A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons: at their publique fast, holden in Margarets Westminster. Febr. 24. 1646./47. / By John Lightfoot, Staffordiens. a Member of the Assembly of Divines.
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             A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons: at their publique fast, holden in Margarets Westminster. Febr. 24. 1646./47. / By John Lightfoot, Staffordiens. a Member of the Assembly of Divines.
             Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675.
          
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             1647.
          
           
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           BEFORE
           THE
           HONOURABLE
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           :
           At
           their
           Publique
           Fast
           ,
           Holden
           in
           MARGARETS
           Westminster
           .
           
             Febr.
          
           24.
           16
           46.
           
           /
           47.
           
        
         
           By
           JOHN
           LIGHTFOOT
           
             Staffordiens
             .
          
           A
           Member
           of
           the
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             S.
             I.
          
           for
           
             Andrew
             Crooke
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           at
           the
           Signe
           of
           the
           
             Green
             Dragon
          
           in
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           ,
           1647.
           
        
      
       
       
         
           
             
               
                 Die
                 Mercurii
              
               24.
               
               
                 Febr.
              
               1646.
               
            
          
        
         
           ORdered
           by
           the
           Commons
           Assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           Master
           
             Leigh
          
           doe
           from
           this
           House
           give
           thanks
           unto
           Master
           
             Lightfoot
             ,
          
           for
           the
           great
           paines
           he
           took
           in
           his
           Sermon
           hee
           Preached
           on
           this
           Day
           at
           
             Margarets
          
           Westminster
           before
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           :
           And
           that
           hee
           doe
           desire
           him
           to
           Print
           his
           Sermon
           ,
           wherein
           he
           is
           to
           have
           the
           like
           Priviledge
           in
           Printing
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           others
           in
           the
           like
           kinde
           usually
           have
           had
           .
        
         
           
             Hen.
             Els
             .
             Cler.
             Parl.
             D.
             Com.
             
          
        
      
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           HONOVRABLE
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           
             VEstrum
             est
             imperare
             ,
             nostrum
             obsequi
             :
          
           Your
           Commands
           wraped
           up
           in
           your
           Desires
           I
           have
           desired
           to
           obey
           ,
           both
           to
           the
           Pulpit
           and
           the
           Presse
           .
           Not
           that
           I
           can
           tender
           any
           thing
           either
           to
           your
           eares
           or
           eyes
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           worth
           your
           acceptance
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           cannot
           but
           most
           readily
           tender
           obedience
           when
           you
           command
           ,
           
           and
           labour
           to
           serve
           you
           ,
           when
           you
           call
           for
           my
           service
           .
           The
           subject
           of
           that
           houres
           Discourse
           that
           I
           had
           then
           before
           you
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           Booke
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           was
           very
           well
           worthy
           your
           eyes
           and
           eares
           ,
           if
           the
           managing
           of
           it
           had
           but
           fallen
           into
           a
           skilfull
           hand
           ;
           [
           For
           what
           more
           needfull
           duty
           to
           bee
           urged
           or
           to
           be
           practised
           ,
           then
           
             Heart-communication
             .
             ]
          
           But
           according
           to
           my
           poverty
           I
           was
           then
           ready
           to
           offer
           ,
           and
           you
           were
           pleased
           to
           accept
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           for
           the
           like
           acceptance
           now
           .
           I
           humbly
           recommended
           the
           words
           then
           spoken
           to
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           doe
           now
           the
           same
           written
           :
           and
           as
           I
           desire
           to
           present
           them
           now
           written
           to
           your
           hands
           ,
           so
           doe
           I
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           all
           I
           am
           or
           can
           at
           your
           feet
           ;
           as
        
         
           
             Your
             poore
             humble
             devoted
             
             Servant
             ,
             J.
             L.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           Before
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           at
           their
           Monthly
           Fast
           ,
           FEBRUARY
           24.
           1647.
           
        
         
           
             PSAL.
             4.
             
               vers.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             Commune
             with
             your
             owne
             Hearts
             .
          
        
         
           WHen
           I
           communed
           with
           mine
           owne
           Heart
           concerning
           what
           subject
           to
           discourse
           upon
           before
           this
           Honourable
           and
           great
           Audience
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           me
           thought
           this
           Text
           when
           it
           came
           to
           hand
           would
           be
           very
           sutable
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           Auditorie
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Occasion
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           age
           wherein
           we
           live
           ,
           and
           for
           all
           the
           age
           that
           we
           have
           to
           live
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           for
           this
           Honourable
           Auditorie
           ;
           for
           how
           fitting
           is
           it
           ,
           
           that
           they
           that
           spend
           so
           much
           time
           in
           needfull
           Conferences
           among
           themselves
           about
           the
           affaires
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           should
           be
           minded
           sometimes
           of
           spending
           some
           time
           in
           the
           as
           needfull
           conferences
           with
           their
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           about
           the
           State
           and
           affaires
           of
           their
           owne
           soules
           ?
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           for
           this
           solemne
           occasion
           ;
           for
           how
           impossible
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           either
           deal
           with
           God
           ,
           or
           with
           these
           weighty
           things
           that
           we
           have
           in
           hand
           ,
           as
           we
           ought
           to
           doe
           ,
           unlesse
           wee
           commune
           with
           our
           owne
           Hearts
           ,
           concerning
           our selves
           ,
           and
           concerning
           God
           ,
           and
           concerning
           these
           things
           ;
           with
           whom
           ,
           and
           about
           which
           we
           have
           to
           deale
           ?
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           for
           this
           age
           wherein
           welive
           :
           for
           how
           proper
           an
           answer
           and
           a
           check
           is
           this
           Text
           for
           all
           the
           inquisitivenesse
           and
           censoriousnesse
           ,
           that
           so
           much
           raveth
           and
           rageth
           amongst
           us
           in
           these
           times
           :
           To
           answer
           Inquisitivenesse
           ,
           by
           sending
           men
           to
           enquire
           after
           their
           owne
           hearts
           ;
           and
           to
           check
           Censoriousnesse
           ,
           by
           minding
           men
           to
           examine
           their
           owne
           selves
           .
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           for
           our
           whole
           age
           that
           we
           have
           to
           live
           :
           for
           while
           we
           carry
           our
           Hearts
           about
           us
           ,
           wee
           should
           carry
           this
           duty
           with
           us
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           we
           carry
           the
           Obligation
           upon
           us
           ,
           of
           
             Communing
             with
             our
             owne
             Hearts
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           doth
           the
           Text
           suit
           to
           us
           ,
           to
           our
           present
           occasion
           ,
           and
           to
           our
           present
           times
           :
           The
           businesse
           is
           ,
           if
           our
           heart
           would
           but
           as
           well
           and
           truely
           suit
           to
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           then
           a
           perfect
           harmony
           and
           unison
           were
           made
           .
           Now
           the
           Lord
           so
           tune
           my
           tongue
           to
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           your
           hearts
           to
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           us
           to
           the
           duty
           that
           the
           Text
           holdeth
           out
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           speak
           a
           word
           in
           season
           ,
           you
           receive
           it
           seasonably
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           us
           practise
           it
           all
           the
           season
           of
           our
           lives
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           have
           cause
           to
           blesse
           God
           that
           I
           met
           with
           such
           an
           Audience
           ,
           you
           have
           cause
           to
           blesse
           God
           that
           you
           met
           with
           such
           a
           Text
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           us
           finde
           cause
           to
           acknowledge
           that
           God
           hath
           been
           amongst
           us
           at
           this
           time
           of
           a
           truth
           .
           And
           so
           in
           his
           name
           let
           us
           fall
           to
           worke
           .
        
         
           THis
           Psalme
           by
           the
           tenour
           of
           it
           ,
           doth
           seem
           to
           be
           made
           upon
           the
           Rebellion
           of
           
             Sheba
          
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Bichri
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Psalme
           preceding
           is
           plaine
           by
           the
           Title
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           made
           upon
           the
           rebellion
           of
           
             Absalom
             ,
          
           which
           instantly
           preceded
           that
           rebellion
           .
           
           The
           story
           of
           both
           you
           have
           in
           the
           seventeenth
           ,
           eighteenth
           ,
           nineteenth
           ,
           and
           twentieth
           Chapters
           of
           the
           second
           of
           
             Samuel
             ,
          
           and
           some
           references
           to
           both
           ,
           you
           have
           in
           divers
           passages
           of
           this
           Psalme
           ,
           as
           it
           goes
           along
           .
           In
           the
           first
           Verse
           
             David
          
           speaks
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           had
           enlarged
           him
           before
           ,
           in
           his
           former
           troubles
           ,
           caused
           by
           his
           own
           son
           ,
           to
           relieve
           him
           now
           in
           his
           present
           distresse
           caused
           by
           the
           sonne
           of
           
             Bichri
             .
          
           In
           the
           second
           Verse
           he
           speaketh
           to
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             the
             men
             of
             Armes
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             men
             of
             dignity
             ;
          
           that
           they
           would
           no
           longer
           despise
           the
           glorie
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           which
           God
           hath
           chosen
           ,
           nor
           follow
           after
           a
           Kingdom
           of
           vanity
           and
           falsehood
           ,
           as
           was
           
             Absaloms
          
           and
           
             Sheba's
             .
          
           In
           the
           4.
           
           Verse
           ,
           he
           speaks
           against
           the
           Cause
           and
           Occasion
           of
           the
           present
           conspiracy
           ;
           namely
           ,
           the
           anger
           between
           the
           men
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           and
           the
           men
           of
           
             Judah
             ,
          
           mentioned
           ,
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           19
           43.
           where
           
             the
             words
             of
             the
             men
             of
             Israel
             are
             fierce
             ,
             but
             the
             words
             of
             the
             men
             of
             Judah
             were
             fiercer
             .
          
           This
           anger
           he
           seeketh
           to
           calme
           ,
           by
           that
           calme
           admonition
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Verse
           ,
           
             Be
             angry
             ,
             but
             sin
             not
             :
          
           for
           so
           might
           the
           word
           be
           very
           fitly
           rendred
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           is
           render'd
           by
           the
           LXX
           ,
           by
           the
           Arabick
           and
           others
           ;
           and
           as
           may
           be
           well
           supposed
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             Eph.
          
           4.
           26.
           
           And
           in
           the
           seventh
           Verse
           he
           speaketh
           out
           his
           own
           comfort
           and
           confidence
           ,
           collected
           &
           taken
           up
           ,
           upon
           the
           observation
           of
           a
           special
           providence
           :
           That
           
             since
             the
             time
             that
             Corne
             ,
             and
             Wine
             ,
             and
             Oile
             had
             increased
          
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           been
           abundantly
           sent
           him
           in
           by
           
             Nahash
             ,
             Machir
             ,
          
           and
           
             Barzillai
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           recorded
           ,
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           17.
           27
           ,
           28.
           
           The
           Lord
           had
           
             put
             gladnesse
             into
             his
             heart
             ;
          
           for
           now
           he
           perceived
           that
           the
           Lord
           and
           his
           owne
           people
           begun
           to
           look
           after
           him
           in
           his
           distresse
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           thus
           apply
           the
           Psalme
           unto
           this
           occasion
           ,
           then
           wee
           know
           to
           what
           persons
           to
           apply
           the
           Text
           ,
           namely
           to
           persons
           ,
           now
           in
           great
           divisions
           and
           differences
           among
           themselves
           :
           to
           persons
           in
           fierie
           contestation
           and
           in
           heat
           of
           bloud
           about
           the
           man
           that
           should
           governe
           ,
           and
           the
           manner
           of
           government
           ,
           even
           to
           persons
           so
           parallel
           to
           the
           temper
           ,
           or
           distemper
           rather
           of
           our
           present
           generation
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           wee
           could
           as
           aptly
           take
           out
           the
           lesson
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           as
           wee
           and
           those
           persons
           doe
           resemble
           one
           another
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           Text
           doth
           fitly
           suit
           both
           with
           them
           and
           us
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           curious
           in
           this
           parallell
           and
           application
           ,
           since
           the
           Text
           so
           properly
           fitteth
           all
           persons
           ,
           and
           the
           
           lesson
           in
           it
           suiteth
           all
           occasions
           .
           For
           there
           is
           none
           among
           men
           ,
           not
           no
           occasions
           that
           a
           man
           can
           be
           about
           ,
           to
           whom
           and
           when
           it
           may
           not
           be
           proper
           and
           pertinent
           to
           read
           this
           lesson
           ,
           
             Commune
             with
             your
             owne
             heart
             .
          
           In
           the
           Originall
           it
           is
           litterally
           or
           Syllabically
           thus
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Say
             in
             your
             heart
             :
          
           and
           so
           it
           is
           closely
           followed
           by
           the
           Greek
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           is
           taken
           by
           the
           Chaldee
           :
           The
           Greek
           reads
           it
           with
           some
           difference
           of
           the
           Mood
           indeed
           ,
           and
           with
           one
           word
           added
           to
           the
           Clause
           ,
           but
           to
           such
           a
           sense
           as
           this
           ,
           for
           it
           readeth
           thus
           ,
           
             What
             you
             say
             in
             your
             hearts
             :
          
           The
           Caldee
           renders
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           the
           words
           following
           it
           thus
           largely
           ,
           
             Say
             your
             Prayers
             with
             your
             mouth
             ,
             and
             your
             Petitions
             in
             your
             heart
             ,
             and
             pray
             upon
             your
             beds
             ,
             and
             remember
             the
             day
             of
             death
             evermore
             .
          
        
         
           But
           I
           shall
           not
           trouble
           you
           with
           such
           varieties
           of
           glosses
           and
           interpretations
           which
           I
           might
           doe
           copiously
           ;
           I
           shall
           spare
           that
           labour
           ,
           since
           the
           words
           themselves
           doe
           speak
           their
           owne
           sense
           ,
           and
           our
           English
           hath
           very
           well
           and
           properly
           construed
           and
           interpreted
           them
           ,
           
             Speak
             with
             ,
          
           or
           ,
           
             Commune
             with
             your
             own
             hearts
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           every
           speaking
           in
           the
           heart
           that
           the
           Psalmist
           here
           ingageth
           to
           ;
           For
           the
           Foole
           speaks
           in
           heart
           ,
           and
           saith
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           God
           ,
           
             Psalme
          
           14.
           1.
           
           The
           Epicure
           speakes
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           and
           saith
           ,
           
             I
             shall
             never
             be
             moved
             ,
             Psalme
          
           10.
           6.
           
           The
           Atheist
           speaks
           in
           his
           heart
           and
           saith
           ,
           
             Tush
             ,
             God
             hath
             forgotten
             ,
             he
             will
             never
             see
             it
             ,
             Psalme
          
           10.
           11.
           
           And
           these
           persons
           to
           whom
           
             David
          
           speaketh
           ,
           if
           we
           hit
           the
           occasion
           of
           the
           Psalme
           aright
           ,
           were
           ready
           enough
           to
           say
           in
           their
           heart
           ,
           we
           will
           none
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           and
           nothing
           to
           doe
           with
           the
           sonne
           of
           
             Jesse
             :
          
           But
           the
           Text
           enjoyneth
           such
           a
           conference
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           matters
           betwixt
           a
           man
           and
           his
           owne
           heart
           ,
           may
           be
           debated
           to
           the
           very
           utmost
           ,
           that
           the
           heart
           may
           be
           so
           put
           to
           it
           in
           communing
           with
           it
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           might
           speak
           its
           very
           bottome
           .
           Nor
           shall
           I
           trouble
           you
           with
           the
           divers
           acceptations
           of
           the
           word
           
             Heart
             ,
          
           when
           it
           is
           used
           to
           signifie
           the
           spirituall
           part
           of
           man
           ,
           or
           when
           it
           is
           taken
           in
           a
           spirituall
           sense
           ;
           else
           I
           might
           shew
           you
           that
           sometimes
           it
           is
           taken
           for
           the
           whole
           frame
           of
           the
           Soule
           ;
           sometimes
           for
           the
           one
           faculty
           ,
           the
           Understanding
           ;
           sometimes
           for
           the
           other
           faculty
           ,
           the
           Will
           ;
           and
           sometimes
           for
           that
           which
           I
           may
           call
           a
           middle
           faculty
           ,
           the
           Conscience
           ;
           but
           your
           owne
           hearts
           will
           readily
           tell
           
           you
           upon
           the
           reading
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           that
           the
           word
           
             Heart
          
           in
           it
           doth
           meane
           the
           last
           mentioned
           ,
           the
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           that
           communing
           with
           a
           mans
           owne
           heart
           ,
           is
           nothing
           else
           ,
           but
           searching
           and
           trying
           of
           a
           mans
           owne
           Conscience
           .
           And
           you
           will
           easily
           see
           ,
           that
           the
           words
           hold
           out
           this
           needfull
           and
           usefull
           Lesson
           to
           us
           :
           
             That
             it
             is
             a
             Dutie
             of
             most
             speciall
             concernment
             ,
          
           
           
             for
             everie
             one
             of
             us
             to
             hold
             serious
             Communication
             and
             cleare
             Intelligence
             and
             Acquaintance
             with
             his
             owne
             heart
             .
          
           I
           may
           well
           repeat
           it
           ,
           for
           it
           had
           need
           to
           bee
           inculcated
           againe
           and
           againe
           ;
           And
           as
           that
           golden
           saying
           ,
           
             Brethren
             let
             us
             love
             one
             another
             ,
          
           is
           reported
           to
           have
           beene
           ever
           in
           the
           mouth
           of
           
             John
          
           the
           Evangelist
           ,
           so
           had
           this
           as
           golden
           a
           saying
           ,
           
             Brethren
             Commune
             with
             your
             owne
             hearts
             ,
          
           as
           much
           need
           to
           bee
           ever
           in
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           Ministers
           ;
           and
           this
           truth
           ever
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           people
           .
        
         
           
             That
             it
             is
             a
             Duty
             of
             most
             speciall
             concernment
             for
             every
             one
             of
             us
             ,
             to
             hold
             serious
             Communication
             ,
             and
             cleare
             Intelligence
             and
             Acquaintance
             with
             his
             owne
             heart
             .
          
        
         
           This
           must
           be
           the
           subject
           of
           my
           Discourse
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           proving
           and
           clearing
           of
           this
           position
           ,
           you
           see
           there
           lye
           before
           me
           these
           foure
           things
           .
           1.
           
           To
           shew
           you
           that
           Communication
           and
           Intelligence
           may
           be
           had
           and
           held
           with
           a
           mans
           owne
           heart
           ;
           this
           
             de
             posse
             .
          
           2.
           
           That
           such
           a
           Communication
           and
           Intelligence
           must
           be
           ;
           this
           
             de
             jnre
             .
          
           3.
           
           That
           this
           Communication
           and
           Intelligence
           with
           a
           mans
           owne
           heart
           is
           to
           be
           cleare
           and
           serious
           ;
           this
           
             de
             fieri
             .
          
           And
           fourthly
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           serious
           &
           cleare
           Communication
           and
           Intelligence
           with
           a
           mans
           owne
           heart
           is
           of
           speciall
           concernment
           ;
           this
           
             de
             facto
             .
          
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           very
           large
           in
           these
           particulars
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           but
           to
           prove
           foure
           things
           ,
           that
           I
           suppose
           are
           already
           granted
           .
           
             I
          
           shall
           apply
           my selfe
           the
           rather
           to
           be
           more
           copious
           in
           application
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           possible
           for
           a
           man
           to
           hold
           a
           Conference
           and
           Communication
           with
           his
           owne
           heart
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           need
           to
           prove
           it
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           but
           put
           it
           to
           proofe
           within
           your
           owne
           selves
           .
           And
           as
           hee
           ingeniously
           proved
           that
           there
           is
           motion
           against
           one
           that
           denyed
           it
           ,
           by
           rising
           out
           of
           his
           Chaire
           ,
           and
           walking
           up
           and
           downe
           ;
           So
           your
           hearts
           without
           mee
           would
           make
           this
           assertion
           cleare
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           but
           seriously
           and
           soundly
           
           put
           them
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           and
           you
           might
           conferre
           together
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           many
           in
           this
           great
           Congregation
           have
           done
           this
           already
           ,
           and
           have
           had
           many
           a
           holy
           and
           solemne
           Discourse
           with
           their
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           and
           conclude
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           matter
           by
           their
           owne
           experience
           as
           soone
           as
           I
           name
           it
           .
           But
           as
           for
           such
           as
           have
           not
           had
           this
           practice
           ,
           nor
           cannot
           conclude
           this
           by
           experience
           ,
           that
           never
           heare
           nor
           feele
           their
           Conscience
           speakword
           to
           them
           :
           should
           there
           come
           over
           them
           some
           dreadfull
           judgement
           ,
           or
           should
           there
           come
           before
           them
           some
           horrid
           apparitions
           ,
           or
           should
           there
           come
           unto
           them
           a
           sure
           message
           of
           an
           instant
           death
           as
           there
           did
           to
           
             Ezekiah
             ;
          
           then
           if
           they
           will
           but
           turne
           their
           face
           a
           little
           to
           the
           Wall
           ,
           retire
           their
           thoughts
           a
           ▪
           little
           to
           their
           hearts
           ,
           they
           may
           chance
           heare
           their
           hearts
           speake
           something
           to
           them
           ,
           which
           it
           may
           be
           they
           will
           like
           but
           ill
           ,
           and
           there
           it
           may
           be
           they
           would
           feele
           by
           experience
           that
           there
           is
           something
           in
           them
           that
           would
           have
           talked
           with
           them
           heretofore
           if
           they
           would
           have
           talked
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           the
           better
           clearing
           of
           this
           to
           you
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           [
           at
           one
           time
           or
           other
           all
           must
           have
           experience
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           in
           a
           better
           manner
           or
           a
           worse
           ]
           give
           mee
           leave
           a
           little
           to
           recall
           you
           a
           little
           ,
           first
           ,
           to
           the
           viewing
           of
           some
           places
           of
           Scripture
           ;
           and
           then
           to
           the
           viewing
           of
           your selves
           within
           :
           or
           to
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           Frame
           and
           Fabrick
           of
           your
           owne
           soules
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           you
           may
           see
           this
           asserted
           even
           by
           the
           experience
           of
           him
           in
           his
           owne
           particular
           that
           gives
           this
           lesson
           here
           to
           all
           in
           generall
           ,
           in
           
             Psal.
          
           77.
           
             verse
          
           6.
           
           
             I
             commune
             with
             my
             owne
             heart
             ,
             and
             my
             spirit
             maketh
             diligent
             search
             .
          
           Here
           
             David
          
           and
           his
           heart
           are
           talking
           together
           ;
           and
           see
           what
           his
           heart
           saith
           unto
           him
           in
           
             Psal.
          
           16.
           7.
           
           
             My
             reines
             instruct
             me
             in
             the
             night
             season
             .
          
           For
           that
           the
           
             heart
             and
             reines
          
           doe
           signifie
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           taken
           in
           a
           spirituall
           sense
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           so
           taken
           ,
           doe
           signifie
           the
           
             Conscience
             ,
          
           is
           a
           matter
           so
           copiously
           evident
           in
           Scripture
           that
           I
           need
           not
           to
           use
           any
           instances
           to
           prove
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           in
           
             Iohn
          
           8.
           9.
           when
           our
           Saviour
           bids
           ,
           
             whosoever
             is
             without
             sinne
             cast
             the
             first
             stone
          
           at
           the
           woman
           taken
           in
           adultery
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           of
           the
           company
           present
           ,
           that
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             they
             were
             convicted
             of
             their
             owne
             conscience
             :
          
           The
           word
           in
           the
           Greeke
           doth
           properly
           signifie
           
             a
             conviction
             by
             argument
             .
          
           There
           
           was
           something
           within
           them
           that
           over-argued
           them
           ,
           and
           talked
           and
           disputed
           them
           cleane
           away
           .
           And
           so
           in
           
             Rom.
          
           2.
           15.
           the
           consciences
           of
           the
           very
           Heathens
           spake
           as
           it
           were
           within
           them
           ,
           and
           gave
           in
           evidence
           either
           for
           them
           or
           against
           them
           ,
           their
           thoughts
           either
           accusing
           or
           excusing
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             inter
             se
             invicem
             ,
          
           as
           the
           vulgar
           Latine
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           discourse
           among
           themselves
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           second
           place
           ,
           consider
           and
           study
           your selves
           a
           little
           within
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           find
           that
           the
           Lord
           hath
           made
           every
           one
           of
           our
           soules
           of
           such
           a
           Frame
           and
           Fabricke
           ,
           as
           that
           there
           is
           an
           
             Eccho
          
           in
           them
           :
           the
           soule
           able
           to
           propose
           questions
           to
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           it selfe
           an
           answer
           ,
           Like
           
             Sisera's
          
           mother
           in
           the
           fifth
           of
           
             Iudges
          
           and
           the
           nine
           and
           twentieth
           she
           asketh
           ,
           
             why
             stay
             the
             wheeles
             of
             my
             sons
             chariot
             ?
          
           And
           her
           wise
           Ladies
           answered
           her
           ,
           
             nay
             she
             answered
             her selfe
             .
          
        
         
           To
           this
           purpose
           may
           I
           apply
           that
           phrase
           in
           
             Deut.
          
           4
           39.
           
           
             Know
             therefore
             this
             day
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             and
             make
             a
             Returne
             or
             an
             answer
             to
             thine
             owne
             heart
             .
          
           And
           to
           this
           purpose
           I
           cannot
           but
           apply
           that
           glosse
           of
           the
           Chaldee
           Paraphrast
           upon
           
             Gen.
          
           2.
           7.
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           that
           verse
           .
           And
           God
           made
           man
           of
           the
           dust
           of
           the
           ground
           ,
           and
           breathed
           into
           his
           nostrils
           the
           breath
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           
             that
             in
             man
             became
             a
             speaking
             spirit
             .
          
           Most
           true
           in
           every
           parcell
           .
           That
           that
           God
           breathed
           into
           man
           became
           a
           spirit
           ,
           or
           a
           spirituall
           substance
           ,
           and
           it
           became
           a
           speaking
           spirit
           ,
           inabling
           men
           to
           talke
           and
           speake
           one
           to
           another
           :
           and
           it
           became
           a
           speaking
           spirit
           
             within
             him
             ,
          
           able
           also
           to
           speake
           and
           conferre
           with
           it
           owne
           selfe
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           three
           parts
           of
           the
           soule
           as
           I
           may
           so
           expresse
           it
           ,
           of
           distinct
           and
           severall
           notion
           and
           consideration
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           three
           things
           in
           the
           sun
           ,
           light
           ,
           heate
           ,
           and
           motion
           :
           so
           in
           the
           soule
           ,
           the
           understanding
           ,
           the
           will
           ,
           and
           the
           conscience
           .
           The
           Conscience
           lies
           as
           it
           were
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           other
           two
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Center
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             midst
             of
             the
             heart
             ,
          
           as
           
             Prov.
          
           4.
           21.
           whither
           there
           is
           conflux
           of
           whatsoever
           is
           good
           or
           evill
           in
           either
           of
           the
           other
           faculties
           .
        
         
           Now
           either
           of
           those
           have
           its
           discourse
           with
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           conscience
           if
           it
           act
           aright
           ,
           hath
           its
           conference
           with
           them
           both
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           intellective
           Faculty
           of
           the
           Soule
           ,
           or
           the
           Understanding
           ,
           doth
           in
           a
           manner
           talke
           to
           the
           will
           when
           it
           offers
           it
           good
           
           or
           evill
           things
           to
           its
           choice
           or
           refusall
           ,
           and
           it
           doth
           in
           manner
           talke
           to
           it selfe
           in
           every
           reflex
           it
           exerciseth
           ,
           when
           it
           doth
           not
           only
           attaine
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           things
           ,
           but
           is
           also
           able
           to
           say
           to
           it selfe
           
             I
             know
             ,
             I
             know
             them
             ,
          
           as
           1
           
             Ioh.
          
           2.
           3.
           
           
             Hereby
             we
             know
             that
             we
             know
             him
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Elective
           faculty
           of
           the
           Soule
           or
           the
           Will
           ,
           doth
           conferre
           and
           debate
           with
           ,
           and
           within
           it selfe
           upon
           every
           Election
           or
           refusall
           ,
           when
           it
           doth
           either
           entertaine
           or
           lay
           aside
           ,
           what
           is
           presented
           to
           it
           by
           the
           understanding
           ,
           chusing
           ,
           or
           refusing
           ,
           upon
           such
           a
           discourse
           and
           argumentation
           with
           it selfe
           as
           this
           ;
           
             I
             chuse
             it
             because
             it
             is
             good
             ,
             and
             I
             refuse
             it
             because
             it
             is
             evill
             .
          
        
         
           But
           3.
           the
           
             Participle
             faculty
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
          
           as
           I
           may
           so
           call
           it
           ,
           or
           the
           conscience
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           lodged
           betweene
           the
           two
           other
           ,
           so
           it
           receives
           something
           from
           both
           ,
           and
           returnes
           something
           to
           both
           :
           From
           the
           Intellective
           faculty
           it
           receives
           
             knowledge
          
           and
           
             memory
             ,
          
           and
           it
           is
           told
           by
           them
           that
           such
           and
           such
           things
           ought
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           or
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           done
           :
           And
           then
           it
           makes
           an
           answer
           backe
           to
           them
           by
           
             conviction
             ,
          
           and
           sayes
           ,
           
             I
             have
             done
             such
             things
             ,
             or
             I
             have
             not
             done
             them
             .
          
           From
           the
           other
           faculty
           ,
           or
           the
           Will
           ,
           it
           receives
           moovednesse
           and
           affecting
           :
           and
           when
           that
           faculty
           of
           the
           soule
           is
           moved
           or
           affected
           with
           the
           grievous
           or
           fearefull
           case
           of
           another
           ;
           the
           conscience
           answers
           ,
           
             why
             this
             case
             is
             mine
             owne
             ,
          
           and
           makes
           a
           returne
           to
           the
           affections
           by
           
             compunction
             ,
          
           and
           saies
           alas
           ,
           
             what
             have
             I
             done
             in
             thus
             doing
             ?
          
        
         
           And
           thus
           doth
           the
           soule
           hold
           a
           debate
           ,
           conference
           ,
           and
           communication
           within
           ,
           and
           with
           it
           owne
           selfe
           :
           And
           thus
           in
           the
           first
           place
           is
           that
           particular
           somewhat
           cleared
           ,
           
             de
             posse
             ,
          
           that
           it
           is
           possible
           for
           a
           man
           to
           conferre
           and
           commune
           with
           his
           owne
           heart
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           this
           is
           not
           only
           a
           possibility
           ,
           but
           a
           duty
           ,
           not
           only
           
             a
             may
             be
             ,
          
           but
           
             a
             must
             be
             ,
          
           the
           Text
           is
           enough
           to
           prove
           if
           we
           had
           no
           more
           to
           prove
           it
           :
           For
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           doth
           here
           command
           the
           thing
           ,
           &
           where
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           commands
           ,
           it
           creates
           a
           duty
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           find
           this
           also
           enjoyned
           againe
           ,
           and
           againe
           in
           other
           places
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           though
           under
           other
           tearmes
           and
           expressions
           .
           As
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           11.
           28.
           
           
             Let
             a
             man
             examine
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             so
             let
             him
             care
             ,
          
           &c.
           And
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           13.
           5.
           
           
             Examine
             your selves
             whether
             you
             be
             in
             the
             faith
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           that
           in
           
             Lam.
          
           3.
           40.
           
           
             Let
             us
             search
             and
          
           
           and
           trie
           our
           wayes
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           that
           in
           
             Zeph.
          
           2.
           1.
           
           As
           it
           is
           rendred
           by
           some
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             Excutite
             vosmet
             iterumque
             excutite
             ,
          
           as
           some
           expresse
           it
           ,
           
             Fanne
             your selves
             ,
             and
             again
             fanne
             your selves
             ;
          
           and
           divers
           other
           places
           that
           speak
           not
           indeed
           the
           very
           same
           Language
           with
           the
           Text
           ,
           yet
           speake
           the
           very
           same
           sense
           ,
           and
           command
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           as
           a
           duty
           for
           every
           one
           of
           us
           ,
           to
           
             commune
             with
             our
             owne
             hearts
             .
          
        
         
           This
           duty
           lay
           upon
           
             Adam
          
           in
           his
           innocency
           ,
           and
           so
           should
           have
           continued
           upon
           him
           in
           that
           estate
           ,
           had
           he
           continued
           in
           it
           .
           For
           God
           turned
           him
           into
           the
           Garden
           with
           a
           natural
           Law
           written
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           and
           a
           positive
           Law
           utter'd
           in
           his
           eares
           :
           This
           positive
           Law
           directed
           him
           onely
           as
           concerning
           eating
           or
           not
           eating
           :
           but
           what
           must
           he
           be
           directed
           by
           ,
           as
           concerning
           his
           generall
           conversation
           beside
           ?
           why
           
             Adam
             Commune
             with
             thine
             owne
             heart
             ,
          
           and
           that
           will
           tell
           thee
           .
        
         
           This
           duty
           lay
           also
           upon
           him
           when
           hee
           was
           fallen
           :
           and
           so
           doth
           it
           upon
           every
           one
           of
           us
           ,
           though
           under
           the
           same
           fall
           with
           him
           .
           For
           though
           the
           purity
           ,
           integrity
           ,
           activity
           ,
           and
           vigilancy
           of
           our
           Consciences
           be
           utterly
           gone
           by
           our
           fall
           and
           sinne
           ;
           yet
           is
           not
           Conscience
           it selfe
           utterly
           gone
           .
           It
           is
           so
           essentiall
           a
           part
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           that
           a
           soule
           cannot
           be
           a
           soule
           without
           it
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           so
           inseperable
           a
           part
           of
           man
           ,
           that
           even
           death
           it selfe
           cannot
           divorce
           him
           and
           his
           Conscience
           .
           So
           that
           though
           wee
           have
           not
           such
           a
           Conscience
           as
           
             Adam
          
           had
           before
           his
           fall
           ;
           yet
           have
           wee
           a
           Conscience
           ;
           and
           though
           we
           cannot
           have
           recourse
           to
           it
           ,
           upon
           the
           same
           termes
           that
           he
           might
           have
           had
           to
           his
           ,
           namely
           ,
           as
           to
           a
           certaine
           rule
           ;
           yet
           may
           we
           ,
           and
           ought
           we
           to
           have
           recourse
           to
           it
           upon
           other
           termes
           ;
           namely
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           Witnesse
           ,
           Iudge
           ,
           and
           Moniter
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           us
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           shew
           how
           the
           nearenesse
           of
           our
           hearts
           unto
           us
           doth
           challenge
           this
           duty
           ;
           and
           how
           the
           dearenesse
           of
           our
           hearts
           unto
           us
           should
           claime
           it
           and
           enforce
           it
           :
           but
           I
           will
           conclude
           this
           ,
           as
           
             Paul
          
           to
           
             Agrippa
             :
          
           Honourable
           and
           Christian
           auditory
           ,
           do
           you
           believe
           that
           this
           is
           a
           duty
           ?
           I
           know
           you
           beleeve
           it
           :
           and
           I
           would
           that
           I
           and
           all
           that
           heare
           me
           this
           day
           ,
           could
           as
           readily
           comply
           with
           the
           duty
           ,
           as
           we
           cannot
           but
           readily
           confesse
           it
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           but
           
             commune
             with
             our
             owne
             hearts
          
           about
           it
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           practise
           of
           this
           duty
           ,
           or
           the
           communication
           
           with
           our
           hearts
           is
           to
           be
           serious
           ,
           &
           the
           intelligence
           and
           acquaintance
           we
           hold
           with
           them
           to
           be
           cleare
           ;
           as
           the
           womans
           scrutiny
           for
           her
           groat
           in
           the
           Parable
           to
           search
           and
           sift
           every
           corner
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           of
           
             Solomon
             ,
             Prov.
          
           20.
           27.
           
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
             man
             is
             the
             Candle
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             searching
             all
             the
             inward
             parts
             of
             the
             belly
             .
          
        
         
           You
           may
           observe
           two
           Arguments
           used
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           44.
           the
           one
           by
           
             Joseph
             ,
          
           and
           the
           other
           by
           his
           Steward
           ,
           to
           impresse
           it
           upon
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Jacob
             ,
          
           that
           a
           serious
           and
           true
           search
           would
           be
           made
           for
           that
           silver
           Bowle
           that
           they
           had
           stolne
           :
           the
           one
           taken
           from
           the
           Cup
           it selfe
           :
           
             Is
             not
             this
             the
             Cup
             in
             which
             my
             Master
             drinketh
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             he
             will
             make
             a
             very
             trying
             search
             .
          
           And
           the
           other
           
           from
           
             Joseph
          
           himselfe
           :
           
             Know
             ye
             not
             that
             a
             man
             of
             my
             authority
             could
             make
             a
             very
             trying
             search
             .
          
           Two
           such
           kinde
           of
           
             Topikes
          
           may
           I
           take
           up
           for
           the
           proofe
           of
           the
           thing
           in
           hand
           ,
           that
           the
           conference
           with
           our
           owne
           heart
           ought
           to
           bee
           with
           all
           seriousnesse
           ▪
           The
           one
           taken
           from
           the
           matter
           of
           that
           Conference
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           from
           the
           temper
           of
           our
           hearts
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           matter
           whereof
           we
           should
           or
           can
           commune
           with
           our
           hearts
           is
           most
           serious
           ,
           and
           
             sancta
             sanctè
             ,
          
           it
           must
           bee
           most
           seriously
           done
           :
           As
           the
           two
           men
           that
           went
           to
           
             Emmaus
             ,
          
           communed
           sadly
           ,
           because
           they
           communed
           of
           a
           very
           sad
           matter
           ,
           
             Luke
          
           24.
           17.
           
        
         
           The
           onely
           matters
           that
           a
           man
           can
           or
           doth
           commune
           with
           his
           owne
           Conscience
           about
           ,
           are
           the
           matters
           and
           concernments
           of
           the
           soule
           :
           For
           as
           the
           Conscience
           lodgeth
           in
           the
           very
           Center
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           as
           I
           shewed
           before
           ,
           so
           there
           are
           the
           proper
           and
           the
           most
           close
           transactions
           of
           the
           soule
           managed
           .
           It
           is
           the
           Center
           ,
           as
           was
           said
           before
           ,
           whither
           if
           there
           be
           any
           good
           in
           the
           soule
           it
           flowes
           thither
           ;
           and
           what
           evill
           there
           is
           in
           the
           soule
           ,
           it
           hath
           its
           Conflux
           thither
           also
           .
        
         
           The
           understanding
           in
           its
           actings
           by
           knowledge
           and
           memory
           ;
           and
           the
           will
           in
           its
           actings
           by
           affections
           and
           desires
           ,
           practiseth
           upon
           and
           about
           things
           of
           an
           extrinsicall
           and
           forraigne
           Cognizance
           ,
           as
           well
           upon
           things
           of
           a
           mans
           owne
           concernment
           ,
           but
           the
           Conscience
           medleth
           onely
           with
           ones
           owne
           concernment
           ,
           and
           that
           concernment
           of
           the
           soule
           .
           As
           naturall
           affection
           in
           the
           proper
           sense
           ,
           or
           affection
           of
           a
           relative
           nature
           ,
           moves
           not
           ,
           nor
           
           acts
           not
           ,
           unlesse
           the
           thing
           presented
           to
           it
           be
           of
           its
           owne
           interest
           :
           As
           a
           Father
           or
           Mother
           ,
           seeing
           the
           misery
           or
           miscarriage
           of
           other
           mens
           children
           ,
           their
           affections
           may
           be
           moved
           with
           it
           ,
           but
           naturall
           relative
           affections
           ,
           stirre
           not
           till
           the
           storie
           comes
           home
           to
           their
           owne
           Children
           .
           So
           is
           it
           with
           Conscience
           ,
           the
           knowledge
           knoweth
           naturall
           ,
           politique
           ,
           forraigne
           ,
           alien
           things
           ,
           and
           the
           memory
           retaines
           them
           :
           so
           the
           affections
           are
           taken
           up
           with
           forraigne
           ,
           alien
           ,
           naturall
           politique
           matters
           ,
           and
           are
           moved
           with
           them
           :
           but
           the
           conscience
           moves
           not
           ,
           unlesse
           the
           concernment
           come
           home
           to
           a
           mans
           owne
           soule
           ,
           and
           the
           matter
           reach
           thither
           .
        
         
           As
           I
           might
           exemplifie
           in
           
             Achan
             ,
          
           if
           his
           Conscience
           had
           been
           awake
           to
           have
           done
           its
           part
           ,
           his
           carnall
           reason
           and
           knowledge
           told
           him
           ,
           the
           Wedge
           of
           Gold
           ,
           and
           the
           Babylonish
           Garment
           ,
           would
           be
           a
           rich
           prize
           ,
           and
           mend
           his
           estate
           very
           well
           :
           then
           his
           Will
           and
           Affections
           answer
           ,
           I
           would
           I
           had
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           consent
           and
           put
           on
           to
           compasse
           them
           .
           Here
           are
           extrinsick
           businesses
           onely
           in
           agitation
           with
           these
           faculties
           about
           wealth
           and
           growing
           rich
           :
           But
           then
           a
           good
           Conscience
           if
           it
           had
           beene
           there
           would
           have
           stepped
           in
           and
           answered
           :
           
             I
             but
             how
             will
             this
             comply
             with
             the
             good
             of
             my
             soule
             ?
          
           And
           so
           might
           I
           instance
           in
           other
           things
           ,
           as
           in
           mens
           desiring
           riches
           ,
           honours
           ,
           pleesures
           ;
           their
           carnall
           Understandings
           and
           Wils
           ,
           like
           
             Haman
          
           and
           
             Zeresh
             ,
          
           cast
           and
           conspire
           ,
           and
           consent
           together
           to
           compasse
           what
           they
           desire
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           be
           so
           brave
           for
           their
           port
           ,
           so
           contentive
           to
           their
           persons
           ,
           so
           beneficiall
           to
           their
           posterity
           :
           These
           are
           fine
           things
           ,
           and
           easily
           swallowed
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           but
           out-side
           things
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           a
           word
           yet
           of
           the
           consequent
           and
           concernment
           to
           the
           soule
           :
           that
           conscience
           must
           take
           into
           consideration
           ,
           or
           the
           consideration
           of
           that
           is
           quite
           layd
           aside
           :
           That
           is
           proper
           for
           conscience
           only
           to
           act
           about
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           to
           conscience
           and
           consultation
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           it
           appeareth
           that
           our
           conference
           with
           our
           owne
           hearts
           had
           need
           to
           be
           serious
           ,
           because
           the
           things
           that
           we
           can
           conferre
           with
           them
           a
           bout
           ,
           only
           are
           of
           a
           most
           serious
           and
           weighty
           nature
           :
           
             viz.
          
           the
           things
           of
           the
           soule
           only
           .
        
         
           And
           secondly
           ,
           the
           needfulnesse
           of
           such
           a
           serious
           conference
           ,
           will
           appeare
           also
           upon
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           deceitfulnesse
           
           of
           our
           owne
           hearts
           .
           Talke
           close
           and
           home
           ,
           and
           have
           cleare
           intelligence
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           will
           deceive
           us
           ,
           they
           will
           tell
           us
           a
           thousand
           lyes
           .
           As
           he
           in
           Story
           ,
           who
           hearing
           a
           man
           talk
           to
           himselfe
           as
           he
           walked
           along
           the
           high
           way
           ,
           and
           questioning
           whom
           he
           talked
           withall
           ,
           was
           answered
           ,
           I
           talke
           to
           my self
           ;
           why
           then
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             Cave
             ne
             cum
             malo
             loquaris
             ,
             take
             heed
             thou
             talke
             not
             with
             one
             that
             is
             naught
             .
          
           You
           may
           resolve
           upon
           this
           ,
           whensoever
           you
           come
           to
           Commune
           with
           your
           owne
           heart
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           to
           deale
           with
           a
           very
           Cheat
           and
           a
           Jesuite
           ,
           a
           
             Proteus
             ,
          
           a
           Jugler
           ;
           that
           if
           you
           put
           it
           not
           home
           to
           it
           ,
           will
           not
           tell
           you
           one
           true
           Story
           amongst
           a
           thousand
           :
           I
           speak
           this
           by
           the
           sad
           experience
           of
           a
           base
           ,
           false
           ,
           cosening
           ,
           and
           deceitfull
           heart
           of
           mine
           owne
           :
           and
           I
           beleeve
           other
           mens
           hearts
           are
           of
           the
           same
           mettle
           .
           
             O
             wretched
             heart
             thou
             hast
             deceived
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             been
             deceived
             ,
             thou
             hast
             been
             too
             strong
             for
             me
             ,
             and
             hast
             prevailed
             .
          
           But
           I
           speak
           this
           also
           upon
           the
           Warrant
           of
           him
           that
           knoweth
           all
           hearts
           ,
           even
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           discerneth
           the
           things
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           
             Jer.
          
           17.
           9.
           
           
             The
             heart
             is
             deceitfull
             above
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             desperately
             wicked
             ,
             who
             can
             know
             it
             ?
          
           Ah
           sad
           
             Climax
             ,
          
           deceitfull
           ,
           and
           deceitfull
           above
           all
           things
           ,
           wicked
           ,
           and
           desperately
           wicked
           ,
           and
           so
           bad
           of
           both
           ,
           that
           who
           can
           know
           it
           ?
           Such
           another
           miserable
           gradation
           ye
           have
           expressed
           concerning
           the
           very
           same
           subject
           in
           
             Gen.
          
           6.
           5.
           
           
             The
             frame
             of
             the
             thoughts
             of
             mans
             heart
             was
             wholly
             evill
             ,
             was
             onely
             evill
             ,
             and
             was
             evill
             continually
             .
          
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           mutuall
           or
           reciprocall
           cozenage
           betwixt
           a
           man
           and
           his
           owne
           heart
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           Scripture
           :
           Sometimes
           a
           man
           deceives
           his
           owne
           heart
           ,
           as
           
             James
          
           1.
           26.
           
           
             If
             any
             man
             among
             you
             seem
             to
             be
             religious
             ,
             and
             bridleth
             not
             his
             tongue
             ,
             but
             deceiveth
             his
             own
             heart
             .
          
           Sometimes
           a
           mans
           heart
           deceives
           him
           ,
           
             Esa.
          
           44.
           20.
           
           
             A
             deceived
             heart
             hath
             turned
             him
             aside
             that
             he
             cannot
             deliver
             his
             soul
             ,
             nor
             say
             ,
             Is
             there
             not
             alye
             in
             my
             right
             hand
             :
          
           And
           thus
           
             Manasseh
             against
             Ephraim
             ,
             and
             Ephraim
             against
             Manasseh
             ,
             and
             both
             against
             Judah
             .
          
           Sometimes
           the
           man
           cozens
           his
           heart
           ▪
           and
           sometimes
           his
           heart
           cozens
           him
           ,
           and
           alwayes
           both
           these
           cozenings
           help
           to
           undoe
           the
           poore
           Soule
           .
        
         
           Sometimes
           a
           man
           cozens
           his
           Conscience
           with
           carnall
           reasonings
           ,
           as
           
             Achan
          
           did
           his
           ,
           
             I
             shall
             be
             enriched
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             not
             be
             
             discovered
             :
          
           and
           as
           the
           rich
           man
           in
           the
           Gospell
           did
           his
           ,
           
             My
             purse
             is
             full
             ,
             and
             my
             Barnes
             are
             full
             ,
             therefore
             soule
             take
             thine
             case
             :
          
           And
           so
           many
           and
           many
           man
           undoes
           his
           owne
           Soule
           by
           cozening
           his
           conscience
           with
           the
           bribery
           of
           carnall
           reasoning
           ,
           I
           am
           yet
           in
           health
           ,
           I
           may
           yet
           repent
           time
           enough
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           see
           evill
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           And
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           the
           conscience
           is
           as
           ready
           to
           cozen
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           to
           tell
           him
           
             Peace
             ,
             peace
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             no
             peace
             .
          
        
         
           Sometimes
           it
           deceives
           a
           man
           with
           halfe
           answers
           ,
           as
           
             Ananias
          
           and
           
             Saphira
          
           would
           have
           done
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           with
           halfe
           the
           money
           :
           and
           makes
           a
           man
           tane
           up
           with
           conviction
           only
           ,
           which
           the
           wickedest
           man
           under
           heaven
           may
           have
           ,
           and
           makes
           him
           to
           thinke
           that
           he
           hath
           sorrow
           enough
           for
           his
           evill
           actions
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           only
           remembrance
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Sometimes
           it
           deceives
           a
           man
           with
           false
           answers
           ,
           as
           
             Iacob
          
           deceived
           his
           Father
           with
           Kids
           flesh
           instead
           of
           Venison
           ;
           and
           makes
           a
           man
           beleeve
           he
           hath
           compunction
           enough
           for
           his
           evill
           actions
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           only
           some
           gripes
           of
           selfe
           love
           ,
           or
           a
           feare
           of
           punishment
           ,
           as
           was
           
             Ahabs
          
           humiliation
           .
        
         
           Sometimes
           it
           deceives
           him
           with
           silence
           ,
           and
           he
           thinkes
           all
           is
           well
           ,
           because
           it
           tels
           him
           nothing
           ill
           :
           as
           the
           Foole
           is
           counted
           wise
           when
           he
           is
           silent
           ;
           and
           the
           Atheist
           thinkes
           God
           like
           himselfe
           when
           he
           holds
           his
           peace
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           50.
           21.
           so
           many
           a
           poore
           deceived
           soule
           thinkes
           his
           conscience
           a
           good
           conscience
           ,
           and
           himselfe
           in
           a
           good
           case
           ,
           because
           he
           heares
           no
           otherwise
           from
           his
           conscience
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           silent
           ,
           and
           saies
           nothing
           at
           all
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           Thus
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           
             Italian
          
           Proverbe
           ,
           
             
               Con
               arte
               e
               conjuganno
               si
               vive
               il
               mezzo
               anno
               ,
            
             
               Con
               juganno
               e
               con
               arte
               si
               vive
               l'
               altra
               parte
               .
            
          
           With
           deceit
           and
           cozenage
           men
           live
           halfe
           the
           yeare
           ,
           and
           with
           cozenage
           and
           deceit
           they
           live
           the
           other
           halfe
           :
           one
           part
           of
           our
           lives
           we
           deceive
           our
           own
           hearts
           ,
           and
           another
           part
           of
           our
           lives
           ,
           our
           hearts
           deceive
           us
           :
           And
           thus
           our
           lives
           go
           on
           in
           a
           mist
           and
           cloud
           of
           delusion
           ,
           we
           deceiving
           ,
           and
           deceived
           ,
           and
           all
           because
           we
           hold
           not
           communication
           with
           our
           own
           hearts
           close
           enough
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           not
           to
           it
           home
           ,
           as
           
             Ahab
          
           did
           
             Micaiah
             ,
          
           to
           tell
           us
           
           the
           truth
           and
           nothing
           else
           ,
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           And
           thus
           we
           see
           very
           good
           reason
           why
           the
           communication
           with
           our
           hearts
           should
           be
           serious
           ,
           and
           the
           intelligence
           we
           hold
           with
           them
           cleere
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           That
           this
           is
           a
           duty
           of
           speciall
           concernment
           ,
           is
           even
           proved
           already
           ere
           we
           are
           aware
           ,
           in
           the
           things
           that
           have
           been
           spoken
           ,
           but
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           adde
           one
           or
           two
           things
           more
           :
           As
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           this
           is
           a
           duty
           of
           so
           great
           concernment
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           naturally
           the
           first
           duty
           of
           all
           other
           of
           the
           Second
           Table
           :
           For
           as
           to
           know
           God
           ,
           is
           properly
           and
           methodically
           the
           first
           duty
           of
           the
           first
           and
           great
           Commandement
           ,
           so
           is
           this
           as
           properly
           and
           methodically
           the
           first
           duty
           of
           the
           Second
           :
           for
           as
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           love
           God
           as
           we
           should
           ,
           unlesse
           we
           first
           know
           him
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           impossible
           we
           should
           love
           our
           neighbour
           as
           our selves
           ,
           unlesse
           we
           first
           know
           our selves
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           a
           
             sine
             quânon
             ,
          
           a
           duty
           or
           a
           matter
           ,
           without
           which
           we
           can
           neither
           hear
           any
           condition
           as
           we
           should
           ,
           nor
           performe
           any
           duty
           as
           we
           ought
           .
           As
           a
           golden
           thread
           was
           to
           be
           twisted
           with
           every
           twine
           and
           thread
           of
           the
           Ephod
           and
           Breast-plate
           ,
           or
           it
           was
           not
           rightly
           made
           ;
           so
           if
           this
           action
           of
           communing
           with
           our
           owne
           hearts
           be
           not
           intwisted
           with
           every
           one
           of
           our
           actions
           ,
           we
           can
           neither
           undergoe
           any
           thing
           ,
           nor
           performe
           any
           thing
           is
           becomes
           us
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           How
           is
           it
           possible
           for
           a
           man
           either
           to
           beare
           prosperity
           ,
           or
           endure
           adversity
           unlesse
           he
           seriously
           talke
           with
           his
           owne
           heart
           about
           his
           owne
           deservings
           ,
           and
           about
           these
           conditions
           :
           This
           was
           the
           way
           of
           
             David
          
           that
           gives
           the
           Counsell
           in
           the
           Text
           :
           when
           great
           prosperity
           and
           happinesse
           accrews
           unto
           him
           ,
           in
           the
           promise
           that
           the
           Lord
           makes
           to
           him
           and
           to
           his
           house
           ,
           he
           sits
           downe
           and
           talkes
           with
           his
           owne
           heart
           about
           his
           deserving
           of
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           
             Who
             am
             I
             ,
             or
             what
             is
             my
             fathers
             house
             ?
          
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           7.
           15.
           
           And
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           when
           great
           adversity
           lights
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           fallen
           into
           perplexity
           ,
           the
           way
           he
           takes
           ,
           is
           to
           sit
           downe
           ,
           and
           amongst
           other
           things
           to
           have
           serious
           conference
           with
           his
           owne
           soule
           about
           the
           bearing
           of
           such
           a
           thing
           ;
           
             Why
             ●rt
             thou
             cast
             downe
             ô
             my
             soule
             ,
             and
             why
             art
             thou
             so
             disquieted
             within
             me
             ?
             Psal.
          
           43.
           5.
           
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           As
           impossible
           is
           it
           to
           do
           any
           duty
           aright
           ,
           and
           as
           we
           ought
           to
           do
           ,
           unlesse
           the
           practice
           of
           this
           duty
           go
           before
           it
           or
           along
           with
           it
           .
           Be
           they
           the
           spirituall
           duties
           we
           owe
           to
           God
           ,
           or
           the
           externall
           duties
           we
           owe
           to
           his
           Worship
           ,
           or
           the
           conscientious
           duties
           we
           owe
           to
           our
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           we
           cannot
           possibly
           performe
           them
           aright
           ,
           unlesse
           this
           salt
           be
           with
           the
           Sacrifice
           ,
           unlesse
           we
           commune
           with
           our
           owne
           hearts
           about
           them
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           for
           the
           spiritual
           duties
           we
           owe
           to
           God
           :
           as
           to
           
             serve
             him
             with
             an
             upright
             heart
             ,
          
           1
           
             Chron.
          
           28.
           9.
           
           
             To
             walke
             before
             him
             with
             an
             humble
             heart
             ,
             Mic.
          
           6.
           8.
           
           
             To
             offer
             to
             him
             a
             contrite
             heart
             .
             Psal.
          
           51.
           17.
           
           
             To
             draw
             neare
             to
             him
             with
             a
             true
             heart
             ,
             Heb.
          
           10.
           22.
           
           
             To
             receive
             his
             word
             with
             a
             good
             heart
             ,
             Luk.
          
           3.
           15.
           and
           one
           for
           all
           ,
           
             To
             love
             him
             with
             all
             our
             heart
             ,
             Deut.
          
           6.
           5.
           
           How
           is
           it
           possible
           we
           should
           rightly
           do
           these
           things
           ,
           if
           we
           have
           not
           acquaintance
           with
           our
           owne
           heart
           ?
           what
           difference
           is
           there
           betwixt
           serving
           a
           strange
           God
           ,
           and
           serving
           the
           true
           God
           with
           a
           strange
           heart
           ?
           
             Naball
          
           and
           
             Abihu
          
           are
           punished
           for
           offering
           strange
           fire
           to
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             Ahaz
          
           and
           
             Manasseh
          
           for
           offering
           true
           fire
           to
           afalse
           God
           .
           Let
           me
           use
           the
           stile
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             How
             can
             men
             beleeve
             in
             him
             of
             whom
             they
             have
             not
             heard
             ;
          
           so
           how
           can
           men
           serve
           him
           aright
           and
           heartily
           ,
           with
           a
           heart
           they
           do
           not
           know
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           As
           for
           the
           externall
           duties
           that
           we
           owe
           to
           Gods
           Worship
           ,
           as
           our
           hearts
           are
           to
           go
           along
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           else
           our
           performing
           of
           them
           is
           nothing
           ,
           so
           are
           we
           to
           commune
           with
           our
           owne
           hearts
           upon
           them
           and
           in
           them
           ,
           or
           else
           we
           shall
           never
           bring
           our
           hearts
           unto
           them
           :
           It
           was
           very
           pertinently
           written
           over
           the
           Temple
           doore
           at
           
             Delphos
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             Know
             thy selfe
             ,
          
           for
           certainely
           no
           Temple
           duty
           can
           be
           well
           performed
           without
           such
           a
           knowledge
           .
        
         
           Canst
           thou
           pray
           without
           acquaintance
           with
           thine
           owne
           heart
           :
           the
           very
           Hebrew
           word
           that
           signifieth
           
             Praying
             ,
          
           tells
           thee
           no
           ,
           for
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           that
           is
           commonly
           used
           to
           signifie
           
             to
             pray
             ,
          
           doth
           properly
           signifie
           ,
           
             To
             judge
             a
             mans
             selfe
             .
          
           Thinkest
           thou
           ,
           thou
           canst
           receive
           the
           Sacrament
           aright
           without
           the
           exercise
           of
           this
           duty
           ?
           the
           Apostle
           tells
           thee
           nay
           ,
           but
           
             let
             a
             man
             first
             examine
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             then
             let
             him
             eate
             ,
          
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           11.
           28.
           
        
         
           The
           like
           might
           I
           say
           of
           singing
           of
           Psalmes
           which
           must
           be
           
           done
           with
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           14.
           15
           ,
           Of
           beleeving
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           done
           with
           the
           heart
           ;
           
             Rom.
          
           10.
           10.
           
           Of
           repenting
           ,
           of
           trembling
           at
           the
           Word
           ,
           and
           of
           other
           such
           duties
           ,
           how
           is
           it
           possible
           they
           should
           be
           done
           by
           us
           as
           they
           should
           ,
           if
           we
           have
           no
           acquaintance
           and
           communication
           with
           our
           own
           hearts
           how
           they
           stand
           to
           them
           and
           in
           them
           ?
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           duties
           we
           owe
           to
           our
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           as
           
             washing
             them
             ;
             Jer.
          
           4.
           14.
           
           
             Watching
             them
             ;
             Pro.
          
           4.
           23.
           
           
             Humbling
             them
             ;
             Lev.
          
           26.
           4.
           and
           the
           like
           :
           Who
           can
           do
           them
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           conferres
           and
           is
           in
           acquaintance
           with
           his
           ownheart
           ?
           
             wash
             my
             heart
             ?
          
           why
           ,
           I
           never
           asked
           it
           ,
           not
           ever
           tooke
           notice
           how
           soyled
           and
           poluted
           it
           was
           :
           
             Watch
             it
             ?
          
           Why
           I
           never
           observed
           ,
           nor
           it
           never
           told
           me
           of
           any
           danger
           it
           was
           in
           ,
           nor
           what
           need
           it
           had
           to
           be
           watched
           and
           looked
           after
           ;
           nor
           can
           I
           goe
           about
           to
           humble
           it
           ,
           for
           it
           and
           I
           were
           never
           so
           well
           acquainted
           ,
           as
           I
           to
           know
           how
           hard
           ,
           how
           proud
           ,
           how
           unhumbled
           it
           is
           .
           Must
           not
           these
           be
           answers
           of
           him
           that
           holds
           not
           intelligence
           with
           his
           owne
           heart
           ?
           And
           must
           not
           this
           want
           of
           intelligence
           needs
           spoyle
           the
           offices
           that
           a
           man
           oweth
           to
           it
           ?
           And
           thus
           you
           see
           in
           the
           fourth
           place
           ,
           the
           great
           concernment
           of
           this
           duty
           of
           
             heart
             communication
             :
          
           And
           thus
           ,
           though
           thus
           rudely
           and
           unskillfully
           ,
           have
           I
           somewhat
           cleared
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           in
           clearing
           these
           foure
           particulars
           .
           And
           now
           shall
           I
           crave
           leave
           in
           three
           particulars
           more
           to
           make
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           it
           home
           to
           our selves
           by
           application
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           By
           way
           of
           just
           reproofe
           of
           those
           that
           neglect
           and
           forget
           so
           speciall
           a
           duty
           ,
           and
           of
           so
           speciall
           concernment
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           By
           way
           of
           exhortation
           and
           perswasion
           to
           every
           one
           to
           set
           seriously
           to
           the
           practice
           of
           this
           duty
           .
        
         
           And
           thirdly
           By
           recommending
           to
           you
           some
           
             Quaeres
          
           and
           
             Interrogatories
          
           to
           propose
           to
           your
           hearts
           to
           practice
           this
           duty
           with
           them
           upon
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           thus
           ,
           that
           communing
           with
           a
           mans
           owne
           heart
           is
           so
           speciall
           ,
           and
           so
           important
           a
           duty
           ,
           it
           shewes
           
           that
           they
           justly
           deserve
           to
           be
           reproved
           that
           neglect
           this
           duty
           and
           hold
           no
           acquaintance
           with
           their
           owne
           hearts
           at
           all
           :
           And
           because
           I
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           aime
           this
           reproofe
           aright
           ,
           I
           shall
           in
           the
           first
           place
           begin
           with
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           mine
           owne
           heart
           ,
           for
           there
           
           is
           a
           subject
           that
           I
           know
           ,
           and
           am
           sure
           deserves
           reprooving
           .
           It
           may
           be
           I
           shall
           finde
           some
           Company
           in
           this
           Congregation
           ,
           that
           will
           joyne
           with
           me
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           finde
           my
           case
           theirs
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           make
           my
           words
           to
           be
           their
           owne
           .
           There
           is
           a
           Patheticall
           Story
           of
           
             Origen
             ,
          
           that
           when
           he
           had
           fallen
           into
           a
           foule
           
             Apostacy
             ,
          
           and
           after
           some
           recoverie
           from
           it
           ,
           came
           into
           a
           Congregation
           ,
           and
           was
           desired
           to
           preach
           ;
           he
           tooke
           the
           Bible
           and
           opened
           it
           accidentally
           at
           the
           fiftieth
           Psalme
           ,
           and
           his
           eye
           fell
           first
           to
           read
           these
           words
           in
           the
           sixteenth
           and
           seventeenth
           verses
           of
           it
           ;
           
             But
             unto
             the
             Wicked
             God
             saith
             ,
             What
             hast
             thou
             to
             doe
             to
             declare
             my
             Statutes
             ,
             or
             that
             thou
             shouldest
             take
             my
             Covenant
             in
             thy
             mouth
             ,
             seeing
             thou
             hatest
             instruction
             ,
             and
             castest
             my
             words
             behinde
             thee
             ?
          
           upon
           reading
           the
           words
           hee
           remembred
           his
           owne
           fall
           ,
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           preaching
           he
           fell
           a weeping
           ,
           and
           wept
           so
           bitterly
           ,
           that
           he
           caused
           all
           the
           Congregation
           to
           weep
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           fore-part
           of
           the
           story
           is
           too
           much
           mine
           owne
           case
           .
           I
           would
           you
           would
           make
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           it
           somewhat
           yours
           .
           I
           professe
           I
           cannot
           read
           the
           words
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           but
           like
           
             Pharaoh's
          
           Butler
           after
           a
           long
           forgetfulnesse
           ,
           
             I
             must
             confesse
             my
             fault
             of
             that
             forgetfulnesse
             to
             day
             ;
          
           and
           I
           cannot
           speak
           what
           I
           have
           said
           upon
           this
           Text
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           must
           subscribe
           to
           the
           woman
           of
           
             Tekoas
          
           words
           in
           her
           speech
           to
           
             David
             ,
          
           that
           
             I
             speake
             these
             things
             as
             one
             guilty
             myselfe
             .
          
           Is
           any
           one
           here
           whose
           heart
           hath
           been
           a
           stranger
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           my
           heart
           hath
           beene
           ;
           and
           is
           any
           ones
           heart
           here
           as
           my
           heart
           is
           ,
           desirous
           to
           be
           sensible
           ,
           &
           to
           be
           humbled
           for
           this
           our
           strangenes
           ,
           come
           give
           me
           thine
           hand
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           joyne
           hand
           in
           hand
           ,
           and
           heart
           to
           heart
           to
           give
           glory
           to
           God
           by
           Confession
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           shame
           to
           our selves
           in
           a
           just
           reproofe
           ,
           for
           that
           we
           have
           so
           much
           neglected
           so
           great
           a
           duty
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           we
           have
           so
           greatly
           forgotten
           so
           neare
           a
           concernment
           .
        
         
           Behold
           beloved
           among
           your selves
           ,
           and
           regard
           ,
           and
           wonder
           marvellously
           ;
           for
           I
           can
           tell
           you
           a
           sad
           story
           in
           your
           eares
           ,
           which
           ye
           will
           not
           beleeve
           though
           it
           be
           told
           you
           .
           I
           have
           lived
           these
           forty
           yeares
           ,
           and
           somewhat
           more
           ,
           and
           carried
           my
           heart
           in
           my
           bosome
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           and
           yet
           my
           heart
           and
           I
           are
           as
           great
           strangers
           and
           as
           utterly
           unacquainted
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           had
           never
           come
           
           neare
           one
           another
           :
           And
           is
           there
           none
           in
           this
           Congregation
           that
           can
           say
           the
           like
           ?
        
         
           He
           spake
           very
           good
           sense
           and
           much
           piety
           in
           it
           that
           complained
           that
           he
           had
           lived
           so
           many
           yeares
           above
           threescore
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           a
           Student
           in
           the
           Scripture
           all
           his
           time
           ,
           and
           yet
           could
           never
           attaine
           to
           take
           out
           that
           Leston
           in
           the
           first
           Verse
           of
           the
           nine
           and
           thirtieth
           Psalme
           ,
           
             That
             he
             should
             not
             offend
             with
             his
             tongue
             .
          
           But
           it
           is
           to
           speake
           a
           thing
           of
           monstrousnesse
           and
           amazement
           to
           say
           that
           a
           man
           should
           live
           so
           long
           a
           time
           as
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           nay
           as
           some
           doe
           ,
           to
           threescore
           ,
           to
           fourescore
           yeares
           ,
           and
           yet
           never
           to
           get
           into
           acquaintance
           ,
           and
           to
           communication
           with
           their
           owne
           hearts
           :
           who
           could
           believe
           such
           a
           report
           ?
           and
           yet
           how
           common
           is
           this
           amongst
           men
           ?
        
         
           I
           remember
           it
           was
           a
           wonder
           to
           me
           before
           I
           knew
           this
           City
           ,
           to
           heare
           of
           Families
           living
           so
           neare
           together
           all
           their
           lives
           ,
           as
           but
           one
           Chimney
           back
           between
           them
           ,
           and
           yet
           their
           doores
           opening
           into
           severall
           streets
           ,
           and
           the
           persons
           of
           those
           Families
           never
           knowing
           one
           another
           ,
           or
           who
           they
           were
           .
           And
           mee
           thought
           that
           passage
           of
           
             Martiall
          
           was
           a
           strange
           one
           when
           I
           first
           met
           with
           it
           ,
           
             Quisquam
             est
             tam
             prope
             tam
             proculque
             nobis
             ;
          
           and
           that
           observation
           of
           the
           Jewes
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           sometime
           two
           Verses
           in
           Scripture
           be
           joyned
           as
           close
           together
           for
           place
           as
           close
           can
           be
           ,
           and
           yet
           as
           distant
           for
           sense
           and
           matter
           as
           distant
           may
           be
           :
           and
           that
           relation
           of
           
             Seneca
          
           wondrous
           ,
           if
           I
           misse
           not
           my
           Author
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           through
           sicknesse
           did
           forget
           his
           owne
           name
           :
           and
           that
           of
           the
           Naturallists
           as
           wondrous
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Beast
           ,
           that
           as
           he
           is
           eating
           his
           meat
           ,
           if
           he
           but
           once
           turne
           his
           head
           from
           it
           ,
           he
           forgets
           it
           .
           But
           now
           a
           sad
           experience
           within
           mine
           owne
           selfe
           hath
           lessned
           these
           wonders
           ,
           and
           doth
           make
           a
           thousand
           of
           such
           strangenesses
           as
           these
           seeme
           nothing
           ;
           for
           I
           and
           my
           heart
           were
           borne
           together
           ,
           grew
           up
           together
           ,
           have
           liv'd
           together
           ,
           have
           laine
           together
           ,
           have
           alwayes
           been
           together
           ,
           and
           yet
           have
           had
           so
           little
           acquaintance
           together
           ,
           as
           that
           we
           never
           talked
           together
           ,
           nor
           conversed
           together
           ;
           nay
           I
           know
           not
           my
           heart
           ,
           I
           have
           forgotten
           my
           heart
           .
           Ah
           my
           bowells
           ,
           my
           bowells
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           be
           grieved
           at
           the
           very
           heart
           ▪
           that
           my
           poor
           heart
           and
           I
           have
           been
           so
           unacquainted
           .
           And
           is
           not
           the
           same
           case
           yours
           too
           ?
           I
           appeale
           to
           our
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           but
           
           speake
           ,
           and
           I
           beseech
           you
           put
           them
           to
           it
           .
           How
           inquisitive
           ever
           were
           we
           after
           their
           estate
           ,
           or
           how
           it
           goes
           with
           them
           ,
           amongst
           all
           the
           inquisition
           that
           we
           make
           after
           other
           things
           .
           We
           are
           falne
           into
           an
           
             Athenian
          
           age
           ,
           as
           
             Act.
          
           17.
           21.
           spending
           our
           time
           in
           nothing
           more
           then
           in
           telling
           ,
           or
           in
           hearing
           newes
           ,
           or
           some
           new
           thing
           :
           How
           goe
           things
           here
           ,
           how
           there
           ,
           how
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           how
           in
           another
           :
           But
           who
           is
           there
           that
           is
           inquisitive
           ,
           
             How
             are
             things
             with
             my
             toore
             heart
             ?
          
           Wee
           are
           ever
           and
           anon
           lighting
           upon
           one
           or
           other
           of
           our
           acquaintance
           :
           and
           take
           a
           turne
           with
           them
           in
           the
           Hall
           ,
           or
           turne
           aside
           with
           them
           in
           the
           street
           ,
           and
           enquire
           ,
           What
           newes
           ?
           how
           doe
           things
           goe
           ?
           But
           who
           turnes
           aside
           with
           his
           owne
           heart
           into
           a
           private
           retirednesse
           ,
           or
           falls
           into
           Discourse
           with
           that
           ,
           and
           enquires
           ,
           
             Ah
             poore
             heart
             ,
             how
             goe
             things
             with
             thee
             ?
          
           We
           stick
           not
           to
           tell
           how
           much
           money
           we
           spend
           in
           new
           Books
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           time
           we
           spend
           in
           reading
           them
           ;
           but
           it
           it
           is
           a
           shame
           to
           tell
           how
           little
           time
           we
           spend
           ,
           and
           how
           little
           paines
           we
           take
           in
           reading
           over
           and
           perusing
           our
           owne
           hearts
           .
        
         
           As
           it
           is
           somtimes
           used
           in
           your
           House
           Honourable
           and
           Honored
           ,
           to
           put
           a
           question
           whether
           a
           question
           shall
           be
           put
           ,
           so
           I
           beseech
           you
           apply
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             Commune
             with
             your
             owne
             hearts
             ,
          
           whether
           you
           have
           communed
           with
           your
           own
           hearts
           :
           you
           spend
           much
           time
           day
           after
           day
           worthily
           and
           piously
           in
           conferring
           and
           communing
           among
           your selves
           about
           the
           things
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ;
           but
           wh●●
           time
           doe
           you
           spend
           either
           day
           or
           night
           in
           conferring
           or
           communing
           with
           your
           Consciences
           about
           the
           affaires
           of
           your
           soules
           ?
           You
           Ladies
           and
           Gentlewomen
           ,
           that
           bestow
           so
           much
           time
           in
           visiting
           and
           conferring
           with
           your
           glasses
           and
           your
           friends
           ,
           what
           time
           doe
           you
           bestow
           in
           visiting
           and
           conferring
           with
           your
           owne
           hearts
           and
           soules
           ?
        
         
           You
           that
           spend
           so
           much
           time
           in
           conversing
           and
           conferring
           with
           others
           about
           the
           matters
           of
           your
           Callings
           and
           Imployments
           ,
           what
           time
           have
           you
           taken
           up
           ,
           or
           doe
           you
           imploy
           ,
           in
           conversing
           with
           your selves
           about
           the
           matters
           of
           your
           nearest
           concernment
           ?
        
         
           I
           am
           the
           bolder
           to
           aske
           this
           question
           ,
           because
           my
           Text
           leads
           me
           to
           speak
           to
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           a
           question
           that
           you
           must
           once
           answer
           .
        
         
         
           Weigh
           but
           in
           the
           Ballance
           of
           a
           serious
           consideration
           ,
           what
           time
           you
           have
           spent
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           what
           time
           you
           have
           spen
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           for
           many
           scores
           or
           hundreds
           of
           houres
           or
           daye
           that
           you
           owe
           to
           your
           hearts
           in
           this
           duty
           ,
           can
           you
           write
           fifty
           ?
           or
           goe
           to
           the
           heap
           of
           your
           whole
           life
           ,
           and
           where
           there
           should
           have
           been
           twenty
           measures
           imployed
           about
           this
           businesse
           ,
           can
           you
           finde
           ten
           ?
           Or
           where
           there
           should
           have
           been
           fifty
           vessells
           full
           of
           this
           duty
           ,
           can
           you
           find
           twenty
           ?
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           senselesse
           and
           a
           sensuall
           will
           that
           the
           Epicure
           made
           ,
           that
           bequeathed
           to
           his
           Player
           ,
           to
           his
           Cook
           ,
           to
           his
           Jester
           ,
           and
           to
           such
           as
           fed
           and
           forwarded
           his
           carnall
           Delights
           ,
           Talents
           and
           Pounds
           ,
           but
           
             Philosopho
             obolum
             ,
          
           a
           halfe
           penny
           onely
           to
           him
           that
           would
           have
           taught
           him
           wisedome
           .
           Is
           not
           the
           distribution
           of
           our
           time
           and
           converse
           much
           after
           the
           same
           proportion
           ?
           Dayes
           and
           yeares
           bestowed
           upon
           the
           affaires
           of
           the
           world
           and
           worldlinesse
           ,
           moneths
           and
           weeks
           spent
           and
           laid
           out
           in
           converse
           with
           friends
           and
           strangers
           ,
           but
           scarce
           a
           minute
           in
           converse
           with
           a
           mans
           owne
           heart
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           foure
           things
           especially
           that
           cause
           this
           strange
           and
           senselesse
           strangenesse
           and
           unacquaintance
           betwixt
           a
           man
           and
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           these
           :
        
         
           1
           Idlenesse
           ;
           when
           men
           will
           not
           take
           the
           paines
           to
           put
           their
           heart
           to
           it
           to
           discourse
           with
           them
           .
           Heart-communication
           is
           not
           an
           easie
           worke
           ,
           and
           few
           there
           be
           that
           for
           idlenesse
           will
           undertake
           it
           .
        
         
           2
           Carelessenesse
           of
           their
           owne
           soules
           :
           And
           so
           they
           are
           not
           carefull
           to
           discusse
           with
           them
           the
           things
           that
           concerne
           them
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Worldlinesse
           ;
           which
           takes
           up
           all
           the
           time
           and
           thoughts
           that
           should
           be
           laid
           out
           upon
           the
           heart
           :
           As
           
             Hos.
          
           4.
           11.
           and
           as
           it
           was
           with
           him
           ,
           1
           
             Kings
          
           20.
           40.
           
        
         
           And
           4
           Readinesse
           to
           be
           deceived
           ;
           
             Decipi
             vult
             populus
             ,
          
           men
           love
           leasing
           ,
           as
           Verse
           2.
           of
           this
           Psalme
           :
           and
           as
           by
           our
           fall
           ,
           
             Et
             bonum
             perdidimus
             &
             voluntatem
             ,
          
           we
           not
           only
           lost
           good
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           will
           to
           it
           :
           So
           in
           our
           first
           deception
           by
           
             Satan
             ;
          
           we
           had
           not
           onely
           a
           deceit
           put
           upon
           us
           ,
           but
           a
           deceiveablenesse
           ,
           nay
           a
           readinesse
           to
           be
           deceived
           put
           into
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           ,
           as
           
             Tempora
             quaedam
             surripiuntur
             ,
             quaedam
             cripiuntur
             ,
             quaedam
             excidant
             :
          
           so
           it
           is
           with
           the
           care
           of
           ,
           &
           converse
           with
           
           our
           owne
           hearts
           .
           What
           the
           Palmer-worme
           of
           Idlenesse
           leaves
           ,
           the
           Locust
           of
           Carelessenesse
           eateth
           :
           and
           what
           the
           Locust
           leaveth
           ,
           the
           Canker-worme
           of
           Worldlinesse
           devoures
           :
           and
           what
           that
           Canker-worme
           leaveth
           ,
           the
           Caterpillar
           of
           readinesse
           to
           be
           deceived
           hath
           consumed
           :
           and
           thus
           hath
           all
           converse
           and
           communication
           with
           our
           owne
           hearts
           been
           eaten
           up
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           recorded
           of
           
             Jobs
          
           friends
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           came
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           knew
           him
           not
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           changed
           ,
           that
           they
           wept
           and
           rent
           their
           garments
           ,
           
             Iob
          
           2.
           12.
           
           I
           would
           this
           might
           be
           the
           conclusion
           of
           this
           first
           Use
           or
           Application
           ,
           or
           the
           fruit
           of
           all
           that
           I
           have
           spoken
           hitherto
           :
           Look
           upon
           your
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           doe
           you
           know
           them
           ?
           when
           had
           you
           and
           they
           any
           talke
           together
           ?
           how
           much
           of
           your
           time
           have
           you
           spent
           in
           communication
           with
           them
           ?
           Have
           you
           not
           been
           strangers
           ?
           have
           you
           not
           been
           unacquainted
           ?
           have
           you
           not
           forgotten
           them
           ?
           Be
           humbled
           ,
           bemoan
           ,
           be
           affected
           that
           you
           have
           been
           such
           strangers
           ,
           and
           lay
           your
           hands
           upon
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           resolve
           to
           be
           so
           no
           more
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           is
           the
           second
           way
           that
           I
           would
           apply
           my selfe
           and
           
           the
           Text
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           by
           way
           of
           exhortation
           ,
           to
           incite
           you
           ,
           and
           by
           supplication
           to
           entreat
           you
           ,
           to
           apply
           your selves
           seriously
           unto
           this
           duty
           held
           out
           in
           the
           Text
           .
           It
           is
           strange
           that
           we
           should
           need
           to
           be
           exhorted
           or
           entreated
           to
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           this
           ,
           to
           be
           acquainted
           with
           our
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           as
           that
           is
           strange
           in
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           5.
           20.
           that
           men
           should
           need
           beseeching
           to
           be
           reconcil'd
           to
           God
           :
           but
           it
           is
           so
           true
           ,
           that
           we
           need
           beseeching
           and
           entreating
           ,
           that
           by
           what
           shall
           I
           beseech
           and
           entreat
           it
           so
           as
           that
           I
           may
           prevaile
           in
           my
           entreatie
           .
           I
           beseech
           you
           by
           the
           Lord
           ,
           by
           the
           Bowels
           of
           mercy
           to
           your
           owne
           selves
           ,
           by
           your
           hearts
           ,
           by
           your
           soules
           ,
           by
           any
           thing
           ,
           by
           all
           things
           most
           deare
           unto
           you
           ,
           be
           no
           more
           strangers
           to
           your
           own
           hearts
           ;
           
             vindica
             te
             tibi
             ,
          
           acquaint
           your selves
           with
           your selves
           ;
           and
           as
           
             Abraham
          
           to
           
             Lot
             ,
          
           let
           not
           us
           fall
           out
           ,
           for
           we
           are
           brethren
           :
           so
           bee
           not
           forraigners
           to
           your
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           your
           owne
           .
           By
           what
           may
           I
           move
           you
           ,
           or
           what
           words
           or
           Arguments
           may
           I
           take
           up
           to
           perswade
           you
           .
        
         
           Thinke
           but
           of
           these
           two
           or
           three
           particulars
           ,
           for
           I
           shall
           spare
           to
           mention
           more
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           How
           sad
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           for
           a
           man
           to
           carry
           a
           conscience
           
           within
           him
           ,
           that
           is
           altogether
           dumbe
           and
           can
           say
           nothing
           ,
           or
           that
           when
           it
           speakes
           ,
           tels
           him
           lies
           and
           nothing
           else
           :
           you
           grieve
           for
           this
           in
           your
           children
           ,
           be
           affected
           with
           this
           in
           your
           owne
           soules
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Your
           hearts
           by
           disusance
           of
           conferring
           with
           them
           may
           even
           be
           utterly
           lost
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           had
           no
           heart
           at
           all
           .
           I
           have
           read
           of
           some
           that
           have
           come
           to
           such
           a
           passe
           ,
           as
           namely
           those
           in
           
             Hos.
          
           7.
           11.
           
           
             Ephraim
             is
             like
             a
             silly
             Dove
             without
             a
             heart
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Time
           will
           come
           when
           your
           hearts
           will
           speake
           ,
           and
           shall
           speak
           the
           truth
           to
           you
           ,
           though
           you
           wil
           not
           put
           them
           to
           it
           to
           do
           so
           now
           :
           as
           
             Hab.
          
           2.
           3.
           
           
             At
             an
             appointed
             time
             it
             shall
             speake
             and
             it
             shall
             not
             lye
             :
          
           It
           may
           be
           in
           this
           life
           by
           terrours
           ,
           certainly
           after
           death
           by
           a
           gnawing
           worme
           ,
           the
           dumbest
           ,
           stupidest
           ,
           and
           most
           senselesse
           conscience
           that
           is
           now
           upon
           earth
           ,
           shall
           be
           put
           to
           it
           to
           speake
           and
           to
           speake
           out
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           had
           the
           least
           care
           or
           thought
           to
           put
           it
           to
           speake
           as
           the
           Text
           injoynes
           .
           Thou
           wilt
           not
           straine
           thine
           heart
           to
           speake
           to
           thee
           ,
           and
           to
           tell
           thee
           the
           truth
           now
           :
           but
           God
           will
           wrack
           it
           ,
           and
           shall
           make
           it
           speak
           and
           not
           be
           silent
           ,
           and
           
             How
             will
             thine
             heart
             endure
             then
             ,
             when
             the
             Lord
             shall
             come
             to
             deale
             thus
             with
             thee
             ?
          
           as
           
             Ezek.
          
           22.
           14.
           
           Men
           will
           not
           make
           their
           hearts
           to
           heare
           ,
           nor
           to
           give
           them
           a
           faithfull
           answer
           ,
           but
           as
           
             Esay
          
           26.
           11.
           
           
             They
             will
             not
             see
             ,
             but
             they
             shall
             see
             :
          
           They
           will
           not
           heare
           ,
           but
           they
           shall
           heare
           :
           they
           will
           not
           answer
           according
           to
           truth
           ,
           but
           a
           time
           shall
           come
           when
           they
           shall
           answer
           .
           Put
           them
           to
           it
           betimes
           ,
           your selves
           by
           a
           conscienscious
           communication
           ,
           lest
           God
           put
           them
           to
           it
           by
           a
           wracking
           horror
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           go
           about
           to
           give
           rules
           how
           a
           man
           and
           his
           heart
           should
           come
           to
           talke
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           should
           talke
           together
           ,
           I
           would
           I
           could
           learne
           the
           lesson
           my selfe
           ;
           only
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           mention
           some
           things
           to
           you
           which
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           be
           very
           conducible
           to
           such
           a
           purpose
           .
        
         
           As
           1.
           use
           Retirednesse
           :
           This
           thing
           this
           verse
           teacheth
           ,
           when
           it
           directs
           to
           
             commune
             with
             our
             owne
             hearts
             upon
             our
             beds
             .
          
           And
           this
           
             Isaac
          
           practised
           ,
           when
           for
           his
           Meditation
           he
           went
           into
           the
           solitarinesse
           of
           the
           fields
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           24.
           63.
           
           As
           when
           
             Moses
          
           was
           alone
           in
           the
           wildernesse
           ,
           and
           there
           studying
           on
           God
           ,
           God
           comes
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           talkes
           with
           him
           ,
           
             Exod.
          
           3.
           
           So
           when
           we
           get
           alone
           purposely
           to
           study
           our
           hearts
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           great
           deale
           more
           
           probable
           that
           our
           hearts
           will
           come
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           entertain
           discourse
           with
           them
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           crowd
           of
           company
           and
           imployments
           .
           Set
           some
           time
           apart
           out
           of
           your
           publique
           or
           particular
           occasions
           ,
           to
           deale
           with
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           to
           talke
           with
           them
           ,
           as
           
             David
          
           after
           the
           publique
           businesse
           is
           done
           ,
           turnes
           home
           to
           visit
           and
           to
           blesse
           his
           owne
           house
           ,
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           6.
           20.
           
        
         
           2
           Put
           on
           Resolutenesse
           to
           put
           your
           hearts
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           heare
           even
           the
           worst
           that
           they
           can
           speake
           to
           you
           :
           as
           
             Eli
          
           to
           heare
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Lord
           from
           
             Samuel
             ,
          
           be
           it
           what
           it
           would
           bee
           it
           never
           so
           bitter
           .
           Men
           are
           naturally
           and
           generally
           unwilling
           that
           their
           heart
           should
           tell
           them
           all
           it
           knowes
           ,
           and
           what
           it
           ought
           .
           And
           as
           it
           was
           a
           very
           strange
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           sad
           prayer
           ,
           that
           is
           made
           by
           the
           Prophet
           
             Hosea
          
           for
           the
           women
           of
           
             Ephraim
             ,
             Hos.
          
           9.
           14.
           
           
             Give
             them
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             what
             wilt
             thou
             give
             ?
             Give
             them
             a
             miscarrying
             wombe
             ,
             and
             drie
             breasts
             :
          
           A
           miserable
           thing
           to
           women
           as
           may
           be
           ,
           yet
           such
           a
           Petition
           for
           them
           as
           there
           could
           not
           bee
           a
           fitter
           in
           their
           present
           posture
           ;
           for
           the
           children
           borne
           were
           but
           borne
           to
           the
           slaughter
           .
        
         
           So
           it
           is
           a
           very
           sad
           &
           doleful
           condition
           to
           a
           man
           as
           possibly
           can
           be
           ,
           to
           have
           his
           conscience
           dull
           &
           dumb
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           telling
           him
           nothing
           but
           what
           is
           false
           :
           and
           yet
           there
           are
           thousands
           that
           account
           this
           the
           best
           posture
           and
           condition
           ,
           that
           their
           conscience
           can
           be
           in
           ,
           and
           they
           cannot
           finde
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           not
           take
           the
           paines
           to
           have
           it
           in
           any
           other
           temper
           ,
           nor
           would
           they
           have
           it
           speake
           any
           other
           wayes
           to
           them
           :
           Ah
           but
           let
           a
           righteous
           and
           a
           wakefull
           conscience
           smite
           me
           ,
           and
           not
           suffer
           me
           to
           sin
           ,
           but
           tell
           me
           of
           it
           :
           this
           balme
           in
           the
           end
           will
           not
           breake
           my
           head
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           rejoyce
           at
           last
           in
           such
           stroaks
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Take
           opportunity
           by
           any
           wakening
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           puts
           it
           to
           speake
           ,
           to
           keep
           it
           waking
           and
           speaking
           ;
           If
           any
           piercing
           Sermon
           ,
           or
           Fright
           ,
           or
           Crosse
           ,
           or
           some
           such
           thing
           ,
           do
           rowze
           your
           heart
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           and
           set
           it
           a
           talking
           and
           telling
           you
           the
           truth
           ,
           doe
           like
           
             Benhadads
          
           servants
           by
           
             Ahab
             ,
          
           catch
           at
           the
           opportunity
           ,
           plye
           it
           and
           keepe
           it
           speaking
           ,
           and
           let
           it
           not
           grow
           dumbe
           againe
           :
           If
           you
           let
           it
           alone
           never
           so
           little
           ,
           like
           the
           Disciple
           in
           
             Matth.
          
           6.
           40
           ,
           4●
           .
           it
           will
           bee
           asleep
           and
           speechlesse
           in
           a
           trice
           againe
           .
           I
           have
           knowne
           him
           that
           hath
           had
           sometime
           very
           faire
           and
           familiar
           society
           and
           communication
           with
           
           his
           own
           heart
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           discoursed
           seriously
           and
           truely
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           have
           asked
           questions
           ,
           and
           given
           answers
           without
           deceiving
           ;
           when
           something
           or
           other
           hath
           come
           between
           ,
           and
           interrupted
           a
           while
           this
           friendly
           converse
           ,
           and
           my
           beloved
           was
           gone
           my
           heart
           got
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           neither
           it
           ,
           nor
           a
           word
           from
           it
           to
           be
           found
           againe
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           When
           your
           hearts
           and
           you
           are
           talking
           together
           ,
           doe
           it
           as
           if
           you
           were
           talking
           together
           at
           Gods
           dreadfull
           Tribunall
           :
           as
           if
           you
           were
           ,
           and
           as
           you
           must
           once
           bee
           ,
           debating
           the
           case
           there
           .
           Charge
           it
           as
           
             Paul
          
           doth
           
             Timothy
             ,
          
           2
           
             Tim.
          
           4.
           1.
           as
           before
           God
           and
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           that
           it
           speake
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           be
           no
           dissembling
           betwixt
           you
           .
           Before
           them
           must
           you
           once
           debate
           the
           matter
           to
           the
           very
           bottome
           ,
           doe
           it
           as
           before
           them
           continually
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           for
           conclusion
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           for
           our
           third
           application
           I
           shall
           crave
           leave
           to
           leave
           some
           few
           proposalls
           and
           Interrogatories
           
           with
           you
           for
           your
           owne
           heart
           ;
           that
           as
           
             Elijah
          
           before
           his
           departure
           out
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           left
           a
           Letter
           behinde
           him
           for
           
             Joram
          
           the
           King
           of
           
             Judah
          
           to
           ruminate
           upon
           when
           
             Elijah
          
           was
           gone
           ,
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           21.
           12
           
           So
           before
           we
           part
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           take
           from
           me
           something
           along
           with
           you
           ,
           to
           commune
           and
           confer
           with
           your
           hearts
           about
           ,
           when
           you
           and
           I
           see
           not
           each
           other
           ,
           and
           when
           you
           are
           alone
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           doe
           herein
           by
           you
           as
           an
           Israelite
           did
           by
           the
           Priest
           ,
           when
           he
           would
           have
           him
           to
           enquire
           something
           for
           him
           of
           the
           Lord
           by
           
             Urim
          
           and
           
             Thummim
             :
          
           I
           shall
           put
           my
           questions
           into
           your
           hands
           ,
           and
           shall
           leave
           you
           to
           goe
           to
           the
           Oracle
           of
           your
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           their
           answer
           .
        
         
           Some
           generall
           things
           I
           would
           propose
           to
           all
           of
           you
           in
           generall
           ,
           and
           some
           particulars
           to
           some
           particulars
           .
           I
           might
           to
           all
           in
           generall
           desire
           you
           to
           question
           with
           your
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           you
           that
           have
           been
           preserved
           in
           these
           sad
           times
           ,
           and
           you
           that
           have
           been
           Spectators
           of
           the
           sad
           judgements
           that
           have
           been
           upon
           us
           ,
           what
           betterings
           you
           have
           had
           by
           all
           these
           judgements
           ,
           and
           what
           thankfulnesse
           you
           have
           shewed
           for
           your
           preservation
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           first
           question
           that
           I
           would
           desire
           every
           one
           that
           heareth
           me
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           propose
           to
           his
           owne
           heart
           is
           but
           this
           ;
           
             Heart
             how
             dost
             thou
             ?
          
           A
           few
           words
           ,
           but
           a
           very
           serious
           
           question
           .
           You
           know
           this
           is
           the
           first
           question
           ,
           and
           the
           first-salute
           that
           we
           use
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           Sir
           how
           do
           you
           ?
           I
           would
           you
           would
           as
           constantly
           practise
           it
           with
           your
           own
           hearts
           ,
           Heart
           how
           dost
           thou
           doe
           ?
           how
           is
           it
           with
           thee
           for
           thy
           spirituall
           estate
           ?
           Get
           but
           a
           true
           answer
           from
           your
           heart
           upon
           this
           
             quaere
             ,
          
           and
           then
           you
           will
           see
           that
           I
           have
           some
           cause
           &
           reason
           why
           I
           propose
           this
           question
           :
           I
           know
           what
           the
           answer
           of
           most
           hearts
           will
           be
           ,
           before
           the
           
             quaere
          
           is
           proposed
           ,
           namely
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           either
           like
           
             Elisha's
          
           about
           
             Benhadad
             ,
          
           No
           danger
           of
           death
           ,
           though
           he
           dyed
           presently
           ;
           or
           like
           the
           Pharisees
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           I
           thank
           him
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           as
           other
           mens
           hearts
           are
           .
           Tell
           that
           heart
           I
           believe
           it
           not
           ,
           tell
           it
           you
           believe
           it
           not
           :
           examine
           it
           further
           ,
           presse
           it
           like
           
             Ahab
          
           to
           
             Mioaiah
          
           againe
           ;
           leave
           it
           not
           ,
           like
           
             Dalilah
             ,
          
           till
           you
           have
           its
           utmost
           :
           Get
           a
           right
           ,
           and
           direct
           ,
           and
           reall
           answer
           to
           this
           question
           ,
           and
           then
           answer
           me
           whether
           it
           were
           not
           worth
           the
           asking
           .
           This
           is
           but
           the
           very
           same
           
             quaere
          
           in
           substance
           that
           the
           Apostle
           proposeth
           ,
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           13.
           5.
           
           
             Examine
             your selves
             whether
             yee
             bee
             in
             the
             faith
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           propose
           this
           question
           to
           every
           one
           of
           your
           hearts
           ;
           
             heart
             what
             wilt
             thou
             do
             ?
          
           or
           ,
           
             Heart
             what
             dost
             think
             wil
             become
             of
             thee
             and
             me
             ?
          
           As
           that
           dying
           Roman
           once
           said
           ,
           
             Animula
             vagulae
             blandula
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Ah
           poore
           ,
           wretched
           ,
           miserable
           soule
           ,
           whither
           art
           thou
           and
           I
           a
           going
           ,
           &
           what
           wil
           become
           of
           thee
           ,
           when
           thou
           &
           I
           shall
           part
           ?
           This
           very
           thing
           doth
           
             Moses
          
           propose
           to
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           though
           in
           other
           termes
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           32.
           29.
           
           
             Oh
             that
             they
             would
             consider
             their
             latter
             end
             .
          
           And
           oh
           that
           you
           would
           propose
           it
           constantly
           to
           your
           hearts
           to
           consider
           and
           debate
           upon
           .
           Would
           you
           but
           dispute
           these
           two
           questions
           every
           one
           with
           his
           owne
           heart
           ,
           and
           put
           his
           Conscience
           to
           it
           to
           give
           its
           cleare
           opinion
           in
           these
           matters
           ,
           or
           to
           speak
           the
           verie
           truth
           ,
           what
           it
           thinks
           concerning
           your
           present
           and
           future
           estate
           ,
           I
           should
           thinke
           I
           had
           gained
           exceeding
           much
           by
           this
           discourse
           that
           I
           have
           made
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           have
           spent
           this
           houre
           exceeding
           happily
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           Honourable
           ,
           and
           most
           Honoured
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           levell
           the
           last
           things
           I
           have
           to
           speake
           at
           your
           hearts
           onely
           ,
           and
           to
           leave
           my
           closing
           up
           of
           all
           that
           I
           would
           say
           ,
           closed
           up
           in
           your
           bosomes
           .
           I
           would
           faine
           commend
           something
           to
           
           the
           serious
           conference
           of
           your selves
           and
           your
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           when
           they
           and
           you
           are
           together
           alone
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           but
           these
           three
           things
           ;
           
             What
             hath
             beene
             done
             for
             you
             ,
             what
             hath
             beene
             done
             before
             you
             ,
             and
             what
             you
             have
             to
             doe
             .
          
        
         
           I
           would
           first
           have
           desired
           you
           to
           debate
           seriously
           with
           your
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           
             What
             the
             Lord
             hath
             done
             for
             you
             .
          
           But
           here
           my
           labour
           is
           happily
           prevented
           ,
           and
           the
           worke
           is
           better
           done
           to
           my
           hands
           ,
           then
           my
           hands
           can
           doe
           it
           .
           I
           shall
           onely
           adde
           this
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           should
           write
           such
           a
           Book
           as
           the
           Prophet
           
             Esay
          
           did
           ,
           
             Esay
          
           8.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           
             A
             great
             Roll
             of
             a
             Book
             ,
             and
             yet
             nothing
             written
             in
             it
             but
             this
             word
             ,
             Maher-shalal-hash-baz
          
           over
           and
           over
           againe
           ,
           from
           beginning
           to
           end
           :
           so
           a
           great
           Book
           ,
           and
           nothing
           in
           it
           but
           this
           written
           ,
           what
           God
           hath
           done
           for
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ,
           it
           would
           fill
           a
           great
           Volume
           to
           write
           what
           he
           hath
           done
           :
           and
           when
           you
           have
           written
           what
           you
           can
           ,
           you
           can
           never
           write
           enough
           .
        
         
           But
           secondly
           ,
           I
           shall
           desire
           you
           seriously
           to
           commune
           with
           your
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           of
           
             What
             London
             hath
             done
             for
             you
             .
             London
          
           the
           mirrour
           and
           wonder
           of
           Love
           ,
           Zeale
           ,
           Constancy
           ,
           and
           Bounty
           to
           you
           and
           your
           cause
           :
           
             London
             ,
          
           the
           Arke
           that
           hath
           kept
           you
           safe
           ,
           in
           this
           deluge
           of
           bloud
           that
           hath
           over-flowed
           the
           Nation
           :
           
             London
             ,
          
           your
           
             Ophir
          
           and
           
             Indies
          
           that
           hath
           supplyed
           you
           with
           masses
           of
           Money
           and
           Plate
           in
           all
           your
           wants
           :
           
             London
             ,
          
           your
           banke
           and
           stock
           of
           men
           and
           hearts
           :
           
             London
             ,
          
           your
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           you
           had
           not
           been
           what
           you
           are
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           for
           
             London
             :
             London
             ,
          
           that
           under
           a
           Parliament
           hath
           preserved
           a
           Nation
           :
           and
           
             London
             ,
          
           that
           under
           God
           hath
           preserved
           a
           Parliament
           .
           Was
           it
           ever
           seen
           ,
           or
           could
           it
           ever
           be
           related
           ,
           that
           any
           City
           under
           heaven
           ever
           did
           ,
           as
           
             London
          
           hath
           done
           in
           love
           and
           kindnesse
           to
           your
           Cause
           and
           you
           ?
           What
           one
           among
           you
           can
           looke
           into
           his
           owne
           heart
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           needs
           find
           
             London
          
           written
           there
           ?
        
         
           And
           now
           your
           friend
           
             Lazarus
          
           is
           sick
           ;
           your
           faithfull
           ,
           constant
           and
           loving
           
             London
          
           complaines
           she
           is
           not
           well
           :
           She
           finds
           and
           feeles
           some
           sore
           diseases
           breeding
           in
           her
           Bowells
           ,
           that
           are
           like
           to
           undoe
           her
           :
           She
           comes
           to
           you
           to
           crave
           your
           help
           ,
           and
           powres
           her
           complaints
           into
           your
           bosome
           .
           Might
           I
           not
           say
           ,
           as
           
           the
           Jewes
           once
           to
           Christ
           ,
           
             You
             deserve
             to
             doe
             for
             her
             ?
          
           But
           I
           shall
           onely
           say
           ,
           
             Commune
             with
             your
             owne
             heares
             what
          
           London
           
             hath
             done
             for
             you
             ,
          
           and
           I
           need
           say
           no
           more
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           one
           shall
           thinke
           that
           I
           am
           now
           besides
           the
           marke
           ,
           and
           speak
           of
           a
           matter
           that
           I
           have
           nothing
           to
           doe
           withall
           ,
           I
           shall
           produce
           my
           warrant
           to
           speake
           what
           I
           doe
           ,
           and
           referre
           to
           a
           proofe
           and
           testimony
           of
           what
           I
           speak
           .
        
         
           My
           first
           Warrant
           is
           
             your
             gratitude
             ,
          
           that
           is
           so
           ready
           to
           bee
           thankfull
           to
           those
           that
           have
           shewed
           you
           kindnesse
           ,
           that
           you
           will
           not
           take
           it
           unthankfully
           from
           those
           that
           doe
           minde
           you
           who
           have
           shewed
           it
           .
        
         
           My
           second
           is
           ,
           
             the
             obligation
             ,
          
           that
           you
           and
           I
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Nation
           stand
           in
           to
           
             London
             ,
          
           who
           hath
           been
           to
           us
           all
           such
           a
           stay
           ,
           and
           Wall
           ,
           and
           Sanctuarie
           in
           our
           troubles
           ,
           as
           she
           hath
           been
           ,
           that
           for
           
             Londons
          
           sake
           who
           can
           hold
           his
           peace
           ?
        
         
           But
           thirdly
           for
           my
           Scripture
           warrant
           for
           this
           ,
           I
           shal
           desire
           you
           to
           turn
           to
           a
           
             Sam.
          
           24.
           where
           the
           Servants
           of
           
             David
          
           doe
           account
           it
           a
           duty
           as
           it
           seems
           ,
           for
           they
           practise
           it
           accordingly
           ,
           to
           tell
           
             David
          
           of
           the
           kindnesse
           that
           
             Jabesh
             Giliad
          
           had
           shewed
           to
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           though
           he
           knew
           it
           before
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           the
           proofe
           of
           what
           I
           have
           spoken
           ,
           I
           shall
           desire
           ,
           whosoever
           thinks
           I
           am
           besides
           my
           marke
           ,
           but
           to
           turne
           to
           his
           owne
           heart
           ,
           and
           there
           lay
           downe
           a
           leafe
           ,
           till
           his
           heart
           and
           he
           doe
           meet
           alone
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           read
           and
           study
           impartially
           .
           
             What
             London
             hath
             done
             for
             the
             Parliament
             of
             England
             ,
          
           and
           then
           let
           him
           judge
           of
           what
           I
           say
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           your
           gratitude
           will
           be
           ready
           to
           say
           still
           with
           
             David
             ,
          
           in
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           9.
           
           Is
           there
           yet
           any
           of
           the
           kindred
           of
           
             Jonathan
             ,
          
           that
           hath
           shewed
           us
           kindnesse
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           shew
           them
           the
           kindnesse
           of
           the
           Lord
           againe
           ?
        
         
           Why
           yes
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           in
           the
           third
           place
           ,
           
             Commune
             with
             your
             owne
             hearts
             what
             the
             Ministorie
             of
             England
             hath
             done
             for
             you
             .
          
           My
           Warrant
           for
           the
           moving
           of
           this
           unto
           you
           ,
           besides
           your
           gratitude
           ,
           I
           may
           shew
           from
           divers
           of
           your
           owne
           Orders
           ,
           and
           expressions
           .
           For
           in
           how
           many
           of
           your
           addresses
           and
           desires
           to
           the
           City
           or
           Countrey
           for
           the
           raising
           of
           moneyes
           ,
           men
           ,
           or
           Horses
           ,
           have
           you
           still
           laid
           much
           upon
           the
           hands
           and
           fidelity
           
           of
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           to
           promote
           the
           Worke
           ,
           and
           to
           stirre
           up
           their
           severall
           Congregations
           to
           it
           ?
           And
           I
           beseech
           you
           now
           
             Commune
             with
             your
             owne
             hearts
             ,
          
           how
           they
           have
           discharged
           that
           trust
           and
           performed
           your
           Injunctions
           :
           And
           in
           your
           thoughts
           take
           up
           an
           account
           how
           they
           have
           behaved
           themselves
           in
           that
           matter
           ,
           and
           whether
           they
           have
           not
           been
           exceeding
           faithfull
           .
        
         
           Have
           not
           these
           Trumpets
           ,
           and
           these
           poore
           Pitchers
           had
           their
           share
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           share
           too
           ,
           in
           bringing
           downe
           the
           walls
           of
           
             Jericho
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Campe
           of
           
             Midian
             ?
          
           Have
           not
           they
           ,
           like
           that
           Story
           in
           
             Ezekiel
          
           37.
           if
           I
           may
           so
           expresse
           it
           ,
           
             Prophecied
             you
             up
             an
             Army
             .
          
           The
           Witnesse
           of
           these
           things
           is
           in
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           a
           witnesse
           of
           them
           is
           in
           your
           owne
           bosomes
           ,
           and
           there
           I
           leave
           the
           consideration
           of
           them
           to
           bee
           laid
           to
           heart
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           where
           is
           this
           Ministerie
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           that
           have
           been
           so
           faithfull
           ,
           so
           usefull
           to
           the
           cause
           in
           hand
           ,
           and
           so
           forward
           to
           forward
           it
           upon
           all
           occasions
           ?
           how
           are
           these
           reall
           sons
           of
           
             Zion
          
           now
           brought
           low
           ,
           despised
           ,
           oppressed
           ,
           and
           trod
           under
           foot
           in
           many
           places
           of
           the
           Land
           ?
           Their
           Ministerie
           by
           many
           scandalled
           for
           Antichristian
           ,
           their
           persons
           vilified
           ,
           sometimes
           violenced
           and
           indangered
           ,
           their
           subsistence
           impaired
           ,
           their
           quiet
           interrupted
           ,
           their
           families
           impoverished
           ;
           the
           function
           of
           the
           Ministerie
           how
           neerely
           undone
           ?
           Now
           I
           beseech
           you
           commune
           with
           your
           owne
           hearts
           what
           the
           Ministerie
           of
           
             England
          
           hath
           done
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           what
           others
           have
           done
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           then
           consider
           what
           you
           have
           to
           doe
           .
        
         
           A
           second
           thing
           that
           I
           would
           humbly
           recommend
           to
           the
           serious
           and
           sad
           debate
           and
           communication
           of
           your
           hearts
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             What
             hath
             been
             done
             before
             you
             .
          
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           cannot
           but
           take
           up
           a
           little
           of
           the
           stile
           and
           manner
           of
           expression
           that
           is
           used
           by
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           when
           hee
           was
           to
           plead
           his
           case
           before
           
             Agrippa
             ,
             Acts
          
           26.
           2.
           
           I
           thinke
           my selfe
           happy
           ,
           most
           noble
           Senate
           ,
           that
           since
           my
           Lot
           is
           fallen
           to
           speake
           unto
           you
           from
           this
           place
           ,
           that
           my
           Lot
           hath
           fallen
           upon
           such
           a
           day
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           is
           now
           but
           foureteene
           dayes
           to
           the
           time
           that
           you
           have
           appointed
           to
           humble
           your selves
           before
           
           God
           for
           some
           of
           the
           mainest
           things
           that
           I
           am
           to
           speake
           about
           .
           I
           know
           that
           they
           that
           are
           resolved
           to
           debate
           of
           these
           matters
           to
           the
           full
           ,
           betwixt
           themselves
           and
           their
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           and
           betwixt
           themselves
           and
           GOD
           on
           that
           day
           ,
           will
           patiently
           give
           mee
           leave
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           as
           by
           way
           of
           a
           preparation
           Sermon
           ,
           to
           speake
           the
           more
           freely
           concerning
           those
           things
           that
           you
           are
           resolved
           that
           Day
           to
           bee
           humbled
           for
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           againe
           therefore
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           seriously
           
             Commune
             with
             your
             owne
             Hearts
             what
             hath
             beene
             done
             before
             you
             .
          
        
         
           I
           shall
           tell
           you
           one
           of
           the
           saddest
           stories
           that
           I
           am
           perswaded
           is
           to
           be
           found
           in
           any
           Record
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           experience
           upon
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           about
           the
           violation
           of
           our
           Covenant
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           yet
           foure
           yeares
           since
           we
           entred
           into
           as
           Solemne
           a
           Covenant
           as
           ever
           did
           Nation
           ;
           and
           will
           it
           bee
           believed
           in
           the
           next
           Generation
           [
           if
           our
           guilt
           upon
           it
           doe
           not
           make
           it
           too
           evident
           ]
           Or
           would
           it
           bee
           believed
           in
           any
           remote
           parts
           of
           the
           world
           [
           but
           that
           the
           fame
           of
           it
           is
           blowne
           through
           all
           Nations
           ]
           that
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           ,
           after
           so
           Solemne
           an
           Obligation
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           that
           brought
           on
           the
           Covenant
           sitting
           ,
           the
           Covenant
           should
           bee
           so
           forgot
           ,
           as
           wee
           dolefully
           see
           dayly
           that
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           I
           might
           say
           onely
           that
           it
           is
           forgot
           :
           for
           if
           it
           were
           forgot
           onely
           ,
           there
           might
           bee
           some
           more
           excuse
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           set
           up
           as
           
             a
             signe
             to
             bee
             spoken
             against
             ,
          
           nay
           a
           Sword
           is
           gone
           through
           the
           very
           soule
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           kinde
           of
           violation
           as
           I
           think
           no
           Storie
           can
           parallel
           .
           I
           shall
           instance
           onely
           in
           two
           things
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           Wee
           vowed
           
             against
             Error
             ,
             Heresie
             and
             Schisme
             ,
          
           and
           swore
           to
           the
           God
           of
           Truth
           and
           Peace
           ,
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           our
           power
           to
           extirpate
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           root
           them
           out
           ;
           these
           Stones
           ,
           and
           Walls
           ,
           and
           Pillars
           were
           witnesses
           of
           our
           Solemne
           Ingagement
           .
           And
           now
           if
           the
           Lord
           should
           come
           to
           enquire
           what
           wee
           have
           done
           according
           to
           this
           Vow
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           I
           am
           amazed
           to
           thinke
           what
           the
           Lord
           would
           
           finde
           amongst
           us
           ;
           Would
           hee
           not
           finde
           ten
           Schismes
           now
           for
           one
           then
           ;
           twenty
           Heresies
           now
           for
           one
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           and
           forty
           Errours
           now
           for
           one
           when
           wee
           swore
           against
           them
           ?
           Was
           there
           ever
           more
           palpable
           walking
           contrarie
           to
           God
           ,
           or
           more
           desperate
           crossing
           of
           a
           Covenant
           ?
           If
           we
           had
           sworne
           ,
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           our
           Power
           ,
           to
           have
           promoted
           and
           advanced
           Errour
           ,
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           Schisme
           ,
           could
           these
           then
           have
           growne
           and
           come
           forward
           more
           ,
           then
           now
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           though
           we
           swore
           against
           them
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           so
           in
           the
           second
           place
           wee
           entred
           into
           as
           Solemne
           an
           ingagement
           for
           Reformation
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           the
           joyfull
           sound
           that
           stirred
           up
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           their
           hopes
           :
           five
           or
           six
           yeares
           agoe
           it
           was
           proclamed
           ,
           and
           betwixt
           three
           and
           foure
           yeares
           agoe
           it
           was
           Covenanted
           ;
           and
           our
           hearts
           danced
           within
           us
           for
           the
           hopes
           wee
           had
           in
           this
           particular
           .
           But
           what
           hath
           beene
           done
           ?
           
             I
             looked
             ,
          
           saith
           God
           ,
           
             for
             Grapes
             ,
             and
             behold
             sowre
             Grapes
             ,
          
           and
           nothing
           else
           .
           When
           Reformation
           was
           first
           spoken
           of
           ,
           wee
           had
           Order
           and
           Ordinances
           ,
           but
           now
           how
           is
           the
           one
           lost
           and
           the
           other
           slighted
           ?
           Wee
           had
           then
           Sacraments
           ,
           full
           Congregations
           ,
           a
           followed
           Ministerie
           ,
           and
           frequented
           Churches
           ;
           but
           now
           Sacraments
           laid
           aside
           ,
           Congregations
           scattered
           ,
           the
           Ministerie
           cryed
           downe
           ,
           Churches
           emptie
           ,
           Church
           doores
           shut
           up
           ,
           
             equestres
             Samnitum
             in
             ipso
             Samnio
             :
          
           If
           you
           look
           for
           a
           Reformation
           upon
           our
           Covenanting
           for
           Reformation
           ,
           how
           little
           to
           bee
           found
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           cleane
           contrary
           :
           
             Goe
             to
             the
             Isles
             of
          
           Chittim
           ,
           
             and
             from
             thence
             passe
             over
             to
          
           Keder
           
             in
             the
             East
             ,
          
           search
           all
           the
           Stories
           that
           are
           to
           bee
           found
           ,
           and
           enquire
           in
           all
           Nations
           under
           the
           whole
           Heavens
           ,
           whether
           the
           like
           things
           have
           beene
           done
           in
           any
           Times
           ,
           in
           any
           Nation
           ,
           and
           yet
           have
           these
           things
           been
           done
           before
           your
           eyes
           .
        
         
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           relate
           unto
           you
           a
           Story
           out
           of
           the
           Turkish
           Historie
           ,
           and
           to
           apply
           it
           :
        
         
           
             Uladislaus
          
           the
           King
           of
           
             Hungarie
             ,
          
           having
           made
           a
           League
           with
           
             Amurath
          
           the
           great
           Turke
           ,
           and
           solemnly
           Covenanted
           and
           Sealed
           to
           Articles
           thereof
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           was
           
           afterward
           perswaded
           to
           breake
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           goe
           to
           warre
           against
           
             Amurath
             .
          
           Being
           in
           the
           heate
           of
           the
           fatall
           Battaile
           at
           
             Varna
             ,
          
           the
           Turke
           drawes
           out
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           League
           out
           of
           his
           Bosome
           ,
           and
           spreads
           them
           towards
           the
           Crucifix
           which
           hee
           saw
           in
           the
           Christians
           Banner
           ,
           with
           these
           words
           ;
           
             Now
             Christ
             ,
             if
             thou
             be
             a
             God
             ,
             as
             they
             say
             thou
             art
             ,
             revenge
             the
             wrong
             done
             unto
             thy
             Name
             by
             these
             thy
             Christians
             ,
             who
             made
             this
             League
             in
             thy
             Name
             ,
             and
             now
             have
             thus
             broke
             it
             .
          
        
         
           And
           accordingly
           was
           this
           wretched
           Covenant-breach
           avenged
           with
           the
           death
           of
           
             Uladislaus
             ,
          
           and
           almost
           all
           his
           Armie
           .
        
         
           Should
           Christ
           spread
           our
           Covenant
           before
           us
           ,
           upon
           the
           same
           accusing
           termes
           as
           hee
           spread
           his
           before
           Christ
           ,
           what
           could
           wee
           answer
           ?
           Or
           if
           
             Satan
          
           should
           spread
           our
           Covenant
           before
           God
           against
           us
           ,
           as
           
             Hezekiah
          
           did
           the
           
             Assyrians
          
           Letter
           ,
           what
           could
           wee
           say
           for
           our selves
           in
           so
           horrid
           and
           so
           plaine
           a
           case
           ?
           If
           the
           Lord
           should
           implead
           us
           ,
           and
           speak
           such
           bitter
           things
           as
           these
           against
           us
           ,
           you
           have
           suffered
           the
           Solemnest
           Covenant
           to
           bee
           thus
           broken
           that
           ever
           was
           sworn
           unto
           by
           men
           :
           The
           horridest
           Heresies
           and
           Errors
           have
           grown
           amongst
           you
           ,
           that
           ever
           did
           among
           a
           Nation
           ;
           as
           glorious
           a
           Church
           as
           was
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           is
           thus
           neare
           ruined
           before
           your
           eyes
           :
           And
           the
           gloriousest
           Gospel
           that
           shone
           upon
           earth
           is
           almost
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           you
           look
           on
           ?
           How
           could
           wee
           answer
           ,
           or
           hold
           up
           our
           faces
           before
           the
           Lord
           :
           But
           how
           must
           Iniquity
           lay
           her
           hand
           upon
           her
           mouth
           ,
           and
           not
           bee
           able
           to
           speak
           a
           word
           ?
        
         
           I
           goe
           not
           about
           to
           charge
           the
           guilt
           of
           these
           things
           upon
           your
           Consciences
           ,
           farre
           bee
           that
           from
           you
           ,
           farre
           is
           that
           from
           mee
           ;
           I
           onely
           desire
           to
           presse
           the
           thoughts
           of
           these
           things
           upon
           your
           hearts
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           seriously
           bee
           moved
           ,
           and
           seriously
           affected
           with
           the
           consideration
           of
           so
           high
           and
           of
           so
           dangerous
           import
           ,
           and
           may
           sadly
           
             Commune
             with
             your
             owne
             hearts
             what
             you
             have
             to
             doe
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           This
           is
           the
           third
           thing
           that
           I
           would
           humbly
           leave
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           recommend
           unto
           you
           to
           ruminate
           upon
           ;
           and
           to
           
           debate
           with
           your
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           Not
           that
           I
           thinke
           to
           offer
           you
           any
           thing
           as
           your
           Direction
           ;
           I
           am
           the
           least
           able
           for
           that
           of
           any
           that
           speak
           unto
           you
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           would
           minde
           you
           a
           little
           of
           those
           things
           that
           you
           have
           to
           doe
           withall
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           in
           your
           transacting
           three
           things
           of
           the
           nicest
           and
           tenderest
           handling
           and
           medling
           with
           ,
           that
           can
           come
           to
           hands
           of
           mortall
           men
           :
           and
           those
           are
           ,
           
             the
             worke
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             life
             of
             soules
             ,
             and
             complaints
             of
             poor
             and
             oppressed
             ones
             .
          
           Who
           is
           sufficient
           for
           any
           of
           these
           things
           ?
           and
           yet
           all
           these
           things
           do
           now
           lye
           upon
           your
           hands
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           You
           are
           to
           doe
           ,
           and
           are
           in
           doing
           the
           worke
           of
           God
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           build
           his
           House
           ,
           to
           maintaine
           his
           Truth
           ,
           and
           to
           execute
           his
           Justice
           ,
           for
           so
           let
           mee
           stile
           it
           :
           things
           of
           the
           highest
           Honour
           and
           Concernment
           that
           can
           bee
           intrusted
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           men
           :
           you
           had
           need
           to
           bee
           truely
           sensible
           ,
           and
           clearely
           and
           conscienciously
           to
           apprehend
           how
           great
           this
           worke
           is
           that
           you
           are
           about
           ,
           and
           to
           discourse
           ,
           and
           debate
           with
           your
           hearts
           againe
           and
           againe
           ,
           how
           great
           a
           taske
           there
           lies
           upon
           you
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           How
           many
           thousands
           ,
           nay
           millions
           of
           soules
           ,
           and
           their
           eternall
           Estate
           now
           lyes
           upon
           your
           hands
           ,
           of
           the
           soules
           of
           the
           present
           and
           the
           future
           Generations
           ?
           
             Onus
             ipsis
             Angelis
             formidandum
             .
          
           Oh
           how
           it
           does
           concerne
           you
           most
           intimately
           to
           consider
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           lay
           it
           to
           heart
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           humbly
           recommend
           to
           your
           hearts
           to
           debate
           and
           to
           determine
           upon
           one
           Question
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           name
           no
           more
           ,
           which
           I
           cannot
           ,
           I
           dare
           not
           goe
           about
           to
           determine
           .
           And
           that
           is
           this
           :
           there
           are
           now
           many
           ,
           and
           many
           Congregations
           in
           this
           our
           Land
           ,
           that
           either
           for
           want
           of
           meanes
           ,
           or
           through
           unquietnesse
           of
           Sectaries
           ,
           or
           Malignants
           ,
           want
           Pastors
           and
           have
           done
           long
           ;
           and
           this
           want
           still
           encreaseth
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           dayly
           :
           And
           so
           in
           divers
           places
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           people
           runne
           Riot
           ,
           and
           doe
           what
           seems
           good
           in
           their
           owne
           eyes
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           of
           Execution
           of
           Justice
           among
           them
           .
           Now
           at
           whose
           hands
           the
           bloud
           of
           these
           soules
           ,
           who
           in
           this
           case
           cannot
           but
           be
           in
           miserable
           danger
           ,
           will
           be
           required
           ;
           when
           Ministers
           
           were
           in
           those
           places
           ,
           when
           Justices
           were
           in
           their
           places
           ,
           we
           know
           then
           to
           whom
           the
           charge
           of
           those
           Soules
           belonged
           ;
           but
           now
           I
           beseech
           you
           seriously
           to
           Commune
           with
           your
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           where
           the
           bloud
           and
           life
           of
           those
           soules
           lies
           chargeable
           now
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           You
           have
           to
           doe
           with
           the
           Complaints
           of
           poore
           and
           oppressed
           ones
           ;
           things
           of
           as
           dangerous
           an
           edge
           ,
           if
           put
           up
           to
           heaven
           against
           any
           person
           ,
           as
           any
           other
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           great
           crie
           in
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           complaining
           in
           every
           Angle
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ;
           some
           for
           want
           of
           pay
           ,
           some
           for
           want
           of
           Justice
           ,
           too
           many
           through
           the
           Pressures
           of
           Publicans
           through
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           the
           unjust
           Exactors
           of
           your
           just
           Taxations
           ,
           that
           lay
           on
           burthens
           of
           their
           owne
           ,
           and
           either
           for
           their
           owne
           advantage
           or
           revenge
           ,
           multiply
           Pressures
           ,
           and
           create
           Complaints
           in
           every
           quarter
           .
        
         
           Honourable
           and
           Honoured
           ,
           these
           three
           things
           are
           those
           things
           that
           you
           have
           to
           deale
           withall
           :
           and
           upon
           the
           import
           of
           those
           three
           things
           ,
           give
           mee
           leave
           to
           represent
           these
           two
           particulars
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           these
           things
           will
           admit
           of
           no
           delaying
           ;
           nor
           doing
           the
           Worke
           that
           concernes
           them
           any
           negligence
           :
           For
           1.
           the
           Church
           by
           delaies
           may
           bee
           ruined
           ,
           Truth
           may
           bee
           quite
           lost
           ,
           Soules
           may
           be
           undone
           and
           perish
           ,
           Sinnes
           are
           growing
           high
           and
           complaints
           lowd
           .
           Now
           Lord
           come
           before
           
             Lazarus
          
           dye
           .
           2.
           
           A
           little
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           delay
           still
           ,
           may
           chance
           at
           last
           to
           cause
           a
           Decree
           to
           passe
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           there
           shall
           bee
           no
           healing
           at
           all
           :
           So
           did
           delay
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           in
           the
           second
           of
           
             Judges
             .
          
           There
           
             Christ
          
           at
           
             Bochin
          
           tells
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           whereas
           hee
           had
           undertaken
           to
           Conquer
           
             Canaan
          
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           had
           done
           hitherto
           ,
           and
           had
           waited
           hitherto
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           expell
           the
           
             Canaanites
             ,
          
           and
           settle
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           they
           
           had
           not
           done
           it
           ,
           hee
           would
           now
           henceforward
           Conquer
           no
           more
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           These
           things
           will
           not
           admit
           the
           Worke
           that
           concerneth
           them
           to
           bee
           done
           by
           halfes
           .
           The
           Worke
           of
           the
           LORD
           must
           bee
           perfect
           ,
           and
           CHRISTS
           floore
           throughly
           purged
           .
           God
           abhorres
           Monsters
           in
           Sacrifices
           in
           the
           Leviticall
           Law
           ,
           and
           so
           doth
           he
           in
           matters
           of
           Reformation
           ;
           all
           excesse
           or
           defect
           ,
           beyond
           or
           short
           of
           his
           Will
           suits
           not
           with
           his
           Worke
           .
           A
           Word
           is
           enough
           to
           the
           Wise
           .
           I
           leave
           all
           to
           the
           serious
           Communication
           of
           you
           with
           your
           owne
           hearts
           ;
           and
           you
           and
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           hath
           beene
           said
           to
           the
           blessing
           of
           our
           good
           God
           .
           And
           I
           shall
           onely
           crave
           leave
           to
           relate
           and
           apply
           one
           storie
           more
           ,
           and
           so
           have
           I
           done
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           reported
           of
           a
           poore
           
             Macedonian
             ,
          
           that
           having
           his
           Cause
           pleading
           at
           the
           Barre
           before
           King
           PHILIP
           ,
           the
           King
           in
           the
           meane
           while
           sitting
           in
           a
           sleepie
           Posture
           upon
           the
           Beneh
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           passing
           a
           sleepy
           Sentence
           against
           the
           man
           ,
           and
           casting
           him
           in
           his
           Cause
           ,
           the
           poore
           man
           cryes
           out
           ,
           
             I
             appeale
             ,
             I
             appeale
             .
          
           This
           wakes
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           makes
           him
           to
           start
           up
           :
           
             Appeale
             ?
          
           sayes
           hee
           ,
           
             To
             whom
             canst
             thou
             Appeale
             beyond
             mee
             ?
             Am
             not
             I
             the
             King
             ?
          
           The
           poore
           man
           answered
           ;
           
             I
             Appeale
             from
             King
          
           PHILIP
           
             asleep
             to
             King
          
           PHILIP
           
             awake
             .
          
        
         
           If
           there
           bee
           any
           heart
           here
           that
           is
           moved
           or
           raised
           any
           whit
           against
           mee
           for
           any
           thing
           that
           I
           have
           thus
           freely
           spoken
           ,
           I
           first
           Appeale
           to
           the
           knower
           of
           all
           hearts
           ,
           before
           whom
           I
           stand
           ,
           who
           knoweth
           with
           what
           heart
           I
           have
           spoken
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           againe
           I
           appeale
           from
           that
           heart
           asleep
           ,
           as
           it
           lyes
           muffled
           in
           Pride
           or
           Peevishnesse
           ,
           or
           Selvishnesse
           ,
           or
           Selfe-Interests
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           distemper
           or
           Passion
           ;
           to
           that
           heart
           ,
           when
           it
           shall
           bee
           awaked
           ,
           either
           by
           Grace
           ,
           or
           by
           Justice
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           summons
           of
           Death
           ,
           
           or
           by
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           last
           Trumpe
           ,
           when
           that
           heart
           and
           mine
           must
           both
           appeare
           before
           the
           Tribunall
           of
           him
           that
           knowes
           all
           hearts
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           that
           great
           Judge
           ,
           the
           King
           Eternall
           ,
           Immortall
           ,
           Invisible
           ,
           the
           onely
           Wise
           GOD
           ,
           be
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Glorie
           for
           ever
           and
           ever
           .
           
             AMEN
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
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               ,
            
          
           
             
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             3.