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             Englands looking-glasse presented in a sermon preached before the Honorable House of Commons at their late solemne fast, December 22, 1641 / by Edmund Calamy ...
             Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.
          
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           ENGLANDS
           Looking-Glasse
           ,
           PRESENTED
           IN
           A
           Sermon
           ,
           Preached
           before
           the
           Honorable
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           ,
           At
           their
           late
           solemne
           FAST
           ,
           
             December
          
           22.
           1641.
           
        
         
           By
           
             Edmund
             Calamy
             ,
          
           B.D.
           And
           Preacher
           at
           
             Aldermanbury
             ,
          
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           EZEK.
           18.31
           .
        
         
           Cast
           away
           from
           you
           all
           your
           transgressions
           whereby
           ye
           have
           transgressed
           ,
           and
           make
           you
           a
           new
           heart
           and
           a
           new
           Spirit
           ,
           Why
           will
           yee
           die
           ,
           O
           house
           of
           Israel
           .
        
         
           Published
           by
           Order
           of
           the
           House
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             I.
             Raworth
             ,
          
           for
           
             Chr.
             Meredith
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           
             Crane
          
           in
           
             Pauls
          
           Churchyard
           ,
           1642.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           OBedience
           is
           a
           virtue
           of
           such
           great
           worth
           ,
           that
           
             Luther
          
           did
           rather
           desire
           
             to
             have
             grace
             to
             be
             obedient
             ,
             than
             power
             to
             work
             miracles
             .
          
           Out
           of
           this
           very
           Principle
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           I
           first
           adventured
           to
           preach
           before
           such
           a
           
             grave
             and
             judicious
             Senate
             ,
          
           
           
             coram
             tam
             multis
             viris
             &
             tam
             paucis
             hominibus
             .
          
           And
           from
           the
           same
           Principle
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           I
           now
           present
           the
           Sermon
           to
           a
           more
           publike
           view
           .
           The
           time
           allotted
           for
           the
           making
           of
           it
           ,
           was
           so
           short
           (
           by
           reason
           of
           your
           more
           serious
           affairs
           )
           that
           it
           might
           have
           been
           a
           sufficient
           Apology
           ,
           to
           excuse
           both
           the
           preaching
           and
           
           printing
           of
           it
           ,
           had
           not
           pure
           Obedience
           justly
           silenced
           all
           such
           Apologies
           .
           And
           now
           it
           is
           printed
           ,
           the
           Sermon
           it self
           is
           so
           poor
           and
           mean
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           fitly
           be
           answered
           to
           me
           ,
           what
           
             Apelles
          
           once
           did
           to
           a
           Painter
           ,
           who
           having
           drawn
           many
           Lines
           in
           a
           little
           space
           of
           time
           ,
           and
           boasting
           to
           
             Apelles
          
           that
           he
           had
           done
           so
           much
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           ;
           it
           was
           replyed
           ,
           
             That
             he
             wondered
             that
             he
             had
             drawn
             no
             more
             .
          
           But
           yet
           howsoever
           ,
           my
           humble
           request
           is
           ,
           That
           you
           would
           accept
           of
           this
           poor
           
             Mite
             ,
          
           this
           
             little
             Goats-haire
             ,
          
           which
           your
           commands
           (
           like
           a
           Mid-wife
           )
           have
           brought
           into
           the
           world
           .
           And
           indeed
           the
           kinde
           entertainment
           it
           found
           in
           the
           hearing
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           acknowledgement
           of
           your
           
             Thanks
          
           (
           farre
           above
           all
           expectation
           or
           desert
           )
           afterwards
           ,
           is
           an
           abundantly
           sufficient
           incitement
           against
           all
           discouragement
           whatsoever
           .
           The
           subject
           of
           the
           Sermon
           is
           of
           great
           concernment
           .
           It
           is
           about
           the
           
             ruine
          
           and
           
             repair
          
           of
           Kingdoms
           and
           Nations
           ;
           a
           matter
           sutable
           for
           you
           that
           are
           the
           representative
           Body
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           Sin
           ruines
           Kingdoms
           .
           When
           
             Nicephorus
             Phocas
          
           had
           built
           a
           mighty
           Wall
           about
           his
           Palace
           
           for
           his
           defense
           ,
           he
           heard
           a
           voyce
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           crying
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           Though
           thou
           build'st
           thy
           walls
           as
           high
           as
           Heaven
           ,
           sin
           is
           within
           ,
           and
           this
           will
           easily
           batter
           down
           thy
           walls
           .
           Sin
           is
           like
           a
           Traytor
           in
           our
           own
           bosomes
           ,
           that
           will
           open
           the
           gates
           to
           the
           enimy
           .
           Sin
           weakens
           our
           hands
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           unapt
           to
           fight
           .
           Sin
           taketh
           away
           the
           courage
           of
           our
           hearts
           .
           It
           was
           not
           the
           
             strength
             of
             Ai
          
           that
           overcame
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
             but
             Achans
             sin
             .
          
           Sinne
           causeth
           a
           great
           Army
           to
           be
           overcome
           by
           a
           little
           one
           .
           
           
             The
             Army
             of
             the
             Syrians
             came
             with
             a
             small
             company
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             delivered
             a
             very
             great
             host
             into
             their
             hand
             ,
             because
             they
             had
             forsaken
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             their
             Fathers
             .
          
           The
           sins
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           are
           the
           enimies
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           These
           beleaguer
           our
           Walls
           ,
           and
           are
           as
           so
           many
           Canaanites
           alwayes
           rising
           up
           in
           rebellion
           against
           us
           .
           But
           now
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           Repentance
           and
           Reformation
           repairs
           and
           upholds
           Kingdoms
           and
           Nations
           :
           this
           is
           their
           Fortresse
           and
           Tower
           of
           defense
           ;
           their
           Munition
           ,
           Armour
           ,
           and
           Wall
           of
           Brasse
           to
           defend
           them
           .
           
             Righteousnesse
             
             exalteth
             a
             Nation
             ,
             but
             sinne
             is
             a
             reproach
             to
             any
             People
             .
          
           
           The
           Lord
           in
           mercy
           ruinate
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Nation
           !
           the
           same
           Lord
           worke
           a
           Nationall
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           make
           you
           his
           
             Instruments
          
           in
           this
           great
           work
           !
           Much
           hath
           been
           done
           by
           you
           this
           way
           already
           (
           which
           is
           acknowledged
           in
           this
           ensuing
           discourse
           ,
           with
           great
           thankfulnesse
           )
           The
           Lord
           enable
           you
           to
           perfect
           what
           you
           have
           begun
           .
           He
           that
           is
           the
           
             Finisher
             of
             our
             faith
             ,
          
           finish
           this
           much-desired
           Reformation
           !
           It
           is
           very
           observable
           ,
           that
           when
           God
           raised
           up
           Magistrates
           ,
           such
           as
           
             Nehemiah
             ,
             Zerubbabel
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           to
           pity
           Sion
           that
           lay
           in
           the
           dust
           ,
           and
           to
           repair
           her
           breaches
           :
           at
           the
           same
           time
           he
           raised
           up
           Prophets
           also
           ,
           such
           as
           
             Haggai
             ,
             Zechariah
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           to
           strengthen
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           to
           encourage
           them
           in
           so
           noble
           a
           service
           :
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           expresly
           said
           .
           
             Then
             the
             Prophets
             ,
          
           
           Haggai
           
             and
          
           Zechariah
           
             prophesied
             unto
             the
             Iews
             that
             were
             in
          
           Judah
           
             and
          
           Jerusalem
           
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             God
             of
             Israel
             ,
             even
             unto
             them
             .
             Then
          
           (
           and
           not
           before
           )
           
             rose
             up
          
           Zerubbabel
           
             and
          
           Jeshua
           ,
           
             and
             began
             to
             build
             the
             house
             of
             God
             which
             is
             at
          
           Jerusalem
           ;
           
             and
             
             with
             them
             were
             the
             Prophets
             of
             God
             helping
             them
             .
          
           And
           
             Ezra
          
           6.14
           .
           
             The
             Elders
             of
             the
             Iews
             builded
             ,
             and
             they
             prospered
             through
             the
             prophesying
             of
          
           Haggai
           
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             and
          
           Zechariah
           
             the
             sonne
             of
          
           Iddo
           ;
           
             and
             they
             builded
             and
             finished
             it
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Commandment
             of
             the
             God
             of
             Israel
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           By
           both
           these
           Texts
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           the
           Magistrates
           began
           and
           finished
           the
           reparations
           of
           Gods
           House
           ,
           by
           the
           help
           of
           the
           Prophets
           of
           God
           .
           Suffer
           me
           ,
           therefore
           (
           as
           divers
           others
           have
           done
           before
           )
           the
           unworthiest
           of
           all
           Gods
           Ministers
           ,
           according
           to
           my
           duty
           and
           place
           ,
           to
           beseech
           and
           exhort
           you
           to
           the
           consummation
           of
           those
           blessed
           good
           things
           which
           you
           have
           begun
           to
           do
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           in
           
             England
             .
          
           And
           the
           God
           of
           all
           blessings
           ,
           blesse
           you
           and
           yours
           .
        
         
           
             
               So
               prayeth
               Your
               much
               obliged
               Spirituall
               Servant
               ,
            
             EDMVND
             CALAMY
             .
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           A
           Sermon
           Preached
           at
           a
           Fast
           before
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           .
        
         
           
             Jerem.
             18.7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             
               At
               what
               instant
               I
               shall
               speak
               concerning
               a
               Nation
               ,
               and
               concerning
               a
               Kingdom
               ,
               to
               pluck
               up
               ,
               and
               to
               pull
               down
               ,
               and
               to
               destroy
               it
               .
            
             
               If
               that
               Nation
               against
               whom
               I
               have
               pronounced
               ,
               turn
               from
               their
               evill
               ,
               I
               will
               repent
               of
               the
               evill
               that
               I
               thought
               to
               do
               unto
               them
               .
            
             
               And
               at
               what
               instant
               I
               shall
               speak
               concerning
               a
               Nation
               ,
               and
               concerning
               a
               Kingdom
               ,
               to
               build
               and
               to
               plant
               it
               :
            
             
               If
               it
               do
               evill
               in
               my
               sight
               ,
               that
               it
               obey
               not
               my
               voyce
               ,
               then
               I
               will
               repent
               of
               the
               good
               wherewith
               I
               said
               I
               would
               benefit
               them
               .
            
          
        
         
           THis
           Text
           may
           fitly
           be
           called
           a
           Looking
           glasse
           for
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           or
           for
           any
           other
           Kingdom
           whatsoever
           ;
           wherein
           God
           Almighty
           declares
           what
           he
           can
           do
           with
           Nations
           and
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           will
           do
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           What
           he
           can
           do
           .
           He
           can
           
             build
             and
             plant
          
           a
           Nation
           .
           and
           he
           can
           
             pluck
             up
             ,
             pull
             down
             ,
             and
             destroy
          
           a
           Nation
           .
           And
           when
           a
           Kingdom
           is
           in
           the
           depth
           of
           misery
           ,
           he
           can
           in
           an
           
             instant
             ,
          
           if
           he
           but
           speake
           the
           word
           ,
           raise
           it
           up
           to
           the
           top
           of
           happinesse
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           is
           in
           the
           heigth
           and
           Zenith
           of
           happinesse
           ,
           he
           can
           in
           another
           instant
           speake
           a
           word
           ,
           and
           throw
           it
           downe
           againe
           into
           an
           Abysse
           of
           misery
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           What
           he
           will
           do
           .
           God
           will
           not
           alwayes
           use
           his
           Prerogative
           ,
           but
           he
           will
           first
           
             speake
          
           before
           he
           strikes
           ,
           
           he
           will
           first
           
             pronounce
          
           judgement
           before
           he
           executeth
           judgement
           .
           
           And
           
             if
             that
             Nation
             against
             which
             he
             hath
             pronounced
             the
             evill
          
           of
           punishment
           
             turn
             from
             their
             evill
          
           of
           sin
           ,
           
           
             then
             will
             God
             repent
             of
             the
             evill
             he
             intended
             to
             do
             unto
             them
          
           :
           And
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           but
           he
           will
           
             build
             and
             plant
          
           that
           Nation
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           barren
           wildernesse
           ,
           make
           it
           a
           fruitfull
           Paradise
           .
           But
           if
           
             that
             Nation
             do
             evill
             in
             Gods
             sight
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             will
             not
             obey
             his
             voice
             ,
             
             then
             will
             God
             repent
             of
             the
             good
             wherewith
             he
             would
             have
             benefited
             them
             ,
          
           and
           pull
           down
           what
           he
           hath
           built
           ,
           and
           pluck
           up
           what
           he
           hath
           planted
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           fruitfull
           Paradise
           ,
           make
           it
           a
           barren
           wildernesse
           .
        
         
           By
           all
           this
           it
           appears
           ,
           That
           as
           this
           day
           is
           a
           
             Nationall
             day
             ,
          
           and
           this
           Honourable
           Assembly
           
             a
             Nationall
             Assembly
             ,
          
           so
           this
           Text
           is
           a
           
             Nationall
             Text
             ,
          
           every
           way
           sutable
           for
           the
           occasion
           about
           which
           we
           are
           met
           .
           The
           Lord
           make
           it
           as
           profitable
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           sutable
           for
           you
           .
           From
           the
           words
           thus
           explained
           ,
           I
           gather
           these
           four
           Doctrinall
           conclusions
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           That
           God
           hath
           an
           absolute
           power
           over
           all
           Kingdoms
           and
           Nations
           ,
           to
           pluck
           them
           up
           ,
           pull
           them
           down
           ,
           and
           destroy
           them
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           though
           God
           hath
           this
           absolute
           Prerogative
           over
           Kingdoms
           and
           Nations
           ,
           yet
           he
           seldome
           useth
           this
           power
           ,
           but
           first
           he
           gives
           warning
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           If
           that
           Kingdome
           against
           which
           God
           hath
           threatned
           destruction
           ,
           repent
           and
           turn
           from
           their
           evill
           ;
           God
           will
           not
           only
           not
           destroy
           that
           Kingdome
           ,
           but
           build
           it
           ,
           and
           plant
           it
           .
           Or
           thus
           ,
        
         
           Nationall
           Repentance
           will
           divert
           Nationall
           judgements
           ,
           and
           procure
           Nationall
           blessings
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           when
           God
           begins
           to
           build
           and
           plant
           a
           Nation
           ,
           if
           that
           Nation
           do
           evill
           in
           Gods
           sight
           ,
           God
           will
           repent
           of
           the
           good
           he
           intended
           to
           do
           unto
           it
           .
        
         
           
             The
             first
             is
             this
             ,
          
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           God
           hath
           an
           independent
           and
           illimited
           Prerogative
           over
           all
           Kingdoms
           and
           Nations
           to
           build
           them
           ,
           
           or
           destroy
           them
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           set
           forth
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Chapter
           ,
           by
           ocular
           demonstration
           .
           God
           bids
           
             Ieremy
             Arise
             and
             go
             down
             to
             the
             Potters
             house
             ,
             &c.
          
           them
           ,
           
           and
           when
           he
           came
           there
           ,
           he
           beheld
           the
           Potter
           making
           a
           Vessell
           of
           clay
           ,
           and
           breaking
           it
           ,
           and
           making
           it
           again
           another
           Vessell
           ,
           
           as
           seemed
           good
           to
           the
           Potter
           to
           make
           it
           .
           And
           God
           himselfe
           makes
           the
           application
           ;
           
             Oh
             House
             of
             Israel
             ,
             cannot
             I
             do
             with
             you
             as
             this
             Potter
             ,
             saith
             the
             
             Lord
             ?
          
           Cannot
           I
           make
           you
           Vessells
           of
           honour
           ,
           or
           dishonour
           ?
           cannot
           I
           save
           
           you
           ,
           or
           destroy
           you
           as
           I
           please
           ?
           
             Behold
             ,
             as
             the
             clay
             is
             in
             the
             Potters
             hand
             ,
             so
             are
             ye
             in
             mine
             hand
             ▪
             O
             House
             of
             Israel
             .
          
           Because
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
          
           would
           not
           confesse
           this
           truth
           ,
           he
           was
           driven
           to
           school
           to
           the
           beasts
           of
           the
           field
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           the
           heart
           of
           an
           Oxe
           ,
           till
           he
           acknowledged
           ,
           that
           
             God
             doth
             whatsoever
             he
             will
             in
             the
             Army
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             
             and
             among
             the
             inhabitants
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             none
             can
             stay
             his
             hand
             ,
             or
             say
             unto
             him
             ,
             What
             dost
             thou
             ?
          
        
         
           
           This
           supremacy
           of
           Gods
           power
           ,
           is
           founded
           upon
           this
           absolute
           Right
           that
           God
           hath
           over
           us
           as
           he
           is
           our
           Creator
           .
           For
           he
           is
           Jehovah
           ,
           that
           gives
           being
           to
           all
           ,
           and
           receives
           being
           from
           none
           .
           
             Of
             him
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             through
             him
             are
             all
             things
             .
          
           All
           creatures
           are
           beams
           from
           his
           Sun
           ,
           drops
           from
           his
           Ocean
           .
           
             If
             I
             speak
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Text
           ,
           )
           
             I
             in
             whom
             all
             men
             live
             ,
             move
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             being
          
           ;
           I
           that
           made
           all
           things
           out
           of
           nothing
           ,
           and
           can
           as
           easily
           turn
           all
           things
           into
           nothing
           ,
           If
           I
           speak
           .
           This
           power
           of
           God
           over
           Kingdoms
           ,
           hath
           two
           properties
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           is
           illimited
           and
           independent
           ,
           which
           appears
           by
           three
           expressions
           in
           the
           Text
           1.
           
           By
           these
           words
           ,
           
             At
             what
             instant
          
           ;
           which
           hold
           forth
           unto
           us
           ,
           that
           God
           can
           destroy
           a
           Nation
           in
           an
           instant
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           twinckling
           of
           an
           eye
           .
           In
           the
           morning
           the
           Sun
           shone
           upon
           
             Sodome
             ,
          
           but
           before
           night
           it
           was
           destroyed
           with
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           .
           The
           old
           World
           was
           drowned
           (
           as
           
             Luther
          
           thinks
           )
           in
           the
           Spring
           time
           ,
           when
           all
           things
           began
           to
           bud
           and
           blossome
           .
           The
           flood
           came
           suddenly
           ,
           saith
           Christ
           ,
           
           it
           came
           
             de
             repente
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           vulgar
           translation
           of
           these
           words
           ,
           when
           they
           least
           expected
           it
           .
           And
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           God
           can
           in
           an
           instant
           make
           a
           Nation
           happy
           .
           The
           Israelites
           were
           in
           an
           instant
           brought
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
          
           ;
           
             a
          
           and
           were
           in
           one
           and
           the
           same
           day
           ,
           of
           all
           people
           most
           miserable
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           people
           most
           happy
           ,
           as
           
             Calvin
          
           well
           observeth
           upon
           this
           Text
           .
           2.
           
           By
           these
           words
           —
           
             I
             shall
             speak
             .
          
           If
           God
           do
           but
           speak
           to
           destroy
           a
           Nation
           ,
           it
           is
           presently
           destroyed
           :
           He
           spake
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           the
           World
           was
           made
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           speak
           the
           word
           ,
           the
           World
           will
           return
           to
           its
           first
           Principles
           .
           
             If
             I
             bring
             a
             sword
             upon
             a
             land
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             sword
             go
             through
             that
             land
             ,
             so
             that
             I
             cut
             off
             man
             and
             beast
             from
             it
             .
             Though
             these
             three
             men
             were
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             I
             live
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             they
             shall
             deliver
             neither
             sons
             nor
             daughters
             ,
             &c.
             
             Ezek.
          
           14.17
           ,
           18.
           
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           if
           God
           do
           but
           speak
           to
           plant
           a
           Nation
           ,
           it
           is
           planted
           ;
           for
           Gods
           
             benedicere
             ,
          
           is
           
             benefacere
             .
          
           3.
           
           This
           absolute
           power
           of
           God
           is
           likewise
           deciphered
           by
           three
           synonimicall
           expressions
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             To
             pluck
             up
             ,
             pull
             down
             ,
             and
             to
             destroy
             .
          
           Which
           three
           words
           do
           intimate
           ,
           That
           God
           hath
           an
           illimited
           Prerogative
           over
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           can
           
             overturn
             ,
             overturn
             ,
             overturn
             uhem
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             Ezek.
          
           21.27
           .
           Or
           as
           
             Hugo
          
           glosseth
           upon
           the
           words
           ,
           He
           can
           
             pluck
             up
          
           all
           mercies
           ,
           
             pull
             down
          
           all
           judgments
           ,
           and
           
             destroy
          
           them
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           make
           an
           utter
           ruine
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           This
           power
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           universall
           .
           For
           the
           words
           run
           in
           generall
           ,
           At
           what
           instant
           I
           shall
           speak
           concerning
           a
           
             Nation
          
           :
           not
           this
           or
           that
           Nation
           ,
           
           but
           a
           
             Nation
          
           indefinitely
           .
           There
           is
           no
           Kingdome
           exempted
           from
           Gods
           jurisdiction
           ,
           or
           that
           hath
           Letters
           Patents
           to
           priviledge
           it
           .
           If
           I
           speak
           concerning
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
          
           or
           concerning
           
             England
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           God
           is
           the
           Governour
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           all
           alike
           to
           this
           Heavenly
           Potter
           .
        
         
           
           If
           Gods
           power
           over
           Kingdomes
           be
           so
           large
           ,
           If
           and
           so
           absolute
           ;
           let
           all
           the
           World
           stand
           in
           awe
           ,
           and
           not
           dare
           to
           sin
           against
           such
           a
           mighty
           and
           terrible
           God
           :
           
           A
           God
           
             before
             whom
             all
             the
             Nations
             of
             the
             World
             are
             as
             a
             drop
             of
             a
             bucket
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             small
             dust
             of
             the
             ballance
             .
          
           And
           if
           all
           
             Asia
             ,
             Africa
             ,
             Europe
             ,
          
           and
           
             America
          
           be
           but
           as
           the
           
             drop
             of
             a
             bucket
          
           ;
           what
           a
           little
           drop
           of
           that
           bucket
           is
           one
           man
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           great
           ?
           If
           all
           the
           World
           be
           but
           as
           the
           
             dust
             of
             the
             ballance
             ,
          
           what
           a
           little
           little
           particle
           of
           this
           dust
           is
           one
           man
           ?
           
           
             Who
             would
             not
             fear
             thee
             ,
             oh
             King
             of
             Nations
             ?
             forasmuch
             as
             there
             is
             none
             like
             to
             thee
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ;
             Thou
             art
             great
             ,
             and
             thy
             Name
             is
             great
             in
             might
             .
             Will
             ye
             not
             fear
             me
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ?
             will
             ye
             not
             tremble
             at
             my
             presence
             ,
          
           
           
             which
             hath
             chained
             up
             the
             sea
             with
             fetters
             of
             sand
             ?
             &c.
          
           That
           am
           the
           God
           of
           earthquakes
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           thunder
           and
           lightning
           ;
           a
           God
           that
           can
           cast
           both
           body
           and
           soule
           into
           Hell
           fire
           .
           
             Who
             art
             thou
             ,
             that
             thou
             shouldest
             be
             afraid
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             that
             shall
             dye
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             son
             of
             man
             which
             shall
             bee
             made
             as
             grasse
             ?
             and
             forgettest
             the
             Lord
             thy
             maker
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             hath
             stretched
             forth
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             layd
             the
             foundatons
             of
             the
             earth
             ?
          
           Think
           of
           this
           you
           that
           are
           greater
           in
           sin
           ,
           than
           in
           greatnesse
           ,
           that
           make
           no
           other
           use
           of
           your
           greatnesse
           ,
           but
           as
           of
           Letters
           Patents
           to
           free
           your selves
           
           from
           all
           humane
           punishments
           ,
           and
           to
           licence
           you
           to
           make
           your
           wills
           your
           laws
           ,
           and
           your
           lusts
           your
           gods
           ;
           and
           to
           commit
           not
           onely
           
             peccata
             ,
          
           
           but
           
             monstra
             ,
          
           that
           are
           
             Pessimi
             maximi
             ,
          
           not
           
             Optimi
             maximi
             .
          
           The
           great
           Jehovah
           against
           whom
           you
           sin
           ,
           is
           greater
           than
           the
           greatest
           ;
           he
           bindeth
           Kings
           in
           chains
           ,
           and
           Nobles
           in
           lincks
           of
           iron
           .
           He
           hath
           
             provided
             Tophet
             of
             old
          
           ;
           
             yea
             ,
             for
             the
             King
             it
             is
             provided
             .
          
           
           Hell
           was
           made
           for
           great
           men
           as
           well
           as
           poore
           .
           Observe
           how
           resolutely
           and
           emphatically
           the
           Prophet
           speaks
           ,
           
             yea
             ,
             for
             the
             King
             it
             is
             prepared
             .
             Potentes
             potenter
             torquebuntur
             .
             Ingentia
             beneficia
             ,
             ingentia
             vitia
             ,
             ingentia
             supplicia
             .
          
           To
           whom
           God
           hath
           given
           great
           mercies
           ,
           if
           they
           abound
           with
           great
           vices
           ,
           God
           will
           inflict
           great
           punishments
           upon
           them
           .
           Think
           of
           this
           you
           that
           trample
           the
           bloud
           of
           Christ
           under
           your
           feet
           ,
           by
           your
           prodigious
           oathes
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           contempt
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           worship
           ,
           and
           servants
           of
           Christ
           .
           The
           bloud
           which
           you
           contemne
           is
           nobler
           than
           the
           noblest
           bloud
           that
           runs
           in
           your
           veins
           :
           It
           is
           the
           bloud
           of
           the
           eternall
           God
           ,
           of
           that
           God
           ,
           before
           whom
           the
           great
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           small
           ,
           must
           appear
           at
           the
           great
           day
           of
           Judgment
           ;
           in
           which
           terrible
           day
           ,
           
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             men
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             rich
             men
             ,
             vnd
             the
             chiefe
             Captains
             ,
             and
             the
             mighty
             men
             will
             hide
             themselves
             in
             the
             dens
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             rocks
             of
             the
             mountains
             :
             And
             say
             to
             the
             mountains
             and
             rocks
             fall
             on
             us
             ,
             and
             hide
             us
             from
             the
             face
             of
             him
             that
             sitteth
             on
             the
             Throne
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             wrath
             of
             the
             Lamb
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           They
           that
           are
           here
           cloath'd
           in
           silk
           and
           velvet
           ,
           shall
           wish
           
           for
           the
           mountains
           to
           cover
           them
           (
           which
           yet
           shall
           be
           but
           a
           poor
           shelter
           ;
           
             For
             the
             mountains
             melt
             at
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             rocks
             rend
             asunder
             when
             he
             is
             angry
             .
          
           They
           that
           made
           others
           to
           flye
           away
           from
           them
           as
           innocent
           Lambs
           ,
           from
           devouring
           Wolves
           ,
           shall
           be
           afraid
           of
           the
           
             wrath
             of
             the
             Lamb
             that
             sitteth
             on
             the
             Throne
             .
          
           Great
           men
           must
           dye
           as
           well
           as
           others
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           are
           dead
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           difference
           between
           the
           dead
           bones
           of
           
             Philip
          
           of
           
             Macedon
             ,
          
           and
           other
           men
           ,
           as
           
             Diogenes
          
           told
           
             Alexander
             .
          
           Remember
           the
           wofull
           Catrastophe
           of
           
             Herod
          
           the
           great
           ,
           
             Agrippa
          
           the
           great
           ,
           
             Pompey
          
           the
           great
           .
           Oh
           ,
           let
           all
           men
           fear
           to
           sin
           against
           that
           God
           that
           removed
           the
           
             Assyrian
          
           Monarchy
           to
           the
           
             Persian
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Persian
          
           to
           the
           
             Graecian
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Graecian
          
           to
           the
           
             Roman
             .
          
           That
           toucheth
           the
           mountains
           and
           they
           smoak
           ,
           before
           whom
           the
           Devils
           feare
           and
           tremble
           .
           Oh
           ,
           let
           not
           our
           hearts
           be
           harder
           than
           the
           rocks
           ,
           worser
           than
           Devils
           !
           Oh
           
             England
             ,
          
           feare
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           and
           earth
           !
           Oh
           you
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           
           
             tremble
             and
             sin
             not
          
           ;
           most
           in
           the
           World
           sin
           and
           tremble
           not
           .
           Do
           you
           
             tremble
             ,
             and
             sin
             not
             :
          
           We
           are
           all
           in
           Gods
           hand
           ,
           as
           a
           flye
           in
           the
           paw
           of
           a
           roaring
           Lion
           ,
           as
           the
           clay
           in
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Potter
           .
           
           
             Do
             we
             provoke
             the
             Lord
             to
             jealousie
             ,
             are
             we
             stronger
             than
             he
             ?
          
           Consider
           the
           advantages
           God
           hath
           us
           at
           ,
           and
           our
           dependencies
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           not
           dare
           to
           sin
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           A
           Sanctuary
           in
           all
           distresses
           and
           dangers
           .
           Let
           us
           flye
           to
           this
           God
           of
           power
           ,
           
           who
           giveth
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           taketh
           away
           kingdoms
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           .
           
           The
           great
           superintendent
           .
           Fly
           to
           him
           as
           to
           thy
           Ark
           ,
           thy
           Pella
           ,
           thy
           City
           of
           refuge
           .
           And
           in
           our
           deepest
           miseries
           let
           us
           sing
           cheerfully
           the
           46.
           
           Psalm
           ,
           as
           
             Luther
          
           was
           wont
           to
           do
           .
           
             God
             is
             our
             refuge
             and
             strength
             ,
             a
             very
             present
             help
             in
             trouble
             .
             I
             will
             not
             feare
             though
             the
             earth
             be
             moved
             and
             though
             the
             mountains
             be
             carried
             into
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             sea
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           A
           divine
           project
           to
           secure
           a
           Nation
           from
           ruine
           ;
           
           to
           make
           this
           great
           Jehovah
           our
           friend
           ;
           for
           if
           God
           be
           on
           our
           side
           we
           need
           not
           feare
           those
           that
           are
           against
           us
           .
           
             Deus
             meus
             &
             omnia
             :
             Tranquillus
             Deus
             ,
             tranquillat
             omnia
             .
          
           And
           for
           this
           very
           purpose
           we
           are
           here
           met
           this
           day
           in
           Gods
           Sanctuary
           ,
           flying
           to
           the
           horns
           of
           the
           Altar
           ,
           to
           beseech
           that
           God
           who
           is
           the
           
             only
             Potentate
             ,
             King
             of
             kings
             ,
             and
             Lord
             of
             lords
             ,
          
           that
           only
           doth
           wonderfull
           things
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           be
           reconciled
           unto
           us
           ;
           that
           he
           would
           quiet
           the
           commotions
           that
           are
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           reduce
           the
           Rebels
           into
           order
           ,
           sheath
           up
           the
           sword
           that
           is
           there
           drawn
           ,
           and
           quench
           the
           flames
           that
           are
           there
           kindled
           .
           That
           the
           Lord
           would
           knit
           the
           heart
           of
           our
           Soveraign
           to
           his
           people
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           people
           to
           him
           .
           That
           he
           would
           unite
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           joyn
           together
           with
           one
           heart
           as
           one
           man
           ,
           to
           relieve
           poor
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           reforme
           
             England
             .
          
           
           
             Athanasius
          
           tells
           us
           that
           
             Anthony
          
           the
           Monk
           fought
           against
           the
           Divell
           with
           that
           Text
           ,
           
             Psalm
             .
          
           68.1
           .
           
             Let
             God
             arise
             ,
             and
             let
             his
             enemies
             be
             scattered
             ,
             let
             them
             also
             that
             hate
             him
             flee
             before
             him
             .
          
           The
           Divell
           is
           more
           afraid
           of
           this
           Text
           ,
           then
           any
           
           other
           :
           for
           he
           knows
           he
           is
           Gods
           greatest
           enemy
           ,
           and
           if
           God
           arise
           ,
           he
           must
           needes
           be
           scattered
           .
           Oh
           ,
           let
           us
           set
           God
           on
           work
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           destroy
           the
           implacable
           enemies
           of
           his
           Church
           ;
           arise
           oh
           Lord
           ,
           and
           scatter
           the
           Irish
           rebells
           !
           arise
           oh
           Lord
           ,
           and
           confound
           Antichrist
           ,
           and
           build
           up
           the
           walls
           of
           
             Ierusalem
             !
          
           The
           
             Romans
          
           in
           a
           great
           distresse
           were
           driven
           to
           take
           the
           weapons
           out
           of
           the
           Temples
           of
           their
           Gods
           ,
           and
           to
           fight
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           overcome
           .
           This
           is
           our
           course
           this
           day
           ,
           wee
           fight
           with
           the
           weapons
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           Prayers
           and
           Teares
           .
           The
           
             Spartans
          
           walls
           were
           their
           speares
           :
           Our
           walls
           are
           our
           prayers
           ,
           our
           helpe
           standeth
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           who
           hath
           made
           Heaven
           and
           earth
           .
           Lord
           speake
           a
           word
           and
           
             Iericho
          
           shall
           fall
           ,
           be
           favourable
           to
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Ireland
          
           ;
           Lord
           take
           away
           our
           tinne
           ,
           and
           purely
           purge
           our
           drosse
           !
           Our
           trust
           is
           not
           in
           our
           bow
           ,
           nor
           speare
           .
           Let
           us
           labour
           to
           become
           
             Gods
             favourites
             ,
          
           and
           then
           we
           have
           all
           happinesse
           concentred
           in
           two
           words
           .
        
         
           
             The
             second
             Doctrinall
             conclusion
             .
          
           
        
         
           Though
           God
           hath
           this
           absolute
           power
           over
           Kingdomes
           and
           Nations
           ,
           yet
           he
           seldome
           useth
           this
           power
           ,
           but
           first
           he
           gives
           warning
           .
           I
           say
           he
           seldome
           useth
           it
           :
           for
           I
           do
           not
           lay
           it
           downe
           as
           a
           generall
           rule
           :
           
             Deus
             non
             alligat
             suas
             manus
             !
          
           God
           may
           ,
           and
           doth
           sometimes
           destroy
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           give
           no
           warning
           .
           Thus
           he
           dealt
           with
           the
           Heathen
           
             Ammonites
          
           and
           
             Idumaeans
             ,
          
           as
           
             Calvin
          
           observes
           ;
           but
           he
           seldome
           or
           never
           sends
           any
           great
           judgement
           
           upon
           his
           own
           people
           ,
           but
           first
           he
           speaks
           before
           he
           strikes
           .
           First
           
             Verba
             ,
          
           then
           
             Verbera
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Text
           .
           
             At
             what
             instant
             I
             shall
             speak
             ,
             &c.
             
             If
             that
             Nation
             concerning
             which
             I
             have
             pronounced
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           First
           God
           pronounceth
           a
           judgement
           before
           he
           executeth
           a
           judgment
           ;
           he
           lightneth
           before
           he
           thundreth
           ;
           he
           hangs
           out
           his
           white
           Flag
           of
           mercy
           ,
           before
           his
           red
           Flag
           of
           utter
           defiance
           ;
           first
           he
           shoots
           off
           his
           warning
           Peeces
           ,
           before
           his
           murdering
           Peeces
           .
           
             And
             the
             Reasons
             are
             ,
          
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           all
           the
           World
           may
           take
           notice
           ,
           
           that
           all
           punishments
           and
           afflictions
           come
           not
           by
           chance
           ,
           or
           fortune
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           immediate
           hand
           of
           the
           great
           God
           .
           It
           is
           he
           that
           
             forms
             the
             light
             ,
             and
             creates
             darknesse
          
           ;
           it
           is
           he
           that
           
             makes
             peace
             ,
             and
             creates
             evill
             ,
             I
             the
             Lord
             do
             all
             these
             things
             .
          
           
           And
           therefore
           God
           gives
           warning
           to
           imprint
           this
           doctrine
           :
           That
           there
           is
           no
           evill
           of
           punishment
           ,
           but
           from
           God
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Because
           God
           is
           loath
           to
           punish
           .
           
           
             Minatur
             Deus
             ,
             ut
             non
             puniat
             :
          
           they
           that
           minde
           mischiefe
           ,
           give
           no
           warning
           .
           When
           
             Absalom
          
           intended
           to
           murder
           
             Amnon
             ,
          
           he
           spake
           neither
           good
           nor
           bad
           unto
           him
           ,
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           13.22
           .
           Neither
           would
           God
           reveale
           his
           intentions
           to
           destroy
           us
           ,
           but
           only
           because
           he
           desires
           not
           to
           destroy
           us
           .
           I
           reade
           of
           one
           that
           came
           to
           murder
           one
           of
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Emperors
           ,
           and
           by
           speaking
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Hunc
             tibi
             pugionem
             mittit
             Senatus
             ,
             detexit
             facinus
             fatuus
             ,
             &
             non
             implevit
             .
          
           Another
           was
           seen
           whetting
           his
           sword
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           ,
           suspected
           and
           detected
           .
           But
           it
           is
           otherwise
           with
           
           God
           ,
           he
           gives
           many
           items
           ,
           and
           sets
           many
           Beacons
           on
           fire
           before
           he
           destroyes
           a
           Nation
           .
           As
           
             Ambrose
          
           observes
           upon
           
             Gen.
          
           9.13
           .
           
             He
             puts
             his
             bow
             in
             the
             Cloud
             ;
             Non
             sagittam
             ,
             sed
             arcam
             ,
          
           not
           his
           Arrow
           ,
           but
           his
           Bow
           ;
           the
           Bow
           cannot
           hurt
           us
           ,
           but
           the
           Bow
           forewarns
           us
           of
           the
           Arrow
           ;
           and
           the
           string
           of
           the
           Bow
           is
           to
           us-ward
           ,
           to
           shew
           how
           unwilling
           God
           is
           to
           punish
           :
           He
           must
           first
           turn
           the
           Bow
           and
           put
           in
           the
           Arrow
           ,
           before
           he
           can
           shoot
           .
           And
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           
             Psalm
             .
          
           7.12
           .
           
             If
             you
             will
             not
             turn
             ,
             I
             will
             whet
             my
             sword
             ,
             I
             will
             bend
             my
             Bow
             ,
             and
             make
             ready
             my
             Arrow
             .
          
           First
           God
           whets
           his
           sword
           before
           he
           strikes
           ,
           and
           bends
           his
           Bow
           before
           he
           shoots
           ,
           his
           Arrow
           is
           unprepared
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           all
           this
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           a
           Father
           of
           mercies
           ,
           and
           a
           father
           you
           know
           is
           loath
           to
           whip
           his
           child
           .
           
             I
             afflict
             not
             willingly
             ,
          
           Lamen
           .
           3.33
           .
           
             Fury
             is
             not
             in
             me
             ,
             Isa.
          
           27.4
           .
           It
           is
           your
           sinnes
           that
           put
           thunderbolts
           in
           my
           hands
           .
           As
           a
           Woman
           brings
           forth
           her
           childe
           with
           pain
           ,
           and
           a
           Bee
           never
           stings
           ,
           but
           when
           he
           is
           provoked
           :
           So
           it
           is
           with
           our
           good
           God
           ,
           He
           never
           punisheth
           ,
           but
           when
           
             there
             is
             no
             remedy
             ,
          
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           36.
           15
           ,
           16.
           
           When
           God
           came
           to
           punish
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           he
           came
           slowly
           ,
           
             in
             the
             cool
             of
             the
             day
          
           ;
           but
           when
           he
           commeth
           to
           shew
           mercy
           ,
           he
           comes
           
             leaping
             over
             the
             hills
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             skipping
             over
             the
             mountains
             .
          
           God
           was
           but
           six
           dayes
           in
           making
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           and
           yet
           as
           
             Chrysostome
          
           well
           observes
           ,
           he
           was
           seven
           dayes
           destroying
           one
           City
           ,
           the
           City
           of
           
             Iericho
             .
          
        
         
           
           God
           gives
           warning
           for
           the
           glorification
           of
           
           his
           justice
           .
           That
           all
           those
           persons
           and
           nations
           that
           are
           destroyed
           ,
           may
           have
           no
           Apology
           ,
           no
           excuse
           ,
           but
           may
           be
           speechlesse
           at
           the
           great
           day
           of
           account
           ,
           
             Ne
             dicant
             sibi
             non
             praedictum
             Cave
             .
          
           There
           is
           no
           Christian
           nation
           ,
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           God
           destroyed
           them
           ,
           and
           yet
           never
           gave
           them
           warning
           .
           Read
           the
           second
           and
           third
           Chapters
           of
           the
           
             Revelation
          
           ;
           observe
           Christs
           warning
           to
           the
           seven
           Churches
           .
           This
           made
           them
           without
           excuse
           ;
           forewarned
           ,
           forearmed
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           be
           Gods
           ordinary
           course
           ,
           
           Let
           us
           admire
           and
           adore
           the
           patience
           of
           God
           towards
           our
           Persons
           in
           particular
           ,
           and
           towards
           this
           Nation
           in
           generall
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           live
           :
           A
           Nation
           not
           worthy
           to
           be
           beloved
           ,
           A
           Nation
           as
           ripe
           for
           destruction
           ,
           as
           any
           other
           Nation
           .
           How
           many
           Tapers
           hath
           God
           set
           on
           fire
           ?
           How
           many
           white
           Flags
           of
           Mercy
           hath
           God
           hung
           out
           ?
           How
           often
           hath
           he
           shot
           off
           his
           warning
           peeces
           ,
           to
           forewarne
           this
           Nation
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           
             pluck
             it
             up
             ,
             pull
             it
             down
             ,
             and
             destroy
             it
             .
             Ionathan
          
           shot
           three
           Arrowes
           ,
           not
           to
           hurt
           
             David
             ,
          
           but
           to
           help
           
             David
          
           by
           foretelling
           him
           of
           
             Sauls
          
           murderous
           intention
           against
           him
           ;
           But
           God
           hath
           shot
           not
           only
           three
           ,
           but
           eight
           Arrowes
           ,
           to
           forewarne
           ,
           and
           forearme
           us
           .
           The
           Lord
           awaken
           our
           secure
           hearts
           ,
           to
           the
           consideration
           of
           these
           things
           :
           God
           hath
           spoken
           eight
           wayes
           to
           this
           Nation
           ,
           by
           all
           which
           he
           hath
           intimated
           his
           intention
           to
           destroy
           us
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           He
           hath
           spoken
           unto
           us
           by
           the
           voice
           of
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           that
           with
           one
           mouth
           and
           lip
           ,
           have
           
           foretold
           us
           of
           desolation
           ,
           and
           destruction
           .
           It
           hath
           beene
           the
           constant
           voice
           of
           Gods
           faithfull
           Servants
           ,
           from
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           for
           these
           many
           yeares
           early
           and
           late
           .
           Now
           this
           voice
           is
           not
           to
           be
           slighted
           ;
           
             For
             surely
             the
             Lord
             will
             do
             nothing
             ,
             but
             he
             revealeth
             his
             secret
             unto
             his
             Servants
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             Amos
          
           3.7
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           He
           hath
           spoken
           to
           us
           by
           the
           voice
           of
           his
           lesser
           judgements
           .
           For
           God
           hath
           two
           sorts
           of
           judgements
           ,
           Rods
           and
           Scorpions
           :
           
             Footmen
             ,
             and
             Horsemen
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           expressed
           ,
           
             Ierem.
          
           12.4
           .
           And
           he
           deales
           with
           a
           Nation
           ,
           as
           a
           Physitian
           with
           his
           Patient
           .
           If
           a
           lesser
           potion
           will
           not
           worke
           ,
           the
           Physitian
           will
           prescribe
           a
           stronger
           .
           God
           hath
           sent
           many
           lesser
           judgements
           ,
           The
           Small-pox
           ,
           unseasonable
           Weather
           ,
           the
           Plague
           in
           a
           moderate
           way
           ;
           but
           these
           judgements
           have
           beene
           slighted
           and
           contemned
           ;
           And
           lesser
           judgements
           contemned
           ,
           are
           Harbingers
           to
           usher
           in
           greater
           :
           God
           threatneth
           ,
           
             Levit.
          
           2.6
           .
           If
           his
           people
           will
           walk
           contrary
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           will
           punish
           them
           seven
           times
           more
           :
           and
           afterwards
           he
           addes
           ,
           That
           if
           they
           will
           not
           be
           reformed
           ,
           he
           will
           punish
           them
           yet
           seven
           times
           more
           ,
           and
           yet
           seven
           times
           more
           .
           Vers.
           18.21
           ,
           24
           ,
           28.
           
           
             I
             ,
             even
             I
             ,
             will
             chastise
             you
             in
             fury
             ,
             seven
             times
             more
             for
             your
             sins
             .
          
           As
           the
           ancient
           Consuls
           of
           
             Rome
          
           had
           Rods
           ,
           and
           Axes
           ,
           carried
           before
           them
           :
           Rods
           as
           ensignes
           of
           their
           lenity
           to
           penitent
           offenders
           ;
           But
           Axes
           as
           tokens
           of
           their
           severity
           ,
           against
           incorrigible
           offenders
           :
           So
           God
           hath
           his
           Rods
           ,
           and
           his
           Axes
           ,
           his
           puning
           
           Knife
           ,
           and
           his
           Axe
           .
           If
           his
           pruning
           Knife
           will
           not
           amend
           us
           ,
           his
           Axe
           will
           hew
           us
           down
           ,
           and
           cast
           us
           into
           the
           fire
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           God
           hath
           spoken
           to
           us
           by
           the
           death
           of
           his
           godly
           Servants
           .
           
             For
             the
             righteous
             perish
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             layeth
             it
             to
             heart
             ,
             and
             mercifull
             men
             are
             taken
             away
             ;
             none
             considering
             that
             the
             righteous
             is
             taken
             away
             ,
             from
             the
             evill
             to
             come
             ,
             Isa.
          
           57.1
           .
           Thus
           
             Methusalem
          
           that
           godly
           Patriarch
           died
           ,
           the
           very
           yeere
           the
           flood
           came
           .
           And
           his
           name
           signifieth
           ,
           
             A
             messenger
             of
             death
          
           ;
           His
           death
           did
           presage
           the
           flood
           .
           Thus
           
             Austin
          
           was
           taken
           away
           by
           death
           ,
           immediately
           before
           the
           sacking
           of
           
             Hippo
          
           where
           he
           lived
           .
           
             Paraeus
          
           before
           the
           taking
           of
           
             Heilderberg
             .
             Luther
          
           a
           little
           before
           Warres
           came
           into
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           as
           he
           himselfe
           did
           fore-signifie
           at
           his
           death
           .
           Thus
           the
           death
           of
           Saint
           
             Ambrose
          
           was
           a
           fore-runner
           of
           the
           ruine
           of
           
             Italy
             .
          
           The
           many
           Reverend
           Preachers
           ,
           
             The
             Chariots
             ,
             and
             Horsemen
             of
             Israel
             ,
          
           that
           in
           these
           few
           yeares
           are
           gone
           to
           their
           graves
           in
           peace
           ;
           are
           as
           so
           many
           blazing
           Comets
           to
           portend
           our
           ruine
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           God
           hath
           spoken
           to
           us
           by
           the
           voice
           of
           other
           Protestant
           Nations
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           that
           have
           drunk
           deepe
           of
           the
           Cup
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           .
           
             Herodotus
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           certaine
           Egyptian
           Temple
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Statue
           built
           for
           
             Sennacherib
             ,
          
           (
           this
           was
           he
           that
           besieged
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
          
           and
           blasphemed
           the
           God
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           and
           was
           afterwards
           slaine
           by
           his
           sonnes
           )
           and
           upon
           this
           Statue
           was
           this
           Inscription
           ;
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             Look
             upon
             me
             ,
             and
             
             learn
             to
             be
             righteous
             .
          
           Me
           thinks
           I
           heare
           
             Rochell
             ,
             Bohemia
             ,
          
           the
           
             Palatinate
             ,
          
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           saying
           :
           Oh
           
             England
          
           look
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           learn
           to
           be
           righteous
           .
           God
           will
           not
           alwayes
           make
           you
           like
           
             Goshen
             ,
          
           when
           we
           are
           plagued
           as
           
             Egypt
             :
          
           make
           you
           like
           
             Noah
          
           in
           the
           Ark
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           drowned
           with
           a
           flood
           of
           miseries
           :
           make
           you
           like
           
             Gideons
          
           dry
           Fleece
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           like
           his
           wet
           Fleece
           ,
           bedewed
           with
           sorrow
           and
           lamentation
           .
           You
           must
           not
           look
           alwayes
           to
           drink
           so
           deep
           of
           the
           Cup
           of
           prosperity
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           drunk
           so
           deep
           of
           the
           Cup
           of
           adversity
           .
           God
           hath
           made
           us
           examples
           to
           you
           ;
           but
           if
           you
           amend
           not
           ,
           God
           will
           make
           you
           your selves
           the
           next
           examples
           .
           It
           is
           a
           most
           true
           saying
           :
           
             Legimus
             Historias
             ,
             ne
             ipsi
             fiamus
             historia
             .
          
           If
           you
           will
           not
           learne
           righteousnesse
           by
           our
           History
           ,
           God
           will
           make
           you
           the
           next
           History
           .
           
             Discite
             justitiam
             moniti
             &
             non
             temnere
             Divos
             .
          
           This
           is
           a
           loud
           and
           powerfull
           voyce
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           God
           speaks
           now
           more
           neerly
           unto
           us
           ,
           by
           the
           bloudy
           rebellion
           that
           is
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           ;
           The
           sword
           that
           is
           there
           drawn
           ,
           is
           like
           the
           Comet
           ,
           that
           for
           a
           whole
           yeer
           hung
           over
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
          
           in
           the
           likenesse
           of
           a
           fiery
           flaming
           sword
           .
           This
           sword
           is
           Gods
           warning
           peece
           to
           
             England
             :
          
           It
           is
           like
           
             Tamberlaines
          
           red
           Flag
           ,
           threatning
           ruine
           ,
           and
           desolation
           to
           us
           ;
           For
           it
           is
           an
           old
           saying
           ,
           
             He
             that
             would
             England
             win
             ,
             must
             with
             Ireland
             first
             begin
             .
          
           A
           Serpent
           ,
           the
           neerer
           it
           is
           ,
           the
           more
           dangerous
           it
           is
           .
           The
           sword
           is
           now
           come
           very
           neere
           us
           :
           It
           is
           
           like
           a
           Serpent
           in
           our
           bosomes
           :
           The
           Lord
           awaken
           our
           sleepy
           spirits
           .
           God
           hath
           3.
           swords
           .
           The
           
             sword
          
           of
           the
           Angel
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           plague
           :
           the
           
             sword
          
           of
           the
           Spirit
           which
           is
           his
           Word
           :
           and
           the
           
             sword
          
           of
           the
           Enemy
           .
           We
           have
           been
           wofully
           massacred
           with
           the
           first
           sword
           .
           The
           Plague
           hath
           been
           grievously
           upon
           our
           bodies
           ,
           but
           the
           plague
           of
           sin
           still
           remaines
           upon
           our
           soules
           ;
           this
           sword
           hath
           done
           little
           good
           .
           If
           the
           sword
           of
           the
           Spirit
           will
           not
           now
           at
           last
           cut
           down
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           we
           must
           expect
           the
           sword
           of
           the
           enemy
           to
           cut
           us
           down
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           us
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           God
           now
           also
           speakes
           unto
           us
           by
           the
           many
           sad
           divisions
           ,
           and
           unhappy
           fractions
           that
           are
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           .
           
             A
             Kingdome
             divided
             against
             it selfe
             ,
             cannot
             stand
             .
          
           It
           is
           observeable
           ,
           that
           scarce
           ever
           any
           great
           enemy
           entred
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           but
           when
           it
           was
           at
           Schisme
           and
           division
           within
           it selfe
           .
           
             Tacitus
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           nothing
           gave
           the
           
             Romans
          
           more
           advantage
           against
           the
           ancient
           
             Brittains
          
           then
           this
           ,
           
             Quod
             factionibus
             &
             studijs
             trahebantur
             .
             Mandubratius
          
           (
           as
           
             Caesar
          
           cals
           him
           )
           out
           of
           hatred
           against
           
             Cassibellanus
             ,
          
           brought
           in
           
             Iulius
             Caesar
             .
             Adminius
             ,
          
           brought
           in
           
             Claudius
             .
             Gnortigernus
          
           first
           ,
           and
           
             Mordredus
          
           after
           brought
           in
           the
           
             Saxons
             .
          
           
           
             Toustains
          
           division
           and
           inrode
           ,
           made
           way
           for
           the
           
             Normans
          
           ;
           
           and
           there
           were
           more
           divisions
           than
           one
           to
           helpe
           in
           the
           
             Danes
             .
          
           And
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           likely
           to
           bring
           in
           the
           
             Romans
          
           once
           more
           into
           our
           Kingdome
           ,
           than
           these
           
             Mandubratians
             ,
          
           the
           
             Adminians
             ,
          
           J
           had
           almost
           said
           these
           
             Arminians
             .
          
           Oh
           sad
           divisions
           ▪
           
           these
           are
           as
           thicke
           blacke
           clouds
           threatning
           a
           great
           shower
           of
           desolation
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           God
           speakes
           unto
           us
           by
           the
           great
           demur
           and
           delay
           of
           the
           reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           For
           the
           Childe
           of
           reformation
           is
           come
           to
           the
           birth
           ;
           but
           there
           wants
           strength
           to
           bring
           it
           forth
           .
           This
           is
           a
           signe
           ,
           That
           there
           are
           some
           great
           obstructions
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           that
           hinder
           the
           birth
           of
           this
           much
           desired
           Childe
           .
           And
           it
           shrewdly
           presageth
           ,
           as
           if
           God
           had
           begunne
           to
           repent
           of
           the
           good
           ,
           that
           hee
           hath
           begun
           to
           doe
           for
           us
           ;
           And
           that
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           with
           us
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           with
           
             Tamar
             ,
          
           in
           the
           time
           of
           her
           travell
           ,
           
             Genes
             .
          
           38.28,29
           .
           
             Zarah
          
           first
           puts
           forth
           his
           hand
           out
           of
           the
           Wombe
           ,
           but
           afterwards
           drew
           it
           in
           againe
           ,
           and
           
             Pharez
          
           came
           out
           in
           his
           stead
           .
           So
           it
           gives
           us
           cause
           to
           feare
           ,
           least
           the
           Childe
           of
           Mercy
           should
           goe
           backe
           into
           the
           Wombe
           againe
           ,
           and
           the
           Childe
           of
           judgement
           come
           forth
           in
           his
           stead
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           God
           hath
           spoken
           to
           us
           by
           the
           voice
           of
           our
           owne
           consciences
           .
           There
           is
           no
           man
           that
           lives
           in
           any
           knowne
           sinne
           ,
           but
           his
           conscience
           hath
           often
           told
           him
           as
           
             Abner
          
           did
           
             Ioah
             ,
             Will
             not
             this
             sinne
             bring
             bitternesse
             in
             the
             latter
             end
             ?
          
           And
           as
           
             Reuben
          
           to
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           
             Did
             I
             not
             tell
             you
             of
             this
             aforehand
             ?
          
           That
           this
           sinne
           would
           bring
           you
           to
           hell
           .
           There
           is
           a
           Light
           which
           God
           hath
           set
           up
           in
           all
           our
           soules
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           a
           Beacon
           ,
           set
           on
           fire
           ,
           to
           give
           notice
           of
           Gods
           Wrath
           and
           Vengeance
           .
           This
           light
           is
           Conscience
           ,
           
           which
           
             Tertullian
          
           calls
           
             praejudicium
             judicij
             .
          
           This
           is
           Gods
           bosome
           Preacher
           ;
           and
           
           when
           this
           is
           silenced
           ,
           it
           portends
           nothing
           ,
           but
           utter
           ruine
           and
           desolation
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           you
           see
           how
           many
           waies
           ,
           God
           hath
           given
           warning
           to
           this
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           
             Let
             the
             long-suffering
             ,
             and
             goodnesse
             of
             God
             ,
             drive
             us
             to
             repentance
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           use
           the
           Apostle
           
             Paul
          
           makes
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           2.4
           .
           which
           is
           the
           more
           to
           be
           laid
           to
           heart
           ,
           because
           that
           Saint
           
             Peter
          
           pickes
           out
           this
           exhortation
           from
           out
           of
           all
           the
           Epistles
           of
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           as
           one
           of
           the
           choisest
           ,
           and
           urgeth
           it
           upon
           those
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           wrote
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           read
           ,
           2
           
             Pet.
          
           3.15
           .
           
             And
             account
             the
             long
             suffering
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             is
             salvation
             ;
             even
             as
             our
             beloved
             Brother
          
           Paul
           
             also
             hath
             written
             unto
             you
             .
          
           Now
           I
           conceive
           ,
           this
           is
           no where
           written
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           place
           forementioned
           .
           Let
           not
           that
           which
           is
           our
           salvation
           (
           as
           
             Peter
          
           saith
           )
           become
           our
           damnation
           .
           Let
           us
           follow
           the
           example
           of
           
             Noah
             ,
             Heb.
          
           11.7
           .
           Noah
           
             by
             faith
             being
             warned
             of
             God
             ,
             of
             things
             not
             seen
             as
             yet
             ,
             moved
             with
             fear
             prepared
             an
             Ark
             ,
             to
             the
             saving
             of
             his
             house
             ,
             &c.
             
             Noah
          
           had
           but
           one
           warning
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           a
           judgement
           ,
           which
           had
           no
           print
           in
           nature
           :
           But
           wee
           have
           had
           eight
           kindes
           of
           warnings
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           many
           prints
           and
           foot-steps
           of
           Gods
           judgements
           amongst
           us
           .
           O
           let
           us
           beleeve
           these
           Voices
           of
           God
           and
           let
           faith
           worke
           feare
           ,
           and
           feare
           worke
           care
           to
           prepare
           an
           Arke
           ,
           before
           the
           Floud
           comes
           .
           Let
           us
           be
           amended
           by
           Gods
           warning-peeces
           ,
           lest
           we
           be
           consumed
           by
           his
           murdering-peeces
           .
        
         
         
           
           There
           are
           two
           Motives
           to
           quicken
           us
           to
           the
           obedience
           of
           this
           exhortation
           .
        
         
           
           
             Gods
             warnings
             are
             in
             Gods
             keeping
             .
          
           No
           man
           hath
           a
           locke
           and
           key
           of
           Gods
           patience
           .
           Hee
           is
           
             long-suffering
             ,
          
           but
           not
           
             alwaies
             suffering
             ,
          
           and
           how
           long
           he
           will
           suffer
           ,
           no
           man
           knows
           .
           Sometimes
           God
           is
           warning
           of
           a
           people
           120.
           yeers
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           the
           old
           world
           .
           Sometimes
           but
           40.
           yeeres
           ,
           as
           he
           dealt
           with
           the
           Jews
           ,
           before
           the
           destruction
           of
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
          
           Sometimes
           but
           40.
           dayes
           ,
           as
           in
           
             Ninive's
          
           case
           .
           Sometimes
           but
           one
           night
           as
           in
           
             Lots
          
           case
           ,
           who
           had
           warning
           of
           the
           burning
           of
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           but
           the
           night
           before
           .
           We
           in
           this
           Nation
           have
           had
           many
           yeers
           warning
           .
           I
           feare
           me
           ,
           the
           Taper
           is
           almost
           burnt
           out
           :
           That
           the
           Sun
           of
           our
           prosperity
           is
           ready
           to
           set
           .
           And
           that
           the
           houre-glasse
           of
           our
           happinesse
           is
           almost
           run
           out
           .
           This
           is
           our
           last
           warning
           .
           Mistake
           me
           not
           ;
           I
           doe
           not
           prophecy
           what
           God
           will
           do
           ;
           but
           what
           wee
           deserve
           God
           should
           doe
           ,
           and
           what
           wee
           may
           justly
           expect
           he
           will
           doe
           ,
           and
           what
           wee
           ought
           to
           provide
           ,
           if
           hee
           should
           doe
           .
           Let
           us
           amend
           now
           ,
           or
           never
           ;
           before
           the
           day
           of
           Mercy
           be
           past
           ,
           before
           the
           draw-Bridge
           be
           taken
           up
           .
           It
           may
           be
           too
           late
           the
           next
           yeer
           .
        
         
           
           The
           warnings
           of
           God
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           slighted
           ,
           they
           will
           
             necessitate
          
           and
           
             aggravate
          
           our
           condemnation
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           They
           will
           
             necessitate
             our
             condemnation
             .
          
           For
           there
           are
           three
           degrees
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           .
           His
           threatning
           wrath
           ,
           his
           punishing
           wrath
           ,
           and
           his
           
           condemning
           Wrath.
           
           And
           this
           is
           Gods
           Methode
           .
           First
           ,
           He
           threatneth
           ▪
           before
           he
           punisheth
           :
           And
           if
           his
           threatning
           anger
           reforme
           us
           ,
           wee
           shall
           never
           feele
           his
           punishing
           anger
           ;
           but
           if
           his
           threatnings
           prevaile
           not
           ,
           wee
           shall
           certainly
           feele
           his
           punishing
           anger
           .
           And
           if
           neither
           threats
           ,
           nor
           punishments
           prevaile
           ,
           nothing
           remains
           but
           his
           condemning
           Wrath.
           
             Si
             non
             audies
             vocem
             misericordiae
             ,
             senties
             vocem
             judicij
             .
             Si
             nonaudies
             primam
             tubam
             ,
          
           
           
             senties
             ultimam
             .
             Si
             non
             audies
             Deum
             minantem
             ,
             senties
             punientem
             &
             condemnantem
             .
          
           What
           destroyed
           the
           old
           World
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           did
           not
           regard
           
             Noahs
          
           warning
           ?
           What
           destroyed
           
             Lots
          
           sonnes
           in
           Law
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           mocked
           at
           
             Lots
          
           warning
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           They
           will
           
             aggravate
          
           our
           condemnation
           :
           For
           as
           a
           childe
           in
           the
           Mothers
           womb
           ,
           the
           longer
           it
           is
           in
           the
           wombe
           ,
           before
           it
           comes
           forth
           ,
           the
           bigger
           the
           childe
           will
           be
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           pain
           it
           will
           put
           the
           Mother
           unto
           .
           So
           the
           longer
           God
           keeps
           in
           his
           wrath
           ,
           and
           is
           patient
           toward
           a
           Nation
           ,
           the
           bigger
           the
           childe
           of
           wrath
           will
           be
           ,
           when
           it
           comes
           forth
           ,
           and
           the
           greater
           will
           be
           our
           misery
           and
           affliction
           .
           This
           Metaphor
           God
           himselfe
           useth
           ,
           
             Isaiah
          
           42.14
           .
           
             I
             have
             a
             long
             time
             holden
             my
             peace
             ,
             I
             have
             been
             still
             ,
             and
             refrained
             my selfe
             ;
             now
             will
             I
             cry
             like
             a
             travelling
             woman
             ,
             I
             will
             destroy
             ,
             and
             devoure
             at
             once
             .
          
           Though
           God
           hath
           
             leaden
             feet
             ,
          
           yet
           he
           hath
           
             iron
             hands
             .
          
           The
           longer
           he
           is
           before
           hee
           strikes
           ,
           the
           heavier
           the
           blow
           will
           be
           ,
           when
           hee
           strikes
           .
           Patience
           is
           the
           proper
           
           purchase
           of
           the
           bloud
           of
           Christ
           .
           There
           was
           no
           patience
           under
           the
           first
           Covenant
           .
           
           
             Deus
             non
             expectabat
             Angelos
             ,
             non
             expectabat
             Adamum
             ,
          
           God
           did
           not
           wait
           for
           the
           Angels
           ,
           nor
           for
           
             Adam
          
           ;
           but
           as
           soone
           as
           ever
           they
           had
           sinned
           ,
           Hee
           throws
           the
           one
           out
           of
           Paradise
           ,
           the
           other
           into
           Hell
           .
           But
           for
           us
           sinfull
           sons
           of
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           God
           for
           Christs
           sake
           tarrieth
           ,
           and
           waiteth
           our
           conversion
           .
           Oh
           ,
           let
           us
           not
           sinne
           against
           the
           merit
           of
           Christs
           bloud
           !
           Read
           the
           5c
           .
           
             Psa.
          
           21
           ,
           22.
           
           
             These
             things
             thou
             hast
             done
             and
             I
             kept
             silence
             ,
             thou
             thoughtest
             that
             I
             was
             altogether
             such
             a
             one
             as
             thy selfe
             :
             but
             I
             will
             reprove
             thee
             and
             set
             them
             in
             order
             before
             thine
             eyes
             .
             Now
             consider
             this
             ,
             ye
             that
             forget
             God
             ;
             lest
             I
             tear
             you
             in
             peeces
             ,
             and
             there
             be
             none
             to
             deliver
             .
          
           Let
           us
           not
           stop
           our
           ears
           from
           hearing
           these
           eight
           Voices
           ,
           lest
           God
           turne
           his
           words
           into
           blows
           ,
           and
           stop
           his
           eares
           from
           hearing
           our
           voices
           in
           our
           extremities
           .
           There
           are
           two
           degrees
           of
           mercy
           in
           God
           ,
           
           
             Misericordia
             parva
             ,
             &
             misericordia
             magna
             ,
          
           His
           little
           mercy
           ,
           and
           his
           great
           mercy
           .
           For
           God
           to
           wait
           our
           conversion
           ,
           and
           to
           fore-warne
           us
           of
           evill
           to
           come
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           mercy
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           mercy
           in
           it selfe
           considered
           .
           But
           it
           is
           but
           a
           little
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           second
           mercy
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           great
           mercy
           .
           And
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           God
           gives
           us
           grace
           to
           make
           a
           holy
           use
           of
           his
           patience
           ,
           to
           make
           his
           patience
           our
           salvation
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           led
           
             to
             repentance
             by
             it
          
           The
           Lord
           bestow
           this
           great
           mercy
           upon
           us
           !
        
         
           
             The
             third
             Doctrinall
             conclusion
             .
          
        
         
           That
           Nationall
           turning
           from
           evill
           ,
           
           will
           divert
           
           Nationall
           judgements
           ,
           and
           procure
           Nationall
           blessings
           .
           So
           saith
           the
           Text
           :
           
             If
             that
             Nation
             turne
             from
             their
             evill
             ,
             then
             will
             I
             repent
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             so
             ,
             but
          
           verse
           .
           9.
           
           
             I
             will
             build
             ,
             and
             plant
             it
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           The
           Doctrine
           is
           a
           mercifull
           qualification
           of
           Gods
           absolute
           power
           ,
           he
           is
           so
           farre
           from
           using
           it
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           indents
           and
           covenants
           with
           every
           Nation
           .
           
             If
             they
             repent
             ,
             I
             will
             repent
             .
          
           Now
           whereas
           God
           is
           here
           said
           to
           
             repent
             ,
          
           it
           is
           spoken
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           be
           understood
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           
             God
             is
             not
             as
             man
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             repent
          
           ;
           Hee
           is
           said
           to
           repent
           ,
           because
           hee
           doth
           that
           which
           men
           doe
           when
           they
           repent
           .
           
             I
             will
             repent
             ,
          
           That
           is
           ,
           
           I
           will
           turne
           my
           judgements
           into
           mercies
           .
           God
           doth
           sometimes
           
             will
             a
             change
             ,
          
           but
           he
           never
           
             changeth
             his
             will
             .
          
           God
           from
           all
           eternity
           decreed
           to
           be
           served
           in
           the
           old
           Testament
           with
           types
           and
           figures
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           New-Testament
           ,
           in
           spirit
           and
           truth
           .
           Here
           was
           a
           
             will
             of
             achange
             ,
          
           but
           
             no
             change
             in
             Gods
             will
             .
          
           When
           God
           is
           said
           to
           repent
           ,
           the
           change
           is
           in
           us
           ,
           not
           in
           God
           .
           As
           when
           the
           Sun
           softneth
           the
           wax
           ,
           and
           hardneth
           the
           clay
           ;
           here
           is
           a
           different
           act
           of
           the
           Sunne
           ;
           but
           the
           change
           ariseth
           from
           the
           different
           object
           ,
           not
           from
           the
           Sunne
           .
           So
           God
           from
           all
           eternity
           decrees
           to
           punish
           the
           impenitent
           ,
           and
           to
           blesse
           the
           penitent
           .
           And
           when
           a
           Nation
           by
           Gods
           Almighty
           grace
           becomes
           penitent
           ,
           God
           turnes
           his
           punishments
           into
           blessings
           ;
           but
           the
           change
           is
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           not
           in
           God
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           speake
           my
           minde
           freely
           ;
           
           J
           am
           not
           come
           hither
           this
           day
           to
           feast
           
           your
           eares
           ,
           but
           to
           wound
           your
           hearts
           ;
           you
           must
           not
           expect
           elegant
           and
           fine
           phrases
           .
           
             Non
             licet
             in
             tanta
             miseria
             disertum
             esse
             ,
          
           This
           is
           a
           day
           ,
           not
           for
           humane
           ,
           but
           divine
           eloquence
           .
           
             Non
             loquor
             disertae
             sed
             fortia
             .
          
           A
           day
           wherein
           we
           are
           to
           cry
           mightily
           unto
           God
           ,
           to
           knock
           aloud
           at
           Heaven
           gates
           ,
           and
           to
           extort
           mercy
           from
           Gods
           hands
           ,
           by
           a
           holy
           and
           acceptable
           violence
           .
           And
           for
           my
           part
           I
           know
           not
           any
           Doctrine
           more
           sutable
           to
           worke
           upon
           your
           hearts
           and
           affections
           ,
           then
           this
           plaine
           conclusion
           ;
           That
           there
           is
           no
           other
           way
           to
           procure
           blessings
           from
           God
           ,
           or
           to
           turne
           away
           judgements
           from
           the
           Land
           ,
           but
           by
           turning
           from
           sinne
           unto
           God
           .
           The
           wrath
           and
           punishments
           which
           sinne
           hath
           twisted
           ,
           Repentance
           will
           untwist
           .
           Sinne
           is
           as
           a
           thicke
           Cloud
           ,
           stopping
           the
           Sun-shine
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           turne
           from
           sinne
           ,
           this
           will
           melt
           the
           cloud
           ,
           and
           cause
           the
           Sonne
           of
           Righteousnesse
           to
           shine
           upon
           us
           .
           Sinne
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           a
           Divell
           in
           the
           Aire
           ,
           to
           hinder
           our
           prayers
           from
           ascending
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           turne
           from
           sinne
           ,
           this
           will
           charme
           the
           Divell
           ,
           and
           make
           Satan
           like
           lightning
           fall
           downe
           from
           Heaven
           .
           Sinne
           is
           like
           so
           many
           great
           peeces
           of
           Ordnance
           ,
           planted
           and
           charged
           upon
           high
           mountaines
           ,
           ready
           to
           shoote
           downe
           Cities
           and
           Kingdomes
           :
           But
           if
           we
           turne
           from
           sinne
           ,
           this
           will
           take
           away
           the
           force
           of
           these
           Cannons
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           as
           Paper-shot
           .
           Sinne
           is
           a
           wall
           of
           separation
           betweene
           God
           and
           us
           :
           To
           turne
           from
           sinne
           ,
           will
           breake
           downe
           this
           wall
           .
           Sinne
           is
           the
           great
           make-bate
           betweene
           God
           ,
           and
           man
           :
           Sinne
           dissolveth
           
           Parliament
           unhappily
           :
           Sinne
           puts
           variance
           betweene
           a
           King
           and
           his
           Subjects
           .
           Sinne
           destroyed
           
             Rochel
          
           and
           the
           
             Palatinate
          
           ;
           it
           brought
           the
           sword
           into
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           will
           bring
           it
           into
           
             England
             ,
          
           unlesse
           we
           turne
           away
           from
           all
           our
           evill
           doings
           .
           To
           turne
           from
           sinne
           ,
           is
           a
           key
           to
           unlock
           all
           the
           chests
           of
           Gods
           mercies
           .
           It
           is
           
             Clavis
             viscerum
             Dei
             ,
          
           A
           preservative
           against
           all
           misery
           .
           Oh
           the
           divine
           Rhetorique
           ,
           and
           omnipotent
           efficacie
           of
           Repentance
           !
           This
           is
           that
           Raine-bow
           ,
           which
           if
           God
           seeth
           shining
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           he
           will
           never
           drowne
           our
           soules
           .
           That
           starre
           which
           will
           bring
           us
           to
           Christ
           .
           A
           repenting
           faith
           ,
           
           is
           our
           
             Sacra
             anchora
          
           to
           flye
           unto
           ;
           it
           is
           
             Ilex
             misericordiae
             :
          
           it
           tyes
           Gods
           hands
           ,
           and
           charmes
           his
           wrath
           .
           There
           is
           no
           thunder-bolt
           so
           great
           ,
           no
           wrath
           so
           furious
           in
           God
           ,
           but
           Repentance
           will
           abolish
           it
           .
           This
           
             Abigail
             ,
          
           will
           easily
           appeare
           our
           Heavenly
           
             David
             ,
          
           though
           hee
           march
           never
           so
           furiously
           .
           Repentance
           is
           so
           acceptable
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           rewarded
           
             Ahab
          
           for
           his
           hypocriticall
           repentance
           ,
           that
           others
           by
           his
           example
           might
           be
           provoked
           to
           turne
           truely
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           knew
           not
           his
           repentance
           to
           be
           hypocriticall
           .
           I
           have
           here
           a
           large
           field
           of
           matter
           ,
           for
           a
           yeare
           ,
           rather
           than
           a
           day
           :
           But
           as
           a
           little
           Boat
           may
           land
           a
           man
           into
           a
           large
           Continent
           ;
           so
           a
           few
           words
           may
           suggest
           matter
           sufficient
           to
           a
           judicious
           eare
           ,
           for
           a
           whole
           lives
           meditation
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           spend
           time
           in
           unfolding
           the
           nature
           of
           this
           duty
           of
           turning
           from
           sinne
           ;
           or
           in
           shewing
           the
           reasons
           why
           this
           turning
           is
           so
           potent
           to
           divert
           judgements
           ,
           and
           
           procure
           mercies
           (
           this
           is
           the
           worke
           of
           every
           Sermon
           .
           
           )
           I
           will
           onely
           make
           one
           Use
           of
           exhortation
           (
           for
           it
           needes
           application
           ,
           more
           then
           explication
           .
           )
        
         
           To
           beseech
           you
           to
           turne
           the
           doctrine
           into
           practice
           ,
           and
           to
           expresse
           the
           sincerity
           of
           your
           Repentance
           ,
           by
           two
           duties
           ,
           which
           are
           as
           the
           two
           poles
           ,
           upon
           which
           our
           turning
           from
           sinne
           doth
           move
           .
           By
           humiliation
           and
           reformation
           ;
           Humiliation
           for
           sinnes
           past
           ,
           Reformation
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           :
           
             Humiliation
             without
             Reformation
             ,
             is
             a
             foundation
             without
             a
             building
             :
             Reformation
             without
             Humiliation
             ,
             proves
             often
             a
             building
             ,
             without
             a
             foundation
             .
          
           Both
           of
           them
           together
           ,
           comprehend
           the
           Essentialls
           of
           this
           great
           duty
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           very
           quintessence
           of
           Practicall
           Divinity
           .
        
         
           
             1
          
           Let
           us
           turne
           unto
           God
           by
           humiliation
           ,
           for
           sinnes
           past
           .
           This
           day
           is
           a
           day
           of
           humiliation
           .
           A
           Sabbath
           of
           weeping
           and
           mourning
           :
           Wherein
           we
           should
           wash
           the
           feete
           of
           Christ
           with
           our
           teares
           ,
           wherein
           we
           should
           weepe
           bitterly
           ,
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           powre
           forth
           our
           hearts
           like
           water
           ,
           and
           strive
           who
           should
           put
           most
           teares
           into
           Gods
           bottle
           .
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           let
           us
           turne
           unto
           God
           with
           true
           penitent
           teares
           ,
           drawne
           from
           the
           Well
           of
           a
           broken
           heart
           ,
           fetcht
           out
           with
           the
           backet
           of
           Gods
           love
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           sanctifie
           a
           fast
           ,
           and
           afflict
           our
           soules
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           this
           day
           may
           become
           a
           day
           of
           attonement
           .
           And
           because
           the
           Well
           is
           deepe
           ,
           and
           our
           hearts
           are
           very
           hard
           ,
           and
           some
           ,
           it
           may
           
           be
           ,
           want
           buckets
           to
           draw
           water
           withall
           :
           
           Give
           mee
           leave
           to
           offer
           unto
           you
           seven
           buckets
           ,
           which
           will
           serve
           ,
           as
           seven
           helpes
           to
           humiliation
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Let
           every
           man
           consider
           his
           owne
           sins
           ,
           which
           hee
           himselfe
           is
           guilty
           of
           .
           Have
           wee
           not
           broken
           the
           holy
           ,
           and
           righteous
           Commandements
           of
           God
           a
           thousand
           times
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           this
           break
           our
           hearts
           ?
           Have
           wee
           not
           broken
           our
           vowes
           and
           covenants
           which
           wee
           have
           often
           made
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           the
           meditation
           of
           this
           break
           our
           hearts
           ?
           
           God
           in
           Scripture
           is
           said
           to
           have
           a
           bagge
           and
           a
           bottle
           .
           A
           bagge
           to
           put
           our
           sins
           in
           ,
           and
           a
           bottle
           to
           put
           our
           teares
           in
           .
           Have
           wee
           not
           filled
           Gods
           bag
           with
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           shall
           wee
           not
           now
           fill
           Gods
           bottle
           with
           our
           teares
           ?
           Doth
           it
           not
           grieve
           us
           ,
           
           that
           wee
           have
           so
           often
           
             grieved
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ?
          
           Are
           we
           not
           heavy
           laden
           with
           those
           sinnes
           ,
           
           with
           which
           God
           himself
           
             is
             pressed
             as
             a
             Cart
             with
             sheaves
             ?
          
           Is
           not
           God
           himself
           
             broken
             with
             our
             whorish
             hearts
             ,
          
           
           and
           will
           not
           this
           break
           our
           hard
           hearts
           ?
           Have
           wee
           not
           had
           
             yeares
          
           of
           sinning
           ?
           Oh
           let
           us
           have
           one
           
             Day
          
           of
           mourning
           !
           Have
           we
           not
           trampled
           the
           bloud
           of
           Christ
           under
           our
           feete
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           the
           bloud
           of
           this
           Scapegoate
           melt
           our
           adamantine
           hearts
           ?
           It
           is
           an
           excellent
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             in
             all
             the
             sins
             we
             commit
             ,
          
           
           
             we
             must
             not
             so
             much
             consider
             the
             sin
             that
             is
             committed
             ,
             as
             the
             God
             against
             whom
             it
             is
             committed
             .
          
           And
           this
           will
           provoke
           us
           to
           great
           Humiliation
           for
           little
           sins
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           great
           sins
           .
           For
           there
           is
           no
           sinne
           simply
           little
           .
           
           
           There
           is
           no
           little
           God
           to
           sinne
           against
           .
           The
           lest
           
             minimum
             spirituale
             ,
          
           the
           least
           offence
           is
           committed
           against
           an
           infinite
           God
           ;
           and
           therefore
           deserves
           
           infinite
           punishment
           .
           There
           was
           no
           little
           price
           paid
           for
           little
           sins
           ;
           the
           least
           sinne
           cost
           the
           shedding
           of
           the
           bloud
           of
           the
           eternall
           God
           .
           
           There
           is
           no
           little
           disobedience
           in
           a
           little
           sinne
           .
           For
           as
           there
           is
           the
           same
           rotundity
           in
           a
           little
           round
           Ball
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           great
           one
           :
           So
           there
           is
           the
           same
           disobedience
           against
           God
           ,
           in
           a
           little
           sinne
           ,
           
           as
           well
           as
           in
           a
           great
           one
           .
           To
           dis-obey
           God
           in
           a
           little
           ,
           is
           no
           little
           dis-obedience
           .
           There
           is
           no
           little
           unthankfulnesse
           in
           a
           little
           sin
           .
           For
           the
           lesser
           the
           thing
           is
           ,
           in
           which
           wee
           offend
           God
           ,
           the
           greater
           is
           the
           unthankfulnesse
           ,
           that
           we
           will
           sin
           against
           God
           ,
           for
           so
           little
           a
           matter
           .
           There
           is
           no
           little
           
           pollution
           and
           defilement
           ,
           in
           a
           little
           sin
           .
           A
           little
           puddle
           may
           dirty
           a
           man
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           great
           one
           .
           A
           little
           Bodkin
           may
           wound
           a
           
             Caesar
          
           to
           death
           .
           
           There
           is
           no
           little
           punishment
           ,
           for
           little
           sins
           ;
           
             For
             the
             wages
             of
             sin
             is
             death
             .
          
           The
           wages
           of
           sin
           as
           sin
           ,
           and
           therefore
           of
           every
           sin
           .
           
             A
             quatenus
             ad
             omne
             valet
             consequentia
             .
             Non
             est
             distinguendum
             ubilex
             non
             distinguit
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           let
           us
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           mourne
           with
           a
           great
           lamentation
           ,
           for
           our
           little
           oaths
           ,
           our
           idle
           words
           ,
           our
           omissions
           of
           good
           duties
           ,
           and
           defects
           in
           good
           duties
           ,
           &c.
           
           Can
           we
           mourne
           for
           the
           losse
           of
           our
           estates
           ,
           for
           the
           death
           of
           our
           Children
           ?
           And
           shall
           we
           not
           mourne
           that
           we
           have
           lost
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           peace
           of
           a
           good
           conscience
           by
           our
           sins
           ;
           and
           that
           our
           hearts
           are
           
           so
           dead
           and
           dull
           to
           goodnesse
           ?
           Can
           wee
           cry
           for
           the
           stone
           in
           the
           bladder
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           a
           stony
           heart
           ?
           The
           stone
           in
           the
           bladder
           can
           but
           kill
           the
           body
           ;
           but
           a
           stony
           heart
           will
           cast
           body
           and
           soule
           into
           Hell
           .
           Weepe
           for
           those
           diseases
           that
           will
           destroy
           soule
           and
           body
           for
           ever
           .
           Wee
           have
           beene
           often
           in
           the
           valley
           of
           
             Hinnon
             ,
          
           sacrificing
           our
           sonnes
           and
           daughters
           unto
           Divels
           ,
           by
           their
           wicked
           educations
           ;
           improoving
           our
           parts
           and
           mercies
           ,
           to
           the
           service
           of
           the
           Divell
           .
           Oh
           ,
           let
           us
           this
           day
           descend
           into
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Bacah
             ,
          
           and
           let
           us
           make
           this
           Church
           a
           
             Bochim
             ,
          
           a
           place
           of
           weeping
           .
           We
           have
           many
           Church-sins
           ,
           Sermonsins
           ,
           Sacrament-sins
           .
           Let
           us
           have
           Church-tears
           for
           our
           Church-sins
           .
        
         
           A
           second
           help
           to
           humiliation
           ,
           
           is
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           Nation
           wherin
           we
           live
           .
           This
           Kingdome
           is
           an
           Island
           incompassed
           with
           three
           
             Oceans
          
           ;
           not
           onely
           with
           an
           
             Ocean
          
           of
           water
           ,
           but
           also
           with
           an
           
             Ocean
          
           of
           mercies
           (
           no
           Nation
           more
           exalted
           in
           mercies
           )
           and
           I
           may
           as
           truly
           adde
           with
           an
           
             Ocean
          
           of
           sinnes
           .
           And
           that
           which
           makes
           our
           sinnes
           the
           greater
           ,
           is
           because
           our
           mercies
           have
           beene
           so
           great
           .
           We
           have
           sinned
           under
           mercies
           ;
           we
           have
           provoked
           God
           ,
           
             at
             the
             Sea
             ,
             even
             the
             red
             Sea
             .
          
           
           This
           was
           a
           great
           aggravation
           of
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           sin
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           is
           of
           ours
           .
           Wee
           have
           sinned
           not
           onely
           under
           mercies
           ,
           but
           with
           our
           mercies
           ,
           wee
           have
           made
           a
           golden
           Calfe
           ,
           with
           the
           jewels
           of
           mercies
           which
           God
           hath
           bestowed
           upon
           us
           .
           We
           have
           taken
           the
           Members
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           have
           
           made
           them
           the
           members
           of
           a
           Harlot
           .
           What
           sin
           is
           there
           under
           the
           cope
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           whereof
           any
           Nation
           is
           guilty
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           not
           ingrossed
           to
           our selves
           ?
           Let
           us
           weepe
           for
           the
           beastly
           drunkennesse
           of
           this
           Nation
           :
           But
           why
           do
           I
           call
           it
           beastly
           ?
           for
           generally
           beasts
           are
           sober
           :
           It
           deserves
           a
           name
           inferiour
           to
           beasts
           ,
           for
           so
           it
           makes
           a
           man
           for
           the
           time
           .
           
           
             Austin
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           days
           drunkennesse
           was
           growne
           to
           that
           heigth
           ,
           as
           that
           there
           was
           no
           remedy
           against
           it
           ,
           but
           by
           calling
           of
           a
           Synod
           .
           And
           in
           our
           dayes
           it
           is
           growne
           to
           that
           Gyant-like
           bignesse
           ,
           as
           that
           there
           is
           no
           hope
           of
           redresse
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Parliament
           .
           Woe
           to
           this
           Land
           because
           of
           this
           sinne
           ;
           this
           is
           that
           which
           will
           make
           us
           unable
           to
           stand
           before
           our
           enemies
           ,
           and
           to
           stagger
           like
           a
           drunken
           man
           .
           For
           this
           sin
           God
           gives
           a
           Land
           over
           to
           the
           spirit
           of
           giddinesse
           .
           Let
           us
           weepe
           for
           the
           blasphemous
           swearing
           that
           is
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           wherein
           (
           if
           in
           any
           thing
           )
           there
           is
           a
           pride
           taken
           in
           offending
           God
           ,
           for
           other
           benefit
           of
           it
           I
           know
           none
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           sinne
           the
           land
           mourneth
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           mourne
           .
           Weepe
           for
           the
           adultery
           and
           fornication
           ,
           which
           as
           an
           Epidemicall
           disease
           hath
           overspread
           the
           Nation
           .
           
           
             Whoremongers
             ,
             and
             Adulterers
             God
             will
             judge
             .
          
           If
           man
           will
           not
           ,
           God
           will
           .
           He
           that
           divorceth
           himselfe
           from
           his
           wife
           ,
           and
           joyns
           himselfe
           to
           a
           harlot
           ,
           God
           will
           divorce
           himself
           from
           such
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           divorce
           his
           mercies
           and
           blessings
           from
           him
           .
           VVeepe
           for
           the
           covetousnes
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           This
           sinne
           is
           the
           root
           of
           all
           evill
           :
           
           and
           for
           this
           sinne
           God
           will
           root
           out
           a
           Nation
           .
           He
           that
           is
           swallowed
           up
           with
           earth
           ,
           (
           as
           
             Corah
             ,
          
           and
           his
           company
           )
           his
           eares
           stopped
           with
           earth
           ,
           his
           heart
           stuffed
           with
           earth
           ,
           God
           will
           give
           him
           earth
           enough
           when
           he
           dyes
           ;
           and
           they
           that
           love
           earth
           so
           immoderately
           ,
           are
           likely
           to
           have
           little
           enough
           of
           Heaven
           .
           Weepe
           for
           the
           oppression
           ,
           Extortion
           ,
           Bribery
           ,
           Lying
           ,
           Griping
           ,
           Usury
           ,
           Cousenage
           and
           Deceit
           in
           trading
           .
           These
           sinnes
           will
           cause
           a
           fourth
           
             Ocean
          
           to
           encompasse
           this
           Island
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           an
           
             Ocean
             of
             misery
             .
          
           Let
           us
           shed
           teares
           for
           the
           innocent
           blood
           that
           is
           shed
           in
           the
           Land
           ;
           for
           the
           divellish
           pride
           that
           is
           amongst
           us
           :
           Pride
           of
           heart
           ,
           pride
           of
           apparell
           ,
           in
           following
           the
           fashions
           of
           every
           Nation
           almost
           .
           How
           justly
           may
           wee
           expect
           ,
           that
           God
           should
           make
           us
           slaves
           to
           that
           Nation
           ,
           whose
           fashions
           we
           so
           eagerly
           follow
           ?
           Mourne
           for
           the
           great
           prophanation
           of
           our
           Christian
           Sabbath-day
           :
           how
           can
           we
           expect
           that
           God
           should
           give
           us
           rest
           in
           this
           Land
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           not
           give
           him
           a
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           a
           day
           of
           rest
           ?
           Oh
           ,
           let
           our
           eyes
           gush
           downe
           with
           rivers
           of
           teares
           !
           Oh
           that
           our
           heads
           were
           fountaines
           of
           teares
           for
           the
           Idolatry
           (
           that
           Land-devouring
           sinne
           of
           Idolatry
           )
           for
           the
           superstition
           ,
           the
           Apostasie
           ,
           the
           contempt
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           Ministery
           of
           it
           that
           raignes
           amongst
           us
           !
           It
           is
           time
           for
           God
           to
           deprive
           us
           of
           
             Manna
             ,
          
           when
           we
           begin
           to
           be
           weary
           of
           it
           ;
           the
           time
           may
           come
           we
           may
           have
           Sermons
           few
           enough
           ,
           that
           neglect
           them
           so
           much
           as
           some
           doe
           .
           The
           Confessors
           
           that
           fled
           for
           their
           Religion
           in
           Queene
           
             Maries
          
           daies
           ,
           
           acknowledged
           (
           as
           
             Vrsinus
          
           relates
           )
           that
           that
           great
           inundation
           of
           misery
           came
           justly
           upon
           them
           ,
           for
           the
           neglect
           of
           ,
           and
           unprofitablenesse
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           enjoyed
           in
           King
           
             Edwards
          
           dayes
           .
           And
           if
           they
           were
           so
           severely
           punished
           for
           a
           few
           yeares
           contempt
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           what
           a
           superlative
           degree
           of
           punishment
           doe
           we
           deserve
           ,
           that
           have
           had
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           for
           almost
           an
           hundred
           yeares
           ,
           and
           yet
           are
           so
           unlike
           the
           Gospel
           in
           our
           conversations
           ?
           The
           time
           would
           faile
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           make
           a
           catalogue
           of
           our
           Nationall
           sinnes
           .
           Oh
           ,
           let
           us
           be
           one
           of
           the
           mourners
           in
           
             Sion
             ,
          
           for
           the
           abhominations
           of
           the
           Land
           ;
           that
           so
           we
           may
           be
           mark't
           out
           for
           safety
           .
           And
           let
           us
           take
           this
           rule
           to
           perswade
           us
           .
           
             Those
             sinnes
             which
             we
             know
             others
             to
             commit
             ,
             and
             yet
             mourne
             not
             for
             them
             ,
             these
             sins
             become
             our
             owne
             sins
             :
          
           And
           therfore
           we
           may
           well
           pray
           with
           
             Austine
             ,
             Lord
             deliver
             me
             from
             other
             mens
             sinnes
             ,
             which
             for
             want
             of
             mourning
             and
             grieving
             for
             ,
             I
             have
             made
             mine
             owne
             .
          
        
         
           
           A
           third
           bucket
           to
           draw
           the
           water
           of
           teares
           withall
           ;
           is
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           great
           breaches
           that
           are
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           .
           We
           are
           divided
           
             in
             minutula
             frustula
          
           (
           as
           
             Austine
          
           of
           the
           
             Donatists
             .
          
           )
           Let
           these
           breaches
           break
           our
           hearts
           ,
           Let
           these
           rents
           rend
           our
           hard
           hearts
           .
           For
           the
           division
           of
           
             England
          
           let
           us
           have
           great
           thoughts
           of
           heart
           .
        
         
           
           A
           fourth
           helpe
           to
           humiliation
           ,
           is
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           miseries
           that
           are
           like
           to
           come
           upon
           
           us
           as
           the
           woefull
           consequent
           of
           these
           breaches
           .
           As
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           ,
           when
           hee
           came
           neere
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
          
           and
           beheld
           the
           sinne
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           desolation
           that
           was
           impendent
           over
           it
           ,
           he
           wept
           ,
           saying
           ;
           
             Oh
             that
             thou
             hadst
             known
             ,
             even
             thou
             ,
          
           
           
             at
             least
             in
             this
             thy
             day
             ,
             the
             things
             which
             belong
             unto
             thy
             peace
             !
             but
             now
             they
             are
             hid
             from
             thine
             eyes
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           So
           let
           us
           contemplate
           the
           sins
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           the
           destruction
           which
           wee
           may
           justly
           expect
           as
           the
           fruite
           of
           our
           sinnes
           ;
           and
           let
           us
           weepe
           over
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           say
           ,
           Oh
           
             England
             ,
             England
             ,
          
           that
           killest
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           stonest
           them
           that
           are
           sent
           unto
           thee
           !
           Oh
           that
           thou
           hadst
           knowne
           ,
           even
           thou
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           this
           thy
           day
           ,
           the
           things
           which
           belong
           to
           thy
           peace
           .
           It
           is
           reported
           of
           
             Xerxes
             ,
          
           
           that
           having
           prepared
           300000.
           men
           to
           fight
           with
           the
           
             Graecians
             ,
          
           and
           beholding
           so
           great
           a
           multitude
           of
           Souldiers
           ;
           hee
           fell
           a
           weeping
           out
           of
           the
           consideration
           ,
           that
           not
           one
           of
           them
           should
           remaine
           alive
           ,
           within
           the
           space
           of
           an
           hundred
           years
           .
           Much
           more
           ought
           we
           to
           mourn
           ,
           when
           we
           consider
           the
           abundance
           of
           people
           that
           are
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           the
           abundance
           of
           sin
           perpetrated
           among
           us
           ;
           and
           what
           shall
           become
           not
           onely
           of
           our
           bodies
           within
           these
           few
           years
           ,
           but
           what
           shall
           become
           of
           our
           souls
           to
           all
           eternity
           .
        
         
           A
           fifth
           Bucket
           is
           ,
           the
           contemplation
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           
           which
           is
           now
           become
           a
           
             Golgotha
             ,
          
           a
           place
           of
           dead
           mens
           sculs
           ,
           and
           an
           
             Aceldama
             ,
          
           a
           field
           of
           bloud
           .
           Some
           Nations
           are
           chastised
           with
           the
           sword
           ,
           Others
           with
           famine
           ,
           Others
           with
           the
           man-destroying
           
           Plague
           .
           But
           poore
           
             Germany
          
           hath
           been
           sorely
           whipped
           with
           all
           these
           three
           iron
           whips
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           above
           twenty
           yeares
           space
           .
           Oh
           ,
           let
           us
           make
           use
           of
           this
           Bucket
           ,
           and
           draw
           out
           water
           ,
           and
           poure
           it
           out
           before
           the
           Lord
           this
           day
           ;
           let
           us
           send
           up
           our
           cries
           to
           Heaven
           for
           
             Germany
             .
          
           It
           is
           a
           signe
           that
           we
           are
           not
           true
           members
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           because
           we
           have
           no
           more
           fellow-feeling
           of
           the
           miseries
           of
           the
           same
           body
           .
           A
           dead
           member
           hath
           no
           sense
           of
           its
           own
           misery
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           bodies
           distemper
           .
           If
           wee
           be
           living
           members
           ,
           we
           will
           simpathize
           with
           the
           calamities
           of
           Gods
           people
           .
        
         
           
           A
           sixth
           helpe
           to
           Humiliation
           ,
           is
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           bleeding
           condition
           of
           
             Ireland
             .
          
           I
           need
           not
           relate
           (
           you
           have
           great
           reason
           to
           know
           it
           better
           than
           my selfe
           )
           the
           inhumane
           ,
           barbarous
           ,
           Canniballisticall
           ,
           and
           super-superlative
           out-rages
           ,
           butcheries
           ,
           and
           massacres
           that
           are
           there
           committed
           by
           those
           bloudy
           Rebels
           .
           Oh
           ,
           let
           us
           send
           up
           one
           teare
           this
           day
           ,
           as
           an
           Orator
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           ,
           to
           plead
           for
           mercy
           for
           poore
           
             Ireland
             !
          
           This
           is
           one
           chiefe
           cause
           of
           this
           generall
           Fast
           ,
           to
           pray
           and
           weep
           for
           
             Ireland
             .
          
           Help
           it
           (
           Right
           Honourable
           )
           Oh
           ,
           helpe
           it
           vvith
           your
           Prayers
           and
           Tears
           .
           Tears
           have
           voices
           as
           vvell
           as
           words
           .
           
           
             I
             thank
             thee
             ,
             oh
             Lord
          
           (
           saith
           
             David
             )
             that
             thou
             hast
             heard
             the
             voice
             of
             my
             weeping
             .
          
           Where
           note
           ,
           weeping
           hath
           a
           
             voice
             .
          
           And
           as
           musicke
           upon
           the
           waters
           sounds
           farther
           ,
           and
           more
           harmoniously
           than
           upon
           the
           Land
           :
           So
           Prayers
           joyned
           with
           
           Tears
           ,
           cry
           louder
           in
           Gods
           eares
           ,
           and
           make
           sweeter
           musicke
           then
           when
           teares
           are
           absent
           .
           When
           
             Antipater
          
           had
           written
           a
           large
           letter
           against
           
             Alexanders
          
           Mother
           unto
           
             Alexander
             ,
          
           
           the
           King
           answered
           him
           :
           Dost
           thou
           not
           know
           that
           one
           teare
           from
           my
           Mother
           ,
           will
           wash
           away
           all
           her
           faults
           ?
           So
           it
           is
           with
           God
           ;
           A
           penitent
           teare
           is
           an
           undeniable
           Embassador
           .
           An
           object
           look't
           upon
           when
           it
           is
           in
           the
           water
           ,
           seemes
           bigger
           than
           when
           it
           is
           out
           of
           the
           water
           .
           Let
           us
           looke
           upon
           
             Irelands
          
           misery
           through
           the
           water
           of
           our
           teares
           ,
           and
           this
           will
           represent
           it
           in
           its
           due
           proportion
           .
           Let
           us
           weepe
           ,
           because
           we
           cannot
           weepe
           ,
           let
           our
           hearts
           weepe
           ,
           because
           our
           eyes
           cannot
           weep
           .
           To
           move
           your
           hearts
           a
           little
           more
           ,
           suffer
           mee
           to
           propound
           three
           examples
           .
           1.
           
           The
           example
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           who
           was
           so
           zealous
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           
             Sodome
             ,
          
           that
           by
           an
           humble
           importunity
           he
           brought
           God
           down
           to
           these
           terms
           ,
           that
           if
           there
           had
           beene
           ten
           Wheat-ears
           in
           
             Sodome
             ,
          
           all
           the
           Tares
           should
           have
           been
           spared
           for
           these
           ten
           mens
           sake
           .
           And
           when
           God
           was
           gone
           from
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           he
           continued
           so
           solicitous
           for
           the
           good
           or
           
             Sodome
          
           ;
           that
           (
           as
           
             Luther
          
           thinks
           )
           he
           could
           not
           sleepe
           all
           night
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           Scripture
           saith
           ,
           
           
             He
             gate
             up
             early
             in
             the
             morning
             to
             the
             place
             where
             he
             stood
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             he
             looked
             toward
             Sodom
             ,
          
           to
           see
           what
           was
           become
           of
           his
           Prayers
           .
           If
           
             Abraham
          
           did
           thus
           much
           for
           
             Sodome
             ,
          
           for
           wicked
           
             Sodome
          
           ;
           ought
           not
           you
           to
           be
           much
           more
           zealous
           for
           the
           Protestants
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           who
           professe
           the
           same
           faith
           ,
           and
           are
           under
           
           the
           same
           Government
           with
           us
           in
           
             England
             ?
          
           2.
           
           
           Let
           me
           offer
           the
           example
           of
           
             Nehemiah
             ,
          
           who
           though
           for
           his
           owne
           particular
           he
           was
           in
           great
           prosperity
           ,
           and
           in
           great
           favour
           at
           the
           Court
           ;
           yet
           when
           he
           heard
           of
           the
           afflict
           on
           and
           misery
           of
           the
           people
           of
           God
           at
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
          
           hee
           sate
           downe
           and
           wept
           ,
           and
           mourned
           ,
           and
           fasted
           ,
           and
           never
           desisted
           ,
           till
           hee
           had
           obtained
           leave
           to
           goe
           and
           helpe
           his
           brethren
           at
           
             Ierusalem
             .
          
           3.
           
           I
           shall
           propound
           the
           example
           of
           
             Hierome
             ,
          
           who
           was
           writing
           a
           Commentary
           upon
           
             Ezekiel
          
           ;
           
           but
           when
           hee
           heard
           of
           the
           besieging
           of
           
             Rome
          
           (
           a
           place
           wherein
           he
           had
           formerly
           lived
           )
           and
           of
           the
           death
           of
           many
           godly
           people
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           astonished
           and
           amazed
           at
           the
           newes
           ,
           that
           for
           many
           nights
           and
           dayes
           hee
           could
           thinke
           of
           nothing
           .
           
             Et
             in
             captivitate
             Sanctorum
             se
             esse
             captivum
             putabat
             .
          
           He
           thought
           himselfe
           taken
           captive
           ,
           
           amongst
           those
           that
           were
           taken
           captive
           .
           I
           might
           adde
           the
           story
           of
           
             Phineas
          
           wife
           ,
           but
           I
           forbeare
           .
           Let
           these
           examples
           be
           your
           instruction
           and
           encouragement
           .
           Me
           thinks
           I
           heare
           a
           voice
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           like
           the
           voice
           that
           was
           heard
           in
           
             Rama
             ,
             Lamentation
             and
             weeping
             and
             great
             mourning
             ,
          
           Rachel
           
             weeping
             for
             her
             children
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             would
             not
             be
             comforted
             because
             they
             are
             not
             .
          
           Me
           thinks
           I
           see
           (
           do
           not
           you
           so
           also
           ?
           )
           the
           poore
           people
           of
           
             Ireland
          
           looking
           out
           of
           their
           windows
           ,
           and
           crying
           out
           as
           the
           Mother
           of
           
             Sisera
             .
          
           
           
             Why
             is
             his
             chariot
             so
             long
             in
             comming
             ?
             why
             tarry
             the
             wheels
             of
             his
             Chariot
             ?
          
           Why
           is
           aide
           so
           long
           delayd
           ?
           where
           are
           
             Englands
          
           bowels
           ?
           Me
           thinks
           I
           see
           the
           very
           flames
           of
           this
           great
           fire
           that
           
           is
           kindled
           in
           
             Ireland
             .
          
           Oh
           ,
           let
           this
           fire
           melt
           our
           hard
           hearts
           into
           pitty
           and
           compassion
           !
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           this
           Bucket
           will
           draw
           out
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           water
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           one
           Bucket
           more
           ,
           the
           last
           ,
           
           but
           not
           the
           least
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           His
           body
           was
           rent
           and
           torne
           for
           us
           .
           Oh
           ,
           let
           this
           rend
           and
           teare
           our
           hearts
           that
           ever
           we
           should
           sinne
           against
           such
           a
           Christ
           !
           His
           bloud
           was
           poured
           forth
           as
           a
           sacrifice
           for
           our
           sins
           .
           Oh
           ,
           let
           us
           pour
           forth
           our
           tears
           ,
           for
           our
           offences
           against
           him
           !
           Beloved
           in
           the
           Lord
           ;
           This
           is
           a
           day
           wherin
           we
           ought
           to
           make
           conscience
           to
           get
           our
           hearts
           affected
           with
           deep
           sorrow
           for
           sin
           ;
           otherwise
           we
           do
           but
           take
           Gods
           name
           in
           vain
           .
           Now
           there
           is
           no
           way
           more
           powerfull
           to
           produce
           this
           effect
           ,
           then
           by
           going
           to
           mount
           
             Calvary
             ,
          
           and
           by
           burying
           our selves
           in
           the
           meditation
           of
           Christ
           crucified
           .
           There
           is
           a
           story
           of
           an
           Earle
           called
           
             Elzearus
             ,
          
           that
           was
           much
           given
           to
           immoderate
           anger
           ;
           
           and
           the
           means
           he
           used
           to
           cure
           this
           disordered
           affection
           ,
           was
           by
           studying
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           patience
           in
           suffering
           the
           injuries
           and
           affronts
           that
           were
           offered
           unto
           him
           ;
           and
           he
           never
           suffered
           this
           meditation
           to
           passe
           from
           him
           ,
           before
           he
           found
           his
           heart
           transformed
           into
           the
           similitude
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           Wee
           are
           all
           sick
           of
           a
           hard
           and
           stony
           heart
           ;
           and
           if
           ever
           we
           desire
           to
           be
           healed
           of
           this
           soule
           damning
           disease
           ,
           let
           us
           have
           recourse
           to
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           and
           never
           leave
           meditating
           of
           his
           breakings
           
           kings
           and
           woundings
           for
           us
           ,
           till
           we
           finde
           vertue
           comming
           out
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           break
           our
           hearts
           .
           Let
           us
           pray
           to
           the
           great
           heart-maker
           ,
           that
           hee
           would
           be
           the
           heart-breaker
           .
           So
           much
           for
           the
           duty
           of
           humiliation
           .
        
         
           
           The
           second
           duty
           wherein
           wee
           must
           expresse
           our
           turning
           to
           God
           is
           
             Reformation
             .
          
           Humiliation
           is
           not
           sufficient
           without
           Reformation
           .
           It
           is
           not
           enough
           to
           be
           broken
           
             for
             sinne
             ,
          
           but
           we
           must
           also
           be
           broken
           
             from
             sinne
             .
          
           As
           a
           bird
           cannot
           flie
           with
           one
           wing
           ,
           nor
           a
           man
           walke
           with
           one
           leg
           ;
           no
           more
           can
           we
           get
           to
           Heaven
           by
           Humiliation
           ,
           without
           Reformation
           .
           Both
           of
           them
           conjoyned
           ,
           are
           the
           legs
           and
           wings
           by
           which
           we
           walk
           and
           flie
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           And
           therefore
           let
           me
           most
           earnestly
           exhort
           you
           to
           repent
           from
           
             sin
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             for
             sin
             .
          
           The
           Crown
           we
           fight
           for
           this
           day
           ,
           the
           Garland
           we
           run
           for
           ,
           the
           Marke
           we
           aime
           at
           ,
           is
           Mercy
           ;
           this
           is
           our
           joynt
           suit
           ,
           That
           God
           would
           shew
           mercy
           to
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             .
          
           Now
           the
           way
           to
           obtaine
           mercy
           is
           clearly
           expressed
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           28
           13.
           
           
             He
             that
             confesseth
             and
             forsaketh
             his
             sins
             ,
             shall
             have
             mercy
             .
          
           This
           God
           cals
           for
           from
           Heaven
           ;
           this
           all
           the
           faithfull
           Ministers
           in
           the
           City
           preach
           for
           this
           day
           ,
           Reformation
           ,
           Reformation
           ,
           Reformation
           .
           As
           Master
           
             Bradford
          
           at
           the
           stake
           cried
           out
           ,
           so
           do
           I
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           
             Repent
             ,
             O
             England
             ,
             repent
             ,
             repent
             .
          
           There
           is
           a
           three-fold
           Fast
           ,
           a
           Fast
           from
           meat
           ,
           from
           mirth
           ,
           and
           from
           sinne
           .
           The
           two
           first
           will
           not
           suffice
           without
           the
           last
           .
           A
           beast
           may
           fast
           from
           meat
           .
           The
           Divels
           fast
           ,
           saith
           
           
             Ambrose
             .
          
           The
           old
           World
           (
           as
           some
           thinke
           )
           did
           never
           eate
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           were
           all
           drowned
           .
           Though
           we
           could
           fast
           till
           we
           were
           perfect
           Anatomists
           ;
           though
           we
           could
           pray
           and
           kneele
           ,
           till
           our
           knees
           were
           as
           hard
           as
           Camels
           knees
           (
           as
           it
           is
           reported
           of
           
             Iames
          
           the
           brother
           of
           Christ
           )
           yet
           all
           were
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           without
           this
           
             turning
             from
             sin
             .
          
           This
           is
           
             jejunium
             magnum
             ,
          
           as
           
             Austin
          
           saith
           .
           This
           is
           
             jejunium
             totius
             anni
             ,
             jejunium
             omnium
             partium
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           great
           and
           the
           everlasting
           fast
           ,
           to
           fast
           from
           sin
           by
           reformation
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           Reformation
           ,
           
           it
           must
           have
           two
           Properties
           ,
           vvhich
           are
           both
           of
           them
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Text
           .
           1.
           
           It
           must
           be
           Personall
           ,
           2.
           
           It
           must
           be
           Nationall
           .
           It
           must
           be
           personall
           ;
           for
           so
           saith
           the
           Text
           ;
           
           If
           that
           Nation
           against
           vvhom
           I
           have
           pronounced
           ,
           
             turn
             from
             their
             evill
             ,
             A
             malitia
             sua
             .
          
           Every
           man
           hath
           some
           sinne
           vvhich
           is
           his
           
             peccatum
             in
             delicijs
             ,
          
           his
           
             dilectum
             delictum
             ,
          
           his
           beloved
           sin
           ,
           the
           sin
           of
           his
           constitution
           .
           Let
           us
           turne
           from
           that
           sin
           ,
           vvhatsoever
           it
           is
           ;
           and
           if
           vve
           know
           not
           vvhat
           that
           sin
           is
           ,
           let
           us
           turne
           from
           every
           sinne
           ,
           and
           so
           vve
           shall
           be
           sure
           to
           turne
           from
           that
           sin
           .
           This
           the
           King
           of
           
             Niniveh
          
           commanded
           that
           every
           one
           of
           his
           Subjects
           should
           
             cry
             mightily
             unto
             God
          
           ;
           
           and
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           
             every
             one
             to
             turne
             from
             his
             evill
             way
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             violence
             that
             is
             in
             their
             hands
             .
          
           Thus
           must
           we
           ;
           vve
           must
           be
           able
           to
           say
           vvith
           
             David
             ,
             I
             have
             kept
             my selfe
             from
             my
             sin
             .
          
           
           We
           live
           in
           times
           wherein
           there
           vvas
           never
           more
           turning
           .
           Some
           turne
           like
           the
           Dogge
           to
           the
           vomit
           ,
           and
           like
           
           the
           Sow
           to
           the
           wallowing
           in
           the
           myre
           :
           Some
           turne
           Atheists
           ,
           some
           Papists
           ,
           some
           Socinians
           ,
           some
           Arminians
           .
           Some
           turne
           like
           the
           weather-cock
           ,
           which
           way
           the
           winde
           bloweth
           ;
           which
           way
           soever
           preferment
           goes
           ,
           that
           way
           they
           turne
           :
           Many
           turn
           Neurers
           :
           Many
           turne
           from
           Christs
           side
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           Antichrists
           side
           ;
           Many
           turne
           cold
           and
           Icy
           for
           God
           and
           his
           Church
           :
           Some
           are
           like
           unto
           the
           
             Chamelion
             ,
          
           that
           will
           change
           it selfe
           into
           any
           colour
           but
           white
           .
           So
           many
           will
           turne
           to
           be
           any
           thing
           but
           good
           .
           If
           times
           turne
           ill
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           naught
           ;
           but
           if
           times
           turne
           good
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           be
           good
           .
           But
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           let
           all
           us
           here
           present
           before
           the
           Lord
           this
           day
           ,
           turn
           sincerely
           unto
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           from
           all
           iniquity
           .
           Let
           us
           strip
           our selves
           stark
           naked
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           rags
           of
           the
           old
           
             Adam
             .
          
           Repent
           of
           your
           pride
           ;
           dust
           and
           ashes
           doth
           better
           become
           you
           .
           Repent
           of
           your
           gluttony
           and
           drunkennesse
           ,
           let
           weeping
           be
           your
           drinke
           ,
           and
           fasting
           your
           meate
           .
           Repent
           of
           your
           swearing
           .
           Condemne
           your selves
           out
           of
           your
           owne
           mouths
           ,
           that
           God
           may
           justifie
           you
           .
           Repent
           of
           your
           covetousnesse
           :
           If
           ever
           you
           expect
           to
           gaine
           Heaven
           ,
           looke
           not
           after
           the
           earth
           so
           much
           .
           Repent
           of
           your
           Adultery
           ,
           that
           God
           may
           marry
           you
           unto
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           least
           you
           be
           married
           to
           eternall
           flames
           .
           Repent
           of
           your
           security
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           live
           securely
           .
           No
           way
           to
           escape
           damnation
           ,
           but
           by
           Repentance
           ;
           and
           no
           man
           that
           ever
           repented
           aright
           ,
           but
           did
           escape
           damnation
           .
           Oh
           
           that
           this
           day
           might
           be
           the
           conversion
           of
           some
           sinner
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           able
           to
           say
           ,
           
             From
             such
             a
             fasting
             day
             ,
             I
             began
             to
             turn
             unto
             God!
          
           Oh
           that
           this
           Fasting-day
           might
           be
           a
           Festivall-day
           to
           the
           Angels
           in
           Heaven
           ;
           who
           rejoyce
           at
           the
           conversion
           of
           a
           sinner
           !
           Oh
           that
           some
           
             Zacheus
          
           would
           make
           restitution
           this
           day
           !
           That
           some
           Prodigall
           childe
           would
           return
           to
           his
           Heavenly
           Father
           !
           God
           Almighty
           exceedingly
           delights
           to
           shew
           mercy
           to
           a
           penitent
           sinner
           .
           As
           a
           husband-man
           delights
           much
           in
           that
           ground
           ,
           that
           after
           long
           unfruitfulnesse
           proves
           fruitfull
           ,
           and
           calls
           his
           friends
           and
           neighbours
           ,
           to
           behold
           that
           ground
           :
           As
           a
           Captain
           loves
           that
           Souldier
           ,
           that
           once
           fled
           away
           cowardly
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           returns
           and
           fights
           valiantly
           ;
           Even
           so
           God
           is
           wonderfully
           inamoured
           with
           a
           sinner
           ,
           that
           having
           once
           made
           shipwrack
           of
           a
           good
           conscience
           ;
           yet
           at
           last
           returns
           and
           swims
           to
           Heaven
           upon
           the
           plank
           of
           Faith
           and
           Repentance
           .
           This
           is
           a
           notable
           provocation
           to
           all
           wretched
           hard-hearted
           sinners
           to
           turn
           unto
           God
           by
           true
           Repentance
           .
           God
           is
           so
           farre
           from
           refusing
           you
           ,
           that
           he
           rejoyceth
           in
           your
           conversion
           ,
           and
           is
           more
           ready
           to
           receive
           you
           ,
           then
           you
           are
           to
           come
           .
           And
           I
           may
           safely
           adde
           ,
           That
           in
           some
           sense
           God
           delights
           more
           in
           a
           penitent
           Prodigall
           ,
           then
           in
           one
           of
           his
           righteous
           children
           .
           As
           the
           good
           Shepheard
           rejoyced
           more
           in
           his
           lost
           sheep
           ,
           then
           in
           his
           99.
           sheep
           ;
           
           And
           the
           good
           Woman
           in
           her
           lost
           groat
           ;
           And
           the
           good
           Father
           in
           his
           lost
           sonne
           ,
           more
           then
           in
           
           the
           sonne
           that
           went
           not
           astray
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           
             Innocency
             of
             life
          
           is
           better
           ,
           simply
           and
           absolutely
           considered
           ,
           than
           
             Repentance
             :
          
           And
           it
           is
           more
           to
           be
           desired
           
             to
             live
             without
             sin
             ,
          
           than
           to
           have
           grace
           
             to
             repent
             after
             sin
             .
          
           As
           a
           whole
           Garment
           is
           better
           than
           a
           rent
           Garment
           ,
           and
           yet
           a
           rent
           Garment
           may
           be
           so
           handsomely
           pieced
           together
           ,
           that
           there
           shall
           be
           little
           difference
           between
           that
           and
           a
           whole
           Garment
           .
           A
           penitent
           sinner
           ,
           that
           feelingly
           apprehends
           the
           great
           mercy
           of
           God
           in
           pardoning
           so
           great
           a
           sinner
           as
           he
           was
           ;
           the
           sense
           of
           this
           distinguishing
           love
           of
           God
           towards
           him
           ,
           raiseth
           up
           his
           heart
           to
           a
           higher
           pitch
           of
           zeal
           ,
           and
           enables
           him
           to
           draw
           neer
           to
           God
           with
           more
           affection
           ,
           and
           fervently
           to
           be
           more
           tender
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           suffer
           more
           for
           God
           many
           times
           ,
           than
           those
           that
           are
           more
           righteous
           than
           he
           is
           .
           As
           suppose
           ,
           two
           men
           at
           Sea
           ,
           the
           one
           comes
           safely
           to
           shore
           without
           danger
           ,
           the
           other
           escapes
           to
           shore
           not
           without
           great
           hazard
           and
           perill
           of
           life
           :
           He
           that
           comes
           without
           hazard
           hath
           more
           cause
           simply
           to
           be
           thankfull
           ;
           yet
           ordinarily
           ,
           he
           that
           had
           the
           greater
           danger
           ,
           out
           of
           sense
           of
           his
           danger
           ,
           will
           return
           more
           praise
           than
           the
           other
           .
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           laboured
           more
           than
           all
           the
           other
           Apostles
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           a
           greater
           sinner
           than
           all
           the
           other
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           had
           obtained
           greater
           mercy
           .
           Therefore
           
             Mary
             Magdalen
             loved
             much
             ,
             because
             much
             was
             forgiven
             her
          
           We
           never
           reade
           that
           the
           blessed
           Virgin
           ever
           came
           to
           wash
           the
           Feet
           of
           Christ
           with
           her
           tears
           .
           But
           
             Mary
             Magdalen
             ,
          
           a
           great
           
           sinner
           she
           did
           it
           ,
           and
           she
           comes
           first
           to
           the
           Sepulcher
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           (
           as
           some
           report
           )
           she
           spent
           30.
           yeers
           in
           
             Gallia
             Narbonensi
          
           in
           weeping
           for
           her
           sins
           .
           
             Gregory
          
           brings
           the
           example
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           who
           after
           he
           had
           obtained
           pardon
           for
           murdering
           
             Vriah
             ,
          
           and
           committing
           adultery
           with
           
             Bathsheba
             ,
          
           fell
           a
           longing
           after
           the
           water
           of
           
             Bethlehem
             .
          
           But
           when
           the
           water
           was
           brought
           ,
           
             He
             poured
             it
             forth
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             would
             not
             drink
             of
             it
             ,
             because
             it
             hazarded
             the
             lives
             of
             his
             men
             .
          
           Observe
           how
           tender
           of
           sin
           
             David
          
           was
           after
           his
           Repentance
           .
           He
           that
           before
           had
           spilt
           innocent
           blood
           ,
           is
           now
           troubled
           in
           conscience
           ,
           for
           putting
           the
           lives
           of
           his
           men
           in
           jeopardy
           :
           He
           that
           before
           longed
           for
           
             another
             mans
             wife
             ,
          
           doth
           now
           repent
           ,
           for
           desiring
           
             another
             mans
             water
             .
             Bernard
          
           brings
           the
           example
           of
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           who
           before
           his
           denyall
           ,
           considently
           told
           Christ
           ,
           
             Though
             all
             forsook
             him
             ,
             yet
             he
             would
             not
          
           ;
           Yet
           afterwards
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           repented
           of
           his
           denying
           of
           Christ
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           tender
           ,
           that
           when
           Christ
           purposedly
           asked
           him
           three
           times
           ,
           
             Lovest
             thou
             me
             more
             than
             these
             ?
          
           he
           answers
           not
           comparatively
           ,
           as
           before
           ,
           but
           positively
           ;
           
             Onely
             Lord
             thou
             knowest
             I
             love
             thee
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           another
           provocation
           to
           exhort
           all
           sinners
           to
           lay
           hold
           upon
           this
           holy
           Anchor
           ,
           this
           wrath-charming
           Repentance
           .
           Come
           all
           ye
           prodigall
           children
           ,
           all
           ye
           lost
           sheep
           that
           have
           gone
           astray
           :
           Behold
           your
           Heavenly
           Father
           is
           not
           onely
           ready
           ,
           but
           joyfull
           to
           receive
           you
           ;
           and
           if
           rightly
           understood
           ,
           more
           joyfull
           ,
           than
           in
           his
           faithfull
           Children
           .
           Was
           
           there
           ever
           mercy
           like
           to
           this
           !
           Oh
           that
           we
           had
           hearts
           to
           embrace
           it
           !
           And
           the
           greater
           any
           man
           is
           in
           estate
           ,
           and
           parts
           ,
           the
           more
           honour
           God
           shall
           have
           ,
           if
           such
           a
           man
           will
           turn
           to
           God
           this
           day
           .
           Great
           men
           are
           the
           Looking-glasse
           of
           the
           Countrey
           where
           they
           live
           ,
           according
           to
           which
           ,
           most
           men
           dresse
           themselves
           :
           If
           they
           be
           wicked
           ,
           the
           whole
           Countrey
           is
           much
           the
           worser
           by
           them
           .
           The
           vices
           of
           Rulers
           are
           rules
           of
           Vices
           ,
           
           
             Quicquid
             faciunt
             praecipere
             videntur
             .
          
           If
           the
           head
           be
           giddy
           ,
           the
           members
           reel
           ,
           If
           the
           liver
           be
           tainted
           ,
           the
           body
           is
           dropsie
           .
           
             Ieroboam
          
           made
           all
           
             Israel
          
           to
           sin
           .
           But
           when
           great
           men
           prove
           good
           men
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           expressed
           ,
           
           what
           good
           they
           do
           .
           
             When
          
           Crispus
           
             the
             chief
             Ruler
             of
             the
             Synagogue
             ,
             beleeved
             on
             the
             Lord
             ,
             many
             of
             the
             Corinthians
             hearing
             ,
             beleeved
             also
             .
          
           When
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           family
           was
           converted
           ,
           his
           whole
           family
           were
           also
           baptized
           .
           The
           Lord
           make
           all
           great
           men
           ,
           good
           men
           and
           good
           men
           (
           of
           parts
           and
           abilities
           )
           great
           men
           .
        
         
           
             2
          
           As
           this
           Reformation
           must
           be
           personall
           ,
           so
           also
           it
           must
           be
           nationall
           .
           For
           so
           saith
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             If
             that
             Nation
             against
             which
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           A
           particular
           man
           by
           turning
           unto
           God
           ,
           may
           turn
           away
           a
           particular
           judgement
           .
           But
           when
           the
           sins
           of
           a
           Nation
           are
           generall
           ,
           and
           the
           judgements
           upon
           a
           Nation
           generall
           ,
           the
           turning
           must
           be
           generall
           .
           If
           the
           Sea
           hath
           broken
           the
           banks
           ,
           and
           overflown
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           the
           care
           of
           one
           or
           two
           men
           ,
           by
           repairing
           their
           banks
           ,
           that
           can
           prevent
           the
           inundation
           .
           Even
           so
           when
           God
           is
           
           overflowing
           a
           Land
           with
           a
           generall
           destruction
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           a
           generall
           endeavour
           to
           make
           up
           the
           whole
           breach
           .
           There
           must
           be
           a
           Court-Reformation
           ,
           a
           Countrey-Reformation
           ,
           a
           City-Reformation
           ,
           Church
           and
           State-Reformation
           ,
           a
           Generall-Reformation
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           shall
           we
           do
           to
           obtain
           this
           generall
           Reformation
           ?
           
        
         
           Two
           wayes
           .
           
        
         
           If
           you
           that
           are
           the
           representative
           Body
           of
           this
           
           Nation
           ,
           as
           you
           stand
           under
           this
           relation
           ,
           be
           reformed
           ,
           the
           Nation
           it self
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           reformed
           .
           For
           you
           are
           the
           Nation
           representatively
           ,
           virtually
           ,
           and
           eminently
           ;
           you
           stand
           in
           the
           place
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           stand
           for
           Gods
           cause
           ,
           the
           whole
           Nation
           doth
           it
           in
           you
           .
           Oh
           let
           it
           not
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           Reformers
           of
           others
           need
           Reformation
           themselves
           !
           If
           the
           eye
           be
           dark
           ,
           how
           great
           is
           that
           darknesse
           ,
           &c.
           
           If
           the
           Salt
           that
           seasoneth
           other
           things
           ,
           be
           unsavoury
           ,
           wherewithall
           shall
           it
           be
           seasoned
           ?
           This
           is
           the
           first
           way
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           way
           to
           reform
           a
           Nation
           ,
           is
           when
           
           you
           that
           are
           the
           representative
           Body
           of
           the
           Nation
           do
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           in
           you
           lyeth
           ,
           to
           reform
           the
           Nation
           you
           represent
           .
           This
           is
           a
           duty
           that
           God
           requires
           and
           expects
           from
           your
           hands
           .
           It
           was
           the
           complaint
           of
           
             Nehemiah
             ,
          
           
           that
           
             the
             Nobles
             of
          
           Tekoah
           
             did
             not
             put
             their
             necks
             to
             the
             yoak
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           this
           was
           a
           great
           blemish
           to
           them
           .
           Let
           not
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           the
           like
           brand
           of
           infamy
           be
           cast
           upon
           any
           of
           
           you
           .
           It
           cannot
           be
           denied
           but
           that
           this
           Nation
           needs
           Reformation
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           the
           Church
           .
           The
           Prophet
           in
           the
           ninth
           verse
           ,
           compares
           a
           Nation
           to
           a
           
             House
          
           that
           needs
           building
           ,
           and
           to
           an
           
             Orchard
          
           that
           needs
           planting
           .
           And
           sure
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           House
           of
           this
           Nation
           is
           much
           out
           of
           repair
           :
           the
           House
           of
           the
           Lord
           lieth
           waste
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           much
           rubbish
           in
           it
           .
           Many
           pollutions
           have
           crept
           into
           our
           Doctrine
           ,
           much
           defilement
           into
           our
           Worship
           ,
           many
           illegall
           innovations
           have
           been
           obtruded
           upon
           us
           ;
           the
           very
           posts
           and
           pillars
           of
           this
           House
           ,
           many
           of
           them
           are
           rotten
           ,
           the
           stones
           are
           loose
           and
           uncemented
           ;
           the
           House
           exceedingly
           divided
           and
           distracted
           with
           diversity
           of
           opinions
           ;
           the
           very
           foundation
           is
           ready
           to
           shake
           ,
           and
           the
           House
           to
           fall
           down
           about
           our
           ears
           .
           The
           Garden
           of
           this
           Nation
           is
           over
           grown
           with
           weeds
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           many
           not
           onely
           unprofitable
           ,
           but
           hurtfull
           trees
           planted
           in
           this
           Garden
           .
           Now
           this
           is
           the
           great
           work
           that
           the
           Lord
           requireth
           at
           your
           hands
           ,
           Oh
           ye
           Worthies
           of
           
             Israel
          
           !
           To
           stub
           up
           all
           these
           unprofitable
           Trees
           ,
           and
           to
           repair
           the
           breaches
           of
           Gods
           House
           ,
           to
           build
           it
           up
           in
           its
           beauty
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           pattern
           in
           the
           Mount
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           us
           back
           not
           onely
           to
           our
           
             first
             Reformation
          
           in
           King
           
             Edwards
          
           dayes
           ,
           but
           to
           
             reform
             the
             Reformation
             it self
             .
          
           For
           we
           were
           then
           newly
           crept
           out
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           (
           like
           unto
           men
           that
           come
           newly
           out
           of
           prison
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           been
           long
           detained
           )
           it
           was
           impossible
           but
           our
           garments
           
           should
           smell
           a
           little
           of
           the
           Dungeon
           from
           whence
           we
           came
           .
           It
           is
           said
           of
           
             Lazarus
             ,
          
           that
           when
           he
           came
           first
           out
           of
           the
           Grave
           ,
           
           
             He
             came
             forth
             bound
             hand
             and
             foot
             with
             Grave-clothes
             ,
             and
             his
             face
             was
             bound
             about
             with
             a
             Napkin
             .
          
           So
           it
           was
           with
           us
           in
           our
           first
           Reformation
           :
           it
           was
           a
           most
           blessed
           and
           glorious
           work
           ,
           like
           the
           resurrection
           from
           the
           Grave
           :
           but
           yet
           notwithstanding
           we
           came
           out
           of
           this
           Grave
           bound
           hands
           and
           feet
           with
           our
           Grave
           clothes
           ,
           and
           eyes-blinding
           Napkins
           ;
           we
           brought
           many
           things
           out
           with
           us
           which
           should
           have
           been
           left
           behinde
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           Christ
           rose
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           left
           all
           his
           
             linnen
             clothes
          
           behinde
           him
           .
           
           So
           must
           we
           bury
           all
           superstitious
           Ceremonies
           in
           the
           grave
           of
           oblivion
           ,
           and
           perfect
           a
           Reformation
           according
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           .
           And
           as
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           ,
           in
           the
           place
           forementioned
           ,
           
           commanded
           his
           Disciples
           to
           unbinde
           
             Lazarus
             ,
          
           and
           to
           take
           away
           his
           Grave-clothes
           .
           Oh
           that
           you
           also
           would
           command
           the
           Apostles
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           faithfull
           and
           learned
           Ministers
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           to
           meet
           in
           a
           free
           Nationall
           Synod
           ,
           for
           to
           inform
           you
           about
           the
           taking
           away
           of
           these
           grave
           clothes
           ,
           and
           eiesblinding
           Napkins
           ,
           or
           whatsoever
           else
           shall
           appear
           to
           be
           prejudiciall
           to
           the
           piety
           and
           purity
           of
           of
           Gods
           Worship
           .
           But
           then
           I
           do
           most
           earnestly
           beseech
           you
           to
           take
           heed
           that
           those
           whom
           you
           call
           to
           this
           Synod
           ,
           be
           not
           like
           unto
           the
           Cardinalls
           and
           Prelates
           who
           met
           at
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           to
           consult
           about
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           
           of
           whom
           
             Luther
          
           
           speaks
           .
           That
           they
           were
           like
           unto
           Foxes
           that
           came
           to
           sweep
           a
           house
           full
           of
           dust
           with
           their
           tails
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           sweeping
           out
           the
           dust
           ,
           they
           swept
           it
           all
           about
           the
           house
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           great
           smoke
           for
           the
           while
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           were
           gone
           ,
           the
           dust
           fell
           all
           down
           again
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           if
           this
           motion
           (
           which
           I
           offer
           in
           all
           humility
           )
           succeed
           ,
           your
           Wisedoms
           will
           be
           carefull
           to
           make
           such
           qualifications
           both
           of
           the
           Persons
           that
           are
           to
           chuse
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           chosen
           ,
           that
           no
           Minister
           lyable
           to
           any
           just
           exception
           ,
           shall
           have
           a
           voice
           in
           this
           Synod
           ,
           for
           fear
           lest
           our
           greatest
           remedy
           prove
           to
           be
           our
           greatest
           ruine
           .
           But
           this
           by
           the
           way
           .
        
         
           Oh
           that
           the
           Lord
           would
           make
           me
           an
           instrument
           this
           day
           to
           encourage
           you
           to
           go
           on
           in
           the
           work
           of
           Reformation
           .
           
           
             For
             Sions
             sake
             I
             will
             not
             hold
             my
             peace
             ,
             and
             for
             Ierusalems
             sake
             I
             will
             not
             rest
             ,
             untill
             the
             righteousnesse
             thereof
             go
             forth
             as
             brightnesse
             ,
             and
             the
             salvation
             thereof
             as
             a
             lamp
             that
             burneth
             .
             Arise
             ,
             arise
             ,
             have
             mercy
             upon
             Sion
             ,
             for
             the
             time
             to
             favour
             her
             ,
             yea
             ,
             the
             set
             time
             is
             come
             :
             Let
             it
             pitty
             you
             to
             see
             Sion
             in
             the
             dust
             .
          
           Let
           this
           be
           the
           product
           of
           this
           solemn
           Fast
           to
           quicken
           you
           to
           a
           Nationall
           Reformation
           .
           When
           
             Moses
          
           had
           been
           conversing
           with
           God
           ,
           his
           face
           shone
           when
           he
           came
           down
           .
           You
           are
           now
           conversing
           with
           God
           in
           the
           Mount
           ;
           Oh
           that
           your
           lives
           might
           shine
           forth
           in
           holines
           ,
           after
           this
           day
           :
           and
           that
           it
           may
           be
           with
           you
           as
           it
           was
           with
           
             Hezekiah
             ,
          
           when
           he
           and
           all
           his
           people
           kept
           the
           Passeover
           together
           ;
           the
           first
           thing
           they
           
           did
           before
           the
           killing
           of
           the
           Passeover
           was
           ,
           
           
             the
             taking
             away
             all
             the
             Altars
             that
             were
             at
             Ierusalem
             ,
             and
             casting
             them
             into
             the
             brook
             Kidron
             .
             And
             when
             the
             Passeover
             was
             finished
             ,
             all
             Israel
             that
             were
             present
             ,
             went
             out
             to
             the
             Cities
             of
             Iudah
             ,
             and
             brake
             the
             Images
             in
             peeces
             ,
             and
             cut
             down
             the
             groves
             ,
             and
             threw
             down
             the
             high
             places
             ,
             and
             the
             Altars
             out
             of
             all
             Iudah
             ,
             and
             Benjamin
             ,
             in
             Ephraim
             also
             ,
             and
             Manasseh
             ,
             untill
             they
             had
             utterly
             destroyed
             them
             all
             .
          
           I
           speak
           not
           of
           any
           tumultuous
           ,
           disorderly
           ,
           illegall
           way
           ,
           but
           of
           an
           orderly
           and
           legall
           reformation
           :
           Which
           I
           desire
           (
           like
           this
           of
           
             Hezekiah
          
           )
           may
           be
           the
           issue
           of
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           The
           Motives
           are
           many
           .
           
        
         
           1.
           
           If
           you
           build
           Gods
           house
           ,
           God
           will
           build
           Houses
           for
           you
           ,
           
           as
           he
           did
           for
           the
           
             Hebrew
          
           Midwives
           ,
           he
           will
           blesse
           and
           prosper
           you
           .
           
           Remember
           what
           the
           Prophet
           
             Haggai
          
           saith
           .
           
             Is
             it
             time
             for
             you
             ,
             O
             yee
             ,
             to
             dwell
             in
             your
             ceiled
             houses
             ,
             and
             this
             house
             lye
             waste
             ?
             Now
             therefore
             ,
             thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ;
          
           
           
             consider
             your
             wayes
             ,
             Yee
             have
             sown
             much
             ,
             and
             bring
             in
             little
             ,
             yee
             eat
             ,
             but
             ye
             have
             not
             enough
             ,
             ye
             cloath
             you
             ,
             but
             there
             is
             none
             warm
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             earneth
             wages
             ,
             earneth
             wages
             to
             put
             it
             into
             a
             bag
             with
             holes
             .
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             Consider
             your
             wayes
             ,
             go
             up
             to
             the
             Mountain
             ,
             and
             bring
             Wood
             and
             build
             the
             house
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             take
             pleasure
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             be
             glorified
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             &c.
          
           Read
           also
           ,
           
             Verse
          
           9
           ,
           10
           ,
           11.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Consider
           what
           
             Mordecai
          
           said
           unto
           
             Esther
             .
          
           
           
           
             Think
             not
             with
             thy self
             that
             thou
             shalt
             escape
             in
             the
             Kings
             house
             ,
             more
             then
             all
             the
             Iews
             ,
             for
             if
             thou
             altogether
             holdest
             thy
             peace
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             then
             shall
             there
             enlargement
             ,
             
             and
             deliverance
             arise
             to
             the
             Iews
             from
             another
             place
             ;
             But
             thou
             and
             thy
             Fathers
             House
             shall
             be
             destroyed
             .
             And
             who
             knoweth
             whether
             thou
             art
             come
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             for
             such
             a
             time
             as
             this
             ?
          
           As
           
             Ierome
          
           said
           concerning
           the
           day
           of
           judgement
           .
           That
           whether
           he
           did
           eat
           ,
           or
           drink
           ,
           or
           whatsoever
           he
           did
           ,
           he
           did
           alwayes
           hear
           the
           voice
           of
           the
           Arch-Angel
           ,
           
             Arise
             yee
             dead
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             judgement
             .
          
           So
           doe
           I
           desire
           that
           you
           would
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           remember
           and
           consider
           this
           soul-awakening
           speech
           of
           
             Mordecai
          
           and
           
             Esther
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Consider
           the
           famous
           examples
           of
           
             Ezra
             ,
             Nehemiah
             ,
          
           and
           
             Zerubbabel
             ,
          
           what
           care
           and
           pains
           they
           took
           for
           the
           rebuilding
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           the
           Walls
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           the
           Temple
           of
           
             Ierusalem
             .
          
           It
           is
           not
           enough
           to
           set
           the
           State
           in
           tune
           ,
           but
           you
           must
           remember
           to
           repair
           the
           Temple
           also
           .
           Be
           not
           afraid
           of
           
             Tobiah
             ,
             Sanballat
             ,
          
           or
           of
           any
           other
           enemy
           .
           
           
             Who
             art
             thou
             O
             great
             Mountain
             ?
             Before
             Zerubbabel
             thou
             shalt
             become
             a
             plain
             .
          
           A
           Parliament-man
           must
           be
           like
           
             Athanasius
             ,
          
           who
           was
           
             Magnes
             &
             Adamas
             .
          
           A
           Loadstone
           ,
           and
           an
           Adamant
           .
           A
           
             Loadstone
          
           by
           his
           affable
           carriage
           ,
           and
           courteous
           behaviour
           ,
           drawing
           all
           men
           to
           the
           love
           of
           him
           .
           But
           in
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           he
           was
           as
           an
           
             Adamant
             ,
          
           untameable
           and
           unconquerable
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           If
           we
           reform
           and
           turn
           ,
           God
           will
           turn
           ;
           If
           we
           turn
           from
           the
           evill
           of
           our
           sins
           God
           will
           turn
           from
           the
           evill
           of
           his
           judgements
           .
           
             Tertullian
          
           speaks
           of
           himself
           ,
           
           
             That
             he
             was
             born
             to
             nothing
             else
             but
             to
             Repentance
             .
          
           An
           excellent
           saying
           for
           every
           
           one
           to
           lay
           to
           heart
           .
           The
           first
           Text
           that
           ever
           
             Iohn
             Baptist
          
           preached
           on
           ,
           was
           
             Repentance
             .
          
           
           The
           first
           that
           ever
           Christ
           preached
           on
           ,
           was
           
             Repentance
             .
          
           And
           the
           first
           thing
           that
           Christ
           commanded
           his
           Apostles
           to
           preach
           ,
           was
           
             Repentance
             .
          
           
           God
           himself
           hath
           consecrated
           Repentance
           ,
           
           by
           his
           own
           example
           ,
           saith
           
             Tertullian
             ,
          
           
           
             Dedicavit
             poenitentiam
             in
             semetipso
             .
          
           He
           repenteth
           to
           teach
           us
           to
           repent
           .
           This
           is
           that
           which
           God
           not
           only
           commands
           ,
           and
           entreateth
           ,
           
           but
           sweareth
           that
           he
           would
           have
           us
           to
           do
           .
           Happy
           we
           for
           whose
           sake
           God
           swears
           ,
           
           but
           most
           unhappy
           if
           we
           beleeve
           not
           God
           when
           he
           swears
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           live
           not
           as
           we
           beleeve
           .
        
         
           Will
           a
           nationall
           reformation
           certainly
           divert
           Gods
           judgements
           from
           a
           Nation
           ?
           
           Did
           not
           
             Iosiah
          
           reform
           ,
           and
           yet
           it
           is
           expressely
           said
           ,
           That
           notwithstanding
           this
           Reformation
           ,
           
           
             Yet
             the
             Lord
             turned
             not
             from
             the
             fiercenesse
             of
             his
             great
             wrath
             ,
             wherewith
             his
             anger
             was
             kindled
             against
             Iudah
             ,
             because
             of
             all
             the
             provocations
             that
             Manasses
             had
             provoked
             him
             withall
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           nationall
           reformation
           will
           certainly
           deliver
           us
           from
           everlasting
           misery
           .
           
           2.
           
           It
           is
           Gods
           ordinary
           way
           for
           the
           removeall
           of
           temporall
           judgements
           .
           There
           is
           no
           instance
           fully
           against
           it
           ,
           but
           this
           of
           
             Iosiah
          
           :
           but
           to
           this
           it
           may
           be
           replyed
           ,
           that
           
             Iosiahs
          
           reformation
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           multitude
           ,
           was
           hypocriticall
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           did
           only
           prorogue
           and
           adjourn
           ;
           but
           not
           totally
           remove
           Gods
           wrath
           .
           That
           it
           was
           so
           in
           regard
           
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           appears
           ,
           
             Ierem.
          
           3.
           10.
           
           
             And
             yet
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             her
             treacherous
             sister
          
           Judah
           
             hath
             not
             turned
             unto
             me
             with
             her
             whole
             heart
             ,
             but
             fainedly
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           A
           sincere
           Nationall
           turning
           will
           certainly
           divert
           Nationall
           Judgements
           ,
           and
           procure
           Nationall
           Blessings
           .
        
         
           
           If
           we
           will
           not
           turn
           ,
           reform
           ,
           and
           repent
           of
           our
           sins
           ,
           God
           will
           repent
           with
           a
           
             new
             kinde
             of
             repentance
             ,
          
           he
           will
           not
           
             repent
             of
             the
             evill
             ,
          
           but
           
             repent
          
           that
           he
           hath
           
             repented
             of
             the
             evill
          
           ;
           he
           will
           
             repent
             of
             the
             good
          
           wherewith
           he
           said
           he
           would
           benefit
           us
           .
           And
           this
           leads
           me
           to
           the
           fourth
           Doctrinall
           Conclusion
           .
        
         
           
             Doctrine
          
           4.
           
           
        
         
           That
           when
           God
           begins
           to
           build
           and
           plant
           a
           Nation
           ;
           if
           that
           Nation
           do
           evill
           in
           Gods
           sight
           ,
           God
           will
           unbuild
           ,
           pluck
           up
           ,
           and
           repent
           of
           the
           good
           he
           intended
           to
           do
           unto
           it
           .
           This
           is
           a
           point
           of
           great
           concernment
           ,
           expressely
           set
           down
           in
           the
           tenth
           verse
           .
           It
           is
           certain
           that
           God
           hath
           begun
           to
           build
           and
           plant
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           he
           hath
           made
           you
           his
           Instruments
           (
           Right
           Honourable
           )
           in
           this
           great
           work
           .
           We
           reade
           ,
           
             Zechary
          
           1.19
           .
           of
           
             four
             horns
             ,
             which
             scattered
             Iudah
             and
             Ierusalem
             .
          
           By
           these
           four
           horns
           ,
           are
           meant
           all
           the
           enemies
           of
           Gods
           people
           ,
           that
           are
           alwayes
           pushing
           at
           them
           ,
           and
           goring
           of
           them
           .
           And
           verse
           20
           ,
           we
           reade
           of
           four
           
             Carpenters
          
           whom
           God
           raised
           up
           to
           fray
           away
           these
           horns
           .
           Such
           
             Carpenters
          
           have
           you
           been
           unto
           us
           :
           You
           have
           knockt
           off
           all
           those
           horns
           wherewith
           the
           fat
           Buls
           of
           
             Bashan
          
           pushed
           at
           us
           :
           
           You
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           under-prop
           the
           House
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           it
           from
           falling
           :
           You
           have
           stubb'd
           up
           many
           unprofitable
           Trees
           ,
           and
           taken
           away
           (
           at
           least
           ,
           in
           your
           endeavours
           )
           many
           rotten
           posts
           :
           you
           have
           removed
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           rubbidge
           :
           You
           have
           been
           our
           
             Ebedmelech's
             ,
          
           to
           release
           our
           
             Ieremies
          
           out
           of
           the
           Dungeon
           .
           Indeed
           you
           have
           done
           marvellous
           things
           ,
           blessed
           be
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           !
           And
           we
           have
           cause
           to
           be
           enlarged
           in
           much
           thankfulnesse
           ,
           though
           you
           never
           have
           opportunity
           to
           do
           more
           for
           us
           .
           
             Ezra
          
           blessed
           God
           
             that
             had
             given
             them
             a
             little
             reviving
             in
             their
             bondage
             .
          
           
           A
           man
           that
           hath
           been
           for
           many
           yeers
           in
           a
           dark
           Dungeon
           ,
           will
           rejoyce
           exceedingly
           for
           a
           little
           crevise
           of
           light
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           little
           .
           We
           have
           been
           in
           the
           Dungeon
           of
           despair
           ,
           and
           we
           blesse
           God
           for
           the
           little
           crevise
           of
           light
           let
           in
           by
           your
           means
           .
           
             We
             have
             lien
             among
             the
             pots
             (
             inter
             ollas
             fuliginosas
             )
          
           sullied
           with
           filth
           ;
           
           and
           there
           is
           a
           crevise
           of
           hope
           (
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Achor
          
           )
           
             that
             we
             shall
             be
             as
             the
             wings
             of
             a
             Dove
             ,
             covered
             with
             silver
             ,
             and
             her
             feathers
             with
             yellow
             gold
             .
          
           And
           though
           this
           childe
           of
           hope
           be
           but
           yet
           an
           Embrio
           ;
           
           
             We
             will
             not
             despise
             the
             day
             of
             little
             things
             .
          
           
           When
           
             Ezra
          
           had
           laid
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           there
           was
           great
           joy
           and
           rejoycing
           .
           We
           doubt
           not
           but
           there
           is
           a
           foundation
           laid
           of
           better
           times
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           foundation
           which
           shall
           never
           be
           taken
           away
           .
           The
           Lord
           recompence
           all
           the
           pains
           you
           have
           taken
           ,
           upon
           you
           and
           yours
           .
           And
           yet
           let
           me
           adde
           one
           word
           
           as
           a
           parenthesis
           ;
           
           that
           
             Nehemiah
          
           after
           all
           his
           good
           services
           he
           had
           done
           for
           the
           Church
           ,
           sub-joyns
           these
           words
           .
           Remember
           me
           ,
           O
           my
           God
           ,
           concerning
           this
           ,
           and
           spare
           me
           ;
           he
           begs
           pardon
           for
           his
           noble
           work
           of
           Reformation
           .
           Blessed
           be
           God
           here
           is
           hope
           of
           a
           faire
           building
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           most
           beautifull
           Paradise
           ,
           if
           things
           succeed
           as
           they
           have
           begun
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           marke
           the
           Doctrine
           .
           When
           God
           begins
           to
           build
           ,
           and
           plant
           ,
           if
           that
           Nation
           do
           evill
           ,
           God
           will
           un-build
           what
           he
           hath
           built
           ,
           pluck
           up
           what
           he
           hath
           planted
           ,
           
             He
             will
             repent
             of
             the
             good
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           For
           you
           must
           know
           ,
           that
           God
           repents
           as
           well
           of
           his
           mercies
           ,
           as
           of
           his
           judgements
           .
           When
           God
           had
           made
           
             Saul
          
           King
           ,
           and
           he
           proved
           stubborne
           and
           disobedient
           ,
           God
           repented
           that
           ever
           he
           made
           him
           King
           .
           When
           God
           saw
           that
           the
           wickednesse
           of
           the
           old
           World
           was
           great
           upon
           earth
           ,
           
           He
           was
           grieved
           at
           the
           very
           heart
           ,
           
           and
           repented
           that
           ever
           he
           made
           man
           .
           When
           
             David
          
           was
           bringing
           home
           the
           Arke
           with
           great
           pompe
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           not
           brought
           home
           in
           due
           order
           ;
           and
           because
           of
           
             Vzzah's
          
           sin
           ,
           God
           repented
           of
           what
           he
           was
           doing
           ,
           and
           the
           Arke
           stayed
           in
           the
           middle
           way
           .
           When
           the
           people
           of
           
             Israel
          
           were
           come
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           and
           very
           neere
           
             Canaan
          
           ;
           because
           they
           brought
           an
           evill
           report
           upon
           the
           Land
           of
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           and
           murmured
           ,
           The
           Lord
           repents
           of
           what
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           and
           carries
           them
           backe
           againe
           forty
           years
           journey
           through
           the
           vast
           howling
           Wildernesse
           .
        
         
         
           Reason
           .
           
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           Gods
           Covenant
           with
           a
           nation
           is
           conditionall
           .
           
           It
           is
           
             quamdiu
             se
             benè
             gesserit
             .
          
           If
           that
           Nation
           obey
           my
           voice
           ,
           then
           wil
           I
           build
           it
           and
           plant
           it
           :
           but
           if
           it
           disobey
           my
           voice
           ,
           then
           will
           I
           pluck
           it
           up
           ,
           pull
           it
           down
           ,
           and
           destroy
           it
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             with
             you
             ,
          
           
           
             while
             ye
             be
             with
             him
             :
             and
             if
             ye
             seek
             him
             ,
             he
             will
             be
             found
             of
             you
             :
             but
             if
             you
             forsake
             him
             ,
             he
             will
             forsake
             you
             .
          
           
           
             If
             you
             do
             wickedly
             ,
             you
             shall
             perish
             ,
             both
             you
             and
             your
             King
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           Because
           that
           sinne
           is
           so
           pernicious
           to
           a
           
           that
           where
           sinne
           rules
           ,
           there
           God
           and
           his
           mercy
           will
           not
           abide
           .
           Sinne
           takes
           away
           the
           favour
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           which
           all
           Nations
           subsist
           .
           And
           if
           Gods
           favour
           be
           gone
           ,
           all
           is
           gone
           .
           Sinne
           dissolves
           the
           very
           Joynts
           and
           Sinews
           of
           a
           Nation
           ;
           Religion
           maintains
           and
           upholds
           Kingdoms
           .
           The
           
             Trojans
          
           had
           their
           
             Palladium
          
           ;
           as
           long
           as
           that
           was
           safe
           ,
           they
           were
           safe
           .
           The
           
             Romans
          
           had
           their
           
             Ancile
          
           ;
           as
           long
           as
           that
           was
           kept
           ,
           they
           were
           secure
           .
           The
           
             Israelites
          
           had
           their
           Ark
           ;
           as
           long
           as
           that
           was
           sure
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           defense
           upon
           Mount
           Zion
           .
           Pure
           and
           undefiled
           Religion
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Palladium
             ,
          
           the
           
             Ancile
             ,
          
           the
           Ark
           ,
           to
           preserve
           Kingdoms
           .
           But
           sinne
           betrayeth
           Religion
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           superstition
           and
           idolatry
           .
           Sinne
           is
           a
           
             Serpent
          
           in
           the
           bosome
           ,
           a
           
             thief
          
           in
           the
           house
           ,
           
             poyson
          
           at
           the
           stomack
           ,
           a
           
             sword
          
           at
           the
           very
           heart
           of
           a
           Nation
           .
           If
           the
           
             Serpent
          
           be
           in
           the
           bosome
           ,
           it
           will
           bite
           ;
           if
           a
           
             thief
          
           in
           the
           house
           ,
           he
           will
           steal
           ;
           if
           
             poyson
          
           in
           the
           stomack
           ,
           it
           will
           pain
           us
           ;
           if
           a
           
             sword
          
           at
           the
           heart
           ,
           it
           will
           kill
           us
           .
           
           Use
           .
        
         
         
           Hence
           we
           may
           learn
           what
           the
           reason
           is
           of
           the
           great
           delay
           in
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           why
           the
           childe
           of
           Reformation
           sticks
           in
           the
           Birth
           ;
           why
           the
           hand
           of
           mercy
           begins
           to
           be
           pulled
           in
           ;
           and
           why
           many
           observers
           of
           the
           times
           begin
           to
           fear
           that
           this
           is
           not
           ,
           as
           yet
           ,
           the
           appointed
           time
           wherein
           God
           will
           have
           mercy
           upon
           Sion
           .
           I
           am
           very
           confident
           ,
           that
           the
           fault
           is
           not
           in
           you
           to
           whom
           I
           speak
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           laid
           down
           ,
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           20.
           33.
           
           
             Howbeit
             the
             high
             places
             were
             not
             taken
             away
             ,
             for
             as
             yet
             the
             people
             had
             not
             prepared
             their
             hearts
             unto
             the
             God
             of
             their
             Fathers
             .
          
           The
           people
           of
           the
           Land
           would
           not
           bear
           a
           thorow
           Reformation
           .
           I
           deny
           not
           but
           that
           the
           Land
           in
           which
           we
           live
           is
           a
           
             Land
             of
             uprightnesse
             .
          
           
           As
           many
           amongst
           us
           truely
           religious
           ,
           as
           in
           any
           place
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           of
           the
           like
           bignesse
           .
           But
           yet
           the
           Bulk
           of
           our
           people
           are
           wicked
           ,
           and
           their
           hearts
           are
           not
           as
           yet
           prepared
           to
           the
           yoke
           of
           the
           Lord
           .
           
             Oderunt
             vincula
             pietatis
             .
          
           They
           are
           unreformed
           themselves
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           they
           are
           so
           opposite
           to
           a
           thorow
           Reformation
           .
           It
           may
           be
           said
           of
           many
           amongst
           us
           ,
           as
           
             Ieremy
          
           did
           once
           say
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           
             The
             Prophets
             prophesie
             falsly
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             Priests
             bear
             rule
             by
             their
             means
             ,
             and
             my
             people
             love
             to
             have
             it
             so
             ;
             and
             what
             will
             ye
             do
             in
             the
             end
             thereof
             ?
          
           Now
           it
           is
           this
           sin
           of
           the
           Land
           that
           weakens
           your
           hands
           ,
           and
           divides
           you
           sometimes
           one
           from
           another
           ,
           and
           keeps
           you
           from
           perfecting
           this
           great
           work
           of
           Reformation
           .
           And
           I
           conceive
           no
           way
           better
           to
           remedy
           this
           ,
           than
           by
           sending
           a
           faithfull
           and
           painfull
           Ministery
           
           thorowout
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           For
           if
           you
           will
           be
           pleased
           to
           observe
           ,
           you
           will
           finde
           that
           those
           places
           which
           are
           rud'st
           and
           most
           ignorant
           ,
           most
           irregular
           ;
           and
           where
           the
           least
           Preaching
           hath
           been
           ,
           are
           the
           greatest
           enemies
           to
           Reformation
           .
           This
           is
           a
           work
           worth
           ,
           of
           serious
           consideration
           .
           The
           Lord
           stir
           up
           your
           hearts
           to
           consider
           it
           ,
           and
           open
           your
           eyes
           also
           ,
           clearly
           to
           perceive
           that
           there
           are
           more
           with
           you
           ,
           then
           against
           you
           ;
           and
           that
           when
           God
           reformes
           a
           Nation
           ,
           he
           doth
           not
           finde
           us
           prepared
           ,
           but
           he
           makes
           us
           prepared
           .
           When
           God
           sheweth
           mercy
           to
           a
           Nation
           ,
           there
           goeth
           power
           with
           the
           mercy
           to
           heal
           the
           Nation
           ,
           
             Ezek.
          
           36.
           24
           ,
           25
           ,
           26
           ,
           27
           ,
           28.
           
        
         
           If
           when
           a
           Nation
           doth
           evill
           in
           Gods
           sight
           ,
           
           God
           will
           repent
           of
           the
           good
           he
           intended
           ,
           &c.
           
           Let
           us
           repent
           of
           our
           evils
           committed
           against
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           not
           repent
           of
           the
           good
           he
           intends
           to
           do
           unto
           us
           .
           Chuse
           which
           you
           will
           ,
           If
           
             we
             repent
             ,
          
           God
           will
           repent
           of
           
             the
             evill
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           If
           
             we
             repent
             not
             ,
          
           God
           will
           
             repent
             of
             the
             good
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           suffer
           me
           to
           tell
           you
           .
           That
           when
           God
           begins
           to
           draw
           back
           his
           mercies
           from
           a
           Nation
           ,
           that
           Nation
           is
           in
           a
           wofull
           plight
           ,
           God
           repented
           that
           he
           made
           the
           old
           World
           ;
           And
           what
           followed
           ?
           The
           next
           news
           you
           hear
           ,
           is
           ,
           they
           were
           all
           drowned
           .
           He
           repented
           that
           he
           had
           made
           
             Saul
          
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           news
           we
           hear
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           rejected
           from
           being
           King
           .
           He
           repented
           that
           he
           had
           brought
           the
           Israelites
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
          
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           he
           carries
           them
           back
           again
           ,
           and
           
           swears
           that
           not
           one
           of
           them
           should
           enter
           into
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           but
           that
           all
           their
           carkases
           should
           perish
           in
           the
           Wildernesse
           .
           It
           is
           God
           only
           that
           can
           build
           and
           plant
           a
           Nation
           .
           He
           is
           the
           only
           Architect
           that
           can
           build
           our
           waste
           places
           ,
           and
           make
           up
           our
           dilapidations
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           great
           ;
           he
           is
           the
           only
           Gardner
           to
           pluck
           up
           our
           Weeds
           ,
           and
           to
           plant
           usefull
           and
           fruitfull
           Trees
           in
           the
           Orchard
           of
           this
           Nation
           .
           And
           if
           he
           please
           he
           can
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           an
           instant
           with
           a
           word
           speaking
           .
           For
           so
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             At
             what
             instant
             I
             speak
             concerning
             a
             Nation
             to
             build
             ,
             and
             to
             plant
             it
          
           ;
           Though
           the
           House
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           be
           never
           so
           much
           out
           of
           repair
           ,
           God
           can
           in
           an
           instant
           build
           us
           ,
           and
           plant
           us
           ,
           and
           make
           us
           better
           then
           ever
           .
           But
           if
           God
           begin
           to
           repent
           of
           what
           he
           hath
           done
           ,
           woe
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           
           
             For
             except
             the
             Lord
             build
             the
             House
             ,
             they
             labour
             in
             vain
             that
             build
             it
             ,
             in
             vain
             to
             rise
             up
             early
             ,
             and
             to
             sit
             up
             late
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           God
           will
           unravell
           all
           ,
           and
           though
           he
           hath
           brought
           us
           neer
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           he
           will
           carry
           us
           back
           again
           ,
           and
           make
           us
           to
           tarry
           forty
           yeers
           for
           a
           Reformation
           ,
           or
           it
           may
           be
           he
           will
           at
           last
           carry
           us
           back
           again
           to
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           which
           was
           the
           last
           and
           greatest
           curse
           ,
           
           threatned
           against
           the
           people
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           and
           it
           is
           the
           greatest
           misery
           that
           can
           come
           upon
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           But
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           if
           we
           turn
           from
           our
           evill
           wayes
           ,
           God
           will
           perfect
           his
           building
           ,
           and
           finish
           his
           plantation
           ,
           he
           will
           make
           us
           a
           glorious
           Paradise
           ,
           an
           habitation
           fit
           for
           himself
           to
           dwell
           in
           ;
           he
           will
           set
           up
           his
           ordinances
           after
           a
           purer
           
           manner
           ,
           and
           watch
           over
           us
           for
           good
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           yeer
           to
           the
           end
           of
           it
           .
           Oh
           that
           these
           words
           of
           mine
           might
           be
           as
           goads
           ,
           and
           as
           nails
           to
           fasten
           this
           point
           upon
           your
           hearts
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           take
           deep
           impression
           ,
           and
           abide
           for
           ever
           upon
           your
           spirits
           .
           It
           may
           be
           some
           will
           say
           ,
           That
           this
           doctrine
           is
           as
           common
           as
           the
           high-way
           :
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           It
           is
           
             a
             common
             high
             way
             ,
          
           but
           it
           is
           
             the
             high
             way
             to
             heaven
             .
          
           And
           though
           it
           be
           not
           a
           Doctrine
           to
           glut
           your
           ears
           ,
           yet
           
             it
             is
             savoury
             meat
             ,
             such
             as
             Iacob
             provided
             for
             Esau
             ,
             whereby
             he
             obtained
             the
             blessing
             .
          
           Turn
           or
           burn
           for
           ever
           in
           Hell
           .
           Let
           every
           man
           labour
           first
           to
           turn
           himself
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           us
           endeavour
           to
           reform
           one
           another
           .
           There
           is
           a
           great
           complaint
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           The
           Ministers
           complain
           of
           their
           people
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           factious
           ,
           seditious
           ,
           covetous
           ,
           dis-respectfull
           of
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           that
           because
           they
           do
           not
           reform
           ;
           therefore
           the
           judgements
           of
           God
           are
           not
           turned
           away
           from
           us
           .
           The
           people
           complain
           of
           their
           Ministers
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           dumb
           dogs
           ,
           greedy
           dogs
           ,
           which
           can
           never
           have
           enough
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           superstitious
           ,
           more
           for
           pomp
           then
           substance
           ;
           and
           that
           untill
           the
           scandalous
           Ministers
           be
           removed
           ,
           Gods
           heavy
           hand
           will
           never
           be
           removed
           from
           us
           .
           The
           rich
           complain
           of
           the
           poor
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           lazy
           ,
           and
           theevish
           ,
           The
           poor
           of
           the
           rich
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           proud
           and
           hard-hearted
           .
           The
           superiours
           cry
           out
           against
           their
           inferiours
           ,
           and
           the
           inferiours
           against
           the
           superiours
           .
           And
           because
           every
           man
           expects
           when
           
           his
           neighbour
           should
           turn
           ,
           hence
           it
           cometh
           to
           passe
           that
           no
           man
           in
           particular
           turns
           .
           We
           look
           for
           that
           in
           another
           ,
           which
           we
           forget
           to
           do
           in
           our selves
           .
           I
           know
           no
           way
           to
           reconcile
           this
           division
           ,
           but
           by
           raising
           a
           new
           division
           ,
           and
           by
           perswading
           all
           sorts
           of
           people
           to
           strive
           ,
           who
           should
           be
           the
           first
           in
           turning
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           should
           first
           get
           into
           Christ
           ,
           who
           should
           first
           get
           into
           the
           Ark
           .
           Every
           man
           strives
           for
           worldly
           precedency
           .
           Oh
           let
           us
           strive
           for
           this
           spirituall
           precedency
           !
           It
           is
           no
           pride
           in
           this
           to
           go
           one
           before
           another
           .
           He
           is
           the
           humblest
           that
           goeth
           first
           .
           And
           being
           reformed
           in
           our
           own
           persons
           ,
           let
           us
           in
           the
           next
           place
           labour
           to
           reform
           one
           another
           .
           We
           are
           all
           of
           one
           nation
           ,
           of
           one
           body
           ,
           one
           flesh
           ,
           one
           Church
           .
           There
           is
           a
           Nationall
           Communion
           ,
           a
           Morall
           Communion
           ,
           a
           Politicall
           Communion
           ,
           a
           Spirituall
           Communion
           amongst
           us
           .
           I
           may
           adde
           ,
           There
           is
           a
           Communion
           in
           misery
           .
           We
           are
           all
           in
           the
           same
           condemnation
           .
           Let
           us
           labour
           to
           pitty
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           to
           turn
           one
           another
           .
           Let
           every
           man
           search
           what
           drunkard
           ,
           what
           swearer
           ,
           what
           adulterer
           ,
           &c.
           
           He
           hath
           in
           his
           House
           ,
           and
           either
           cause
           the
           sin
           to
           depart
           from
           the
           person
           ,
           or
           both
           sin
           and
           person
           from
           his
           house
           .
        
         
           First
           reforme
           your
           own
           families
           ,
           and
           then
           you
           will
           be
           the
           fitter
           to
           reforme
           the
           family
           of
           God
           .
           Let
           the
           Master
           reforme
           his
           servant
           ,
           the
           Father
           his
           childe
           ,
           the
           Husband
           his
           Wife
           .
           Will
           a
           man
           keepe
           a
           servant
           in
           his
           house
           all
           night
           ,
           if
           he
           were
           
           assured
           he
           would
           murther
           him
           before
           morning
           ?
           Such
           a
           servant
           is
           sinne
           ,
           It
           will
           murther
           soul
           and
           bodie
           .
           Let
           us
           cast
           it
           away
           from
           our selves
           ,
           and
           from
           our
           families
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           one
           Motive
           more
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           from
           the
           ayd
           you
           are
           sending
           to
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           to
           distressed
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           that
           at
           this
           instant
           calls
           to
           
             England
          
           with
           aloud
           cry
           for
           help
           and
           assistance
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           you
           are
           sensible
           that
           delay
           is
           as
           bad
           as
           deniall
           almost
           .
           I
           shall
           offer
           only
           one
           Text
           to
           be
           considered
           on
           when
           you
           send
           forth
           your
           help
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           
             Deut.
          
           23.
           9.
           
           
             When
             the
             Host
             goeth
             forth
             against
             their
             enemies
             ,
             then
             keep
             thee
             from
             every
             wicked
             thing
             .
          
           If
           sin
           be
           in
           the
           Host
           ,
           it
           will
           make
           you
           turn
           your
           backs
           upon
           your
           enemies
           ;
           Turn
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           make
           your
           enemies
           turn
           their
           backs
           upon
           you
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           not
           in
           my
           power
           to
           turn
           ,
           
           unlesse
           I
           were
           praedestinated
           ?
        
         
           I
           answer
           with
           Master
           
             Bradford
             ,
          
           that
           we
           must
           first
           go
           to
           the
           Grammar-schoole
           of
           Repentance
           ,
           
           before
           we
           can
           be
           admitted
           to
           the
           University
           of
           Praedestination
           .
           It
           is
           not
           a
           dispute
           about
           Praedestination
           that
           will
           turn
           away
           Gods
           wrath
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           the
           practise
           of
           humiliation
           and
           Reformation
           .
           It
           is
           most
           certain
           ,
           that
           God
           is
           not
           the
           cause
           of
           any
           mans
           damnation
           .
           He
           found
           us
           sinners
           in
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           but
           made
           none
           sinners
           .
           
             Thy
             perdition
             is
             of
             thy selfe
             ,
             oh
             Israel
          
           !
           And
           it
           is
           as
           certain
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           in
           the
           power
           of
           man
           by
           nature
           to
           convert
           himselfe
           .
           And
           that
           therefore
           God
           commands
           
           what
           we
           cannot
           perform
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           therby
           take
           notice
           what
           we
           should
           do
           ,
           and
           what
           we
           once
           could
           do
           in
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           and
           where
           we
           should
           go
           to
           get
           power
           to
           do
           that
           which
           we
           cannot
           do
           of
           our selves
           .
           Go
           to
           the
           Word
           ,
           that
           hath
           a
           creating
           power
           .
           God
           oftentimes
           in
           speaking
           gives
           power
           .
           Go
           to
           prayer
           ,
           for
           converting
           Grace
           .
           Pray
           with
           
             Austine
             ,
             Lord
             give
             me
             what
             thou
             commandest
             ,
             and
             command
             what
             thou
             wilt
             .
          
           It
           is
           an
           excellent
           rule
           observed
           by
           the
           same
           Author
           .
           
             That
             there
             is
             nothing
             required
             of
             us
             from
             God
             as
             a
             duty
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             either
             promised
             by
             God
             as
             a
             gift
             ,
             or
             some
             of
             Gods
             Saints
             have
             prayed
             for
             it
             as
             a
             gift
             .
          
           As
           for
           example
           .
           God
           commands
           us
           to
           turn
           unto
           him
           ,
           but
           
             Ieremy
          
           prayes
           for
           it
           ;
           
             Turn
             us
             ,
             oh
             Lord
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             be
             turned
             .
          
           And
           God
           promiseth
           it
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           30.
           6.
           
           
             Ezek.
          
           36.
           26.
           
           Let
           us
           therefore
           be
           sensible
           of
           our
           inability
           to
           keepe
           the
           commandement
           of
           the
           text
           ;
           and
           let
           us
           beleeve
           in
           his
           promise
           ,
           to
           give
           us
           power
           to
           keepe
           it
           ,
           and
           pray
           for
           the
           performance
           of
           his
           promise
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A31933e-180
           
             
               Mallem
               obedire
               quam
               miracula
               facere
               .
            
             Luther
             .
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             24.24
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             14
             34.
             
          
           
             Ezra
             5.1
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A31933e-680
           
             
               Verse
            
             7.
             
          
           
             
               Verse
            
             8.
             
          
           
             
               Verse
            
             8.
             
          
           
             
               Verse
            
             9.
             
          
           
             
               Ver.
            
             10.
             
          
           
             
               Doct.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Verse
            
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Verse
            
             4.
             
          
           
             
               Verse
            
             6.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             4.34
             ,
             35.
             
          
           
             
               Reas.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             Ro.
             11.36
             .
          
           
             a
             
               Eodem
               die
               fuistis
               omnium
               miserrimi
               &
               omnium
               beatissimi
               .
               Nox
               una
               non
               tantum
               vos
               a
               morte
               in
               vitam
               traduxit
               ,
               sed
               ex
               abysso
               profundissima
               evexit
               supra
               omnem
               terrenam
               faelicitatem
               ,
               ac
               si
               in
               nubibios
               equitaretis
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             1.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             40.15
             .
          
           
             Iere.
             10.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Iere.
             5.22
             .
          
           
             Isa.
             51.12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             
               Text.
               
            
          
           
             Isa.
             30
             33
             
          
           
             Reve
             6.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             4.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             10.22
             .
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             3.
             
          
           
             Athanas.
             
               in
               vita
            
             Antonij
             .
          
           
             
               Doct.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Reas.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             45.7
             .
          
           
             
               Reas.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             Cant.
             2.8
             .
          
           
             
               Reas.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             1.
             
          
           
             
               In
               vita
            
             1.
             Agrip.
          
           
             
               Lib.
            
             5
             
               de
            
             Bell.
             Gal.
             
          
           
             
               Tertul.
               Apolog.
            
          
           
             
               Motives
            
          
           
             
               Bernard
               .
            
          
           
             Bernard
             .
             
               Sermon
               de
               triplici
               miseric.
            
          
           
             Bernard
             .
             
               Sermon
               .
               de
               triplici
               miseric.
               &
               quatuor
               miserat
               .
            
          
           
             
               Doct.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Deus
               vult
               mutationē
               sed
               nunquam
               mutat
               voluntatem
               ,
            
             Aquinas
             .
             
               Deus
               aliquando
               mutat
               sententiam
               ,
               sed
               nunquam
               mutat
               decretum
               ,
            
             Greg.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             Naz.
             
          
           
             Tertul.
             
               de
               paenit
               .
               Paenitentia
               radens
               &
               verrens
               peccata
               ,
            
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Use
             of
             exhortation
             unto
             two
             Duties
             .
          
           
             1
             To
             Humiliation
             .
          
           
             Seven
             Buckets
             to
             draw
             out
             the
             water
             of
             tears
             .
          
           
             Job
             14.
             17
             
             Ps.
             56.
             8.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4
             30.
             
          
           
             Am.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             6.
             9.
             
          
           
             Six
             Reasons
             to
             move
             us
             to
             great
             sorrow
             for
             little
             sins
             .
          
           
             
               Buck.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             Ps.
             105
             7.
             
          
           
             
               Aust.
               Epist
            
             6
             4.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             13.4
             .
          
           
             
               Vrsin's
            
             preface
             to
             his
             Catechisme
             .
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             Luk
             19.
             41
             ,
             42.
             
          
           
             
               Iustin.
               
            
          
           
             A
             fifth
             help
             to
             humiliation
             .
          
           
             A
             sixth
             Bucket
             .
          
           
             Ps
             6.8
             .
          
           
             
               Plutarc
               .
               in
               vita
               .
               Alexand.
               
            
          
           
             Gen.
             19.27
             ,
             28.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             1.3
             ,
             4
             5.
             
          
           
             
               Proemium
               Cōmentar
               .
               in
               Ezek.
               
            
          
           
             1
             Sa.
             4.19
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             2.
             18.
             
          
           
             Jud
             ,
             5.28
             .
          
           
             7.
             
          
           
             
               In
               vita
               ejus
               apud
               Surium
               .
            
          
           
             The
             second
             duty
             is
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             This
             Reformation
             must
             be
             ,
          
           
             1
             Personal
             .
          
           
             Jona
             .
             3.8
             .
          
           
             Ps.
             18
             .
             23.
             
          
           
             Luke
             15.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             23.15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             
               Quo
               grandius
               nomen
               ca
               grandius
               scandalum
               .
            
          
           
             Act.
             18.8
             .
          
           
             2
             It
             must
             be
             nationall
             .
          
           
             
               Quest
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
               
            
          
           
             Nehe.
             3
             ,
             1.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             1
             1.44
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             10.5
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             11
             44.
             
          
           
             
               Sleidan
            
             Convent
             .
          
           
             Isai.
             62.1
             .
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             30.14
             ,
             15.
             2
             Chron
             ,
             31.1
             .
          
           
             Motives
             to
             a
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             Ex.
             1.21
             .
          
           
             Hagg.
             1.4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Esth.
             11.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Zach.
             4
             7.
             
          
           
             
               Tect
               .
               de
               poenitent
               .
            
          
           
             Matth.
             3.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             4.
             17.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             24.
             47.
             
          
           
             
               Tertul.
               de
               poenit
               .
            
          
           
             Ezek.
             18.
             
          
           
             
               Tertull
            
          
           
             
               Quest
               .
            
          
           
             2
             King.
             23.
             26.
             
          
           
             
               Answ.
               
            
          
           
             5.
             
          
           
             
               Doct.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             Ezra
             9
             8.
             
          
           
             Psa.
             68.13
             .
          
           
             Zac.
             4.10
             .
          
           
             Ezra
             10.
             11.
             
          
           
             Nehe.
             12.22
             .
          
           
             Gene.
             6.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               Reason
               .
            
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             15
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             12.23
             .
          
           
             
               Vse
               .
            
          
           
             Ef.
             26.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             5.
             31.
             
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             2.
             
          
           
             Psa.
             1
             :
             7
             1.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             28
             68.
             
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.