Pseudeleutheria. Or Lawlesse liberty. Set forth in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Major of London, &c. in Pauls, Aug. 16. 1646. / By Edvvard Terry, Minister of the Word, and pastor of the church at Great-Greenford in the country of Middlesex. Sept. 11. 1646. Imprimatur. John Downame.
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             Pseudeleutheria. Or Lawlesse liberty. Set forth in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Major of London, &c. in Pauls, Aug. 16. 1646. / By Edvvard Terry, Minister of the Word, and pastor of the church at Great-Greenford in the country of Middlesex. Sept. 11. 1646. Imprimatur. John Downame.
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           ΨΕΥΔΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ
           .
           OR
           ,
           
             Lawlesse
             Liberty
             .
          
           SET
           FORTH
           IN
           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           BEFORE
           THE
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lord
           Major
           of
           London
           ,
           &c.
           in
           PAULS
           ,
           
             Aug.
             16.
             1646.
             
          
        
         
           By
           EDVVARD
           TERRY
           ,
           Minister
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           and
           Pastor
           of
           the
           Church
           at
           
             Great-Greenford
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Middlesex
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Law
             was
             not
             made
             for
             the
             righteous
             man
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             lawlesse
             and
             disobedient
             ,
             for
             ungodly
             ,
             and
             for
             sinners
             .
          
           
             1.
             Tim.
             1.
             9.
             
          
        
         
           
             Ye
             shall
             keepe
             my
             statutes
             and
             doe
             them
             ,
             I
             am
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           
             Levit.
             20.
             8.
             
          
        
         
           
             Submit
             your selves
             to
             every
             Ordinance
             of
             man
             for
             the
             Lords
             sake
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             to
             the
             King
             as
             supreame
             ,
             or
             unto
             Governours
             ,
             as
             unto
             them
             that
             are
             sent
             by
             him
             for
             the
             punishment
             of
             evill
             doers
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             praise
             of
             them
             that
             doe
             well
             .
          
           
             1.
             Pet.
             2.
             13.
             14.
             
          
        
         
           
             Some
             mocked
             :
             and
             others
             sayd
             ,
             We
             will
             heare
             thee
             againe
             of
             this
             matter
             .
          
           
             Act.
             17.
             32.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Imprimatur
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Sept.
                       11.
                       1646.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     John
                     Downame
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Thomas
             Harper
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Charles
             Greene
             ,
          
           at
           his
           shop
           in
           Ivie
           Lane
           ,
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Gun
           .
           1646.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           deservedly
           Honoured
           ,
           Sir
           GILBERT
           GERARD
           ,
           Baronet
           ,
           and
           Sir
           JOHN
           FRANKLIN
           ,
           Knight
           Knights
           for
           the
           County
           of
           Middlesex
           ,
           in
           this
           present
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           
             Right
             Worshipfull
             ,
          
        
         
           THere
           is
           no
           condition
           whatsoever
           ,
           can
           priviledge
           a
           folded
           Arme
           :
           For
           if
           Idlenesse
           had
           beene
           better
           then
           Labour
           ,
           our
           first
           Parents
           had
           never
           beene
           
             put
             into
             the
             Garden
             to
             dresse
             it
             :
          
           but
           they
           must
           labour
           then
           in
           their
           innocent
           estate
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           happy
           :
           and
           so
           much
           more
           must
           every
           one
           of
           us
           in
           his
           sinfull
           condition
           ;
           get
           up
           and
           be
           doing
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           so
           .
           The
           Church
           of
           God
           
             is
             a
             Garden
             enclosed
             ,
          
           so
           Cant.
           4.
           12.
           otherwise
           called
           ,
           
             the
             vineyard
             of
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ,
          
           Isaiah
           5.
           7.
           
           Now
           ,
           
             Laberandum
             in
             vinea
             ,
          
           Labourers
           are
           for
           this
           vineyard
           ,
           where
           they
           shall
           ever
           finde
           ,
           never
           want
           worke
           :
           they
           therefore
           which
           dare
           be
           idle
           and
           loyter
           heere
           ,
           are
           worthy
           to
           be
           cast
           out
           .
           The
           Apostle
           compares
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           to
           a
           
             building
             ,
          
           Ep.
           2.
           20.
           the
           beauty
           whereof
           hath
           ever
           beene
           such
           a
           great
           eye-sore
           to
           all
           ungodly
           men
           ,
           that
           their
           mouthes
           of
           wickednesse
           have
           still
           extended
           themselves
           wide
           against
           it
           ,
           crying
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           they
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           Psa.
           137.
           7.
           
           
             Rase
             it
             ,
             rase
             it
             ;
          
           and
           their
           hands
           of
           violence
           lifted
           up
           ,
           to
           
             downe
             with
             it
             ,
             downe
             with
             it
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             foundation
             thereof
             .
          
           The
           case
           being
           thus
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           worthy
           to
           be
           esteemed
           a
           member
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           labours
           not
           with
           the
           very
           utmost
           of
           his
           endevours
           ,
           one
           way
           or
           other
           ,
           to
           
             uphold
             ,
             defend
             ,
             maintaine
             ,
             enlarge
          
           this
           building
           ,
           to
           keepe
           this
           
             vineyard
          
           from
           waste
           ,
           this
           
             Fabricke
          
           from
           ruine
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           possibly
           continue
           ,
           were
           it
           in
           the
           power
           of
           men
           or
           divels
           to
           destroy
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           ever
           Distractions
           ,
           Dissentions
           ,
           Divisions
           ,
           threatned
           the
           wel-being
           of
           a
           Church
           and
           State
           (
           as
           they
           alwayes
           doe
           )
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           is
           in
           very
           much
           danger
           ;
           wherein
           a
           generall
           liberty
           is
           taken
           ,
           in
           matters
           which
           concerne
           Religion
           ,
           by
           people
           (
           of
           what
           spirit
           I
           know
           not
           )
           to
           doe
           what
           they
           please
           ,
           not
           what
           they
           should
           .
           Our
           malady
           we
           see
           ,
           and
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           complaine
           of
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           be
           not
           a
           speedy
           cure
           thought
           on
           to
           apply
           unto
           our
           hurt
           ,
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           may
           shortly
           take
           up
           that
           saying
           ,
           and
           make
           particular
           application
           of
           it
           ,
           
             prudens
             ,
             sciens
             ,
             vivus
             ,
             vidensque
             pereo
             .
          
        
         
           For
           my selfe
           being
           lately
           called
           to
           that
           publicke
           place
           where
           this
           Sermon
           
           was
           delivered
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           my
           duty
           to
           fall
           upon
           some
           subject
           that
           might
           have
           relation
           to
           our
           present
           times
           and
           distempers
           .
           In
           which
           you
           may
           please
           cleerely
           to
           behold
           the
           
             necessity
             of
             Government
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             Church
             as
             State
             ,
          
           Then
           ,
           
             how
             generally
             it
             is
             disaffected
             ,
             and
             by
             whom
             :
             esteemed
             the
             heaviest
             of
             all
             burthens
             :
             who
             therefore
             doe
             what
             they
             can
             to
             throw
             it
             off
             :
          
           which
           meditations
           ,
           as
           they
           then
           passed
           through
           the
           eares
           (
           as
           I
           feare
           )
           of
           many
           who
           then
           heard
           them
           :
           (
           for
           this
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           ,
           that
           abundance
           of
           this
           spirituall
           seed
           every where
           miscarries
           )
           so
           they
           now
           most
           humbly
           desire
           leave
           to
           take
           the
           boldnes
           ,
           that
           through
           Yours
           ,
           they
           may
           passe
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           others
           ,
           that
           may
           consider
           them
           at
           leysure
           and
           upon
           better
           advantage
           .
        
         
           
             Vox
             audita
             perit
             ,
             litera
             scripta
             manet
             .
          
           That
           which
           we
           only
           hear
           may
           easily
           slip
           from
           us
           ;
           when
           as
           that
           we
           read
           ,
           &
           may
           read
           againe
           ,
           in
           probability
           may
           stick
           by
           us
           .
           And
           the
           Lord
           in
           mercy
           make
           this
           thus
           successeful
           .
        
         
           For
           surely
           there
           were
           never
           any
           people
           under
           heaven
           that
           enjoyed
           and
           wanted
           more
           instruction
           then
           we
           doe
           :
           when
           we
           seriously
           consider
           how
           that
           Almighty
           God
           hath
           laid
           wide
           open
           before
           us
           the
           Books
           of
           his
           
             revealed
             will
             ,
          
           of
           his
           
             mercies
             ,
          
           of
           his
           
             judgements
             :
          
           yet
           though
           we
           have
           been
           taught
           abundantly
           by
           precepts
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           
             learned
             :
          
           been
           prest
           upon
           by
           mercies
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           
             regarded
             :
          
           and
           chastned
           too
           by
           the
           keenest
           ,
           the
           sharpest
           of
           all
           temporall
           judgements
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           been
           
             taught
             ▪
          
           Doubtlesse
           ,
           the
           body
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           was
           exceedingly
           corrupted
           ,
           when
           it
           could
           not
           live
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           
             bled
             ,
          
           as
           it
           hath
           abundantly
           done
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           cure
           is
           not
           
             perfect
             ,
          
           nor
           ever
           shal
           be
           ,
           till
           Reformation
           make
           up
           that
           
             breach
             ,
          
           which
           ungodlinesse
           hath
           
             troden
             downe
             .
          
           Now
           there
           is
           no
           Reformation
           to
           be
           hoped
           for
           ,
           without
           Religion
           :
           and
           no
           life
           ,
           no
           power
           of
           Religion
           ,
           without
           Government
           ,
           to
           
             order
          
           it
           ,
           
             guard
          
           it
           ,
           
             encourage
          
           it
           .
           Which
           Church-Government
           ,
           that
           Great
           Councell
           (
           of
           whom
           your
           very
           worthy
           Selves
           are
           a
           part
           )
           have
           resolved
           speedily
           to
           establish
           .
           The
           City
           of
           London
           are
           ready
           to
           taste
           ,
           and
           like
           ,
           and
           entertaine
           it
           .
           We
           in
           the
           Country
           do
           exceedingly
           want
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           present
           want
           of
           that
           most
           desired
           issue
           of
           your
           great
           labours
           ,
           is
           ready
           to
           fill
           us
           with
           as
           much
           impatiency
           ,
           as
           poore
           Rachel
           expressed
           for
           want
           of
           children
           ,
           Gen.
           30.
           1.
           
        
         
           
             Now
             the
             Lord
             send
             it
             ,
             and
             settle
             it
             throughout
             the
             whole
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             make
             all
             those
             that
             shal
             be
             called
             ,
             to
             act
             in
             this
             great
             work
             ,
             like
             Joshua
             ,
             who
             when
             he
             was
             appointed
             to
             be
             a
             Leader
             and
             a
             Governour
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             Deut.
             34.
             9.
             
               was
               full
               of
               the
               spirit
               of
               wisedome
               :
            
             And
             fill
             them
             full
             of
             the
             
               spirit
               of
               zeale
            
             too
             ,
             for
             the
             house
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             Gods
             glory
             
             in
             the
             increase
             of
             his
             Church
             ,
             may
             be
             ever
             before
             their
             eies
             ,
             ever
             in
             their
             aime
             .
             And
             the
             Lord
             make
             us
             who
             are
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             in
             a
             speciall
             maner
             to
             apply
             our selves
             unto
             all
             those
             ,
             with
             whom
             wee
             shall
             have
             to
             deale
             in
             all
             
               love
               ,
            
             and
             
               meekenesse
               ,
            
             and
             
               tendernesse
               ,
            
             and
             
               prudence
               ,
            
             that
             so
             good
             and
             so
             great
             a
             worke
             ,
             be
             not
             quite
             mar'd
             by
             an
             ungodly
             ,
             indiscreet
             or
             carelesse
             handling
             .
             And
             the
             Lord
             give
             us
             arguments
             to
             perswade
             those
             that
             have
             long
             continued
             in
             blindnesse
             ,
             and
             consequently
             have
             beene
             ignorant
             of
             the
             necessary
             truths
             of
             God
             ,
             now
             to
             encline
             their
             eares
             unto
             wisdome
             ,
             and
             to
             apply
             their
             hearts
             unto
             understanding
             ,
             Pr.
             2.
             2.
             that
             they
             may
             be
             while
             they
             are
             in
             a
             capacity
             of
             helpe
             ,
             entreated
             to
             suffer
             God
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             to
             save
             their
             soules
             :
             and
             let
             God
             arise
             and
             have
             mercy
             in
             building
             up
             his
             Sion
             amongst
             us
             ,
             that
             after
             our
             Eclipse
             ,
             he
             may
             appeare
             unto
             us
             in
             glory
             .
          
        
         
           There
           was
           never
           yet
           any
           good
           and
           great
           worke
           carried
           on
           without
           much
           opposition
           .
           From
           which
           ,
           if
           that
           worke
           of
           Church-Government
           ,
           so
           seriously
           and
           long
           debated
           by
           You
           ,
           had
           beene
           exempted
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           joyned
           with
           those
           that
           had
           most
           questioned
           it
           .
           But
           now
           
             a
             great
             and
             effectuall
             dore
             is
             opened
             unto
             you
             ;
          
           God
           having
           so
           blessed
           the
           way
           you
           have
           resolved
           to
           goe
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           given
           it
           a
           free
           entrance
           into
           the
           hearts
           of
           many
           of
           his
           people
           ;
           
             And
             you
             have
             many
             adversaries
             ;
          
           and
           it
           cannot
           be
           otherwise
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           there
           are
           such
           a
           number
           amongst
           us
           ,
           who
           are
           like
           bad
           Wares
           ,
           which
           are
           for
           Darke
           shops
           ,
           or
           like
           unto
           Bleare-eyes
           ,
           that
           cannot
           endure
           the
           Light
           .
        
         
           Most
           worthy
           Sirs
           ,
           I
           dare
           not
           flatter
           you
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           not
           ,
           if
           I
           tell
           you
           that
           it
           hath
           been
           ever
           my
           thoughts
           ,
           as
           the
           thoughts
           of
           very
           many
           more
           ,
           who
           have
           best
           meanes
           to
           know
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           done
           your
           parts
           in
           this
           great
           worke
           .
           The
           advantage
           of
           whose
           prayers
           ,
           you
           shall
           never
           want
           to
           carry
           you
           on
           ,
           in
           it
           ,
           through
           it
           :
           and
           then
           whatsoever
           the
           successe
           be
           ,
           you
           may
           wash
           your
           Hands
           .
           The
           Lord
           who
           only
           can
           ,
           most
           graciously
           assist
           ,
           and
           abundantly
           recompence
           the
           unwearied
           paines
           of
           you
           All
           .
           I
           have
           this
           only
           to
           adde
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           your
           particular
           Selves
           ,
           that
           if
           my
           deare
           and
           tender
           respects
           unto
           you
           ,
           cannot
           ,
           your
           pardon
           may
           excuse
           him
           for
           this
           boldnesse
           ,
           who
           is
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Worships
             ,
             
             in
             all
             Christian
             observance
             
             
               Edward
               Terry
               .
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           EVer
           since
           the
           world
           hath
           been
           planted
           with
           two
           different
           Seedes
           ,
           all
           the
           words
           and
           actions
           of
           men
           have
           been
           exposed
           unto
           severall
           interpretations
           ,
           as
           this
           following
           Sermon
           expected
           ,
           and
           found
           ;
           (
           which
           occasioned
           this
           preface
           )
           at
           which
           if
           they
           who
           tooke
           most
           exception
           ,
           could
           but
           know
           ,
           how
           tender
           I
           am
           of
           thinking
           amisse
           ,
           much
           more
           ,
           of
           saying
           or
           doing
           any
           thing
           that
           may
           justly
           grieve
           the
           spirits
           of
           any
           who
           truely
           feare
           God
           :
           He
           would
           enter
           into
           consideration
           ,
           whether
           I
           in
           reprooving
           ,
           or
           he
           in
           meriting
           just
           reproofe
           deserved
           most
           blame
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           trouble
           any
           one
           who
           hath
           not
           quite
           lost
           himselfe
           ,
           to
           consider
           how
           these
           present
           times
           have
           distracted
           a
           very
           great
           number
           amongst
           us
           by
           variety
           of
           opinions
           :
           Many
           of
           which
           though
           they
           agree
           in
           the
           maine
           ,
           (
           when
           a
           great
           number
           goe
           very
           much
           further
           and
           doe
           not
           )
           so
           quarrell
           and
           contend
           about
           the
           list
           and
           fringe
           of
           Christs
           garment
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           meant
           to
           rend
           in
           peeces
           that
           seamelesse
           coate
           which
           must
           cover
           our
           nakednesse
           .
           Alas
           Christ
           hath
           suffered
           abundantly
           for
           us
           already
           ;
           why
           then
           deale
           we
           so
           injuriously
           with
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           teare
           open
           his
           wounds
           afresh
           by
           sad
           oppositions
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           now
           to
           be
           divided
           twixt
           Paul
           ,
           and
           Apollo
           ,
           and
           Cephas
           ,
           which
           thing
           the
           Apostle
           reproves
           and
           complaines
           of
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           1.
           12.
           amongst
           whom
           ,
           some
           were
           taken
           with
           St.
           
           Pauls
           ministry
           ,
           some
           with
           Apollo
           ,
           some
           with
           Cephas
           ,
           admiring
           one
           of
           them
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           the
           rest
           .
           And
           there
           were
           some
           that
           said
           
             I
             am
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           And
           what
           were
           these
           ?
           But
           people
           of
           severall
           factions
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Corinth
           ,
           the
           last
           of
           which
           (
           though
           we
           may
           parallel
           them
           all
           )
           were
           of
           the
           very
           selfe
           same
           minde
           ,
           that
           many
           amongst
           us
           ;
           are
           growne
           such
           
             perfectists
             ,
          
           that
           they
           esteeme
           themselves
           above
           all
           ordinances
           ,
           and
           therefore
           shamefully
           neglect
           them
           :
           So
           depending
           (
           as
           they
           say
           )
           upon
           Christ
           ,
           that
           they
           care
           not
           for
           any
           Preacher
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           they
           regard
           them
           not
           ,
           they
           refuse
           to
           heare
           ,
           or
           pray
           with
           them
           ,
           especially
           if
           they
           be
           orthodox
           ,
           or
           rightly
           principled
           .
        
         
           God
           hath
           sent
           forth
           abundance
           of
           light
           and
           truth
           ,
           Psal.
           43.
           3.
           
           Truth
           sufficient
           to
           establish
           ,
           annd
           light
           sufficient
           to
           guide
           us
           ;
           and
           it
           would
           be
           very
           sad
           ,
           if
           an
           over
           curious
           search
           after
           new
           light
           ,
           should
           put
           us
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           the
           old
           way
           ,
           the
           good
           way
           ,
           〈◊〉
           6.
           16.
           and
           so
           make
           us
           to
           hazard
           the
           losse
           of
           old
           truth
           .
        
         
           Alas
           ,
           what
           would
           we
           have
           ?
           What
           doe
           we
           expect
           ?
           A
           new
           Christ
           ,
           a
           new
           Passion
           ,
           a
           new
           Resurrection
           :
           What
           would
           we
           be
           ?
           Members
           of
           a
           glorious
           Church
           that
           hath
           neither
           spot
           ,
           nor
           wrinkle
           ,
           nor
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           Ephe.
           5.
           27.
           we
           must
           wait
           for
           that
           hereafter
           ;
           Why
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           doe
           so
           many
           sad
           quarrells
           ,
           sharpe
           contentions
           arise
           amongst
           us
           ?
           When
           we
           have
           ,
           said
           and
           done
           what
           we
           can
           Knowing
           ,
           Beleeving
           ,
           Doing
           ,
           or
           Faith
           ,
           &
           Practise
           well
           studied
           that
           they
           may
           be
           known
           ,
           include
           in
           them
           a
           Christians
           whole
           duty
           here
           .
        
         
           And
           doubtlesse
           a
           number
           shall
           one
           day
           finde
           ,
           (
           if
           ever
           they
           returne
           againe
           unto
           themselves
           )
           themselves
           most
           miserably
           deluded
           ,
           that
           have
           hoped
           to
           finde
           ,
           some
           other
           ,
           some
           nearer
           ,
           and
           more
           safe
           and
           certaine
           way
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           then
           that
           by
           which
           all
           the
           holy
           men
           of
           God
           have
           passed
           ,
           then
           that
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           pointed
           out
           unto
           us
           ,
           by
           the
           lives
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           enlightned
           for
           us
           by
           the
           flames
           of
           the
           Martyrs
           .
           Yet
           it
           is
           most
           notoriously
           manifest
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           too
           too
           many
           amongst
           us
           ,
           that
           prescribe
           a
           shorter
           passage
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           
           then
           any
           of
           those
           worthies
           have
           sound
           ,
           by
           removing
           all
           those
           blocks
           and
           rubs
           which
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           casts
           in
           a
           Christians
           way
           thither
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           more
           difficult
           :
           Which
           Doctrine
           if
           it
           were
           as
           true
           as
           it
           is
           plausible
           ,
           he
           were
           worthy
           to
           perish
           without
           party
           ,
           that
           would
           not
           close
           with
           it
           :
           But
           this
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           ,
           that
           not
           any
           one
           of
           those
           holy
           men
           of
           God
           mentioned
           in
           the
           sacred
           story
           before
           the
           comming
           of
           Christ
           ,
           nor
           any
           since
           ,
           whose
           praises
           are
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           have
           made
           it
           appeare
           unto
           the
           world
           that
           there
           is
           any
           such
           way
           to
           be
           discovered
           :
           That
           blessed
           Apostle
           himselfe
           ,
           who
           was
           such
           a
           chosen
           vessell
           ,
           who
           had
           such
           abundance
           of
           Revelations
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           12
           7.
           was
           never
           acquainted
           with
           this
           ;
           if
           he
           had
           ,
           certainely
           he
           would
           never
           have
           complained
           so
           much
           ,
           so
           often
           of
           the
           Law
           which
           gives
           such
           a
           
             strength
             to
             sin
          
           and
           such
           a
           
             sting
             to
             death
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           15
           56
           He
           would
           never
           have
           so
           complained
           of
           
             that
             body
             of
             sin
             ,
             of
             that
             body
             of
             Death
             which
             was
             in
             him
             .
          
        
         
           And
           therefore
           Reader
           ,
           let
           me
           entreate
           thee
           now
           before
           thou
           leave
           me
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           patience
           seriously
           to
           consider
           of
           ,
           these
           following
           particulars
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           speciall
           manner
           to
           take
           heede
           of
           spirituall
           Pride
           ,
           that
           great
           sin
           which
           banes
           thousands
           ,
           by
           sad
           and
           severall
           mistakes
           ,
           in
           entertaining
           a
           floating
           knowledge
           ,
           for
           true
           wisdome
           ;
           a
           distempered
           heate
           ,
           for
           true
           Zeale
           ;
           Conceits
           and
           conceivings
           about
           Religion
           ,
           to
           be
           true
           Religion
           indeede
           .
           Oh
           how
           doth
           this
           Pride
           swell
           ,
           bladder
           ,
           puffe
           up
           thousands
           like
           empty
           vessells
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           great
           sound
           ;
           Putting
           low
           and
           base
           esteemes
           upon
           others
           ;
           Like
           the
           people
           of
           China
           ,
           who
           boast
           that
           themselves
           only
           have
           two
           eyes
           ;
           when
           all
           the
           people
           in
           the
           world
           beside
           ,
           have
           but
           one
           .
           Know
           thou
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           excellent
           Christian
           in
           the
           world
           is
           most
           humble
           ;
           And
           that
           a
           good
           man
           is
           first
           in
           another
           mans
           ,
           last
           in
           his
           owne
           commendation
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           know
           that
           there
           is
           a
           naturall
           aptnesse
           ,
           and
           propensity
           in
           all
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           Idols
           in
           their
           
             hearts
             and
             heads
             ,
          
           Ezek.
           14.
           
           Where
           they
           are
           hardly
           discovered
           ,
           and
           whence
           not
           easily
           remooved
           ,
           which
           they
           doe
           not
           only
           love
           ,
           but
           dote
           on
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           hug
           ,
           and
           dandle
           those
           deformed
           issues
           of
           their
           owne
           braines
           ,
           as
           women
           doe
           the
           Children
           of
           their
           bodies
           ,
           and
           esteem
           ,
           what
           ever
           others
           thinke
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Crow
           their
           Bird
           most
           faire
           ,
           
             Woe
             unto
             them
          
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             that
             call
             evill
             good
             ,
             and
             good
             evill
             ;
             that
             put
             darkenesse
             for
             light
             ,
             and
             light
             for
             darkenesse
             ,
             and
             woe
             unto
             them
             that
             are
             wise
             in
             their
             owne
             eyes
             &c.
          
           Isaiah
           5.
           20.
           21.
           because
           wisedome
           presumed
           on
           ,
           and
           drawne
           from
           the
           broken
           cisterne
           of
           a
           mans
           owne
           braine
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           reputation
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           hath
           as
           great
           an
           woe
           before
           it
           in
           that
           Chapter
           ,
           as
           the
           sins
           of
           
             Covetousnesse
             ,
          
           or
           
             Oppression
             ,
          
           or
           
             Drunkennesse
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           take
           this
           for
           granted
           before
           hand
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           very
           much
           deceit
           in
           appearance
           ,
           if
           not
           ,
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           had
           spared
           that
           precept
           in
           the
           seventh
           Chapter
           of
           Iohn
           v.
           24
           
             not
             to
             judge
             of
             things
             according
             to
             appearance
             ,
             but
             to
             judge
             righteous
             judgement
             .
          
           Because
           many
           things
           that
           appeare
           ,
           are
           not
           what
           they
           appeare
           to
           be
           :
           Because
           Satan
           that
           he
           may
           the
           more
           certainely
           deceive
           ,
           
             can
             transforme
             himselfe
             into
             an
             Angel
             of
             light
          
           2
           Cor.
           11.
           14.
           
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           in
           all
           thy
           undertakings
           before
           thou
           conclude
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           order
           thy
           actions
           ,
           and
           thy
           resolutions
           by
           those
           words
           in
           the
           nineteenth
           of
           Judges
           the
           last
           verse
           ,
           first
           ,
           
             consider
             ,
          
           secondly
           ,
           
             take
             advice
             ,
          
           thirdly
           ,
           
             speake
             thy
             minde
             ,
          
           or
           resolve
           what
           to
           doe
           :
           Or
           as
           that
           Scripture
           is
           rendred
           in
           the
           former
           translation
           1
           
             consider
             ,
             2
             consult
             ,
             3
             give
             sentence
             .
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           seriously
           consider
           of
           the
           thing
           in
           question
           ;
           for
           Inconsideration
           ,
           and
           Prejudice
           were
           never
           made
           for
           competent
           Judges
           .
           Consider
           of
           things
           whether
           they
           be
           true
           or
           false
           .
           Now
           for
           the
           triall
           of
           truth
           ;
           Antiquity
           must
           ground
           ,
           and
           bottome
           it
           :
           The
           un-erring
           word
           of
           God
           must
           balance
           and
           trie
           it
           :
           And
           the
           lives
           and
           practises
           of
           all
           the
           holy
           men
           
           of
           God
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           proposed
           to
           us
           for
           examples
           must
           ratifie
           and
           confirme
           it
           ,
           and
           this
           scrutinie
           must
           be
           most
           impartially
           carried
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           truth
           is
           grounded
           upon
           Antiquity
           ;
           it
           was
           from
           the
           beginning
           ,
           for
           there
           are
           no
           new
           Divine
           truths
           ,
           
             quod
             verrum
             antiquum
             ,
             quod
             falsum
             recens
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           word
           of
           God
           must
           ballance
           and
           trie
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           trie
           before
           thou
           trust
           .
           Beleeve
           not
           every
           spirit
           ,
           but
           trie
           the
           spirits
           whether
           they
           be
           of
           God
           ,
           1
           Ioh.
           4.
           1.
           
           Repaire
           to
           the
           Law
           and
           Testimonie
           &c.
           Isaiah
           8.
           20
           
           Prove
           all
           things
           ,
           hold
           fast
           that
           which
           is
           good
           ,
           1
           Thes.
           5.
           21.
           
           Loane
           not
           to
           thine
           owne
           understanding
           ,
           Pro.
           3.
           5.
           
           But
           beleeve
           how
           that
           others
           who
           labour
           to
           get
           the
           knowledge
           ,
           the
           right
           interpretation
           of
           Gods
           revealed
           will
           declared
           in
           his
           word
           ;
           First
           ,
           from
           God
           by
           prayer
           ;
           Secondly
           ,
           from
           men
           by
           conference
           ;
           Thirdly
           ,
           from
           Bookes
           by
           reading
           ;
           And
           are
           further
           able
           to
           reade
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           in
           that
           language
           wherein
           they
           were
           first
           written
           ,
           may
           be
           able
           (
           to
           speake
           no
           more
           )
           to
           give
           the
           sense
           of
           a
           Scripture
           as
           well
           as
           thou
           ,
           that
           canst
           but
           ,
           or
           happily
           scarce
           reade
           it
           in
           the
           English
           .
           For
           thy
           further
           and
           better
           instruction
           therefore
           :
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           consult
           not
           with
           men
           only
           of
           thine
           owne
           opinion
           ,
           but
           with
           others
           also
           :
           for
           if
           we
           will
           see
           things
           aright
           ,
           we
           must
           sometimes
           make
           use
           of
           other
           mens
           eyes
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           our
           owne
           ;
           for
           in
           our
           owne
           there
           may
           be
           some
           defect
           ,
           and
           we
           know
           that
           pore-blind
           ,
           and
           blood-shot
           ,
           and
           squint-eyes
           cannot
           see
           well
           ,
           the
           last
           looking
           over
           ,
           or
           besides
           the
           object
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           two
           cannot
           well
           discerne
           things
           as
           they
           are
           .
        
         
           And
           thirdly
           ,
           when
           thou
           hast
           wisely
           considered
           ,
           and
           carefully
           consulted
           ,
           then
           resolve
           :
           And
           that
           thou
           maiest
           so
           doe
           ,
           to
           the
           quiet
           and
           comfort
           both
           of
           thy selfe
           and
           others
           ,
           know
           that
           the
           wisedome
           which
           is
           from
           above
           is
           first
           pure
           ,
           then
           peaceable
           ,
           Jam.
           3.
           17.
           and
           therefore
           follow
           peace
           and
           holinesse
           ,
           Heb.
           12.
           14.
           
           Never
           think
           thou
           art
           too
           good
           ,
           too
           upright
           ,
           too
           holy
           ,
           too
           religious
           ,
           ever
           in
           the
           right
           use
           of
           all
           good
           meanes
           ,
           seeke
           ,
           labour
           ,
           strive
           ,
           study
           ,
           covet
           to
           be
           better
           ,
           for
           this
           is
           a
           justifiable
           covetousnesse
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           12.
           21.
           and
           follow
           peace
           too
           ,
           every
           one
           striving
           to
           exceed
           one
           another
           in
           love
           ,
           for
           this
           is
           a
           godly
           emulation
           .
        
         
           Thus
           have
           I
           inserted
           something
           by
           way
           of
           Preface
           before
           these
           following
           meditations
           :
           if
           this
           ,
           or
           they
           shall
           prove
           any
           way
           usefull
           ,
           I
           have
           my
           reward
           :
           if
           otherwise
           ,
           my
           very
           hearty
           desires
           to
           cast
           in
           my
           mite
           ,
           by
           offering
           some
           word
           in
           season
           amongst
           those
           many
           (
           by
           much
           more
           worthy
           )
           that
           have
           made
           themselves
           publicke
           ,
           shall
           be
           my
           comfort
           .
        
         
           
             Thine
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             thou
             art
             a
             friend
             
             to
             Truth
             ,
             and
             Peace
             ,
             
             
               Ed.
               Terry
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           
             PSAL.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Let
               us
               breake
               their
               bands
               asunder
               ,
               and
               cast
               away
               their
               cords
               from
               us
               .
            
          
        
         
           THis
           Psalme
           is
           Davids
           ,
           for
           so
           the
           Apoostles
           tell
           us
           Acts
           4.
           25.
           
             that
             God
             by
             the
             mouth
             of
             his
             servant
             David
             said
             ;
             why
             doe
             the
             heathen
             rage
             ,
             and
             the
             people
             imagine
             a
             vaine
             thing
             ?
             &c.
          
           And
           this
           Psalme
           was
           pen'd
           by
           David
           (
           as
           is
           most
           probably
           conceived
           )
           after
           his
           victory
           over
           the
           Philistines
           ,
           who
           gathered
           themselves
           against
           him
           ,
           when
           the
           people
           had
           made
           him
           King
           in
           the
           roome
           of
           Saul
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           that
           we
           may
           make
           as
           much
           of
           this
           Psalme
           our
           owne
           this
           day
           as
           may
           help
           us
           to
           the
           cleerer
           understanding
           of
           this
           text
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           the
           three
           first
           verses
           in
           it
           ,
           are
           a
           narration
           of
           the
           attempts
           of
           many
           wicked
           men
           against
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           David
           as
           the
           Type
           ,
           and
           against
           Christ
           too
           ,
           as
           the
           Antitype
           ,
           or
           person
           typified
           in
           this
           Psalme
           .
        
         
           The
           carriages
           ,
           projects
           ,
           attempts
           of
           these
           wicked
           unruly
           men
           ,
           who
           would
           cast
           off
           subjection
           ;
           are
           exprest
           here
           in
           the
           first
           verse
           by
           way
           of
           interrogation
           ,
           
             why
             doe
             the
             heathen
             rage
             ,
             and
             the
             people
             imagine
             a
             vaine
             thing
             ?
             &
             c
             ?
          
           the
           Prophet
           admiring
           their
           folly
           ,
           in
           going
           about
           that
           ,
           which
           was
           impossible
           for
           them
           to
           effect
           ,
           
             why
             doe
             they
             rage
             ?
          
           Or
           come
           tumultuously
           together
           as
           men
           in
           an
           uproare
           (
           for
           so
           the
           originall
           word
           implies
           )
           noting
           their
           pride
           and
           fiercenesse
           ,
           as
           in
           horses
           from
           whom
           the
           Metaphor
           is
           taken
           ,
           which
           neigh
           and
           rage
           before
           they
           rush
           into
           the
           battel
           .
           But
           why
           ?
           to
           what
           purpose
           is
           all
           this
           ?
           when
           God
           who
           can
           ,
           will
           maintaine
           Davids
           right
           ,
           as
           he
           most
           thankfully
           acknowledgeth
           ,
           Psal.
           9.
           4.
           
             thou
             hast
             maintained
             my
             right
             ,
             and
             my
             cause
             &c.
          
           he
           must
           be
           King
           ,
           though
           he
           have
           many
           enemies
           ,
           not
           only
           amongst
           the
           meanest
           ,
           but
           mightiest
           to
           oppose
           him
           ;
           whose
           
             attempts
             ,
             studies
             ,
             power
             ,
             pollicies
             ,
             rage
          
           shall
           prove
           to
           be
           of
           none
           effect
           ,
           
             for
             when
             they
             conceive
             mischeife
             ,
             and
             travell
             with
             wickednesse
             ,
             they
             shall
             bring
             forth
             
             a
             lie
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           Psal.
           7.
           14.
           for
           Christ
           shall
           confound
           them
           ,
           he
           shall
           first
           
             scorne
          
           and
           
             laugh
          
           at
           their
           attempts
           v.
           4.
           
           (
           God
           speaking
           there
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           men
           )
           for
           God
           will
           make
           them
           to
           know
           how
           that
           they
           which
           reckon
           without
           him
           ,
           must
           reckon
           againe
           .
           
             He
             will
             speake
             to
             them
             in
             wrath
             ,
             vexe
             them
             in
             displeasure
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           verse
           5.
           or
           he
           will
           handle
           them
           roughly
           (
           for
           so
           t
           is
           in
           the
           originall
           )
           
             breaking
             them
             in
             peeces
             like
             a
             potters
             vessell
             verse
             9.
          
           their
           wound
           shall
           be
           incurable
           ,
           their
           ruine
           irrecoverable
           ,
           like
           the
           breaking
           of
           an
           earthen
           vessell
           ,
           once
           broken
           ,
           never
           to
           be
           repaired
           .
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           this
           their
           
             associating
          
           and
           
             leaguing
          
           together
           ,
           their
           
             animating
          
           and
           
             encouraging
          
           one
           another
           in
           this
           evill
           way
           ,
           is
           positively
           laid
           downe
           in
           the
           2
           ▪
           and
           3
           vers.
           of
           this
           Psal.
           in
           the
           2
           verse
           illustrated
           from
           the
           persons
           conspiring
           ;
           
             Kings
          
           and
           
             Princes
             ,
          
           I
           and
           the
           people
           to
           ,
           as
           verse
           1.
           
           And
           secondly
           by
           the
           persons
           against
           whom
           they
           doe
           conspire
           ,
           
             the
             Lord
             and
             his
             Anointed
             ,
          
           encouraging
           one
           another
           in
           this
           their
           rebellion
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           were
           no
           power
           either
           in
           heaven
           or
           earth
           ,
           to
           contradict
           them
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           observe
           in
           the
           words
           of
           my
           text
           ,
           they
           saying
           
             let
             us
             breake
             their
             bands
             asunder
             &c.
             
          
           The
           words
           I
           have
           read
           unto
           you
           are
           words
           of
           
             mutiny
          
           and
           
             discontent
             ,
          
           which
           as
           they
           are
           spoken
           here
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           looked
           upon
           and
           considered
           ,
           as
           Mariners
           behold
           some
           sea-markes
           ,
           not
           to
           steere
           too
           ,
           but
           from
           them
           ,
           for
           feare
           of
           Rocks
           or
           Sands
           they
           discover
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           nothing
           directly
           held
           forth
           in
           this
           text
           for
           a
           Christians
           imitation
           ,
           but
           caution
           .
           In
           which
           there
           are
           two
           words
           which
           need
           some
           explication
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           
             bands
          
           and
           
             cords
          
           which
           here
           signifie
           the
           same
           thing
           .
        
         
           
             Let
             us
             breake
             their
             bands
             asunder
             and
             cast
             away
             their
             cords
             from
             us
             ,
          
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Musar
          
           which
           signifies
           
             bands
             ,
          
           comes
           from
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Jasar
          
           which
           signifies
           to
           chastice
           ,
           properly
           it
           is
           put
           for
           
             discipline
          
           and
           
             correction
          
           and
           so
           it
           signifies
           
             bands
             ,
          
           by
           which
           the
           unruly
           are
           
             hampered
          
           and
           
             tamed
             .
          
           Here
           by
           a
           Metaphor
           it
           signifies
           ,
           and
           is
           put
           for
           
             Lawes
             ;
          
           as
           the
           
             Lawes
             of
             God
             ,
          
           published
           by
           David
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Lawes
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           published
           by
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ;
           
             the
             Lawes
          
           published
           by
           the
           
             Lord
          
           and
           his
           
             Ministers
          
           whom
           he
           useth
           in
           his
           rule
           and
           government
           .
        
         
           The
           words
           in
           this
           text
           containe
           in
           them
           a
           
             resolution
             ,
          
           and
           the
           thing
           
             resolved
             on
             ,
          
           which
           you
           may
           consider
           together
           in
           this
           following
           paraphrase
           .
           
             Let
             us
             breake
             their
             bands
             asunder
             ,
             and
             cast
             away
             their
             cords
             from
             us
             ,
          
           thus
           encouraging
           one
           another
           in
           their
           rebellious
           attempts
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           said
           ,
           
             neither
             the
             Lord
             nor
             his
             Anointed
             shall
             raigne
             over
             us
             ,
          
           and
           howsoever
           they
           thinke
           to
           impose
           upon
           us
           their
           
             Lawes
          
           and
           
             Ordinances
             ,
          
           that
           with
           these
           ,
           as
           with
           strong
           
             bonds
          
           and
           
             cords
             ,
          
           they
           may
           fetter
           us
           ;
           yet
           
             let
             us
             ,
          
           which
           is
           
           the
           thing
           they
           resolve
           on
           ,
           bestirre
           our selves
           ,
           and
           play
           the
           men
           ;
           let
           us
           shake
           off
           the
           yoke
           of
           such
           servitude
           ,
           and
           wholy
           reject
           their
           government
           ,
           
             for
             who
             are
             Lords
             over
             us
             ?
          
        
         
           This
           text
           is
           rich
           and
           full
           ,
           and
           may
           fitly
           be
           compared
           unto
           Ezekiels
           
             roule
             ,
          
           mentioned
           in
           the
           2
           Chap.
           of
           his
           Prophesies
           ,
           ver.
           10.
           
             that
             was
             written
             within
             and
             without
             ,
          
           that
           which
           is
           written
           without
           ,
           or
           that
           which
           this
           Scripture
           by
           necessary
           consequence
           first
           holds
           forth
           unto
           us
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           .
        
         
           Obs.
           1.
           
           
             Good
             Lawes
             are
             as
             bands
             ,
             and
             cords
             for
             discipline
             ,
             to
             keepe
             people
             in
             obedience
             .
          
           Secondly
           that
           which
           lies
           
             within
          
           the
           text
           ,
           is
           first
           for
           the
           generall
           this
           ;
           that
           ,
           Obs.
           2
           
             Rebellious
             spirits
             affect
             nothing
             so
             much
             as
             lawlesse
             liberty
             ,
             to
             do
             what
             they
             please
             without
             controll
             .
          
           Hence
           it
           is
           that
           they
           here
           consult
           of
           breaking
           these
           bands
           .
           For
           being
           restrained
           ,
        
         
           Obs
           3.
           
           
             These
             spirits
             thinke
             themselves
             in
             bondage
             ,
             or
             as
             Prisoners
             in
             bands
             when
             they
             are
             required
             to
             yeeld
             obedience
             unto
             equall
             and
             just
             Lawes
             .
          
           Therfore
           they
           would
           cast
           away
           these
           cords
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           not
           restrain
           them
           .
           And
           lastly
           that
           these
           rebellious
           spirits
           may
           be
           loose
           at
           liberty
           ,
           to
           do
           what
           they
           please
           ,
           not
           what
           they
           should
           .
           And
           that
           they
           may
           effect
           their
           desires
           in
           this
        
         
           
             Obs.
             4.
             
          
           Rebellious
           spirits
           animate
           ,
           and
           hearten
           ,
           and
           stir
           up
           ,
           and
           encourage
           one
           another
           ,
           in
           this
           ungodly
           enterprize
           ,
           to
           cast
           off
           all
           subjection
           .
        
         
           
             Let
             us
             breake
             their
             bonds
             asunder
             ,
             and
             cast
             away
             their
             cords
             from
             us
             .
          
           Thus
           for
           the
           ground-worke
           of
           this
           Mornings
           exercise
           ,
           have
           I
           presented
           unto
           you
           ,
           what
           this
           Text
           holds
           forth
           to
           me
           .
           The
           observations
           ,
           as
           I
           conceive
           ,
           are
           proper
           ,
           naturall
           ,
           pertinent
           ,
           and
           perspicuous
           from
           this
           Scripture
           .
           And
           my
           discourse
           shall
           be
           plaine
           to
           ;
           So
           that
           if
           any
           be
           come
           hither
           this
           day
           ,
           for
           the
           vanity
           and
           froth
           of
           wit
           ;
           (
           as
           I
           know
           how
           that
           these
           quesie
           times
           pester
           every
           great
           Congregation
           ,
           with
           some
           such
           hearers
           )
           if
           any
           be
           come
           to
           this
           place
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           as
           pamperd
           bellies
           use
           to
           go
           to
           feasts
           ,
           where
           nothing
           can
           please
           the
           wanton
           palat
           ,
           but
           some
           odde
           sawce
           ,
           or
           new
           invention
           :
           I
           am
           not
           provided
           for
           the
           entertainement
           of
           such
           .
           But
           for
           you
           ,
           beloved
           ,
           that
           are
           come
           hither
           to
           
             heare
             ,
          
           that
           you
           may
           
             learne
             ,
             learne
             ,
          
           that
           you
           may
           
             know
             ,
             know
          
           that
           you
           may
           
             beleeve
          
           and
           
             do
             ;
             Beleeve
             and
             doe
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             live
             .
          
           Favour
           me
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           to
           afford
           me
           your
           most
           diligent
           attention
           ,
           while
           by
           Gods
           most
           gracious
           assistance
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           a
           further
           view
           of
           the
           particulars
           I
           have
           observed
           ;
           And
           first
           of
           the
           first
           ,
        
         
           
             Obser.
             1.
             
          
           Good
           Lawes
           are
           as
           bands
           and
           cords
           for
           discipline
           ,
           to
           keepe
           people
           in
           obedience
           .
        
         
           Good
           Lawes
           are
           the
           
             nerves
             and
             sinewes
          
           of
           Common-wealths
           ,
           which
           hold
           altogether
           ;
           the
           want
           whereof
           ,
           like
           to
           great
           
             depopulations
             ,
          
           lay
           all
           
           things
           common
           .
           They
           are
           as
           
             mounds
          
           unto
           vineyards
           ,
           as
           
             bounds
          
           to
           Seas
           ;
           or
           as
           
             walls
             and
             bulworks
          
           unto
           frontier
           towns
           ,
           to
           keep
           all
           in
           safety
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           Princes
           and
           Magistrates
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           their
           places
           ,
           which
           are
           to
           defend
           the
           people
           in
           all
           their
           just
           rights
           ,
           are
           called
           
             the
             shields
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
          
           The
           want
           of
           whom
           ,
           he
           that
           reads
           the
           third
           Chapter
           of
           Isaiahs
           Prophesies
           ,
           may
           finde
           in
           that
           which
           followed
           ,
           when
           God
           threatned
           to
           take
           away
           
             the
             mighty
             man
             ,
             and
             the
             Iudge
             ,
             and
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             and
             the
             Prudent
             ,
             and
             the
             Ancient
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           But
           what
           was
           the
           consequence
           of
           this
           ?
           The
           Text
           tells
           us
           ,
           v.
           5.
           
           
             The
             people
             should
             be
             oppressed
             every
             one
             by
             another
             ,
             every
             one
             by
             his
             neighbour
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           For
           what
           were
           those
           else
           ,
           whom
           God
           there
           threatned
           to
           remove
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           
             stayes
          
           and
           
             strengths
          
           of
           Jerusalem
           and
           Judah
           ?
           and
           so
           of
           all
           Cities
           ,
           and
           Nations
           ,
           of
           all
           publike
           and
           politike
           Bodies
           wheresoever
           .
           And
           he
           which
           runnes
           ,
           may
           further
           read
           ,
           how
           that
           this
           people
           of
           Israel
           ,
           as
           they
           enjoyed
           many
           comfortable
           ,
           so
           they
           were
           acquainted
           to
           with
           many
           sad
           and
           dismall
           times
           .
           And
           if
           ye
           seriously
           consider
           their
           story
           ,
           ye
           shall
           finde
           that
           it
           was
           never
           worse
           with
           them
           ,
           then
           when
           
             there
             was
             no
             King
             in
             Israel
             ,
             but
             every
             one
             did
             that
             which
             was
             right
             in
             his
             owne
             eyes
             ,
          
           Jud.
           17.
           
           And
           however
           it
           may
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           government
           of
           man
           over
           man
           ,
           came
           first
           from
           sin
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           finde
           it
           excellently
           observed
           )
           First
           ,
           because
           God
           gave
           soveraignty
           unto
           Adam
           over
           
             fishes
             ,
          
           and
           
             birds
             ,
          
           and
           
             beasts
             ,
          
           not
           over
           reasonable
           creatures
           made
           to
           his
           owne
           likenesse
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           because
           the
           first
           righteous
           men
           we
           read
           of
           ,
           were
           
             shepheards
          
           and
           
             heardsmen
             ,
          
           over
           beasts
           ,
           not
           
             Kings
          
           over
           Nations
           .
           And
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           because
           the
           name
           of
           
             Servant
             ,
          
           or
           underling
           ,
           was
           never
           imposed
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           till
           Noah
           denounced
           it
           against
           his
           accursed
           sonne
           ,
           
             Cursed
             be
             Canaan
             ,
             a
             servant
             of
             servants
             shall
             he
             be
             unto
             his
             brethren
             ,
          
           Gen.
           9.
           25.
           
           Yet
           the
           nature
           of
           mankinde
           standing
           as
           it
           doth
           ,
           corrupted
           so
           farre
           ,
           that
           without
           the
           head
           of
           Authority
           ,
           we
           could
           not
           live
           ,
           nor
           converse
           together
           ;
           God
           therefore
           in
           infinite
           wisedome
           ,
           hath
           appointed
           this
           
             means
          
           for
           the
           suppressing
           of
           those
           many
           ,
           and
           those
           intollerable
           injuries
           and
           violences
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           we
           should
           be
           subject
           unto
           .
           And
           therfore
        
         
           
             Reason
             .
             1.
             
          
           First
           ,
           for
           order
           sake
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           government
           ;
           a
           superiority
           and
           an
           inferiority
           ,
           a
           command
           and
           a
           subjection
           ,
           a
           mastery
           and
           a
           Dominion
           in
           every
           order
           of
           men
           specially
           designed
           .
           The
           body
           Politike
           is
           very
           fitly
           compared
           unto
           a
           naturall
           body
           ;
           which
           must
           not
           be
           all
           
             head
             ,
          
           or
           
             hand
             ,
          
           or
           
             foot
             ,
          
           but
           distinguished
           into
           superior
           and
           inferior
           parts
           ,
           for
           every
           member
           to
           doe
           its
           particular
           office
           .
           The
           
             Heart
          
           or
           
             Soule
          
           sitting
           in
           
           the
           middest
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           as
           a
           
             King
          
           upon
           his
           Throne
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           dictates
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           the
           tongue
           speakes
           ,
           the
           eyes
           looke
           ,
           the
           feete
           move
           ,
           the
           hands
           stir
           ,
           &c.
           
           Now
           a
           body
           Politike
           may
           most
           fitly
           be
           resembled
           to
           this
           Naturall
           body
           ,
           wherein
           there
           are
           parts
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           speakes
           ,
           more
           and
           lesse
           honourable
           ,
           1.
           Cor.
           12.
           yet
           all
           tending
           to
           the
           mutuall
           
             decency
             ,
             service
             ,
          
           and
           
             succour
          
           of
           the
           fame
           body
           .
           The
           Aegyptians
           made
           an
           
             Eie
          
           and
           a
           
             Scepter
             ,
          
           the
           Embleme
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           figured
           their
           government
           :
           a
           Scepter
           for
           Jurisdiction
           and
           power
           ;
           an
           Eie
           for
           watchfulnesse
           and
           discretion
           .
           And
           certainely
           a
           Kingdome
           without
           order
           and
           government
           ,
           is
           like
           the
           body
           of
           that
           fayned
           Giant
           Polyphemus
           ,
           
             without
             an
             eie
             ,
          
           or
           rather
           like
           a
           
             body
          
           without
           an
           
             head
             :
          
           or
           ,
           (
           which
           most
           fitly
           resembles
           it
           )
           like
           that
           
             confused
             Chaos
          
           before
           the
           Creation
           ,
           where
           heighth
           and
           depth
           ,
           light
           and
           darkenesse
           were
           mingled
           together
           .
           In
           the
           beginning
           therefore
           when
           heaven
           and
           earth
           were
           first
           made
           ,
           God
           established
           a
           superiority
           and
           rule
           ,
           in
           other
           creatures
           after
           their
           kinde
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           in
           man
           .
           So
           Gen.
           1.
           16.
           
           
             God
             made
             two
             great
             lights
             ,
             the
             greater
             to
             rule
             the
             day
             ,
             and
             the
             lesser
             light
             to
             rule
             the
             night
             :
             he
             made
             the
             starres
             also
             .
             And
             one
             starre
             to
             differ
             from
             another
             in
             glory
             ,
          
           1.
           Cor.
           15.
           41.
           
           And
           presently
           after
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           created
           man
           ,
           he
           invested
           him
           immediately
           with
           
             imperiall
             authority
             to
             subduethe
             earth
             and
             to
             rule
             in
             it
             ,
          
           v.
           28.
           
           And
           to
           what
           other
           end
           is
           it
           called
           the
           
             host
             of
             Heaven
             ,
          
           Gen.
           2.
           1.
           but
           to
           shew
           ,
           how
           that
           Metaphor
           is
           taken
           from
           an
           
             Army
             ,
          
           where
           there
           must
           be
           superiority
           and
           subordination
           ,
           command
           and
           obedience
           ,
           without
           both
           which
           ,
           it
           cannot
           subsist
           ?
           For
           if
           the
           spirit
           and
           soule
           of
           obedience
           be
           taken
           away
           ,
           what
           can
           follow
           but
           
             Ataxie
          
           and
           
             Confusion
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             2.
             
          
           Secondly
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           Government
           ,
           and
           Discipline
           ,
           
             for
             necessities
             sake
             ,
          
           to
           curbe
           and
           restraine
           all
           tumultuous
           and
           heady
           spirits
           ,
           all
           offensive
           and
           disordered
           persons
           ,
           whether
           in
           Church
           or
           Common-wealth
           .
           The
           Lawes
           of
           God
           were
           first
           written
           in
           the
           
             fleshy
             tables
             of
             mans
             heart
             ;
          
           but
           
             sin
          
           did
           either
           blot
           or
           wear
           them
           out
           thence
           .
           Then
           the
           wisedome
           of
           God
           thought
           fit
           to
           write
           them
           upon
           
             tables
             of
             stone
             ,
          
           that
           they
           might
           be
           
             lasting
             ,
             durable
             permanent
             .
          
           But
           these
           Lawes
           of
           God
           thus
           written
           ,
           and
           commended
           ,
           and
           commanded
           unto
           man
           ,
           where
           slighted
           ,
           and
           neglected
           ,
           and
           forsaken
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           
             Irenaus
          
           well
           observes
           in
           his
           first
           booke
           against
           heresies
           ,
           that
           therefore
           God
           appointed
           Kingdomes
           and
           men
           to
           rule
           in
           them
           ,
           because
           man
           forsaking
           God
           ,
           did
           wax
           feirce
           ,
           lawlesse
           ,
           masterlesse
           ,
           and
           being
           not
           sufficiently
           awed
           by
           
             the
             feare
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           God
           therefore
           put
           upon
           them
           the
           
             feare
             of
             man
             ,
          
           that
           fearing
           
           humane
           Lawes
           ,
           they
           should
           not
           devoure
           ,
           destroy
           ,
           consume
           one
           another
           as
           the
           
             fishes
          
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           the
           
             beasts
          
           of
           the
           wildernesse
           ,
           and
           the
           
             fowles
          
           of
           the
           aire
           doe
           .
           And
           for
           this
           reason
           there
           is
           an
           absolute
           necessity
           of
           
             Lawes
             ,
          
           to
           curbe
           ,
           and
           restraine
           ,
           and
           to
           keepe
           people
           under
           obedience
           :
           for
           were
           it
           not
           for
           these
           our
           
             beds
          
           would
           not
           be
           suffered
           to
           lie
           under
           us
           ;
           our
           
             meate
          
           would
           be
           pulled
           out
           of
           our
           mouths
           ,
           our
           
             clothes
          
           would
           be
           torne
           off
           our
           backes
           ;
           
             rapine
          
           and
           
             violence
             ,
          
           would
           destroy
           us
           .
        
         
           
             Vse
             .
          
           Now
           for
           application
           ,
           this
           being
           so
           ,
           as
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           granted
           to
           be
           truth
           ,
           What
           just
           cause
           have
           all
           people
           ,
           who
           live
           under
           
             good
             Lawes
          
           to
           blesse
           God
           for
           them
           .
           To
           one
           who
           asked
           the
           question
           why
           the
           City
           
             Sparta
          
           had
           no
           wals
           ,
           t
           was
           answered
           ,
           that
           the
           Citizens
           had
           good
           
             weapons
          
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           
             unanimity
          
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           to
           both
           these
           
             good
             Lawes
          
           to
           order
           them
           .
           We
           want
           no
           weapons
           ,
           and
           these
           sad
           times
           ,
           have
           made
           almost
           every
           one
           amongst
           us
           a
           man
           of
           war
           .
           And
           would
           to
           God
           that
           we
           had
           just
           cause
           to
           boast
           of
           
             unity
             ,
          
           and
           mutuall
           agreement
           amongst
           our selves
           .
           But
           for
           good
           
             Lawes
             ,
          
           certainly
           we
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           have
           as
           great
           cause
           to
           be
           thankfull
           ,
           as
           any
           people
           under
           the
           Cope
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           ever
           had
           .
           And
           oh
           that
           we
           had
           as
           just
           cause
           to
           prayse
           God
           for
           their
           due
           
             execution
          
           likewise
           !
           But
           alas
           we
           have
           not
           .
           Oh
           
             justice
             !
          
           how
           faintly
           doest
           thou
           draw
           thy
           breath
           ,
           while
           thou
           sufferest
           so
           many
           
             desperate
             sinners
             ,
          
           and
           so
           many
           
             dangerous
             seducing
             Schismaticks
             ,
          
           to
           march
           boldly
           by
           thee
           ,
           and
           not
           bidst
           them
           stand
           ?
           Alas
           how
           doth
           the
           whole
           Land
           
             stinke
          
           of
           that
           beastly
           sin
           of
           
             drunkennesse
             ,
          
           that
           sin
           which
           robs
           a
           man
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           leaves
           a
           
             beast
          
           in
           the
           skin
           of
           a
           
             man
             .
          
           That
           sin
           which
           is
           like
           the
           
             serpent
          
           that
           
             stings
             two
             waies
             ,
          
           for
           it
           kills
           the
           
             body
             ,
          
           and
           slaies
           the
           
             soule
          
           too
           ,
           yet
           how
           doe
           those
           
             Tents
          
           of
           wickednesse
           ,
           those
           
             Thrones
          
           wherein
           Satan
           dwells
           ,
           those
           unnecessary
           tipling
           houses
           ,
           which
           so
           multiply
           Transgressors
           ,
           and
           transgressions
           amongst
           men
           ,
           increase
           amongst
           us
           ?
           How
           doe
           
             Pride
          
           and
           
             Luxury
          
           strive
           for
           the
           upper
           end
           of
           the
           table
           ?
           How
           doth
           the
           very
           
             breath
          
           of
           most
           desperate
           swearers
           ,
           and
           blasphemers
           even
           
             poyson
          
           the
           very
           aire
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           wherein
           we
           live
           ?
           And
           how
           doth
           the
           
             stone
             out
             of
             the
             Wall
             ,
             and
             the
             Beame
             in
             the
             Chamber
             ,
             cry
             out
             aloud
             against
             oppression
             ?
          
           And
           how
           hath
           the
           
             Error
             of
             Religion
          
           made
           many
           amongst
           us
           so
           
             wanton
             ,
          
           that
           they
           know
           not
           what
           
             to
             have
             ,
          
           nor
           what
           
             to
             hold
             ?
          
           Surely
           as
           the
           Prophet
           Isaiah
           complaines
           Isai.
           24.
           20.
           
           
             The
             transgression
             of
             the
             earth
          
           (
           of
           this
           earth
           whereon
           we
           live
           )
           
             lies
             heavy
             upon
             it
             .
          
           And
           now
           O
           justice
           how
           doest
           thou
           degenerate
           from
           thy selfe
           ,
           while
           thou
           sufferest
           thy
           
             sword
          
           for
           want
           of
           drawing
           to
           
             rust
             ,
          
           or
           else
           for
           
             feare
             ,
          
           or
           for
           some
           other
           ●ie
           respects
           to
           be
           
             lock't
          
           up
           in
           the
           scabbard
           ?
        
         
         
           I
           am
           not
           come
           hither
           to
           declame
           against
           the
           administration
           of
           justice
           in
           this
           
             honorable
             City
          
           (
           this
           City
           so
           renowned
           for
           exemplary
           government
           the
           world
           over
           )
           though
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           that
           if
           I
           knew
           any
           just
           cause
           to
           invite
           me
           hereunto
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           spare
           .
           But
           this
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           
             an
             intollerable
             ,
          
           an
           unanswerable
           
             fault
          
           some where
           ,
           when
           so
           much
           
             wickednesse
          
           goes
           unpunished
           ,
           when
           so
           many
           
             errors
             ,
             schismes
             ,
             heresies
             ,
          
           some
           of
           which
           destroy
           ,
           as
           the
           rest
           doe
           blast
           the
           profession
           of
           Religion
           ,
           are
           
             suffered
             amongst
             us
             ,
          
           though
           we
           have
           lifted
           up
           our
           
             hands
          
           unto
           the
           most
           high
           
             God
          
           in
           a
           solemne
           League
           and
           Covenant
           to
           the
           contrarie
           .
           Or
           if
           they
           meet
           with
           any
           rebuke
           from
           some
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           such
           a
           one
           ,
           as
           that
           too-too
           much
           indulgent
           Ely
           (
           who
           brought
           up
           his
           sonnes
           to
           bring
           downe
           his
           house
           )
           gave
           his
           sonnes
           1
           Sam.
           2.
           23.
           saying
           why
           doe
           you
           so
           ,
           or
           such
           things
           ?
           A
           strange
           thing
           in
           Ely
           to
           punish
           the
           
             Thefts
             ,
             Rapines
             ,
             Sacriledge
             ,
             Adulters
             ,
             Incests
             of
             his
             sonnes
          
           with
           
             why
             doe
             you
             so
             ?
          
           what
           was
           this
           but
           to
           
             shave
          
           that
           head
           which
           deserved
           to
           be
           
             cut
             off
             ?
          
           Doubtles
           (
           as
           I
           find
           it
           excellently
           observed
           to
           my
           hand
           )
           it
           is
           with
           
             sins
          
           in
           the
           soule
           as
           with
           
             humors
          
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           a
           weake
           dose
           doth
           but
           stir
           ,
           and
           anger
           ,
           and
           more
           dangerously
           disperse
           them
           ,
           not
           purge
           them
           out
           .
           So
           that
           t
           is
           certenly
           a
           great
           violation
           of
           justice
           ,
           not
           to
           proportion
           the
           punishment
           to
           the
           offence
           .
           To
           
             whip
          
           a
           man
           for
           murther
           ,
           or
           to
           punish
           the
           
             purse
          
           for
           Adultery
           or
           Incest
           ,
           to
           burne
           treason
           in
           the
           hand
           ;
           or
           to
           award
           the
           
             Stocks
          
           for
           Burglarie
           is
           to
           patronize
           evill
           instead
           of
           avenging
           it
           .
           Of
           the
           two
           extremes
           rigor
           is
           more
           safe
           for
           the
           publique-weale
           ,
           because
           the
           over
           punishing
           of
           one
           offence
           keepes
           many
           from
           committing
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Elies
           sonnes
           did
           thus
           wickedly
           while
           they
           acted
           a
           part
           in
           Religion
           .
           And
           are
           not
           there
           some
           amongst
           us
           ,
           who
           under
           specious
           pretences
           to
           
             advance
             ,
          
           persist
           in
           courses
           that
           undoubtedly
           in
           conclusion
           if
           God
           prevent
           it
           not
           ,
           will
           
             undermine
          
           roote
           out
           
             Religion
          
           from
           amongst
           us
           ?
           
             Religion
          
           I
           say
           then
           which
           nothing
           should
           be
           mor
           deare
           unto
           us
           ,
           yet
           this
           is
           knowne
           ,
           and
           suffered
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           receive
           any
           cheeck
           from
           some
           ,
           it
           it
           such
           a
           one
           ,
           as
           doth
           rather
           encourage
           ,
           then
           daunt
           offenders
           ,
           
             ubi
             nunc
             Lex
             Anglica
             ?
             dormis
             ?
          
           Oh
           yee
           Lawes
           of
           England
           what
           doe
           yee
           ?
           where
           are
           yee
           ?
           are
           yee
           asleepe
           ?
        
         
           I
           told
           you
           even
           now
           what
           great
           cause
           we
           of
           this
           Nation
           have
           to
           blesse
           God
           for
           good
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           suffer
           me
           to
           acquaint
           you
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           how
           dearly
           in
           many
           respects
           a
           number
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           have
           missed
           these
           last
           few
           yeares
           while
           destruction
           hath
           been
           amongst
           us
           ,
           the
           benefits
           which
           otherwise
           might
           have
           been
           enjoyed
           ,
           by
           the
           execution
           of
           
           those
           good
           Lawes
           ,
           if
           their
           current
           had
           not
           been
           more
           or
           lesse
           obstructed
           .
           I
           cannot
           deny
           but
           that
           while
           the
           
             sword
             of
             war
          
           is
           in
           a
           Land
           it
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           marvellously
           
             clash
          
           with
           the
           
             sword
          
           of
           
             justice
             ;
          
           and
           many
           things
           will
           be
           done
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           avoided
           while
           it
           continues
           under
           such
           a
           sad
           condition
           ,
           and
           in
           regard
           the
           sword
           hath
           beene
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           many
           of
           such
           ill
           principled
           hearts
           :
           I
           speake
           not
           of
           all
           ,
           for
           there
           be
           many
           whom
           God
           hath
           stirred
           up
           personally
           to
           appeare
           in
           this
           his
           great
           worke
           ,
           who
           deserve
           all
           honour
           ,
           as
           well
           for
           their
           Piety
           as
           Valour
           ;
           but
           of
           some
           ,
           the
           very
           refuse
           and
           dregges
           of
           Mankinde
           ,
           in
           whom
           that
           old
           Proverbe
           is
           verified
           ,
           
             Armatis
             Divum
             nullus
             Pudor
             :
          
           That
           they
           feare
           neither
           God
           nor
           Man
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           observe
           in
           their
           most
           debauched
           lives
           ,
           in
           doing
           what
           they
           please
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           Hellish
           language
           too
           ,
           whose
           mouths
           are
           full
           of
           cursing
           and
           bitternesse
           ,
           which
           they
           belch
           out
           ,
           setting
           their
           mouthes
           even
           against
           Heaven
           ;
           for
           they
           seldome
           take
           that
           Sacred
           dreadfull
           Name
           of
           GOD
           ,
           into
           their
           most
           desperate
           prophane
           lippes
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           blaspheme
           that
           Name
           ,
           which
           should
           not
           be
           once
           mentioned
           ,
           but
           with
           awfull
           Reverence
           :
           or
           when
           they
           desire
           God
           to
           damne
           ,
           to
           refuse
           them
           .
           Now
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           let
           me
           adde
           this
           ,
           that
           if
           God
           should
           ratifie
           that
           in
           heaven
           which
           they
           desire
           (
           miserable
           wretches
           as
           they
           are
           )
           against
           themselves
           on
           earth
           ,
           and
           say
           
             ex
             ore
             tuo
             ,
          
           from
           thine
           owne
           mouth
           will
           I
           now
           condemne
           thee
           ;
           Oh!
           how
           sadly
           miserable
           would
           their
           condition
           be
           ?
           
             Nemo
             miserius
             misero
             ,
             non
             miserante
             seipsum
             :
          
           Who
           can
           be
           more
           miserable
           then
           those
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           be
           mercifull
           unto
           themselves
           ?
           Yet
           besides
           all
           these
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           speake
           it
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           a
           very
           sad
           ,
           a
           very
           horrible
           truth
           ,
           that
           divers
           things
           have
           beene
           done
           (
           or
           if
           not
           ,
           very
           many
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           deserve
           to
           be
           punished
           for
           crying
           and
           complayning
           without
           just
           cause
           )
           by
           some
           others
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           most
           shamefully
           abused
           that
           trust
           reposed
           in
           them
           by
           our
           most
           deservedly
           honored
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           needed
           not
           ,
           that
           ought
           not
           ,
           that
           should
           not
           have
           been
           done
           .
           Things
           which
           no
           language
           can
           excuse
           ;
           things
           ,
           which
           scarce
           any
           act
           of
           oppression
           in
           former
           times
           can
           parallell
           .
           
             Very
             horrible
             things
             have
             beene
             committed
             in
             the
             Land
             .
          
        
         
           
             —
             pudet
             haec
             opprobria
             nobis
             ,
          
           
             Et
             dici
             potuisse
             ,
             &
             non
             potuisse
             refelli
             ?
          
        
         
           The
           consideration
           whereof
           should
           put
           colour
           in
           our
           faces
           ,
           and
           cover
           us
           with
           shame
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           not
           past
           ,
           beyond
           a
           blush
           ,
           when
           wee
           consider
           that
           many
           griping
           evills
           might
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           beene
           prevented
           ,
           or
           because
           boldly
           acted
           ,
           have
           not
           beene
           most
           severely
           ,
           most
           exemplarily
           
           punished
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           high
           time
           for
           us
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Lords
           Remembrancers
           ,
           to
           speake
           by
           the
           pound
           and
           talent
           ,
           to
           reprove
           in
           words
           of
           weight
           ,
           for
           the
           gentle
           spirit
           of
           Eli
           is
           not
           sufficient
           to
           amend
           children
           that
           are
           past
           grace
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           must
           crie
           aloud
           ,
           speake
           out
           ,
           speake
           home
           ,
           speak
           all
           ,
           though
           we
           lived
           in
           times
           that
           would
           hamper
           us
           in
           those
           
             bands
          
           and
           
             cords
          
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           for
           our
           plaine
           and
           impartiall
           dealing
           .
           Now
           that
           things
           have
           beene
           so
           ,
           we
           may
           sit
           downe
           and
           sadly
           complaine
           :
           but
           why
           they
           have
           beene
           so
           ,
           we
           need
           not
           much
           to
           wonder
           ,
           when
           we
           consider
           the
           next
           particular
           in
           this
           Text
           :
           that
           ,
        
         
           
             Obs.
             2.
             
          
           Rebellious
           spirits
           affect
           nothing
           so
           much
           as
           Lawlesse
           liberty
           ,
           to
           doe
           what
           they
           please
           ,
           without
           controll
           .
        
         
           Rebellious
           spirits
           ,
           who
           are
           they
           ?
           Such
           as
           cast
           off
           
             subjection
             ,
             such
             as
             breake
             the
             yoke
             ,
             burst
             the
             bands
             ,
             as
             the
             Prophet
             speakes
             ,
          
           Ier.
           5.
           5.
           
           The
           yoke
           ,
           the
           bands
           ,
           which
           should
           restraine
           ,
           regulate
           ,
           order
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           because
           they
           affect
           nothing
           so
           much
           as
           Lawlesse
           liberty
           .
           
             Lawlesse
             liberty
             ,
          
           and
           what
           is
           that
           ?
           When
           men
           doe
           what
           they
           please
           ,
           not
           what
           they
           should
           ;
           notwithstanding
           all
           restraint
           of
           Lawes
           and
           government
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
           This
           too
           ,
           too
           much
           belov'd
           liberty
           ,
           without
           doubt
           is
           marvailously
           affected
           by
           the
           corrupt
           nature
           of
           man
           .
           T
           is
           a
           sin
           of
           a
           very
           ancient
           growth
           ,
           for
           it
           tooke
           its
           first
           rise
           from
           the
           very
           first
           transgression
           .
           In
           the
           garden
           of
           Eden
           ,
           amongst
           those
           many
           plants
           which
           God
           made
           ,
           some
           for
           ornament
           ,
           and
           some
           for
           use
           ,
           some
           for
           sight
           ,
           and
           some
           for
           sent
           ,
           and
           some
           for
           taste
           :
           not
           farre
           from
           the
           goodliest
           trees
           of
           Life
           and
           Knowledge
           ,
           grew
           the
           bitter
           root
           of
           disobedience
           :
           I
           call
           it
           so
           ,
           because
           the
           forbidden
           fruit
           grew
           on
           that
           tree
           ,
           of
           which
           our
           first
           Parents
           tooke
           and
           tasted
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           commanded
           not
           so
           much
           as
           to
           touch
           it
           ,
           Gen.
           3.
           3.
           
           The
           taste
           whereof
           did
           not
           only
           infect
           themselves
           thorowout
           ,
           but
           the
           corrupt
           nutriment
           thereof
           ,
           did
           also
           convert
           it selfe
           into
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           their
           succeeding
           linage
           .
           Mee
           thinkes
           there
           is
           very
           much
           in
           that
           first
           story
           of
           Disobedience
           ,
           to
           illustrate
           this
           point
           :
           when
           our
           first
           Parents
           in
           their
           estate
           of
           Holinesse
           ,
           who
           had
           power
           in
           them
           to
           
             Obey
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             Disobey
             ,
          
           and
           God
           had
           told
           them
           that
           of
           every
           tree
           in
           the
           garden
           they
           might
           freely
           eat
           ,
           the
           tree
           of
           Knowledge
           only
           forbidden
           ,
           Gen.
           2.
           16.
           17.
           
           And
           though
           there
           was
           no
           comparison
           betwixt
           the
           Maker
           ,
           and
           the
           murtherer
           of
           Mankinde
           ,
           the
           Father
           of
           Truth
           and
           the
           father
           of
           lies
           ,
           betwixt
           a
           God
           and
           a
           divell
           :
           and
           the
           one
           had
           forbidden
           but
           one
           tree
           ,
           and
           had
           fenced
           it
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           with
           a
           double
           hedge
           of
           a
           double
           death
           ,
           
             temporall
             ,
             eternall
             ;
          
           yet
           when
           the
           Serpent
           came
           to
           the
           woman
           ,
           with
           a
           
           meere
           contradiction
           to
           the
           voyce
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Ye
             shall
             not
             surely
             die
             ,
          
           Gen.
           3.
           4.
           how
           credulous
           and
           forward
           was
           shee
           to
           entertaine
           his
           suggestion
           ?
           Our
           first
           Parents
           tooke
           their
           fall
           by
           their
           owne
           wilfull
           Disobedience
           ,
           and
           we
           fell
           in
           them
           ,
           Ro.
           5.
           19.
           
           Their
           Persons
           infected
           their
           Nature
           ,
           but
           our
           nature
           ever
           since
           infects
           our
           persons
           .
           
             Ne
             mali
             fiant
             times
             ,
             nascuntur
             :
          
           We
           are
           borne
           bad
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           become
           so
           ;
           our
           sin
           sticking
           more
           close
           to
           our
           nature
           ,
           then
           our
           skin
           doth
           to
           our
           flesh
           .
           And
           it
           is
           no
           marvell
           now
           ,
           if
           our
           nature
           so
           marvellously
           corrupted
           ,
           be
           ready
           to
           break
           every
           branch
           of
           the
           tree
           of
           Good
           ,
           which
           God
           commands
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           tree
           of
           Evill
           ,
           which
           God
           forbids
           ;
           this
           sinfull
           corruption
           being
           like
           a
           violent
           stream
           ,
           which
           the
           longer
           and
           further
           it
           runnes
           from
           the
           fountaine
           ,
           runnes
           with
           the
           greater
           violence
           .
           After
           the
           flood
           when
           the
           people
           began
           to
           multiply
           ,
           they
           grew
           heady
           ,
           exorbitant
           ,
           violent
           ,
           unruly
           ,
           little
           lesse
           then
           mad
           ,
           for
           they
           went
           about
           an
           impossible
           worke
           ,
           
             to
             build
             a
             towre
             whose
             top
             might
             reach
             to
             heaven
             ,
          
           Gen.
           11.
           
           And
           God
           there
           sayth
           of
           them
           ,
           v.
           6.
           
             that
             they
             would
             be
             restrayned
             in
             nothing
             they
             imagined
             to
             doe
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           let
           alone
           :
           therefore
           Almighty
           God
           caused
           their
           tumultuous
           action
           ,
           then
           begun
           in
           Pride
           ,
           to
           end
           in
           Confusion
           .
           In
           whose
           example
           that
           rebellious
           spirit
           which
           is
           in
           every
           one
           by
           nature
           ,
           is
           drawne
           out
           to
           the
           very
           life
           .
           And
           doubtlesse
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           these
           
             bands
          
           and
           
             cords
          
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           and
           for
           those
           
             hookes
          
           and
           
             bitts
          
           which
           God
           hath
           put
           in
           the
           jawes
           and
           nostrils
           of
           men
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           more
           unruly
           ,
           more
           untamed
           ,
           then
           all
           the
           creatures
           of
           the
           world
           beside
           .
           
             Man
             being
             estranged
             from
             the
             wombe
             ,
             is
             ready
             to
             goe
             astray
             as
             soone
             as
             he
             is
             borne
             ,
          
           Ps.
           58.
           3.
           
           
             Being
             of
             a
             disobedient
             and
             a
             gainsaying
             spirit
             .
          
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           pertinent
           story
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           which
           
             Valerius
          
           (
           as
           I
           remember
           )
           relates
           of
           a
           Roman
           ,
           who
           had
           very
           long
           ,
           and
           voluntarily
           confined
           himselfe
           within
           the
           walls
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           with
           very
           much
           content
           ,
           but
           afterwards
           when
           he
           was
           commanded
           ,
           not
           to
           goe
           forth
           
             the
             gates
             of
             that
             City
             ,
          
           that
           place
           which
           before
           was
           his
           
             Paradise
             ,
          
           now
           by
           reason
           of
           that
           word
           of
           
             restraint
             ,
          
           became
           his
           
             Prison
             .
          
           And
           ,
        
         
           
             Reason
             .
          
           It
           must
           needes
           be
           thus
           ,
           because
           rebellion
           and
           disobedience
           is
           ●●naturall
           as
           kindly
           to
           man
           in
           generall
           ,
           as
           the
           very
           flesh
           and
           bones
           he
           carries
           about
           him
           .
           Adam
           left
           it
           as
           a
           
             Patrimony
             ,
          
           as
           an
           inheritance
           unto
           all
           his
           Posterity
           ;
           and
           Eue
           gave
           
             perversnes
          
           in
           her
           milke
           ,
           every
           one
           naturally
           harbours
           a
           
             Rebell
          
           in
           his
           breast
           .
           
             Nitimur
             in
             verita●
             ,
          
           which
           causeth
           him
           to
           thinke
           forbidden
           fruit
           most
           
             faire
             ;
          
           forbidden
           pleasures
           most
           
             sweet
             ▪
          
           forbidden
           waies
           most
           
             secure
             .
          
           This
           made
           the
           blessed
           Apostle
           himselfe
           sadly
           
           to
           complaine
           Rom.
           7.
           23.
           
             of
             a
             law
             in
             his
             members
             rebelling
             against
             the
             law
             of
             his
             mind
             .
             I
             see
             a
             law
             in
             my
             members
             ,
             that
             is
             sin
             ruling
             like
             a
             law
             in
             my
             members
             ,
          
           in
           the
           faculties
           of
           my
           soule
           and
           body
           ,
           or
           like
           a
           law
           governing
           ,
           and
           ruling
           my
           actions
           .
           
             Rebelling
             against
             the
             law
             of
             my
             minde
             ,
          
           that
           is
           against
           that
           renued
           spirituall
           part
           in
           me
           ,
           which
           like
           a
           Law
           too
           commands
           me
           another
           way
           .
        
         
           
             Vse
             .
          
           I
           shall
           not
           adde
           much
           by
           way
           of
           inference
           or
           use
           in
           the
           application
           of
           this
           particular
           ,
           because
           that
           which
           I
           might
           here
           insert
           ,
           will
           fall
           into
           that
           which
           followes
           from
           this
           text
           .
           But
           I
           beseech
           you
           give
           me
           leave
           before
           I
           proceed
           ,
           to
           let
           fall
           a
           very
           sad
           
             complaint
             ;
          
           and
           to
           leave
           a
           most
           just
           
             reproofe
          
           behind
           me
           .
           A
           complaint
           ,
           and
           reproofe
           of
           some
           particulars
           which
           former
           times
           were
           scarcely
           acquainted
           withall
           .
           A
           complaint
           and
           reproofe
           of
           the
           
             Preachings
             ,
          
           and
           
             Printings
          
           and
           
             actings
          
           of
           thousands
           at
           this
           time
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           a
           very
           lively
           comment
           ,
           on
           this
           particular
           in
           my
           text
           .
           Bo●●Deus
           
             ad
             qu●
             tempora
             reservati
             sumus
             !
          
           Good
           God
           in
           what
           times
           doe
           we
           live
           ,
           when
           so
           much
           lawlesse
           ,
           unwarrantable
           ,
           unjustifiable
           liberty
           ,
           is
           taken
           by
           men
           ,
           to
           doe
           what
           they
           please
           without
           controll
           .
           Oh
           how
           hath
           the
           
             Pulpit
          
           been
           abused
           ,
           (
           since
           the
           
             hedge
          
           hath
           been
           downe
           about
           our
           Church
           )
           by
           a
           liberty
           ,
           which
           without
           doubt
           ,
           Posterity
           will
           not
           beleeve
           ,
           could
           be
           taken
           at
           such
           a
           
             time
             at
             this
             ;
          
           when
           he
           that
           pleaseth
           
             consecrates
             himselfe
             ,
          
           when
           the
           lowest
           among
           the
           people
           ,
           without
           any
           lawfull
           
             Call
             ,
          
           or
           
             Commission
             ,
          
           take
           upon
           them
           to
           be
           publique
           Teachers
           of
           others
           :
           For
           an
           outward
           call
           or
           commission
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           have
           none
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           have
           an
           extraordinary
           and
           an
           immediate
           call
           from
           God
           ,
           which
           would
           manifest
           it selfe
           in
           more
           then
           ordinary
           
             guifts
             ,
          
           let
           them
           make
           this
           appeare
           ,
           and
           we
           will
           hold
           our
           peace
           ;
           and
           moreover
           ,
           we
           will
           reverence
           them
           ,
           and
           lay
           our selves
           at
           their
           
             feete
             ,
          
           as
           they
           in
           the
           fourth
           of
           the
           Acts
           and
           34.
           35.
           verses
           when
           they
           had
           sold
           their
           possessions
           brought
           the
           money
           and
           laid
           it
           downe
           at
           the
           
             foote
          
           of
           the
           Apostles
           :
           But
           till
           they
           can
           make
           this
           appeare
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           with
           whom
           more
           fitly
           to
           compare
           them
           ,
           then
           with
           those
           
             vagabond
             Jewes
             ,
             ●●●ists
             ,
             which
             tooke
             upon
             them
             great
             matters
             ,
             to
             dispossesse
             those
             which
             were
             troubled
             with
             evill
             spirits
             Acts
             19.
             13.
          
           and
           
             there
             were
             seven
             sonnes
             of
             〈…〉
             which
             did
             so
          
           verse
           14.
           and
           the
           evill
           spirit
           answered
           and
           said
           to
           them
           ,
           
             Jesus
             I
             know
             ,
             and
             Paul
             I
             know
             ,
             but
             who
             are
             yee
             ?
          
           The
           Devils
           could
           easily
           espie
           the
           want
           of
           Commission
           in
           the
           sonnes
           of
           Sc●va
           ;
           when
           they
           adjured
           him
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Jesus
           whom
           Paul
           preached
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Jesus
             I
             acknowledge
             ,
             and
             Paul
             I
             know
             ,
             but
             who
             are
             ye●
             ?
          
           As
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           your
           
             warrant
          
           is
           not
           good
           ,
           your
           〈…〉
           
           are
           not
           strong
           enough
           to
           remove
           me
           .
           And
           doubtlesse
           there
           are
           no
           such
           
             chaines
          
           of
           Authority
           ,
           no
           such
           
             linkes
          
           of
           iron
           to
           binde
           the
           Nobles
           and
           Princes
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           to
           restraine
           Devills
           ,
           as
           in
           those
           tongues
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           armed
           from
           above
           ,
           and
           enabled
           ,
           and
           set
           apart
           ,
           and
           sent
           cut
           in
           his
           service
           .
           Or
           these
           which
           before
           we
           named
           are
           like
           those
           
             mockers
          
           of
           the
           true
           Prophets
           (
           for
           they
           want
           no
           
             slighting
          
           nor
           
             reviling
          
           tearmes
           for
           them
           )
           those
           mockers
           mentioned
           Jer.
           23.
           25.
           who
           call
           the
           people
           together
           and
           tell
           them
           
             they
             have
             dreamed
             ,
             they
             have
             dreamed
          
           when
           they
           deliver
           dreames
           indeed
           .
           Now
           as
           
             Pauls
          
           spirit
           was
           stirred
           up
           at
           
             Athens
             ,
          
           so
           should
           the
           spirits
           of
           all
           godly
           ,
           honest
           ,
           and
           Orthodox
           Ministers
           and
           people
           be
           now
           stirred
           up
           in
           England
           ,
           when
           we
           doe
           further
           consider
           how
           that
           all
           those
           ancient
           and
           damnable
           
             heresies
             ,
          
           recorded
           by
           
             Irenaeus
             ,
          
           and
           
             Epiphanius
             ,
          
           which
           we
           hoped
           had
           been
           long
           since
           buried
           in
           forgetfullnesse
           ,
           are
           rack't
           up
           againe
           out
           of
           their
           corruption
           ,
           and
           
             preached
          
           by
           some
           ,
           and
           
             applauded
          
           by
           others
           ,
           and
           
             defended
          
           by
           more
           .
           And
           no
           marvel
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           a
           people
           in
           generall
           (
           to
           give
           a
           breife
           character
           of
           them
           that
           shall
           doe
           them
           no
           wrong
           )
           of
           
             proud
             ,
             uneven
             ,
             unquiet
             ,
             untractable
             ,
             unpeaceable
             ,
             uncharitable
             spirits
          
           differing
           and
           dissenting
           much
           amongst
           themselves
           ,
           carried
           away
           headlong
           by
           the
           violence
           of
           their
           owne
           
             wills
             ,
          
           which
           they
           improperly
           and
           by
           misconceiving
           
             call
             their
             consciences
             ,
          
           whose
           wills
           are
           very
           much
           too
           hard
           for
           their
           understandings
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           so
           wedded
           to
           their
           owne
           conceivings
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           assoone
           remove
           Rocks
           from
           their
           places
           ,
           as
           these
           from
           their
           conclusions
           ,
           and
           therefore
           nor
           fit
           to
           be
           disputed
           withall
           ;
           being
           like
           
             mil-horses
             ,
          
           in
           the
           evening
           just
           there
           ,
           where
           they
           began
           their
           morning
           circuit
           :
           having
           
             two
             generall
             all
             replies
          
           for
           all
           objections
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           proove
           a
           thing
           plainely
           by
           Scripture
           ,
           their
           usuall
           answere
           is
           ,
           that
           you
           interpret
           this
           or
           that
           Scripture
           so
           ,
           but
           they
           conceive
           of
           it
           otherwise
           ,
           or
           you
           apprehend
           so
           or
           so
           of
           such
           a
           question
           in
           dispute
           ,
           but
           they
           think
           otherwise
           .
           Like
           
             Petilian
             the
             Rayler
          
           who
           when
           
             Austin
          
           had
           confuted
           him
           ,
           from
           the
           Authority
           of
           all
           the
           Ancient
           Fathers
           ,
           answered
           ,
           
             Omnes
             Patres
             sic
             ,
             ego
             autem
             non
             sic
          
           if
           all
           the
           Fathers
           thinke
           so
           ,
           I
           'le
           thinke
           otherwise
           .
           So
           that
           as
           
             Lactantius
             wrote
          
           of
           some
           Idolaters
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           that
           they
           
             feigned
          
           what
           they
           pleased
           ,
           &
           then
           
             feared
          
           what
           they
           feigned
           :
           So
           these
           
             conceit
          
           what
           they
           like
           ,
           and
           then
           beleeve
           themselves
           bound
           to
           justifie
           their
           wild
           
             conceivings
             ,
          
           which
           hath
           caused
           such
           a
           multitude
           of
           strange
           opinions
           amongst
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           of
           this
           Nation
           are
           in
           very
           great
           likelihood
           to
           come
           into
           the
           
             proverb
             ,
          
           that
           if
           a
           man
           cannot
           find
           his
           Religion
           in
           
             Poland
             ,
          
           nor
           
             Amsterdam
             ,
          
           let
           him
           seeke
           for
           it
           in
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
         
           In
           the
           second
           place
           ,
           oh
           the
           boldnesse
           and
           liberty
           of
           the
           Presse
           ,
           if
           wee
           consider
           those
           odious
           Pamphlets
           it
           often
           
             squieseth
             out
             .
          
           There
           was
           a
           Pamphlet
           of
           ancient
           date
           ,
           but
           ,
           yet
           in
           memory
           ,
           which
           did
           beare
           the
           name
           of
           
             Martin-mar-prelate
             .
          
           And
           we
           had
           a
           Pampleter
           of
           late
           who
           named
           that
           most
           deformed
           issue
           of
           his
           idle
           and
           crazed
           braine
           ,
           
             Martin
             mar-priest
             ,
          
           And
           we
           have
           had
           a
           
             Martin-mar-Prince
          
           too
           ,
           as
           any
           one
           might
           lately
           observe
           ,
           who
           could
           have
           the
           patience
           to
           reade
           ,
           that
           greatest
           pretender
           to
           wit
           ,
           amongst
           all
           our
           penniworths
           ,
           now
           happily
           silenced
           as
           I
           hope
           ,
           who
           in
           his
           most
           odious
           ,
           and
           scurrilous
           Pamplets
           would
           often
           force
           in
           some
           occasion
           ,
           
             to
             trample
             upon
             Majestie
             .
          
           And
           we
           have
           a
           
             Martin-mar-people
          
           to
           ,
           he
           ,
           I
           meane
           ,
           whatsoever
           he
           be
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           Author
           of
           that
           (
           I
           know
           not
           what
           bad
           enough
           to
           call
           it
           )
           intituled
           by
           that
           most
           desperate
           Incendiary
           ,
           the
           Authour
           ,
           A
           Remonstrance
           of
           many
           thousands
           ,
           which
           he
           afterward
           calls
           ,
           
             Your
             Sovereigne
             Lord
             the
             People
             :
          
           which
           damnable
           and
           seditious
           Pamphlet
           alone
           ,
           hath
           enough
           in
           it
           ,
           (
           if
           God
           did
           not
           restrain
           the
           fury
           and
           madnesse
           of
           the
           multitude
           )
           to
           set
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           on
           fire
           .
           As
           if
           the
           spirit
           of
           
             Nero
          
           had
           possest
           the
           breasts
           of
           some
           amongst
           us
           :
           encouraging
           them
           to
           fire
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           the
           City
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           make
           themselves
           mirth
           before
           the
           flames
           .
           And
           to
           these
           ,
           what
           a
           number
           have
           we
           had
           beside
           ,
           who
           in
           severall
           printed
           papers
           ,
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           convey
           unto
           the
           people
           (
           who
           want
           a
           spirit
           of
           discerning
           )
           many
           most
           dangerous
           ,
           lying
           ,
           and
           seducing
           doctrines
           ,
           to
           pervert
           and
           undoe
           the
           simple
           .
           But
           Lions
           will
           teare
           ,
           and
           Serpents
           will
           sting
           ,
           and
           Dogges
           will
           barke
           and
           bite
           ,
           and
           venemous
           plants
           will
           poyson
           ,
           let
           us
           say
           what
           we
           can
           or
           please
           ,
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
           But
           as
           David
           sometimes
           asked
           in
           the
           like
           case
           ,
           Ps.
           120.
           3.
           so
           will
           I.
           
             What
             shall
             be
             given
             ,
             or
             what
             shall
             be
             done
             unto
             thee
             ,
             thou
             false
             tongue
             ?
          
           The
           Prophet
           answers
           himselfe
           in
           the
           64.
           
           Psalme
           ,
           that
           
             their
             tongues
             which
             they
             whet
             and
             sharpen
             like
             swords
             ,
             shall
             fall
             upon
             themselves
             .
             A
             fooles
             mouth
             is
             his
             destruction
             ,
          
           saith
           Salomon
           ,
           Pr.
           18.
           7.
           
           And
           if
           any
           of
           theirs
           we
           have
           named
           ,
           bee
           so
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           (
           which
           Repentance
           forbid
           )
           they
           may
           thanke
           themselves
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ;
           Let
           us
           not
           marvell
           at
           any
           thing
           Lawlesse
           Libertines
           either
           say
           or
           doe
           ,
           when
           we
           seriously
           consider
           the
           third
           observation
           in
           my
           Text
           .
           That
           ,
        
         
           
             Obs.
             3.
             
          
           Rebellious
           spirits
           thinke
           themselves
           in
           bondage
           ,
           or
           they
           esteeme
           themselves
           as
           prisoners
           in
           bands
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           required
           to
           yeeld
           obedience
           unto
           equall
           and
           just
           Lawes
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           they
           will
           breake
           those
           Bands
           that
           restraine
           them
           ,
           cast
           away
           those
           cords
           that
           hamper
           them
           .
           They
           will
           breake
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           
           can
           ,
           their
           will
           shall
           not
           be
           wanting
           to
           doe
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           they
           cannot
           break
           them
           at
           once
           ,
           they
           will
           unfold
           their
           linkes
           and
           twistings
           ,
           (
           for
           so
           the
           Originall
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Natha●
             ,
          
           heere
           Englished
           to
           breake
           ,
           signifies
           )
           so
           that
           ,
           as
           I
           sayd
           ,
           if
           they
           cannot
           breake
           them
           at
           once
           ,
           they
           will
           ravell
           and
           untwist
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           breake
           them
           by
           degrees
           .
           Thus
           violating
           the
           civill
           sanctions
           of
           man
           ,
           and
           the
           equall
           ,
           righteous
           ,
           just
           commands
           of
           God
           .
           The
           ordinances
           of
           man
           which
           contradict
           not
           the
           Lawes
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           which
           we
           are
           commanded
           to
           yeeld
           obedience
           ;
           for
           so
           the
           Apostle
           exhorts
           ,
           1.
           Pet.
           2.
           13.
           14.
           
           
             Submit
             your selves
             unto
             every
             ordinance
             of
             man
             for
             the
             Lords
             sake
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           the
           equall
           ,
           righteous
           ,
           just
           commands
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           which
           is
           required
           sincere
           ,
           constant
           ,
           and
           universall
           obedience
           ;
           
             I
             shall
             not
             be
             ashamed
             while
             I
             have
             respect
             unto
             all
             thy
             commandements
             ,
          
           saith
           David
           ,
           Ps.
           119.
           6.
           as
           if
           he
           had
           sayd
           ,
           I
           shall
           be
           ashamed
           ,
           or
           I
           shall
           come
           to
           shame
           ,
           if
           I
           have
           not
           .
        
         
           The
           glory
           of
           any
           Church
           or
           State
           ,
           is
           Gods
           presence
           in
           it
           ;
           for
           when
           God
           is
           gone
           ,
           all
           is
           gone
           ,
           the
           glory
           is
           gone
           ,
           quite
           departed
           .
           The
           holy
           Ordinances
           of
           God
           manifest
           his
           presence
           ,
           especially
           where
           the
           word
           and
           Sacraments
           are
           with
           all
           faithfulnesse
           offered
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           thankfulnesse
           received
           ,
           submitted
           to
           ,
           and
           improved
           by
           the
           people
           to
           their
           particular
           advantages
           .
           This
           purity
           of
           worship
           puts
           an
           inward
           beauty
           upon
           the
           Church
           which
           
             is
             all
             glorious
             within
             ;
          
           as
           administration
           of
           good
           Laws
           by
           government
           ,
           to
           keep
           all
           in
           safety
           and
           order
           ,
           a
           lustre
           and
           glory
           which
           is
           outward
           upon
           it
           .
           Now
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           manifests
           the
           truth
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           excellency
           of
           a
           government
           ,
           then
           the
           generall
           opposition
           they
           both
           meet
           withall
           in
           the
           world
           .
           These
           rebellious
           and
           refractory
           spirits
           we
           have
           named
           ,
           are
           sufficient
           to
           prove
           this
           ,
           if
           we
           enlarged
           no
           further
           .
           But
           we
           will
           adde
           something
           more
           ,
           where
           first
           let
           mee
           remember
           you
           of
           a
           passage
           you
           have
           often
           heard
           ,
           Act.
           28.
           22.
           where
           the
           blinde
           Iewes
           call
           the
           true
           professors
           of
           the
           doctrine
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           a
           Sect
           that
           were
           
             every where
             spoken
             against
             :
          
           An
           hundred
           false
           Religions
           may
           live
           together
           in
           peace
           ,
           but
           against
           the
           truth
           ,
           the
           whole
           world
           hath
           been
           stirred
           up
           ,
           because
           that
           alone
           beats
           downe
           the
           Empire
           of
           the
           Devill
           :
           Many
           lies
           may
           concurre
           and
           agree
           together
           ,
           but
           never
           can
           falshood
           agree
           with
           truth
           .
        
         
           In
           Rome
           at
           this
           day
           all
           Religions
           are
           tolerated
           but
           the
           true
           ,
           under
           the
           shadow
           of
           the
           Popes
           owne
           chaire
           .
           And
           it
           was
           wont
           to
           be
           an
           ancient
           proverbe
           in
           that
           City
           ,
           
             That
             is
             must
             needs
             be
             good
             which
             Nero
             persecuted
             ;
          
           he
           was
           such
           a
           cruell
           bloody
           monster
           ,
           a
           very
           prodigie
           of
           mankinde
           :
           so
           
           it
           may
           be
           more
           truly
           sayd
           of
           those
           most
           holy
           commands
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           needs
           be
           good
           ,
           because
           the
           Divell
           and
           all
           wicked
           men
           so
           unanimously
           oppose
           them
           ;
           So
           ,
           of
           Government
           ,
           (
           for
           it
           is
           a
           very
           great
           conviction
           to
           me
           )
           that
           the
           Church
           government
           resolved
           on
           to
           be
           established
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           now
           establishing
           ,
           (
           and
           the
           Lord
           speedily
           settle
           it
           )
           ,
           is
           a
           good
           government
           ,
           that
           hath
           very
           much
           of
           God
           in
           it
           :
           Many
           cleere
           footsteps
           for
           it
           in
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           other
           wayes
           now
           contended
           for
           have
           not
           ;
           and
           is
           the
           government
           which
           God
           would
           have
           ,
           which
           God
           will
           set
           up
           and
           maintaine
           ;
           because
           it
           is
           so
           much
           slandered
           ,
           contradicted
           ,
           resisted
           ,
           by
           a
           number
           amongst
           us
           ,
           who
           would
           be
           left
           to
           their
           liberty
           ;
           who
           because
           ,
           they
           have
           now
           too
           too
           long
           gone
           loose
           ,
           cannot
           endure
           to
           thinke
           of
           being
           strait
           laced
           .
           This
           I
           am
           sure
           is
           true
           in
           experience
           ,
           that
           the
           longer
           it
           is
           before
           a
           colt
           be
           backt
           ,
           the
           more
           unwillingly
           by
           farre
           ,
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           doth
           he
           endure
           his
           Rider
           :
           and
           the
           longer
           it
           is
           before
           a
           Bullocke
           comes
           to
           the
           yoake
           ,
           the
           more
           hardly
           is
           he
           brought
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           at
           first
           he
           struggles
           and
           strives
           with
           it
           .
           And
           doubtlesse
           ,
           the
           longer
           a
           people
           goe
           under
           reines
           let
           loose
           ,
           the
           harder
           will
           it
           be
           by
           farre
           to
           curbe
           and
           restraine
           them
           .
           
             The
             law
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             was
             not
             made
             for
             a
             righteous
             man
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             lawlesse
             and
             disobedient
             ,
             for
             the
             ungodly
             and
             sinners
             ,
             &c.
          
           1.
           Tim.
           1.
           9.
           for
           the
           lawlesse
           and
           disobedient
           ,
           sayth
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           and
           because
           it
           curbes
           and
           restrains
           them
           ,
           therefore
           they
           esteem
           themselves
           in
           bondage
           ,
           or
           as
           prisoners
           in
           bonds
           ,
           being
           required
           to
           yield
           obedience
           unto
           it
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           
             Reason
             1
          
           This
           is
           the
           principall
           reason
           why
           all
           rebellious
           spirits
           think
           thus
           ,
           because
           good
           Lawes
           meet
           ,
           and
           crosse
           ,
           and
           contradict
           ,
           and
           oppose
           them
           in
           their
           evill
           wayes
           ,
           in
           their
           unjustifiable
           courses
           ,
           because
           they
           meet
           them
           and
           reprove
           them
           ,
           
             and
             set
             in
             order
             before
             them
             ,
             the
             things
             that
             they
             have
             done
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           Ps.
           50.
           21.
           
           In
           every
           commission
           of
           evill
           ,
           in
           every
           omission
           of
           good
           ,
           in
           every
           ,
           even
           the
           least
           fayling
           in
           duty
           whatsoever
           :
           they
           shake
           the
           secure
           man
           out
           of
           his
           seat
           :
           they
           disturbe
           the
           filthy
           persons
           upon
           their
           beds
           of
           lust
           ,
           who
           undoe
           one
           another
           by
           their
           filthy
           embracements
           :
           all
           shameles
           prostitutes
           ,
           who
           sell
           their
           soules
           with
           their
           bodies
           ,
           dealing
           with
           all
           those
           they
           pretend
           to
           love
           ,
           as
           Monkeys
           and
           Apes
           sometimes
           doe
           with
           their
           little-ones
           ,
           they
           kill
           them
           with
           kindnes
           :
           they
           tell
           these
           who
           thus
           stretch
           themselves
           upon
           the
           bed
           of
           lust
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           sleepe
           securely
           there
           ,
           
             their
             destruction
             sleepes
             not
             ,
             their
             damnation
             slumbers
             not
             ,
          
           ●●
           in
           2.
           Pet.
           2.
           3.
           
           They
           awake
           the
           Drunkards
           ,
           crying
           out
           ,
           Ioel
           1.
           5.
           
           
             Awake
             yee
             Drunkards
             ,
             weepe
             and
             bowle
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           They
           debase
           
           proud
           ones
           ,
           foretelling
           their
           fall
           ,
           Luc.
           18.
           14.
           
           
             Every
             one
             that
             exalts
             himselfe
             shall
             be
             abased
             :
          
           They
           startle
           the
           bold
           prophane
           swearers
           ,
           with
           the
           weight
           of
           their
           guilt
           ,
           Exo.
           20.
           7
           
           :
           They
           acquaint
           Oppressors
           with
           those
           screech
           owles
           of
           woe
           ,
           which
           cry
           aloud
           from
           the
           beames
           of
           their
           chambers
           :
           And
           they
           tel
           the
           Covetous
           who
           are
           like
           the
           Mole
           ,
           that
           bury
           themselves
           under
           every
           clod
           of
           earth
           ,
           or
           like
           the
           barren
           wombe
           ,
           or
           unsatiable
           Death
           ,
           that
           will
           never
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           of
           enough
           mould
           in
           the
           grave
           ,
           and
           of
           enough
           fire
           in
           hell
           :
           They
           meet
           with
           Formall
           professors
           of
           Religion
           ,
           who
           make
           Religion
           nothing
           but
           a
           complement
           ,
           and
           they
           tell
           them
           that
           of
           all
           tempers
           in
           Religion
           ,
           a
           luke-warme
           temper
           is
           the
           worst
           .
           
             Because
             thou
             art
             neither
             hot
             nor
             cold
             ,
             but
             luke-warme
             ,
             I
             'le
             spue
             thee
             out
             of
             my
             mouth
             ,
          
           sayth
           the
           Spirit
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Laodicea
           ,
           Re.
           3.
           16.
           
           That
           is
           ,
           I
           will
           make
           thee
           who
           art
           but
           a
           Church
           in
           shew
           ,
           to
           be
           no
           Church
           at
           all
           ,
           it
           being
           all
           one
           in
           the
           account
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           deny
           the
           Faith
           ,
           and
           not
           soundly
           and
           sincerly
           to
           professe
           it
           :
           They
           unma●ke
           the
           double
           faced
           hypocrites
           ,
           who
           only
           act
           Religion
           ,
           play
           devotion
           ,
           who
           are
           all
           for
           shew
           ,
           and
           nothing
           for
           substance
           ;
           making
           Religion
           a
           cloake
           ,
           and
           they
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           as
           Religion
           is
           the
           best
           armour
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           the
           worst
           cloake
           ;
           and
           whosoever
           put
           it
           on
           for
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           it
           shall
           in
           conclusion
           do
           them
           no
           more
           good
           ,
           then
           that
           disguise
           which
           
             Ahab
          
           put
           on
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           perished
           ,
           when
           he
           fought
           with
           the
           Syrians
           at
           
             Ramoth
             Gilead
             ,
          
           1.
           Ki.
           22
           :
           They
           convince
           blinde
           errors
           ,
           by
           cleere
           and
           orthodox
           truths
           :
           And
           tell
           them
           
             that
             receive
             not
             the
             love
             of
             the
             truth
             that
             they
             might
             be
             saved
             ,
             that
             for
             this
             cause
             ,
             God
             shall
             send
             them
             strong
             delusion
             that
             they
             might
             beleeve
             a
             lie
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             damned
             ,
             who
             beleeve
             not
             the
             truth
             &c.
             
          
           2
           Thes.
           2.
           10.
           11.
           12
           
           :
           They
           
             cast
             downe
             imaginations
             and
             every
             high
             thing
             which
             exalts
             it selfe
             against
             God
             ,
          
           2
           Cor.
           10.
           5.
           
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           They
           meet
           with
           sinners
           at
           every
           turne
           ,
           and
           because
           they
           doe
           so
           ,
           these
           cannot
           away
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           therefore
           may
           be
           fitly
           compared
           unto
           that
           fiery
           meteor
           ,
           which
           causeth
           thunder
           the
           more
           streightly
           it
           is
           wrapt
           ,
           and
           bound
           up
           in
           the
           cloud
           ,
           it
           breaketh
           forth
           with
           the
           greater
           violence
           and
           noise
           .
           
             Or
             they
             are
             like
             the
             troubled
             sea
             when
             it
             cannot
             rest
             ,
             to
             which
          
           the
           Prophet
           compares
           them
           ,
           Isaiah
           57.
           20.
           foming
           and
           raging
           most
           against
           those
           truths
           of
           God
           which
           oppose
           them
           most
           ;
           as
           the
           tempestuous
           Sea
           doth
           against
           those
           Rocks
           and
           Bankes
           ,
           and
           bounds
           ,
           which
           hinder
           its
           course
           ,
           and
           keep
           it
           in
           .
        
         
           
             Vse
             .
          
           Breifely
           now
           for
           application
           of
           this
           point
           .
           I
           shall
           addresse
           my
           speech
           unto
           every
           loose
           ,
           lawlesse
           libertine
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           first
           desire
           to
           let
           him
           know
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           liberty
           but
           servitude
           in
           sinne
           ;
           no
           liberty
           
           but
           in
           the
           freedome
           from
           sin
           ,
           and
           secondly
           ,
           they
           whosoever
           they
           be
           ,
           that
           cast
           off
           Gods
           yoke
           ,
           whose
           service
           is
           freedome
           ,
           and
           yeeld
           obedience
           unto
           the
           commands
           of
           Satan
           (
           for
           every
           one
           in
           the
           world
           serves
           one
           of
           these
           two
           Masters
           )
           they
           are
           meere
           bondslaves
           unto
           him
           they
           serve
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           services
           that
           the
           Devill
           imploies
           his
           servants
           in
           ,
           are
           ,
           (
           whatsoever
           men
           may
           thinke
           otherwise
           of
           them
           )
           no
           better
           then
           a
           very
           toilesome
           drudgery
           a
           very
           base
           bondage
           .
           Heare
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           in
           some
           particulars
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           sin
           of
           covetousnesse
           ,
           wherein
           Ahab
           may
           be
           our
           example
           ,
           who
           ,
           because
           he
           could
           not
           possesse
           Naboths
           Vineyard
           according
           to
           his
           coveting
           desire
           ,
           it
           troubled
           him
           so
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           heavy
           and
           sad
           ,
           and
           spiritlesse
           immediately
           upon
           it
           ,
           1
           Ki.
           21.
           we
           may
           observe
           the
           like
           in
           that
           sin
           of
           envy
           which
           Solomon
           tels
           us
           
             is
             the
             rottennesse
             of
             the
             bones
          
           Prov.
           14.
           30
           a
           sin
           that
           is
           plagued
           by
           it selfe
           ,
           that
           hath
           much
           justice
           in
           it
           as
           one
           well
           observes
           ,
           for
           it
           eateth
           up
           the
           heart
           &
           marrow
           of
           her
           Master
           ,
           as
           he
           desireth
           to
           eate
           up
           the
           heart
           of
           another
           .
           And
           againe
           —
           
             Surgunt
             de
             nocte
             Latr●nes
             .
          
           The
           Theife
           wakes
           while
           the
           true
           man
           sleepes
           ,
           and
           is
           more
           troubled
           to
           breake
           open
           ,
           than
           the
           true
           man
           is
           ,
           to
           guard
           his
           house
           .
           The
           not
           Adolterer
           ,
           the
           filthy
           uncleane
           person
           useth
           the
           
             twilight
             ,
             the
             evening
             ,
             the
             blacke
             and
             darke
             night
             ,
          
           Prov.
           7.
           9.
           that
           he
           may
           compasse
           his
           lust
           ,
           while
           the
           chast
           man
           sits
           quietly
           in
           his
           house
           .
           How
           did
           the
           unnaturall
           Lust
           of
           Amnon
           vex
           him
           till
           he
           had
           obtained
           his
           desire
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           fell
           
             sick
             for
             his
             Sister
             T●●●●●r
             ,
          
           and
           after
           he
           had
           satisfied
           his
           unnaturall
           appetite
           ,
           he
           was
           as
           sick
           
             of
             her
          
           as
           he
           was
           before
           
             for
             her
             :
             he
             hated
             her
             exceedingly
          
           saith
           the
           text
           ,
           his
           Lust
           ended
           in
           loathing
           ,
           so
           that
           
             the
             hatred
             wherewith
             he
             hated
             her
             ,
             was
             greater
             than
             the
             love
             wherewith
             he
             had
             loved
             her
             2
             Sam.
             13.
             15.
             what
             fruit
             had
             yee
             in
             th●se
             things
             whereof
             yee
             are
             now
             ashamed
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             to
             the
             Romans
             ?
          
           Rom.
           6.
           21.
           for
           as
           sin
           makes
           men
           past
           shame
           that
           they
           may
           commit
           it
           ,
           so
           it
           brings
           shame
           if
           the
           sinners
           conscience
           awake
           after
           the
           committing
           thereof
           .
           See
           this
           farther
           in
           that
           most
           beastly
           sin
           of
           
             drunkennesse
             ,
          
           how
           it
           causeth
           
             woe
             ,
             and
             sorrow
             ,
             and
             contention
             ,
             and
             babling
             ,
             and
             wounds
             ,
          
           Pro.
           23.
           29.
           
           Nay
           who
           can
           count
           the
           hurts
           that
           by
           drunken
           distempers
           come
           both
           to
           the
           body
           and
           soule
           ?
           First
           to
           the
           whole
           body
           ,
           especially
           to
           the
           head
           ,
           and
           stomach
           ,
           and
           liver
           ,
           and
           those
           more
           noble
           parts
           ,
           as
           also
           the
           rheumes
           ,
           gouts
           ,
           dropsies
           ,
           palsies
           ,
           apoplexies
           ,
           inflammations
           ,
           and
           other
           distempers
           hence
           arising
           .
           Oh
           how
           doth
           the
           excesse
           of
           wine
           ,
           and
           any
           other
           strong
           liquor
           ,
           fire
           the
           bloud
           ,
           casting
           the
           body
           into
           feavers
           &
           c
           ?
           And
           secondly
           how
           doth
           it
           inflame
           the
           soule
           too
           ,
           filling
           that
           with
           lusts
           as
           hot
           as
           hell
           ?
           So
           that
           drunkards
           shall
           one
           day
           be
           forced
           to
           confesse
           what
           they
           will
           not
           
           now
           beleeve
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           spoken
           in
           another
           case
           2
           Ki.
           4.
           40.
           
           
             Oh
             there
             is
             death
             in
             the
             pot
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           the
           Greeke
           Poet
           spake
           wittily
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           head-ach
           were
           to
           be
           before
           the
           wine
           ;
           men
           would
           be
           sober
           :
           if
           those
           sad
           consequences
           which
           oftentimes
           follow
           beastly
           distempers
           ,
           were
           to
           be
           endured
           before
           hand
           ;
           people
           would
           not
           be
           drunke
           .
           And
           if
           those
           most
           filthy
           and
           loathsome
           diseases
           ,
           the
           just
           consequence
           of
           incontinency
           ,
           were
           to
           be
           suffered
           before
           these
           acts
           of
           filthinesse
           were
           committed
           ,
           people
           would
           be
           chast
           :
           yee
           heare
           what
           oftentimes
           befalls
           those
           two
           brethren
           ,
           as
           one
           of
           the
           Ancients
           calls
           them
           Drunkennesse
           ,
           &
           Lust
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Nunqua●
             ego
             ebrium
             putavi
             castum
             ,
          
           drunkennesse
           and
           chastity
           being
           incompatible
           :
           yee
           heare
           how
           it
           s
           often
           with
           these
           two
           sworne
           servants
           of
           the
           Devill
           ,
           whereas
           the
           sober
           ,
           chast
           ,
           temperate
           man
           who
           desires
           
             to
             possesse
             his
             vessell
             in
             holinesse
             at
             the
             Apostle
             speaks
          
           1
           Thes
           4.
           4.
           
             to
             glorifie
             God
             in
             his
             life
             ,
          
           feeles
           ,
           knowes
           none
           of
           those
           things
           .
        
         
           You
           may
           helpe
           me
           with
           your
           meditations
           herein
           ;
           for
           the
           like
           may
           be
           said
           of
           many
           other
           worker
           of
           darkenesse
           ,
           which
           the
           Devill
           imploies
           his
           servants
           in
           ,
           
             serving
             divert
             lusts
          
           as
           the
           Apostle
           speakes
           Tit.
           3.
           3.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           being
           as
           slaves
           to
           lusts
           engaging
           them
           to
           every
           sin
           ;
           one
           lust
           drawing
           a
           wretched
           sinner
           into
           one
           sinfull
           course
           ,
           others
           ha●ing
           and
           pulling
           him
           into
           other
           evill
           waies
           ,
           making
           poore
           wretches
           thus
           miserably
           distracted
           and
           seduced
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           Jer.
           9.
           5.
           
             to
             weary
             themselves
             to
             commit
             iniquity
             ,
          
           or
           to
           moile
           and
           toile
           to
           goe
           to
           hell
           .
           How
           have
           many
           miserable
           people
           been
           content
           ,
           meerely
           led
           by
           the
           instigation
           of
           the
           Devill
           ,
           and
           enflamed
           by
           him
           ?
           the
           Devill
           who
           is
           most
           tyrannicall
           ,
           where
           he
           is
           most
           obeyed
           ,
           to
           submit
           unto
           commands
           that
           have
           been
           most
           heavy
           ,
           hatefull
           ,
           yea
           most
           unnaturall
           ,
           as
           those
           who
           caused
           their
           Sonnes
           and
           Daughters
           to
           passe
           through
           the
           fire
           
             to
             Molach
          
           Levit.
           20.
           3.
           
           I
           could
           aboundantly
           inlarge
           ,
           I
           le
           only
           ad
           this
           ,
           that
           if
           Satan
           have
           had
           such
           power
           to
           perswade
           poore
           ,
           mis-led
           ,
           seduced
           creatures
           to
           submit
           themselves
           unto
           such
           unreasonable
           imposi●ions
           ,
           n●●
           thinks
           every
           one
           who
           hath
           not
           quite
           lost
           himself
           should
           be
           more
           readily
           induced
           to
           yeeld
           a
           most
           cheerefull
           obedience
           unto
           God
           his
           most
           holy
           ,
           righteous
           ,
           equall
           ,
           just
           commands
           
             whose
             Commandements
             are
             not
             grievous
          
           1
           Iohn
           5.
           3.
           
           To
           put
           their
           neckes
           under
           that
           yoke
           which
           rebellious
           spirits
           here
           in
           my
           text
           throw
           off
           ,
           because
           
             his
             yoke
             is
             easie
             ,
             his
             burthen
             is
             light
             ,
          
           Mat.
           11.
           30.
           
        
         
           And
           that
           thy
           heart
           may
           not
           be
           hardned
           ,
           that
           thou
           maiest
           not
           be
           quite
           undone
           by
           the
           deceitfullnesse
           of
           sin
           ,
           observe
           but
           this
           one
           rule
           when
           ever
           thou
           art
           tempted
           unto
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           evill
           ,
           to
           view
           the
           tentation
           
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           to
           take
           notice
           as
           well
           of
           the
           certaine
           bitternesse
           ,
           as
           of
           the
           apparent
           sweete
           that
           is
           in
           sin
           ,
           which
           sin
           is
           fitly
           resembled
           by
           those
           
             Locusts
          
           mentioned
           in
           the
           9
           C.
           of
           the
           Rev.
           
             who
             had
             the
             faces
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             the
             haire
             of
             women
             ,
          
           but
           to
           these
           ,
           
             they
             had
             the
             teeth
             of
             Lions
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             tailes
             of
             Scorpions
             ,
             and
             there
             were
             stings
             in
             those
             tailes
             .
          
           The
           Devill
           ,
           when
           he
           tempts
           a
           man
           unto
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           evill
           ,
           presents
           nothing
           unto
           the
           sight
           of
           man
           ,
           but
           what
           may
           please
           ,
           content
           his
           corrupted
           nature
           ,
           those
           most
           fearefull
           and
           sad
           consequences
           of
           sin
           ,
           as
           death
           ,
           hell
           ,
           judgement
           ,
           and
           everlasting
           separation
           from
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Devill
           keepes
           out
           of
           sight
           ,
           that
           the
           misery
           of
           a
           wretched
           sinner
           may
           not
           be
           knowne
           till
           it
           be
           felt
           ,
           not
           felt
           till
           it
           cannot
           be
           possibly
           avoyded
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           conclude
           this
           point
           :
           Let
           all
           be
           exhorted
           ,
           who
           wilfully
           rebell
           against
           the
           just
           commands
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           read
           their
           sinnes
           acted
           in
           the
           examples
           ,
           and
           smitten
           too
           ,
           upon
           the
           backes
           of
           others
           .
           How
           was
           it
           with
           Ahab
           who
           cast
           off
           God
           ,
           
             and
             joyned
             himselfe
             to
             Idols
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Prophet
           Hosea
           phraseth
           it
           ?
           Hos.
           4.
           17.
           
           T
           is
           sayd
           of
           him
           ,
           1.
           
           Kin
           21.
           20.
           
           
             That
             he
             sold
             himselfe
             to
             worke
             wickednesse
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           but
           afterward
           he
           lives
           to
           rue
           ,
           to
           repent
           his
           bargaine
           .
           No
           sooner
           had
           Pharaoh
           asked
           that
           bold
           blasphemous
           question
           ,
           
             Who
             is
             the
             Lord
             that
             I
             should
             obey
             his
             voice
             ,
             to
             let
             Israel
             go
             ?
          
           Ex.
           5.
           2.
           but
           presently
           the
           
             frogs
             ,
          
           the
           
             lic●
             ,
          
           the
           
             flies
             ,
          
           the
           
             caterpillars
             ,
          
           which
           the
           Prophet
           calls
           
             Gods
             great
             Army
             ,
          
           Ioel
           2.
           25.
           rise
           up
           in
           armes
           to
           tell
           him
           ,
           and
           these
           poore
           ,
           weake
           ,
           despreable
           creatures
           ,
           will
           not
           give
           proud
           Pharaoh
           over
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           humbled
           him
           ,
           and
           magnified
           their
           Maker
           .
           Pharaoh
           and
           all
           Aegypt
           might
           heerese●
           ,
           how
           weake
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           what
           in
           impotent
           power
           they
           served
           ,
           when
           they
           could
           neither
           resene
           themselves
           ,
           nor
           yet
           be
           delivered
           from
           the
           incursions
           of
           frogs
           ,
           lice
           ,
           and
           flies
           .
           There
           is
           a
           very
           memorable
           story
           ,
           which
           I
           dare
           affirme
           for
           truth
           ,
           that
           many
           yeares
           since
           ,
           I
           brought
           from
           the
           Easterne
           
             India
             ,
          
           where
           I
           lived
           at
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           Great
           
             Mogol
             ,
          
           for
           more
           then
           two
           yeares
           .
           The
           story
           is
           this
           :
           There
           was
           a
           great
           Cavalier
           and
           Nobleman
           of
           that
           Court
           ,
           that
           was
           much
           in
           credit
           with
           that
           King
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           might
           keepe
           that
           favour
           ,
           esteemed
           it
           ,
           the
           highest
           point
           of
           Religion
           to
           flatter
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           made
           him
           a
           great
           neglecter
           and
           contemner
           of
           God
           .
           Upon
           a
           time
           this
           wretched
           man
           sitting
           in
           dalliance
           with
           one
           of
           his
           women
           ,
           she
           pluckt
           an
           hayre
           from
           his
           breast
           ,
           his
           nipple
           ,
           in
           wantonnesse
           ,
           I
           conceive
           without
           the
           least
           thought
           of
           doing
           him
           hurt
           ;
           the
           little
           wound
           ,
           that
           small
           and
           unexpected
           instrument
           of
           death
           made
           ,
           presently
           began
           to
           foster
           ,
           and
           in
           short
           time
           after
           ,
           become
           a
           Cancer
           incurable
           .
           When
           the
           poore
           
           wretch
           saw
           that
           he
           must
           needs
           die
           ,
           he
           uttered
           these
           words
           ,
           which
           are
           very
           well
           worth
           the
           recording
           and
           remembring
           :
           Who
           would
           not
           have
           thought
           ,
           (
           sayd
           he
           )
           but
           that
           I
           ,
           who
           was
           bred
           a
           Soldier
           ,
           should
           have
           died
           in
           the
           face
           of
           mine
           enemy
           ,
           either
           by
           a
           sword
           ,
           or
           a
           lance
           ,
           or
           an
           arrow
           ,
           or
           a
           bullet
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           instrument
           of
           death
           ,
           but
           now
           too
           late
           I
           am
           forced
           to
           confesse
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           great
           God
           above
           ,
           whose
           Majesty
           I
           have
           ever
           despised
           ,
           who
           needs
           no
           bigger
           a
           Lance
           ,
           then
           an
           Haire
           to
           kill
           an
           Atheist
           .
        
         
           Oh
           ,
           let
           us
           further
           collect
           out
           of
           those
           many
           menaces
           and
           threatnings
           denounced
           against
           this
           sin
           in
           the
           booke
           of
           God
           ,
           what
           their
           end
           is
           like
           to
           be
           ,
           
             that
             obey
             not
             the
             truth
             ,
             but
             obey
             unrighteousnes
             ,
             that
             obey
             not
             the
             Gospel
             of
             God
             .
          
           And
           what
           in
           conclusion
           this
           sinne
           is
           like
           to
           cost
           ,
           and
           when
           we
           haue
           cast
           up
           our
           whole
           reckoning
           ,
           we
           may
           borrow
           those
           words
           to
           put
           at
           the
           foot
           of
           our
           accompt
           ,
           which
           Abner
           spake
           to
           Ioab
           ,
           2.
           Sam.
           2.
           26.
           
             bitternesse
             in
             the
             end
             .
          
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           let
           the
           resisters
           of
           lawfull
           authority
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           submit
           unto
           Gods
           deputed
           lawfull
           substitutes
           heere
           on
           earth
           ,
           read
           the
           story
           of
           Corah
           and
           his
           Company
           ,
           Iud.
           16.
           
             swallowed
             up
             quicke
             by
             the
             earth
             :
          
           the
           earth
           opening
           its
           mouth
           wide
           against
           them
           ,
           that
           had
           so
           opened
           their
           mouthes
           wide
           against
           Moses
           .
           And
           let
           them
           looke
           over
           the
           story
           of
           Zimri
           ,
           1.
           
           Kin.
           16.
           
             who
             slew
             the
             King
             his
             master
             ,
          
           and
           then
           sate
           upon
           his
           Throne
           ;
           but
           hee
           enjoyed
           his
           so
           ill-purchased
           honour
           but
           a
           little
           while
           .
           
             The
             triumphing
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
          
           sayth
           Iob
           ,
           
             is
             short
             ,
          
           Iob.
           20.
           5.
           
           So
           this
           wretched
           man
           found
           it
           :
           for
           when
           he
           had
           reigned
           not
           seven
           yeares
           ,
           nor
           seven
           months
           ,
           nor
           seven
           weekes
           ,
           but
           seven
           dayes
           :
           as
           in
           the
           Roman
           story
           there
           is
           mention
           made
           of
           one
           Caninius
           ,
           who
           when
           after
           much
           adoe
           hoe
           had
           obtayned
           the
           Consulship
           ,
           he
           then
           enjoyed
           it
           but
           seven
           howres
           :
           So
           when
           this
           wicked
           Zimri
           had
           reigned
           but
           seven
           dayes
           ,
           he
           set
           on
           fire
           his
           usurped
           Palace
           ,
           and
           burnt
           himselfe
           in
           the
           flame
           .
           And
           looke
           upon
           Absolon
           ,
           
             who
             rose
             up
             against
             the
             King
             his
             father
             ,
          
           against
           the
           loynes
           from
           which
           he
           fell
           ,
           and
           see
           how
           he
           sped
           afterward
           ,
           2.
           Sam.
           18.
           
           And
           looke
           upon
           Achitophel
           who
           was
           guilty
           of
           the
           same
           crime
           ,
           and
           see
           what
           became
           of
           him
           ,
           2.
           Sam.
           17.
           
           In
           one
           word
           ,
           let
           me
           remember
           all
           (
           who
           cast
           off
           subjection
           ,
           who
           doe
           their
           utmost
           endeavour
           to
           breake
           or
           throw
           off
           those
           
             bands
          
           and
           
             cords
          
           heere
           ,
           )
           
             of
             everlasting
             chaines
             under
             darkenesse
             ,
          
           which
           will
           hamper
           them
           to
           purpose
           heereafter
           .
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           this
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           that
           might
           be
           added
           ,
           to
           this
           purpose
           ;
        
         
           
             Obs.
             4.
             
          
           Wicked
           men
           animate
           and
           hearten
           and
           stir
           up
           one
           another
           to
           cast
           
           off
           subjection
           .
           Let
           us
           breake
           their
           bonds
           asunder
           ,
           and
           cast
           away
           their
           cords
           from
           us
           .
        
         
           In
           that
           wicked
           cariage
           of
           the
           sonnes
           of
           Iacob
           towards
           their
           brother
           Ioseph
           ,
           you
           may
           cleerely
           see
           this
           truth
           .
           In
           the
           37.
           of
           Genesis
           ,
           Ioseph
           Dreames
           ,
           and
           tells
           those
           his
           night-visions
           unto
           his
           brethren
           :
           they
           interpret
           them
           and
           say
           ,
           v.
           8.
           
           
             Shalt
             thou
             indeed
             reigne
             over
             us
             ?
             shalt
             thou
             have
             dominion
             over
             us
             ?
          
           Thou
           one
           of
           the
           yongest
           sonnes
           of
           our
           father
           ?
           Shalt
           thou
           ?
           and
           for
           this
           they
           hated
           him
           ,
           sayth
           the
           Text
           .
           Ioseph
           went
           foorth
           to
           seeke
           brethren
           ,
           in
           the
           14●●
           .
           but
           he
           found
           murtherers
           :
           for
           as
           soone
           as
           ever
           they
           perceive
           him
           comming
           towards
           them
           ,
           they
           say
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           v.
           19.
           
           
             Behold
             this
             dreamer
             commeth
             ,
             come
             now
             ,
             let
             us
             stay
             him
             .
          
           So
           soone
           as
           ever
           they
           see
           their
           brother
           ;
           all
           their
           eyes
           ,
           and
           tongues
           ,
           and
           hearts
           ,
           and
           hands
           are
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           they
           presently
           forget
           themselves
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           be
           brethren
           ,
           but
           men
           ;
           for
           they
           take
           their
           brother
           ,
           and
           they
           cast
           him
           into
           an
           uncomfortable
           pit
           (
           as
           if
           they
           meant
           to
           bury
           him
           alive
           )
           and
           then
           
             sit
             downe
             to
             eat
             bread
             ,
          
           v.
           25.
           with
           the
           lamentations
           of
           their
           brother
           in
           their
           eares
           ,
           nor
           once
           remembring
           by
           their
           owne
           hunger
           ,
           what
           it
           was
           for
           their
           brother
           (
           as
           he
           might
           have
           done
           )
           to
           famish
           for
           want
           of
           food
           .
           And
           what
           was
           the
           reason
           of
           this
           their
           most
           unnaturall
           ,
           and
           more
           then
           bruitish
           cariage
           towards
           their
           brother
           ?
           you
           had
           it
           before
           ,
           their
           great
           feare
           of
           being
           afterward
           in
           subjection
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Philistines
           
             animate
             ,
             and
             hearten
             and
             encourage
          
           one
           another
           ,
           1.
           Sam.
           4.
           9.
           saying
           ,
           
             be
             strong
             and
             quit
             your selves
             like
             men
             ,
             ô
             ye
             Philistins
             ,
          
           that
           ye
           be
           not
           servants
           unto
           the
           Hebrewes
           .
        
         
           The
           Scriptures
           are
           full
           of
           expressions
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           wee
           needed
           further
           testimony
           for
           the
           confirming
           of
           so
           cleer
           a
           truth
           ;
           I
           could
           invite
           you
           to
           looke
           into
           the
           83.
           
           Psalme
           ,
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           2.
           to
           the
           9.
           verse
           ,
           where
           you
           shall
           finde
           a
           number
           of
           people
           of
           such
           unruly
           spirits
           ,
           as
           this
           observation
           in
           my
           Text
           takes
           notice
           of
           ,
           
             consulting
             with
             ,
             or
             consent
             ,
          
           or
           with
           one
           heart
           ,
           leaguing
           themselves
           together
           ,
           and
           
             making
             confederacies
             ,
          
           a●
           Edom
           ,
           and
           the
           Ishmaelites
           ,
           Moab
           and
           the
           Hagarens
           ,
           Gebal
           ,
           and
           Ammon
           ,
           and
           Amalek
           ,
           the
           Philistines
           ,
           with
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           Tyre
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           what
           to
           doe
           ?
           
             To
             take
             crafty
             counsell
             against
             the
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             consult
             against
             his
             hidden
             ones
             ,
          
           v.
           3.
           
           And
           who
           are
           these
           hidden
           ones
           ?
           Gods
           deare
           children
           ,
           whom
           God
           hides
           and
           will
           protect
           .
           Hee
           hides
           them
           as
           men
           hide
           Jewels
           ,
           and
           other
           pretious
           things
           ,
           keeping
           them
           in
           the
           safest
           places
           where
           they
           may
           be
           secured
           .
           But
           ,
           however
           ,
           first
           they
           consult
           together
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           speake
           out
           their
           
           thoughts
           ,
           v.
           4.
           saying
           .
           
             Come
             let
             us
             cut
             them
             off
             from
             being
             a
             Nation
             .
          
           And
           certainly
           ,
           there
           were
           no
           living
           for
           any
           good
           man
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           if
           the
           Divell
           and
           his
           cursed
           instruments
           ,
           could
           do
           but
           halfe
           so
           much
           mischiefe
           as
           they
           would
           .
           God
           holds
           forth
           his
           people
           as
           lights
           to
           the
           world
           ;
           these
           wicked
           ones
           in
           stead
           of
           walking
           by
           their
           light
           ,
           doe
           their
           uttermost
           to
           extinguish
           it
           .
           God
           sets
           them
           forth
           as
           examples
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           by
           which
           these
           men
           might
           learne
           to
           order
           their
           conversation
           right
           :
           But
           they
           are
           so
           farre
           from
           being
           guided
           ,
           governed
           ,
           ruled
           by
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           rather
           deny
           them
           their
           being
           ,
           then
           make
           them
           their
           example
           .
           
             Come
             say
             they
             ,
             let
             us
             cut
             them
             off
             :
          
           Esteeming
           them
           unworthy
           of
           any
           place
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           for
           whose
           sake
           the
           world
           was
           first
           made
           ,
           and
           for
           whose
           sake
           it
           hath
           beene
           ever
           since
           continued
           ;
           for
           were
           it
           not
           for
           those
           few
           Righteous
           ,
           that
           are
           intermingled
           with
           these
           many
           wicked
           on
           the
           earth
           ,
           the
           world
           could
           not
           stand
           .
           All
           wicked
           and
           ungodly
           men
           in
           the
           world
           owing
           their
           lives
           ,
           their
           liberties
           ,
           all
           the
           good
           things
           they
           doe
           enjoy
           heere
           ,
           unto
           these
           few
           ,
           whom
           they
           scorne
           ,
           oppose
           ,
           and
           persecute
           .
        
         
           Now
           what
           may
           be
           the
           reason
           why
           tumultuous
           ,
           heady-minded
           mem
           ,
           doe
           thus
           combine
           and
           animate
           one
           another
           in
           a
           spirit
           of
           opposition
           ,
           to
           cast
           off
           subjection
           ?
        
         
           
             Reason
             1.
             
          
           First
           ,
           because
           all
           wicked
           rebellious
           spirits
           are
           led
           by
           the
           same
           evill
           Principall
           ,
           to
           cast
           off
           obedience
           ,
           and
           therfore
           keepe
           and
           flock
           together
           ,
           as
           beasts
           of
           the
           same
           herd
           ,
           or
           ,
           as
           birds
           of
           the
           same
           feather
           do
           :
           And
           they
           act
           together
           likewise
           ,
           like
           companions
           in
           mischiefe
           ,
           and
           brethren
           in
           evill
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Prophet
           Michah
           compares
           them
           to
           Briars
           ,
           Mich.
           1.
           4.
           and
           the
           Prophet
           Nahum
           to
           Thornes
           ,
           Nah.
           1.
           10.
           folded
           and
           claspt
           ,
           and
           twisted
           ,
           and
           interwoven
           one
           within
           another
           ,
           to
           doe
           mischiefe
           .
           Hence
           that
           monstrously
           wicked
           Abimelech
           ,
           who
           knew
           not
           how
           to
           obey
           as
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           done
           :
           and
           therefore
           drew
           the
           bloud
           of
           seventy
           of
           his
           Brethren
           to
           make
           way
           for
           his
           usurped
           government
           ,
           is
           compared
           to
           a
           Bramble
           ,
           Jud
           9.
           14.
           
           A
           right
           Bramble
           he
           was
           indeed
           ,
           who
           grew
           in
           the
           base
           hedge-row
           of
           a
           concubine
           :
           A
           Bramble
           that
           scratcht
           and
           drew
           bloud
           to
           purpose
           .
        
         
           
             Reason
             2.
             
          
           Secondly
           ,
           because
           all
           wicked
           men
           who
           throw
           off
           subjection
           are
           guided
           by
           the
           same
           spirit
           ,
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           Divell
           ,
           who
           
             rules
             ,
          
           sayth
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             in
             the
             children
             of
             disobedience
             ,
          
           Eph.
           2.
           2.
           
           And
           ever
           since
           the
           Divell
           and
           wicked
           men
           received
           their
           doome
           ,
           to
           be
           chayned
           for
           ever
           heerafter
           under
           darknesse
           ;
           they
           cannot
           endure
           to
           think
           of
           Bands
           or
           Cords
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           thing
           beside
           ,
           that
           may
           restraine
           them
           .
        
         
         
           
             Vse
             .
          
           Now
           to
           make
           use
           of
           this
           ;
           and
           first
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           for
           
             Instruction
             ,
          
           from
           that
           which
           springs
           from
           the
           bitter
           root
           of
           stubbornesse
           ,
           disobedience
           ,
           and
           refractorinesse
           in
           this
           Text
           ;
           this
           honey
           ,
           this
           sweet
           ,
           may
           be
           extracted
           .
           As
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           so
           that
           wicked
           men
           can
           thus
           animate
           ,
           and
           hearten
           ,
           and
           encourage
           one
           another
           in
           the
           wayes
           of
           evill
           ;
           every
           one
           heere
           assembled
           may
           now
           prevent
           me
           &
           say
           ,
           that
           what
           we
           have
           hence
           observed
           inferres
           and
           inforceth
           upon
           us
           a
           lesson
           for
           our
           imitation
           ▪
           to
           follow
           those
           we
           have
           named
           ,
           in
           their
           diligence
           ,
           &
           eagernes
           ,
           &
           joint
           consent
           in
           acting
           ;
           as
           to
           leave
           them
           in
           the
           evill
           and
           obliquity
           of
           their
           actions
           ,
           to
           be
           as
           active
           in
           good
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           in
           evill
           .
           To
           instance
           in
           some
           particulars
           :
           How
           many
           Separatists
           goe
           on
           violently
           ,
           in
           an
           unwarrantable
           course
           ,
           as
           Cyprian
           wrote
           to
           Cornelius
           of
           five
           Schismatickes
           that
           had
           taken
           shipping
           ,
           and
           sayled
           to
           Rome
           ,
           with
           their
           mart
           of
           lies
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Lord
           of
           heaven
           ,
           who
           rideth
           upon
           the
           Cherubims
           ,
           could
           not
           overtake
           them
           .
           What
           
             stone
          
           doe
           these
           leave
           unturned
           ,
           what
           
             thing
          
           doe
           they
           leave
           unattempted
           ?
           
             per
             mare
             ,
             per
             terras
             ,
             per
             saxa
             ,
             per
             ignes
             :
          
           as
           Christ
           spake
           of
           the
           Pharisees
           ,
           Mat.
           23.
           15.
           
           
             Compassing
             sea
             and
             land
             to
             make
             Proselites
             ,
          
           or
           some
           of
           their
           owne
           profession
           .
           The
           Idolaters
           at
           Ephesus
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           the
           sonnes
           of
           Noise
           and
           Tumults
           ,
           cry
           up
           their
           baggage
           Diana
           ,
           
             for
             the
             space
             of
             two
             houres
             together
             ,
          
           Act.
           19.
           
           
             Great
             is
             Diana
             of
             the
             Ephesians
             ,
             quasi
             vocibus
             cultum
             ejus
             reparaturi
             ,
          
           as
           Chrysostome
           on
           that
           place
           :
           as
           if
           they
           meant
           with
           their
           loud
           outcries
           ,
           to
           hold
           up
           her
           honour
           ,
           and
           to
           blow
           up
           all
           opposition
           against
           her
           with
           her
           very
           breath
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           the
           Idolatrous
           Preists
           of
           Baal
           cried
           long
           
             from
             morning
             till
             noone
             ,
          
           and
           loud
           too
           ,
           saying
           
             Oh
             Baal
             helpe
             as
          
           1
           Ki.
           18.
           
           And
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           
             Samaria
             feared
             ,
             and
             mourned
             ,
          
           and
           made
           much
           adoe
           for
           their
           Idol
           .
           Likewise
           Hoses
           10.
           5.
           
           To
           the
           like
           purpose
           Micah
           complaines
           Judg.
           18.
           24.
           
             yee
             have
             stolen
             away
             my
             Gods
             ;
             and
             what
             have
             I
             more
             ?
          
           Or
           what
           have
           I
           more
           to
           lose
           ?
           Let
           me
           tell
           you
           in
           a
           word
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           these
           were
           proper
           Gods
           to
           rely
           on
           ,
           that
           could
           not
           secure
           themselves
           .
           
             O
             excellent●m
             insaniam
             !
          
           as
           Chrysostom
           observes
           upon
           this
           passage
           ,
           were
           thy
           Gods
           such
           ones
           that
           a
           man
           might
           steale
           them
           ?
           O
           notable
           folly
           !
           To
           rely
           upon
           such
           helps
           ,
           Gods
           
             per
             Antiphras●●
             ,
             for
             the
             workeman
             made
             them
             and
             therefore
             they
             are
             not
             God
             ,
          
           Hoses
           8.
           6.
           for
           if
           the
           fire
           spare
           them
           ,
           rust
           ,
           or
           rottennesse
           ,
           or
           time
           will
           consume
           them
           .
           But
           the
           morall
           of
           Micah
           his
           speech
           is
           good
           ,
           for
           the
           losse
           of
           God
           is
           the
           losse
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           who
           never
           forsakes
           us
           till
           he
           be
           first
           forsaken
           by
           us
           ;
           so
           the
           enjoying
           of
           a
           sweet
           communion
           with
           God
           ,
           is
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           every
           good
           thing
           beside
           ,
           but
           this
           by
           the
           way
           .
           The
           Prophet
           
           David
           makes
           mention
           of
           some
           that
           
             hasten
             after
             another
             God
          
           Psal.
           16.
           4.
           
           
             Festinant
          
           they
           hasten
           with
           speed
           ,
           or
           as
           Tremelius
           and
           Junius
           reade
           it
           from
           the
           originall
           ,
           
             Dotant
             ,
          
           they
           endow
           them
           with
           guifts
           ,
           or
           they
           give
           a
           dowry
           to
           them
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           so
           costly
           which
           they
           will
           not
           bestow
           ,
           which
           they
           will
           not
           willingly
           cast
           away
           upon
           their
           Idols
           ,
           which
           caused
           the
           Israelits
           being
           tainted
           with
           this
           sin
           ,
           to
           strip
           their
           
             Wives
             ,
          
           &
           
             Sonnes
          
           and
           
             Daughters
          
           of
           their
           
             Ear-rings
             to
             make
             a
             molten
             Image
             ,
          
           Exod.
           32.
           they
           thinke
           nothing
           too
           much
           ,
           too
           hard
           to
           doe
           ,
           to
           endure
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           did
           not
           sticke
           to
           
             sacrifice
             their
             Children
             unto
             them
             :
          
           what
           tedious
           pilgrimages
           doe
           some
           Papists
           trudge
           barefoot
           ,
           and
           how
           doe
           they
           afflict
           their
           bodies
           with
           whippings
           ,
           watchings
           ,
           fastings
           ?
           And
           I
           have
           observed
           this
           among
           Heathens
           that
           they
           impose
           many
           sharpe
           and
           voluntary
           penances
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           far
           above
           all
           those
           :
           the
           Romanists
           boast
           of
           as
           some
           of
           them
           will
           put
           massy
           fetters
           of
           iron
           upon
           their
           leggs
           ,
           and
           then
           as
           fast
           as
           they
           are
           able
           ,
           goe
           hundreds
           of
           miles
           barefoot
           ,
           upon
           the
           ground
           (
           very
           hot
           and
           parching
           in
           those
           Climes
           )
           to
           visite
           the
           Sepulchers
           of
           their
           deluding
           Saints
           .
           Others
           will
           voluntarily
           fast
           till
           nature
           be
           almost
           quite
           decaied
           ,
           &
           there
           be
           some
           who
           sequester
           themselves
           from
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           live
           remote
           upon
           the
           tops
           of
           Hills
           ,
           the
           residue
           of
           their
           lives
           ,
           sometimes
           many
           yeares
           :
           after
           which
           retirement
           ,
           they
           never
           suffer
           the
           razor
           to
           come
           againe
           upon
           their
           heads
           ,
           and
           they
           let
           their
           nailes
           grow
           
             like
             birds
             claws
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           written
           of
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
             ,
          
           when
           he
           was
           driven
           from
           the
           society
           of
           men
           ,
           Dan.
           4.
           33.
           and
           further
           these
           Votaries
           being
           thus
           retired
           will
           sterve
           rather
           then
           stirre
           from
           their
           Cells
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           are
           releeved
           by
           some
           that
           live
           neerest
           to
           them
           .
           Thousands
           there
           be
           in
           those
           parts
           that
           will
           rather
           chose
           to
           dye
           like
           the
           Mother
           and
           her
           seven
           Sons
           mentioned
           in
           the
           2
           Mac.
           and
           7.
           Chap.
           then
           
             eate
          
           or
           
             drinke
          
           any
           thing
           their
           Law
           forbids
           them
           :
           Such
           meate
           and
           drinke
           as
           their
           Law
           allowes
           them
           ,
           they
           take
           only
           to
           satisfie
           nature
           ,
           not
           appetite
           ;
           hating
           gluttony
           ,
           and
           esteeming
           drunkennesse
           ,
           as
           indeed
           it
           is
           ,
           a
           second
           madnesse
           ,
           and
           therefore
           use
           but
           one
           word
           in
           their
           language
           for
           a
           
             drunkard
          
           and
           a
           
             madman
             .
          
           The
           
             Mahumetans
             ,
          
           what
           occasion
           soever
           they
           have
           either
           by
           pleasure
           or
           profit
           to
           divert
           them
           ,
           will
           pray
           five
           times
           every
           day
           .
           And
           the
           Pharisee
           could
           tell
           us
           Lu.
           18.
           11.
           
             that
             he
             was
             no
             Extortioner
             ,
             nor
             unjust
             person
             ,
             nor
             an
             Adulterer
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Now
           let
           us
           put
           all
           this
           together
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           us
           hold
           up
           our
           heads
           if
           we
           can
           for
           blushing
           ,
           and
           heare
           our
           owne
           shame
           ,
           receive
           our
           just
           reproofe
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           second
           thing
           I
           shall
           infer
           from
           hence
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Vse
          
           of
           reproofe
           I
           say
           when
           we
           consider
           the
           unity
           ,
           agreement
           ,
           accord
           ,
           
           that
           is
           in
           wicked
           men
           ,
           their
           teaching
           ,
           animating
           ,
           stirring
           up
           one
           another
           ,
           in
           whom
           there
           is
           
             unitar
             ,
             contra
             unitatem
             ,
          
           conspiracy
           ,
           agreement
           in
           error
           ,
           in
           evill
           ;
           and
           so
           little
           unity
           ,
           agreement
           amongst
           us
           for
           truth
           .
           How
           dare
           we
           in
           matters
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           flag
           and
           faint
           ,
           and
           dissent
           as
           we
           doe
           ,
           
             ferventissimi
             in
             terrenis
             ,
             in
             coelestibus
             frigidissimi
             :
          
           shewing
           nothing
           but
           heate
           and
           earnestnesse
           in
           earthly
           ,
           nothing
           lesse
           ?
           in
           heavenly
           things
           !
           Shall
           Schismaticks
           ,
           Hereticks
           ,
           Pharisees
           ,
           Papists
           ,
           Turkes
           ,
           Infidels
           ,
           Idolaters
           of
           all
           kinds
           ,
           solicite
           bad
           causes
           with
           such
           earnestnes
           ;
           and
           we
           ,
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           faintly
           ?
           They
           were
           wont
           to
           say
           of
           cowards
           in
           Rome
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           nothing
           Roman
           in
           them
           ;
           and
           may
           it
           not
           be
           as
           fitly
           applied
           unto
           many
           of
           us
           who
           professe
           our selves
           Christians
           ?
           There
           is
           not
           that
           Christianity
           in
           us
           which
           may
           bring
           comfort
           to
           us
           ;
           if
           there
           were
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           more
           remisse
           in
           our
           owne
           quarrels
           ,
           more
           fierce
           and
           forward
           in
           the
           cause
           and
           quarrell
           of
           God
           .
           Oh
           how
           doe
           a
           number
           amongst
           us
           even
           shame
           the
           Religion
           we
           professe
           by
           professing
           of
           it
           !
           What
           a
           sad
           thing
           is
           it
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           a
           Pharisee
           should
           be
           chast
           ,
           and
           a
           Christian
           filthy
           :
           That
           an
           Heathen
           should
           be
           temperate
           ,
           sober
           ;
           and
           a
           Christian
           drunken
           :
           That
           a
           Mahumetan
           should
           pray
           five
           times
           every
           day
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           professeth
           himselfe
           a
           Christian
           ,
           scarce
           voluntarily
           goe
           to
           God
           in
           prayer
           ,
           five
           times
           in
           a
           weeke
           ,
           a
           moneth
           ,
           a
           yeare
           :
           that
           they
           who
           professe
           themselves
           Christians
           should
           come
           short
           of
           them
           that
           come
           short
           of
           Heaven
           !
           The
           morality
           of
           millions
           of
           Heathens
           may
           shame
           us
           ,
           their
           lives
           condemne
           ours
           :
           The
           Nations
           which
           call
           not
           upon
           the
           name
           of
           God
           are
           more
           righteous
           then
           we
           ,
           who
           have
           justified
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           and
           Turkes
           ,
           and
           Heathens
           .
           Our
           idolatrous
           and
           ignorant
           fore-fathers
           shal
           rise
           up
           in
           judgement
           and
           condemne
           as
           ,
           for
           they
           followed
           what
           they
           knew
           ,
           but
           we
           know
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           follow
           it
           not
           .
           
             Considerare
             pudet
             quantus
             ferver
             quae
             cura
             &c.
          
           was
           the
           complaint
           sometimes
           of
           Jerom
           that
           he
           was
           ashamed
           to
           consider
           ,
           how
           solicitous
           many
           were
           in
           temporall
           ,
           and
           how
           sluggish
           we
           in
           spirituall
           things
           :
           He
           was
           ashamed
           to
           thinke
           ,
           how
           that
           so
           many
           thousands
           should
           drive
           like
           
             Jehu
             furiously
          
           in
           the
           waies
           of
           evill
           ,
           Superstition
           ,
           Error
           ,
           Idolatry
           ,
           Profanenesse
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           and
           we
           in
           the
           waies
           of
           God
           ,
           goe
           a
           snayles
           pace
           ,
           like
           the
           Egyptians
           in
           the
           sea
           ,
           
             when
             their
             Chariot
             wheels
             were
             off
             ,
          
           Exod.
           14.
           25.
           
           That
           evill
           men
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           should
           have
           
             their
             tonguet
             bent
             like
             bowes
             for
             lies
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Prophet
           speakes
           Jer.
           9.
           3.
           
             and
             we
             not
             valiant
             for
             the
             truth
             ,
          
           shewing
           no
           courage
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           durst
           not
           owne
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           .
           
             Dormis
             tu
             Petre
             ?
          
           Was
           an
           heavy
           check
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           gave
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           Marke
           14.
           37.
           
             sleepest
             thou
             Peter
             ?
          
           Are
           the
           high
           Preists
           consulting
           ?
           
           Are
           the
           Souldiers
           ●anding
           themselves
           ?
           Is
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           neere
           his
           betraying
           ?
           And
           sleepest
           thou
           ,
           Peter
           ?
           And
           ,
           is
           there
           an
           ayming
           at
           the
           head
           of
           Authority
           now
           ,
           an
           endeavour
           by
           some
           to
           lay
           all
           even
           and
           levell
           ?
           Is
           there
           a
           striking
           at
           Religion
           ,
           in
           an
           endeavour
           after
           liberty
           therein
           ?
           which
           liberty
           threatens
           us
           ,
           which
           liberty
           hath
           already
           extreamly
           hurt
           us
           ;
           
             
               —
               saevior
               armis
               ,
            
             
               Libertas
               nocuit
               ;
               —
            
          
        
         
           Which
           liberty
           if
           it
           be
           permitted
           ,
           continued
           ,
           will
           undoubtedly
           undoe
           us
           :
           And
           shall
           any
           disciple
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           hath
           beene
           taught
           of
           him
           ,
           bee
           now
           so
           sleepy
           ,
           slothfull
           ,
           sluggish
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           matter
           in
           hand
           concerned
           him
           not
           ?
           Let
           us
           not
           beleeve
           that
           any
           would
           be
           ever
           contented
           to
           die
           for
           Christ
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           speake
           for
           him
           :
           that
           they
           would
           ever
           bee
           willing
           to
           affoord
           Christ
           their
           blood
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           doe
           so
           much
           as
           lend
           him
           their
           breath
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           a
           corollary
           or
           conclusion
           .
           It
           was
           an
           excellent
           commendation
           that
           Quintilian
           sometime
           gave
           of
           Vespasian
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           
             patientissimus
             veri
             ,
          
           most
           patient
           in
           hearing
           truth
           :
           Let
           his
           commendation
           be
           ,
           ours
           .
           The
           life
           of
           Preaching
           is
           application
           ,
           and
           the
           life
           of
           Application
           ,
           is
           the
           applying
           of
           truths
           unto
           our
           particular
           selves
           .
           And
           therefore
           that
           we
           may
           be
           now
           yet
           more
           particular
           ,
           in
           bringing
           home
           the
           truths
           we
           have
           heard
           ,
           into
           our
           severall
           bosomes
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           do
           rebellious
           spirits
           cast
           off
           the
           Yoke
           ?
           aime
           at
           nothing
           so
           much
           as
           destructive
           liberty
           ?
           Let
           us
           be
           exhorted
           to
           submit
           unto
           it
           ,
           to
           yeeld
           obedience
           unto
           all
           the
           holy
           ,
           equall
           ,
           righteous
           ,
           just
           commands
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           say
           with
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           howsoever
           they
           may
           seeme
           crosse
           and
           contradictory
           unto
           us
           ;
           
             that
             the
             Law
             is
             holy
             ,
             and
             the
             commandement
             is
             holy
             ,
             and
             just
             ,
             and
             good
             ,
          
           Rom.
           7.
           12.
           
           And
           let
           us
           write
           this
           truth
           amongst
           those
           things
           we
           would
           most
           remember
           ,
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           never
           was
           ,
           never
           wil
           be
           a
           Saviour
           to
           any
           ,
           unto
           whom
           he
           is
           not
           a
           Lord
           .
           Further
           ,
           Let
           us
           
             submit
             our selves
             unto
             every
             ordinance
             of
             man
             ,
             for
             the
             Lords
             sake
             ,
             &c.
          
           as
           before
           it
           was
           urged
           from
           that
           in
           the
           1.
           Pet.
           2.
           13.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           is
           there
           such
           an
           unity
           ,
           an
           agreeing
           ,
           a
           love
           ,
           a
           liking
           amongst
           many
           we
           have
           named
           to
           compasse
           their
           evill
           ends
           ;
           Let
           us
           take
           up
           heere
           in
           the
           first
           place
           a
           further
           sad
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           just
           complaint
           ,
           of
           the
           dis-union
           ,
           mis-agreement
           ,
           censoriousnesse
           ,
           uncharitablenesse
           ,
           rash
           judging
           and
           condemning
           ,
           that
           so
           swells
           up
           the
           breasts
           of
           many
           amongst
           us
           ,
           who
           professe
           themselves
           Christians
           ,
           yet
           they
           want
           charity
           for
           them
           ,
           for
           whom
           Christ
           had
           blood
           ;
           who
           ,
           because
           we
           cannot
           assent
           unto
           them
           in
           
           all
           their
           mis-grounded
           opinions
           ,
           therefore
           they
           cast
           us
           off
           ,
           away
           ,
           as
           filthy
           ragges
           .
           Oh
           love
           I
           thou
           duty
           and
           ornament
           of
           Christians
           ,
           thou
           glory
           of
           Saints
           ,
           thou
           delight
           of
           God
           ,
           where
           art
           thou
           ?
           how
           art
           thou
           gone
           ?
           how
           art
           thou
           departed
           from
           us
           ?
           where
           shall
           we
           seeke
           thee
           ?
           where
           shall
           we
           finde
           thee
           ?
           Surely
           in
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           or
           else
           woe
           be
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           secondly
           ,
           though
           difference
           in
           opinion
           hath
           so
           banished
           love
           from
           many
           amongst
           us
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           afford
           us
           a
           good
           word
           ;
           yet
           we
           may
           not
           deale
           with
           them
           as
           they
           deale
           with
           us
           :
           but
           learne
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           if
           love
           be
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           S.
           John
           speakes
           ,
           1.
           Jo.
           4.
           7.
           
           
             And
             every
             one
             that
             loveth
             is
             borne
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             knoweth
             God
             :
             so
             he
             that
             loves
             not
             ,
             knoweth
             not
             God
             ,
          
           as
           it
           followeth
           in
           the
           next
           verse
           .
           
             And
             if
             love
             be
             the
             fulfilling
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             as
             the
             Apostle
             tels
             us
             ,
          
           Ro.
           13.
           10.
           
           If
           the
           whole
           Law
           be
           abridged
           in
           that
           duty
           of
           love
           ;
           then
           the
           want
           of
           love
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           violating
           ,
           the
           breaking
           of
           all
           the
           commandements
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           let
           us
           learne
           hence
           ,
           what
           the
           Prophet
           David
           exhorts
           us
           to
           in
           a
           like
           case
           ,
           Ps.
           109.
           28.
           
           
             Though
             they
             curse
             ,
             yet
             blesse
             we
             .
          
           And
           though
           they
           hate
           ,
           yet
           love
           we
           .
           Let
           us
           love
           their
           persons
           ,
           and
           any
           thing
           beside
           we
           see
           of
           God
           that
           is
           lovely
           in
           them
           ,
           whatsoever
           they
           may
           thinke
           of
           us
           ,
           though
           we
           may
           not
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           ,
           by
           any
           meanes
           close
           with
           them
           in
           their
           opinions
           .
           In
           all
           our
           demeanour
           towards
           them
           ,
           carrying
           our selves
           as
           Joshua
           did
           to
           Achan
           ,
           Josh.
           7.
           who
           retayned
           the
           affections
           of
           a
           Father
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           executing
           the
           office
           of
           a
           Judge
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           let
           us
           be
           exhorted
           to
           make
           much
           of
           that
           most
           excellent
           grace
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           Love
           :
           love
           to
           God
           ,
           love
           to
           one
           another
           .
           Le
           ts
           make
           much
           of
           love
           :
           for
           t
           is
           love
           which
           conveyes
           all
           mercies
           to
           us
           .
           Let
           us
           lay
           hold
           on
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Patriarchs
           did
           apprehend
           the
           promises
           ,
           most
           elegantly
           set
           out
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           Heb.
           11.
           13.
           by
           a
           Metaphor
           of
           saluting
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             They
             saluted
             them
             ,
             they
             kissed
             them
             ,
             they
             hug'd
             them
             ,
             they
             embraced
             them
             .
          
           So
           let
           us
           doe
           this
           grace
           ,
           that
           findes
           such
           little
           ,
           such
           cold
           entertainment
           from
           many
           ,
           from
           most
           .
           This
           grace
           of
           love
           ,
           which
           God
           himselfe
           so
           liketh
           ,
           that
           he
           calls
           himselfe
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Love
           ,
           1.
           Ioh.
           4.
           8.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           :
           
             Fellow
             after
             charity
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           1.
           Cor.
           4.
           1.
           
           The
           originall
           word
           is
           very
           emphaticall
           :
           for
           it
           signifies
           to
           pursue
           ,
           or
           follow
           a
           thing
           eagerly
           ;
           it
           implies
           in
           it
           a
           singular
           love
           to
           the
           thing
           we
           follow
           ,
           which
           makes
           us
           take
           any
           paines
           about
           it
           ;
           to
           follow
           a
           thing
           as
           having
           it
           in
           chase
           ,
           the
           Metaphor
           being
           taken
           from
           Hunters
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           leave
           what
           they
           pursue
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           taken
           it
           .
           Thus
           must
           we
           follow
           after
           love
           and
           charity
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           Have
           it
           ,
           and
           Harbour
           it
           ,
           and
           Exercise
           
           And
           lastly
           ,
           let
           us
           labour
           after
           unity
           ,
           as
           first
           unity
           and
           agreement
           amongst
           our selves
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           unity
           in
           the
           profession
           of
           the
           true
           Religion
           we
           professe
           ,
           as
           unity
           in
           doctrine
           ,
           and
           unity
           in
           discipline
           ,
           which
           would
           marvellously
           unite
           our
           hearts
           together
           .
           
             There
             is
             but
             one
             Lord
             ,
             one
             Faith
             ,
             oxe
             Baptisme
             ,
             one
             God
             and
             Father
             of
             all
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           Eph.
           4.
           5.
           6.
           
           All
           in
           unity
           .
           And
           God
           is
           the
           God
           of
           order
           ,
           
             not
             the
             Author
             of
             Confusion
             ,
          
           1.
           Cor.
           14.
           33.
           
           The
           body
           of
           a
           Church
           or
           State
           is
           then
           strongest
           ,
           when
           the
           multitude
           of
           believers
           have
           but
           one
           heart
           ,
           and
           one
           soul
           amongst
           them
           all
           .
           As
           he
           that
           observes
           the
           cariage
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           ,
           shall
           finde
           this
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           which
           signifies
           
             one
             consent
             ,
             one
             heart
             ,
             one
             mind
             ,
          
           in
           the
           4
           first
           Chapters
           of
           the
           Acts
           ,
           often
           applied
           unto
           them
           .
           Which
           unity
           in
           the
           truth
           of
           Religion
           ,
           is
           the
           firmest
           band
           twixt
           man
           and
           man
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           very
           
             knot
          
           and
           
             tie
          
           of
           all
           communion
           and
           consociation
           .
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           as
           division
           of
           tongues
           in
           the
           eleventh
           of
           Genesis
           ,
           hindred
           the
           building
           up
           of
           Babel
           ,
           then
           :
           so
           division
           of
           hearts
           hinders
           the
           setling
           and
           building
           up
           of
           the
           Church
           now
           .
           And
           as
           Plankes
           and
           Timbers
           joyned
           together
           make
           a
           ship
           ,
           but
           disjoyned
           ,
           shipwracke
           :
           and
           as
           connexion
           of
           stones
           and
           timber
           make
           an
           house
           ;
           dissipation
           ,
           a
           ruine
           :
           so
           ,
           unity
           and
           agreement
           of
           Christians
           build
           up
           a
           Church
           ,
           as
           dissension
           puls
           it
           downe
           .
           And
           as
           they
           say
           of
           Bees
           ,
           that
           when
           there
           is
           a
           stirre
           and
           strife
           amongst
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           signe
           that
           their
           King
           is
           about
           to
           remove
           and
           leave
           the
           hive
           ;
           so
           strife
           ,
           schisme
           ,
           dissension
           in
           Religion
           ,
           to
           the
           hazard
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           a
           signe
           that
           God
           either
           hath
           ,
           or
           is
           about
           to
           leave
           a
           people
           .
           One
           of
           the
           maine
           scandals
           the
           Iewes
           take
           from
           the
           carriage
           of
           Christians
           ,
           is
           their
           dissention
           and
           disagreeing
           one
           with
           another
           :
           which
           they
           interpret
           to
           proceed
           from
           want
           of
           unity
           of
           truth
           in
           the
           foundation
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           are
           startled
           and
           scared
           from
           the
           Gospel
           .
           And
           some
           Papists
           have
           sayd
           of
           us
           ,
           (
           and
           I
           would
           there
           were
           no
           truth
           in
           it
           )
           what
           one
           Preacheth
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           another
           contradicts
           after
           dinner
           :
           and
           what
           peace
           and
           accord
           can
           there
           be
           in
           that
           house
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           where
           the
           husband
           is
           a
           Calvinist
           ,
           the
           wife
           a
           Lutheran
           ,
           the
           servant
           an
           Oecolampadian
           ?
           &c.
           And
           what
           settlement
           can
           we
           expect
           ,
           while
           one
           is
           a
           Brownist
           ,
           another
           an
           Anabaptist
           ,
           another
           an
           Antinomian
           ,
           another
           a
           Seeker
           ?
           and
           all
           these
           happily
           under
           one
           roofe
           :
           another
           an
           Everything
           ,
           another
           a
           Nothing
           .
           What
           can
           we
           looke
           for
           lesse
           then
           confusion
           ,
           (
           as
           a
           most
           grave
           ,
           learned
           ,
           orthodox
           ,
           eminent
           man
           ,
           famous
           in
           his
           generation
           ,
           observed
           )
           while
           we
           have
           Doctrine
           against
           Doctrine
           ,
           Prayers
           against
           Prayers
           ,
           Faith
           against
           Faith
           ,
           Religion
           against
           Religion
           ?
           the
           
           most
           fearfull
           consequences
           of
           which
           destructive
           waies
           were
           written
           in
           the
           murthers
           ,
           massacres
           ,
           tragedies
           ,
           wasts
           ,
           somtimes
           committed
           in
           
             France
             and
          
           both
           the
           
             Germanies
             :
          
           and
           the
           reason
           ,
           the
           pretence
           of
           all
           that
           caused
           those
           their
           so
           great
           miseries
           ,
           only
           that
           which
           immediately
           before
           we
           named
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Anabaptists
          
           in
           the
           upper
           Germany
           ,
           as
           Sleidan
           reports
           ,
           framed
           an
           imagination
           to
           themselves
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Ancient
           Magistracy
           must
           be
           quite
           rooted
           out
           from
           the
           earth
           .
           And
           said
           (
           and
           happily
           they
           beleeved
           it
           too
           )
           that
           they
           had
           speech
           with
           God
           ,
           who
           enjoyned
           them
           to
           kill
           all
           the
           wicked
           in
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           to
           constitute
           a
           new
           World
           consisting
           only
           of
           the
           innocent
           :
           What
           
             slaughter
          
           and
           
             havock
          
           this
           caused
           ,
           what
           profusion
           of
           bloud
           betwixt
           the
           
             Nobles
          
           and
           
             Commons
             ,
             Germany
          
           then
           felt
           ,
           and
           smarted
           for
           ;
           and
           Histories
           will
           relate
           to
           all
           Posterity
           .
           The
           president
           whereof
           may
           make
           the
           World
           take
           heede
           ,
           how
           they
           be
           drawne
           by
           fanaticall
           spirits
           ,
           into
           these
           or
           the
           like
           desperate
           and
           damnable
           courses
           .
           And
           if
           this
           hath
           been
           the
           fruite
           of
           such
           dangerous
           destroying
           waies
           ,
           let
           any
           one
           be
           judge
           that
           hath
           not
           lost
           his
           understanding
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           fit
           ,
           for
           every
           Subject
           in
           a
           Realme
           ,
           (
           for
           if
           it
           be
           granted
           to
           some
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           in
           justice
           to
           deny
           it
           unto
           others
           )
           to
           be
           priviledged
           in
           his
           house
           ;
           to
           have
           a
           
             God
          
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           a
           
             Priest
          
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           a
           
             worship
          
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           as
           
             Micah
             had
             in
             Mount
             Ephraim
             ,
          
           and
           whether
           it
           be
           fit
           for
           people
           to
           
             preach
          
           and
           
             beleeve
             ,
          
           and
           
             obey
          
           and
           
             pray
             ,
          
           as
           themselves
           please
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           may
           be
           done
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           may
           some
           one
           say
           ?
           The
           minds
           of
           private
           men
           are
           as
           free
           as
           Emperours
           ,
           every
           one
           is
           a
           King
           in
           his
           owne
           house
           as
           
             Telemachus
          
           said
           ;
           And
           nothing
           is
           so
           voluntary
           as
           Religion
           :
           Yee
           may
           
             shift
          
           the
           bodies
           of
           men
           from
           place
           to
           place
           ,
           but
           yee
           cannot
           
             change
          
           their
           minds
           ,
           
             advice
          
           may
           doe
           more
           then
           threatning
           ,
           and
           faith
           commeth
           rather
           by
           
             perswasion
             ,
          
           then
           
             compulsion
             ;
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           first
           we
           must
           speake
           to
           the
           conscience
           by
           good
           Counsell
           ,
           by
           faire
           meanes
           ,
           by
           forcible-convincing
           arguments
           ;
           But
           if
           the
           eare
           of
           conscience
           be
           stopt
           up
           against
           us
           ,
           if
           perswasions
           prove
           unprofitable
           ,
           if
           exhortations
           ,
           convicting
           arguments
           carried
           on
           in
           love
           and
           mercy
           will
           not
           serve
           the
           turne
           ;
           we
           must
           then
           speake
           to
           the
           
             eare
          
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           to
           their
           
             Inheritance
             ,
          
           to
           their
           
             Liberty
             .
          
           Let
           the
           
             body
          
           tell
           the
           conscience
           I
           am
           afflicted
           ,
           the
           
             Inheritance
          
           I
           am
           diminished
           ,
           
             Liberty
          
           I
           am
           restrained
           for
           thy
           sake
           ,
           I
           tell
           yee
           ,
           that
           these
           have
           been
           arguments
           ,
           which
           have
           done
           much
           good
           ;
           as
           Austin
           affirmes
           of
           the
           
             Donatists
             ,
          
           and
           
             Circum●ellions
          
           in
           
             Africa
             ,
          
           that
           being
           terrified
           by
           paines
           ,
           they
           began
           to
           enter
           into
           consideration
           with
           themselves
           ,
           whether
           they
           suffered
           for
           
             conscience
             ,
          
           
           or
           for
           
             obstinacy
             .
          
           But
           it
           may
           be
           againe
           objected
           that
           some
           have
           not
           been
           bettered
           hereby
           ,
           he
           answers
           this
           objection
           ,
           
             Ideo
             negligenda
             est
             medicina
             ,
             quia
             nonnullorum
             est
             insanabilis
             pestilentia
             ?
          
           Shall
           we
           therefore
           reject
           physick
           ,
           because
           the
           sicknesse
           of
           some
           is
           incurable
           ?
           I
           confesse
           that
           a
           man
           should
           not
           suffer
           for
           a
           meere
           default
           in
           his
           
             understanding
             ,
          
           but
           if
           the
           fault
           be
           in
           his
           
             will
             ,
          
           it
           alters
           the
           case
           ,
           and
           without
           doubt
           a
           number
           even
           now
           among
           us
           mistake
           their
           
             will
          
           for
           their
           
             conscience
             ,
          
           which
           may
           easily
           be
           done
           ,
           for
           they
           lodge
           both
           in
           the
           same
           
             soule
             ,
          
           &
           therfore
           they
           may
           be
           easily
           taken
           one
           for
           the
           other
           :
           Now
           as
           the
           rectified
           good
           will
           of
           man
           must
           not
           be
           without
           fruit
           :
           So
           the
           stubborne
           depraved
           will
           of
           man
           must
           not
           scape
           without
           punishment
           ,
           the
           voluntary
           default
           of
           a
           mans
           will
           being
           the
           just
           cause
           of
           all
           his
           suffering
           ,
           
             Clavis
             sapientiae
             frequens
             interrogatio
          
           questioning
           is
           the
           Key
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           he
           that
           never
           askes
           ,
           cannot
           attain
           to
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           ever
           askes
           shall
           never
           receive
           satisfaction
           .
           When
           people
           are
           become
           such
           
             scepticks
             ,
          
           that
           they
           will
           question
           every
           thing
           ,
           and
           receive
           satisfaction
           in
           nothing
           ;
           doubt
           whether
           the
           Sun
           have
           light
           ,
           or
           the
           fire
           heate
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           doubts
           in
           other
           things
           ,
           which
           should
           not
           be
           questioned
           ,
           such
           must
           be
           regulated
           .
           
             Tertullian
          
           is
           of
           the
           same
           minde
           with
           
             Austin
             ,
          
           that
           it
           is
           meet
           that
           
             Hereticks
          
           and
           
             Schismaticks
             too
             ,
          
           should
           be
           compelled
           to
           doe
           their
           duties
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           not
           be
           perswaded
           to
           doe
           them
           .
           I
           say
           compelled
           ,
           if
           allurements
           and
           perswasions
           will
           not
           serve
           the
           turne
           ,
           they
           must
           not
           alwaies
           be
           entreated
           ,
           he
           that
           hath
           a
           
             Phrensie
          
           must
           be
           bound
           ;
           He
           that
           hath
           a
           
             Lethargy
          
           must
           be
           prickt
           up
           ;
           And
           they
           which
           strengthen
           themselves
           in
           error
           or
           schisme
           ,
           &
           diffuse
           them
           amongst
           others
           ,
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           
             Church
          
           or
           
             State
             ,
          
           must
           be
           violently
           pul'd
           out
           of
           them
           .
           Undoubtedly
           the
           
             sword
          
           was
           never
           appointed
           ,
           for
           Authority
           ,
           only
           to
           make
           a
           shew
           before
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           that
           
             Magistrate
          
           is
           worthy
           to
           be
           
             disarmed
             ,
          
           who
           beares
           the
           sword
           in
           vaine
           .
           And
           the
           
             Keyes
          
           were
           never
           left
           unto
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           be
           worne
           as
           golden
           Keyes
           for
           
             honour
             ,
          
           or
           
             ornament
             ,
          
           or
           to
           be
           kept
           in
           the
           pocket
           ,
           but
           to
           
             let
             in
          
           some
           ,
           and
           to
           
             lockout
          
           others
           as
           occasion
           is
           offered
           .
           
             These
             things
             command
             and
             teach
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             to
             Timothy
          
           1
           Tim.
           4.
           11.
           
           In
           the
           beginning
           of
           that
           Chapter
           ,
           there
           is
           mention
           made
           of
           some
           
             that
             in
             the
             latter
             times
             should
             depart
             from
             the
             faith
             giving
             heede
             to
             seducing
             spirits
             ,
             speaking
             lies
             in
             hypocrisie
             .
          
           Now
           that
           which
           was
           contrary
           to
           this
           the
           Apostle
           must
           command
           and
           teach
           ;
           Command
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           the
           very
           selfe
           same
           word
           that
           is
           used
           Acts
           5.
           40.
           which
           the
           Captaines
           ,
           and
           Officers
           ,
           and
           High-preists
           used
           ,
           when
           they
           
             commanded
             the
             Apostles
             they
             should
             not
             speake
             any
             more
             in
             the
             name
             of
             Jesus
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
           they
           commanded
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           word
           of
           authority
           which
           
             Judges
          
           use
           upon
           the
           Bench
           ,
           for
           men
           to
           hearken
           ,
           or
           not
           to
           hearken
           to
           ,
           at
           their
           perill
           .
           So
           St.
           Jude
           speakes
           of
           some
           
             that
             did
             separate
             themselves
             ,
             not
             having
             the
             spirit
             ,
          
           Jude
           v.
           19.
           and
           such
           must
           
             be
             saved
             with
             feare
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           save
           them
           
             by
             feare
             ,
             discipline
             ,
             censures
             ,
          
           for
           so
           I
           conceive
           that
           place
           is
           properly
           interpreted
           ,
           for
           feare
           is
           there
           opposed
           to
           compassion
           ,
           
             of
             some
             have
             compassion
          
           v
           22.
           
             putting
             a
             difference
          
           twixt
           them
           that
           erre
           of
           weaknesse
           ,
           or
           unavoydable
           ignorance
           ,
           and
           them
           that
           doe
           it
           out
           of
           wilfullnesse
           ,
           and
           perversnesse
           ,
           the
           first
           must
           be
           dealt
           more
           gently
           withall
           ,
           others
           must
           be
           more
           roughly
           handled
           .
           
             Saved
             by
             feare
          
           v.
           23.
           
             pulling
             them
             as
          
           a
           brand
           
             out
             of
             the
             fire
             ,
          
           wherein
           otherwise
           they
           would
           be
           unavoydably
           consumed
           .
        
         
           I
           beseech
           you
           let
           me
           not
           be
           mistaken
           ,
           in
           that
           I
           have
           now
           delivered
           ,
           
             insector
             vitia
             ,
             non
             homines
             :
          
           I
           know
           it
           is
           a
           very
           great
           act
           of
           injustice
           ,
           to
           be
           angry
           at
           the
           offender
           and
           not
           at
           the
           offence
           ,
           I
           assure
           you
           therefore
           tis
           mens
           faults
           not
           their
           persons
           which
           here
           stirres
           me
           up
           to
           make
           complaints
           .
           I
           shall
           ever
           desire
           to
           be
           most
           tender
           of
           those
           in
           whom
           I
           can
           discerne
           any
           impressions
           of
           God
           .
           And
           I
           know
           it
           had
           been
           better
           for
           me
           that
           I
           had
           never
           been
           ,
           then
           that
           I
           should
           live
           ,
           
             to
             condemne
             the
             generation
             of
             the
             righteous
             .
          
           And
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           my
           witnesses
           are
           in
           Heaven
           and
           in
           my
           owne
           breast
           ,
           that
           so
           farre
           as
           I
           can
           know
           my
           heart
           ,
           I
           doe
           not
           wish
           to
           live
           a
           minute
           longer
           ,
           then
           I
           shall
           unfainedly
           desire
           
             to
             honour
             those
             that
             truely
             honour
             God
             .
          
           And
           ever
           since
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           reveale
           himselfe
           in
           any
           measure
           to
           me
           ;
           I
           could
           love
           Religion
           in
           
             russet
             ,
          
           in
           
             raggs
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           gayest
           dresse
           :
           And
           shall
           labour
           ,
           by
           Gods
           grace
           ,
           while
           I
           live
           ,
           to
           give
           most
           
             respect
             ,
          
           where
           I
           finde
           most
           
             goodnesse
             .
          
           But
           when
           the
           
             error
          
           of
           Religion
           turnes
           mens
           
             braines
             ,
          
           and
           so
           makes
           them
           to
           
             fight
          
           against
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ;
           I
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           complaine
           :
           I
           know
           that
           
             Zeale
          
           is
           good
           ,
           excellent
           good
           ,
           and
           hath
           its
           due
           deserved
           commendation
           both
           of
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           and
           cursed
           be
           they
           that
           goes
           about
           to
           extinguish
           that
           holy
           fire
           ,
           that
           Zeale
           which
           is
           well
           grounded
           ,
           well
           ordered
           ;
           grounded
           upon
           
             knowledge
             ,
          
           and
           carried
           on
           with
           
             discretion
             .
          
           But
           I
           know
           that
           there
           is
           as
           much
           difference
           twixt
           
             Zeale
             ,
          
           and
           
             Zeale
             ,
          
           as
           there
           is
           betwixt
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           
             Superstition
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           to
           be
           carried
           on
           violently
           either
           by
           a
           mis-grounded
           or
           a
           mis-governed
           Zeale
           ,
           may
           be
           
             cursus
             celerrimus
             ,
          
           but
           
             praeter
             viam
             ,
          
           a
           swift
           violent
           motion
           ,
           but
           quite
           out
           of
           the
           way
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           are
           those
           rebellious
           spirits
           we
           have
           named
           so
           resolved
           in
           their
           waies
           ,
           that
           they
           leave
           no
           meanes
           un-attempted
           to
           bring
           their
           devices
           to
           passe
           (
           as
           before
           we
           observed
           ;
           )
           O
           let
           us
           now
           labour
           to
           be
           as
           
             wise
             ,
          
           
           as
           
             active
          
           in
           our
           generation
           as
           they
           can
           be
           in
           theirs
           .
           And
           Oh
           that
           we
           had
           been
           so
           ,
           Oh
           that
           we
           would
           be
           so
           .
           T
           was
           Jehu's
           question
           2
           Ki.
           9.
           32.
           
             who
             is
             on
             my
             side
             who
             ?
          
           It
           may
           be
           now
           the
           Lords
           ;
           When
           the
           
             mouth
          
           of
           wickednesse
           is
           opened
           so
           wide
           ,
           when
           the
           
             mists
          
           of
           error
           thicken
           so
           much
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           
             wings
          
           of
           schisme
           spread
           so
           far
           over
           us
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           not
           that
           endeavour
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           ,
           to
           
             dispell
          
           those
           mists
           ,
           to
           
             clip
          
           those
           wings
           ,
           and
           to
           
             stop
          
           that
           mouth
           :
           
             qui
             non
             vetat
             peccare
             cum
             possit
             ,
             jubet
             ,
          
           we
           are
           guilty
           of
           every
           sin
           ,
           which
           we
           might
           ,
           and
           doe
           not
           prevent
           .
           If
           we
           had
           wrought
           wisely
           ,
           as
           we
           might
           ,
           as
           we
           should
           have
           done
           ;
           we
           should
           have
           dealt
           with
           
             Schismes
          
           and
           
             Divisions
          
           while
           they
           were
           growing
           on
           us
           ,
           (
           which
           ,
           because
           we
           did
           not
           ,
           have
           done
           us
           already
           such
           apparant
           mischeife
           )
           as
           wise
           men
           doe
           with
           
             Snakes
             ,
             Vipers
             ,
          
           venemous
           creatures
           ,
           they
           stay
           not
           till
           they
           have
           
             stung
          
           or
           
             bit
          
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           crush
           and
           kill
           them
           before-hand
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           neither
           bite
           nor
           sting
           .
           It
           is
           a
           sad
           thing
           to
           dally
           and
           foole
           with
           dangers
           ,
           especially
           those
           which
           are
           spirituall
           ,
           till
           by
           our
           connivence
           they
           strike
           through
           the
           life
           of
           our
           Religion
           .
           It
           was
           therefore
           very
           good
           counsell
           which
           
             Demosthenes
          
           sometimes
           gave
           unto
           the
           
             Athenians
          
           that
           they
           should
           not
           
             expect
          
           till
           evill
           came
           ,
           but
           
             prevent
          
           it
           :
           we
           should
           be
           wary
           before
           the
           wound
           ,
           and
           meet
           with
           diseases
           that
           we
           would
           not
           have
           take
           hold
           on
           us
           :
           Be
           apprehensive
           before-hand
           of
           danger
           ,
           taking
           all
           
             evills
          
           that
           they
           may
           not
           much
           hurt
           us
           ,
           at
           the
           very
           
             first
             bound
             ,
          
           that
           our
           
             providence
          
           in
           this
           case
           may
           prevent
           our
           too
           late
           
             Repentance
             .
          
           Yee
           know
           how
           that
           it
           is
           much
           easier
           to
           quench
           a
           
             fire-brand
          
           then
           a
           great
           
             fire
             ;
          
           and
           to
           put
           out
           a
           great
           fire
           on
           the
           
             hearth
             ,
          
           then
           that
           which
           is
           far
           lesse
           in
           the
           top
           of
           a
           
             chimney
             .
          
           And
           the
           Lord
           rouse
           us
           up
           out
           of
           that
           
             spirit
             of
             slumber
             into
             which
             we
             are
             fallen
             ,
          
           that
           we
           may
           not
           be
           like
           the
           Smiths
           dog
           ,
           whom
           neither
           the
           hammers
           above
           him
           ,
           nor
           the
           sparkes
           of
           fire
           falling
           round
           about
           him
           ,
           can
           awake
           .
           And
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           let
           us
           all
           resolve
           to
           be
           as
           active
           for
           God
           as
           any
           other
           in
           the
           world
           can
           be
           against
           him
           .
           They
           say
           in
           
             Philosophy
             ,
          
           that
           the
           foundation
           of
           naturall
           life
           is
           feeling
           ;
           so
           no
           feeling
           ,
           no
           life
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           want
           of
           spirituall
           feeling
           argues
           a
           want
           of
           spirituall
           life
           :
           in
           which
           respect
           that
           may
           be
           applied
           unto
           many
           ,
           what
           St.
           Paul
           speakes
           of
           the
           wanton
           widow
           mentioned
           1
           Tim.
           5.
           6.
           
             that
             they
             are
             dead
             while
             they
             live
             ;
          
           being
           so
           un-apprehensive
           ,
           so
           un-affected
           ,
           so
           insensible
           of
           what
           may
           trench
           upon
           God
           and
           his
           cause
           .
           T
           is
           an
           observation
           in
           nature
           that
           the
           more
           quick
           and
           nimble
           the
           sense
           of
           
             feeling
          
           is
           in
           a
           man
           ,
           the
           better
           is
           his
           naturall
           
             constitution
             :
          
           So
           our
           tendernesse
           ,
           our
           sensiblenesse
           of
           Gods
           honour
           or
           dishonour
           ,
           above
           all
           other
           
           things
           ,
           expresse
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           our
           spirituall
           temper
           .
           And
           doubtlesse
           it
           is
           now
           high
           time
           for
           
             all
             that
             feare
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             speake
             often
             one
             to
             another
             as
             they
             did
          
           Mal.
           3.
           16.
           
           To
           stirre
           up
           one
           another
           unto
           a
           godly
           jealousie
           ,
           over
           Gods
           whole
           cause
           ,
           his
           worship
           ,
           his
           Church
           ,
           his
           Children
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           brave
           resolution
           of
           
             Tully
          
           when
           he
           was
           
             Consul
          
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           which
           he
           uttered
           in
           his
           first
           Oration
           against
           
             Catiline
             ,
             Intelliges
             me
             acrius
             vigilare
             ad
             salutem
             ,
             quàm
             te
             ad
             pernici●us
             Reipublicae
             .
          
           Thou
           shalt
           know
           that
           I
           will
           be
           more
           wakefull
           for
           the
           safety
           ,
           then
           thou
           canst
           be
           ,
           for
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           :
           So
           should
           every
           member
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           especially
           those
           whose
           places
           make
           them
           more
           publike
           ,
           resolve
           ,
           to
           be
           more
           vigilant
           for
           the
           setling
           ,
           flourishing
           ,
           enlargement
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           then
           others
           can
           be
           malicious
           for
           the
           ruine
           thereof
           .
        
         
           T
           is
           an
           high
           commendation
           that
           Moses
           gives
           to
           
             Levi
          
           Deut.
           33.
           9.
           
             who
             said
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             and
             Mother
             I
             have
             not
             seene
             them
             ,
          
           neither
           did
           he
           acknowledge
           his
           Brethren
           nor
           his
           Children
           ;
           his
           neerest
           
             naturall
          
           relations
           giving
           place
           to
           his
           
             spirituall
             ,
          
           and
           so
           should
           ours
           :
           And
           as
           that
           was
           the
           ground
           of
           his
           ;
           so
           will
           it
           be
           a
           ground
           likewise
           of
           our
           highest
           commendation
           .
           
             Vbi
             de
             Religione
             ,
             ibi
             quoque
             de
             vita
             agitur
             ,
          
           as
           
             Philo
             Judaeus
          
           excellently
           spake
           ,
           our
           very
           lives
           (
           I
           and
           our
           soules
           too
           )
           hold
           upon
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           must
           act
           for
           Religion
           ,
           for
           that
           which
           concernes
           Gods
           Glory
           ,
           the
           Churches
           and
           our
           owne
           eternall
           good
           ,
           as
           we
           would
           act
           for
           life
           :
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           is
           a
           word
           vsed
           in
           the
           13
           of
           Luke
           the
           24.
           which
           hath
           very
           much
           in
           it
           ,
           for
           it
           implies
           thus
           much
           ,
           that
           when
           we
           deale
           either
           
             with
             God
             ,
          
           or
           
             for
             God
             ,
          
           we
           must
           strive
           as
           
             wrestlers
          
           doe
           for
           mastery
           ,
           or
           ,
           as
           
             Combitants
          
           doe
           for
           victory
           ,
           or
           else
           ,
           as
           a
           man
           
             strives
          
           and
           struggles
           for
           life
           ,
           having
           the
           pangs
           of
           death
           upon
           him
           :
           
             Pro
             aris
             &
             focis
          
           was
           the
           ancient
           proverbe
           ;
           First
           for
           Gods
           
             rights
             ,
          
           and
           after
           ,
           for
           our
           owne
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           very
           well
           observed
           of
           
             Aeneas
             ,
          
           how
           that
           though
           he
           were
           eminently
           renowned
           for
           his
           deare
           respects
           to
           his
           Father
           ;
           yet
           when
           the
           City
           of
           
             Troy
          
           was
           sack't
           wherein
           he
           then
           was
           ,
           he
           first
           rescued
           ,
           and
           exported
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           and
           then
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           First
           his
           Gods
           ,
           and
           then
           his
           Father
           .
           The
           morall
           ,
           the
           Lesson
           taught
           from
           which
           story
           is
           exceeding
           good
           :
           That
           we
           must
           
             first
             ,
             for-most
          
           with
           the
           neglect
           of
           every
           thing
           beside
           ,
           appeare
           for
           God
           .
           To
           which
           Purpose
           ,
           the
           carrage
           of
           Moses
           is
           most
           observable
           ,
           
             a
             very
             meeke
             man
             ,
             above
             all
             the
             men
             that
             were
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
          
           for
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           gives
           him
           that
           testimony
           ,
           Numb.
           12.
           3.
           which
           made
           him
           not
           to
           regard
           ,
           in
           not
           taking
           notice
           of
           ,
           but
           trampling
           as
           it
           were
           upon
           all
           injuries
           done
           unto
           himselfe
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           not
           been
           done
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           observe
           Exod.
           17.
           and
           in
           other
           
           places
           ,
           yet
           when
           God
           was
           dishonored
           ;
           he
           shewed
           himselfe
           to
           be
           a
           man
           of
           another
           spirit
           ,
           in
           vindicating
           His
           cause
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           reade
           at
           large
           in
           the
           32.
           of
           Exod.
           
           And
           thus
           our
           blessed
           
             Saviour
          
           (
           of
           whom
           
             Moses
          
           was
           a
           type
           )
           how
           most
           contemptuously
           was
           he
           vsed
           while
           he
           was
           upon
           earth
           ;
           as
           we
           reade
           in
           his
           story
           :
           and
           ,
           how
           willingly
           did
           he
           give
           his
           
             cheeke
          
           to
           the
           smiters
           ,
           and
           his
           
             back
          
           to
           the
           scourges
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           was
           most
           shamefully
           reviled
           ,
           he
           held
           his
           
             hands
             ,
          
           yea
           and
           he
           held
           his
           
             tongue
          
           too
           ,
           for
           
             he
             reviled
             not
             againe
             ,
          
           1
           Pet.
           2
           23.
           
           But
           ,
           when
           he
           saw
           the
           Temple
           dedicated
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           prophaned
           ;
           he
           laies
           about
           him
           ,
           
             in
             overthrowing
             the
             tables
             of
             the
             money-changers
             ,
             in
             casting
             them
             out
             that
             bought
             and
             sold
             there
             ,
             nay
             whipping
             and
             scourging
             all
             out
             thence
          
           Joh.
           2.
           15.
           
           Of
           which
           carriage
           of
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           all
           the
           
             Evangelists
          
           take
           speciall
           notice
           .
           O
           now
           let
           us
           looke
           upon
           their
           examples
           ,
           and
           get
           this
           instruction
           from
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           very
           forward
           in
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           .
           And
           let
           every
           one
           of
           us
           who
           desire
           the
           happinesse
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           wherein
           we
           live
           ;
           Labour
           to
           act
           wisely
           ,
           religiously
           and
           boldly
           in
           our
           proper
           spheares
           ,
           whether
           we
           be
           
             Magistrates
             ,
             Ministers
          
           or
           
             People
             ,
          
           let
           's
           resolve
           by
           God
           his
           asistance
           against
           all
           
             sinnes
             ,
          
           which
           ,
           if
           we
           take
           not
           heede
           ,
           will
           undoubtedly
           
             destroy
          
           us
           :
           And
           against
           all
           
             schismes
          
           too
           ,
           that
           may
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           not
           wary
           ,
           unavoydably
           
             undoe
          
           us
           :
           and
           against
           every
           evill
           beside
           that
           may
           hinder
           either
           our
           present
           ,
           or
           our
           future
           happinesse
           ;
           To
           
             pray
          
           them
           downe
           ;
           
             To
             preach
             them
             downe
             ;
          
           To
           
             smite
          
           them
           downe
           ,
           And
           to
           
             live
          
           them
           downe
           .
           I
           could
           aboundantly
           enlarge
           ,
           but
           I
           am
           in
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           not
           in
           a
           treatise
           :
           And
           therefore
           that
           I
           may
           not
           be
           farther
           injurious
           to
           your
           Patience
           ,
           I
           will
           abruptly
           breake
           off
           as
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           sentence
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .