           
             Light
          
           in
           holy
           writ
           ,
           this
           task
           having
           been
           performed
           
           frequently
           by
           the
           Learned
           :
           its
           observable
           that
           the
           Hebrew
           word
           .
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           for
           light
           here
           used
           ,
           is
           of
           near
           kin
           to
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           thereby
           shewing
           it
           to
           be
           a
           metaphoricall
           expression
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Lord
           would
           let
           himself
           down
           to
           mans
           capacity
           .
           Nor
           need
           we
           be
           curious
           in
           this
           variety
           of
           significations
           whether
           to
           chuse
           ,
           
           the
           ten
           Commandments
           delivered
           by
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           or
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           indeed
           the
           whole
           word
           of
           God
           .
           Neither
           is
           this
           to
           
           be
           omitted
           ,
           that
           the
           Prophet
           speaking
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           calleth
           it
           the
           Lords
           light
           ,
           as
           the
           Hebrews
           )
           used
           by
           way
           of
           emphasis
           to
           entitle
           ,
           things
           of
           more
           then
           ordinary
           worth
           ;
           or
           else
           as
           
             Oecolampadius
          
           noteth
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           there
           is
           one
           God
           of
           the
           Jews
           and
           
           Gentiles
           ;
           Yet
           he
           saith
           not
           your
           Lord
           ,
           nor
           
             Jacobs
          
           Lord
           ,
           nor
           
             thy
             Lord
             ,
          
           as
           in●some
           other
           Scriptures
           ;
           
             but
             the
             Lord
             ;
          
           haply
           for
           that
           they
           having
           forsaken
           him
           ,
           would
           not
           with
           that
           assurance
           and
           confidence
           of
           interest
           goe
           to
           him
           as
           their
           Lord
           .
        
         
           
             The
             holy
             Scriptures
          
           (
           this
           is
           that
           
             Isaiah
          
           would
           teach
           them
           )
           
             are
             a
             light
             to
             all
             Gods
             people
             ,
          
           and
           that
           it
           is
           so
           ,
           there
           are
           these
           evidences
           .
           
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Scripture
           is
           a
           full
           and
           perfect
           light
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           defect
           in
           it
           ,
           no
           rules
           wanting
           ,
           none
           insufficient
           ,
           we
           cannot
           say
           as
           of
           the
           Oratours
           works
           
             desunt
             nonnusla
             ,
          
           nor
           as
           the
           Schools
           ,
           of
           
           P.
           
             Lombard
             ,
             hic
             Magister
             non
             tenetur
             ;
          
           No
           ,
           the
           
             law
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             perfect
             ,
          
           it
           's
           
             sine
             vitio
             ,
          
           it
           hath
           no
           faule
           in
           the
           least
           measure
           .
           
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           a
           clear
           and
           shining
           light
           ,
           manifesting
           a
           sufficiency
           of
           instruction
           and
           direction
           in
           all
           the
           waies
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           as
           
             the
             man
             of
             God
             may
             be
             made
             perfect
             ;
          
           As
           it
           hath
           light
           in
           it self
           ;
           So
           doth
           
           it
           convey
           the
           same
           to
           others
           ,
           making
           them
           
             wise
             to
             satuation
             ▪
          
           if
           you
           say
           there
           be
           many
           in
           darknesse
           and
           ignorance
           to
           this
           very
           hour
           ,
           who
           walk
           in
           by-waies
           .
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           consider
           ,
           
           that
           God
           is
           pleased
           to
           clear
           to
           such
           as
           be
           his
           people
           ,
           all
           truths
           necessary
           to
           salvation
           ;
           if
           any
           of
           his
           children
           be
           in
           an
           errour
           against
           fundamentalls
           ,
           God
           who
           hath
           promised
           
             to
             lead
          
           his
           
           Saints
           into
           all
           
             truth
             ,
          
           will
           discover
           this
           unto
           them
           in
           due
           time
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           As
           light
           is
           pure
           and
           clean
           ,
           you
           cannot
           fasten
           any
           dirt
           or
           uncleannesse
           on
           it
           ;
           So
           is
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           drosse
           in
           it
           ,
           so
           thorowly
           is
           it
           purged
           ,
           saith
           a
           learned
           Divine
           .
           Men
           may
           
           cast
           disgracefull
           speeches
           and
           aspertions
           on
           it
           ,
           as
           doe
           Papists
           ,
           Atheists
           ,
           and
           Enthusiasts
           ,
           but
           there
           you
           can
           fasten
           no
           evil
           .
        
         
           The
           word
           ,
           as
           the
           light
           ,
           is
           a
           comfortable
           creature
           ,
           
             how
             pleasant
          
           is
           it
           to
           behold
           the
           light
           (
           saith
           the
           wise
           man
           )
           the
           expressions
           
           of
           Gods
           free-grace
           ,
           the
           promises
           of
           mercy
           ,
           the
           doctrine
           of
           
           the
           covenant
           in
           Christ
           made
           with
           Gods
           people
           ,
           the
           future
           glory
           and
           happinesse
           herein
           held
           forth
           ,
           and
           reserved
           to
           all
           Gods
           elect
           .
           How
           doth
           the
           hearing
           ,
           reading
           ,
           meditating
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           put
           life
           into
           the
           hearts
           of
           Gods
           children
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           their
           hottest
           afflictions
           :
           as
           
             David
             ;
             I
             had
             fainted
             in
             my
             trouble
             ,
             but
             thy
          
           
           
             word
             hath
             quickned
             me
             .
          
        
         
           Light
           is
           smart
           and
           painfull
           to
           all
           blear-eyed
           persons
           ,
           who
           cannot
           endure
           the
           force
           and
           efficacie
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           comes
           to
           passe
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           weaknesse
           or
           imperfection
           of
           the
           eies
           :
           So
           the
           word
           of
           God
           (
           especially
           when
           powerfully
           preached
           )
           doth
           exasperate
           and
           enrage
           ungodly
           men
           ,
           desirous
           to
           sleep
           in
           the
           dark
           dungeon
           of
           hellish
           sins
           ,
           who
           like
           
             Cerberus
             Plutoes
          
           dog
           drawn
           from
           hell
           ,
           belch
           and
           vomit
           at
           the
           light
           ;
           So
           were
           the
           Pharisees
           at
           Christs
           Sermon
           ,
           
             They
             were
             scandalized
          
           
           
             at
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Lastly
           as
           the
           light
           hath
           its
           being
           and
           rise
           from
           the
           Sunne
           the
           fountain
           and
           originall
           of
           it
           (
           there
           is
           
             lux
          
           and
           
             lumen
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Philosophers
           distinguish
           ,
           as
           cause
           and
           effect
           :
           )
           So
           God
           who
           is
           light
           it self
           and
           dwelleth
           in
           light
           ,
           in
           whom
           is
           no
           darknesse
           at
           all
           ,
           the
           father
           and
           fountain
           of
           light
           ,
           is
           the
           originall
           of
           this
           Scripture
           light
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           ray
           or
           beam
           of
           his
           sunne
           in
           heaven
           .
           It
           is
           of
           his
           enspiring
           :
           
             holy
             men
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             spake
             ,
             as
             moved
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ,
          
           the
           word
           is
           not
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           of
           their
           own
           
           interpretation
           ;
           but
           as
           they
           were
           moved
           by
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           .
        
         
           Honourable
           and
           beloved
           ,
           seeing
           it
           's
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Lord
           that
           hath
           all
           this
           day
           ,
           this
           day
           said
           I
           ?
           yea
           so
           many
           Sermon
           daies
           ,
           
           yea
           so
           many
           scores
           of
           years
           shined
           to
           this
           Nation
           :
           Let
           us
           to
           whom
           of
           late
           more
           fully
           God
           hath
           vouchsafed
           so
           imparallelld
           a
           mercy
           (
           our
           forefathers
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           our
           dear
           brethren
           in
           other
           countries
           ,
           as
           those
           in
           Egyptian
           darknesse
           ,
           desiring
           to
           see
           
           one
           of
           these
           daies
           of
           the
           sonne
           of
           man
           and
           cannot
           injoy
           them
           )
           let
           us
           (
           I
           say
           )
           endeavour
           to
           walk
           answerable
           to
           so
           high
           a
           favour
           .
           Oh
           that
           I
           were
           worthy
           to
           fasten
           on
           you
           the
           exhortation
           of
           the
           prophet
           
             Isaiah
          
           cap.
           60.
           1.
           2.
           wherin
           is
           a
           promise
           also
           and
           seemes
           in
           our
           times
           to
           be
           fullfilled
           .
           Arise
           ,
           shine
           ,
           for
           thy
           light
           is
           
           come
           ,
           and
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           Lord
           is
           risen
           upon
           thee
           ;
           for
           behold
           the
           darknesse
           shall
           cover
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           grosse
           darknesse
           the
           people
           ,
           but
           the
           Lord
           shall
           arise
           upon
           thee
           ,
           and
           his
           glory
           shall
           be
           upon
           thee
           .
        
         
         
           Take
           notice
           therefore
           of
           these
           rules
           .
        
         
           Bring
           your
           actions
           to
           this
           light
           and
           make
           triall
           whether
           or
           no
           they
           be
           
             wrought
             in
             God
             ,
          
           both
           your
           private
           emploimen●
           
           as
           men
           ,
           and
           your
           publike
           undertakings
           in
           your
           respective
           ●●ions
           to
           Church
           and
           state
           .
           The
           King
           (
           as
           we
           read
           ,
           in
           
             Deu●
             .
          
           17.
           18
           ,
           19.
           )
           
             When
             he
             sat
             upon
             the
             throne
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
          
           was
           to
           
             write
             him
             a
             coppy
          
           of
           the
           
             Law
             in
             a
             book
             on
             t
             of
             that
             which
             is
             before
          
           
           
             the
             Priests
             the
             Levites
             ,
          
           and
           it
           was
           to
           be
           
             with
             him
             ,
          
           and
           he
           was
           to
           
             read
             therein
             all
             the
             daies
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             learn
             the
             fear
             of
             the
             Lord
             his
             God
             ,
             to
             keep
             all
             the
             words
             of
             this
             law
             ,
             and
             these
             statutes
             to
             doe
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Yea
           say
           some
           Hebrew
           Doctors
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           carefully
           to
           look
           to
           this
           rule
           ,
           that
           if
           his
           fathers
           had
           left
           him
           none
           
             (
             viz
          
           no
           book
           of
           the
           law
           )
           or
           if
           that
           be
           lost
           ,
           he
           is
           to
           write
           him
           two
           books
           of
           the
           law
           ,
           the
           one
           he
           is
           to
           reserve
           in
           his
           house
           ,
           for
           so
           he
           is
           commanded
           ,
           as
           every
           one
           of
           Israel
           :
           the
           other
           is
           not
           to
           depart
           from
           before
           him
           ;
           if
           he
           goeth
           out
           to
           warre
           ,
           it
           goeth
           with
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           sit
           in
           judgement
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           with
           him
           .
           They
           knew
           of
           old
           this
           most
           certain
           principle
           (
           as
           
             Luther
          
           calleth
           it
           )
           that
           Gods
           word
           will
           not
           attemper
           it self
           or
           condescend
           to
           Princes
           and
           states
           ;
           but
           they
           are
           to
           frame
           themselves
           and
           imploiments
           unto
           it
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           crosse
           to
           their
           malignant
           and
           corrupted
           humours
           :
           which
           gives
           me
           occasion
           to
           remember
           that
           worthy
           speech
           of
           famous
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           when
           passing
           in
           roiall
           state
           to
           her
           coronation
           through
           the
           streets
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           the
           Bible
           being
           presented
           to
           her
           ,
           which
           with
           both
           hands
           taking
           she
           kissed
           ,
           and
           laying
           to
           her
           breast
           ,
           she
           said
           that
           the
           same
           had
           ever
           been
           her
           chiefest
           delight
           ,
           and
           should
           be
           a
           rule
           by
           which
           she
           meane
           to
           frame
           her
           government
           .
           In
           this
           case
           it
           's
           true
           what
           Casuists
           teach
           concerning
           the
           Cannon
           law
           ,
           that
           
             in
             materia
             ad
             acclesiam
             pertinento
             ,
          
           where
           the
           civill
           and
           Canon
           law
           disagree
           ,
           We
           must
           
           be
           ordered
           by
           the
           Canon
           :
           So
           if
           we
           could
           be
           willing
           (
           when
           laws
           fright
           and
           oppose
           one
           the
           other
           )
           to
           sta●d
           to
           the
           determination
           of
           Gods
           Canon
           without
           prejudice
           or
           partiality
           ,
           suffering
           our selves
           to
           be
           directed
           by
           the
           light
           of
           holy
           Scripture
           ,
           it
           would
           soon
           put
           a
           period
           to
           the
           most
           unkindely
           differences
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Beware
           of
           the
           pretended
           new
           lights
           so
           much
           sought
           after
           by
           
           these
           times
           ,
           that
           our
           holy
           zeal
           for
           God
           is
           almost
           extinct
           .
           When
           God
           sets
           up
           a
           pillar
           as
           a
           direction
           to
           his
           people
           ,
           he
           expects
           that
           
           no
           
             ignis
             fatu●s
          
           or
           lanthorn-man
           should
           steal
           away
           his
           followers
           ,
           yet
           such
           is
           the
           mad
           instability
           of
           these
           times
           ,
           that
           what
           ever
           presents
           it self
           new
           to
           us
           is
           welcome
           ,
           though
           unsound
           and
           rotten
           .
           God
           hath
           shut
           up
           the
           Canon
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           your
           expectations
           
           will
           be
           frustrate
           if
           you
           look
           for
           
             another
             Gospel
             .
          
           There
           may
           be
           new
           lights
           
             respectu
             actus
             revelandi
             ,
          
           enlightning
           both
           the
           organ
           and
           the
           object
           ,
           but
           these
           revelations
           are
           not
           new
           ,
           
             respectu
             doctrinae
             revelatae
             :
          
           this
           were
           to
           set
           up
           another
           Gospel
           
             then
             what
             you
             have
             received
             ;
          
           which
           whosoever
           shall
           presume
           
             to
             bring
             ,
          
           we
           may
           not
           (
           saith
           
             John
             )
             bid
             him
             God
             speed
             ,
          
           least
           we
           
           
             pertake
             of
             his
             evil
             deeds
             .
          
           We
           must
           as
           
             Martin
             Luther
          
           said
           he
           would
           do
           ,
           if
           any
           spirit
           suggest
           to
           us
           any
           opinion
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           hath
           not
           Scripture
           ,
           spit
           in
           his
           face
           ,
           yea
           if
           an
           Angel
           from
           heaven
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           long
           since
           taught
           us
           )
           should
           preach
           
             any
          
           
           
             other
             Gospel
          
           (
           let
           him
           prate
           as
           much
           as
           he
           will
           of
           new
           lights
           )
           he
           is
           
             accursed
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Suffer
           not
           men
           in
           these
           times
           of
           light
           ,
           to
           walk
           in
           darknesse
           ,
           compell
           them
           to
           come
           in
           at
           least
           to
           an
           outward
           observance
           
           of
           ordinances
           .
           Some
           have
           doubted
           ,
           though
           all
           are
           not
           of
           that
           opinion
           ,
           whether
           the
           Jews
           living
           in
           a
           Christian
           common-wealth
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           forced
           to
           an
           outward
           conformity
           ;
           but
           that
           such
           as
           are
           Christians
           by
           profession
           should
           not
           by
           the
           civil
           Magistrate
           be
           brought
           to
           ordinances
           ,
           seemeth
           to
           be
           out
           of
           question
           .
           I
           move
           not
           this
           as
           supposing
           an
           outward
           compliance
           sufficient
           to
           the
           compleating
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           which
           is
           done
           in
           the
           work
           of
           grace
           upon
           the
           heart
           ,
           however
           when
           men
           come
           to
           ,
           and
           live
           within
           the
           reach
           of
           the
           word
           solidly
           preached
           ,
           they
           are
           more
           like
           to
           be
           enlightned
           and
           converted
           .
           Bishop
           
             Latimer
          
           used
           to
           say
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           men
           come
           to
           the
           Church
           
           though
           to
           take
           a
           nap
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           God
           would
           take
           them
           n●pping
           ;
           who
           knows
           Gods
           time
           of
           saving
           souls
           ?
           We
           read
           of
           one
           in
           those
           bloudy
           Marian
           times
           ,
           who
           when
           the
           Protestants
           had
           a
           
           meeting
           in
           Tems-street
           in
           
             London
          
           to
           hear
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           came
           in
           with
           a
           purpose
           to
           have
           informed
           the
           persecuting
           Bishop
           
             B●nner
          
           against
           them
           ;
           he
           went
           away
           by
           that
           Sermon
           converted
           ,
           and
           became
           one
           of
           them
           .
           And
           who
           knoweth
           what
           God
           may
           do
           ,
           
           though
           men
           come
           to
           his
           word
           out
           of
           bie
           respects
           ?
           We
           have
           many
           good
           and
           wholesome
           laws
           made
           by
           former
           Parliaments
           to
           this
           very
           purpose
           ;
           it
           were
           much
           to
           be
           wished
           ,
           they
           were
           revived
           and
           put
           in
           execution
           ,
           that
           those
           mulcts
           and
           punishments
           in
           them
           were
           inflicted
           :
           that
           so
           ungodly
           men
           might
           not
           dare
           with
           that
           frequency
           and
           audaciousnesse
           to
           disfrequent
           the
           publick
           places
           of
           Gods
           worship
           (
           where
           the
           light
           is
           set
           up
           )
           under
           specious
           and
           coloured
           pretences
           ,
           when
           perhaps
           much
           worse
           imploied
           to
           the
           corrupting
           their
           weak
           mindes
           by
           seducers
           ,
           whose
           labour
           and
           ambition
           is
           to
           draw
           disciples
           after
           them
           and
           subvert
           unstable
           souls
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Let
           it
           be
           your
           chief
           care
           (
           ever
           Honoured
           Senators
           )
           to
           set
           up
           and
           maintain
           this
           light
           of
           the
           Lord
           in
           all
           places
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           there
           being
           thousands
           of
           Parishes
           in
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Wales
             ,
          
           which
           are
           miserably
           destitute
           of
           this
           light
           ,
           wanting
           able
           Preachers
           to
           hold
           it
           out
           to
           them
           ;
           as
           
             Cumberland
             ,
             Northumberland
             ,
             Westmorland
             ,
          
           the
           Bishoprick
           ,
           yea
           and
           a
           very
           great
           part
           of
           
             Yorkeshire
             ,
          
           who
           like
           Pagans
           scarse
           know
           whether
           there
           be
           a
           God
           ,
           a
           Christ
           ,
           a
           holy
           Ghost
           or
           no
           .
           Take
           therefore
           good
           King
           
             Jehoshaphat
          
           for
           an
           example
           ,
           who
           sent
           
             Priests
             and
             Levites
          
           in
           great
           plenty
           throughout
           all
           
             Judah
             ,
             and
             they
             had
             the
          
           
           
             Law
             of
             the
             Lord
             with
             them
             ,
          
           and
           went
           about
           
             throughout
             the
             Cities
             of
             Judah
             ,
             and
             taught
             the
             people
             .
          
           He
           was
           carefull
           to
           advance
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           his
           subjects
           might
           not
           remain
           in
           darknesse
           ;
           and
           you
           see
           in
           the
           following
           part
           of
           the
           story
           ,
           how
           the
           Lord
           remembred
           him
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           the
           fear
           of
           the
           Lord
           fell
           upon
           all
           the
           Kingdomes
           of
           the
           land
           that
           were
           round
           about
           
             Judah
             ,
          
           so
           that
           they
           made
           no
           warre
           against
           
             Jehoshaphat
             .
          
           And
           verely
           had
           more
           care
           (
           since
           all
           the
           opportunities
           of
           advancing
           light
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           these
           distracted
           times
           ,
           till
           now
           )
           been
           taken
           ,
           had
           the
           people
           been
           taught
           by
           
           Learned
           ,
           Orthodox
           ,
           Godly
           ,
           discreet
           ,
           painfull
           Divines
           ,
           in
           the
           dark
           corners
           of
           this
           nation
           ,
           where
           very
           little
           or
           no
           light
           shineth
           ;
           by
           Gods
           blessing
           we
           should
           not
           have
           lost
           by
           that
           charge
           ,
           
           what
           ever
           covetous
           self-ended
           persons
           (
           who
           seek
           their
           own
           ,
           not
           God
           or
           his
           people
           )
           may
           suggest
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
           Famous
           
             Oswald
          
           King
           of
           
             Northumberland
          
           gave
           testimony
           of
           his
           zeal
           for
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           and
           love
           to
           his
           people
           in
           the
           same
           sort
           ,
           by
           setting
           
           up
           a
           light
           of
           truth
           in
           those
           very
           dark
           times
           ,
           he
           sent
           for
           one
           
             Aiden
          
           a
           Scottish
           Bishop
           (
           saith
           
             Beda
             )
          
           to
           instruct
           his
           people
           ,
           who
           not
           well
           understanding
           nor
           pronouncing
           our
           language
           ,
           was
           not
           so
           intelligible
           to
           the
           hearers
           ,
           the
           King
           himself
           therefore
           used
           to
           interpret
           his
           Sermons
           as
           the
           Bishop
           preached
           .
           But
           it
           's
           not
           said
           that
           the
           King
           presumed
           to
           take
           on
           him
           the
           Preachers
           office
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           preach
           ,
           only
           (
           which
           indeed
           was
           an
           excellency
           in
           him
           )
           he
           interpreted
           to
           them
           the
           Preachers
           Sermons
           .
           He
           well
           apprehended
           how
           much
           it
           concerned
           himself
           and
           Kingdome
           to
           advance
           the
           light
           of
           life
           ,
           without
           which
           they
           should
           all
           remain
           in
           darknesse
           and
           irregularity
           .
           Which
           light
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           set
           up
           and
           become
           usefull
           ,
           I
           commend
           to
           your
           consideration
           four
           short
           directions
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Be
           regardfull
           of
           the
           nurseries
           of
           good
           learning
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           means
           of
           them
           such
           students
           as
           shall
           
             de
             futuro
          
           be
           sent
           abroad
           ,
           may
           be
           compleated
           with
           knowledge
           in
           languages
           ,
           skilfullnesse
           
           of
           arts
           and
           sciences
           ,
           well
           read
           in
           story
           politicall
           and
           ecclesiasticall
           ,
           and
           indeed
           accomplisht
           in
           all
           good
           literature
           requisite
           to
           so
           high
           an
           imploiment
           ,
           
             that
             he
             may
             shew
             himself
             a
          
           
           
             workman
             which
             needs
             not
             be
             ashamed
             ;
          
           Let
           these
           Schools
           of
           the
           Prophets
           receive
           their
           due
           revenues
           ,
           and
           other
           incouragements
           which
           their
           pious
           founders
           and
           benefactours
           vouchsafed
           them
           :
           Let
           no
           man
           have
           just
           cause
           to
           divert
           his
           childes
           studies
           to
           secular
           imploiments
           ,
           either
           for
           want
           of
           means
           ,
           conveniences
           or
           honour
           by
           which
           the
           mindes
           of
           men
           are
           much
           invited
           to
           study
           .
           Let
           that
           other
           sister
           which
           hath
           no
           breasts
           be
           timely
           remembred
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           as
           King
           
             James
          
           said
           in
           the
           starre-chamber
           
           to
           the
           Judges
           ,
           in
           that
           of
           
             Pauls
          
           steeple
           ,
           that
           in
           time
           may
           be
           done
           at
           a
           lesse
           ,
           which
           afterwards
           cannot
           be
           at
           a
           greater
           charge
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           See
           that
           the
           places
           of
           Gods
           worship
           be
           maintained
           ;
           the
           neglect
           of
           which
           as
           it
           gives
           occasion
           to
           our
           Romane
           adversaries
           to
           speak
           evil
           ,
           so
           doth
           it
           not
           passe
           without
           suspition
           amongst
           the
           vulgar
           sort
           ,
           as
           if
           with
           the
           outward
           fabrick
           and
           structure
           your
           intention
           was
           to
           demolish
           worship
           and
           Religion
           it self
           .
           Truth
           
           is
           ,
           the
           complaint
           now
           is
           no
           lesse
           just
           (
           and
           I
           hope
           free
           from
           Romish
           tincture
           )
           then
           it
           was
           in
           King
           
             Alured
          
           his
           daies
           ,
           when
           in
           most
           places
           they
           were
           exceedingly
           gon
           to
           wrack
           ;
           I
           am
           confident
           
           you
           conceive
           me
           not
           to
           perswade
           to
           a
           popish
           supe●sitions
           garnishing
           of
           Churches
           ,
           walls
           ,
           nor
           of
           a
           foolish
           opinion
           that
           prayers
           are
           heard
           
             propter
             s●nctitatem
             loci
             ,
          
           which
           yet
           was
           the
           
           fancy
           of
           some
           Schoolmen
           :
           but
           only
           that
           such
           places
           should
           be
           conveniently
           repaired
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           want
           ,
           more
           built
           for
           receiving
           the
           people
           of
           God
           to
           worship
           him
           ,
           for
           neglect
           of
           which
           we
           are
           justly
           culpable
           ,
           as
           they
           who
           did
           not
           build
           the
           Temple
           of
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           a
           type
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           Gods
           people
           .
           So
           is
           it
           time
           for
           us
           to
           mend
           our
           own
           houses
           demolished
           by
           war
           ,
           and
           
           shall
           these
           houses
           lye
           wast
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           Let
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           best
           reformed
           Churches
           and
           fundamentalls
           of
           our
           own
           Nation
           be
           established
           ;
           it
           will
           be
           a
           notable
           means
           to
           preserve
           the
           light
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           of
           such
           as
           endeavour
           (
           like
           as
           they
           did
           that
           candle
           ,
           
             Luther
             ,
          
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           German
           Reformation
           lighted
           )
           to
           blow
           it
           out
           .
           The
           goodnesse
           of
           God
           (
           saith
           one
           in
           his
           book
           wherein
           this
           controversie
           of
           Discipline
           is
           purposely
           and
           largely
           discussed
           )
           hath
           provided
           in
           his
           word
           a
           
           Discipline
           for
           his
           Church
           ,
           which
           if
           he
           had
           not
           done
           ,
           he
           should
           have
           been
           lesse
           carefull
           of
           it
           then
           of
           the
           commonwealth
           ,
           of
           which
           in
           that
           regard
           he
           is
           not
           unmindfull
           .
           Neither
           is
           this
           any
           other
           then
           you
           have
           covenanted
           ,
           and
           was
           there
           ever
           a
           Parliament
           as
           of
           more
           prayers
           ,
           fastings
           ,
           preachings
           ,
           deliverances
           ,
           victories
           ,
           so
           of
           more
           vows
           ,
           covenants
           ,
           leagues
           ,
           and
           solemn
           protestations
           ,
           with
           eyes
           hands
           and
           all
           lift
           up
           to
           heaven
           ,
           then
           this
           is
           :
           Well
           ,
           of
           all
           sins
           ,
           to
           falsifie
           Covenant
           is
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           ,
           
           better
           not
           promise
           ,
           then
           having
           vowed
           ,
           not
           perform
           .
        
         
           In
           your
           first
           Declaration
           there
           is
           this
           memorable
           passage
           .
           It
           is
           far
           from
           our
           purpose
           or
           desire
           to
           let
           loose
           the
           golden
           reins
           of
           Discipline
           and
           government
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           leave
           private
           persons
           or
           particular
           congregations
           ,
           to
           take
           up
           what
           form
           of
           divine
           service
           they
           please
           ,
           for
           we
           hold
           it
           requisite
           that
           there
           should
           be
           through
           the
           whole
           realm
           a
           conformity
           to
           that
           order
           which
           the
           laws
           enjoyn
           according
           to
           the
           word
           of
           God
           .
           O
           that
           we
           had
           not
           started
           aside
           from
           this
           like
           a
           deceitfull
           bow
           ,
           then
           surely
           had
           we
           wounded
           the
           hairy
           scalp
           of
           many
           Church
           enemies
           ,
           that
           break
           the
           bonds
           asunder
           and
           cast
           the
           cords
           away
           from
           them
           .
           O
           that
           the
           husbandman
           had
           not
           slept
           ,
           the
           enemy
           
           could
           not
           with
           that
           advantage
           have
           sown
           so
           many
           ●ares
           of
           errours
           in
           Gods
           field
           .
           O
           that
           this
           guard
           were
           set
           ,
           so
           the
           foxes
           might
           be
           taken
           ,
           even
           those
           little
           foxes
           which
           do
           spoil
           the
           vines
           that
           are
           full
           of
           grapes
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Take
           order
           that
           such
           Divines
           as
           in
           severall
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           have
           or
           shall
           conscionably
           hold
           forth
           this
           light
           of
           truth
           in
           their
           charges
           respectively
           to
           the
           edification
           of
           their
           people
           
           and
           not
           to
           yours
           or
           the
           Commonwealths
           disadvantage
           ,
           be
           plentifully
           provided
           of
           comfortable
           maintenance
           and
           due
           encouragement
           ;
           
           else
           how
           can
           you
           expect
           an
           exact
           performance
           of
           that
           trust
           of
           beating
           the
           light
           you
           require
           from
           them
           ,
           you
           may
           
             not
             muzzle
             the
             Oxe
             that
             treadeth
             out
             the
             corn
             .
             The
             labouror
             is
             worthy
             of
             his
             hire
             .
          
           He
           that
           is
           instructed
           must
           make
           him
           that
           instructeth
           him
           ,
           partaker
           
             of
             all
             good
             things
             .
          
           Our
           forefathers
           brought
           honour
           to
           God
           ,
           happinesse
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           themselves
           a
           glorious
           name
           by
           their
           foundations
           and
           contributions
           to
           the
           maintenance
           of
           his
           light
           .
           Oh
           let
           not
           us
           grudge
           that
           the
           oyl
           bestowed
           at
           their
           charge
           ,
           should
           run
           in
           the
           same
           pipe
           to
           keep
           in
           his
           lamp
           and
           not
           into
           our
           private
           cruses
           .
           You
           (
           Honourable
           )
           are
           the
           repairers
           of
           our
           breaches
           in
           Church
           and
           state
           ;
           You
           are
           the
           Physitians
           of
           the
           body
           politick
           and
           ecclesiastick
           .
           We
           dare
           not
           prejudge
           you
           .
        
         
           Of
           all
           injustice
           its
           the
           worst
           when
           men
           take
           wrongfully
           from
           
           the
           publike
           charge
           of
           commonwealth
           ,
           and
           that
           wrong
           done
           to
           the
           Church
           is
           a
           sinne
           greater
           then
           that
           which
           is
           against
           the
           commonwealth
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           two
           standing
           in
           a
           nearer
           relation
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           injure
           the
           Church
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           a
           very
           great
           sin
           under
           the
           law
           ,
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           the
           expression
           in
           
             Malachy
             ,
             Will
             a
             man
             rob
             God
             ?
             Ye
             have
             robbed
             me
             ,
             even
             this
             whole
             na●ion
             :
          
           Yet
           is
           it
           more
           hainous
           ,
           if
           committed
           in
           the
           light
           of
           the
           glorious
           Gospel
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           the
           Gospels
           Ministry
           is
           more
           excellent
           then
           that
           of
           the
           law
           :
           which
           is
           the
           reason
           why
           some
           learned
           and
           godly
           Divines
           have
           concluded
           it
           unlawfull
           to
           alienate
           the
           revenus
           of
           Gods
           worship
           ,
           though
           given
           in
           superstitious
           times
           much
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           haply
           to
           some
           superstitious
           uses
           ,
           but
           rather
           conceive
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           imployed
           to
           the
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           incouraging
           of
           learning
           and
           godlinesse
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           main
           scope
           of
           the
           donours
           ,
           though
           some
           of
           them
           might
           fail
           in
           particular
           ,
           
           Circa
           fundamentall
           tenets
           .
           But
           certainly
           it
           must
           needs
           heighten
           the
           sinne
           of
           those
           who
           detain
           the
           revenue
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           under
           the
           specious
           shew
           of
           lay-tenements
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           while
           there
           is
           none
           to
           bear
           the
           light
           of
           truth
           before
           the
           people
           ,
           none
           to
           instruct
           them
           ;
           
             the
             key
             of
             knowledge
          
           being
           wholy
           taken
           away
           ,
           some
           
             aumb
             dog
          
           is
           set
           over
           
             the
             flock
          
           of
           Christ
           for
           a
           mean
           salary
           ,
           whereas
           they
           should
           be
           instructed
           by
           one
           ,
           as
           
             Isaiah
          
           saith
           
             that
             hath
             the
             tongue
             of
             the
             learned
             .
          
           And
           to
           deprive
           the
           people
           of
           such
           tongues
           that
           we
           may
           enrich
           our selves
           with
           the
           revenue
           that
           should
           maintain
           them
           ,
           is
           a
           sin
           no
           lesse
           ,
           if
           not
           much
           more
           ,
           culpable
           ,
           then
           that
           of
           
             Achan
             ,
          
           who
           
             stole
             a
             wedge
             ,
          
           or
           as
           the
           Hebrew
           
           hath
           it
           ,
           a
           tongue
           
             of
             gold
             ,
          
           but
           in
           the
           end
           paid
           a
           rate
           dear
           enough
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           many
           of
           his
           successours
           have
           since
           done
           ,
           and
           more
           (
           if
           timely
           repentance
           and
           restitution
           prevent
           not
           )
           may
           buy
           the
           gold
           of
           the
           Temple
           at
           a
           high
           price
           .
           It
           seems
           the
           very
           heathen
           ,
           who
           had
           no
           other
           pilot
           then
           natures
           law
           ,
           stood
           in
           fear
           to
           runne
           this
           hazard
           ,
           of
           splitting
           themselves
           on
           this
           rock
           of
           sacriledge
           ,
           and
           so
           make
           shipwrack
           of
           a
           good
           conscience
           to
           
           the
           losse
           of
           the
           soul
           ,
           the
           most
           precious
           lading
           ,
           which
           if
           once
           gone
           ,
           is
           irrecoverable
           .
           Doe
           we
           not
           read
           of
           
             Pharaoh
          
           King
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           in
           that
           great
           
             famine
          
           mentioned
           by
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           how
           that
           when
           all
           the
           people
           were
           necessitated
           to
           sell
           their
           lands
           to
           make
           provision
           for
           themselves
           and
           families
           that
           they
           perished
           not
           in
           the
           dearth
           ,
           that
           he
           provided
           
             a
             portion
          
           for
           the
           
             Priests
             ,
          
           that
           so
           their
           
             lands
          
           might
           be
           preserved
           to
           the
           uses
           they
           were
           dedicated
           ?
           He
           might
           with
           as
           much
           ease
           ,
           as
           little
           charge
           ,
           have
           entered
           on
           the
           Priests
           possession
           ,
           as
           the
           whole
           land
           ,
           and
           so
           have
           been
           sole
           Lord
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           (
           as
           our
           great
           land-Lords
           use
           to
           say
           )
           should
           have
           a
           foot
           within
           his
           territories
           .
           No
           ,
           he
           durst
           not
           enterprise
           it
           ,
           
             Wherefore
             the
             Priests
             land
             became
             not
             Pharaohs
             :
          
           He
           does
           not
           drive
           them
           (
           as
           some
           have
           done
           )
           to
           an
           exigent
           that
           he
           might
           gain
           the
           more
           by
           them
           ,
           he
           provides
           ,
           to
           prevent
           that
           mischief
           ,
           
             portions
             ,
          
           at
           his
           own
           charges
           for
           those
           who
           are
           disabled
           by
           the
           penury
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           to
           make
           provision
           for
           themselves
           .
           And
           in
           that
           generall
           seisure
           of
           all
           estates
           there
           is
           this
           clause
           of
           exception
           in
           the
           deed
           concerning
           the
           Priests
           ,
           to
           except
           before
           excepted
           ,
           the
           
             land
             of
             the
             Priests
             only
             ,
             which
             became
             not
             Pharaohs
             .
          
           I
           know
           that
           some
           do
           endeavour
           to
           evade
           
           this
           place
           alledgeing
           the
           Hebrew
           word
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Cohen
          
           signifieth
           a
           Prince
           ,
           and
           so
           take
           it
           of
           the
           chief
           officers
           about
           the
           King
           ;
           but
           
           the
           word
           signifies
           both
           Priest
           and
           Prince
           ,
           and
           because
           in
           one
           person
           it
           sets
           forth
           both
           ,
           haply
           by
           one
           word
           ,
           and
           the
           circumstances
           shew
           a
           distinction
           betwixt
           them
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           which
           occasions
           the
           Learned
           generally
           to
           read
           it
           as
           our
           Translatours
           have
           done
           .
           So
           the
           
             Chaldee
             ,
          
           the
           
             Septuagint
             ,
             Tostatus
             ,
             Pererius
             ,
             Cornelius
             a
             Lapide
             ,
             Mercerus
             ,
             Calvin
             ,
             Musculus
             ,
          
           And
           all
           our
           English
           Translatours
           I
           have
           met
           with
           .
        
         
           Noble
           Senatours
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           your
           honour
           (
           as
           he
           said
           )
           to
           leave
           
           the
           Church
           in
           a
           richer
           condition
           then
           you
           found
           it
           ,
           yea
           though
           in
           most
           places
           it
           complains
           of
           poverty
           (
           it
           being
           torn
           and
           beggerly
           )
           endeavour
           to
           restore
           it
           ;
           it
           will
           be
           your
           comfort
           when
           you
           lye
           on
           your
           last
           pillow
           ,
           if
           in
           this
           case
           you
           can
           sincerely
           say
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           
             Augustus
          
           of
           
             Rome
          
           repaired
           by
           him
           ,
           
             inveni
             lateritiam
             ,
             reliqui
             marmoream
             .
          
           Remember
           that
           this
           
             light
             ,
          
           the
           word
           ,
           held
           forth
           to
           the
           people
           is
           not
           maintained
           (
           since
           that
           extraordinary
           apostolicall
           gifts
           are
           ceased
           )
           without
           vast
           expence
           ;
           those
           who
           are
           in
           this
           imploiment
           (
           that
           their
           office
           may
           be
           more
           acceptable
           ,
           gracefull
           and
           profitable
           )
           have
           severall
           lights
           ,
           none
           of
           them
           to
           be
           suffered
           to
           die
           ,
           which
           they
           must
           maintain
           at
           great
           expence
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           light
           of
           knowledge
           in
           the
           study
           by
           books
           of
           all
           kindes
           
           of
           learning
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           
             be
             able
          
           Ministers
           
             rightly
             dividing
             the
             word
             in
             truth
             ;
          
           this
           (
           blessed
           be
           God
           )
           is
           one
           cause
           why
           the
           Divines
           of
           this
           land
           have
           been
           so
           famous
           to
           the
           admiration
           of
           forreigners
           :
           whereas
           if
           this
           
             light
          
           be
           extinct
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           a
           want
           of
           the
           other
           
             light
          
           in
           knowledge
           and
           doctrine
           also
           ;
           as
           one
           ,
           a
           great
           Schollar
           ,
           long
           since
           observed
           :
           poor
           beggerly
           
           maintenance
           will
           have
           but
           a
           poor
           contemptible
           Ministry
           ;
           Scandalous
           maintenance
           ,
           scandalous
           Ministry
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           A
           light
           in
           the
           family
           :
           he
           must
           maintain
           those
           whose
           subsistance
           is
           from
           him
           :
           which
           sometimes
           are
           exceeding
           many
           ;
           if
           he
           should
           be
           deficient
           in
           providing
           for
           them
           ,
           you
           would
           condemn
           him
           worse
           then
           an
           infidel
           :
           It
           is
           a
           pretty
           observation
           that
           one
           hath
           ,
           
             The
             Table
             of
             shew
             bread
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           was
           set
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Temple
           to
           signifie
           thus
           much
           ,
           
             Quod
             Sacerdotes
             in
             Templo
             servientes
             ,
             de
             Templo
             victum
             habere
             debent
             .
          
           Is
           it
           not
           
           
           much
           to
           be
           lamented
           think
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           oyl
           in
           the
           first
           institution
           of
           it
           appointed
           to
           preserve
           light
           to
           Gods
           people
           ,
           is
           powred
           
           out
           to
           other
           purposes
           ,
           
             *
          
           as
           former
           times
           have
           complained
           ,
           lusts
           
           of
           men
           ,
           yea
           the
           worst
           lusts
           of
           the
           worst
           men
           that
           are
           enemies
           to
           God
           and
           the
           Church
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           those
           and
           their
           posterity
           ,
           
           who
           attend
           on
           his
           light
           ,
           whilst
           others
           have
           
             food
             enough
          
           and
           to
           spare
           ,
           are
           in
           hazard
           to
           
             perish
             with
             hunger
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           A
           light
           in
           the
           town
           and
           countrey
           where
           they
           live
           :
           it
           s
           a
           light
           of
           good
           works
           ,
           in
           shewing
           mercy
           to
           the
           poor
           ,
           being
           helpfull
           to
           the
           needy
           ,
           as
           
             Job
          
           saith
           of
           himself
           ,
           he
           
             was
             eyes
             to
             the
          
           
           
             blinde
             ,
             feeet
             to
             the
             lame
             ;
          
           this
           would
           have
           covered
           them
           ,
           to
           the
           credit
           of
           Religion
           ,
           inciting
           others
           to
           the
           like
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           put
           his
           
             light
             under
             a
             bushell
             ,
          
           So
           (
           praised
           be
           God
           )
           in
           this
           nation
           ,
           where
           the
           revenues
           of
           the
           Church
           were
           great
           (
           though
           some
           did
           spend
           much
           in
           vanity
           and
           excessive
           courses
           as
           the
           profuse
           vulgar
           )
           all
           did
           not
           so
           :
           much
           hath
           been
           given
           by
           Divines
           to
           Colledges
           ,
           Hospitalls
           ,
           Libraries
           and
           other
           pious
           works
           .
           And
           indeed
           
           Schollars
           best
           knowing
           to
           set
           a
           price
           on
           learning
           ,
           have
           been
           most
           beneficiall
           this
           way
           .
        
         
           The
           Apostles
           exhortation
           to
           Ministers
           is
           that
           
             they
             be
             given
             to
             hospitality
             .
          
           Surely
           then
           they
           must
           have
           ability
           else
           they
           should
           
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           other
           mens
           hospitality
           ,
           be
           fitter
           to
           receive
           then
           give
           ,
           as
           God
           knows
           it
           is
           the
           case
           of
           many
           a
           learned
           ,
           godly
           and
           painfull
           Divine
           at
           this
           day
           (
           as
           sometimes
           it
           was
           the
           condition
           of
           learned
           men
           ,
           beware
           the
           fears
           where
           Church
           revenues
           
           are
           devoured
           )
           who
           have
           great
           charges
           of
           children
           and
           nothing
           wherewith
           to
           bring
           them
           up
           ,
           or
           place
           them
           out
           ,
           while
           the
           ancient
           Church-revenue
           is
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           many
           that
           worse
           deserve
           it
           .
           This
           made
           the
           mighty
           godly
           Divine
           of
           
             Scotland
          
           (
           as
           I
           am
           informed
           )
           lying
           on
           his
           death
           bed
           (
           and
           the
           words
           of
           
           dying
           men
           should
           make
           a
           deeper
           impression
           )
           so
           earnest
           in
           his
           exhortatory
           letter
           writ
           from
           St
           
             Andrews
          
           to
           the
           Assembly
           at
           
             Sterling
             .
          
           There
           are
           two
           branches
           of
           his
           exhortation
           ,
           one
           to
           keep
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           scandalous
           Ministers
           ,
           the
           other
           to
           prevent
           a
           scandalous
           maintenance
           .
        
         
         
           Noble
           Patriots
           ,
           as
           it
           belonged
           to
           
             Eliazer
          
           to
           provide
           oyl
           for
           
           the
           lights
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           so
           to
           you
           it
           appertains
           ,
           as
           nurserers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           see
           that
           these
           lights
           of
           the
           Church
           have
           oyl
           to
           feed
           them
           as
           
             Hezekiah
          
           did
           ,
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           31
           4.
           
           I
           can
           present
           you
           with
           no
           arguments
           more
           constringent
           then
           those
           in
           the
           text
           before
           you
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           You
           have
           many
           priviledges
           ,
           God
           expects
           this
           as
           a
           testimony
           of
           thankfulnesse
           .
           Those
           who
           gain
           by
           sea-trade
           are
           not
           unwilling
           to
           be
           at
           the
           charge
           of
           land-light
           .
           
             The
             children
             of
             light
          
           should
           be
           as
           wise
           as
           the
           men
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           You
           are
           reformers
           in
           Israel
           ,
           this
           is
           one
           speciall
           point
           of
           your
           work
           ,
           to
           see
           that
           Gods
           house
           be
           not
           as
           a
           dark
           room
           ,
           the
           light
           removed
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           You
           know
           that
           Religion
           is
           not
           in
           shew
           ,
           but
           in
           deed
           ,
           it
           's
           
           not
           sufficient
           to
           say
           as
           those
           St
           
             James
          
           mentioneth
           ,
           
             goe
          
           and
           
             be
             warmed
             ,
          
           unlesse
           also
           you
           make
           provision
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           It
           's
           the
           Lords
           light
           that
           affords
           direction
           to
           your
           souls
           for
           the
           obtaining
           eternall
           light
           ,
           which
           by
           how
           much
           the
           more
           excellent
           it
           is
           then
           that
           under
           the
           law
           ,
           so
           much
           the
           more
           liberall
           we
           should
           be
           in
           providing
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           that
           famous
           servant
           of
           God
           long
           since
           taught
           us
           ,
           with
           whose
           words
           
           I
           shall
           crave
           leave
           to
           close
           this
           imploiment
           .
        
         
           Had
           the
           Priests
           of
           the
           law
           the
           tenth
           part
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           the
           Ministers
           of
           a
           better
           testament
           have
           any
           part
           ?
           Such
           maintenance
           will
           have
           such
           Ministers
           in
           time
           out
           of
           question
           ,
           to
           the
           utter
           decay
           of
           learning
           piety
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           bringing
           of
           all
           barbarisme
           and
           errour
           as
           Satan
           wisheth
           .
           
           Worthy
           is
           the
           vertue
           of
           
             Nehemiah
          
           touching
           this
           matter
           ,
           everlasting
           remembrance
           and
           imitation
           of
           them
           that
           have
           like
           authority
           and
           fear
           God
           ;
           he
           finding
           that
           the
           Priest
           
             Eliashib
          
           
           (
           who
           had
           the
           oversight
           of
           what
           belonged
           to
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           Priests
           ,
           being
           joyned
           in
           affinity
           with
           
             Tobiah
          
           the
           
             Ammonite
             ,
          
           an
           enemy
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           the
           portions
           of
           the
           Levites
           were
           not
           given
           them
           ,
           but
           every
           man
           was
           fled
           to
           shift
           for
           himself
           amongst
           his
           friends
           )
           most
           zealously
           reformed
           it
           as
           you
           may
           see
           ;
           threw
           out
           
             Tobias
          
           vessels
           ,
           thrust
           out
           
             Eliashib
             ,
          
           and
           placed
           them
           that
           were
           accounted
           faithfull
           ,
           and
           brought
           the
           tithes
           of
           corn
           and
           wine
           and
           oyl
           into
           the
           house
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           again
           mark
           the
           state
           of
           our
           times
           ,
           and
           see
           if
           such
           
             Tobias
          
           be
           not
           yet
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           such
           
             Eliashibs
             ,
          
           who
           dealing
           in
           all
           unrighteousnesse
           ,
           convey
           the
           portions
           of
           the
           Levites
           by
           little
           and
           little
           from
           the
           Church
           that
           all
           may
           come
           to
           ruine
           and
           utter
           confusion
           in
           time
           .
           They
           must
           have
           the
           tithe
           corn
           and
           gleab
           land
           ,
           peradventure
           the
           house
           also
           for
           a
           dairy
           ,
           and
           then
           cosen
           
             Eliashib
          
           the
           Minister
           shall
           have
           the
           tithe
           geese
           ,
           and
           the
           egges
           at
           Easter
           :
           But
           shall
           not
           God
           visit
           this
           great
           impiety
           ?
           O
           Lord
           ,
           O
           Lord
           ,
           in
           mercy
           forgive
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           and
           the
           iniquity
           of
           thy
           people
           deserving
           justly
           the
           losse
           of
           thy
           word
           and
           sweet
           liberty
           of
           their
           consciences
           ,
           and
           yet
           ,
           yet
           shew
           favour
           ,
           for
           thy
           mercy
           raise
           up
           men
           that
           are
           able
           to
           feed
           thy
           people
           as
           they
           ought
           ,
           and
           either
           convert
           or
           confound
           Church-robbers
           that
           savour
           nothing
           but
           their
           own
           gain
           ,
           that
           take
           thus
           daily
           away
           the
           reward
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           endeavour
           the
           death
           of
           thousand
           thousands
           of
           souls
           ,
           which
           thou
           hast
           created
           .
           Stirre
           up
           
             Nehemiah
          
           thy
           faithfull
           servant
           to
           redresse
           this
           sin
           ,
           and
           to
           settle
           things
           carnall
           as
           shall
           be
           fit
           for
           them
           that
           sow
           spirituall
           ,
           that
           God
           be
           not
           mocked
           :
           So
           we
           that
           be
           thy
           people
           and
           the
           sheep
           of
           thy
           pasture
           ,
           shall
           give
           thee
           praise
           for
           ever
           ,
           for
           so
           great
           a
           mercy
           .
        
         
           Amen
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A87607e-300
           
             
               Jer
               7.
               9.
               10
               
            
             Putant
             e●im
             Hypocritae
             si
             modo
             externas
             ●u'tus
             divini
             cer●●●ni●●
             quas●an
             observent
             ,
             tunc
             onnia
             tecte
             babere
             ,
             quamvis
             ipsi
             in
             sceleribus
             praefra●te
             per●gu
             it
             Os●
             and
             in
             loc.
          
           
             
               1
               Tim
               5
               22.
               
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Neque
             te
             participem
             constitue
             ali●rum
             peccat●●um
             .
          
           
             
               1
               Sam.
               2
               30.
               
            
          
           
             
               Exod.
               10
               23.
               ●s●●
               .
               8
               19.
               psul
               .
               147
               19.
               
               Act.
               14.
               16.
               
            
          
           
             
               1
               Cor.
               2.
               8.
               
            
          
           
             Solin
             .
             poybist
             .
             cap
             
               9.
               
            
             Accendunt
             quotidie
             lucernas
             ,
             quib●●
             nulla
             lux
             est
             :
             illis
             co●petunt
             test
             imonis
             te●ebrarum
             .
             
               Te●t
               .
            
             Apol
             
               10.
               
            
             Igne●
             fatunm
             qui
             sequmuntur
             in
             avia
             abducuntur
             &
             in
             pr●cipitia
             fossa●
             que
             saepe
             numero
             run●t
             .
             Kek
             Syst
             .
             Rhys
             .
             lib.
             
               6.
               
            
          
           
             
               Isa.
               8.
               20.
               
            
          
           
             Lo
             Cook
             .
             jurisdiction
             
               of
               Courts
               .
            
          
        
         
           Notes for div A87607e-850
           
             Pes
             enim
             Ille
             in
             quo
             claulicabat
             ,
             Iudaeos
             qui
             in
             Christum
             non
             crediderunt
             ,
             figurabat
             ,
             ille
             vero
             qui
             sanus
             remansit
             ,
             illorum
             typum
             gessit
             qui
             Christum
             Dominum
             reciperunt
             .
          
           
             
               In
               co
               quod
               vincit
               Iacob
               ,
               Iudaeos
               Christum
               persecuturos
               significabat
               :
               in
               co
               quod
               benedictionem
               petebat
               ,
               illum
               populum
               figurabat
               qui
               in
               Christum
               Domioum
               credituru●
               erat
               .
            
             Serm.
             80.
             
               de
               Temp.
               
            
          
           
             
               Propheta
               igitur
               verè
               regi●s
               ex
               regio
               ut
               ple●●que
               veterum
               tradiderunt
               genere
               oriu●du●
               ,
               &c
               Ep
               Nu●
               cup
               .
               ad
               H.
               Mo●
               .
               Com.
               in
               sl
               .
               &
            
             Hieron.
          
           
             Aug.
             confest
             .
             Rom.
             9.
             3.
             
          
           
             Matth
             ▪
             8.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             Mat.
             2●
             .
             31
             ,
             ●●
             .
          
           
             Theod.
             Snepf
             .
             
               in
               locum
               .
            
          
           
             Flac.
             
               Illiric●●
               ,
               in
               verbo
               do●
               .
            
          
           
             Exod.
             1.
             21.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             
               Ibbanerb
               .
               Fortassis
               aedificaborex
               ea
               .
               Fortassis
               liberos
               consequar
               ex
               〈◊〉
               .
            
             Ju.
             Tr.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             3
             9.
             
             Heb.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             Doctr.
             
          
           
             Col
             1.
             10.
             1
             Thes.
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             Deur
             16.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Deut
             3●
             .
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Judg.
             37.
             
             Psal
             44.
             21.
             
             Ps.
             106.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
             Jer.
             3.
             21.
             
             Jer.
             18.
             25.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             19
             4
             ,
             5.
             
             Heb.
             13
             ,
             1.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
          
           
             Resol.
          
           
             Aug.
             
          
           
             
               Tenes
               in
               lacta
               〈◊〉
               h●c
               tibi
               ●ono
               Deus
               est
               .
            
             Hilar.
             ●
             5
             
               de
            
             Tr●nit
             Eph.
             2.
             18.
             
             ●
             .
             12.
             
          
           
             Heb
             4.
             16.
             1
             
             Co●
             .
             2
             ult.
          
           
             Exod.
             19
             ●
             .
             
               Peculium
               Abules
               in
               locu●●
               ,
            
             as
             
               the
               .
               C●ldea
               .
            
             observes
             .
             
               Speed
               .
            
          
           
             Titus
             2.
             11.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             2
             16
             ,
             17.
             
             Heb.
             4.
             15.
             
             Aug.
             
               in
            
             Joh.
             3.
             16.
             17.
             
          
           
             
               Theophil●●
               vir
               Senatorij
               ordinie
            
             Aret.
             
             〈◊〉
             Act.
             1.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Hac
               lege
               evangelium
               〈◊〉
               Theopb
               nu●●upat
               Lu●as
               ut
               sideliter
               ejus
               custodiam
               suscipiat
               .
            
             Calv.
             
               in
               loc.
            
          
           
             1
             Sam
             31.
             
             
               Sermo
               Iehovae
               fuerint
               rarus
               temporibus
               illis
               ,
            
             Tremel
             .
             
               &
            
             Jun
             
               Heb
               pretiosus
               .
               Nan
               omne
               rarum
               〈◊〉
               .
            
             See
             
               Iohn
               〈◊〉
            
             his
             story
             in
             
               Act.
               and
               Mon.
            
             of
             the
             Church
             pag.
             1941.
             
          
           
             Exod
             10.
             4.
             Psal.
             91.
             4.
             Psal.
             10●
             .
             14.
             
             Deut.
             7.
             17.
             
             Jer.
             30.
             10
             12.
             13.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             16.
             19.
             
             Psal
             8.
             
             〈◊〉
             
               Sol
               qui
               re●reat
               pios
               beneficij●
               s●is
               ,
               ut
               sol
               plantas
               &
               animalia
               suo
               calore
               &
               splendore
               :
               scutum
               nostrum
               ,
               id
               est
               ,
               quod
               defendit
               nos
               ,
               nempe
               me
               &
               comitatum
               meum
            
             Pilcat
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             1●
             34.
             35.
             
          
           
             
               Quantos
               videmus
               humiliatos
               sed
               non
               humiles
            
             Bern
             
          
           
             1
             Pet
             4.
             3.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             3
             8.
             
             Deut.
             8.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
             Deut
             11.
             
             ●●
             .
             12.
             
             Ezek.
             ●0
             .
             6.
             called
             Jehova's
             land
             ,
             Hos.
             9.
             3.
             and
             the
             holy
             land
             ,
             Zac.
             2●2
             .
             the
             land
             of
             Immanuel
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             of
             Christ
             ,
             Isa
             8
             8.
             a
             figure
             of
             an
             heavenly
             countrey
             ,
             Heb.
             11.
             9
             10.
             being
             accuntrey
             in
             
               Asia
            
             the
             lesse
             ,
             possessed
             by
             
               Canaan
            
             the
             son
             of
             
               Cam
            
             the
             son
             of
             
               Noab
               ,
            
             and
             his
             sons
             ,
             but
             for
             their
             wickednesse
             the
             Land
             was
             to
             spue
             them
             out
             ,
             
               Lev.
            
             18.
             25.
             
             
               Gen.
            
             12.
             5.
             
          
           
             
               Accipiendis
               beneficijs
               indignus
               est
               qui
               suer●t
               de
               accept●
               ingratus
            
             Bern
             Serm.
             4.
             in
             〈◊〉
             90.
             
             Isa.
             1.
             v.
             ●
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             32.
             6.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             20.
             14.
             
             
               Pessimum
               est
               Trem.
               &
               .
               Iun.
               
            
          
           
             Matth.
             22.
             5.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               illi
               vero
               haec
               non
               curantes
               abicrunt
               .
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               〈◊〉
               ,
               propter
               amp●●
               〈…〉
               .
            
          
           
             Rom.
             ●●
             .
             ●4
             .
          
           
             Hos.
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal
             7●
             .
             ●●
             .
             
               I●qu●●●um
               est
               cor
               〈◊〉
               do
               nec
               in●e
               requies●●t
            
             A●●
             .
             
               Spe●●
               in
               ●●
            
             〈…〉
             of
             
               R●samon●
               .
            
             Gen
             32
             ●0
             .
          
           
             Heb
             1●
             27.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Gen
             ●●
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Heb.
             11.
             13.
             
          
           
             Pellioi●t
             vel
             devovebit
             cor
             suum
             ut
             mea●
             semper
             perficiat
             voluntatem
             .
             Osiand
             &
             Vatab
             .
             in
             loc.
          
           
             
               Cicero
               .
               Cato
               cujus
               mores
               erant
               ,
               Lucano
               reserente
               ,
               toti
               genitum
               se
               credere
               mundo
               .
            
             Gerson
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             ●0
             .
             Gen.
             4●
             .
             35.
             
             Gen.
             ●7
             .
             ●●
             ,
             ●2
             ,
             13
             ,
             14.
             
             
               Ambr.
               in
               vita
               Theodos.
            
          
           
             Seneca
             Aliud
             a●●re
             ,
             ●ale
             age●e
             .
          
           
             
               Ma
               ●●av
               ,
               de
               inst●●u●●one
               principis
               .
               Aetrus
               Hadria
            
             the
             Emperour
             used
             to
             say
             ,
             
               Non
               m●bi
               sed
               popu●o
               praees
               ,
               nunqu●d
               ut
               de
               subdetis
               ●res
               cas●●equaqua●●
               se●
               ut
               ipse
               de
               ●e
               Ber.
               de
               consed
               l.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             30
             6.
             7.
             1
             Sam.
             15
             23
             ,
             26
             ,
             ●7
             ,
             2●
             1
             Sam
             15
             ,
             33.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             10.
             16.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             31.
             21.
             2
             
             King.
             10.
             29.
             
          
           
             Hos.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             22.
             ●4
             .
             28.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             17.
             4.
             Jer.
             33.
             
             Amos
             6.
             8
             ,
             Lament.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12
             29.
             
          
           
             
               S●ul●um
               ess●t
               〈◊〉
               aut
               〈…〉
               ei
               qu●
               〈…〉
               .
               Arb
               ●
               .
            
             6.
             
               cap
            
             10.
             
          
           
             Calv
             
               instit
               l.
            
             2.
             
               cap.
            
             5.
             
             
               Austin
               .
            
          
           
             Josh
             24.
             15.
             
          
           
             
               Observ.
            
             Matth
             8.
             
             ●
             .
             
               Facere
               recte
               cives
               suos
               princeps
               optimus
               sa●endo
               docet
               .
            
             Paterculus
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             ●
             .
             17.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             1.
             13.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             2.
             15.
             1
             Cor
             14
             12.
             32.
             
             Joh
             7.
             30.
             
             Act.
             19.
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             4.
             9●
             
          
           
             Judg.
             9.
             48.
             
          
           
             
               Qui
            
             〈…〉
             
               in
               〈…〉
               ●idel●s
               esse
               non●
               ossunt
               .
               〈◊〉
               .
               ap
               〈…〉
            
             1.
             
               cap.
            
             ●
             .
          
           
             See
             Nationall
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             M
             
               Fox
               Hist
            
             of
             the
             councell
             of
             
               ●onstanc●
               Anno
            
             14●4
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Primum
                 videndum
                 ,
                 quid
                 sit
                 ▪
                 quod
                 sacrum
                 appellat
                 ●●st
                 autem
                 illud
                 sacrum
                 quod
                 sacris
                 ufibus
                 vel
                 Dei
                 instituto
                 &
                 jussa
                 vel
                 hominum
                 voluntaria
                 &
                 ●
                 spontanea
                 la●gitione
                 ad
                 lictum
                 &
                 devotum
                 est
                 .
                 Ob
                 eamque
                 causam
                 horum
                 aut
                 sublatio
                 ,
                 aut
                 etiam
                 imminutio
                 ,
                 sacrilegij
                 ●rimine
                 damnatur
                 ,
              
               Deut.
               23.
               21
               ,
               22
               ,
               23.
               
            
             
               
                 Hec
                 corruptela
                 cum
                 omnibus
                 saeculis
                 ●h●●●uit
                 ,
                 tu●
                 ex
                 omni
                 memoria
                 nunquam
                 magis
                 grassat●
                 est
                 quam
                 hoc
                 nostro
                 ta●
                 infaelic●
                 sae●ulo
                 ,
                 in
                 quo
                 p●erique
                 non
                 mo
                 lo
                 〈◊〉
                 largiuntur
                 sed
                 etiam
                 ,
                 qu●
                 ▪
                 adpossunt
                 ,
                 da●t
                 operam
                 ut
                 ex
                 illo
                 aliquid
                 resecent
                 &
                 arr●dant
                 ,
                 quod
                 a
                 su●●
                 major
                 bus
                 ad
                 〈◊〉
                 Dei
                 &
                 scholarum
                 &
                 pauperam
                 suste●
                 a●ionem
                 collatum
                 est
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Exaggeratur
                 hoc
                 scelu●
                 apud
                 Prophet
                 .
              
               Mal.
               3.
               8
               ,
               9.
               
                 qui
                 hanc
                 injuriam
                 ●on
                 tam
                 hominibus
                 quam
                 ●psi
                 Deo
                 sactam
                 esse
                 queritur
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Quod
                 si
                 illis
                 mortale
                 &
                 perniciosum
                 sit
                 qui
                 bis
                 bonis
                 fr●untur
                 ,
                 quid
                 illis
                 fie●
                 qui
                 alioru●
                 Av●●
                 rit●●
                 tantum
                 a
                 ●ainistri
                 fugruat
                 ,
                 qui
                 ipsi●ullum
                 inde
                 fractum
                 perceperunt
                 ,
                 &
                 qui
                 spe
                 tantum
                 praedae
                 deiuceps
                 consequendae
                 a●
                 hoc
                 sacrilegium
                 pertracti
                 sunt
                 .
              
               M
               
                 Cart.
              
               on
               Prov.
               20.
               2●
               .
            
          
           
             Jer
             7.
             24.
             
             Jer.
             17.
             9.
             2
             Sam.
             1.
             20.
             
          
           
             
               Ad
               Deum
               non
               acceditur
               passibus
               corporalibu●
               cum
               ubique
               sit
               ,
               ped
               affectibus
               mentis
               :
               &
               codem
               modo
               ab
               eo
               ●eced
               tur
               &
               sic
               accsssus
               &
               recessus
               sab
               fimili
               udine
               localis
               motus
               defignunt
               spiritualem
               affectum
               .
            
             Tho.
             Aquin.
             
               ●
               q.
            
             ●
             .
             5.
             
               m.
               
            
          
           
             
               Observ.
            
             Ephel
             .
             ●
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             Cypr.
             
               Serm
               de
               Mortal
               .
            
          
           
             Luk.
             13.
             24.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Phil.
             2.
             12.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             1
             Cor.
             9.
             24.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Revel.
             3.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             Zanch.
             9.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             6.
             to
             .
             
               Ord.
               Gloss.
               in
               loc.
            
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             9.
             22.
             
          
           
             
               Mazarinus
               .
            
             Psal.
             50.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             16.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             22.
             20.
             
          
           
             Bern.
             
          
           
             Philosophores
             ?
             Philosoph●●e
             i
             gitur
             tibi
             vivendum
             est
             .
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             11.
             
          
           
             Gen
             5.
             24.
             vvith
             Heb.
             11.
             5.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             4
             13.
             1
             Cor.
             7.
             32.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             1
             Thes.
             2.
             4.
             
          
           
             Rom
             8.
             8.
             
             Heb
             6
             11.
             
             Gen.
             5
             22.
             
             Heb.
             1●
             5.
             
          
           
             Col
             1.
             10.
             
             Col.
             3.
             ●0
             .
             Rom.
             15.
             3.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             1.
             10.
             1
             Thes
             3
             4.
             
          
           
             Zancby
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             13.
             1
             Joh.
             3.
             22.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             7.
             14.
             15.
             
          
           
             
               Scieba●
               horrid●us
               scripturu●
               Letherum
               quam
               sent●●
               .
               Phil.
               Melanct
               ●
               .
               ep
               ad
               A●●cum
               .
               Anno
            
             1544.
             
             
               Fox
            
             Martyr
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             11.
             14.
             
          
           
             Osiander
             .
             Ep.
             cen●
             .
          
           
             Lond.
             Westm.
          
           
             Polan
             .
             B.
             Hell
             .
             ●
             .
             D●vena●●
             .
          
           
             Eccles
             3.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             
               Joh.
               2.
               4.
               
            
          
           
             Luk.
             9
             54.
             
             Matth.
             13.
             30.
             
          
           
             Gal
             6
             10.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             5.
             15.
             
          
           
             James
             1.
             17.
             
          
           
             I
             lliricus
             .
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             19.
             
          
           
             Oecolampad
             .
             in
             locu●●
             
          
           
             
               Observ.
               Spa●bem
               dub
               .
               E●ang
               parte
            
             3.
             
               dab
               minima
            
             94
             
          
           
             Tully
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             19
             ●
             .
             
               Piscat.
               in
               loc.
            
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             M.
             
               Downames
            
             warf●re
             
               part
            
             4
             
               lib.
            
             ●
             .
             
               cap.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             16.
             13.
             
             Phil.
             3.
             15.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             11.
             140.
             
             
               Piscat.
               Pu●gaturur
               anrum
               in
               catino
               .
            
          
           
             Eccles.
             11.
             7.
             
          
           
             Ps.
             119
             50.
             93.
             
          
           
             Matth
             1●
             12.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             20.
             
          
           
             Vse
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             10.
             23.
             
          
           
             
               Gloria
               Iebovae
               doctrine
               evangelij
               per
               quam
               glorificatur
               Ievab
               .
            
             Piscat.
          
           
             Joh.
             3.
             21.
             
          
           
             Some
             read
             it
             his
             Deuteronomy
             .
             H
             
               Airsworth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sartily
               Fu●●●
               vill
               .
               uren
               c●●lex
               .
               Leggs
               civi
               les
               sequuntur
               canonum
               disi●io●em
               .
            
             Gal
             4.
             16.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             6.
             16.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             18.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             2.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             1.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             
               Bald
               cas.
               lib.
            
             2.
             
               cap.
            
             6
             
               p.
            
             104.
             
               in
               horum
               locum
               adigantur
               ad
               sacra
               Christianorum
            
             i
             e.
             
               jubeantur
               templa
               ipsorum
               i●gredi
               ,
               Concionibus
               &
               precibus
               interesse
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             In
             his
             Serm.
             
          
           
             M.
             
               Fox
            
             in
             the
             life
             of
             Q
             
               Mary
               .
            
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             17
             9.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             17.
             11.
             
             Phil.
             2
             ▪
             21.
             
          
           
             Speed
             in
             the
             succession
             of
             
               Saxon
            
             Monarks
             .
             
               lib.
            
             7.
             
               cat
            
             21.
             
             
               B●de
               hist
               Angl.
               lib.
            
             3.
             
               cap.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             49.
             23.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2●●
             5.
             
             Sir
             
               Hen.
               Sp●d
               .
               Tom.
            
             1.
             
               Concil.
               Britan.
            
             1
             Tim.
             5
             17
             ▪
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             King
             
               Iames
            
             his
             speech
             in
             star-chamber
             .
          
           
             
               Ridley
            
             his
             view
             of
             the
             civil
             law
             .
             
               p.
            
             19●
             .
          
           
             Th.
             Aqui●
             .
          
           
             Hab.
             1.
             9.
             
          
           
             To
             this
             purpose
             M.
             
               Tham
               .
               Carthwright
            
             in
             his
             cont.
             with
             Arch
             B.
             
               Whit-gist
               .
            
          
           
             Eccles.
             5
             5.
             
             D●ut
             23.
             21.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             
             ●
             .
             ●
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             6.
             
             Sir
             
               Ed.
               Cook
            
             in
             second
             part
             of
             Iust
             on
             
               Magna
               Charta
               .
            
             pag.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
             So
             in
             the
             story
             of
             
               Lucius
               ,
               E●belbert
               Eghert
               .
               Alfred
               E●helwol●
               .
               Edgar
               Edward
            
             the
             confe●●our
             with
             divers
             others
             more
             in
             old
             Histories
             .
             Numb.
             4.
             14.
             
          
           
             Mala●
             3
             8
             ,
             6.
             
             
               Dan
               Ethic.
               Christ
               .
            
             12
             
               c
            
             15.
             
             
               Princeps
               jure
               non
               potest
               res
               sacra●
               ,
               &
               bona
               cu●t●
               divino
               etiam
               in
               genere
               desti●●ra
               etiam
               ea
               quae
               ●ul●●i
               superstitioso
               forvi●●t
               in
               ●sum
               profanu●
               transferere
               .
               Ke●h
               Syst
               Po●
               .
               l.
            
             1
             
               cap
            
             21.
             
               sic
               polan.
               in
               Synt.
               &
               in
            
             Dan
             5.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
             Isa.
             50.
             4.
             
          
           
             
               Qui
               causam
               〈◊〉
               ipsum
               dam●●n
               d●●isse
               vid●●ur
               Io●●ph●●
            
             .
             
               de
               beno
               ●u●aic●o
            
          
           
             Gen
             47.
             2●
             ,
             
               Pu●●herri
               ●us
               igitur
               his
               tex●s
               est
               ed
               nos
               non
               sequ●mur
               nec
               a
               ●●ittim●s
               in
               Germania
               ,
               &c
               Phara
               b
               Rex
               aegypti
               conju●get
               in
               judicio
               prox
               i●o
               &
               contra
               priacipes
               &
               magistra●us
               Germanie
               ,
               propterea
               quod
               ille
               suos
               sacerdo●es
               coluit
               alu●t
               &
               abstieu
               it
               a
               ho●is
               〈…〉
               ea
               ●u●●ssino
               contracta
               in
               su●●
               pote●latem
               re●i
               gere
               patu●sset
               .
            
             Luth.
             
          
           
             Hieronymus
             .
             Chrysostomus
             .
             Seb
             Munster
             .
             Ar.
             Montanus
             .
             Vatablus
             .
             Ant.
             Honcala
             .
             Leon
             Marius
             .
             Sel●eccerus
             .
             Stella
             .
          
           
             
               M.
               Lutherus
               .
               Luc.
               Osiander
               .
               Ioh.
               Brentius
               .
               Dav.
               Paraeus
               .
               H.
               Ainsworth
               .
               Doway
               Bib.
               Hen
            
             4.
             0.
             
             
               Engl.
               
            
          
           
             2
             Tim
             2.
             13.
             
             
               Floreatissima
               Anglia
               ,
               ocellas
               ille
               ecclesiarum
               peculium
               certismi
               gulare
               .
            
             Deodatus
             .
          
           
             Ex
             tenuitat●
             beneficiorum
             necessar●ò
             sequitur
             ignorantia
             sacerd●tum
             .
             Panermit
             .
          
           
             Aquin.
             
          
           
             
               Indicandus
               est
               fur
               s●erilegu●
               qui
               ●as●
               fuerit
               non
               uudequa
               .
               que
               tollere
               ,
               sed
               de
               ecclesia
               tollere
            
             Aug
             
               tr
            
             50
             in
             Joh
             
          
           
             *
             
               Ye
               that
               are
               Lords
               and
               Burgesses
               of
               the
               Parliament
               house
               ,
               I
               require
               of
               you
               in
               the
               name
               of
               all
               my
               poor
               brethren
               that
               are
               English
               men
               and
               members
               of
               Christs
               body
               ,
               that
               ye
               consider
               well
               (
               as
               ye
               will
               answer
               before
               the
               face
               of
               Almighty
               God
               in
               the
               day
               of
               judgement
               )
               this
               abuse
               ,
               and
               see
               it
               amended
               .
               When
               as
               antichrist
               of
               
                 Rome
              
               durst
               openly
               without
               any
               vizard
               ,
               walk
               up
               and
               down
               thorowout
               England
               ,
               he
               had
               so
               great
               favour
               there
               ,
               and
               his
               children
               had
               such
               cra●ty
               wits
               (
               for
               the
               children
               of
               this
               world
               are
               wiser
               in
               their
               generation
               then
               the
               children
               of
               light
               )
               that
               they
               had
               not
               onely
               almost
               gotte
               ●
               all
               the
               best
               lands
               of
               England
               into
               their
               hands
               ,
               but
               also
               the
               most
               part
               of
               all
               the
               best
               benefices
               ,
               both
               parsonages
               and
               vic●raged
               ,
               which
               were
               for
               the
               most
               part
               all
               impropred
               unto
               them
               .
               And
               when
               they
               had
               the
               gifts
               of
               any
               not
               impropered
               ,
               they
               gave
               them
               unto
               their
               friends
               ,
               of
               the
               which
               alwaies
               some
               were
               learned
               ,
               for
               the
               monks
               found
               of
               their
               friends
               children
               at
               school
               .
               And
               though
               they
               were
               not
               learned
               ,
               yet
               they
               kept
               hospitality
               ,
               and
               helped
               their
               poor
               friends
               .
               And
               if
               the
               personage
               were
               improprated
               ,
               the
               monks
               were
               bound
               to
               deal
               almes
               to
               the
               poor
               ,
               and
               to
               keep
               hospitality
               ,
               as
               the
               wri●ings
               of
               the
               gifts
               of
               such
               personages
               and
               lands
               do
               planly
               declare
               in
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 in
                 puram
                 ele●●of●●om
                 .
              
               And
               as
               touching
               the
               ●l●es
               that
               they
               deale
               and
               the
               hospitality
               that
               they
               kept
               ,
               every
               man
               knoweth
               that
               many
               thousands
               were
               well
               releeved
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               might
               have
               been
               better
               ,
               if
               they
               had
               not
               had
               so
               many
               great
               mens
               horses
               to
               feed
               ,
               and
               had
               not
               been
               overcharged
               with
               such
               idle
               gentlemen
               ,
               as
               were
               never
               out
               of
               the
               abbeys
               .
               And
               if
               they
               had
               any
               vicarage
               in
               their
               hands
               ,
               they
               set
               in
               sometime
               some
               sufficient
               〈◊〉
               (
               though
               it
               were
               but
               seldome
               )
               to
               preach
               and
               to
               teach
               .
               But
               now
               that
               all
               the
               abbeys
               with
               their
               〈◊〉
               goods
               and
               impropriated
               personages
               be
               in
               temporall
               mens
               hands
               ,
               I
               doe
               not
               here
               tell
               ,
               that
               one
               halfepenny
               worth
               of
               almes
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               profit
               cometh
               unto
               the
               people
               of
               those
               parishes
               .
               Your
               pretence
               of
               putting
               down
               abbies
               ,
               was
               to
               amend
               that
               was
               amisse
               in
               them
               .
               It
               was
               far
               amisse
               that
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               lands
               of
               the
               abbies
               (
               which
               were
               given
               to
               bring
               up
               learned
               men
               ,
               that
               might
               be
               Preachers
               to
               keep
               hospitality
               ,
               and
               to
               give
               almes
               to
               the
               poor
               )
               should
               be
               spent
               upon
               a
               few
               superstitious
               monks
               ,
               which
               gave
               no●
               fourty
               pound
               in
               almes
               ,
               when
               they
               should
               have
               given
               two
               hundred
               .
               It
               was
               amisse
               that
               the
               monks
               should
               have
               personages
               in
               their
               hands
               ,
               and
               deal
               but
               the
               twentieth
               part
               thereof
               to
               the
               poor
               ,
               and
               preached
               but
               once
               in
               a
               year
               to
               them
               that
               paid
               the
               tithes
               of
               the
               personages
               .
               It
               was
               amisse
               that
               they
               scarcely
               among
               twenty
               set
               not
               one
               sufficient
               vicar
               to
               preach
               for
               the
               t●thes
               that
               they
               received
               .
               But
               see
               now
               ,
               how
               ●t
               that
               was
               amisse
               ,
               is
               amended
               for
               all
               the
               godly
               pretence
               .
               It
               is
               amended
               even
               as
               the
               devil
               amended
               his
               dames
               legge
               (
               as
               it
               is
               in
               the
               proverb
               )
               when
               he
               should
               have
               set
               it
               right
               ,
               he
               br●ke
               it
               quite
               in
               peecet
               .
               The
               monks
               gave
               too
               little
               ●lm
               ,
               and
               set
               unable
               persons
               many
               times
               in
               their
               benefices
               .
               But
               now
               where
               twenty
               pound
               was
               given
               yearly
               to
               the
               poor
               ,
               in
               more
               then
               in
               a
               hundred
               places
               in
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               is
               not
               one
               meal●
               m●●t
               given
               .
               This
               is
               a
               fa●●
               amendment
               .
               Where
               they
               had
               alwaies
               one
               or
               other
               vicar
               ,
               that
               tither
               preached
               or
               hired
               some
               to
               preach
               ,
               now
               is
               there
               no
               vicar
               at
               all
               ,
               but
               the
               farme●
               is
               vicar
               and
               parson
               alltogether
               ,
               and
               onely
               an
               old
               castaway
               monk
               or
               〈◊〉
               which
               can
               scarcely
               say
               his
               mattens
               ,
               is
               〈◊〉
               for
               twenty
               or
               thirty
               shillings
               meat
               and
               drink
               ,
               yea
               in
               some
               places
               for
               meat
               and
               drink
               alone
               without
               any
               wages
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               ,
               and
               not
               I
               alone
               ,
               but
               twenty
               thousand
               more
               know
               more
               then
               five
               hundred
               vicarages
               and
               parsonages
               ,
               thus
               well
               and
               gospelly
               ferved
               ,
               after
               the
               new
               Gospel
               of
               
                 England
                 .
              
               And
               if
               a
               man
               say
               to
               the
               farmers
               ,
               why
               have
               the
               people
               no
               preachers
               ?
               seeing
               ye
               have
               the
               tithes
               and
               offerings
               ye
               should
               finde
               Preachers
               .
               They
               will
               answer
               ,
               we
               have
               hired
               the
               personages
               of
               this
               or
               that
               Lord
               ,
               and
               he
               or
               he
               is
               parson
               or
               vicar
               ,
               we
               pay
               for
               the
               tithes
               and
               offerings
               to
               the
               Lord
               that
               is
               person
               .
               Well
               then
               ,
               I
               say
               unto
               thee
               my
               Lord
               ,
               parson
               ,
               and
               vicar
               ,
               thou
               doest
               wrong
               ,
               to
               have
               personages
               and
               vicarages
               ,
               to
               have
               the
               tenth
               pig
               ,
               the
               tenth
               lamb
               ,
               goose
               ,
               fleece
               ,
               and
               so
               of
               all
               other
               things
               ,
               seeing
               that
               thou
               art
               no
               Minister
               nor
               no
               priest
               of
               Christs
               Church
               ;
               teach
               ,
               nor
               do
               any
               office
               of
               a
               parson
               or
               of
               a
               vicar
               ,
               but
               polle
               and
               pille
               .
               What
               canst
               thou
               say
               of
               thy self
               my
               Lord
               parson
               and
               vicar
               ?
               thou
               wilt
               say
               peradventure
               ,
               the
               King
               gave
               me
               the
               abbey
               and
               all
               that
               belongeth
               thereto
               ,
               which
               had
               then
               given
               him
               by
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               Therefore
               if
               thou
               speak
               against
               my
               being
               person
               and
               vicar
               though
               I
               neither
               preach
               nor
               teach
               ,
               nor
               yet
               procure
               none
               to
               do
               it
               for
               me
               ,
               thou
               art
               a
               traitour
               ,
               for
               this
               the
               thirteenth
               article
               of
               our
               creed
               added
               of
               late
               ,
               that
               whatsoever
               the
               Parliament
               doth
               ,
               must
               needs
               be
               well
               done
               ,
               and
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               or
               any
               proclamation
               out
               of
               the
               Parliament
               time
               ,
               cannot
               erre
               .
               But
               to
               you
               my
               Lord
               parsons
               ,
               how
               can
               ye
               defend
               your selves
               if
               a
               man
               should
               bring
               this
               argument
               against
               you
               ,
               and
               prove
               you
               all
               the
               theeves
               ,
               that
               have
               personages
               and
               vicarages
               in
               your
               hands
               ,
               and
               cannot
               preach
               .
               Christ
               saith
               
                 Iohn
              
               10.
               
                 he
                 that
                 entreth
                 not
                 into
                 the
                 sheepfold
                 by
                 the
                 door
                 ,
                 but
                 climbeth
                 in
                 an
                 other
                 way
                 is
                 a
                 thief
                 and
                 a
                 murtherer
                 ,
              
               but
               ye
               entred
               in
               an
               other
               way
               ,
               wherefore
               ye
               are
               theeves
               and
               murtherers
               .
               That
               you
               come
               not
               in
               by
               the
               door
               ,
               I
               will
               prove
               it
               thus
               ,
               Christ
               is
               the
               door
               ,
               but
               by
               Christ
               ye
               came
               not
               into
               the
               sheepfold
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               to
               be
               parsons
               and
               vicars
               ,
               for
               ye
               grant
               that
               ye
               came
               in
               by
               the
               act
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               the
               act
               of
               Parliament
               is
               not
               Christ
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               not
               confirmed
               by
               Christs
               word
               ,
               therefore
               ye
               came
               not
               by
               Christ
               ,
               and
               so
               be
               ye
               theeves
               and
               murtherers
               ,
               as
               your
               works
               proved
               of
               late
               ,
               in
               shedding
               of
               the
               bloud
               of
               so
               many
               true
               preachers
               and
               shepheards
               ,
               which
               spent
               their
               lives
               for
               their
               sheep
               .
               If
               this
               argument
               be
               not
               strong
               enough
               ,
               what
               say
               you
               by
               this
               ?
               
                 All
                 they
                 that
                 come
                 before
                 me
              
               (
               saith
               Christ
               )
               
                 are
                 theeves
                 and
                 robbers
                 ,
              
               ye
               come
               into
               the
               sheepfold
               ,
               before
               Christ
               ,
               
                 ergo
              
               ye
               be
               theeves
               and
               robbers
               .
               To
               come
               in
               before
               Christ
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               a
               parson
               or
               a
               vicar
               before
               Christ
               send
               him
               ▪
               and
               ye
               came
               in
               before
               Christ
               sent
               you
               ,
               for
               he
               sendeth
               none
               to
               be
               sheepheards
               ,
               but
               such
               as
               he
               knoweth
               to
               be
               able
               to
               feed
               his
               flook
               ,
               
                 ergo
              
               he
               never
               sent
               you
               ,
               for
               he
               knoweth
               you
               unable
               to
               do
               that
               office
               .
               And
               thus
               to
               conclude
               ,
               ye
               be
               theeves
               and
               robbers
               ,
               for
               a
               theef
               cometh
               not
               but
               to
               steal
               and
               to
               kill
               .
               Wherefore
               give
               over
               your
               parsonages
               to
               learned
               men
               ,
               and
               enter
               not
               into
               other
               mens
               vocations
               ,
               to
               rob
               the
               Ministers
               both
               of
               their
               office
               and
               of
               their
               living
               ,
               that
               ye
               be
               not
               punished
               of
               God
               .
               But
               if
               ye
               will
               needs
               be
               parsons
               and
               vicars
               still
               ,
               and
               have
               all
               the
               profits
               of
               the
               parsonages
               ,
               and
               will
               have
               all
               ,
               even
               to
               the
               tithe
               egge
               of
               a
               poor
               woman
               that
               hath
               but
               two
               hens
               ,
               ye
               must
               have
               the
               pains
               that
               belong
               to
               such
               persons
               as
               you
               be
               .
               Hear
               what
               Almighty
               God
               saith
               unto
               you
               ,
               my
               Lords
               .
               which
               will
               be
               parsons
               and
               pastors
               ,
               
                 Ezek●3
              
               
                 If
                 I
                 say
                 unto
                 the
                 wicked
                 thou
                 shalt
                 die
                 the
                 death
                 ,
                 and
                 thou
                 speak
                 not
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 wicked
                 from
                 his
                 way
                 ,
                 the
                 wicked
                 his
                 own
                 self
                 shall
                 dye
                 in
                 his
                 wickednesse
                 ,
                 but
                 his
                 bloud
                 shall
                 I
                 require
                 of
                 thy
                 hand
                 .
              
               Mark
               well
               ,
               Lord
               parson
               ,
               for
               this
               is
               said
               to
               all
               them
               that
               are
               parsons
               ,
               and
               take
               wages
               ,
               and
               living
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               as
               tithes
               and
               offerings
               ,
               for
               feeding
               of
               them
               with
               Gods
               word
               ,
               or
               else
               by
               what
               title
               canst
               thou
               challenge
               the
               tithes
               ?
               look
               well
               upon
               this
               matter
               ,
               and
               build
               thy
               conscience
               upon
               Gods
               word
               .
               The
               complaint
               of
               
                 Roderick
                 Mors
              
               to
               the
               Parliament
               in
               
                 Edw
              
               6.
               time
               .
            
          
           
             Job
             29
             ,
             15.
             
             Job
             31.
             20
             
          
           
             D.
             
               Willet
               ,
            
             the
             end
             of
             his
             
               Synopsis
               .
            
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             3.
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Musculus
               .
               Io.
               Drusius
               .
               Amesius
               .
               H.
               Ainsworth
               .
               Iohn
               Knox
               .
               August
            
             3.
             1571.
             
          
           
             The
             mighty
             spirit
             of
             comfort
             wisedome
             and
             concord
             remain
             with
             you
             Dear
             brethren
             ,
             if
             ability
             of
             body
             would
             have
             suffered
             ,
             I
             should
             not
             have
             troubled
             you
             with
             this
             my
             indictment
             .
             I
             have
             not
             forgot
             that
             was
             laid
             to
             my
             charge
             by
             famous
             libels
             the
             last
             Assembly
             ,
             which
             I
             pray
             you
             patiently
             to
             hear
             ,
             and
             judge
             of
             me
             as
             you
             will
             answer
             to
             God
             :
             for
             unto
             you
             that
             hear
             I
             submit
             my self
             ,
             being
             assured
             that
             I
             neither
             offended
             God
             nor
             good
             men
             in
             any
             thing
             that
             hitherto
             hath
             been
             laid
             to
             my
             charge
             .
             And
             now
             ,
             brethren
             ,
             because
             the
             daily
             decay
             of
             naturall
             strength
             threatens
             unto
             me
             certain
             and
             sudden
             departing
             from
             the
             misery
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             of
             love
             and
             conscience
             I
             exhort
             you
             ,
             yea
             in
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             I
             charge
             and
             command
             you
             ,
             that
             ye
             take
             heed
             to
             your selves
             and
             to
             the
             flock
             over
             the
             which
             God
             hath
             placed
             you
             Pastours
             .
             To
             discourse
             of
             the
             behaviour
             of
             your selves
             I
             may
             not
             ,
             but
             to
             command
             you
             to
             be
             faithfull
             to
             the
             flock
             I
             dare
             not
             forget
             Unfaithfull
             and
             traitours
             to
             the
             flock
             shall
             you
             be
             before
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             if
             that
             with
             your
             consent
             ,
             directly
             or
             indirectly
             ye
             suffer
             unworthy
             men
             to
             be
             thrust
             into
             the
             Ministry
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             under
             what
             preten●e
             that
             ever
             it
             be
             .
             Remember
             the
             judge
             before
             whom
             you
             must
             make
             an
             account
             ,
             and
             resist
             that
             tyranny
             as
             you
             would
             avoid
             hell
             fire
             ;
             this
             battell
             I
             grant
             will
             be
             hard
             ,
             but
             the
             second
             part
             will
             be
             harder
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             with
             the
             like
             uprightnesse
             and
             strength
             in
             God
             ,
             ye
             gain-stand
             the
             mercilesse
             devourers
             of
             the
             patrimony
             of
             the
             Church
             :
             if
             men
             will
             spoil
             ,
             let
             them
             doe
             it
             at
             their
             own
             perill
             and
             condemnation
             ,
             but
             communicate
             not
             yee
             with
             their
             sins
             of
             whatsoever
             estate
             they
             be
             ,
             neither
             by
             consent
             ,
             nor
             yet
             by
             silence
             ;
             but
             with
             publike
             protestation
             ,
             make
             this
             known
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             ye
             are
             innocent
             of
             such
             robberies
             ,
             which
             will
             ,
             ere
             it
             be
             long
             ,
             provoke
             Gods
             vengeance
             upon
             the
             committers
             thereof
             ,
             whereof
             you
             will
             seek
             redresse
             of
             God
             and
             man
             ▪
             God
             give
             you
             wisedome
             ,
             strength
             and
             courage
             in
             so
             just
             a
             cause
             ,
             and
             me
             a
             happy
             end
             .
             Of
             St
             
               Andrews
               ,
               Aug
            
             3.
             1571.
             
               sic
               subscribitur
               ,
            
             Your
             brother
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             
               Knox
               .
            
          
           
             Isa.
             49.
             23.
             
             
               Magni
               rege
               ac
               principes
               non
               solum
               Christi
               jugum
               subierunt
               ,
               sed
               etiam
               facultates
               suas
               contu●erunt
               ad
               erigendam
               &
               fovendam
               Christi
               Ecclesiam
               ut
               se
               patronos
               &
               tutores
               ejus
               praestarent
               .
            
             Cal.
             
               in
               loc.
            
          
           
             A
             brief
             repetition
             of
             the
             heads
             of
             the
             Sermon
             .
             James
             2.
             16.
             
          
           
             B.
             
               Babington
            
             on
             Gen.
             47
             7.
             except
             the
             land
             of
             the
             Priests
             .
             
               pag.
            
             146.
             
          
           
             Nehem
             13.
             14.