The song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lambe: opened in a sermon preached to the Honorable House of Commons, at their late solemne day of thanksgiving, Iune 15. 1643. for the discovery of a dangerous, desperate, and bloudy designe, tending to the utter subversion of the Parliament, and of the famous city of London. / By Stephen Marshall, B.D. and Pastor of Finchingfield in Essex. Published by order of that House.
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             The song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lambe: opened in a sermon preached to the Honorable House of Commons, at their late solemne day of thanksgiving, Iune 15. 1643. for the discovery of a dangerous, desperate, and bloudy designe, tending to the utter subversion of the Parliament, and of the famous city of London. / By Stephen Marshall, B.D. and Pastor of Finchingfield in Essex. Published by order of that House.
             Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655.
          
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             Printed for Sam: Man and Sam: Gellibrand in Pauls Church-yard,
             London :
             1643.
          
           
             Running title reads: A sermon preached at the late Thanksgiving before the honorable House of Commons.
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           THE
           SONG
           OF
           MOSES
           THE
           SERVANT
           OF
           GOD
           ,
           
             AND
          
           THE
           SONG
           OF
           THE
           
             LAMBE
             :
          
           Opened
           In
           a
           Sermon
           preached
           to
           the
           Honorable
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           ,
           At
           their
           late
           solemne
           day
           of
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           
             Iune
          
           15.
           1643.
           for
           the
           discovery
           of
           a
           dangerous
           ,
           desperate
           ,
           and
           bloudy
           Designe
           ,
           tending
           to
           the
           utter
           subversion
           of
           the
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           famous
           City
           of
           
             London
             .
          
        
         
           By
           STEPHEN
           MARSHALL
           ,
           B.
           D.
           and
           Pastor
           of
           
             Finchingfield
          
           in
           
             Essex
             .
          
        
         
           
             Published
             by
             order
             of
             that
             House
             .
          
        
         
           
             REVEL.
             17.
             4.
             
          
           
             
               Come
               hither
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               shew
               thee
               the
               judgment
               of
               the
               great
               whore
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           SAM:
           MAN
           and
           SAM:
           GELLIBRAND
           in
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           .
           1643.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           HONORABLE
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           ,
           now
           assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           
             Honorable
             ,
             and
             Beloved
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           holy
           King
           and
           Prophet
           
             David
             ,
          
           required
           that
           the
           prayses
           of
           God
           should
           be
           sung
           
             upon
             well
             tuned
             Instruments
             ;
          
           and
           some
           Psalmes
           which
           himself
           composed
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           he
           styled
           
             Michtam
             ,
          
           golden
           Psalms
           ;
           as
           being
           full
           of
           precious
           and
           choise
           treasure
           .
           Such
           could
           I
           have
           wished
           might
           the
           
             Instrument
          
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           such
           the
           
             Song
          
           of
           Praise
           and
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           to
           have
           celebrated
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           this
           late
           wonderfull
           preservation
           of
           your
           
             Honorable
             Assembly
             ,
          
           and
           the
           famous
           ,
           and
           worthy
           
             City
             ;
          
           both
           whose
           ruine
           was
           plotted
           and
           designed
           by
           wicked
           and
           unreasonable
           men
           .
           But
           you
           were
           pleased
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           designe
           to
           this
           service
           ,
           a
           weak
           and
           
             untuned
             Instrument
             ,
          
           (
           though
           not
           
             Crackt
             ,
          
           as
           
             Malice
             ,
          
           and
           
             Slander
          
           hath
           bruted
           it
           abroad
           )
           but
           also
           
           to
           injoyn
           the
           publishing
           of
           this
           song
           of
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           which
           is
           full
           of
           weak
           and
           imperfect
           
             Notes
             .
          
           And
           to
           this
           latter
           task
           ,
           I
           was
           (
           I
           confesse
           )
           farre
           more
           unwilling
           then
           to
           the
           former
           ;
           as
           being
           conscious
           unto
           my self
           ,
           how
           few
           conceptions
           could
           be
           brought
           by
           me
           to
           any
           such
           maturity
           ,
           as
           might
           render
           them
           meet
           to
           become
           the
           standing
           Monument
           of
           so
           great
           a
           
             Mercy
             ,
          
           and
           so
           happy
           a
           
             Day
             ,
          
           which
           is
           worthy
           to
           be
           ingraven
           on
           
             Marble
             ,
          
           rather
           then
           to
           be
           written
           on
           
             Paper
             ,
          
           and
           with
           
             letters
             of
             gold
             ,
          
           rather
           then
           with
           
             ink
             :
          
           But
           in
           the
           pursuance
           of
           your
           Commands
           I
           have
           done
           it
           ,
           and
           added
           some
           few
           things
           ,
           which
           time
           nor
           strength
           would
           permit
           
           me
           to
           deliver
           in
           publike
           ;
           Being
           resolved
           to
           deny
           my self
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           nothing
           that
           may
           hinder
           me
           from
           being
           what
           I
           am
           ,
           and
           shall
           always
           desire
           to
           remain
           ,
        
         
           
             Yours
             wholly
             in
             the
             service
             of
             Christ
             
             and
             his
             Church
             ,
             
             STEPHEN
             MARSHALL
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           BEFORE
           the
           Honorable
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           ,
           on
           the
           15.
           of
           
             Iune
          
           1643.
           being
           the
           day
           of
           their
           publique
           THANKS
           GIVING
           .
        
         
           
             HOnorable
             and
             Beloved
             ,
             were
             the
             strength
             of
             my
             body
             ,
             and
             my
             furniture
             of
             wisdome
             ,
             learning
             ,
             and
             grace
             ,
             in
             any
             degree
             answerable
             to
             the
             service
             of
             this
             Day
             ,
             I
             could
             not
             but
             exceedingly
             rejoyce
             ,
             in
             being
             called
             to
             this
             work
             ,
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             at
             this
             time
             .
             For
             having
             been
             lately
             restored
             from
             the
             gates
             of
             death
             ,
             what
             greater
             mercy
             could
             I
             wish
             ,
             then
             to
             praise
             God
             in
             the
             great
             Congregation
             ?
             and
             having
             been
             reported
             over
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             ,
             to
             have
             altered
             my
             former
             judgement
             ,
             concerning
             this
             just
             cause
             of
             the
             Parliaments
             Defensive
             Arms
             :
             yea
             that
             the
             horrour
             of
             my
             guilt
             ,
             in
             adhering
             to
             this
             Cause
             ,
             had
             distracted
             me
             ,
             and
             made
             me
             mad
             ,
             can
             I
             look
             upon
             it
             otherwise
             then
             as
             a
             great
             and
             publike
             taking
             off
             this
             reproach
             ,
             by
             being
             called
             to
             exercise
             my
             poor
             talent
             ,
             in
             that
             Assembly
             which
             is
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             by
             Representation
             ,
             and
             at
             
               this
               time
               ,
            
             to
             be
             a
             furtherer
             
             of
             your
             joy
             and
             thankfulnesse
             ,
             for
             Almightie
             Gods
             watchfull
             eye
             and
             powerfull
             hand
             thus
             wonderfully
             manifested
             against
             the
             desperate
             and
             bloody
             Designes
             of
             those
             that
             would
             destroy
             you
             ?
             But
             I
             fear
             ,
             lest
             this
             which
             is
             so
             many
             wayes
             a
             favour
             to
             
               me
               ,
            
             should
             prove
             
               your
            
             losse
             through
             my
             weaknesse
             ,
             which
             would
             not
             permit
             me
             to
             study
             much
             in
             private
             ,
             and
             I
             fear
             will
             disable
             me
             in
             the
             publike
             delivering
             that
             little
             which
             God
             hath
             brought
             to
             my
             hand
             ;
             yet
             this
             doth
             encourage
             me
             ,
             I
             have
             abundant
             experience
             of
             your
             
               Candor
               ,
            
             and
             I
             know
             that
             both
             with
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             
               first
               a
               willing
               mind
               ,
            
             (
             especially
             in
             a
             day
             &
             service
             of
             Thanksgiving
             )
             
               it
               is
               accepted
               according
            
             
             
               to
               what
               a
               man
               hath
               ,
               and
               not
               according
               to
               that
               he
               hath
               not
               .
            
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             I
             have
             one
             encouragement
             more
             ,
             that
             Gods
             providence
             hath
             directed
             me
             to
             such
             a
             Text
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             onely
             sutable
             to
             our
             meeting
             ,
             and
             service
             ,
             but
             so
             really
             intended
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             your
             time
             and
             work
             ,
             that
             the
             very
             reading
             of
             it
             ,
             (
             though
             an
             hour
             together
             )
             might
             exceedingly
             affect
             you
             ,
             if
             once
             you
             have
             the
             true
             meaning
             of
             it
             ;
             which
             Text
             you
             shall
             finde
             written
             in
          
           
             
               REVEL.
               15.
               3
               ,
               4.
               read
               also
               
                 ver.
              
               2.
               
            
             
               Verse
               2.
               
               
                 And
                 I
                 saw
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 a
                 sea
                 of
                 glasse
                 mingled
              
               
               
                 with
                 fire
                 ,
                 and
                 them
                 that
                 had
                 gotten
                 the
                 victory
                 over
                 the
                 Beast
                 ,
                 and
                 over
                 his
                 Image
                 ,
                 and
                 over
                 his
                 Mark
                 ,
                 and
                 over
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 his
                 Name
                 ,
                 stand
                 on
                 the
                 sea
                 of
                 glasse
                 ,
                 having
                 the
                 harps
                 of
                 God
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 And
                 they
                 sung
                 the
                 song
                 of
                 Moses
                 ,
                 the
                 servant
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 song
                 of
                 the
                 Lambe
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 Great
                 and
                 marvellous
                 are
                 thy
                 works
                 ,
                 Lord
                 God
                 Almighty
                 :
                 just
                 and
                 true
                 are
                 thy
                 wayes
                 ,
                 thou
                 King
                 of
                 Saints
                 .
              
            
             
             
               4.
               
               
                 Who
                 shall
                 not
                 fear
                 thee
                 ,
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 glorifie
                 thy
                 Name
                 ?
                 for
                 thou
                 onely
                 art
                 holy
                 ,
                 for
                 all
                 Nations
                 shall
                 come
                 and
                 worship
                 before
                 thee
                 ,
                 for
                 thy
                 judgements
                 are
                 made
                 manifest
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             THis
             Text
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             a
             part
             of
             the
             
               Apocalyps
               ,
            
             the
             
               darkest
               ,
            
             and
             
               most
               mysticall
            
             Book
             in
             all
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             therefore
             thought
             generally
             hard
             to
             be
             understood
             ,
             yet
             time
             (
             one
             of
             the
             best
             Interpreters
             of
             Prophecies
             )
             hath
             produced
             the
             
               events
            
             answering
             the
             
               types
            
             so
             full
             and
             clear
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             the
             whole
             Army
             of
             Protestant
             Interpreters
             agreeing
             in
             the
             generall
             scope
             and
             meaning
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             in
             a
             few
             words
             be
             pleased
             to
             take
             thus
             :
          
           
             A
             great
             part
             of
             this
             Book
             ,
             is
             a
             setting
             out
             the
             conflicting
             state
             of
             the
             Church
             (
             under
             the
             great
             Apostasie
             )
             with
             
               the
            
             Antichrist
             ,
             the
             heaviest
             and
             forest
             enemy
             which
             ever
             the
             Church
             had
             ;
             and
             this
             Antichristian
             power
             and
             dominion
             is
             set
             forth
             (
             as
             other
             Kingdoms
             elsewhere
             are
             )
             by
             a
             
               systeme
            
             of
             the
             
               world
               ,
            
             wherein
             are
             
               earth
               ,
               water
               ,
               air
               ,
               sunne
               ,
               moon
               ,
               starres
               ,
               a
               King
               ,
               a
               Metropoliticall
               City
               ,
               Provinces
               ,
               People
               ,
               &c.
            
             an
             Antichristian
             
               Empire
               ,
            
             an
             Antichristian
             
               World
               ;
            
             and
             this
             great
             Monarchy
             of
             Antichrist
             hath
             the
             time
             of
             its
             
               rising
               ,
            
             its
             
               triumphant
               reigning
               ,
            
             its
             
               declining
               ,
            
             and
             
               ruine
               ,
            
             and
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             under
             all
             these
             ,
             clearly
             foretold
             in
             this
             Book
             .
             And
             (
             to
             say
             nothing
             of
             his
             rising
             ,
             and
             reigne
             )
             his
             ruine
             is
             described
             in
             this
             fifteenth
             ,
             and
             sixteenth
             Chapter
             ,
             under
             the
             Type
             of
             
               seven
               Angels
               ,
            
             pouring
             out
             seven
             vials
             full
             of
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             :
             the
             seven
             vialls
             being
             so
             many
             degrees
             of
             the
             Beasts
             ,
             or
             Antichrists
             ruine
             :
             which
             story
             of
             the
             vialls
             ,
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             sets
             down
             two
             
             wayes
             ,
             first
             generally
             ,
             in
             the
             fifteenth
             Chapter
             ,
             secondly
             more
             particularly
             ,
             in
             the
             sixteenth
             Chapter
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             generall
             description
             of
             them
             in
             this
             fifteenth
             Chapter
             ,
             we
             have
             first
             the
             circumstance
             of
             the
             
               place
               ,
            
             where
             this
             Vision
             was
             seen
             ,
             whence
             these
             Angels
             came
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
               heaven
               :
               I
               saw
               another
               signe
               in
               heaven
               ,
            
             verse
             1.
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             true
             
               Church
               ,
            
             whereof
             
               Christ
            
             is
             King
             ,
             opposed
             to
             the
             
               world
               ,
            
             wherein
             
               Antichrist
            
             reigns
             ,
             as
             beyond
             all
             doubt
             ,
             may
             be
             cleared
             out
             of
             the
             fourth
             Chapter
             of
             this
             Book
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Stage
             of
             all
             the
             
               Apocalypticall
            
             visions
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             we
             have
             the
             things
             themselves
             ,
             or
             the
             marvellous
             signes
             which
             were
             seen
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             three
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             
               The
               behaviour
               of
               the
               true
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               during
            
             
             
               this
               time
               of
               the
               pouring
               out
               of
               the
               vialls
               ,
            
             ver.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             The
             description
             of
             the
             
               seven
               Angels
               ,
               the
            
             
             
               instruments
            
             who
             were
             to
             pour
             out
             these
             vialls
             ,
             their
             
               apparatus
               ,
               qualifications
               ,
               and
               furniture
               ,
            
             they
             
               come
               out
               of
               the
               temple
               ,
               clothed
               in
               pure
               and
               white
               linnen
               ,
               and
               having
               their
               breasts
               girded
               with
               golden
               girdles
               ;
               Habitu
               &
               cluctu
               sacerdotali
               ornati
               ,
            
             like
             the
             Priests
             of
             God
             ,
             
               Ezek.
            
             44.
             17
             ,
             18.
             pure
             worshippers
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             A
             description
             of
             the
             
               Church
               ,
               in
               reference
            
             
             
               to
               Christs
               presence
               with
               it
               ,
               his
               owning
               ,
               and
               protecting
               it
               ,
            
             though
             after
             a
             more
             dark
             manner
             ,
             
               vers.
            
             8.
             
             
               The
               Temple
               was
               filled
               with
               smoak
               ,
               from
               the
               glory
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               from
               his
               power
               ,
               &c.
            
             alluding
             to
             Gods
             taking
             possession
             of
             the
             Tabernacle
             ;
             
               Exod.
            
             40.
             34.
             and
             of
             
               Solomons
            
             Temple
             ,
             1
             
               King.
            
             8.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
             The
             first
             of
             these
             I
             am
             to
             deal
             with
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             viz.
             
               The
               behaviour
               of
               the
               Church
               during
               the
               time
               of
               the
               pouring
               out
               the
               vialls
               .
            
             Wherein
             observe
             two
             things
             ,
             first
             ,
             
               their
               state
               ,
            
             verse
             2.
             secondly
             ,
             
               their
               work
               ,
            
             verse
             3
             ,
             4.
             
             Their
             state
             ;
             
               I
               saw
               as
               it
               were
               a
               sea
               
               of
               glasse
               mingled
               with
               fire
               ,
               and
               them
               that
               had
               gotten
               the
               victory
               over
               the
               Beast
               ,
               &c.
               stand
               on
               the
               sea
               of
               glasse
               ,
               having
               the
               harps
               of
               God
               .
            
             This
             sea
             of
             
               glasse
               ,
            
             or
             crystall
             ,
             is
             described
             Chap.
             4.
             6.
             placed
             before
             the
             Throne
             ,
             alluding
             to
             the
             great
             Laver
             ,
             or
             Sea
             in
             
               Solomons
            
             Temple
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Priests
             were
             to
             wash
             themselves
             from
             their
             uncleannesses
             ,
             whenever
             they
             approached
             nigh
             to
             the
             Altar
             of
             God
             to
             offer
             sacrifice
             ;
             onely
             that
             was
             made
             of
             
               brasse
               ,
            
             this
             of
             a
             more
             
               pure
            
             and
             
               transparent
               metall
               :
            
             In
             this
             Laver
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             had
             lately
             been
             washed
             from
             the
             foulnesse
             ,
             and
             pollutions
             of
             Antichristianity
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             they
             had
             newly
             escaped
             ,
             
               having
               gotten
               the
               victory
               over
               the
               Beast
               ,
               and
               over
               his
               Image
               ,
               and
               over
               his
               Mark
               ,
               and
               over
               the
               number
               of
               his
               Name
               ;
            
             and
             being
             cleansed
             in
             this
             Laver
             ,
             (
             though
             mingled
             with
             fire
             ,
             whether
             of
             contention
             ,
             or
             other
             affliction
             ,
             I
             dispute
             not
             )
             they
             stand
             up
             on
             the
             brim
             of
             it
             ,
             with
             the
             harps
             of
             God
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             with
             
               instruments
               of
               praise
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Israelites
             did
             upon
             the
             banks
             of
             the
             Red-sea
             ,
             (
             thorow
             which
             they
             
             had
             lately
             passed
             ,
             and
             in
             it
             been
             baptized
             unto
             God
             )
             singing
             a
             song
             of
             praise
             for
             their
             great
             deliverance
             from
             
               Pharaoh
            
             and
             his
             Hoast
             ,
             who
             perished
             in
             the
             pursuing
             of
             them
             ;
             This
             was
             their
             condition
             ,
             and
             their
             posture
             ,
             a
             
               delivered
               ,
               cleansed
               condition
               ,
            
             a
             
               praisefull
               posture
               .
            
             Secondly
             ,
             their
             work
             ,
             during
             the
             time
             of
             the
             pouring
             out
             the
             vialls
             ,
             they
             sang
             an
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             a
             
               triumphant
               song
               ,
               Canticum
               gratulatorium
               &
               eucharisticum
               ,
            
             a
             song
             of
             praise
             and
             thanksgiving
             :
             wherein
             observe
             two
             things
             ;
             first
             ,
             the
             
               Title
            
             of
             the
             Song
             ,
             
               The
               Song
               of
               Moses
               ,
               the
               servant
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               song
               of
               the
               Lamb
               :
            
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             subject
             matter
             of
             the
             Song
             ,
             
               Great
               and
               marvellous
               are
               thy
               works
               ,
               Lord
               God
               Almighty
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
           
             The
             title
             :
             First
             ,
             the
             song
             of
             
               Moses
            
             the
             servant
             of
             God
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             such
             a
             Song
             ,
             and
             upon
             such
             an
             occasion
             as
             
               Moses
            
             and
             
               Miriam
            
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             
               Israelites
            
             sang
             unto
             God
             when
             they
             had
             passed
             through
             the
             Red
             sea
             :
             2ly
             .
             and
             the
             song
             of
             the
             
               Lamb
               :
            
             we
             have
             many
             songs
             of
             the
             
               Lamb
            
             recorded
             in
             this
             Booke
             ;
             cap.
             4.
             11.
             
             
               Thou
               art
               worthy
               O
               Lord
               to
               receive
               glory
               ,
               and
               honour
               ,
               and
               power
               ,
            
             &c.
             is
             the
             constant
             song
             of
             the
             whole
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ;
             cap.
             5.
             9.
             the
             same
             quire
             sings
             a
             
               new
               song
            
             to
             the
             
               Lamb
            
             when
             hee
             had
             taken
             the
             booke
             to
             unloose
             the
             Seales
             thereof
             ;
             cap.
             11.
             17.
             the
             same
             Church
             sings
             
               another
               song
            
             of
             prayse
             upon
             the
             resurrection
             of
             the
             two
             witnesses
             ,
             and
             the
             fall
             of
             the
             tenth
             part
             of
             the
             great
             City
             ,
             
               We
               give
               thee
               thankes
               O
               Lord
               God
               Almighty
               ,
            
             &c.
             cap.
             12.
             10.
             upon
             
               Michaels
            
             victorie
             over
             the
             dragon
             ,
             there
             is
             
               another
               Song
            
             of
             praise
             ,
             
               Now
               is
               come
               salvation
               ,
               and
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               our
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               power
               of
               his
               Christ
               ,
            
             &c.
             cap.
             14.
             3.
             there's
             a
             
               New
               Song
            
             sung
             before
             the
             throne
             which
             no
             man
             could
             learne
             ,
             but
             the
             hundred
             forty
             and
             foure
             thousand
             which
             were
             redeemed
             from
             the
             earth
             :
             Now
             whether
             
               this
               Song
            
             of
             the
             Lamb
             be
             the
             Song
             which
             those
             harpers
             sang
             ,
             or
             whether
             ,
             and
             how
             farre
             it
             is
             composed
             out
             of
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             songs
             recorded
             in
             this
             Book
             ,
             is
             needlesse
             (
             as
             some
             Interpreters
             doe
             )
             to
             enquire
             ,
             because
             we
             have
             the
             matter
             of
             the
             Song
             layed
             downe
             in
             so
             many
             words
             ;
             it
             is
             sufficient
             that
             it
             's
             therefore
             called
             the
             Song
             of
             the
             Lamb
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             
               indited
            
             by
             the
             
               Spirit
            
             of
             the
             Lamb
             ,
             and
             
               tends
            
             to
             advance
             the
             
               glory
            
             of
             the
             Lamb
             their
             Saviour
             and
             Deliverer
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             matter
             of
             the
             Song
             :
             which
             divides
             in
             selfe
             into
             
               two
               parts
               .
            
             1.
             
             The
             
               Churches
               confession
               of
               the
               nature
               of
               those
               workes
               which
               Christ
               doth
               in
               the
               pouring
               out
               the
               
               seven
               vialls
               ,
            
             ver.
             3.
             viz.
             
               Great
               and
               marvellous
               are
               thy
               workes
               ,
               Lord
               God
               Almighty
               ,
               just
               and
               true
               are
               thy
               ways
               thou
               King
               of
               Saints
               ,
            
             i.
             e.
             
             They
             are
             great
             and
             wonderfull
             ,
             fit
             onely
             to
             bee
             done
             by
             him
             who
             is
             the
             
               Lord
               God
               Almghty
               ,
            
             just
             and
             true
             ,
             well
             becomming
             him
             who
             is
             the
             
               King
               of
               Saints
               .
            
             2.
             
             The
             use
             which
             the
             Church
             makes
             of
             these
             works
             ,
             which
             is
             threefold
             .
             1.
             
             They
             
               record
               ,
               celebrate
               ,
               and
               publish
               them
               .
            
             2.
             
             They
             engage
             and
             
               binde
               themselves
            
             faster
             and
             closer
             to
             him
             ,
             in
             his
             worship
             and
             service
             ,
             
               Who
               shall
               not
               feare
               thee
               O
               Lord
               ,
               and
               glorify
               thy
               Name
               ?
               for
               thou
               onely
               art
               holy
               .
            
             3.
             
             They
             prophetically
             foretell
             the
             use
             which
             
               shall
               be
               made
            
             of
             these
             workes
             by
             such
             as
             yet
             were
             
               strangers
               ,
            
             viz.
             As
             Christ
             proceedes
             to
             manifest
             these
             wonderfull
             and
             righteous
             plagues
             and
             judgments
             upon
             the
             Antichristian
             world
             ,
             the
             people
             of
             
               Italy
               ,
               Germany
               ,
               France
               ,
               England
               ,
               Scotland
               ,
               Denmarke
               ,
               Sweden
               ,
               Polonia
               ,
               Hungaria
               ,
            
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             elect
             shall
             shake
             off
             the
             
               Yoke
               of
               Antichrist
               ,
            
             and
             submit
             to
             the
             
               Scepter
               of
               Iesus
               Christ
               ;
            
             for
             
               all
               Nations
               shall
               come
               and
               worship
               before
               thee
               ,
               for
               thy
               judgments
               are
               made
               manifest
               .
            
          
           
             Thus
             you
             have
             a
             plaine
             view
             of
             the
             Text
             together
             with
             the
             interpretation
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             many
             excellent
             and
             usefull
             truths
             might
             be
             observed
             .
             As
             first
             ,
             that
             
               all
               which
               is
               done
               in
               the
               pouring
               out
               of
               the
               seven
               vialls
               ,
               is
               the
               wrath
               of
               God
               upon
               the
               Antichristian
               faction
               ;
            
             so
             that
             however
             in
             the
             pouring
             out
             of
             every
             viall
             there
             is
             something
             which
             is
             
               grievous
            
             to
             the
             reformed
             
               Churches
               ,
            
             to
             humble
             ,
             purge
             ,
             and
             quicken
             them
             ,
             yet
             there
             is
             no
             
               wrath
            
             upon
             anywhere
             ever
             it
             is
             poured
             ,
             but
             onely
             as
             there
             is
             
               something
               of
               Antichrist
            
             among
             them
             ,
             which
             Christ
             will
             search
             for
             ,
             find
             ,
             and
             destroy
             ,
             where-ever
             he
             finds
             it
             :
             Consider
             the
             whole
             work
             of
             the
             vialls
             ,
             
             and
             you
             shall
             finde
             noysome
             and
             grievous
             sores
             upon
             them
             
               onely
            
             that
             have
             the
             mark
             of
             the
             
               Beast
               ,
            
             the
             drinking
             of
             bloud
             ,
             the
             scorching
             with
             heat
             ,
             the
             gnawing
             of
             their
             tongues
             for
             paine
             ,
             the
             being
             destroyed
             with
             hailstones
             ,
             &c.
             
             All
             these
             light
             
               onely
            
             upon
             the
             followers
             of
             the
             
               Beast
               ,
            
             the
             
               worshipers
               of
               the
               Beast
               ,
            
             the
             kingdome
             of
             the
             
               Beast
               ,
            
             &
             therefore
             let
             none
             feare
             any
             hurt
             frōthese
             
               judgments
            
             which
             Christ
             is
             
               now
            
             inflicting
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             either
             secretly
             or
             openly
             harbour
             any
             of
             
               Antichrists
               acursed
               stuff
            
             which
             must
             be
             destroyed
             ;
             &
             let
             it
             be
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             your
             speedy
             care
             to
             cast
             out
             of
             this
             Nation
             and
             Church
             all
             those
             reliques
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             oyl
             and
             fuel
             that
             feed
             the
             flame
             which
             burnes
             amongst
             us
             :
             God
             calls
             you
             
               now
            
             to
             
               this
            
             work
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             with
             you
             while
             you
             set
             your
             hearts
             and
             hands
             to
             doe
             it
             ;
             and
             doe
             it
             
               speedily
               ,
            
             it
             may
             be
             it
             is
             one
             Cause
             ,
             why
             so
             many
             breaches
             are
             made
             upon
             you
             ,
             because
             you
             have
             no
             more
             vigorously
             attempted
             it
             in
             the
             
               first
               place
               ;
            
             and
             fear
             not
             that
             ye
             should
             therby
             
               lose
               a
               party
               ,
            
             or
             
               strengthen
               a
               party
               against
               you
               ,
            
             beleeve
             it
             ,
             that
             party
             that
             hath
             drunk
             of
             the
             whores
             cup
             ,
             and
             is
             in
             love
             with
             her
             abominations
             ,
             will
             never
             
               be
               assistant
               ,
            
             nor
             wil
             
               Christ
               suffer
            
             them
             to
             
               overthrow
            
             the
             worke
             committed
             to
             your
             hands
             ;
             they
             may
             and
             shall
             destroy
             themselves
             ,
             bringing
             the
             curses
             written
             in
             this
             book
             upon
             themselves
             ,
             and
             their
             posteritie
             ,
             as
             
               Achan
            
             did
             by
             hiding
             the
             Babylonish
             
             garment
             and
             wedg
             of
             gold
             in
             his
             tent
             ,
             but
             the
             
               Lord
               will
               be
               with
               you
               ,
            
             therefore
             go
             on
             and
             prosper
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Observe
             :
             That
             how
             ever
             in
             the
             pouring
             out
             of
             these
             vialls
             ,
             in
             the
             destroying
             of
             the
             Antichristian
             faction
             ,
             
               Christ
            
             useth
             the
             
               ministery
               of
               Angels
               ,
            
             of
             instrumēts
             comming
             out
             of
             the
             Temple
             and
             fitted
             for
             that
             work
             ,
             yet
             the
             work
             is
             ascribed
             to
             
               Christ
               alone
               ,
               Great
               and
               marvellous
            
             
             are
             
               thy
            
             workes
             ,
             just
             and
             true
             are
             
               thy
            
             wayes
             ,
             
               thy
            
             judgments
             are
             made
             manifest
             :
             Many
             worthy
             and
             excellent
             instruments
             hath
             Christ
             stirred
             up
             and
             employed
             in
             this
             Service
             ,
             many
             famous
             and
             learned
             Divines
             ,
             many
             excellent
             Nobles
             ,
             many
             illustrious
             Kings
             ,
             Queenes
             ,
             and
             Princes
             ,
             many
             grave
             Senates
             ,
             and
             Parliaments
             ,
             (
             amongst
             whom
             I
             doubt
             not
             Yourselves
             will
             one
             day
             be
             recorded
             )
             have
             put
             their
             hands
             to
             this
             worke
             ,
             to
             make
             this
             harlot
             desolate
             ,
             and
             naked
             ,
             to
             eat
             her
             flesh
             and
             burne
             her
             with
             fire
             ;
             for
             
               God
               hath
               put
               it
               in
               their
               hearts
               to
               fulfill
               his
               will
               :
            
             but
             they
             conferre
             nothing
             of
             their
             own
             to
             the
             work
             ,
             they
             are
             but
             his
             instruments
             ,
             his
             bow
             and
             his
             battle-axe
             ,
             meer
             dead
             tooles
             ,
             who
             receive
             all
             their
             efficacy
             and
             operation
             from
             his
             hand
             who
             useth
             them
             ;
             their
             presence
             addes
             no
             strength
             to
             him
             ,
             their
             absence
             makes
             the
             work
             no
             more
             difficult
             to
             him
             .
             And
             therefore
             let
             not
             our
             faith
             &
             comfort
             ebbe
             and
             flow
             with
             the
             increase
             &
             wane
             of
             humane
             helps
             .
             Let
             us
             not
             therefore
             thinke
             the
             work
             will
             sooner
             be
             done
             ,
             because
             strong
             is
             our
             hand
             and
             arme
             of
             flesh
             ,
             nor
             that
             we
             are
             therefore
             like
             to
             lose
             the
             cause
             ,
             because
             our
             helpes
             prove
             either
             weake
             or
             treacherous
             ;
             the
             viall
             now
             pouring
             out
             is
             the
             
               Lords
            
             work
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             see
             it
             done
             ,
             doubt
             ye
             not
             .
          
           
             3.
             observ.
             That
             all
             the
             
               time
            
             of
             Christs
             pouring
             out
             the
             vialls
             of
             his
             wrath
             upon
             Antichrist
             ,
             should
             be
             a
             
               joyful
            
             time
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             al
             those
             daies
             should
             be
             days
             of
             
               Purim
               ,
            
             days
             of
             thāksgiving
             ;
             though
             they
             stand
             upon
             a
             sea
             mingled
             with
             fire
             ,
             they
             should
             have
             the
             harpes
             of
             God
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             and
             Hallelujahs
             in
             their
             mouths
             ,
             because
             Christ
             is
             judging
             the
             great
             whore
             ,
             and
             avenging
             the
             bloud
             of
             his
             servants
             at
             her
             hand
             .
             Although
             it
             be
             so
             disposed
             by
             Christ
             ,
             
             that
             during
             the
             time
             of
             the
             vialls
             ,
             his
             Churches
             have
             much
             bitternesse
             ,
             and
             the
             hayle
             of
             every
             storme
             in
             some
             degree
             lights
             upon
             them
             ,
             yet
             must
             they
             overlook
             their
             own
             sufferings
             ,
             and
             be
             filled
             with
             joy
             for
             the
             judgments
             executed
             upon
             Christ's
             ,
             and
             their
             enemies
             ;
             and
             not
             deferre
             their
             prayses
             till
             their
             deliverances
             be
             compleat
             ,
             but
             upon
             every
             new
             deliverance
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             upon
             every
             new
             judgment
             upon
             the
             enemies
             ,
             have
             their
             mouths
             filled
             with
             new
             and
             renewed
             songs
             of
             prayse
             and
             thanksgivings
             to
             God
             ,
             as
             we
             doe
             this
             day
             .
          
           
             These
             &
             many
             such
             like
             general
             observations
             from
             the
             words
             are
             obvious
             to
             every
             eye
             ,
             &
             very
             seasonable
             and
             suitable
             to
             the
             mercies
             celebrated
             this
             day
             ,
             I
             desire
             that
             they
             may
             not
             lightly
             be
             passed
             over
             in
             your
             thoughts
             ,
             though
             I
             shall
             say
             no
             more
             of
             thē
             ,
             purposing
             to
             confine
             my
             speech
             to
             one
             only
             observation
             ,
             which
             indeed
             is
             the
             very
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             of
             the
             Text
             ,
             the
             burden
             of
             the
             song
             ,
             and
             to
             apply
             it
             for
             the
             same
             ends
             and
             uses
             for
             which
             it
             is
             here
             recorded
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             :
             
               viz.
               
            
          
           
             
               The
               workes
               of
               Christ
               in
               the
               pouring
               out
               the
               vialls
               of
               his
            
             
             
               wrath
               ,
               in
               taking
               vengeance
               of
               the
               Antichrist
               and
               his
               followers
               ,
               are
               great
            
             and
             
               wonderfull
               ,
            
             fit
             to
             be
             wrought
             by
             him
             
               onely
               who
               is
               the
               Lord
               God
               Almighty
               ,
               just
               and
               true
               ,
               well
               becoming
               the
               King
               of
               Saints
               .
            
          
           
             First
             ,
             they
             are
             
               [
               great
               ]
            
             works
             ,
             whether
             of
             Mercy
             ,
             
             or
             Judgment
             ;
             or
             are
             great
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             the
             effects
             either
             of
             great
             wisedome
             in
             their
             contrivance
             ,
             or
             of
             great
             power
             in
             their
             production
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
               [
               marvellous
               ,
               or
               wonderfull
               ;
               ]
            
             and
             that
             in
             a
             threefold
             respect
             :
             First
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             rare
             and
             unusuall
             ,
             which
             seldome
             happen
             ;
             these
             draw
             mens
             eyes
             after
             them
             ,
             and
             make
             men
             wonder
             at
             them
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             
             such
             as
             are
             unexpected
             ,
             which
             come
             
               praeter
               spem
               ,
            
             things
             which
             no body
             would
             think
             to
             come
             to
             passe
             .
             Thirdly
             and
             chiefly
             ,
             things
             are
             wonderfull
             ,
             which
             are
             beyond
             our
             comprehension
             ,
             whereof
             we
             cannot
             see
             the
             causes
             ,
             whose
             height
             and
             depth
             cannot
             be
             measured
             ,
             such
             as
             nothing
             but
             the
             power
             of
             an
             infinite
             and
             Almighty
             God
             can
             bring
             to
             passe
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             
               [
               Iust
               :
               ]
            
             Wayes
             are
             just
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             according
             to
             a
             right
             rule
             ;
             and
             wayes
             of
             judgement
             ,
             (
             of
             which
             my
             Text
             )
             are
             then
             just
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             according
             to
             the
             nature
             ,
             kinde
             ,
             and
             degree
             of
             the
             sinnes
             against
             which
             they
             are
             executed
             .
             
               Thou
               art
               righteous
               ,
            
             
             
               O
               Lord
               ,
               because
               thou
               hast
               judged
               thus
               ;
               for
               they
               have
               shed
               the
               bloud
               of
               thy
               Saints
               ,
               and
               Prophets
               ,
               and
               thou
               hast
               given
               them
               bloud
               to
               drink
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               worthy
               :
               Even
               so
               Lord
               God
               Almighty
               ,
               true
               and
               righteous
               are
               thy
               judgements
               .
            
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             
               [
               True
               :
               ]
            
             Wayes
             are
             then
             true
             ,
             when
             according
             to
             Covenant
             ,
             when
             done
             according
             to
             what
             was
             foretold
             ;
             and
             these
             wayes
             become
             
               a
               King
               of
               Saints
               :
            
             other
             Kings
             often
             deal
             
               unjustly
               ,
            
             bearing
             the
             sword
             ,
             to
             execute
             wrath
             upon
             them
             that
             do
             well
             ,
             strengthening
             the
             hands
             of
             them
             that
             do
             evill
             ,
             condemning
             the
             righteous
             ,
             and
             acquitting
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             often
             
               untruly
            
             breaking
             their
             Oaths
             ,
             falsifying
             their
             Covenants
             ;
             but
             this
             
               King
               of
               Saints
            
             doth
             so
             manifest
             his
             righteous
             judgements
             ,
             that
             his
             people
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             say
             ,
             
               According
               to
               their
               deeds
               ,
            
             and
             according
             to
             his
             Word
             ,
             
               hath
               he
               repayed
               fury
               to
               his
               adversaries
               ,
            
             
             
               recompense
               to
               his
               enemies
               ;
            
             and
             
               his
               enemies
            
             (
             though
             with
             gnashing
             of
             teeth
             )
             shall
             acknowledge
             with
             
               Adonibezek
               ,
               As
               we
               have
               done
               ,
               so
               hath
               God
               done
               unto
               us
               .
            
             
          
           
             Now
             that
             Christs
             judgements
             ,
             hitherto
             manifested
             
             in
             the
             pouring
             out
             the
             vialls
             of
             his
             wrath
             ,
             in
             
             thus
             farre
             destroying
             this
             great
             Antichristian
             enemy
             ,
             are
             thus
             
               great
               ,
            
             and
             
               wonderfull
               ,
            
             thus
             
               just
            
             and
             
               true
               ,
            
             may
             easily
             appear
             to
             every
             carefull
             Observer
             of
             the
             Church-story
             in
             these
             parts
             of
             Christendome
             ,
             this
             last
             Century
             of
             years
             ,
             since
             this
             work
             hath
             been
             in
             hand
             :
             The
             particular
             instances
             are
             too
             many
             to
             be
             related
             in
             a
             Sermon
             ,
             I
             shall
             mention
             onely
             some
             few
             things
             ,
             which
             as
             so
             many
             continued
             threads
             ,
             have
             run
             through
             this
             whole
             peece
             of
             his
             workmanship
             ;
             first
             ,
             in
             the
             
               greatnesse
               ,
            
             and
             
               wonderfulnesse
               ;
            
             secondly
             ,
             in
             the
             
               truth
               ,
            
             and
             
               righteousnesse
            
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             these
             works
             have
             been
             great
             and
             wonderfull
             for
             the
             
               kinde
               :
            
             When
             the
             Antichristian
             Empire
             which
             at
             first
             was
             contrived
             with
             that
             wisedome
             ,
             and
             underpropped
             with
             that
             strength
             ,
             ruling
             even
             the
             souls
             and
             consciences
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             had
             prevailed
             so
             farre
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Kings
             and
             States
             of
             the
             World
             were
             so
             drunken
             with
             the
             Whores
             Cup
             ,
             that
             they
             not
             onely
             kissed
             her
             well-favoured
             face
             ,
             but
             as
             so
             many
             brute
             beasts
             lay
             at
             her
             foot-stooll
             ,
             prostituting
             all
             their
             power
             and
             strength
             unto
             the
             Beast
             ,
             and
             under
             her
             command
             ,
             making
             warre
             even
             against
             the
             Lamb
             himself
             ,
             and
             helping
             to
             drink
             the
             bloud
             of
             his
             Saints
             ,
             none
             daring
             to
             question
             the
             truth
             ,
             or
             rather
             divinity
             of
             her
             Commands
             ,
             so
             that
             she
             could
             glorifie
             her self
             ,
             and
             say
             in
             her
             heart
             ,
             
               I
               sit
               as
               a
               Queen
               ,
               and
               shall
               see
               no
               sorrow
               ;
            
             now
             that
             suddenly
             ,
             it
             should
             be
             put
             into
             the
             hearts
             of
             most
             of
             the
             
               Europaean
            
             States
             ,
             to
             hate
             this
             Whore
             ,
             to
             endeavour
             to
             make
             her
             desolate
             and
             naked
             ,
             to
             eat
             her
             flesh
             ,
             and
             burn
             her
             with
             fire
             ,
             how
             
               great
            
             and
             
               marvellous
            
             doth
             this
             speak
             the
             work
             for
             the
             
               kinde
            
             of
             it
             ?
             Who
             but
             the
             Lord
             God
             Almighty
             
             could
             do
             this
             ?
             It
             is
             
               certainly
               the
               Lords
               doing
               ,
               and
               must
               be
               marvellous
               in
               our
               eyes
               .
            
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             if
             we
             consider
             the
             
               time
               ,
            
             which
             our
             Lord
             Christ
             was
             pleased
             to
             make
             choyce
             of
             ,
             for
             the
             effecting
             these
             great
             works
             ,
             they
             will
             appear
             yet
             more
             wonderfull
             ;
             even
             when
             his
             Church
             was
             at
             the
             
               lowest
               ,
            
             when
             
               he
               saw
               that
               their
               power
               was
               gone
               ,
               and
               there
               was
            
             
             
               none
               shut
               up
               or
               left
               ,
            
             when
             
               the
               enemy
               was
               come
               in
               like
               a
               flood
               ,
               and
               no
               man
               to
               lift
               up
               a
               standard
               against
               him
               ,
               when
               he
               saw
               that
               there
               was
               no
               helper
               ,
               even
               then
               put
               he
               on
               righteousnesse
            
             
             
               as
               a
               breast-plate
               ,
               and
               an
               helmet
               of
               salvation
               upon
               his
               head
               ,
               and
               the
               garments
               of
               vengeance
               for
               his
               cloathing
               .
            
             Who
             can
             be
             ignorant
             of
             these
             things
             ?
             who
             knows
             not
             the
             low
             condition
             of
             
               Germany
               ,
            
             when
             
               Luther
            
             first
             appeared
             ,
             though
             
               onely
            
             against
             the
             notorious
             abuse
             of
             the
             Popes
             Indulgences
             ,
             and
             other
             luxuriant
             branches
             of
             his
             Tyrannicall
             usurpation
             ?
             insomuch
             that
             a
             Bishop
             wishing
             him
             well
             ,
             yet
             despairing
             
             of
             successe
             ,
             counselled
             him
             (
             as
             the
             Story
             reports
             )
             after
             this
             manner
             ;
             
               Frater
               ,
               frater
               ,
               abi
               in
               Cellam
               &
               dic
               ,
               Miserere
               mei
               Deus
               .
               To
               thy
               beads
               Frier
               ,
               thou
               wilt
               do
               no
               good
               in
               this
               work
               :
            
             For
             the
             people
             of
             
               Germany
            
             were
             at
             that
             time
             so
             bewitched
             with
             the
             sorceries
             of
             the
             Whore
             ,
             and
             so
             enthralled
             to
             her
             power
             ,
             that
             (
             as
             that
             proud
             
               Cardinall
            
             too
             confidently
             boasted
             )
             they
             were
             
             ready
             at
             the
             Popes
             command
             ,
             for
             the
             redemption
             of
             their
             souls
             ,
             to
             have
             
               eaten
               grasse
               and
               hay
               ,
               more
               pecudum
               ,
            
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             brute
             Beasts
             .
             And
             was
             not
             the
             Church
             in
             
               other
               Countries
            
             as
             low
             ?
             namely
             ,
             at
             the
             first
             appearing
             of
             
               Zuinglins
               ,
            
             and
             
               Oecolampadius
               ,
            
             in
             
               Helvetia
               ;
            
             of
             
               Calvin
               ,
               Viret
               ,
            
             and
             
               Farell
               ,
            
             in
             
               France
               ;
               Cranmer
               ,
               Latimer
               ,
               Ridley
               ,
            
             (
             especially
             )
             
               Bilney
               ,
            
             and
             
               Tyndall
               ,
            
             in
             
               England
               ;
               Hamilton
               ,
               Wischart
               ,
               Knox
               ,
            
             and
             
             others
             ,
             in
             
               Scotland
               ?
            
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             when
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             the
             whole
             Church
             might
             have
             taken
             up
             that
             complaint
             ,
             Ezek.
             37.
             11.
             
             
               Our
               bones
               are
               dried
               ,
               our
               hope
               is
               lost
               ,
               we
               are
               cut
               off
               for
               our
               parts
               ,
            
             then
             did
             our
             Lord
             Christ
             
               open
               their
               graves
               ,
               and
               cause
               them
               to
               come
               up
               out
               of
               their
               graves
               ,
               and
               made
               them
               live
               ,
               and
               stand
               up
               upon
               their
               feet
               ,
               an
               exceeding
               great
               army
               ;
            
             this
             also
             must
             needs
             be
             acknowledged
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Lord
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             who
             is
             
               wonderfull
               in
               counsell
               ,
            
             and
             
               excellent
               in
               working
               .
            
          
           
             And
             as
             the
             
               kinde
               ,
            
             and
             
               time
               ,
            
             so
             thirdly
             ,
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             
               meanes
               ,
            
             and
             
               instruments
               ,
            
             renders
             them
             yet
             more
             
               wonderfull
               ;
            
             to
             effect
             
               great
            
             things
             by
             weak
             meanes
             ,
             is
             an
             argument
             of
             
               great
            
             power
             and
             strength
             ;
             That
             the
             
               walls
               of
               Iericho
            
             should
             fall
             at
             the
             
               blast
               of
               trumpets
               of
               rams
               horns
               ;
            
             that
             a
             
               Cake
               of
               barley
            
             
             
               bread
               ,
               tumbling
               into
               the
               hoast
               of
               Midian
               ,
               should
               come
               unto
               a
               tent
               ,
               and
               smite
               it
               ,
               and
               overturn
               it
               ,
               that
               the
               tent
               should
               lie
               along
               ;
            
             that
             
               Gideon
            
             and
             three
             hundred
             men
             ,
             with
             lamps
             and
             empty
             pitchers
             ,
             should
             overthrow
             the
             whole
             hoast
             of
             
               Midian
               ,
            
             who
             came
             as
             grashoppers
             for
             multitude
             ,
             they
             and
             their
             Camels
             being
             without
             number
             ;
             that
             a
             
               woman
               should
               compasse
               a
               man
               ,
            
             a
             weak
             woman
             subdue
             a
             mighty
             man
             ;
             these
             are
             New
             things
             ,
             as
             the
             phrase
             there
             is
             :
             
               Behold
               ,
               the
               Lord
               hath
               created
               a
            
             
             
               new
               thing
               in
               the
               earth
               ,
               a
               woman
               shall
               compasse
               a
               man
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             And
             yet
             this
             you
             shall
             see
             ,
             was
             no
             new
             ,
             but
             Gods
             usuall
             ,
             and
             constant
             course
             ,
             which
             he
             takes
             in
             this
             work
             ,
             pouring
             out
             these
             Vialls
             of
             his
             wrath
             ,
             upon
             this
             potent
             enemy
             ,
             by
             the
             ministery
             of
             most
             
               weak
               ,
            
             and
             
               contemptible
               instruments
               ,
            
             pulling
             his
             Church
             out
             of
             the
             dungeon
             of
             Superstition
             ,
             by
             old
             cast
             clouts
             ,
             and
             rotten
             rags
             ,
             as
             once
             
               Ebedmelech
            
             the
             
               Ethiopian
            
             did
             
             
             the
             Prophet
             
               Ieremie
               .
            
             Was
             not
             
               Luther
            
             a
             
               poor
               Monk
               ,
            
             and
             other
             
               priests
               ,
               and
               shavelins
               ,
            
             newly
             crept
             out
             of
             their
             superstitious
             Cells
             ,
             the
             
               first
               Engineers
            
             that
             battered
             the
             walls
             of
             this
             great
             
               Babylon
               ?
            
             who
             were
             they
             but
             the
             
               poorer
               ,
            
             &
             
               meaner
               sort
            
             of
             people
             ,
             that
             at
             the
             first
             joyned
             with
             the
             Ministers
             ,
             to
             raise
             the
             building
             of
             Reformation
             ?
             few
             of
             the
             
               Princes
               ,
            
             and
             
               Nobles
               ,
            
             putting
             their
             
             necks
             to
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             or
             if
             any
             did
             ,
             yet
             the
             Divine
             Providence
             so
             ordered
             it
             ,
             that
             either
             they
             were
             suddenly
             
               taken
               off
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Saxony
               ,
            
             and
             
               Landgrave
            
             of
             
               Hessen
               ,
            
             by
             imprisonment
             ;
             or
             immaturely
             
               taken
               away
               ,
            
             as
             
               Edward
            
             the
             sixth
             ,
             by
             death
             ;
             or
             
               more
               miraculously
               preserved
               ,
            
             as
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             a
             
               woman
               ,
            
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             King
             
               Iames
               ,
            
             a
             
               childe
               ,
            
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             Reformation
             in
             
               Scotland
               ;
            
             and
             although
             in
             the
             progresse
             of
             the
             work
             ,
             many
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             have
             stood
             up
             as
             nursing
             Fathers
             ,
             yet
             still
             we
             may
             observe
             ,
             that
             the
             
               greatest
               things
            
             have
             been
             done
             by
             them
             ,
             from
             whom
             
               least
            
             could
             be
             expected
             ;
             as
             (
             not
             to
             trouble
             you
             with
             more
             instances
             )
             the
             almost
             incredible
             ,
             and
             strange
             proceedings
             of
             the
             late
             victorious
             King
             of
             
               Sweden
            
             will
             abundantly
             testifie
             ,
             who
             as
             a
             contemptible
             Prince
             ,
             crossing
             the
             
               Baltick-sea
               ,
            
             entred
             
               Germany
               ,
            
             with
             not
             above
             
               five
               ,
            
             or
             
               six
               thousand
            
             men
             ,
             and
             a
             
               very
               small
            
             sum
             of
             Mony
             ,
             and
             yet
             in
             as
             
               little
               time
               ,
            
             had
             before
             his
             death
             ,
             almost
             brought
             to
             nothing
             that
             mighty
             House
             of
             
               Austria
               ,
            
             thought
             by
             many
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             Sun
             giving
             light
             and
             influence
             to
             the
             Antichristian
             world
             ,
             upon
             which
             the
             fourth
             Viall
             was
             to
             be
             
             poured
             out
             .
             I
             might
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             give
             you
             many
             other
             instances
             ,
             this
             may
             suffice
             :
             God
             will
             (
             you
             may
             be
             confident
             )
             in
             time
             make
             all
             the
             world
             know
             ,
             that
             this
             great
             Image
             ,
             this
             great
             Antichristian
             Oppressour
             ,
             
             shall
             be
             broken
             in
             pieces
             ,
             by
             a
             Stone
             cut
             out
             of
             the
             Mountains
             
               without
               hands
               ,
            
             without
             humane
             help
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             and
             lastly
             ,
             and
             above
             all
             ,
             the
             
               manner
            
             of
             his
             working
             proves
             them
             
               most
               wonderfull
               :
            
             For
             if
             we
             observe
             but
             the
             goings
             of
             this
             King
             of
             Saints
             ,
             if
             we
             trace
             him
             in
             his
             footsteps
             ,
             in
             this
             great
             work
             of
             execution
             upon
             his
             enemies
             ,
             marching
             before
             his
             people
             ,
             travelling
             in
             the
             greatnesse
             of
             his
             strength
             ,
             we
             finde
             him
             leading
             them
             in
             
               uncouth
               wayes
               ,
            
             which
             they
             knew
             not
             ,
             and
             wayes
             which
             to
             them
             seemed
             
               unpassable
               .
               His
               way
               hath
               been
               in
               the
               sea
               ,
               and
               his
               pathes
               in
               the
               great
               waters
               ,
               and
               his
               footsteps
               were
               not
               known
               ,
            
             yet
             still
             
             leading
             his
             
               people
               like
               a
               flock
               ;
               sometimes
               removing
            
             
             
               mountains
            
             our
             of
             their
             way
             ,
             
               making
               them
               flow
               down
               at
               his
               presence
               ;
               sometimes
               skipping
            
             over
             them
             ;
             
               sometimes
            
             
             
               his
               way
               hath
               been
               in
               the
               whirl-winde
               ,
               and
               in
               the
            
             
             
               great
               storm
               ,
            
             yet
             always
             working
             in
             such
             wayes
             ,
             and
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             ,
             as
             that
             first
             ,
             his
             
               own
               people
            
             have
             thought
             he
             
               could
               intend
               nothing
            
             but
             their
             ruin
             ,
             as
             
               Ionah
            
             did
             ,
             when
             cast
             into
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             swallowed
             up
             by
             the
             Whale
             ,
             (
             an
             unlikely
             way
             of
             deliverance
             ;
             )
             and
             in
             such
             wayes
             ,
             secondly
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             
               enemy
            
             have
             ever
             seemed
             most
             
               advantagious
            
             to
             their
             own
             purposes
             ,
             and
             
               destructive
            
             to
             the
             Church
             ;
             God
             suffering
             them
             to
             lay
             the
             Plot
             for
             their
             own
             ruin
             ,
             to
             dig
             a
             pit
             for
             their
             own
             destruction
             ,
             and
             making
             the
             ways
             by
             them
             intended
             for
             the
             Churches
             ruin
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             greatest
             meanes
             of
             their
             deliverance
             ,
             as
             fully
             and
             clearly
             ,
             as
             
               Hamans
            
             Plot
             proved
             the
             exaltation
             of
             the
             
               Iews
               ,
            
             and
             
               Mordecai
               ,
            
             and
             the
             ruine
             and
             destruction
             of
             himself
             and
             family
             ;
             a
             Volume
             might
             be
             filled
             with
             instances
             of
             this
             kinde
             :
             The
             device
             of
             
               Charles
            
             the
             fifth
             ,
             to
             disinherit
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Saxony
               ,
            
             &
             to
             keep
             the
             
               Landgrave
            
             
             of
             
               Hessen
            
             in
             perpetuall
             imprisonment
             ,
             thereby
             intending
             utter
             ruine
             to
             the
             Protestant
             party
             in
             
               Germany
               ,
            
             was
             the
             very
             occasion
             of
             the
             confederacy
             of
             
               Smalcald
               ,
            
             which
             almost
             drove
             
               Charles
            
             out
             of
             
               Germany
               ,
            
             and
             established
             the
             Protestant
             party
             in
             the
             liberty
             of
             their
             religion
             .
             The
             Massacre
             in
             
               France
               ,
            
             in
             which
             
             were
             destroyed
             within
             the
             space
             of
             thirty
             dayes
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Historian
             reports
             it
             )
             above
             seventy
             thousand
             Protestant
             souls
             ,
             proved
             (
             ye
             know
             )
             a
             means
             ,
             within
             a
             short
             space
             ,
             to
             double
             and
             treble
             ,
             if
             not
             quadruple
             their
             numbers
             in
             that
             Kingdom
             ;
             and
             procured
             them
             publike
             Edicts
             ,
             and
             Cautionary
             Towns
             ,
             for
             the
             liberty
             ,
             and
             security
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             which
             before
             they
             had
             not
             :
             The
             cruelty
             and
             tyranny
             of
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             in
             the
             
               Netherlands
               ,
            
             (
             one
             of
             whose
             Deputies
             ,
             Duke
             
               D'Alva
               ,
            
             boasted
             that
             he
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             six
             and
             thirty
             thousand
             
               Hugenots
               ,
            
             and
             Protestants
             )
             hath
             been
             the
             greatest
             meanes
             to
             prevent
             the
             swelling
             of
             his
             intended
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             increase
             the
             freedom
             and
             strength
             of
             the
             Protestant
             party
             ,
             not
             onely
             in
             the
             five
             United
             Provinces
             ,
             but
             in
             all
             these
             parts
             of
             
               Europe
               .
            
             Who
             that
             hath
             read
             the
             
               Scottish
               Story
               ,
            
             is
             ignorant
             that
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             St.
             
               Andrews
            
             cruell
             burning
             
             of
             Mr.
             
               George
               Wischart
               ,
            
             conferred
             much
             to
             the
             Reformation
             of
             that
             
               whole
               Kingdom
               ?
            
             The
             time
             would
             fail
             me
             ,
             to
             tell
             you
             of
             the
             desperate
             Conspiracies
             of
             the
             Priests
             ,
             and
             Jesuits
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             all
             the
             time
             of
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             of
             the
             Powder-treason
             ,
             and
             their
             unwearied
             
               Machinations
            
             in
             other
             States
             and
             Churches
             ,
             and
             how
             constantly
             the
             Lord
             hath
             turned
             them
             all
             to
             the
             advantage
             of
             his
             Church
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             ruine
             and
             destruction
             upon
             the
             contrivers
             of
             them
             .
             And
             if
             any
             of
             you
             have
             not
             had
             time
             ,
             or
             means
             ,
             to
             observe
             
             these
             things
             in
             
               Story
               ,
            
             your
             eyes
             cannot
             but
             see
             them
             all
             fulfilled
             in
             Christs
             
               late
               ,
            
             and
             
               present
            
             dealings
             with
             
               our selves
               ,
            
             and
             our
             
               brethren
               of
               Scotland
               .
            
          
           
             For
             
               them
               ,
            
             what
             
               great
            
             things
             hath
             the
             Lord
             lately
             done
             ,
             and
             by
             what
             very
             
               weak
            
             means
             ?
             hardly
             the
             
               fifth
               part
            
             of
             the
             
               Nobility
               ,
            
             (
             as
             I
             have
             heard
             )
             appearing
             for
             them
             ,
             the
             
               greater
            
             part
             openly
             opposing
             them
             ,
             scarse
             
               one
               fourth
            
             part
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             owning
             the
             Cause
             ,
             how
             often
             were
             they
             at
             their
             wits
             end
             ,
             when
             some
             unexpected
             door
             was
             opened
             to
             them
             ?
             And
             were
             not
             all
             their
             works
             wrought
             for
             them
             ,
             by
             the
             
               rage
               ,
               cruelty
               ,
            
             and
             
               cunning
            
             of
             
               their
               enemies
               ?
            
             Were
             not
             the
             book
             of
             Service
             ,
             and
             the
             book
             of
             Canons
             ,
             sent
             ,
             and
             obtruded
             upon
             them
             from
             
               England
               ,
            
             the
             
               occasion
            
             of
             their
             late
             mercies
             ?
             was
             not
             the
             tyrannie
             of
             a
             
               few
            
             of
             their
             Prelats
             ,
             a
             means
             to
             unburden
             them
             of
             their
             
               whole
               Prelacy
               ?
            
             and
             when
             they
             were
             as
             much
             shut
             up
             in
             straits
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Israelites
            
             at
             the
             Red-sea
             ,
             and
             knew
             not
             over-night
             ,
             what
             would
             become
             of
             them
             the
             next
             morning
             ,
             then
             constantly
             some
             
               absurd
               ,
               desperate
            
             Plot
             or
             other
             ,
             of
             their
             
               enemies
               ,
            
             brake
             out
             ,
             which
             gave
             them
             an
             out-gate
             to
             escape
             :
             And
             even
             so
             hath
             God
             dealt
             with
             
               England
               ,
            
             his
             work
             amongst
             us
             is
             of
             the
             
               very
               same
            
             warp
             ,
             and
             woof
             .
             The
             great
             mercies
             which
             we
             enjoy
             ,
             the
             great
             deliverances
             we
             have
             lately
             received
             ,
             from
             what
             a
             
               high
               hand
            
             have
             they
             come
             ?
             to
             what
             a
             
               very
               dead
               low
               ebbe
            
             were
             we
             brought
             ?
             Our
             
               liberty
            
             almost
             swallowed
             up
             ,
             and
             turned
             into
             
               slavery
               ;
            
             our
             
               Religion
            
             into
             
               Popery
               ,
            
             and
             
               Arminianisme
               ?
            
             and
             even
             then
             
               God
               remembred
               us
               in
               our
               low
               estate
               :
            
             and
             by
             what
             
             
               instruments
               ,
            
             becommeth
             me
             not
             to
             speak
             much
             in
             your
             own
             presence
             ;
             Your selves
             know
             how
             
               sinfull
               ,
            
             and
             all
             the
             Kingdom
             how
             
               mean
            
             and
             contemptible
             in
             
             the
             eyes
             of
             your
             adversaries
             ;
             they
             looking
             upon
             you
             as
             
               Sanballat
            
             and
             his
             company
             did
             upon
             
               Nehemiah
            
             
             and
             his
             builders
             ,
             and
             with
             like
             scorn
             uttering
             the
             same
             reproaches
             ;
             
               What
               do
               these
               feeble
               Iews
               ,
               will
               they
               fortifie
               themselves
               ,
               will
               they
               make
               an
               end
               in
               a
               day
               ,
               will
               they
               revive
               the
               stones
               out
               of
               the
               heaps
               of
               rubbish
               ?
               even
               that
               which
               they
               build
               ,
               if
               a
               fox
               go
               up
               ,
               he
               shall
               even
               break
               down
               their
               stone
               wall
               .
            
             And
             well
             may
             
               you
            
             take
             up
             the
             builders
             complaint
             ;
             
               Hear
               O
               our
               God
               ,
               for
               we
               are
               despised
               ;
            
             and
             yet
             by
             such
             
               despised
               broken
               vessells
            
             hath
             the
             Lord
             hitherto
             delivered
             us
             :
             And
             which
             is
             still
             
               more
               wonderfull
               ,
            
             (
             to
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             be
             it
             spoken
             )
             our
             
               greatest
            
             deliverances
             have
             been
             more
             promoted
             by
             the
             cunning
             ,
             treachery
             ,
             and
             violence
             of
             the
             
               enemy
               ,
            
             then
             by
             the
             foresight
             ,
             vigilancy
             ,
             and
             strength
             of
             our
             
               best
               friends
               :
            
             The
             Prelates
             late
             
               Canons
            
             and
             
               Oath
               ,
            
             purposely
             contrived
             for
             the
             perpetuating
             of
             their
             Hierarchy
             ,
             and
             their
             other
             treacherous
             and
             malicious
             endeavours
             against
             the
             State
             ,
             joyning
             with
             the
             
               Papists
               ,
            
             and
             with
             them
             labouring
             to
             turn
             all
             into
             confusion
             ,
             rather
             then
             suffering
             the
             least
             abatement
             of
             their
             former
             pride
             and
             tyranny
             ,
             have
             helped
             thus
             farre
             towards
             the
             taking
             them
             away
             both
             
               root
            
             and
             
               branch
               ;
            
             The
             multitudes
             of
             
               calumnies
               ,
            
             and
             
               reproaches
               ,
            
             cast
             upon
             the
             Parliaments
             just
             proceedings
             ,
             
               slighting
            
             their
             
               Authority
               ,
               slandering
            
             their
             intentions
             ,
             
               misinterpreting
            
             their
             actions
             ,
             have
             they
             not
             (
             through
             the
             goodnesse
             of
             Him
             who
             
               preserveth
               them
               from
               the
               strife
               of
               tongi
               )
            
             been
             an
             occasion
             of
             making
             their
             
               Authority
               ,
               Priviledges
               ,
               intentions
               ,
               actions
               ,
            
             clear
             as
             the
             Sun
             at
             noon
             day
             ?
             And
             to
             instance
             no
             further
             ,
             this
             late
             bloudy
             ,
             and
             mischievous
             Design
             ,
             in
             which
             this
             Honorable
             Senate
             ,
             this
             famous
             Citie
             ,
             and
             with
             them
             our
             lives
             ,
             
             religion
             ,
             laws
             ,
             and
             liberties
             ,
             had
             undoubtedly
             been
             made
             a
             prey
             to
             their
             mercilesse
             rage
             ,
             and
             fury
             ,
             the
             Lord
             hath
             not
             onely
             brought
             to
             light
             ,
             without
             any
             foresight
             ,
             or
             watchfulnesse
             of
             
               yours
               ,
            
             but
             made
             those
             that
             were
             the
             
               contrivers
               ,
            
             to
             be
             the
             
               discoverers
               ,
            
             their
             own
             
               evidence
               ,
            
             and
             
               confession
            
             being
             the
             thread
             which
             lets
             you
             into
             the
             depths
             ,
             and
             labyrinths
             of
             those
             counsels
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             digged
             deep
             to
             hide
             ,
             if
             possible
             ,
             even
             from
             the
             eyes
             of
             God
             himself
             ,
             and
             thereby
             giving
             you
             a
             great
             opportunity
             (
             the
             Lord
             in
             mercy
             teach
             you
             to
             improve
             it
             )
             to
             advance
             the
             
               glory
            
             of
             his
             Name
             ,
             (
             for
             the
             
               present
               ,
            
             putting
             a
             new
             song
             of
             praise
             into
             your
             mouthes
             )
             A
             
               prop
               for
               your
               faith
            
             to
             stay
             upon
             ,
             for
             
               time
               to
               come
               ,
               (
               the
               Lord
               hath
               delivered
               ,
               and
               will
               deliver
               )
            
             A
             further
             
               advantage
               ,
            
             to
             break
             the
             power
             of
             the
             
               malicious
               ,
               and
               ungodlymen
               ;
            
             and
             a
             
               warning
            
             to
             you
             ,
             to
             beware
             of
             
               neuters
               ,
            
             and
             secret
             
               false
               friends
               ,
            
             who
             though
             they
             take
             sweet
             counsell
             together
             with
             you
             ,
             
               and
               speak
               you
               fair
               ,
               beleeve
               them
            
             
             
               not
               ,
               for
               there
               are
               seven
               abominations
               in
               their
               hearts
               .
            
             And
             by
             all
             this
             ye
             are
             (
             I
             suppose
             )
             fully
             satisfied
             that
             these
             works
             of
             our
             Lord
             God
             Almighty
             are
             as
             
               marvellous
            
             for
             their
             
               manner
               ,
            
             as
             before
             you
             have
             heard
             they
             were
             for
             their
             
               time
               ,
               kinde
               ,
            
             and
             
               instruments
               ,
               working
               light
               out
               of
               darknesse
               ,
            
             causing
             even
             the
             experience
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             in
             these
             later
             ages
             ,
             clearly
             to
             interpret
             
               Sampsons
            
             riddle
             ,
             
               Out
               of
               the
               eater
               came
               forth
               meat
               ,
               and
            
             
             
               out
               of
               the
               strong
               came
               forth
               sweetnesse
               ;
            
             and
             making
             all
             the
             bloudy
             and
             cruell
             entendments
             of
             the
             Antichristian
             enemie
             ,
             in
             the
             effect
             no
             more
             hurtfull
             and
             dangerous
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             then
             his
             was
             to
             
               Phereus
               Iason
               ,
            
             when
             he
             run
             at
             him
             with
             his
             sword
             ,
             and
             in
             stead
             of
             killing
             him
             ,
             opened
             an
             incurable
             imposthume
             ,
             and
             saved
             his
             life
             .
          
           
           
             Secondly
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             great
             and
             wonderfull
             ,
             so
             as
             evident
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             
               just
               ,
               and
               true
               :
            
             the
             
               [
               justice
               ]
            
             of
             them
             is
             celebrated
             ,
             chap.
             16.
             5.
             
             
               Thou
               art
               righteous
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               because
               thou
               hast
               judged
               thus
               :
            
             and
             chap.
             18.
             6.
             we
             finde
             the
             Angel
             calling
             upon
             the
             Church
             ,
             
               Reward
               her
               as
               she
               hath
               rewarded
               you
               ,
               double
               unto
               her
               double
               ,
               according
               unto
               her
               work
               ;
               in
               the
               cup
               which
               she
               hath
               filled
               ,
               fill
               to
               her
               double
               :
               how
               much
               she
               hath
               glorified
               her self
               ,
               and
               lived
               deliciously
               ,
               so
               much
               torment
               ,
               and
               sorrow
               give
               her
               .
            
             O
             in
             what
             exact
             ballances
             hath
             Christ
             proportioned
             ,
             and
             weighed
             out
             ,
             gall
             and
             wormwood
             ,
             reproach
             and
             shame
             ,
             bloud
             and
             ruin
             to
             these
             enemies
             ,
             making
             them
             to
             drink
             of
             the
             same
             cup
             which
             they
             had
             before
             reached
             to
             his
             servants
             !
             
               They
            
             had
             
               grievously
               afflicted
            
             the
             bodies
             of
             the
             Saints
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             now
             behold
             upon
             
               them
               ,
               noysome
               and
               grievous
               sores
               :
            
             
             
               They
            
             had
             
               drunk
               the
               bloud
            
             of
             the
             Saints
             and
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             now
             behold
             
               rivers
               and
               fountains
               of
               bloud
               given
            
             
             
               them
               to
               drink
               .
               They
            
             had
             their
             
               Edicts
               ,
            
             to
             kill
             
               heretikes
               and
               Lollards
               ,
            
             (
             as
             they
             called
             them
             )
             and
             now
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             among
             the
             
               Netherlands
               ,
            
             it
             's
             made
             capitall
             for
             the
             
               Iesuits
            
             and
             other
             Incendiaries
             ,
             and
             Factors
             for
             the
             Whore
             ,
             to
             be
             found
             amongst
             them
             .
             
               They
            
             had
             
               burnt
            
             the
             worshippers
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             now
             behold
             ,
             
               themselves
               scorched
               with
               fire
            
             and
             great
             heat
             .
             
               They
            
             had
             
             before
             deprived
             the
             Saints
             of
             the
             
               light
            
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             now
             behold
             ,
             the
             Beasts
             Kingdom
             overspread
             with
             
               darknesse
               ,
            
             so
             that
             they
             gnaw
             their
             tongues
             for
             pain
             .
             Thus
             you
             see
             the
             King
             of
             Saints
             ,
             rendring
             
             according
             to
             that
             rule
             of
             justice
             ;
             
               Eye
               for
               eye
               ,
               breach
            
             
             
               for
               breach
               ,
               tooth
               for
               tooth
               ;
               full
               measure
               ,
               shaken
               together
               and
               running
               over
               .
            
             Ecclesiasticall
             historie
             is
             full
             of
             
             instances
             ,
             which
             speak
             home
             to
             our
             purpose
             in
             this
             
             particular
             of
             
               Emperours
               ,
               Kings
               ,
               Nobles
               ,
               Popes
               ,
               Bishops
               ,
               Priests
               ,
            
             men
             ,
             women
             ,
             of
             all
             ranks
             and
             degrees
             ,
             upon
             
               whom
            
             these
             
               righteous
            
             judgements
             of
             God
             have
             been
             made
             manifest
             ;
             you
             have
             a
             whole
             Catalogue
             of
             
             them
             digested
             to
             your
             hands
             ,
             in
             Mr.
             
             
               Foxes
            
             book
             of
             Acts
             and
             Monuments
             .
             I
             shall
             let
             passe
             this
             particular
             ,
             onely
             with
             this
             one
             observation
             ;
             That
             whereas
             this
             
               great
               enemy
               ,
            
             this
             
               Abaddon
               ,
            
             this
             
               Apollyon
               ,
            
             is
             made
             up
             of
             
               all
               the
               hatefull
               qualities
            
             of
             all
             those
             Kingdoms
             ,
             which
             heretofore
             have
             oppressed
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             is
             therefore
             called
             ,
             
               Aegypt
               ,
               Sodom
               ,
               Babylon
               ;
            
             so
             the
             wrath
             of
             these
             vialls
             poured
             out
             upon
             
             him
             ,
             is
             the
             mixture
             and
             quintessence
             of
             those
             plagues
             and
             judgements
             ,
             whereby
             
               all
            
             those
             Kingdoms
             formerly
             were
             destroyed
             :
             for
             here
             you
             have
             
               noysome
               and
               grievous
               sores
               ,
               waters
               turned
               into
               bloud
               ,
               palpable
            
             
             
               darknesse
               ,
               thunder
               and
               lightning
               ,
               and
               great
               hailestones
               ,
            
             the
             plagues
             of
             
               Aegypt
               ;
            
             here
             you
             have
             the
             
               drying
               up
               of
               the
               river
               Euphrates
               ,
            
             the
             means
             of
             the
             destruction
             of
             
               Babylon
               ;
               fire
               and
               brimstone
               ,
            
             the
             judgement
             of
             
               Sodom
               .
               Even
               so
               Lord
               God
               Almighty
               ,
               true
               and
               righteous
               are
               all
               thy
               judgements
               .
            
             
          
           
             And
             they
             are
             as
             clearly
             celebrated
             for
             their
             
               truth
               :
               Even
               so
               Lord
               God
               Almighty
               ,
            
             [
             True
             ]
             
               are
               all
               thy
               judgements
               ,
            
             
             was
             the
             voyce
             of
             the
             Angel
             out
             of
             the
             Altar
             ,
             at
             the
             pouring
             out
             the
             viall
             upon
             the
             Rivers
             and
             Fountains
             of
             waters
             ,
             turning
             them
             into
             bloud
             :
             and
             after
             they
             were
             all
             poured
             out
             ,
             
               Iohn
            
             heard
             the
             
               voyce
               of
               much
               people
               in
               heaven
               ,
               saying
               ,
               Hallelujah
               ,
               salvation
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               glory
               ,
               and
               honour
               ,
               and
               power
               ,
               unto
               the
               Lord
               our
               God
               ,
               for
               [
               True
               ]
               and
               righteous
               are
               his
               judgements
               ,
               for
               he
               hath
               judged
               the
               great
               whore
               ;
            
             which
             to
             understand
             ,
             you
             must
             know
             ,
             that
             these
             vialls
             were
             put
             up
             long
             ago
             by
             
             Christ
             ,
             and
             laid
             up
             in
             store
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             
               sealed
               up
               among
               his
               treasures
               ,
            
             and
             written
             in
             a
             book
             ;
             and
             not
             onely
             so
             ,
             but
             the
             Counterpart
             of
             this
             book
             was
             sent
             ,
             and
             
               signified
               by
               his
               Angel
               ,
               unto
               his
               servant
               Iohn
               ,
            
             and
             
             the
             
               epoche
               ,
            
             or
             time
             of
             their
             beginning
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             
               series
            
             of
             their
             accomplishment
             ,
             for
             
               time
               ,
            
             and
             
               place
               ,
               matter
               ,
               manner
               ,
            
             and
             
               measure
               ,
            
             exactly
             represented
             to
             him
             ,
             whereof
             many
             things
             are
             already
             come
             to
             our
             knowledge
             ,
             being
             fulfilled
             just
             
               ad
               amussim
               apocalypseôs
               ,
            
             according
             to
             the
             standard
             of
             the
             
               Revelation
               ;
            
             and
             although
             some
             things
             concerning
             the
             interpretation
             of
             these
             plagues
             ,
             and
             curses
             ,
             remain
             yet
             dark
             unto
             us
             ,
             being
             not
             fully
             accomplished
             ,
             yet
             when
             all
             these
             vialls
             shall
             once
             be
             poured
             out
             ,
             the
             whole
             Church
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             say
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             
               Ioshuah
            
             did
             ,
             in
             another
             case
             ,
             of
             the
             blessings
             :
             
               You
               know
               that
               not
               one
               thing
               hath
               failed
               of
               all
               the
               good
               things
               which
               the
               Lord
               your
               God
               spake
               concerning
               you
               ,
               all
               are
               come
               to
               passe
               ,
               and
               not
               one
               thing
               hath
               failed
               ;
            
             So
             not
             
               one
               drop
            
             of
             all
             these
             vialls
             hath
             fallen
             to
             the
             
               ground
            
             in
             vain
             ,
             not
             a
             plague
             failed
             ,
             but
             all
             have
             accomplished
             the
             things
             for
             which
             they
             were
             sent
             ;
             write
             them
             down
             ,
             
               These
               are
               the
               true
            
             
             
               sayings
               of
               God
               .
            
          
           
             If
             you
             would
             know
             some
             reason
             ,
             why
             Christ
             delights
             to
             proceed
             after
             this
             manner
             ,
             in
             the
             destruction
             of
             this
             enemy
             ,
             I
             answer
             ,
          
           
             First
             ,
             because
             this
             enemy
             is
             the
             master-piece
             of
             all
             
             the
             Devils
             workmanship
             ,
             the
             Dragons
             darling
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             hath
             delivered
             over
             his
             
               power
               and
               his
               State
               ,
            
             
             
               his
               throne
               and
               dignity
               ;
            
             whatever
             
               Beelzebub
               ,
            
             prince
             of
             the
             Devils
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Conclave
             of
             hell
             could
             invent
             ,
             all
             hath
             been
             infused
             into
             this
             grand
             Adversary
             ;
             there
             was
             never
             yet
             State
             framed
             in
             the
             world
             
             by
             the
             wit
             and
             art
             of
             man
             ,
             more
             wisely
             
               contrived
               ,
            
             and
             
               plotted
               ,
            
             more
             powerfull
             ,
             and
             forcible
             ,
             to
             subdue
             the
             whole
             world
             unto
             it self
             ,
             by
             claiming
             a
             
               Ius
               divinum
               ,
            
             laying
             a
             foundation
             for
             firm
             
               obedience
            
             in
             mens
             
               consciences
               ,
            
             and
             having
             in
             it
             sufficient
             to
             nourish
             all
             mens
             affections
             ,
             and
             to
             fit
             every
             mans
             humour
             ,
             that
             
             each
             fancie
             may
             be
             satisfied
             ,
             and
             each
             appetite
             finde
             what
             to
             feed
             on
             ;
             yea
             what
             ever
             may
             prevail
             with
             any
             man
             ,
             is
             there
             to
             be
             found
             ;
             wealth
             for
             the
             covetous
             ,
             honour
             for
             the
             ambitious
             ,
             learning
             for
             the
             studious
             ,
             great
             employment
             for
             metald
             spirits
             ,
             multitudes
             of
             ceremonies
             for
             the
             superstitious
             ,
             gorgeousnesse
             of
             shows
             for
             the
             vulgar
             and
             simple
             ,
             miracles
             for
             the
             credulous
             ,
             prayers
             for
             the
             devout
             ,
             works
             of
             piety
             for
             the
             charitable
             ,
             voluptuousnesse
             for
             the
             dissolute
             ,
             pardons
             for
             the
             faulty
             ,
             dispensing
             with
             all
             rules
             for
             men
             of
             lawlesse
             conditions
             ,
             with
             what
             ever
             else
             might
             allure
             the
             Nations
             to
             drink
             of
             the
             Whores
             intoxicating
             cup
             .
             Neither
             hath
             the
             Devils
             cunning
             ,
             and
             power
             more
             appeared
             in
             the
             
               first
               contriving
            
             of
             it
             ,
             then
             after
             ,
             in
             the
             
               upholding
            
             of
             it
             ,
             in
             all
             ages
             stirring
             up
             men
             of
             excellent
             and
             rare
             perfections
             ,
             constantly
             and
             diligently
             to
             put
             in
             execution
             all
             his
             counsels
             ,
             and
             devices
             ,
             to
             
               hold
            
             in
             those
             who
             are
             already
             caught
             in
             their
             snares
             ,
             to
             
               allure
            
             others
             ,
             and
             to
             
               weaken
            
             and
             
               undermine
            
             all
             opposers
             ,
             how
             great
             and
             potent
             soever
             ;
             It
             is
             therefore
             well
             becomming
             the
             wisedom
             and
             power
             of
             this
             King
             of
             Saints
             ,
             to
             grapple
             with
             this
             Beast
             ,
             after
             this
             manner
             ,
             that
             in
             
               the
               things
               whereof
               he
               is
               most
               proud
               ,
               He
               might
               shew
               himself
               to
               be
               above
               him
               .
            
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             this
             enemy
             hath
             been
             the
             sorest
             and
             
             heaviest
             Adversary
             that
             ever
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             had
             in
             the
             world
             :
             
               Nebuchadnezzar
            
             of
             old
             ,
             and
             the
             
             rest
             of
             the
             Assyrian
             Monarchs
             did
             break
             their
             bones
             like
             a
             Lyon
             ,
             the
             Aegyptian
             
               Pharaoh
            
             like
             a
             Dragon
             devoured
             them
             ,
             
               Antiochus
               Epiphanes
            
             cast
             down
             the
             
             Saints
             ,
             and
             stamped
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             did
             weare
             them
             out
             ;
             the
             Romane
             Ethnick
             Emperours
             the
             three
             first
             hundred
             yeares
             wasted
             them
             in
             ten
             severall
             Persecutions
             :
             but
             these
             and
             all
             these
             were
             as
             nothing
             in
             comparison
             of
             this
             Destroyer
             ,
             all
             their
             loines
             lay
             not
             so
             heavy
             upon
             the
             Churches
             back
             as
             the
             little
             finger
             of
             Antichrist
             .
             Whether
             we
             respect
             the
             cruelty
             exercised
             upon
             the
             
               body
               ,
            
             or
             tyranny
             over
             their
             
               soules
            
             and
             consciences
             ,
             or
             the
             extent
             and
             length
             of
             
               time
            
             in
             both
             ;
             I
             say
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             cruelty
             ,
             first
             ,
             upon
             the
             
               body
               ,
            
             I
             beleeve
             that
             upon
             a
             due
             survey
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             found
             upon
             his
             score
             more
             blood
             of
             Saints
             and
             Martyrs
             then
             was
             shed
             from
             the
             blood
             of
             righteous
             
               Abel
            
             to
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             reigne
             :
             A
             hundred
             thousand
             within
             the
             limits
             of
             one
             Kingdome
             put
             to
             death
             in
             a
             few
             weeks
             ,
             thirty
             or
             fourty
             thousand
             boasted
             to
             have
             fallen
             by
             the
             hands
             of
             one
             of
             his
             emissaries
             in
             the
             space
             of
             a
             few
             yeers
             ;
             and
             if
             so
             ,
             what
             hath
             been
             done
             in
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Nations
             ,
             where
             all
             who
             once
             tasting
             of
             the
             whores
             cup
             delight
             to
             drink
             and
             to
             be
             drunken
             with
             the
             
               blood
            
             of
             Saints
             ?
             
               In
               her
               is
               found
               the
               blood
               of
               Prophets
               ,
               and
               of
               Saints
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               of
               all
               that
               were
               slaine
               upon
               the
               earth
               .
            
             Secondly
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             tyranny
             upon
             the
             soule
             ,
             we
             read
             not
             that
             
               Pharaoh
               ,
            
             or
             seldome
             any
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             (
             though
             they
             all
             oppressed
             the
             people
             of
             God
             in
             their
             outward
             liberties
             )
             did
             much
             endeavour
             to
             
               force
            
             their
             
               consciences
               ,
            
             or
             if
             they
             did
             (
             as
             sometimes
             
               Nebuchadnezzar
            
             and
             
               Antiochus
               )
            
             
             the
             case
             was
             so
             cleare
             that
             they
             needed
             not
             take
             time
             to
             answer
             about
             it
             ;
             but
             this
             tyrant
             
               causeth
               all
               ,
               both
               small
               and
               great
               ,
               rich
               and
               poore
               ,
               free
               and
               bond
               ,
               to
               receive
               
               the
               marke
               of
               their
               spirituall
               slavery
               ,
               in
               their
               right
               hand
            
             
             
               and
               in
               their
               foreheads
               ,
               so
               that
               none
               must
               buy
               or
               sell
               save
               he
               that
               hath
               the
               mark
               or
               name
               of
               the
               beast
               ,
               and
               that
               with
               such
               deceivablenesse
               of
               unrighteousness
               ,
               with
               such
               power
               &
            
             
             
               signs
               ,
               and
               lying
               wonders
               ,
            
             that
             he
             
               deceives
               those
               that
               dwell
            
             
             
               on
               the
               earth
               by
               means
               of
               those
               miracles
               which
               he
               hath
               power
               to
               do
               :
            
             So
             that
             even
             many
             of
             the
             Lambs
             own
             followers
             have
             in
             part
             been
             deceived
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             were
             
               possible
               they
               would
            
             finally
             
               deceive
               the
               very
               elect
               of
               God
               .
            
             Or
             if
             thirdly
             ,
             we
             respect
             the
             
               continuance
               and
               length
            
             of
             his
             
             bloody
             reigne
             ,
             in
             this
             also
             he
             exceeds
             the
             rest
             .
             In
             
               Aegypt
            
             they
             were
             evil
             intreated
             about
             
               two
               hundred
            
             yeers
             ;
             The
             
               Babylonish
            
             yoke
             oppressed
             them
             
               threescore
               and
               ten
            
             years
             ;
             
               Antiochus
            
             sorely
             wasted
             them
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             but
             for
             a
             
               very
               little
               season
               ;
            
             The
             Heathen
             Empire
             of
             
               Rome
            
             proved
             more
             cruell
             and
             bloudy
             then
             any
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             for
             the
             space
             of
             
               three
               or
               four
               hundred
            
             yeers
             ▪
             but
             this
             Antichrist
             makes
             incessant
             ,
             desperate
             ,
             and
             bloudy
             war
             upon
             them
             ,
             no
             lesse
             then
             
               twelve
               hundred
               and
               threescore
            
             years
             together
             .
             And
             if
             you
             put
             all
             this
             together
             ,
             you
             
             shall
             finde
             
               just
               cause
            
             why
             the
             King
             of
             Saints
             should
             proceed
             thus
             severely
             and
             strangely
             ,
             in
             ruining
             this
             great
             enemy
             of
             Himselfe
             and
             people
             ,
             making
             him
             as
             wonderfull
             in
             his
             
               terrible
               fall
               ,
            
             as
             he
             had
             been
             in
             his
             
               bloudy
               reigne
               .
            
          
           
             Thus
             you
             have
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             doctrine
             ,
             fully
             and
             clearely
             demonstrated
             ,
             it
             remains
             now
             that
             I
             make
             
             some
             application
             of
             it
             to
             You
             ,
             wherein
             I
             shall
             confine
             my selfe
             to
             those
             three
             uses
             which
             we
             finde
             the
             Church
             makes
             of
             these
             workes
             in
             this
             place
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             they
             
               wonder
            
             at
             these
             wonderfull
             workes
             ,
             they
             
               observe
            
             them
             ,
             they
             have
             them
             digested
             into
             a
             
             song
             ,
             and
             
               sing
               this
               song
               of
               Moses
               and
               of
               the
               Lamb
               ,
            
             having
             
             
             as
             well
             their
             hearts
             filled
             with
             admiration
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             their
             mouths
             with
             praise
             .
             And
             this
             (
             Honourable
             and
             beloved
             )
             let
             me
             commend
             to
             your
             practice
             in
             the
             first
             place
             :
             
               Come
               and
               see
               the
               works
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             even
             the
             
               great
               and
               marvellous
               works
               of
               the
               Lord
               God
               Almighty
               ,
               how
               terrible
               he
               is
               in
               his
               doings
               towards
               the
               children
               of
               men
               :
               All
               his
               works
               are
               great
               ,
            
             his
             works
             of
             
               Creation
               ,
            
             even
             of
             the
             
               least
               atomes
               ,
            
             the
             works
             of
             
               common
               providence
            
             governing
             even
             the
             wayes
             of
             the
             
               pismire
            
             are
             great
             and
             
               worthy
               to
               be
               sought
               out
               of
               all
               them
               that
               take
               pleasure
               in
               them
               ;
            
             but
             the
             works
             of
             the
             Lord
             towards
             his
             Church
             ,
             the
             goings
             of
             our
             Lord
             and
             King
             in
             his
             
               Sanctuary
               ,
            
             ruling
             his
             Saints
             in
             the
             middest
             of
             their
             enemies
             ,
             and
             after
             
               this
               manner
            
             breaking
             in
             peeces
             the
             Powers
             which
             doe
             oppose
             them
             ,
             is
             
               now
            
             the
             wonder
             of
             Angels
             ,
             and
             
               shall
               be
            
             the
             wonder
             of
             Saints
             to
             eternity
             ;
             and
             fit
             therfore
             that
             
               now
            
             it
             should
             be
             ours
             .
             Mans
             disposition
             is
             naturally
             taken
             with
             thoughts
             and
             discourses
             of
             things
             great
             and
             wonderfull
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             satisfied
             but
             in
             something
             that
             raises
             the
             mind
             to
             a
             high
             pitch
             of
             admiration
             ;
             here
             you
             may
             behold
             an
             object
             fit
             ,
             (
             if
             any
             )
             to
             beget
             wonderment
             ,
             and
             indeed
             our
             spirits
             never
             are
             right
             till
             we
             stand
             at
             gaze
             here
             ,
             for
             this
             discovers
             a
             plaine
             difference
             between
             the
             spirits
             of
             godly
             and
             carnall
             men
             ,
             these
             latter
             are
             more
             taken
             with
             vaine
             and
             empty
             things
             .
             A
             Poet
             or
             a
             well-penn'd
             Romancy
             how
             it
             takes
             some
             ,
             wasting
             upon
             it
             dayes
             ,
             weeks
             ,
             and
             moneths
             ,
             admiring
             the
             wit
             ,
             invention
             ,
             style
             or
             elegancy
             ;
             others
             wonder
             at
             the
             raising
             of
             this
             or
             that
             poore
             man
             to
             a
             great
             estate
             of
             wealth
             ,
             at
             another
             out
             of
             the
             dust
             advanced
             to
             the
             height
             of
             honour
             :
             these
             things
             fill
             their
             hearts
             with
             thoughts
             when
             
               alone
               ,
            
             their
             mouthes
             with
             discourse
             
             when
             in
             
               company
               ,
            
             yet
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             the
             wonders
             of
             Christ
             are
             not
             taken
             notice
             of
             :
             Christ's
             person
             ,
             offices
             ,
             administrations
             are
             too
             base
             things
             for
             them
             to
             busie
             their
             thoughts
             about
             ,
             they
             can
             see
             nothing
             but
             triviall
             matters
             ,
             and
             not
             worth
             their
             notice
             in
             them
             all
             ,
             yea
             they
             wonder
             at
             them
             who
             can
             spend
             their
             time
             in
             the
             Study
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             the
             meditation
             of
             these
             works
             of
             Christ
             .
             But
             these
             men
             (
             whatever
             they
             think
             of
             themselves
             )
             are
             
               sottish
            
             beasts
             ,
             
               carnall
            
             and
             brutish
             persons
             ,
             and
             I
             may
             say
             of
             the
             
               things
            
             they
             are
             so
             takē
             with
             ,
             as
             Christ
             to
             the
             Disciples
             who
             were
             so
             affected
             with
             the
             stones
             &
             goodly
             building
             of
             the
             Temple
             ,
             
               Are
               these
               the
               things
               ye
               wonder
               at
               ?
               I
               tell
               you
               ,
               there
               shall
               not
               be
               left
               here
               one
               stone
               upon
               another
               :
            
             
             So
             these
             riches
             ,
             these
             buildings
             ,
             this
             power
             and
             authority
             ,
             this
             great
             man
             in
             his
             countrey
             ,
             these
             things
             I
             say
             ,
             by
             too
             much
             regarding
             whereof
             many
             lose
             their
             soules
             ,
             what
             shall
             they
             all
             be
             ere
             long
             ?
             Heaven
             and
             earth
             shall
             be
             on
             fire
             ,
             and
             what
             shall
             these
             things
             be
             then
             ?
             and
             I
             may
             further
             say
             of
             the
             
               men
            
             who
             admire
             these
             things
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             greater
             vanities
             then
             the
             things
             they
             wonder
             at
             ;
             Who
             having
             immortall
             soules
             ,
             fit
             to
             be
             partakers
             of
             the
             divine
             nature
             ,
             understandings
             capable
             of
             the
             knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             meditations
             worthy
             only
             of
             God
             ,
             should
             yet
             thus
             basely
             prostitute
             and
             abase
             themselves
             ,
             to
             advance
             a
             thing
             of
             nothing
             ,
             whereas
             on
             the
             contrary
             a
             holy
             heart
             is
             so
             taken
             with
             
               Christ
            
             and
             his
             wayes
             ,
             that
             
               all
               other
               things
            
             appear
             to
             them
             to
             be
             but
             toyes
             and
             folly
             ,
             as
             men
             got
             up
             on
             high
             neer
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             behold
             the
             earth
             but
             as
             a
             little
             spot
             .
             
               Augustine
            
             observed
             this
             difference
             in
             himselfe
             ,
             that
             so
             long
             as
             he
             was
             a
             
               stranger
            
             from
             the
             wayes
             of
             holinesse
             ,
             he
             thought
             the
             study
             of
             the
             
               Scriptures
            
             
             to
             be
             a
             
               dull
            
             businesse
             ,
             infinitely
             preferring
             
               Tully
            
             before
             the
             
               Bible
               ;
            
             but
             after
             his
             
               conversion
            
             he
             took
             no
             pleasure
             in
             that
             
               Author
            
             where
             he
             found
             not
             the
             Name
             of
             
               Iesus
               .
            
             Oh
             therefore
             that
             you
             would
             poure
             out
             your
             hearts
             in
             the
             study
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             that
             the
             wonderfull
             way
             of
             Christ's
             governing
             in
             his
             Church
             might
             take
             up
             not
             the
             least
             part
             of
             your
             thoughts
             .
             How
             he
             hath
             kept
             this
             bush
             burning
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             consumed
             ;
             how
             strange
             it
             was
             that
             a
             few
             Fishermen
             should
             by
             preaching
             and
             suffering
             ,
             like
             some
             conquering
             
               Alexander
               ,
            
             subdue
             the
             Nations
             ;
             Think
             of
             his
             strange
             course
             ,
             permitting
             an
             Antichrist
             to
             Lord
             it
             above
             a
             thousand
             years
             ,
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             subdue
             the
             world
             wholly
             to
             his
             yoake
             ,
             suffering
             the
             Kings
             to
             give
             up
             their
             Crowns
             &
             Scepters
             to
             him
             ,
             prostituting
             their
             power
             at
             his
             feet
             ;
             and
             when
             
               Satan
            
             thought
             himselfe
             so
             strong
             as
             to
             continue
             the
             Church
             in
             this
             condition
             for
             ever
             ,
             that
             then
             a
             silly
             Monke
             should
             set
             himself
             against
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             short
             time
             rescue
             a
             great
             part
             of
             it
             frō
             under
             his
             yoak
             .
             Another
             time
             ,
             come
             
               neerer
            
             into
             
               England
               ,
            
             &
             think
             what
             he
             did
             by
             King
             
               Edward
               ,
            
             a
             
               Child
               ,
            
             by
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             a
             
               Woman
               ;
            
             the
             great
             deliverances
             ,
             from
             the
             
               Spanish
               Armado
               ,
            
             from
             the
             
               hellish
               Powder-treason
               ;
            
             come
             
               neerer
            
             yet
             ,
             and
             behold
             the
             wonders
             of
             these
             
               two
               or
               three
               last
               years
               ,
               in
               England
               and
               Scotland
               ;
            
             ponder
             them
             seriously
             ,
             
               they
               are
               the
               Lords
               doings
               ,
               and
               ought
               to
               be
               wonderfull
               in
               your
               eyes
               :
            
             Think
             yet
             further
             ,
             how
             wonderfull
             he
             will
             be
             ,
             when
             he
             comes
             to
             be
             admired
             in
             his
             Saints
             at
             the
             last
             day
             ;
             feed
             your
             hearts
             and
             raise
             them
             sometimes
             with
             some
             of
             these
             thoughts
             ,
             sometimes
             with
             others
             ,
             untill
             they
             burne
             within
             you
             .
             
               Oh
               but
               we
               cannot
               meditate
               !
            
             we
             love
             indeed
             to
             reade
             these
             things
             ,
             and
             delight
             to
             heare
             them
             ,
             
             but
             we
             cannot
             
               meditate
            
             on
             them
             !
             
               Say
               not
               so
            
             lest
             you
             prove
             your selves
             persons
             without
             grace
             ;
             
               Psalme
            
             78.
             it
             is
             made
             the
             note
             of
             a
             
               wretch
               ,
            
             and
             of
             one
             
               whose
               dayes
               God
               will
               consume
               in
               sorrow
               ,
            
             to
             forget
             the
             works
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             of
             a
             
               brutish
               person
               ,
            
             Psal.
             92.
             not
             to
             consider
             them
             :
             and
             if
             you
             cannot
             finde
             a
             heart
             to
             wonder
             at
             Him
             ,
             and
             his
             wayes
             ,
             as
             an
             occasion
             of
             praise
             ,
             take
             heed
             he
             shew
             not
             himselfe
             wonderfull
             in
             your
             confusion
             .
             Wherfore
             have
             we
             our
             reason
             and
             tongues
             ,
             but
             to
             observe
             ,
             and
             speak
             of
             these
             things
             ?
             think
             we
             to
             live
             with
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             glorify
             Christ
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             not
             have
             dispositions
             fram'd
             to
             give
             him
             all
             the
             glory
             we
             can
             ,
             while
             we
             live
             here
             on
             earth
             ?
             which
             we
             cannot
             doe
             ,
             if
             we
             observe
             not
             these
             things
             .
             I
             know
             that
             there
             is
             a
             dulnesse
             and
             auknesse
             in
             the
             spirits
             of
             the
             
               best
               ,
            
             yet
             
               godly
            
             hearts
             will
             
               endeavour
            
             to
             overcome
             it
             :
             
               He
               that
               is
               wise
               ,
               will
               ponder
               these
               things
               ,
            
             will
             fet
             his
             heart
             
             to
             taske
             in
             these
             studies
             ;
             and
             that
             not
             as
             to
             an
             unpleasing
             drudgery
             ,
             but
             as
             to
             an
             employment
             ,
             
               Divine
            
             and
             
               Angelicall
               ,
            
             most
             pleasing
             and
             delightfull
             :
             
               My
               meditation
               of
               Him
               shall
               be
               sweet
               .
            
             And
             for
             your
             better
             quickning
             to
             this
             duty
             ,
             consider
             ;
             
          
           
             First
             ,
             that
             this
             is
             the
             
               only
               way
            
             to
             make
             us
             
               Heavenly
               and
               spirituall
               ,
            
             by
             feeding
             on
             such
             matters
             of
             wonderment
             ;
             
             The
             
               object
            
             about
             which
             we
             are
             conversant
             ,
             
             gives
             a
             
               tincture
            
             to
             our
             spirit
             ,
             
               naturally
            
             such
             as
             our
             spirits
             are
             ,
             such
             are
             our
             
               studies
               ,
               pueri
               crepundia
               gestant
               ,
            
             children
             play
             with
             rattles
             ,
             and
             
               morally
            
             our
             spirits
             are
             moulded
             into
             the
             studies
             we
             are
             accustomed
             to
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             this
             will
             make
             us
             ever
             
               fit
               for
               Gods
               service
               :
            
             This
             our
             Lord
             will
             be
             served
             with
             
               reverence
            
             
             
               and
               feare
               ,
            
             and
             what
             begets
             
               that
               ,
            
             but
             a
             knowledge
             of
             out
             
               distance
               ;
            
             upon
             the
             consideration
             of
             His
             greatnesse
             ,
             
             from
             his
             wonderfull
             workes
             ?
             all
             base
             and
             low
             conceits
             will
             then
             vanish
             :
             all
             society
             and
             communion
             among
             men
             is
             maintain'd
             by
             a
             knowledge
             of
             
               inequality
               ,
            
             when
             we
             see
             more
             eminency
             in
             men
             for
             their
             
               gifts
               ,
            
             and
             graces
             and
             places
             ,
             it
             strikes
             a
             reverence
             ,
             and
             strengthens
             the
             bands
             of
             love
             and
             respect
             ,
             much
             more
             strongly
             doth
             the
             serious
             and
             deep
             beholding
             of
             the
             unparallel'd
             perfections
             and
             excellencies
             of
             God
             ,
             shining
             in
             his
             wonderfull
             works
             ,
             captivate
             the
             soule
             and
             lay
             it
             low
             before
             him
             :
             but
             of
             this
             more
             in
             the
             second
             use
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             way
             to
             make
             us
             
               profit
               and
               grow
               up
               in
               grace
               ;
            
             when
             God
             sees
             us
             humble
             admirers
             of
             
             his
             greatnesse
             ,
             and
             diligent
             searchers
             into
             his
             goodnesse
             ,
             he
             will
             reveale
             himselfe
             yet
             more
             and
             more
             to
             us
             ,
             as
             Christ
             said
             to
             
               Nathaniel
               ,
               Because
               I
               said
               this
               unto
               thee
               ,
               beleevest
               thou
               ?
               thou
               shalt
               see
               greater
               things
               then
            
             
             
               these
               :
            
             or
             the
             Lord
             to
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             
               I
               will
               shew
               thee
               great
               and
               mighty
               things
               which
               thou
               knowest
               not
               .
            
             
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             as
             a
             further
             motive
             and
             help
             ,
             be
             thoroughly
             acquainted
             with
             thine
             own
             
               condition
               ,
            
             really
             
             sensible
             of
             thine
             own
             
               vilenesse
               ,
               wants
               ,
            
             and
             
               basenesse
            
             of
             all
             kindes
             ;
             take
             the
             dimensions
             of
             thy
             corruptions
             ,
             the
             height
             ,
             length
             ,
             and
             depth
             of
             them
             ,
             consider
             that
             thou
             art
             in
             thy self
             a
             vassall
             of
             Satan
             ,
             a
             vessel
             of
             wrath
             ,
             dead
             in
             nature
             and
             disposition
             to
             good
             ,
             dead
             in
             Sin
             ,
             posting
             to
             eternall
             destruction
             ,
             and
             then
             
               every
            
             thing
             of
             
               Christ
            
             thy
             Saviour
             will
             be
             wonderful
             unto
             thee
             .
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             and
             lastly
             ,
             consider
             thy
             relations
             to
             Christ
             ,
             
             He
             is
             thy
             
               head
               ,
            
             thy
             
               King
               ,
            
             thy
             
               Lord
               ,
            
             thy
             
               Husband
               ,
            
             thy
             
               brother
               ,
            
             &
             withall
             thy
             
               interest
            
             in
             all
             his
             works
             ,
             they
             are
             all
             done
             for
             
               thee
               ,
               thou
            
             hast
             a
             part
             in
             every
             
               deliverance
               ,
            
             (
             they
             are
             
               thy
            
             enemies
             that
             fall
             ,
             upon
             the
             pouring
             out
             
             of
             every
             viall
             )
             a
             share
             in
             
               every
               mercy
               ;
            
             and
             our
             interest
             in
             any
             thing
             ,
             sets
             it
             off
             the
             better
             to
             our
             affections
             ,
             &
             makes
             us
             with
             unwearied
             diligence
             to
             search
             out
             ,
             whatsoever
             is
             
               scibile
            
             in
             it
             ;
             much
             more
             should
             it
             
               here
               ,
            
             where
             the
             more
             we
             shall
             
               study
               ,
            
             the
             more
             we
             shall
             
               wonder
               ,
            
             and
             the
             more
             we
             wonder
             ,
             the
             more
             shall
             we
             
               honour
            
             God
             ,
             and
             
               better
            
             our selves
             ;
             the
             more
             we
             
               chew
            
             these
             cordialls
             ,
             the
             more
             
               sweetness
            
             shall
             we
             draw
             from
             them
             .
          
           
             O
             therefore
             ,
             that
             Christ
             would
             open
             our
             eyes
             ,
             that
             we
             might
             
               see
            
             his
             wonders
             in
             their
             just
             dimensions
             ,
             in
             the
             
               wisdome
               ,
               power
               ,
               faithfulnesse
               ,
               greatnesse
               ,
               justice
               ,
            
             and
             
               truth
               ,
            
             shining
             in
             them
             ,
             that
             those
             things
             might
             be
             glorious
             ,
             and
             excellent
             in
             
               our
            
             eyes
             ,
             which
             are
             mean
             and
             common
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             
               others
               ,
            
             that
             wee
             might
             be
             able
             to
             answer
             such
             as
             see
             no
             such
             thing
             in
             them
             ,
             (
             with
             the
             Painter
             ,
             who
             being
             much
             taken
             with
             a
             piece
             ,
             though
             seeming
             plain
             ,
             yet
             of
             excellent
             workmanship
             ,
             to
             one
             ignorantly
             asking
             him
             ,
             what
             worth
             he
             saw
             in
             that
             poor
             peece
             )
             
               O
               friend
               ,
               couldst
               thou
               see
               with
               my
               eyes
               ,
               thou
               wouldst
               be
               ravished
               with
               it
               .
            
             And
             that
             our
             
               mouths
            
             might
             be
             filled
             with
             
               praises
            
             all
             the
             day
             long
             ,
             especially
             upon
             
               this
            
             day
             ,
             purposely
             set
             apart
             by
             us
             ,
             thankfully
             to
             record
             the
             
               great
               and
               wonderfull
               works
               ,
               the
               true
               and
               righteous
               judgements
               ,
               of
               our
               King
               of
               Saints
               ;
            
             In
             
               delivering
               us
               from
               the
               hurtfull
               sword
               ,
               in
               being
               on
               our
               side
               ,
               when
               men
               rose
               up
               against
               us
               ,
               in
               causing
               our
               soul
               to
               escape
               ,
               as
               a
               bird
               out
               of
               the
               snare
               of
               the
               fowler
               ,
               making
               their
               mischief
               to
               return
               upon
               their
               own
               head
               ,
               causing
               them
               to
               sink
               down
               in
               the
               pit
               which
               they
               made
               ;
               in
               the
               net
               which
               they
               hid
               ,
               is
               their
               own
               foot
               taken
               .
            
             And
             so
             much
             for
             the
             first
             Use
             ,
             the
             Use
             of
             
               Admiration
               .
            
          
           
           
             The
             second
             use
             the
             Church
             makes
             here
             of
             the
             works
             of
             Christ
             ,
             is
             to
             provoke
             and
             
               quicken
               themselves
            
             
             
               up
               to
               fear
            
             him
             ,
             and
             
               glorifie
            
             him
             ;
             
               Who
               would
               not
               fear
               thee
               ,
               and
               glorifie
               thy
               Name
               ?
               for
               thou
               onely
               art
               holy
               :
            
             Lord
             ,
             who
             can
             understand
             these
             works
             of
             thine
             ,
             thus
             great
             and
             marvellous
             ,
             thus
             just
             and
             true
             ,
             and
             not
             acknowledge
             thee
             to
             be
             the
             
               onely
               holy
               One
               ?
            
             Let
             me
             presse
             it
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             
               exhortation
               ,
            
             to
             provoke
             you
             to
             the
             same
             duty
             :
             Where
             first
             ,
             I
             must
             open
             what
             is
             meant
             by
             
               fearing
               ,
            
             and
             
               glorifying
            
             his
             Name
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             made
             the
             ground
             of
             this
             fear
             ,
             and
             glory
             ,
             because
             
               thou
               onely
               art
               holy
               ;
            
             and
             first
             ,
             of
             his
             
               holinesse
               .
               Holinesse
               ,
            
             whatever
             it
             is
             predicated
             of
             ,
             is
             nothing
             but
             a
             separation
             of
             the
             thing
             from
             common
             uses
             ;
             and
             to
             sanctifie
             ,
             is
             to
             respect
             it
             according
             to
             such
             separation
             ,
             or
             as
             becomes
             its
             holinesse
             :
             and
             
               holinesse
               in
               God
               ,
            
             is
             nothing
             but
             the
             
               incommunicable
               Eminency
               of
               the
               Divine
               Majesty
               ,
               exalted
               above
               all
               other
               eminences
               whatsoever
               .
            
             So
             that
             to
             be
             
               holy
               alone
               ,
            
             or
             to
             be
             
               the
               holy
               one
               ,
            
             (
             in
             Scripture
             signification
             )
             and
             to
             be
             
               God
               ,
            
             is
             all
             one
             ;
             
               Hab.
            
             1.
             12.
             
             
               Art
               not
               thou
               from
               everlasting
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               my
               God
               ,
            
             my
             
               holy
               One
               ?
            
             Isai.
             17.
             7.
             
             
               At
               that
               day
               ,
               a
               man
               shall
               look
               to
               his
               Maker
               ,
               and
               his
               eye
               shall
               have
               respect
               to
               the
            
             holy
             One
             
               of
               Israel
               ,
            
             that
             is
             
               unto
               God
               .
            
             Psal.
             89.
             18.
             
             
               The
               holy
               One
            
             of
             Israel
             is
             our
             King
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
               Iehovah
            
             is
             our
             King
             .
             
               Amos
            
             4.
             2.
             
             The
             Lord
             hath
             sworn
             by
             his
             
               holinesse
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Lord
             hath
             sworn
             by
             
               himself
               .
            
             So
             then
             ,
             
               for
               thou
               onely
               art
               holy
               ,
            
             is
             as
             much
             as
             to
             say
             ,
             Thou
             
               onely
               art
               God
               ;
            
             these
             works
             of
             thine
             ,
             thus
             
               great
            
             and
             
               marvellous
               ,
            
             thus
             
               just
            
             and
             
               true
               ,
            
             sufficiently
             speak
             ,
             or
             prove
             thee
             ,
             O
             King
             of
             Saints
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             Lord
             God
             Almighty
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             
               [
               fear
               :
               ]
               who
               would
               not
               fear
               thee
               ?
            
             To
             
               fear
            
             in
             this
             sense
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             is
             to
             
             give
             
               that
               awfull
               respect
               unto
               Christ
               ,
               as
               becommeth
               his
               Excellency
               ;
            
             to
             serve
             him
             with
             a
             singular
             ,
             separate
             ,
             incommunicable
             service
             ,
             and
             is
             so
             commonly
             in
             the
             Scripture
             taken
             for
             the
             
               whole
            
             duty
             ,
             which
             we
             owe
             unto
             him
             ;
             thus
             to
             
               fear
               God
               ,
            
             and
             to
             take
             him
             for
             
               our
               God
               alone
               ,
            
             is
             all
             one
             ,
             
               Gen.
            
             31.
             53.
             
             
               Iacob
            
             sware
             by
             the
             
               fear
            
             of
             his
             father
             
               Isaac
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             by
             the
             
               God
            
             of
             his
             father
             
               Isaac
               .
            
             Isai.
             8.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
             Neither
             fear
             ye
             their
             
               fear
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             serve
             not
             their
             
               gods
               ,
            
             sanctifie
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hoasts
             ,
             and
             let
             him
             be
             your
             
               fear
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             your
             
               God
               alone
               .
            
             [
             And
             
               glorifie
               thy
               Name
               ,
               ]
            
             thy
             
               Name
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             
               thy self
               ,
            
             thy
             Divine
             Majesty
             ;
             and
             to
             
               glorifie
            
             this
             holy
             One
             ,
             is
             not
             meant
             by
             making
             him
             glorious
             ,
             or
             by
             adding
             lustre
             ,
             or
             excellency
             to
             him
             ,
             which
             before
             he
             had
             not
             ,
             for
             
               who
               ever
               hath
               given
               unto
               him
               ?
            
             But
             to
             glorifie
             him
             is
             ,
             to
             
               acknowledge
            
             his
             
               excellency
               ,
            
             and
             
               glory
               ,
            
             to
             do
             unto
             him
             ,
             what
             may
             become
             his
             glorie
             ,
             to
             set
             up
             and
             exalt
             his
             glory
             .
             To
             
               fear
            
             him
             (
             then
             )
             and
             
               glorifie
            
             his
             Name
             ,
             as
             the
             
               holy
            
             One
             ,
             is
             to
             
               acknowledge
               his
               Divinity
               ,
            
             to
             
               own
               him
               as
               their
               onely
               Lord
               and
               King
               ,
            
             and
             (
             renouncing
             all
             other
             false
             Christs
             ,
             and
             Mediatours
             )
             to
             
               devote
            
             themselves
             to
             serve
             him
             
               alone
               ,
            
             and
             worship
             him
             with
             a
             singular
             ,
             separate
             ,
             incommunicated
             worship
             ,
             (
             his
             jealousie
             admitting
             no
             Corrivall
             ,
             
               there
               is
               none
               holy
               as
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             neither
             shall
             any
             partake
             with
             him
             in
             his
             glory
             )
             absolutely
             ,
             eminently
             ,
             to
             do
             to
             him
             themselves
             ,
             and
             to
             provoke
             others
             to
             do
             ,
             as
             
               becommeth
               his
               Excellency
               .
            
             This
             is
             the
             duty
             which
             the
             Church
             here
             engageth
             her self
             unto
             ,
             and
             is
             in
             truth
             ,
             the
             whole
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             the
             summe
             of
             that
             everlasting
             Gospel
             ,
             which
             the
             Angel
             flying
             thorow
             
             the
             midst
             of
             heaven
             ,
             was
             to
             preach
             to
             them
             that
             dwell
             on
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             to
             every
             nation
             ,
             and
             kindred
             ,
             
             and
             tongue
             ,
             and
             people
             ,
             
               saying
               with
               a
               loud
               voyce
               ,
               Fear
               God
               ,
               and
               give
               glory
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               worship
               him
               that
               made
               heaven
               and
               earth
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             
               Iesus
               Christ
               alone
               ,
            
             by
             whom
             
             all
             things
             were
             created
             ,
             and
             by
             whom
             all
             things
             consist
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             duty
             (
             Honoured
             and
             Beloved
             )
             which
             I
             desire
             to
             presse
             upon
             your selves
             ,
             even
             that
             you
             would
             be
             
               good
               Christians
            
             in
             your
             
               hearts
               ,
            
             and
             in
             
               your
               lives
               ,
            
             in
             your
             
               private
               places
               ,
            
             and
             in
             your
             
               publike
               standings
               ,
            
             to
             engage
             
               your selves
            
             with
             
               all
               your
               might
               ,
            
             with
             
               all
               your
               authority
               ,
            
             to
             advance
             the
             
               glory
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             as
             the
             redeemed
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             as
             
               true
               Subjects
            
             to
             this
             
               King
            
             of
             Saints
             ,
             to
             offer
             up
             as
             a
             living
             sacrifice
             what
             ever
             you
             have
             ,
             or
             are
             ,
             to
             his
             service
             ,
             in
             advancing
             his
             Cause
             ,
             his
             Worship
             ,
             his
             Church
             ,
             doing
             it
             your selves
             ,
             and
             promoting
             it
             in
             others
             :
             To
             this
             end
             ,
             I
             shall
             ,
             
               first
               ,
            
             give
             you
             a
             few
             quickning
             Motives
             ,
             to
             stir
             you
             up
             ,
             to
             make
             you
             ready
             and
             willing
             to
             your
             duty
             ;
             and
             
               secondly
               ,
            
             tell
             you
             what
             the
             Lord
             expects
             at
             your
             hands
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             consider
             what
             great
             and
             wonderfull
             things
             Our
             Lord
             
               hath
               already
               done
               for
               you
               ,
               and
               how
               little
               you
            
             
             
               have
               feared
               ,
            
             and
             
               glorified
            
             his
             Name
             to
             this
             day
             :
             Who
             of
             you
             can
             count
             the
             great
             and
             righteous
             dealings
             of
             the
             Lord
             towards
             you
             ,
             not
             onely
             as
             you
             are
             
               men
               ,
               great
               ,
            
             or
             
               rich
               ,
               learned
               ,
            
             or
             
               noble
               ;
            
             nor
             onely
             as
             you
             are
             
               Christians
               ,
               redeemed
               ,
               called
               ,
               justified
               ,
               sanctified
               ,
            
             by
             this
             King
             of
             Saints
             ,
             though
             all
             ,
             and
             every
             of
             these
             mercies
             ,
             call
             loud
             upon
             you
             for
             this
             duty
             ;
             but
             I
             mean
             ,
             as
             you
             are
             a
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             what
             
               great
               things
            
             he
             hath
             done
             for
             you
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             this
             service
             ,
             wherein
             he
             hath
             lately
             employed
             you
             .
             Hath
             he
             not
             
               carryed
               you
               in
               his
               bosome
               ?
            
             hath
             he
             not
             
               kept
               you
               as
               the
               apple
               of
               his
               eye
               ?
               as
               an
               Eagle
               fluttereth
               over
               her
               young
               ,
               spreadeth
               abroad
               
               her
               wings
               ,
               taketh
               them
               ,
               beareth
               them
               on
               her
               wings
               ,
               so
               the
               Lord
               alone
               hath
               preserved
               you
               .
            
             How
             constantly
             
             hath
             he
             
               discovered
               ,
            
             and
             hitherto
             
               frustrated
               ,
            
             all
             the
             
               attempts
            
             of
             your
             enemies
             ,
             suffering
             
               no
               weapon
               of
               war
               to
               prosper
               ,
               that
               hath
               been
               forged
               against
               you
               ,
               condemning
               every
               tongue
               that
               hath
               risen
               up
               against
               you
               in
               judgement
               ?
            
             I
             need
             not
             name
             the
             particulars
             ,
             I
             am
             perswaded
             ,
             your selves
             beleeve
             ,
             that
             no
             former
             Parliament
             can
             parallell
             Gods
             dealing
             towards
             you
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             while
             (
             let
             me
             speak
             freely
             )
             how
             
               little
            
             have
             you
             done
             for
             his
             honour
             ,
             and
             glory
             ?
             I
             know
             your
             distractions
             have
             unavoidably
             hindered
             much
             of
             what
             might
             (
             and
             I
             hope
             else
             would
             )
             have
             been
             done
             .
             But
             say
             (
             in
             this
             day
             of
             your
             thanksgiving
             )
             if
             you
             be
             not
             infinitely
             behinde
             hand
             with
             this
             Lord
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             with
             this
             King
             of
             Saints
             ;
             if
             you
             have
             not
             ordinarily
             forgot
             his
             mercies
             ,
             as
             fast
             as
             he
             hath
             wrought
             them
             :
             Hath
             he
             not
             often
             filled
             your
             hearts
             with
             joy
             ,
             and
             your
             purses
             with
             money
             ,
             and
             you
             like
             unthrifty
             children
             ,
             have
             played
             away
             all
             at
             a
             cast
             ?
             Have
             you
             not
             checked
             his
             providences
             ,
             not
             improved
             his
             deliverances
             ,
             and
             the
             advantages
             which
             God
             hath
             put
             into
             your
             hands
             ?
             or
             if
             your
             hearts
             ,
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             have
             been
             raised
             a
             little
             ,
             have
             they
             not
             presently
             been
             at
             a
             dead
             low
             ebb
             again
             ?
             have
             you
             not
             gone
             about
             to
             kill
             his
             goodnesse
             with
             your
             unkindnesses
             ,
             by
             
               provoking
               him
               at
               the
               sea
               ,
               even
               at
               the
               red
               sea
               ?
            
             even
             
               when
               ,
            
             and
             
             
               where
            
             he
             hath
             delivered
             you
             ?
             Especially
             ,
             have
             not
             many
             of
             you
             dishonoured
             his
             Name
             ,
             and
             grieved
             his
             Spirit
             by
             your
             sinfull
             lives
             ,
             by
             breaking
             out
             into
             things
             extreamly
             scandalous
             ,
             doing
             the
             
               devills
               work
               ,
            
             while
             you
             professe
             your selves
             to
             be
             the
             
               Lords
               servants
               ?
            
             Let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             the
             Lord
             will
             not
             alwayes
             
             strive
             in
             one
             way
             ,
             in
             the
             way
             of
             mercy
             and
             deliverance
             :
             when
             he
             hath
             
               many
               a
               time
               delivered
            
             a
             people
             ,
             and
             they
             goe
             on
             to
             
               provoke
               him
               with
               their
               counsells
               ,
            
             he
             
             knowes
             how
             to
             say
             
               I
               w
               〈◊〉
               ll
               deliver
               them
               no
               more
               ,
            
             he
             knowes
             how
             to
             
               bring
               them
               low
               for
               their
               iniquity
               ,
            
             and
             to
             
               give
               them
               up
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               their
               enemy
               :
            
             he
             that
             for
             a
             long
             time
             hath
             seemed
             unweariable
             in
             watching
             over
             an
             unthankfull
             people
             ,
             will
             prove
             weary
             of
             repenting
             ,
             and
             in
             stead
             of
             saying
             ,
             
               I
               have
               seene
               their
            
             
             
               wayes
               ,
               and
               will
               heale
               them
               ,
            
             will
             in
             the
             end
             sweare
             ,
             
               I
               will
               overturn
               them
               ,
               overturn
               them
               ,
               overturn
               them
               ,
            
             as
             a
             
               man
               wipeth
               a
               platter
               turning
               it
               upside
               down
               .
            
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             consider
             your
             
               own
               place
               ,
            
             and
             
               standing
               ,
            
             the
             
             calling
             ,
             office
             ,
             and
             work
             ,
             wherewith
             God
             and
             his
             people
             have
             trusted
             you
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             doe
             with
             a
             wide
             and
             loud
             voyce
             call
             upon
             you
             to
             feare
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             glorifie
             his
             Name
             :
             More
             then
             the
             salvation
             of
             your
             own
             soules
             depends
             upon
             you
             ;
             the
             glory
             of
             Christ
             ;
             the
             establishment
             of
             this
             Church
             and
             Kingdome
             ;
             yea
             the
             welfare
             of
             all
             Christendome
             ,
             in
             great
             measure
             ,
             are
             all
             imbarked
             in
             that
             vessell
             ,
             the
             steering
             whereof
             ,
             is
             in
             great
             part
             committed
             unto
             you
             .
             You
             are
             in
             part
             ,
             
               one
               of
               the
               Angels
               ,
            
             who
             are
             to
             poure
             out
             the
             viall
             of
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             should
             therefore
             
               come
               out
               of
               the
               temple
               cloathed
               in
               pure
               and
               white
               linnen
               ,
               having
            
             
             
               your
               breasts
               girded
               with
               golden
               girdles
               ,
            
             adorned
             like
             the
             Priests
             of
             God
             ,
             holy
             and
             pure
             .
             
               Be
               you
               cleane
               ,
               yee
               that
               beare
               the
               vessels
               of
               the
               Lord
               .
            
             Honourable
             and
             beloved
             ,
             
             how
             a
             bominable
             a
             thing
             were
             it
             ,
             to
             see
             the
             
               Angels
               of
               God
            
             live
             like
             the
             
               instruments
               of
               Satan
               ?
            
             how
             uncomfortable
             a
             thing
             would
             it
             be
             to
             the
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             have
             chosen
             you
             to
             this
             worke
             ,
             and
             beare
             you
             in
             their
             hearts
             ,
             and
             present
             you
             every
             day
             at
             the
             throne
             
             of
             grace
             ,
             who
             are
             willing
             to
             sinke
             and
             swimme
             with
             you
             ,
             to
             live
             and
             dye
             with
             you
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             hear
             that
             such
             and
             such
             a
             
               Parliament
            
             man
             will
             be
             
               drunke
               ?
            
             that
             such
             an
             one
             dare
             
               blaspheme
               ,
            
             and
             
               swear
               ,
            
             and
             
               abuse
               Religion
               ?
            
             that
             
               Reformers
            
             of
             Religion
             ,
             should
             
               hate
            
             religion
             ?
             that
             such
             as
             are
             called
             to
             
               save
            
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             should
             
               betray
            
             the
             Kingdome
             ?
             that
             in
             the
             grief
             of
             their
             spirits
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             compelled
             to
             say
             ,
             O
             Lord
             !
             
               can
               these
               men
               save
               us
               ?
               tell
               it
               not
               in
               Gath
               ,
               publish
               it
               not
               in
               the
               streets
               of
               Askelon
               .
            
             How
             dishonourable
             would
             it
             be
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             
               you
               ,
            
             but
             to
             the
             
               King
               of
               Saints
               ,
            
             who
             useth
             you
             ,
             that
             they
             who
             hate
             the
             worke
             you
             are
             about
             ,
             should
             hate
             it
             the
             more
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             your
             wicked
             lives
             ,
             who
             are
             intrusted
             with
             it
             ?
             That
             they
             should
             have
             occasion
             to
             say
             of
             you
             ,
             as
             
               Amurath
            
             the
             great
             
               Turke
            
             said
             of
             the
             
               Christians
               ,
            
             who
             brake
             their
             league
             and
             Covenant
             with
             him
             ,
             (
             and
             therefore
             sped
             accordingly
             )
             
               O
               Iesus
               !
               are
               these
               thy
               Christians
               ?
            
             if
             thou
             beest
             a
             God
             ,
             as
             they
             professe
             thee
             to
             be
             ,
             revenge
             this
             impiety
             upon
             them
             :
             So
             when
             
               Papists
            
             and
             
               Atheists
               ,
            
             and
             such
             as
             hate
             religion
             and
             reformation
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             see
             the
             deformity
             of
             your
             lives
             ,
             shall
             say
             ,
             
               O
               Iesus
               !
               are
               these
               thy
               Reformers
               ?
            
             are
             these
             the
             Angels
             that
             must
             pour
             out
             the
             vials
             of
             thy
             wrath
             ?
             Oh
             beloved
             !
             do
             not
             with
             
               Elies
            
             sonnes
             ,
             occasion
             men
             to
             abhorre
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             far
             be
             it
             from
             you
             :
             But
             let
             the
             office
             you
             are
             called
             unto
             ,
             the
             place
             you
             are
             set
             in
             ,
             the
             worke
             ,
             and
             the
             dignity
             of
             the
             work
             ,
             ingage
             you
             to
             glorifie
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             that
             both
             his
             work
             may
             prosper
             in
             your
             hands
             ,
             and
             your selves
             be
             established
             before
             the
             Lord
             for
             ever
             .
             But
             if
             you
             will
             not
             hearken
             to
             me
             ,
             let
             me
             sadly
             speak
             it
             to
             you
             ,
             you
             are
             as
             a
             City
             set
             upon
             an
             hill
             ,
             you
             and
             your
             wayes
             are
             looked
             upon
             by
             all
             men
             ;
             
             and
             if
             you
             
               hinder
            
             the
             worke
             by
             your
             
               lives
               ,
            
             which
             your
             
               office
            
             calls
             you
             to
             
               further
               ,
               it
               were
               better
               you
               had
               never
               been
               born
               into
               the
               world
               .
            
             Them
             that
             honour
             Christ
             ,
             
             he
             will
             honour
             ,
             and
             them
             that
             despise
             him
             ,
             shall
             be
             lightly
             esteemed
             ;
             yea
             he
             knowes
             how
             to
             make
             use
             of
             you
             ,
             and
             your
             gifts
             ,
             to
             promote
             his
             cause
             ,
             and
             to
             destroy
             you
             for
             the
             iniquity
             of
             your
             lives
             ,
             as
             many
             of
             those
             who
             forwarded
             the
             building
             of
             the
             arke
             ,
             yet
             perished
             in
             the
             waters
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             consider
             how
             loud
             this
             
               dayes
               deliverance
            
             cries
             in
             your
             eares
             to
             ingage
             your selves
             to
             
               feare
               him
               ,
            
             and
             
               glorifie
               his
               name
               ,
            
             who
             hath
             wrought
             this
             great
             salvation
             for
             you
             .
             It
             were
             a
             wastefull
             expence
             of
             time
             to
             insist
             upō
             the
             particulars
             of
             this
             late
             bloudy
             design
             in
             
               this
            
             Assembly
             ;
             (
             though
             in
             
               others
            
             usefull
             )
             All
             the
             light
             we
             have
             about
             it
             ,
             comes
             from
             you
             .
             The
             many
             great
             and
             high
             hands
             which
             were
             ingaged
             in
             it
             ,
             the
             subtilty
             of
             the
             contrivance
             ,
             the
             neernesse
             of
             the
             execution
             ,
             the
             woefull
             consequences
             ,
             and
             the
             bloudy
             fruits
             which
             must
             needs
             have
             issued
             from
             it
             ;
             The
             good
             hand
             of
             God
             in
             crushing
             this
             cockatrices
             egge
             ,
             before
             it
             brake
             out
             to
             be
             a
             fiery
             flying
             serpent
             ,
             are
             fit
             things
             to
             be
             published
             and
             to
             be
             spread
             abroad
             in
             other
             Congregations
             ;
             But
             to
             you
             I
             shall
             only
             be
             a
             remembrancer
             of
             thus
             much
             :
             That
             you
             knew
             not
             your
             neer
             approaching
             danger
             ,
             and
             that
             had
             this
             treacherous
             and
             bloudy
             contrivance
             took
             effect
             ,
             many
             of
             you
             had
             been
             at
             your
             long
             home
             ,
             ere
             this
             time
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             this
             Honourable
             Assembly
             ,
             hitherto
             the
             great
             
               preservers
            
             of
             our
             
               liberty
               ,
            
             had
             beene
             made
             as
             a
             Parliament
             of
             
               Paris
               ,
            
             the
             greatest
             instruments
             of
             the
             Kingdomes
             
               slavery
            
             and
             
               vassallage
            
             for
             time
             to
             come
             .
             But
             the
             Lord
             was
             awake
             when
             we
             slept
             ,
             and
             hath
             
             took
             the
             enemies
             in
             the
             pit
             which
             they
             digged
             ,
             and
             hath
             filled
             your
             hearts
             with
             joy
             ,
             and
             given
             you
             another
             day
             to
             praise
             him
             .
             Can
             you
             upon
             this
             day
             of
             thanksgiving
             doe
             lesse
             then
             enquire
             ,
             What
             shall
             we
             render
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ?
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             what
             he
             calls
             for
             ,
             and
             expects
             from
             you
             ,
             and
             I
             beseech
             you
             by
             these
             mercies
             of
             God
             that
             you
             render
             it
             unto
             him
             :
             
               That
               you
               present
               your
               bodies
               and
               your
               soules
               a
               living
               sacrifice
               ,
               holy
               ,
               acceptable
               unto
               God
               ,
               which
               is
               your
               reasonable
               service
               ,
            
             that
             you
             feare
             
               him
               and
               glorifie
               his
               name
               ,
               for
               he
               only
               is
               holy
               .
            
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             and
             principally
             ,
             consider
             the
             late
             sacred
             
               Covenant
            
             and
             vow
             which
             you
             have
             all
             entred
             into
             ;
             you
             have
             not
             only
             entred
             into
             it
             your
             own
             selves
             ,
             but
             intend
             to
             draw
             the
             whole
             Kingdome
             with
             you
             ,
             into
             the
             Oath
             of
             God
             ;
             let
             me
             minde
             you
             what
             you
             have
             done
             ;
             you
             saw
             we
             were
             designed
             to
             destruction
             ,
             and
             that
             Gods
             meer
             mercy
             hath
             hitherto
             prevented
             it
             ;
             You
             see
             there
             are
             still
             destructive
             and
             trayterous
             designes
             in
             hand
             ,
             in
             severall
             parts
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ;
             you
             acknowledge
             your
             own
             sins
             with
             others
             ,
             have
             deserved
             all
             these
             judgements
             which
             either
             lye
             upon
             us
             ,
             or
             are
             threatned
             against
             us
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             means
             to
             prevent
             our
             utter
             ruine
             ,
             you
             think
             it
             necessary
             to
             enter
             into
             this
             
               Covenant
            
             with
             almighty
             God
             ,
             and
             you
             
               have
            
             done
             it
             ,
             wherein
             you
             acknowledge
             the
             
               desert
               of
               your
               own
               sins
               ,
            
             and
             you
             
               confess
            
             your
             hearty
             sorrow
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             your
             
               reall
               intentions
               to
               amend
            
             your
             own
             lives
             ,
             and
             what
             you
             will
             
               further
            
             doe
             to
             save
             and
             preserve
             
               Religion
               ;
            
             and
             all
             this
             you
             have
             done
             in
             
               Humility
            
             and
             
               reverence
            
             to
             the
             
               Divine
               Majesty
               ,
            
             calling
             the
             
               God
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               the
               searcher
               of
               all
               hearts
               to
               witnesse
               your
               integrity
               ,
               as
               you
               will
               answer
               it
               at
               that
               Day
               ,
               when
               the
               secrets
               of
               all
               hearts
               shal
               be
               disclosed
               .
            
             Think
             now
             how
             
               deeply
            
             you
             
             are
             engaged
             ,
             and
             brought
             under
             the
             curse
             of
             God
             ,
             if
             you
             perform
             not
             this
             solemn
             Covenant
             ;
             Think
             how
             
               horrid
            
             a
             thing
             it
             will
             prove
             ,
             for
             any
             of
             you
             to
             stand
             as
             
               perjured
            
             men
             before
             
               God
               ,
            
             in
             marters
             of
             
               such
               Consequence
               ;
               Shall
               he
               break
               his
               Oath
            
             (
             said
             God
             of
             a
             
             King
             )
             
               and
               be
               delivered
               ?
               Shall
               he
               escape
               that
               doth
               these
               things
               ?
            
             O
             Beloved
             ,
             
               It
               is
               a
               fearfull
               thing
            
             (
             in
             such
             cases
             especially
             )
             
               to
               fall
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               living
               God
               ,
            
             to
             whom
             you
             have
             appealed
             ,
             and
             whose
             vengeance
             ,
             if
             you
             wilfully
             fail
             ,
             you
             have
             invocated
             upon
             your
             own
             heads
             .
          
           
             Lay
             therefore
             your
             hands
             upon
             your
             heart
             ,
             and
             think
             what
             your
             purposes
             and
             Resolutions
             are
             in
             these
             few
             things
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             mention
             to
             you
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             for
             what
             is
             
               past
               ;
            
             what
             reall
             sorrow
             have
             ye
             
             in
             your
             hearts
             ,
             for
             those
             sins
             which
             you
             call
             God
             to
             witnesse
             you
             are
             thus
             sorry
             for
             ?
             How
             grievous
             is
             the
             remembrance
             of
             them
             ,
             how
             intolerable
             do
             you
             feel
             the
             burthen
             of
             them
             ?
             or
             do
             you
             take
             Gods
             Name
             in
             vain
             ,
             calling
             him
             to
             witnesse
             of
             the
             sorrow
             for
             those
             things
             which
             he
             knows
             you
             take
             pleasure
             in
             ?
             Think
             what
             answer
             you
             will
             make
             to
             this
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ?
             What
             are
             your
             Resolutions
             
               for
               time
               to
               come
               .
            
             You
             know
             what
             blasphemies
             ,
             what
             prophanenesses
             ,
             
             what
             uncleannesses
             ,
             you
             have
             hitherto
             lived
             in
             ;
             what
             irreligion
             and
             libertinisme
             your selves
             and
             families
             ,
             have
             hitherto
             been
             guilty
             of
             ,
             else
             you
             would
             never
             have
             acknowledged
             ,
             your
             sins
             to
             have
             deserved
             these
             judgements
             ;
             Now
             I
             demand
             ,
             what
             you
             resolve
             to
             do
             for
             time
             to
             come
             :
             Do
             you
             purpose
             to
             go
             on
             in
             your
             old
             ways
             ;
             He
             that
             was
             
               unjust
               ,
               to
               be
               unjust
               still
               ;
            
             he
             that
             was
             
               filthy
               ,
               to
               be
               filthy
               still
               ,
            
             and
             had
             no
             other
             purpose
             ,
             but
             to
             lead
             the
             Kingdom
             a
             dance
             ,
             
             to
             go
             before
             them
             in
             the
             formality
             of
             a
             service
             ,
             without
             changing
             your
             Leopards
             spots
             ,
             or
             your
             Blackmoors
             skins
             ;
             or
             in
             truth
             ,
             be
             you
             resolved
             ,
             being
             changed
             by
             the
             renewing
             of
             your
             minde
             ,
             to
             become
             new
             creatures
             ,
             to
             serve
             Christ
             in
             newnesse
             of
             spirit
             ,
             that
             Christ
             alone
             may
             reign
             as
             Lord
             and
             King
             hereafter
             ,
             both
             in
             your
             hearts
             ,
             and
             lives
             ,
             and
             families
             ,
             as
             
               Ioshuah
            
             did
             ,
             when
             he
             bid
             the
             Israelites
             choose
             whom
             they
             would
             serve
             ;
             for
             himself
             ,
             he
             was
             resolved
             ,
             though
             he
             went
             
               all
               alone
               ,
            
             He
             and
             his
             family
             would
             serve
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             as
             you
             are
             
               Parliament
               men
               ,
            
             what
             are
             your
             purposes
             concerning
             your
             faithfulnesse
             to
             
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             Cause
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             his
             Church
             committed
             to
             your
             hands
             ?
             If
             you
             should
             altogether
             fail
             ,
             deliverance
             will
             come
             another
             way
             ,
             the
             Gates
             of
             Hell
             shall
             never
             prevail
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ;
             But
             are
             ye
             really
             resolved
             ,
             to
             save
             the
             Church
             and
             Kingdom
             ,
             though
             your selves
             should
             perish
             in
             the
             attempt
             ?
             or
             do
             you
             intend
             under
             
               pretence
            
             of
             being
             
               factors
            
             for
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             to
             drive
             a
             
               trade
            
             for
             
               Satan
               and
               Antichrist
               ,
            
             to
             betray
             Religion
             and
             Liberty
             ?
             or
             to
             trade
             in
             both
             the
             Indies
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             stock
             going
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             save
             your
             own
             stake
             ,
             which
             side
             soever
             win
             or
             lose
             ,
             to
             save
             your
             own
             skin
             ,
             whatever
             become
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ?
             Like
             a
             certain
             
               Despot
               of
               Servia
               ,
            
             (
             of
             whom
             I
             have
             read
             in
             the
             
               Turkish
            
             History
             )
             who
             lived
             among
             the
             
               Christians
               ,
            
             and
             kept
             correspondence
             with
             the
             
               Turk
               ;
            
             who
             was
             a
             
               publike
               worshipper
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             but
             a
             
               secret
               circumcised
               Turk
               ,
            
             that
             that
             
               Turkish
               mark
            
             might
             save
             him
             ,
             if
             need
             were
             :
             Have
             any
             of
             you
             such
             cunning
             devices
             ,
             to
             procure
             externall
             safety
             with
             the
             certain
             ruin
             of
             your
             souls
             ?
             
             Honoured
             ,
             and
             Beloved
             ,
             I
             hope
             better
             things
             of
             you
             all
             ,
             though
             I
             thus
             speak
             ,
             I
             hope
             you
             purpose
             according
             to
             your
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             what
             God
             requires
             and
             expects
             at
             your
             hands
             ,
             to
             stick
             close
             to
             Christ
             and
             his
             Cause
             ,
             to
             sink
             and
             swim
             with
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             Cause
             of
             Christ
             ,
             with
             singlenesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             and
             unwearied
             resolutions
             ,
             to
             carry
             on
             the
             work
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             value
             your selves
             onely
             as
             his
             Instruments
             ,
             and
             let
             him
             do
             by
             you
             ,
             and
             with
             you
             ,
             what
             is
             good
             in
             his
             own
             eyes
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             your
             
               Encouragement
               ,
            
             let
             me
             speak
             a
             little
             of
             the
             third
             Use
             ,
             which
             the
             Church
             here
             makes
             of
             
             these
             great
             and
             
               marvellous
               ,
            
             these
             
               just
               ,
            
             and
             
               true
            
             wayes
             ,
             and
             judgements
             of
             this
             King
             of
             Saints
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             
               Propheticall
               Prognostication
               ,
               and
               foretelling
               of
               what
               shall
               further
               happen
               upon
               the
               pouring
               out
               of
               every
               viall
               ;
            
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             more
             and
             more
             people
             ,
             and
             nations
             shall
             come
             in
             ,
             and
             submit
             to
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             
               the
               Nations
               shall
               come
               and
               worship
               before
               thee
               ,
               for
               thy
               judgements
               are
               made
               manifest
               :
            
             And
             this
             inables
             me
             for
             your
             comfort
             ,
             to
             help
             you
             to
             an
             answer
             of
             the
             most
             
               difficult
               question
               ,
            
             and
             most
             
               perplexing
               thought
               ,
            
             that
             I
             am
             perswaded
             is
             in
             the
             heart
             of
             most
             men
             living
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             God
             hath
             cast
             our
             Lot
             in
             very
             perplexed
             times
             ,
             all
             the
             banks
             are
             broken
             down
             ,
             all
             Gods
             judgments
             seem
             to
             invade
             us
             at
             once
             ,
             and
             Gods
             administration
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             is
             such
             ,
             that
             the
             wisest
             man
             cannot
             guesse
             ,
             by
             Gods
             dealing
             to
             day
             ,
             what
             he
             intends
             to
             do
             with
             us
             to
             morrow
             ;
             
               Sometimes
            
             the
             Lord
             enables
             a
             
               handfull
            
             of
             
               ours
               ,
            
             to
             chase
             
               thousands
            
             of
             the
             enemies
             ;
             Sometimes
             
               multitudes
            
             of
             
               ours
            
             flee
             ,
             
               as
               at
               the
               shaking
               of
               a
               leaf
               ,
               when
               none
               pursues
               them
               ;
            
             Sometimes
             we
             have
             
               rare
            
             Instruments
             unexpectedly
             
               raised
               up
               ;
            
             by
             and
             by
             very
             usefull
             men
             
             are
             
               taken
            
             off
             ,
             and
             
               hopefull
            
             men
             prove
             
               treacherous
               ;
            
             Sometimes
             the
             Lord
             seems
             to
             intimate
             (
             as
             in
             a
             Cock-pit
             )
             that
             
               one
               fight
            
             shall
             end
             the
             businesse
             ,
             one
             way
             or
             other
             ;
             otherwhiles
             ,
             all
             things
             are
             set
             as
             if
             there
             would
             be
             a
             
               lengthening
            
             out
             of
             these
             unnaturall
             wars
             ,
             untill
             the
             Cities
             and
             Countries
             are
             utterly
             spoiled
             ,
             and
             the
             Land
             wasted
             without
             inhabitant
             :
             Now
             in
             these
             calamitous
             times
             ,
             every
             mans
             thoughts
             run
             ,
             as
             
               Nebuchadnezzars
               ,
            
             with
             desire
             to
             know
             
               what
               should
               come
               to
               passe
               hereafter
               ,
            
             and
             to
             demand
             with
             that
             Saint
             ,
             
             
               How
               long
               it
               shall
               be
               to
               the
               end
               of
               these
               troubles
               ,
            
             and
             all
             
             complain
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             
               no
               Prophet
               to
               tell
               us
               how
               long
               ;
            
             neither
             can
             I
             blame
             them
             as
             curious
             ,
             who
             are
             modestly
             solicitous
             to
             know
             what
             will
             be
             the
             event
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             for
             even
             the
             Prophets
             and
             holy
             men
             of
             God
             heretofore
             ,
             
               searched
               diligently
               to
               know
               what
               ,
               and
               what
               manner
               of
               times
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               intended
               ,
            
             when
             he
             spake
             
             of
             the
             sufferings
             of
             Christ
             ,
             whether
             in
             his
             
               Person
               ,
            
             or
             in
             his
             
               members
               .
            
             Now
             my
             Text
             gives
             (
             I
             say
             )
             a
             
               satisfactory
               answer
               ,
            
             to
             this
             difficult
             Question
             ,
             and
             I
             undertake
             (
             without
             fear
             of
             being
             censured
             ,
             
               to
               be
               wise
               above
               what
               is
               written
               )
            
             to
             tell
             you
             
               what
               will
               be
               the
               issue
               and
               event
               of
               all
               these
               troubles
               .
            
          
           
             All
             Protestant
             Writers
             do
             agree
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             under
             the
             pouring
             out
             of
             some
             
               one
            
             or
             more
             of
             these
             seven
             vialls
             ;
             Some
             think
             the
             fourth
             viall
             is
             now
             powring
             out
             upon
             the
             
               Sun
            
             of
             the
             Antichristian
             world
             ;
             Others
             the
             fifth
             ,
             upon
             the
             
               throne
            
             of
             the
             Beast
             ;
             there
             are
             ,
             that
             think
             we
             are
             come
             as
             farre
             as
             the
             sixt
             viall
             ,
             and
             the
             river
             
               Euphrates
            
             is
             drying
             up
             ;
             I
             will
             not
             determine
             which
             of
             them
             it
             is
             ,
             it
             is
             sufficient
             ,
             (
             which
             of
             them
             soever
             it
             be
             )
             my
             Text
             assures
             me
             the
             event
             shall
             be
             this
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             event
             of
             every
             viall
             ,
             
               Antichrists
               
               part
               shall
               be
               weakned
               ,
               and
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ
               shall
               be
               strengthened
               ;
            
             Something
             in
             every
             viall
             may
             
               afflict
            
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             incurably
             
               wounds
            
             the
             Beast
             .
             As
             the
             
               seven
               Trumpets
            
             were
             so
             many
             degrees
             of
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             Heathen
             
               Empire
               ,
            
             so
             the
             
               seven
               vialls
            
             are
             so
             many
             degrees
             of
             the
             destruction
             and
             ruin
             of
             the
             
               Antichristian
               Empire
               ;
            
             and
             it
             is
             worth
             your
             observing
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             time
             ,
             the
             whole
             twelve
             hundred
             and
             threescore
             years
             of
             Antichrists
             reign
             ,
             Christ
             always
             had
             an
             army
             of
             Saints
             ,
             to
             warre
             against
             the
             Beast
             ,
             a
             competent
             number
             of
             witnesses
             ,
             
               who
               loved
               not
               their
               lives
               unto
               the
               death
               ;
            
             But
             all
             the
             while
             of
             Antichrists
             
               rising
               ,
            
             and
             
               triumphant
               reigning
               ,
            
             the
             event
             of
             
               every
               conflict
               ,
            
             or
             scuffle
             was
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Beast
               grew
               higher
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Church
               fell
               lower
               ,
            
             the
             Papacy
             prevailed
             over
             all
             that
             rose
             up
             against
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Church
             in
             the
             end
             was
             hardly
             to
             be
             found
             visible
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             earth
             ;
             But
             it
             is
             far
             otherwise
             in
             his
             
               declining
               time
               ,
            
             the
             time
             when
             the
             vials
             are
             pouring
             out
             ,
             every
             one
             of
             thē
             plucks
             part
             of
             his
             fleece
             ;
             one
             of
             them
             strips
             him
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             another
             of
             that
             ;
             one
             of
             them
             weakens
             his
             Temporall
             ,
             another
             his
             Spirituall
             Jurisdiction
             ;
             He
             is
             under
             the
             vials
             ,
             as
             
               Haman
            
             before
             
               Mordecai
               ,
            
             
             
               having
               once
               begun
               to
               fall
               ,
               he
               can
               never
               more
               prevail
               against
               them
               ,
            
             untill
             in
             the
             end
             (
             the
             
               seventh
               viall
            
             being
             poured
             out
             upon
             the
             whole
             power
             of
             darknesse
             )
             the
             whole
             Church
             triumphantly
             shouts
             with
             a
             loud
             voice
             ,
             
               It
               is
               done
               ,
            
             there
             is
             an
             utter
             end
             of
             this
             enemy
             .
             So
             that
             I
             dare
             speak
             it
             as
             confidently
             as
             I
             beleeve
             the
             
               Revelation
            
             to
             be
             divine
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             the
             meaning
             of
             it
             thus
             farre
             made
             known
             to
             the
             Churches
             ,
             that
             what
             viall
             
               soever
            
             is
             now
             powring
             out
             ,
             the
             issue
             will
             be
             ,
             
               That
               Antichrist
               shall
               lose
               ,
               and
               Christ
               shall
               gain
               :
            
             
             And
             there
             is
             but
             
               one
            
             objection
             against
             it
             ,
             which
             I
             confesse
             to
             be
             a
             great
             one
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             troubles
             many
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             Whether
             the
             two
             witnesses
             be
             yet
             slain
             :
             their
             story
             ye
             shall
             read
             in
             the
             eleventh
             of
             the
             
               Revelation
               .
            
             These
             two
             witnesses
             ,
             are
             the
             
               small
               ,
               yet
               competent
               number
            
             of
             pure
             worshippers
             ,
             who
             follow
             the
             Lamb
             ,
             and
             conflict
             against
             the
             Beast
             all
             the
             time
             of
             his
             reign
             ;
             now
             it
             is
             there
             said
             ,
             that
             during
             this
             whole
             space
             of
             time
             ,
             they
             prophecy
             in
             sackcloth
             and
             ashes
             ,
             in
             a
             low
             and
             mournfull
             condition
             ,
             and
             the
             Beast
             makes
             warre
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             prevails
             against
             them
             ;
             but
             
               quando
               finituri
               sunt
               testimonium
               ,
            
             a
             little
             before
             the
             end
             of
             their
             mournfull
             prophesie
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             little
             before
             the
             Beasts
             finall
             destruction
             ;
             the
             Beast
             shall
             not
             onely
             keep
             them
             low
             ,
             in
             sackcloth
             and
             ashes
             ,
             and
             prevail
             by
             degrees
             against
             them
             as
             heretofore
             ,
             but
             shall
             
               kill
               them
               ,
            
             and
             their
             dead
             bodies
             shall
             lie
             unburied
             in
             the
             streets
             of
             that
             great
             City
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             Territories
             of
             spirituall
             
               Babylon
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Beast
             and
             his
             followers
             shall
             be
             more
             jolly
             ,
             and
             glorious
             ,
             then
             ever
             they
             have
             been
             :
             Now
             many
             learned
             Divines
             suspect
             this
             killing
             of
             the
             Witnesses
             is
             not
             yet
             past
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             be
             not
             ,
             the
             Church
             must
             go
             lower
             then
             ever
             it
             hath
             been
             ,
             and
             how
             then
             is
             the
             Antichristian
             State
             weakned
             by
             every
             viall
             ?
             To
             all
             this
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             although
             I
             am
             not
             able
             to
             say
             ,
             This
             bitter
             Cup
             is
             yet
             past
             ,
             
               (
               Father
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               possible
               ,
               let
               this
               Cup
               passe
               away
               )
            
             yet
             I
             can
             say
             ,
             this
             is
             true
             I
             have
             delivered
             ,
             that
             every
             viall
             shall
             
               weaken
               the
               Beast
               ,
               and
               strengthen
               the
               Church
               ,
            
             and
             whether
             they
             be
             killed
             ,
             or
             not
             killed
             ,
             when
             ever
             their
             killing
             comes
             ,
             it
             lasts
             but
             three
             propheticall
             dayes
             and
             a
             half
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             but
             
               three
               years
               and
               a
               half
               ,
            
             and
             then
             presently
             come
             in
             the
             glorious
             times
             ,
             which
             Christ
             hath
             promised
             ,
             and
             
             the
             Church
             long
             lookt
             for
             ;
             so
             that
             what
             that
             Father
             said
             of
             the
             
               Arian
            
             persecution
             ,
             
               Nubecula
               est
               ,
               cito
               transibit
               ,
            
             it
             is
             but
             a
             short
             ,
             though
             terrible
             storm
             ,
             and
             will
             quickly
             have
             an
             end
             ,
             and
             that
             end
             will
             be
             comfortable
             to
             the
             witnesses
             ,
             who
             shall
             after
             
               three
               dayes
               and
               a
               half
               ,
               arise
               from
               their
               death
               ,
               and
               ascend
               up
               to
               heaven
               in
               a
               cloud
               ,
               their
               enemies
               beholding
               it
               ,
               and
               the
               great
               City
               immediately
               destroyed
               with
               a
               terrible
               earthquake
               :
            
             And
             is
             not
             this
             comfortable
             ?
             You
             see
             ,
             I
             go
             not
             about
             to
             determine
             what
             the
             event
             of
             these
             troubles
             will
             be
             to
             
               England
               ,
            
             as
             
               England
            
             is
             a
             
               Civill
               ,
               or
               Politicall
               State
               ,
               or
               Common-wealth
               ;
            
             Christ
             breaks
             and
             moulds
             Common-wealths
             at
             his
             pleasure
             ;
             He
             hath
             not
             spoke
             much
             in
             his
             word
             ,
             how
             long
             they
             shall
             last
             ,
             or
             what
             he
             intends
             to
             do
             with
             them
             ;
             onely
             this
             ,
             that
             all
             Kings
             and
             Kingdoms
             ,
             that
             make
             warre
             against
             the
             Church
             ,
             shall
             be
             broken
             a
             pieces
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             all
             the
             
             Kingdoms
             of
             the
             World
             shall
             be
             the
             Kingdoms
             of
             our
             Lord
             ,
             and
             his
             Saints
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             reign
             over
             them
             :
             But
             it
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             blessed
             event
             of
             these
             things
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             which
             I
             speak
             of
             ,
             the
             welfare
             and
             good
             successe
             of
             Religion
             ,
             in
             which
             Cause
             you
             are
             properly
             engaged
             and
             interessed
             ,
             and
             which
             I
             hope
             is
             dearer
             to
             you
             ,
             then
             ten
             thousand
             
               Englands
               .
            
          
           
             Therefore
             Beloved
             ,
             
               Be
               ye
               stedfast
               and
               unmoveable
               ,
               alwayes
               abounding
               in
               the
               work
               of
               the
               Lord
               ;
            
             fear
             not
             your
             enemies
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             blasphemous
             and
             wicked
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             set
             on
             fire
             ,
             with
             the
             rage
             ,
             cruelty
             ,
             and
             treachery
             of
             Hell
             ,
             fear
             them
             the
             lesse
             for
             that
             ;
             
               Let
               my
               enemy
               be
               as
               the
               wicked
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               riseth
               up
               against
               me
               ,
               be
               as
               the
               ungodly
               :
            
             Their
             wickednesse
             is
             your
             advantage
             ,
             it
             is
             their
             weaknesse
             ,
             and
             makes
             you
             
             strong
             ;
             Let
             not
             the
             huge
             stature
             of
             the
             
               Anakims
               ,
            
             and
             
               Zamzummims
            
             terrifie
             you
             ;
             
               Our
               state
               for
               the
               present
               is
               low
               ,
            
             it
             may
             be
             we
             shall
             be
             lower
             ,
             but
             lower
             we
             cannot
             be
             then
             
               Iob
            
             was
             upon
             the
             
               dunghill
               ,
            
             from
             whence
             God
             raised
             him
             up
             ;
             not
             lower
             then
             
               Ionah
               ,
            
             in
             the
             
               Whales
               belly
               ,
            
             from
             whence
             the
             Lord
             delivered
             him
             ;
             not
             lower
             then
             the
             
               Israelites
            
             at
             the
             
               Red-sea
               ,
            
             thorow
             which
             the
             Lord
             made
             a
             way
             for
             them
             :
             Go
             on
             with
             your
             work
             ,
             and
             fear
             nothing
             ,
             this
             King
             of
             Saints
             hath
             depths
             answerable
             to
             all
             our
             depths
             ;
             depths
             of
             mercy
             ,
             answerable
             to
             our
             depths
             of
             misery
             ;
             depths
             of
             power
             ,
             answerable
             to
             our
             depths
             of
             weaknesse
             ;
             He
             
               can
            
             give
             a
             comfortable
             Outgate
             out
             of
             all
             our
             straits
             ,
             and
             my
             Text
             sayes
             ,
             he
             
               will
               do
               it
               ,
            
             and
             with
             my
             Text
             I
             conclude
             ,
             
               Great
               and
               wonderfull
               are
               the
               works
               of
               our
               God
               :
            
             And
             he
             
               delights
            
             to
             work
             wonders
             ,
             both
             in
             
               ruining
            
             his
             adversaries
             ,
             to
             
               uphold
               ,
               comfort
               ,
            
             and
             
               deliver
            
             his
             people
             engaged
             in
             his
             Cause
             ,
             and
             to
             
               bring
               others
            
             in
             subjection
             to
             him
             ,
             who
             yet
             are
             strangers
             from
             him
             .
             
               The
               Nations
               shall
               come
               and
               worship
               before
               thee
               ,
               because
               thy
               judgments
               are
               made
               manifest
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A89586e-210
           
             Some
             few
             instances
             ,
             clearing
             the
             main
             Doctrin
             ,
             and
             some
             in
             largement
             of
             the
             first
             Use
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A89586e-500
           
             2
             Cor
             8.
             12.
             
          
           
             The
             Text
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             15.
             
          
           
             Josh.
             7.
             
          
           
             The
             main
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Text
             
          
           
             Explained
             .
          
           
             Revel.
             16.
             5
             
             ▪
             6.
             
          
           
             Isaiah
             59.
             18.
             
          
           
             Judg.
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             Doctr.
             〈…〉
             
               instances
               .
            
          
           
             Deut.
             32.
             36.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             59.
             16
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Albertus
             Crancius
             .
          
           
             Cajetanus
             Cardinalis
             .
          
           
             Judg.
             7.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             31.
             22.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             38.
             11.
             
          
           
             Neh
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             Revel.
             16.
             8.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             77
             9.
             
          
           
             Isai.
             64.
             1.
             
          
           
             Cant.
             2
             8.
             
          
           
             Nahum
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             Sleidan
             .
             Veramundus
             de
             suroribus
             Gallicis
             .
          
           
             Knox
             Hist.
             of
             Scot
             .
             Thuanus
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             136.
             23.
             
          
           
             Nehem.
             4.
             3.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             26.
             25.
             
          
           
             Judg.
             14.
             14.
             
          
           
             Revel.
             16.
             2.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             9.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             10.
             
          
           
             Levit.
             24.
             10.
             
          
           
             Luke
             6.
             38.
             
          
           
             Vol
             3.
             954.
             
             &c
             Vol.
             2.
             185.
             187.
             
          
           
             Revel.
             17.
             5.
             Chap.
             11
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             16.
             2.
             3.
             10.
             21.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             16.
             12.
             Chap.
             19.
             20.
             
          
           
             Revel.
             16.
             7.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             19.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             32.
             34.
             
             Revel.
             1.
             1.
             
          
           
             Revel.
             19.
             9.
             
          
           
             
               Reason
            
             1.
             
          
           
             Revel.
             13.
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Sands
               West
               .
               relig.
               fect
               .
            
             13.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             18.
             11.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             
          
           
             Revel.
             18.
             24.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             13.
             16
             ,
             17.
             2
             Thess.
             2.
             9.
             10.
             
          
           
             Revel.
             13.
             14.
             
          
           
             Revel.
             18.
             4.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             24.
             24.
             
          
           
             Revel.
             11.
             2
             3.
             
          
           
             Application
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             For
             admiration
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             24
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             107.
             43.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             104.
             ult
             
          
           
             Motives
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             John
             1.
             50.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             33.
             3.
             
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             5.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Vse
               of
               Exhortation
               .
            
          
           
             Revel.
             14.
             6.
             
          
           
             Col.
             1.
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             
               Motives
               .
            
             1.
             
          
           
             〈…〉
             .
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             ●●6
             .
             71.
             
          
           
             Psal
             106.
             
          
           
             Esay
             57.
             16.
             
             Ezek.
             2
             Kings
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Revel.
             15
             ●
             .
          
           
             Isay
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             2.
             30.
             
          
           
             Ezck.
             17.
             15.
             
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             
               Vse
               of
               Encouragement
               .
            
          
           
             Dan.
             2.
             29.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             8.
             13.
             
             Psal.
             74.
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Ester
             6.
             13.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             2.
             24.
             
             Dan.
             7.
             22.
             
             Revel.
             11.
             15.