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           A
           COMPARISON
           BETVVEENE
           THE
           DAYES
           OF
           PVRIM
           and
           that
           of
           the
           
             Powder
             treason
          
           for
           the
           better
           Continuance
           of
           the
           memory
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           stirring
           vp
           of
           mens
           affections
           to
           a
           more
           Zealous
           observati
           .
           on
           there
           of
           .
        
         
           
             Written
             by
             G.
             H.
          
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           
             OXFORD
          
        
         
           Printed
           by
           IOHN
           LICHFIELD
           &
           WILLIAM
           TVRNER
           Printers
           to
           the
           Famous
           Vniuersity
        
         
           Ann.
           Dom.
           1626.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
             I
             said
             ,
             I
             would
             scatter
             them
             into
             Corners
             ,
             I
             would
             make
             the
             remembrance
             of
             them
             to
             cease
             from
             among
             men
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             that
             I
             feared
             the
             wrath
             of
             the
             enemie
             ,
             least
             their
             adversaries
             should
             behaue
             themselues
             strangely
             ,
             and
             least
             they
             should
             say
             ,
             our
             hand
             is
             high
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             hath
             not
             done
             all
             this
             .
             For
             they
             are
             a
             nation
             voyd
             of
             Counsell
             ,
             neither
             is
             there
             any
             vnderstanding
             in
             them
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             32.
             26.
             27.
             28.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           COMPARISON
           BETWEENE
           THE
           DAIES
           OF
           PVRIM
           AND
           THAT
           OF
           THE
           POWDER
           TREASON
           &c.
           
        
         
           THese
           dayes
           of
           
             Purim
          
           or
           of
           Lots
           mētioned
           in
           the
           ninth
           chapter
           of
           the
           booke
           of
           
             Ester
          
           were
           the
           fourteenth
           and
           the
           fifteenth
           dayes
           of
           the
           moneth
           
             Adar
          
           answering
           in
           parte
           to
           our
           
             February
          
           inioyned
           to
           be
           kept
           Festiuall
           of
           the
           
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           first
           by
           
             Mordecayes
          
           letter
           ,
           and
           then
           by
           Queene
           
             Esters
          
           decree
           in
           remēbrance
           of
           there
           wonderfull
           deliuerance
           from
           
             Hamans
          
           bloudy
           designe
           for
           their
           vtter
           extirpatiō
           at
           that
           time
           .
        
         
           These
           daies
           (
           the
           like
           being
           scarcely
           to
           be
           found
           againe
           in
           holy
           Scripture
           )
           I
           purpose
           to
           compare
           with
           our
           day
           of
           the
           
             Powder
             plott
             ,
          
           together
           with
           the
           Authority
           ,
           the
           Causes
           and
           Reasons
           of
           the
           institution
           of
           both
           ,
           that
           from
           thence
           it
           may
           appeare
           that
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           was
           more
           cleerely
           manifested
           in
           our
           Deliuerance
           then
           in
           theirs
           ,
           and
           that
           consequently
           we
           haue
           greater
           cause
           religiously
           &
           with
           thankfull
           acknowledgement
           to
           obserue
           our
           day
           then
           they
           theires
           .
           In
           the
           opening
           whereof
           I
           will
           compare
           
             plott
          
           with
           plott
           ,
           
             persons
          
           with
           persons
           ,
           
             motiue
          
           with
           motiue
           ,
           
             assurance
          
           With
           assurance
           ,
           
             preuention
          
           with
           preuention
           ,
           
             issue
          
           with
           issue
           ,
           
             moneth
          
           with
           moneth
           ,
           
             day
          
           with
           day
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           for
           
             Hamans
             plot
          
           vpon
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           it
           
           was
           vndoubtedly
           a
           very
           cruel
           one
           ,
           thinking
           it
           too
           little
           ,
           too
           small
           a
           satisfaction
           to
           hishonor
           &
           reuenge
           ,
           to
           lay
           hands
           vpon
           
             Mordecai
             ,
          
           he
           purposed
           in
           one
           day
           to
           haue
           put
           them
           all
           to
           the
           sword
           (
           as
           the
           
             Sicilians
          
           did
           the
           
             French
          
           in
           
           one
           night
           )
           young
           and
           old
           ,
           women
           and
           children
           ,
           without
           distinction
           of
           age
           or
           sexe
           ,
           throughout
           all
           the
           large
           dominions
           of
           
             Ahafhuerosh
             ,
          
           reaching
           from
           
             India
          
           to
           
             Ethiopia
             ,
          
           and
           comprising
           an
           hundred
           &
           7
           &
           twenty
           Prouinces
           ;
           yet
           putting
           to
           the
           sword
           is
           not
           so
           cruell
           as
           blowing
           vp
           with
           powder
           ,
           in
           as
           much
           as
           in
           the
           former
           some
           hope
           is
           left
           by
           teares
           or
           prayers
           ,
           or
           guifts
           to
           staie
           the
           executioners
           hand
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           latter
           none
           at
           all
           .
           For
           as
           men
           are
           presumed
           to
           haue
           more
           mercie
           then
           beasts
           ,
           and
           beasts
           then
           insensible
           Creatures
           ,
           Which
           are
           altogether
           inexorable
           :
           so
           among
           them
           all
           ,
           the
           two
           elements
           of
           fire
           and
           water
           haue
           the
           least
           mercy
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           fire
           (
           specially
           if
           it
           be
           enraged
           with
           store
           of
           powder
           )
           least
           of
           all
           .
        
         
           Againe
           
             Hamans
          
           project
           vpon
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           was
           not
           so
           suddainly
           to
           be
           acted
           but
           that
           they
           had
           leasure
           giuen
           them
           to
           appease
           the
           fury
           of
           their
           Aduersary
           ,
           or
           to
           procure
           the
           Kings
           fauour
           ,
           as
           afterwards
           they
           did
           ;
           they
           had
           oportunity
           to
           stand
           for
           their
           liues
           ,
           or
           to
           saue
           themselues
           by
           flight
           ,
           or
           if
           it
           came
           to
           the
           worst
           ,
           they
           had
           respite
           to
           cast
           
           vp
           their
           accounts
           and
           make
           all
           things
           leuell
           betweene
           God
           and
           their
           owne
           Consciences
           :
           But
           this
           proiect
           of
           our
           conspiratours
           should
           haue
           beene
           acted
           in
           a
           moment
           ,
           in
           the
           tourne
           of
           an
           hand
           ,
           in
           the
           twinckling
           of
           an
           eye
           ,
           the
           parties
           aimed
           at
           should
           neither
           haue
           had
           time
           to
           flie
           nor
           to
           fight
           ,
           to
           intreat
           nor
           to
           threaten
           ,
           to
           let
           fall
           a
           teare
           or
           castvp
           a
           sigh
           for
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           to
           say
           or
           to
           thinke
           
             in
             manus
             tuas
             Domine
             .
          
           The
           cruelty
           of
           
             Haman
          
           then
           extended
           onely
           to
           mens
           bodies
           ,
           but
           this
           of
           our
           Conspiratours
           to
           their
           soules
           ,
           they
           held
           the
           maine
           body
           of
           that
           assembly
           to
           be
           hereticall
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           an
           heretique
           so
           departing
           this
           life
           there
           is
           no
           possibility
           of
           salvation
           ,
           and
           consequently
           they
           could
           not
           but
           make
           account
           to
           send
           all
           so
           affected
           quicke
           to
           hell
           .
           And
           for
           the
           bodyes
           of
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           though
           after
           the
           shedding
           of
           their
           bloud
           &
           the
           loosing
           of
           their
           liues
           they
           could
           not
           haue
           promised
           to
           themselues
           any
           decent
           kind
           of
           buriall
           ,
           yet
           was
           their
           case
           better
           then
           to
           bee
           torne
           in
           a
           thousand
           peeces
           ,
           and
           to
           haue
           the
           shiuers
           of
           their
           bones
           ,
           the
           sprinkling
           of
           their
           bloud
           ,
           and
           gobbets
           of
           their
           flesh
           (
           if
           
           any
           such
           remained
           )
           to
           be
           cast
           into
           far
           distant
           places
           ,
           and
           exposed
           as
           a
           prey
           to
           dogs
           and
           rauens
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           cruelty
           of
           
             Haman
          
           extended
           not
           to
           insensible
           creatures
           ,
           as
           this
           did
           ,
           to
           the
           vtter
           demolishing
           of
           that
           famous
           Senate
           house
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Ancestors
           of
           the
           Conspiratours
           themselues
           had
           often
           met
           to
           consult
           about
           the
           making
           of
           wholsome
           lawes
           for
           the
           suppressing
           of
           vice
           and
           the
           advancing
           of
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           
             English
          
           name
           .
           We
           count
           it
           but
           madnesse
           in
           a
           dog
           to
           snarle
           at
           a
           stone
           ,
           and
           can
           we
           count
           it
           lesse
           in
           men
           to
           fight
           with
           stones
           and
           timber
           ?
           Surely
           if
           wee
           should
           haue
           held
           our
           peace
           ,
           these
           verie
           beames
           &
           stones
           would
           haue
           cried
           for
           vengeance
           ,
           and
           the
           rather
           being
           to
           haue
           bin
           stained
           with
           the
           bloud
           of
           so
           many
           right
           noble
           and
           worthy
           personages
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           second
           point
           of
           Comparison
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Iewes
          
           though
           at
           that
           time
           the
           Church
           
           of
           God
           was
           in
           a
           manner
           impaled
           within
           their
           nation
           ,
           yet
           liued
           they
           but
           as
           strangers
           ;
           nay
           as
           vassals
           &
           Captiues
           among
           the
           
             Persians
             ,
          
           as
           at
           this
           day
           for
           the
           greatest
           part
           they
           doe
           ,
           aswell
           among
           the
           
             Turkes
          
           as
           the
           
             Christians
             .
          
           It
           
           was
           true
           ,
           though
           by
           
             Haman
          
           malitiously
           vrged
           ,
           that
           their
           lawes
           were
           diuers
           from
           all
           people
           ,
           neither
           did
           they
           obserue
           the
           Kings
           lawes
           .
           
             Haman
          
           himselfe
           the
           chiefe
           plotter
           against
           them
           was
           not
           onely
           an
           
             Infidel
             ,
          
           but
           an
           
             Amalakite
          
           a
           mortall
           enemy
           to
           their
           religion
           ,
           and
           moreouer
           being
           of
           great
           place
           and
           command
           ,
           he
           had
           gotten
           both
           the
           King
           and
           the
           whole
           state
           to
           countenance
           his
           designe
           against
           them
           .
           But
           in
           this
           of
           our
           Conspiratours
           the
           case
           vvas
           contrary
           ;
           There
           ,
           
             Pagans
          
           and
           
             Infidels
             ,
             Persians
          
           &
           
             Amalakites
          
           conspired
           against
           the
           
             Israelites
             :
          
           heere
           natiue
           
             English
          
           &
           professed
           Christians
           ,
           (
           though
           in
           truth
           most
           vnvvorthy
           the
           name
           of
           either
           )
           conspired
           against
           their
           ovvne
           Countreymen
           baptized
           ,
           and
           reioycing
           in
           the
           glorious
           name
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           nay
           I
           make
           no
           doubt
           but
           that
           some
           of
           their
           ovvne
           neere
           kinsmen
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           ovvne
           romish
           profession
           at
           leastvvise
           in
           heart
           and
           affection
           should
           for
           company
           haue
           perished
           by
           that
           blovve
           :
           There
           ,
           superiours
           &
           those
           of
           Eminent
           note
           and
           ranke
           conspired
           against
           their
           inferiours
           and
           those
           of
           the
           lovvest
           and
           meanest
           degree
           in
           that
           state
           :
           Here
           inferiours
           
           against
           their
           superiours
           ,
           subiects
           against
           their
           liege
           Lord
           and
           lawfull
           Soueraigne
           ,
           seruants
           against
           their
           masters
           ,
           for
           so
           was
           one
           of
           them
           at
           least
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           honourable
           place
           ,
           and
           as
           if
           it
           had
           beene
           too
           little
           to
           lay
           hands
           vpon
           the
           King
           alone
           ,
           they
           all
           conspired
           against
           that
           venerable
           Court
           ,
           the
           highest
           in
           the
           Land
           ,
           consisting
           of
           their
           lawfull
           and
           competent
           Iudges
           ,
           the
           murthering
           of
           the
           least
           of
           which
           in
           that
           place
           being
           legally
           called
           thither
           by
           his
           Maiesties
           writ
           ,
           iudicially
           there
           to
           sitt
           ,
           had
           beene
           treason
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           highest
           offence
           the
           law
           takes
           notice
           of
           :
           What
           then
           could
           wee
           haue
           called
           that
           act
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           should
           haue
           beene
           all
           murthered
           and
           mangled
           at
           one
           clap
           ?
           Surely
           as
           wee
           want
           an
           example
           to
           paralell
           it
           ,
           so
           doe
           wee
           a
           name
           to
           expresse
           it
           .
           Touch
           not
           mine
           annointed
           saith
           God
           :
           but
           these
           intended
           to
           haue
           blowne
           vp
           at
           one
           blast
           the
           King
           &
           Queene
           ,
           both
           annointed
           with
           sacred
           oile
           ,
           together
           with
           their
           eldest
           sonne
           the
           Prince
           then
           liuing
           ,
           and
           with
           them
           the
           great
           Officers
           of
           the
           kingdome
           ,
           the
           prudent
           Counsellours
           of
           Estate
           ,
           the
           Honorable
           Peeres
           of
           the
           Realme
           ,
           
           the
           Reuerend
           Bishops
           ,
           the
           Graue
           Iudges
           and
           Sages
           of
           the
           law
           ,
           the
           choyce
           Knights
           and
           Burgesses
           being
           indeede
           the
           very
           flower
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           all
           the
           Clarkes
           of
           the
           Crowne
           ,
           Counsell
           ,
           Signet
           ,
           and
           Seales
           ,
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           learned
           Lawyers
           ,
           together
           With
           a
           number
           of
           the
           Kings
           and
           Queenes
           &
           Princes
           neerest
           and
           deerest
           seruants
           .
           I
           will
           doe
           a
           thing
           in
           
             Israel
          
           saith
           God
           ,
           that
           whosoeuer
           shall
           heare
           ,
           it
           shall
           make
           both
           his
           eares
           to
           tingle
           :
           but
           surely
           the
           very
           relation
           of
           this
           ,
           had
           it
           taken
           effect
           ,
           had
           beene
           enough
           not
           only
           to
           make
           a
           mans
           haire
           stand
           an
           end
           ,
           &
           his
           eares
           to
           tingle
           ,
           but
           his
           very
           heart
           to
           quake
           and
           tremble
           :
           and
           I
           am
           perswaded
           as
           no
           Historian
           euer
           wrote
           ,
           or
           Poet
           faind
           ,
           or
           Painter
           counterfeited
           ,
           or
           Tragedian
           acted
           the
           like
           :
           so
           if
           all
           the
           damned
           Spirits
           of
           hell
           ,
           and
           the
           damned
           Crew
           on
           the
           earth
           should
           ioyne
           in
           councell
           ,
           and
           sett
           the
           vtmost
           of
           their
           wits
           aworke
           ,
           they
           could
           neuer
           find
           out
           the
           like
           cursed
           divice
           againe
           .
           It
           was
           the
           vtmost
           point
           of
           all
           villanie
           ,
           beyond
           which
           is
           
             Terra
             incognita
             ,
          
           no
           man
           can
           diuise
           what
           should
           bee
           betweene
           hell
           and
           it
           ,
           and
           looke
           by
           how
           much
           the
           
           more
           diuelish
           was
           the
           inuention
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           more
           diuine
           ,
           was
           the
           Preseruation
           .
           It
           were
           then
           worth
           the
           inquiring
           what
           should
           moue
           these
           men
           to
           so
           brutish
           and
           barbarous
           a
           plott
           which
           is
           my
           third
           point
           of
           Comparison
           .
           The
           Motiues
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           
             Haman
          
           pretended
           against
           the
           
           
             Iewes
          
           was
           that
           they
           were
           not
           subiect
           to
           the
           Kings
           Lawes
           ,
           neither
           was
           it
           for
           the
           Kings
           honour
           or
           profit
           to
           suffer
           them
           in
           his
           dominions
           :
           but
           intruth
           that
           which
           stuck
           in
           his
           stomake
           was
           
             Mordecaies
          
           stiffenes
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           creepe
           and
           crooch
           vnto
           him
           as
           others
           did
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           King
           had
           commanded
           ,
           they
           should
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           prostrate
           himselfe
           before
           that
           Idoll
           of
           Court
           ,
           and
           giue
           him
           diuine
           adoration
           ,
           the
           thing
           as
           it
           seemes
           which
           
             Haman
          
           in
           the
           pride
           of
           his
           heart
           expected
           ,
           and
           
             Mordecai
          
           denied
           ,
           for
           I
           cannot
           beleeue
           that
           he
           denied
           ciuill
           reuerence
           ;
           and
           was
           not
           this
           the
           motiue
           of
           our
           Conspiratours
           that
           wee
           would
           not
           bow
           to
           their
           Idolls
           ,
           their
           triple
           crowned
           Idoll
           of
           Rome
           and
           their
           breadden
           Idoll
           in
           the
           consecrated
           host
           ,
           pretending
           that
           it
           was
           not
           for
           the
           profitt
           nor
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           Catholique
           
           Church
           any
           longer
           to
           suffer
           vs
           :
           but
           was
           this
           the
           meanes
           by
           which
           Christ
           founded
           and
           his
           Apostles
           reared
           vp
           ,
           &
           their
           successours
           inlarged
           &
           repaired
           his
           Church
           ?
           no
           ,
           no
           ,
           they
           founded
           and
           built
           ,
           and
           inlarged
           and
           repaired
           it
           with
           the
           powring
           out
           of
           their
           owne
           bloud
           not
           with
           the
           shedding
           of
           others
           .
        
         
           
             Tantaene
             animis
             caelestibus
             irae
             ?
          
        
         
           What
           is
           it
           possible
           that
           Catholiques
           the
           best
           Christians
           nay
           the
           onely
           Christians
           should
           conceaue
           such
           a
           sauage
           enterprise
           ?
           
             Tantum
             religio
             potuit
             suadere
             malorum
             ?
          
           Is
           it
           credible
           that
           matter
           of
           religion
           should
           induce
           men
           to
           so
           damnable
           an
           attempt
           ?
           It
           was
           the
           speech
           of
           
             Lucretius
          
           the
           
             Epicure
          
           touching
           
             Agamemnon
          
           induring
           and
           assisting
           at
           his
           daughters
           sacrifice
           ▪
           but
           what
           if
           he
           had
           knowne
           the
           Massacre
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           or
           the
           powder
           plott
           of
           
             England
             ?
          
           Surely
           it
           would
           haue
           made
           him
           tentymes
           more
           Epicure
           &
           
             Atheist
          
           then
           hee
           was
           :
           There
           is
           not
           such
           a
           sinne
           against
           the
           person
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           to
           take
           it
           litterally
           ,
           as
           insteed
           of
           the
           likenesse
           of
           a
           doue
           ,
           to
           bring
           him
           downe
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           a
           rauen
           or
           a
           vultur
           
           nor
           such
           a
           scandall
           against
           their
           Church
           as
           out
           of
           the
           barke
           of
           S
           
             Peter
          
           to
           sett
           forth
           a
           flagg
           of
           
             Pyrats
          
           &
           
             Assasines
             :
          
           euen
           those
           of
           
             Calicutt
          
           who
           adore
           the
           Diuell
           ,
           neuer
           held
           it
           lawfull
           for
           quarrell
           of
           religion
           to
           enter
           into
           such
           mischieuous
           consultations
           ;
           and
           although
           particular
           men
           of
           all
           professions
           haue
           beene
           some
           theeues
           ,
           some
           murtherers
           ,
           some
           traytours
           ,
           yet
           euer
           when
           they
           come
           to
           their
           end
           and
           iust
           punishment
           ,
           they
           confessed
           their
           fault
           to
           be
           in
           their
           owne
           corrupt
           nature
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           their
           profession
           ,
           these
           Romish
           Catholiques
           onely
           excepted
           .
           But
           if
           this
           be
           religion
           then
           let
           hell
           be
           heauen
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           depth
           of
           villanie
           be
           the
           height
           of
           piety
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           holines
           let
           
             Nero
          
           who
           set
           Rome
           on
           fire
           to
           see
           how
           
             Troy
          
           burnt
           ,
           and
           Caligula
           who
           wished
           all
           the
           men
           i●it
           had
           had
           but
           one
           necke
           that
           so
           hee
           might
           strike
           it
           off
           at
           one
           blow
           ,
           let
           them
           I
           say
           be
           sett
           in
           the
           Callander
           of
           Saints
           ,
           let
           murtherers
           be
           registred
           for
           martyrs
           ,
           Cōspirators
           for
           confessours
           ,
           &
           treason
           march
           in
           the
           ranke
           of
           Christian
           vertues
           ,
           and
           be
           counted
           the
           fairest
           and
           shortest
           cutt
           to
           a
           crowne
           of
           immortality
           .
           Cursed
           be
           their
           wrath
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           fierce
           ,
           and
           
           their
           rage
           for
           it
           was
           cruell
           :
           &
           the
           more
           fierce
           no
           doubt
           because
           it
           tooke
           not
           hold
           of
           fancy
           but
           of
           conscience
           :
           the
           former
           being
           like
           a
           fire
           in
           straw
           which
           though
           it
           cause
           a
           great
           blaze
           at
           the
           first
           kindling
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           quickly
           spent
           ,
           &
           onely
           the
           smoke
           remaines
           ,
           but
           the
           latter
           like
           fire
           in
           steele
           
             quód
             tardè
             acquisiuit
             ,
             diu
             retinet
             ,
          
           though
           it
           be
           long
           before
           it
           conceaue
           fire
           ,
           yet
           hauing
           once
           conceaued
           it
           ,
           it
           retaines
           it
           long
           ,
           and
           the
           markes
           of
           it
           are
           lasting
           monuments
           ,
           specially
           if
           to
           conscience
           in
           religion
           be
           added
           confidence
           in
           execution
           which
           is
           my
           next
           point
           of
           Comparison
           ,
           Assurance
           with
           assurance
           ,
        
         
           
             Hamans
          
           assurance
           was
           great
           ,
           he
           relied
           
           much
           vpon
           the
           strength
           of
           his
           owne
           witt
           &
           his
           wealth
           ,
           two
           powerfull
           meanes
           for
           the
           effectuating
           of
           great
           attempts
           .
           His
           witt
           hee
           vsed
           in
           setting
           a
           faire
           pretence
           vpō
           the
           busines
           before
           the
           King
           ▪
           his
           wealth
           in
           offering
           to
           pay
           to
           the
           Kings
           coffers
           ten
           thousand
           tallents
           of
           silver
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           deepely
           rooted
           in
           the
           Kings
           fauour
           ,
           that
           his
           offer
           was
           returned
           ,
           and
           yet
           his
           request
           passed
           ,
           his
           wisards
           were
           consulted
           with
           ,
           the
           Lott
           by
           them
           was
           cast
           befor●
           
           him
           ,
           and
           by
           it
           a
           luckie
           day
           found
           out
           for
           the
           acting
           of
           the
           Tragedie
           .
           Letters
           were
           written
           in
           the
           Kings
           name
           and
           sealed
           with
           the
           Kings
           ring
           ,
           which
           kind
           of
           mandates
           were
           held
           as
           irreuocable
           as
           lawes
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Medes
          
           and
           
             Persians
             .
          
           They
           were
           deliuered
           to
           the
           Posts
           or
           Curriers
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           to
           the
           gouernours
           of
           the
           seuerall
           Prouince
           ,
           and
           after
           this
           
             Haman
          
           was
           so
           familiar
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           they
           two
           were
           seene
           drinking
           hand
           to
           hand
           .
           Here
           were
           all
           things
           now
           so
           fast
           ,
           so
           sure
           ,
           as
           a
           man
           would
           haue
           thought
           there
           had
           beene
           no
           meanes
           possible
           left
           to
           vndoe
           them
           ,
           there
           seemed
           to
           want
           nothing
           but
           the
           very
           execution
           of
           the
           plott
           .
           The
           like
           assurance
           ,
           if
           not
           greater
           ,
           was
           there
           in
           our
           Powder
           plotters
           ,
           they
           relied
           too
           vpon
           their
           wit
           ,
           and
           vpon
           the
           wealth
           and
           strength
           of
           their
           faction
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           .
           Some
           of
           them
           offering
           horses
           and
           armour
           ,
           others
           to
           contribute
           money
           ,
           to
           the
           summe
           of
           two
           thousand
           or
           three
           thousand
           pound
           a
           peece
           .
           Neere
           about
           the
           time
           when
           the
           deadly
           blow
           should
           haue
           beene
           giuen
           ,
           were
           their
           prayers
           and
           processions
           made
           throw
           Christendome
           by
           these
           of
           
           that
           profession
           for
           the
           prospering
           of
           some
           great
           enterprise
           then
           a
           foot
           ,
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Catholique
           cause
           .
           Their
           side
           here
           at
           home
           was
           at
           the
           same
           time
           very
           daring
           &
           insolent
           ,
           as
           looking
           out
           for
           the
           neere
           approach
           ,
           of
           some
           suddaine
           and
           great
           change
           in
           the
           state
           ,
           and
           I
           can
           neuer
           beleeue
           that
           they
           entred
           vpon
           such
           a
           businesse
           without
           the
           benediction
           of
           the
           
             Balaam
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           Once
           we
           are
           sure
           they
           had
           consulted
           with
           their
           Wisards
           the
           
             Iesuites
             ,
          
           well
           practised
           in
           figure
           flinging
           too
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           belied
           .
           These
           by
           their
           skill
           had
           allotted
           out
           a
           day
           for
           the
           fortunate
           deliuery
           of
           that
           monsterous
           birth
           ,
           by
           these
           were
           the
           actors
           born
           in
           hād
           ,
           that
           the
           fact
           was
           not
           only
           lawfull
           but
           religious
           and
           meritorious
           :
           And
           as
           
             Haman
          
           gott
           the
           Kings
           letters
           for
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           
             Iewes
             ▪
          
           so
           had
           one
           of
           them
           gotten
           his
           holinesse
           Briefes
           ,
           though
           at
           last
           ,
           supposing
           they
           would
           come
           to
           an
           ill
           market
           ,
           he
           made
           no
           vse
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           sacrificed
           them
           to
           
             Vulcan
             .
          
           Besides
           these
           our
           Conspiratours
           had
           bound
           themselues
           with
           a
           strict
           and
           solemne
           oath
           by
           the
           sacred
           Trinity
           and
           the
           Sacrament
           (
           to
           thē
           the
           strongest
           obligation
           )
           not
           
           to
           disclose
           the
           proiect
           by
           word
           or
           Circumstance
           ,
           directly
           or
           indirectly
           ,
           nor
           to
           desist
           from
           the
           prosecution
           of
           it
           till
           they
           had
           effected
           it
           ,
           or
           leaue
           were
           granted
           them
           from
           their
           Confederates
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           they
           had
           Wrought
           the
           Mine
           ,
           and
           when
           that
           would
           not
           serue
           the
           turne
           they
           had
           hired
           a
           sellar
           ,
           the
           powder
           was
           laid
           in
           to
           the
           quantity
           of
           thirty
           sixe
           barrells
           ,
           great
           barrs
           of
           iron
           and
           massy
           stones
           ,
           and
           billets
           being
           layd
           on
           the
           topp
           of
           the
           barrells
           ,
           thereby
           to
           make
           the
           noise
           more
           hideous
           ,
           and
           the
           breachthe
           more
           dangerous
           ,
           the
           day
           of
           execution
           was
           now
           come
           ,
           the
           howre
           approched
           ,
           the
           match
           was
           ready
           ,
           so
           that
           nothing
           was
           wāting
           but
           the
           presence
           of
           that
           Venerable
           assembly
           ,
           and
           the
           setting
           of
           fire
           to
           the
           powder
           .
           But
           then
           ,
           euen
           then
           ,
           that
           great
           God
           of
           heauen
           and
           earth
           ,
           who
           commands
           all
           things
           therein
           &
           they
           obey
           ,
           who
           setts
           boūds
           and
           barrs
           to
           the
           raging
           waues
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           &
           saith
           vnto
           them
           ;
           
             hitherto
             shall
             yee
             goe
             and
             no
             farther
          
           stopped
           the
           course
           of
           these
           bloody
           proiectors
           ,
           and
           stayed
           their
           hands
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           the
           hand
           of
           
             Ahraham
             ,
          
           when
           it
           was
           now
           lifted
           vp
           for
           the
           sacrificing
           of
           his
           son
           ;
           Which
           
           that
           it
           was
           his
           doeing
           ,
           and
           his
           alone
           ,
           will
           manifestly
           appeare
           in
           the
           discouery
           and
           preuention
           of
           the
           plott
           ,
           which
           is
           my
           next
           point
           of
           Comparison
           .
        
         
           For
           
             Hamans
          
           plott
           ,
           there
           needed
           no
           discouery
           ,
           
           it
           was
           not
           carried
           so
           close
           ,
           but
           that
           
             Mordecay
          
           had
           gotten
           a
           copy
           of
           the
           Kings
           letters
           ,
           and
           sent
           them
           to
           
             Ester
             ,
          
           which
           in
           truth
           was
           no
           hard
           matter
           to
           doe
           ,
           considering
           the
           decree
           was
           publiquely
           made
           knowne
           by
           proclamation
           through
           the
           Provinces
           :
           but
           in
           the
           preuention
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           working
           of
           their
           peace
           by
           turning
           the
           Kings
           heart
           towards
           them
           and
           against
           
             Haman
             ,
          
           therein
           the
           finger
           of
           God
           cleerely
           appeared
           .
           For
           howbeit
           in
           the
           effecting
           thereof
           much
           was
           to
           be
           ascribed
           to
           the
           watchfullnes
           and
           wisdome
           of
           
             Mordecai
             ,
          
           and
           no
           lesse
           to
           the
           care
           and
           industry
           of
           
             Ester
             ,
          
           yet
           if
           we
           deuly
           obserue
           the
           admirable
           concurrence
           of
           Causes
           ordained
           &
           falling
           in
           together
           for
           the
           composing
           of
           it
           we
           shall
           find
           ,
           that
           vndoubtedly
           God
           was
           therein
           the
           principall
           agent
           .
           As
           first
           in
           
             Vashtaies
          
           remouall
           ,
           and
           
             Esters
          
           succeeding
           in
           her
           roome
           ,
           when
           shee
           poore
           wench
           of
           obscure
           
           parentage
           and
           a
           
             Iewish
          
           by
           nation
           had
           small
           reason
           to
           dreame
           of
           a
           Crowne
           :
           Then
           in
           
             Mordecaies
          
           discouery
           of
           a
           foule
           conspiracy
           against
           the
           person
           of
           the
           King
           :
           Then
           in
           the
           Kings
           calling
           for
           the
           Chronicles
           when
           he
           wanted
           sleepe
           and
           in
           falling
           vpon
           that
           place
           wherein
           
             Mordecaies
          
           discouery
           was
           recorded
           ,
           and
           lastly
           in
           making
           
             Haman
             ,
          
           who
           was
           then
           comming
           in
           to
           begg
           
             Mordecaies
          
           life
           ,
           a
           chiefe
           instrument
           in
           his
           reward
           and
           advancement
           for
           that
           seruice
           ;
           &
           by
           this
           meanes
           were
           the
           Kings
           letters
           reuersed
           and
           contrary
           written
           ,
           The
           same
           hand
           which
           had
           signed
           a
           decree
           in
           the
           opinion
           both
           of
           them
           that
           granted
           ,
           and
           of
           them
           that
           procured
           it
           irrevocable
           ,
           became
           the
           buckler
           of
           their
           preseruation
           ,
           that
           no
           one
           haire
           of
           their
           heads
           might
           be
           touched
           .
           All
           which
           considered
           ,
           might
           they
           not
           iustly
           cry
           out
           with
           
             Pharaohs
          
           magicicians
           ,
           
             digitus
             Dei
             est
             hic
             ,
          
           the
           finger
           of
           God
           is
           here
           ;
           yet
           surely
           was
           Gods
           speciall
           prouidence
           more
           apparantly
           manifested
           in
           the
           discouery
           and
           preuention
           of
           our
           powder
           plott
           .
        
         
           Curse
           not
           the
           King
           ,
           saith
           
             Salòmon
             ,
          
           no
           not
           in
           thy
           thought
           ,
           for
           that
           which
           hath
           wings
           shall
           
           declare
           the
           matter
           .
           It
           was
           a
           quill
           ,
           a
           peece
           of
           a
           wing
           that
           reuealed
           it
           ,
           till
           when
           not
           a
           feather
           sprang
           to
           giue
           any
           suspition
           A
           quill
           sett
           a
           worke
           no
           doubt
           by
           one
           of
           those
           that
           had
           bound
           themselues
           to
           secrecy
           by
           the
           oath
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           one
           ,
           who
           had
           he
           presumed
           it
           would
           haue
           taken
           that
           effect
           ,
           would
           rather
           haue
           bitten
           off
           those
           fingers
           that
           vsed
           it
           :
           but
           he
           was
           perswaded
           (
           no
           doubt
           )
           that
           either
           the
           letter
           should
           neuer
           come
           to
           light
           ,
           or
           if
           it
           did
           ,
           it
           was
           so
           darkly
           penned
           that
           the
           reader
           should
           gather
           nothing
           but
           confused
           generalities
           from
           it
           .
           And
           herein
           was
           the
           construction
           thereof
           made
           by
           his
           Maiesty
           not
           a
           little
           strange
           ,
           as
           himselfe
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           God
           opēly
           confessed
           ,
           that
           holding
           suspition
           to
           be
           the
           sicknesse
           of
           a
           tyrant
           ,
           and
           being
           for
           the
           most
           so
           bent
           vpon
           the
           other
           extreame
           ,
           as
           hee
           rather
           contemned
           all
           other
           advertisements
           and
           apprehentions
           of
           practises
           then
           any
           way
           entertained
           them
           ,
           he
           at
           this
           time
           was
           so
           farr
           contrary
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           as
           vpon
           the
           first
           view
           of
           the
           letter
           he
           did
           presently
           interpret
           some
           obscure
           phrases
           therein
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           ordinary
           Grammar
           construction
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           
           meant
           of
           that
           horrible
           forme
           of
           blowing
           vp
           that
           sacred
           assembly
           with
           powder
           ;
           whereas
           had
           he
           construed
           those
           ambiguous
           words
           to
           any
           other
           danger
           ,
           no
           earthly
           prouision
           could
           haue
           preuented
           their
           vtter
           destruction
           .
           Now
           lay
           all
           these
           together
           ,
           and
           then
           tell
           me
           ,
           whether
           wee
           haue
           not
           as
           great
           reason
           as
           those
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           to
           confesse
           and
           professe
           ,
           
             digitus
             Dei
             est
             hic
             ,
          
           the
           finger
           of
           God
           is
           here
           :
           And
           yet
           is
           there
           one
           very
           remarkable
           Circumstance
           behind
           ,
           to
           note
           out
           Gods
           miraculous
           preuentiō
           of
           the
           mischiefe
           ,
           and
           deliuerance
           of
           vs
           from
           the
           danger
           which
           hung
           ouer
           our
           heades
           aboue
           and
           beyond
           that
           of
           the
           
             Iewes
             .
          
           God
           vntwisted
           as
           it
           were
           the
           threed
           of
           mischiefe
           spunne
           against
           them
           when
           they
           were
           humbled
           by
           captiuity
           ,
           and
           had
           also
           cast
           themselues
           downe
           by
           fasting
           and
           prayer
           ,
           &
           sackcloth
           and
           ashes
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Niniuites
          
           did
           at
           the
           preaching
           of
           
             Ionas
             :
          
           Queene
           
             Ester
          
           herselfe
           euen
           in
           the
           Kings
           pallace
           with
           her
           waiting
           ladies
           fasted
           and
           prayed
           three
           whole
           daies
           for
           the
           turning
           of
           the
           Kings
           heart
           vnto
           them
           ,
           &
           the
           turning
           away
           of
           that
           imminent
           perill
           (
           which
           was
           threatned
           )
           from
           them
           .
           Their
           
           humiliation
           and
           teares
           God
           beheld
           and
           accepted
           ,
           their
           prayers
           and
           supplications
           hee
           heard
           and
           granted
           :
           and
           yet
           herein
           it
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           that
           mercy
           was
           shewed
           them
           .
           But
           alas
           that
           mercy
           towards
           vs
           farr
           exceeded
           this
           ,
           For
           the
           Lord
           wrought
           our
           deliuerance
           when
           we
           were
           so
           farr
           from
           sackcloth
           and
           ashes
           ,
           as
           we
           dreamed
           not
           of
           any
           danger
           approching
           ;
           but
           were
           rather
           puffed
           in
           pride
           and
           wantonnesse
           ,
           promising
           to
           our selues
           by
           the
           entrance
           of
           his
           maiesty
           and
           his
           royall
           issue
           a
           setled
           continuance
           of
           peace
           ,
           plenty
           ,
           and
           prosperity
           :
           Euen
           then
           when
           wee
           were
           lulled
           a
           sleepe
           in
           the
           depth
           of
           security
           ,
           and
           yet
           our
           enormious
           sinnes
           were
           crying
           alowd
           in
           his
           eares
           for
           vengeance
           ,
           and
           vrging
           his
           Iustice
           to
           poure
           downe
           the
           full
           viols
           of
           his
           wrath
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           euen
           then
           did
           the
           eye
           of
           his
           speciall
           prouidence
           and
           mercy
           watch
           ouer
           vs
           ,
           and
           for
           vs
           ,
           and
           deliuered
           vs
           from
           the
           very
           brinke
           of
           the
           graue
           ,
           from
           the
           iawes
           of
           death
           ,
           which
           had
           opened
           her
           mouth
           wide
           to
           haue
           swallowed
           vs
           vp
           quicke
           .
           
             Herein
             God
             setteth
             out
             his
             loue
             towards
             vs
             ,
             that
             while
             wee
             were
             yet
             sinners
             Christ
             died
             for
             vs
             ,
          
           
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ;
           &
           surely
           herein
           if
           euer
           God
           shewed
           the
           riches
           of
           his
           mercy
           towards
           vs
           ,
           that
           when
           wee
           were
           in
           the
           hight
           of
           our
           sinnes
           he
           so
           wonderously
           deliuered
           vs
           when
           wee
           had
           no
           will
           to
           desire
           ,
           much
           lesse
           meanes
           to
           deserue
           it
           :
           And
           for
           our
           enemies
           ,
           
             their
             owne
             tongues
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Psalmist
           speakes
           ,
           or
           rather
           their
           owne
           penns
           made
           them
           fall
           :
           
             insomuch
             as
             who
             so
             considereth
             ●t
             shall
             laugh
             them
             to
             scorne
             ,
             and
             all
             men
             that
             see
             it
             shall
             say
             ,
             this
             hath
             God
             done
             ;
             for
             they
             shall
             〈◊〉
             that
             it
             is
             his
             worke
             :
          
           But
           yet
           much
           more
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           issue
           which
           is
           the
           next
           point
           of
           Cōparison
           ;
           the
           issue
           I
           meane
           as
           well
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Conspiratours
           ,
           as
           the
           consequences
           of
           the
           Conspiracyes
           ,
           had
           they
           taken
           effect
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Conspiratours
           ,
           
           for
           
             Haman
          
           himselfe
           wee
           know
           he
           〈◊〉
           on
           the
           same
           gibbet
           that
           he
           prouided
           for
           
             Mordecai
             ,
          
           as
           
             Catesby
          
           the
           first
           inuenter
           of
           the
           powder
           treason
           was
           scortcht
           and
           〈◊〉
           and
           likely
           to
           haue
           beene
           slaine
           by
           〈◊〉
           ,
           〈◊〉
           about
           the
           time
           that
           they
           intended
           the
           acting
           of
           their
           plott
           ▪
           
             Hamans
          
           sonnes
           went
           the
           same
           way
           
           that
           their
           Father
           did
           before
           thē
           ,
           &
           
             Garnet
          
           the
           ghostly
           Father
           of
           these
           powder
           men
           went
           the
           same
           way
           his
           sonnes
           had
           gone
           before
           him
           :
           The
           end
           of
           them
           all
           being
           a
           like
           .
           Vpon
           the
           same
           day
           that
           the
           innocent
           bloud
           of
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           should
           haue
           beene
           poured
           out
           by
           their
           Enimies
           and
           the
           friends
           of
           
             Haman
             ,
          
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           slew
           of
           them
           thorowout
           
             Assuerus
          
           his
           dominions
           ,
           and
           in
           
             Susan
          
           the
           Imperiall
           Citty
           
             seuenty
             sixe
             thousand
             ;
          
           And
           I
           haue
           often
           wondred
           that
           the
           people
           of
           this
           land
           vpon
           the
           first
           discouery
           of
           this
           damnable
           Conspiracie
           ,
           being
           knowne
           to
           be
           vndertaken
           wholly
           by
           Romish
           Catholiques
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           the
           Catholique
           cause
           ,
           had
           not
           violently
           run
           vpon
           the
           knowne
           professors
           of
           that
           religion
           .
           But
           that
           God
           restrained
           both
           their
           hearts
           &
           their
           hands
           that
           our
           mercy
           might
           remaine
           as
           an
           argument
           of
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           our
           religion
           ,
           as
           their
           Cruelty
           shall
           to
           the
           Worlds
           end
           of
           the
           badnesse
           of
           theirs
           .
           It
           was
           a
           short
           but
           a
           sufficient
           answere
           returned
           by
           a
           Professor
           of
           ours
           to
           one
           of
           theires
           ,
           demaunding
           what
           reason
           he
           had
           not
           to
           bee
           of
           their
           religion
           ,
           
             why
             ,
          
           quoth
           he
           ,
           
             because
             you
             eate
             your
             God
          
           
           
             and
             kill
             your
             King
             ,
          
           And
           as
           their
           cruelty
           is
           a
           sufficient
           reason
           to
           keepe
           vs
           from
           them
           :
           so
           me
           thinkes
           ,
           it
           should
           worke
           somewhat
           ,
           specially
           this
           most
           bloudy
           and
           barbarous
           conspiracy
           ,
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           vs.
           Wee
           reade
           in
           the
           last
           verse
           of
           the
           eight
           chapter
           of
           this
           booke
           of
           
             Ester
             ,
          
           that
           when
           the
           people
           of
           the
           land
           saw
           the
           vnexpected
           downefall
           of
           
             Haman
          
           and
           his
           adherents
           ,
           and
           the
           wonderfull
           deliuerance
           of
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           many
           of
           them
           became
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           made
           themselues
           
             Proselites
             ,
          
           conforming
           themselues
           to
           the
           
             Iewish
          
           religion
           .
           And
           I
           haue
           many
           times
           not
           a
           little
           marueiled
           that
           the
           manifest
           detection
           and
           knowledge
           of
           this
           foule
           Conspiracy
           had
           not
           turned
           the
           hearts
           of
           many
           Romish
           Catholiques
           to
           our
           profession
           :
           But
           againe
           when
           I
           call
           to
           minde
           that
           
           of
           our
           Apostle
           :
           Because
           they
           receaued
           not
           the
           loue
           of
           the
           truth
           that
           they
           might
           be
           saued
           ,
           God
           shall
           send
           them
           strong
           delusions
           that
           they
           should
           beleeue
           lies
           :
           I
           cannot
           but
           therein
           acknowledge
           the
           iust
           iudgement
           of
           God
           in
           their
           Wilfull
           obstinacy
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           the
           consequences
           of
           these
           conspiracies
           ,
           had
           that
           of
           
             Haman
          
           taken
           effect
           ,
           it
           
           would
           doubtlesse
           haue
           beene
           very
           grieuious
           to
           behold
           ,
           but
           worse
           to
           feele
           ;
           the
           children
           should
           haue
           beene
           slaine
           in
           their
           Parents
           sight
           ,
           &
           the
           poore
           infants
           haue
           beene
           drawn
           from
           their
           mothers
           breasts
           and
           dasht
           against
           the
           stones
           .
           It
           must
           needs
           haue
           giuen
           a
           great
           blow
           and
           a
           deepe
           wound
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ;
           yet
           not
           so
           deepe
           ,
           but
           the
           body
           of
           the
           
             Iewish
          
           nation
           and
           the
           life
           of
           their
           religion
           ,
           &
           the
           state
           of
           their
           gouernment
           would
           still
           haue
           beene
           preserued
           :
           there
           being
           at
           that
           tyme
           a
           great
           number
           of
           that
           people
           liuing
           in
           their
           owne
           countrey
           of
           
             Iudea
             .
          
           But
           if
           this
           of
           ours
           had
           taken
           effect
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           what
           a
           marueilous
           confusion
           must
           needes
           haue
           suddainely
           followed
           through
           out
           the
           whole
           kingdome
           ,
           both
           in
           religion
           and
           ciuill
           gouernment
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           Church
           as
           state
           affaires
           ,
           what
           bitter
           outcries
           and
           lamentation
           ,
           what
           sheeding
           of
           teares
           and
           wringing
           of
           hands
           in
           euery
           quarter
           of
           the
           land
           ?
           sonnes
           and
           daughters
           mourning
           for
           their
           slaughtered
           fathers
           ;
           fathers
           and
           mothers
           for
           their
           sonnes
           ,
           brothers
           and
           sisters
           for
           their
           brothers
           ,
           wiues
           for
           their
           husbands
           ,
           and
           seruants
           for
           their
           masters
           :
           &
           
           that
           such
           masters
           ,
           such
           husbands
           ,
           such
           brothers
           ,
           such
           sonnes
           ,
           such
           fathers
           as
           were
           both
           for
           nobility
           in
           bloud
           ,
           ability
           in
           estate
           ,
           and
           sufficiency
           in
           wisdome
           the
           pict
           choice
           men
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           of
           whom
           they
           could
           neither
           take
           their
           leaues
           aliue
           ,
           nor
           interr
           their
           bodies
           being
           dead
           .
           It
           is
           precisely
           noted
           in
           the
           ●●ve
           .
           of
           the
           eighteenth
           and
           ninteenth
           chapters
           of
           the
           booke
           of
           
             Iudges
             ,
          
           that
           
             in
             those
             daies
             there
             was
             no
             King
          
           in
           
             Israell
             ,
          
           and
           thereupon
           follow
           those
           abominable
           outrages
           there
           after
           recorded
           .
           What
           then
           was
           our
           case
           like
           to
           haue
           beene
           when
           wee
           should
           haue
           had
           neither
           King
           ,
           nor
           Queene
           ,
           neither
           Prince
           (
           for
           this
           present
           King
           they
           intended
           presently
           vpon
           the
           blow
           to
           haue
           made
           away
           )
           nor
           great
           officer
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           nor
           Counsellor
           of
           state
           ,
           nor
           Bishop
           nor
           Iudge
           ,
           what
           publique
           exercise
           of
           religion
           ,
           what
           administration
           of
           Iustice
           could
           any
           where
           haue
           taken
           place
           ?
           what
           cutting
           of
           throats
           what
           rifling
           ,
           what
           rauishing
           should
           wee
           haue
           seene
           in
           euery
           corner
           by
           rogues
           &
           ruffians
           without
           any
           check
           or
           controll
           ?
           Wee
           should
           neither
           haue
           lyen
           quietly
           in
           our
           beds
           ,
           nor
           haue
           sate
           quietly
           at
           our
           tables
           ,
           nor
           haue
           
           walked
           quietly
           in
           our
           streets
           ,
           nor
           haue
           trauelled
           quietly
           in
           our
           waies
           ,
           much
           lesse
           haue
           mett
           quietly
           in
           our
           temples
           but
           euery
           place
           would
           haue
           beene
           full
           of
           feare
           and
           danger
           and
           horror
           and
           bloud
           ;
           and
           surely
           I
           am
           perswaded
           that
           in
           such
           a
           generall
           confusion
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           the
           Cōspirators
           themselues
           could
           not
           haue
           promised
           security
           to
           their
           owne
           goods
           and
           houses
           ,
           to
           their
           owne
           sonnes
           and
           daughters
           ,
           to
           their
           owne
           wiues
           and
           persons
           ,
           and
           if
           this
           should
           haue
           beene
           our
           case
           in
           the
           countrey
           ,
           what
           would
           haue
           beene
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Court
           and
           Citty
           wheras
           the
           blow
           should
           haue
           beene
           giuen
           ?
           How
           would
           they
           haue
           lookt
           ,
           what
           could
           they
           haue
           said
           or
           done
           but
           stood
           amazed
           &
           at
           their
           wits
           ends
           .
           By
           the
           hideous
           thunder
           and
           roaring
           of
           the
           blow
           ,
           by
           the
           trembling
           of
           the
           ayre
           &
           earth
           ,
           by
           the
           flashing
           of
           the
           fire
           and
           the
           thicke
           clouds
           and
           smoake
           ,
           by
           the
           fall
           of
           those
           ancient
           goodly
           buildings
           ,
           by
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           dismembred
           ,
           and
           the
           wofull
           cry
           of
           the
           brused
           &
           wounded
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           casting
           of
           beames
           &
           iron
           and
           stones
           afarr
           of
           ,
           must
           needes
           haue
           beene
           many
           :
           besides
           those
           infinite
           ▪
           troupes
           
           who
           waiting
           there
           about
           the
           returne
           of
           that
           assembly
           would
           haue
           beene
           either
           torne
           or
           crusht
           in
           pieces
           :
           nay
           all
           the
           courts
           of
           Iustice
           the
           Church
           vsed
           for
           the
           Coronation
           of
           our
           Kings
           ,
           the
           monuments
           of
           former
           Princes
           ,
           the
           Crowne
           and
           scepter
           and
           other
           markes
           of
           Royalty
           ,
           all
           the
           records
           as
           well
           of
           Parliament
           as
           of
           particular
           mens
           right
           with
           a
           great
           number
           of
           charters
           &
           such
           like
           should
           haue
           beene
           snatcht
           away
           in
           that
           stormy
           tempest
           that
           furious
           diluge
           of
           fire
           so
           as
           not
           onely
           we
           but
           the
           memory
           of
           vs
           and
           ours
           should
           haue
           beene
           thus
           extinguished
           in
           an
           instant
           ,
           worse
           then
           if
           we
           had
           beene
           inuaded
           or
           vanquished
           by
           the
           
             Turke
          
           or
           
             Scithian
             .
          
           I
           remember
           that
           the
           heathen
           Emperor
           when
           he
           beheld
           the
           temple
           of
           
             Ierusalem
          
           on
           fire
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           hold
           but
           let
           fall
           teares
           at
           the
           sight
           thereof
           :
           and
           truly
           I
           am
           of
           opinion
           that
           the
           Conspiratours
           themselues
           had
           they
           beheld
           this
           monstrous
           birth
           of
           their
           most
           vnnaturall
           deuise
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           men
           and
           not
           incarnate
           Deuils
           or
           sauage
           beasts
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           men
           ,
           they
           would
           haue
           sent
           foorth
           many
           a
           sigh
           and
           lett
           fall
           many
           a
           teare
           at
           that
           wofull
           ▪
           spectacle
           ,
           and
           for
           myne
           
           owne
           part
           I
           thinke
           that
           no
           true
           English
           heart
           can
           seriously
           think
           ,
           or
           tongue
           speake
           ,
           or
           hand
           write
           of
           it
           without
           some
           kind
           of
           horrour
           &
           astonishment
           ,
           and
           least
           my
           thoughts
           should
           be
           swallowed
           vp
           in
           this
           dreadfull
           meditation
           I
           hasten
           to
           the
           last
           comparison
           ,
           of
           the
           moneth
           and
           the
           day
           .
        
         
           Their
           moneth
           was
           
             Adar
             ,
          
           answering
           in
           
           part
           to
           our
           
             February
          
           and
           in
           part
           to
           
             March
             ;
          
           It
           was
           a
           moneth
           famous
           among
           them
           for
           the
           finishing
           of
           the
           second
           temple
           and
           the
           discōfiting
           
           of
           
             Nicanor
             :
          
           but
           aboue
           all
           for
           this
           their
           admirable
           deliuerance
           from
           the
           Conspiracy
           of
           
             Haman
             :
          
           And
           is
           not
           this
           moneth
           of
           
             Nouember
          
           
           crowned
           with
           as
           many
           &
           great
           blessings
           in
           it
           brought
           vnto
           vs.
           In
           this
           moneth
           it
           was
           `that
           that
           renowned
           Lady
           ,
           that
           heroicall
           
             Ester
          
           of
           incomparable
           vertue
           made
           her
           entranceto
           the
           Crowne
           and
           wore
           it
           as
           long
           with
           as
           much
           honour
           as
           euer
           Prince
           did
           .
           She
           brought
           with
           her
           the
           sunn
           shine
           of
           peace
           &
           prosperity
           ,
           and
           aboue
           all
           of
           the
           Gospell
           after
           almost
           fiue
           years
           cōtinuall
           showers
           of
           teares
           and
           bloud
           during
           her
           sisters
           raigne
           .
           In
           this
           moneth
           his
           sacred
           maiesty
           now
           liuing
           and
           
           by
           Gods
           grace
           long
           to
           liue
           ,
           the
           ioy
           of
           our
           hearts
           ,
           the
           staffe
           of
           our
           hopes
           ,
           made
           his
           entrance
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           borne
           I
           hope
           in
           a
           happy
           houre
           for
           the
           good
           of
           
             Christendome
             ,
          
           and
           from
           my
           heart
           I
           pray
           it
           may
           so
           proue
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           in
           this
           moneth
           God
           Allmighty
           wrought
           for
           vs
           this
           wonderfull
           deliuerance
           from
           the
           most
           damnable
           conspiracy
           that
           euer
           the
           sunne
           saw
           ,
           which
           I
           may
           the
           more
           boldly
           auerre
           for
           that
           it
           being
           a
           worke
           of
           darknes
           was
           wrought
           so
           neere
           hell
           as
           the
           eye
           of
           the
           sunne
           could
           not
           pierce
           through
           to
           discerne
           it
           .
           yet
           as
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           had
           the
           messenger
           of
           of
           Satan
           sent
           to
           buffet
           him
           ,
           least
           he
           should
           be
           puft
           vp
           with
           abundance
           of
           reuelations
           :
           so
           is
           the
           sixt
           of
           this
           moneth
           as
           an
           yearely
           messenger
           sent
           vs
           to
           put
           vs
           in
           mind
           of
           that
           heauy
           losse
           which
           vpon
           that
           day
           for
           our
           sinnes
           we
           receaued
           ,
           least
           wee
           should
           be
           puft
           vp
           with
           abundance
           of
           blessings
           .
           
        
         
           But
           from
           the
           moneth
           if
           wee
           descend
           a
           little
           lower
           to
           the
           comparison
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           wee
           shall
           find
           that
           wee
           haue
           better
           reason
           to
           obserue
           ours
           thē
           they
           theirs
           though
           doubtlesse
           they
           obserued
           theirs
           much
           more
           solemly
           thē
           
           wee
           doe
           ours
           .
           Wee
           shall
           hardly
           find
           in
           holy
           scripture
           the
           like
           to
           these
           daies
           of
           
             Purim
          
           instituted
           by
           humane
           authority
           either
           Ecclesiasticall
           or
           ciuill
           ,
           except
           it
           were
           that
           of
           the
           
             dedication
          
           inioyned
           in
           their
           moneth
           
             Caslew
          
           (
           answering
           to
           our
           
             Nouember
          
           )
           by
           
             Iudas
             Macchabeus
          
           in
           memory
           of
           the
           restoring
           of
           the
           publique
           exercise
           of
           their
           religion
           ,
           after
           the
           freeing
           of
           the
           temple
           from
           the
           tyranny
           and
           pollution
           of
           
             Antiochus
          
           his
           garrison
           ;
           to
           which
           our
           
             Sauiour
          
           himselfe
           was
           not
           vnwilling
           to
           afford
           some
           credit
           &
           countenance
           by
           his
           personall
           appearing
           in
           the
           temple
           at
           that
           feast
           .
           That
           it
           is
           then
           both
           lawfull
           and
           commendable
           in
           some
           cases
           to
           sett
           such
           a
           day
           a
           part
           for
           publique
           thankes-giuing
           and
           commemoration
           either
           of
           some
           great
           benefit
           or
           deliuerance
           wrought
           ,
           I
           intend
           not
           to
           proue
           ,
           because
           I
           suppose
           no
           sober
           minded
           man
           makes
           a
           doubt
           of
           it
           The
           saying
           is
           
             Cura
             omnium
             ,
             cura
             nullius
             ,
          
           that
           office
           which
           is
           giuen
           in
           charge
           to
           all
           ,
           no
           man
           takes
           charge
           of
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           as
           true
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           neglect
           the
           obseruation
           of
           this
           day
           vnder
           a
           pretence
           of
           being
           thankfull
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           thankfull
           
           at
           no
           time
           .
           Besides
           it
           is
           most
           kindly
           &
           seasonable
           to
           publish
           
             opus
             diei
             in
             Die
             suo
             ,
          
           the
           worke
           of
           the
           day
           vpon
           the
           day
           it selfe
           :
           then
           a
           mans
           words
           if
           ever
           worke
           a
           deeper
           impression
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           hearers
           ,
           then
           if
           euer
           are
           they
           
             like
             apples
             of
             gold
             with
             pictures
             of
             siluer
             ,
             like
             nailes
             fastned
             by
             the
             masters
             of
             the
             assembly
             ,
          
           the
           very
           robes
           &
           face
           of
           the
           day
           makes
           our
           children
           not
           capable
           of
           our
           prayers
           &
           preaching
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           reason
           of
           our
           meeting
           ;
           &
           good
           reason
           haue
           wee
           to
           deliuer
           ouer
           the
           keeping
           of
           this
           day
           to
           our
           posterity
           ,
           since
           in
           it
           the
           sonnes
           of
           
             Beliall
          
           thought
           to
           haue
           feathered
           vs
           such
           an
           arrow
           as
           should
           haue
           striken
           through
           the
           heart
           of
           the
           child
           yet
           vnborne
           .
           
             When
             your
             children
             aske
             you
             ,
             what
             seruice
             is
             this
             you
             keepe
             ,
             you
             shall
             say
             it
             is
             the
             sacrifice
             of
             the
             Lords
             Passouer
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Moses
             Exodus
          
           12.
           
           And
           
             when
             your
             children
             shall
             aske
             their
             fathers
             in
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             what
             meane
             these
             stones
             ,
             you
             shall
             shew
             your
             chil
             .
             dren
             and
             say
             Israel
             came
             ouer
             this
             Iordan
             on
             dry
             land
          
           saith
           
             Iosuah
          
           chapter
           4
           In
           like
           manner
           whē
           our
           children
           enquire
           what
           meaneth
           the
           obseruation
           of
           this
           day
           it
           will
           be
           a
           fitt
           occasion
           to
           informe
           them
           in
           the
           reason
           therèof
           ,
           Areason
           
           neuer
           to
           be
           forgotten
           ,
           but
           deepely
           to
           be
           ingrauen
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           all
           succeeding
           ages
           as
           it
           were
           in
           a
           pillar
           of
           Marble
           or
           brasse
           with
           a
           pen
           of
           yron
           or
           the
           point
           of
           a
           diamond
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           returne
           to
           the
           Comparison
           of
           our
           
             Powder
             day
          
           with
           those
           of
           
             Purim
          
           kept
           by
           the
           
             Iewes
             .
          
           Theirs
           had
           the
           name
           of
           
             Pu●
             ,
          
           which
           in
           the
           
             Persian
          
           language
           signifieth
           a
           
             Lott
             ,
          
           as
           in
           
             Greeke
          
           it
           signifies
           
             fire
             ,
          
           a
           name
           not
           vnfitt
           for
           our
           day
           too
           ,
           Theirs
           was
           appointed
           by
           the
           authority
           of
           
             Mordecai
          
           and
           
             Ester
             ,
          
           the
           decree
           for
           
           the
           perpetuall
           keeping
           of
           it
           aswell
           in
           the
           country
           as
           in
           the
           citty
           was
           registred
           in
           their
           booke
           of
           ordinances
           ,
           as
           ours
           is
           in
           our
           booke
           
           of
           statutes
           ,
           made
           and
           ratified
           by
           our
           Soueraigne
           then
           being
           and
           the
           body
           of
           the
           three
           Estates
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ;
           whereas
           though
           
             Mordecai
          
           were
           a
           greate
           man
           in
           the
           
             Persiā
          
           state
           ,
           &
           
             Ester
          
           were
           Queene
           ,
           yet
           had
           neither
           of
           thē
           for
           ought
           we
           find
           Soueraigne
           authority
           ouer
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           which
           notwithstanding
           they
           duly
           and
           cheerefully
           obserued
           two
           whole
           daies
           as
           festiuall
           ,
           there
           being
           but
           one
           part
           of
           a
           day
           ,
           nor
           past
           two
           houres
           in
           a
           manner
           inioyned
           vs.
           They
           were
           to
           obserue
           
           theirs
           in
           a
           countrie
           where
           they
           could
           not
           but
           prouoke
           their
           enimies
           more
           powerfull
           then
           themselues
           by
           putting
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           slaughter
           committed
           by
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           vpon
           their
           Countriemen
           and
           kindred
           vpon
           that
           day
           :
           whereas
           wee
           may
           (
           God
           be
           thanked
           )
           obserue
           ours
           not
           onely
           without
           feare
           and
           danger
           ,
           but
           With
           much
           comfort
           &
           commendation
           :
           yea
           it
           is
           written
           by
           those
           who
           report
           the
           present
           estate
           of
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           that
           this
           day
           is
           obserued
           among
           them
           wheresoeuer
           they
           liue
           :
           so
           that
           by
           computation
           they
           haue
           kept
           it
           aboue
           
             two
             thousand
             yeares
             ,
          
           whereas
           wee
           haue
           not
           obserued
           ours
           aboue
           
             twenty
             ,
          
           &
           yet
           I
           know
           not
           how
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           ,
           the
           keeping
           of
           it
           is
           already
           growne
           out
           of
           fashon
           ,
           wearisome
           and
           teadious
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           I
           know
           that
           the
           disciples
           of
           Rome
           howsoeuer
           they
           would
           haue
           highly
           applauded
           the
           plott
           ,
           had
           it
           taken
           effect
           ,
           yet
           now
           ,
           it
           being
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           those
           designes
           ,
           
             quae
             non
             laudantur
             nisi
             per
             acta
             ,
          
           which
           are
           neuer
           commended
           till
           they
           are
           ended
           ,
           in
           their
           hearts
           they
           wish
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           as
           
             Job
          
           did
           of
           his
           birth
           day
           ,
           
             that
             it
             might
             not
             be
             ioyned
             to
             the
             dayes
             of
             the
             yeare
             ,
             nor
             come
             in
             to
             the
             account
             of
             the
          
           
           
             moneths
             :
          
           But
           the
           rather
           must
           we
           &
           truly
           may
           we
           say
           of
           it
           as
           was
           said
           of
           the
           night
           in
           which
           the
           
             Isralites
          
           went
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             .
             It
             is
             a
             day
             to
             be
             kept
             holy
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             it
             is
             that
             day
             of
             the
             Lord
             which
             all
             the
             children
             of
             England
             must
             keepe
             throw
             out
             their
             generations
             ,
          
           as
           an
           eternall
           presedent
           of
           Gods
           watchfull
           eye
           in
           the
           preseruation
           of
           our
           Church
           and
           state
           ,
           and
           an
           euerliuing
           testimony
           of
           the
           neuer
           dying
           cruelty
           of
           Iesuited
           
             Romish
          
           Catholiques
           .
        
         
           
             This
             shall
             be
             written
             for
             the
             generation
             to
             come
             :
             and
             the
             people
             that
             shall
             be
             created
             shall
             praise
             the
             Lord.
             
          
           
             
               Psal.
            
             102.
             18.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
        
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A02487-e150
           
             Plot.
             
          
           
             Persons
             
          
           
             Motiues
             .
          
           
             Assurance
             .
          
           
             Preuention
             .
          
           
             End
             of
             the
             conspiratours
             .
          
           
             2
             
               Thes.
            
             2.
             10
             11.
             
          
           
             The
             moneth
             
          
           
             
               Ezra
               .
            
             6.
             
          
           
             
               2
               Macc.
            
             15
             
          
           
             The
             day
             .
          
           
             and
             hence
             wasit
             called
             ▪
             
               Mordocheus
            
             day
             .
          
           
             2
             
               Mach.
            
             15.
             36