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           TYRANTS
           AND
           PROTECTORS
           Set
           forth
           In
           their
           Colours
           .
           OR
           ,
           THE
           Difference
           between
           Good
           and
           Bad
           MAGISTRATES
           ;
           In
           several
           Characters
           ,
           Instances
           and
           Examples
           of
           both
           .
        
         
           
             PROV.
             28.
             15.
             
          
           As
           a
           roaring
           Lion
           and
           a
           ranging
           Bear
           ,
           so
           is
           a
           wicked
           Ruler
           over
           the
           poor
           people
           .
        
         
           
             Chap.
             16.
             12.
             
          
           It
           is
           an
           abomination
           to
           Kings
           to
           commit
           wickedness
           ,
           for
           the
           Throne
           is
           established
           by
           Righteousness
           .
        
         
           By
           
             J.
             P.
             
          
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             H.
             Cripps
          
           and
           
             L.
             Lloyd
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           their
           shop
           in
           
             Popes-head
          
           Alley
           .
           1654.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           A
           Tyrants
           Test
           ,
           and
           a
           Protectors
           Pourtraiture
           ,
           are
           worthy
           thy
           contemplation
           in
           these
           froward
           times
           ;
           in
           the
           one
           thou
           mayest
           read
           what
           thy
           condition
           
             had
             been
          
           through
           Gods
           most
           righteous
           severity
           :
           had
           he
           not
           graciously
           interposed
           in
           the
           other
           what
           thy
           condition
           is
           ,
           and
           mayst
           expect
           
             to
             be
          
           through
           his
           meer
           mercy
           so
           interposing
           .
           Tyranny
           makes
           Earth
           a
           hell
           ,
           and
           a
           Tyrant
           is
           a
           Devil
           incarnate
           .
           Just
           Government
           makes
           Heaven
           on
           earth
           ,
           and
           good
           Princes
           ,
           
             Gods
             in
             the
             likeness
             of
             men
             .
          
           No
           
           Government
           is
           hell
           broke
           loose
           ,
           where
           all
           would
           rule
           ,
           and
           none
           
             be
             ruled
             ;
          
           every
           mans
           
             lust
          
           would
           be
           every
           mans
           
             law
             ;
          
           his
           wants
           measured
           by
           his
           
             will
             ,
          
           and
           his
           
             deserts
          
           by
           his
           
             desires
             ,
          
           which
           would
           render
           men
           
             Furies
          
           in
           flesh
           ;
           and
           daily
           tormentors
           to
           themselves
           and
           others
           ,
           and
           therefore
           any
           Government
           is
           better
           then
           none
           ,
           Tyranny
           then
           Anarchy
           ,
           but
           just
           Government
           banisheth
           the
           wicked
           from
           a
           Nation
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           did
           the
           evil
           Angels
           out
           of
           Heaven
           )
           making
           the
           remaining
           Inhabitants
           to
           
             shout
             for
             joy
             ;
          
           Here
           thou
           shalt
           find
           a
           Tyrant
           tryed
           ,
           and
           a
           Protector
           pourtraitur'd
           ,
           by
           plain
           Characters
           ,
           brief
           instances
           ,
           and
           examples
           of
           both
           ,
           (
           which
           truly
           considered
           with
           our
           own
           concernments
           in
           both
           respects
           )
           would
           muzzle
           the
           mouths
           of
           our
           muttering
           murmurours
           ,
           and
           render
           us
           more
           sensible
           of
           our
           present
           happinesse
           ,
           and
           thankful
           for
           it
           ;
           thou
           shalt
           not
           here
           find
           a
           censorious
           Condemnation
           of
           the
           long
           and
           short
           Parliaments
           ,
           nor
           a
           flattering
           congratulation
           of
           all
           publick
           transactions
           since
           their
           date
           ;
           for
           although
           these
           be
           
             ad
             nos
          
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           events
           ,
           yet
           are
           they
           
             supra
             nos
          
           in
           respect
           of
           our
           censures
           ,
           this
           is
           my
           principle
           ,
           this
           is
           my
           prayer
           ,
           that
           wherein
           men
           have
           been
           wise
           ,
           and
           done
           worthily
           for
           their
           Countreys
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           the
           Saints
           Interest
           ,
           
             God
             would
             remember
             it
             ,
             and
             never
             forget
             it
             ;
          
           and
           that
           wherein
           they
           have
           been
           weak
           ,
           and
           failed
           in
           their
           duty
           ,
           being
           but
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           and
           men
           at
           best
           ,
           though
           the
           best
           of
           men
           ,
           
             God
             would
             forget
             it
             ,
             &
             never
             remember
             it
             ;
          
           the
           Demonstration
           of
           Tyranny
           ,
           the
           Commendation
           of
           Magistracy
           ,
           the
           characterizing
           of
           good
           and
           bad
           Magistrates
           ,
           in
           their
           principles
           and
           practises
           ,
           with
           the
           effects
           thereof
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           people
           ,
           was
           the
           designe
           of
           
           my
           heart
           ,
           had
           the
           fact
           answered
           the
           fancy
           ,
           and
           the
           product
           the
           project
           .
           Reader
           ,
           If
           thou
           beest
           a
           Son
           of
           
             Sion
             ,
          
           and
           a
           Citizen
           of
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
             which
             is
             from
             above
             ,
          
           the
           
             peace
             that
             is
             within
             thy
             gates
             ,
             and
             the
             prosperity
             that
             is
             within
             thy
             palaces
             ,
          
           must
           needs
           render
           thee
           sensible
           of
           thy
           felicity
           by
           thy
           freedom
           from
           tyranny
           ,
           and
           fruition
           of
           liberty
           by
           our
           present
           Government
           ,
           thankful
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           fruitful
           under
           it
           ,
           except
           like
           
             Jessurun
          
           thou
           art
           waxen
           fat
           ,
           and
           kickest
           up
           the
           heel
           ,
           hast
           turned
           thy
           grace
           into
           wantonness
           ,
           and
           thy
           table
           be
           made
           a
           snare
           unto
           thee
           ;
           if
           thou
           beest
           one
           of
           them
           that
           have
           thus
           converted
           their
           fulness
           into
           folly
           ,
           and
           their
           liberty
           into
           licentiousness
           ,
           murmuring
           that
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Aaron
          
           (
           I
           mean
           )
           thy
           
             quondam
          
           preservers
           are
           thy
           present
           Protectors
           ,
           and
           hast
           forgotten
           the
           days
           of
           old
           ,
           and
           the
           years
           of
           many
           generations
           ,
           who
           hath
           sown
           that
           crop
           in
           tears
           ,
           yea
           in
           blood
           ,
           which
           thou
           now
           reapest
           in
           joy
           ,
           if
           that
           liberty
           will
           not
           satisfie
           ,
           the
           like
           whereof
           is
           not
           in
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           liberty
           the
           like
           whereof
           the
           generations
           that
           are
           past
           did
           never
           understand
           ;
           that
           liberty
           ,
           a
           greater
           then
           which
           thou
           knowest
           not
           how
           to
           desire
           (
           except
           it
           be
           to
           have
           power
           to
           tyrannize
           it
           over
           thy
           brethren
           dissenting
           from
           thee
           ,
           as
           precious
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           Lord
           as
           thy self
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           more
           in
           the
           truth
           then
           thy self
           )
           not
           a
           Son
           of
           
             Belial
          
           suffered
           to
           molest
           thee
           ,
           nor
           a
           dog
           to
           move
           his
           tongue
           against
           thee
           ,
           If
           thou
           canst
           not
           in
           this
           fulness
           sit
           down
           with
           content
           ,
           who
           will
           pity
           thee
           if
           thou
           risest
           up
           ,
           and
           fall
           ?
           If
           thou
           wilt
           read
           and
           consider
           the
           difference
           between
           good
           and
           bad
           Magistrates
           ,
           thou
           mayest
           see
           the
           misery
           which
           thy
           Fore-fathers
           felt
           ,
           and
           our selves
           but
           lately
           feared
           under
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           thy
           
           present
           felicity
           ,
           which
           our
           fore-fathers
           desired
           ,
           and
           we
           now
           enjoy
           under
           the
           other
           ,
           the
           due
           and
           spiritual
           effects
           of
           which
           vision
           upon
           all
           our
           hearts
           ,
           through
           the
           Grace
           of
           our
           God
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           is
           the
           fervent
           Prayer
           of
        
         
           
             Thy
             Friend
             ,
             and
             Servant
             ,
             J.
             P.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           Page
           31.
           l.
           32.
           
             for
          
           spoil
           you
           ,
           
             read
          
           spoil
           him
           .
           p.
           11.
           l.
           34.
           for
           
             violendum
             ,
          
           r.
           
             violandum
             .
          
           p.
           12.
           l.
           13.
           
             r.
          
           profuseness
           .
           p.
           15.
           l.
           32.
           
             for
          
           Asses
           
             r.
          
           Lasses
           .
        
         
           These
           ,
           besides
           some
           others
           ,
           which
           I
           pray
           thee
           correct
           with
           thy
           Pen
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           Tyrant
           ,
           OR
           
             Homo
             Homini
             Demon
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             TYranny
             is
             a
             Complication
             of
             Iniquity
             ;
             whereby
             men
             (
             being
             Gods
             in
             Power
             )
             become
             Devils
             in
             practise
             ,
             to
             terrifie
             and
             torture
             all
             that
             withstand
             them
             in
             their
             devilish
             dealings
             .
             A
             Tyrant
             is
             a
             Devil
             in
             heart
             ,
             a
             Man
             in
             shape
             ,
             a
             Lyon
             in
             power
             ,
             a
             Bear
             in
             practise
             ,
             affrighting
             his
             People
             with
             his
             rage
             ,
             and
             roaring
             and
             tearing
             them
             limb-meal
             with
             his
             teeth
             and
             ●a●ons
             .
          
        
         
           The
           tend●r
           merc●es
           of
           Tyrants
           are
           cruel
           :
           the
           Scripture
           calls
           them
           ,
           
             roaring
             Lyon●
             ,
             evening
             Wol●es
             ,
             that
             gnaw
             not
             the
             bones
             till
             the
             morning
             ,
             Zeph.
          
           3.
           3.
           not
           satisfied
           so
           long
           as
           any
           thing
           is
           left
           ,
           dealing
           by
           the
           people
           as
           the
           cruel
           
             Spaniards
          
           do
           by
           the
           
             Indians
             ,
          
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           storied
           ,
           that
           they
           shew
           them
           favour
           when
           they
           do
           not
           for
           their
           pleasure
           whip
           their
           nak●●
           bodies
           with
           ●oards
           ,
           and
           dayly
           drop
           them
           with
           the
           ●at
           of
           ●u●ning
           ●acon
           :
           They
           cause
           the
           just
           to
           perish
           ,
           and
           the
           wicked
           ●o
           fl●u●●sh
           qu●ffi●g
           the
           tears
           of
           the
           oppressed
           ,
           making
           m●lody
           with
           their
           mis●ry
           and
           musick
           with
           their
           signs
           .
           The
           oppressed
           
             Romans
          
           complain●d
           to
           
           
             Pompey
             ,
             Nostra
             miseria
             tu
             es
             magnus
             ,
          
           Thou
           ar●
           become
           great
           by
           our
           miseries
           :
           like
           those
           Miscreants
           in
           
             Micah
          
           3.
           3.
           they
           
             ●at
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             fl●y
             the
             skin
             ,
             break
             the
             bones
             ,
             and
             chop
             them
             in
             pieces
             as
             for
             the
             pot
             :
          
           Like
           those
           
             American
          
           Canibals
           ,
           who
           when
           they
           take
           a
           prisoner
           ,
           feed
           upon
           him
           alive
           and
           by
           degrees
           ,
           cutting
           off
           from
           his
           body
           now
           a
           meal
           and
           then
           a
           meal
           ,
           which
           they
           roast
           before
           his
           eyes
           ,
           fearing
           up
           the
           wounds
           with
           a
           firebrand
           to
           stanch
           the
           blood
           ,
           to
           the
           unutterable
           aggravation
           of
           his
           horror
           and
           torment
           :
           Such
           a
           Lyon
           ●ampant
           was
           
             Nero
             ,
             2
             Tim.
             4
             17.
             
             I
             was
             delivered
             out
             of
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Lyon
             ;
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           those
           Monsters
           of
           mankind
           ,
           the
           bloody
           Tyrants
           ,
           Rom●s●
           Emperors
           ,
           in
           the
           primitive
           Persecutions
           ;
           and
           their
           Romish
           Successors
           ,
           the
           same
           in
           cruelty
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           profession
           ,
           ext●r●ing
           complaints
           against
           them
           〈…〉
           m
           the
           people
           of
           God
           in
           the
           voyce
           of
           the
           Prophet
           
             Jeremiah
          
           personating
           
             Sion
             ,
             Jer.
             51.
             34.
             
             Nebuchadn●zzar
             King
             of
             Babylon
             hath
             devoured
             me
             ,
             he
             hath
             crushed
             me
             ,
             he
             hath
             made
             me
             an
             empty
             vessel
             ,
             he
             hath
             swallowed
             me
             up
             like
             a
             Dragon
             ,
             he
             hath
             filled
             his
             belly
             with
             my
             delicates
             ,
             he
             hath
             cast
             me
             out
             .
          
           It
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Tyrants
           in
           the
           first
           Persecutions
           did
           destroy
           twenty
           seven
           millions
           of
           people
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           such
           cruelties
           as
           were
           never
           heard
           of
           before
           .
           One
           mentions
           a
           cruel
           Tyrant
           ,
           who
           to
           get
           monies
           of
           his
           miserable
           Subjects
           ,
           used
           to
           send
           for
           them
           first
           to
           the
           Court
           (
           as
           
             Charls
             ultimus
             Angliae
          
           did
           use
           to
           send
           for
           the
           Citizens
           of
           
             London
          
           and
           others
           that
           refused
           to
           pay
           Ship
           monies
           ,
           &c.
           )
           and
           if
           they
           did
           deny
           to
           pay
           according
           to
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           he
           would
           first
           knock
           out
           one
           of
           their
           t●eth
           ,
           and
           then
           another
           ,
           until
           they
           did
           yield
           to
           pay
           the
           same
           ;
           as
           
             Charls
          
           aforesaid
           by
           himself
           or
           Ag●nts
           did
           send
           persons
           that
           would
           not
           pay
           his
           illegal
           and
           unjust
           demands
           to
           
             New-gate
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             A
             Tyrants
             Regiment
             is
             without
             Righteousnes●
             ;
             he
             lives
             by
             Robbery
             with
             Authority
             ,
             making
             his
             Will
             his
             Warrant
             ,
             and
             his
             Lust
             his
             Law
             :
             He
             is
             not
             a
             Magistrate
             ,
             but
             a
             Malefactor
             ;
             not
             a
             Preserver
             ,
             but
             a
             Persecutor
             of
             Law
             and
             Equity
             .
          
        
         
           Righteousness
           is
           a
           ra●i●y
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Tyrants
           (
           except
           unconcerned
           in
           their
           own
           interest
           ,
           )
           where
           golden
           Angels
           (
           especially
           if
           their
           name
           be
           Legion
           )
           are
           their
           sacred
           Oracles
           ,
           from
           whose
           
           mouth
           they
           receive
           ,
           and
           so
           give
           sentence
           accordingly
           ,
           be
           it
           right
           or
           wrong
           ,
           to
           the
           wresting
           of
           Judgment
           :
           the
           Bribe
           prospereth
           which
           way
           soever
           it
           turneth
           ;
           
             making
             even
             wise
             men
             mad
          
           by
           their
           unrighteous
           sentence
           :
           
             Their
             right
             hand
             is
             full
             of
             bribes
             ,
             Psal.
             26.
             10.
             
             Solomon
          
           saith
           ,
           such
           person●trouble
           
             their
             own
             houses
             ,
             Prov.
          
           15.
           27.
           fire
           their
           nests
           while
           they
           think
           to
           feather
           them
           :
           
             Fire
             shall
             consume
             the
             tabernacles
             of
             bribery
             ,
             Job
          
           15.
           34.
           
           It
           was
           an
           Oath
           taken
           by
           the
           very
           Heathen
           Judges
           ,
           
             Audiam
             accusatorem
             &
             reum
             sine
             aff●ctibus
             &
             personarum
             respectione
             ,
          
           I
           will
           hear
           the
           Plaintiff
           and
           Difendant
           with
           an
           equal
           mind
           without
           aff●ction
           or
           respect
           of
           persons
           .
           It
           is
           ●●corded
           ,
           that
           
             Olanes
          
           sat
           upon
           the
           fleyd
           skin
           of
           his
           father
           
             S●lanes
             ,
          
           na●led
           by
           
             Chambises
          
           on
           the
           Tribunal
           .
           There
           are
           more
           th●n
           whispers
           of
           very
           sad
           stories
           of
           the
           bribery
           and
           baseness
           of
           our
           la●e
           English
           Court
           and
           the
           greatest
           therein
           ,
           taking
           mony
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           and
           doing
           Just●ce
           on
           neither
           side
           ;
           but
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           ●i●e
           consumes
           the
           tabernacles
           of
           bribery
           :
           wi●ness
           the
           woful
           desolations
           of
           that
           wretched
           Family
           ;
           the
           Husband
           hunted
           out
           of
           the
           world
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           driven
           from
           light
           to
           darkness
           ,
           the
           Wife
           banished
           from
           the
           Land
           of
           her
           pleasures
           ,
           the
           Children
           in
           their
           several
           dispersions
           in
           several
           places
           unwelcome
           to
           all
           ,
           being
           a
           burthen
           to
           all
           .
           
             The
             Word
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             tryed
             :
             The
             house
             of
             the
             wicked
             shall
             be
             overthrown
             ,
             Prov.
             14
             11.
             
             Brimstone
             shall
             be
             scattered
             upon
             his
             habitation
             ,
             Job
          
           18.
           15.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           
             He
             carries
             death
             at
             his
             tongues
             end
             ,
             the
             peoples
             welfare
             is
             at
             his
             m●er
             pleasure
             ,
             where
             his
             word
             is
             there
             is
             power
             ,
             and
             be
             his
             doings
             right
             or
             wrong
             who
             dares
             say
             unto
             him
             ,
             What
             dost
             thou
             ?
             Hi●
             heart
             is
             hard
             ,
             his
             hands
             are
             heavy
             ,
             and
             wo
             be
             to
             him
             tha●●eels
             their
             stroke
             .
          
        
         
           He
           hath
           long
           arms
           ,
           and
           can
           strike
           at
           a
           distance
           ;
           he
           wants
           not
           a
           heart
           to
           conceive
           ,
           a
           head
           to
           con●●ive
           ,
           nor
           hands
           to
           execute
           his
           bloody
           Commands
           :
           It
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           
             Methridates
          
           with
           one
           Letter
           did
           slay
           fourscore
           thousand
           Citizens
           of
           
             Rome
             ;
          
           none
           must
           cross
           them
           in
           their
           devilish
           cruelty
           ,
           except
           he
           will
           take
           a
           Bear
           by
           the
           tooth
           ,
           or
           a
           Lyon
           by
           the
           beard
           .
           I
           dare
           not
           dispute
           ,
           said
           a
           Philosopher
           to
           
             Adrian
          
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           with
           him
           that
           hath
           thirty
           Legions
           
           at
           his
           command
           ,
           
             neque
             in
             eum
             scribere
             qui
             potest
             proscribere
          
           nor
           write
           against
           him
           that
           can
           easily
           undo
           me
           :
           Against
           his
           word
           
             there
             must
             be
             no
             rising
             up
             ,
             Prov
          
           30.
           31.
           
           They
           will
           ride
           without
           reins
           ,
           until
           unhors'd
           with
           
             Haman
             ,
          
           and
           their
           honour
           of
           all
           becomes
           the
           hatred
           and
           scorn
           of
           all
           :
           
             His
             wrath
             is
             as
             a
             roaring
             Lyon
             ,
             Prov.
          
           19.
           12.
           amazing
           al
           that
           are
           about
           them
           :
           as
           a
           late
           King
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           who
           (
           though
           he
           had
           more
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           Fox
           then
           a
           L●on
           ,
           yet
           )
           would
           make
           h●
           Courtiers
           tremble
           with
           his
           sparkling
           countenance
           ,
           fierce
           ,
           fiery
           ,
           furious
           and
           ph●enzylike
           cursing
           and
           swearing
           ▪
           
             Nebuchadn●zzars
          
           rage
           against
           those
           three
           Worthies
           in
           
             Daniel
             ,
          
           was
           hot●er
           then
           his
           Oven
           (
           for
           he
           had
           destroyed
           them
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           when
           his
           Oven
           could
           not
           hurt
           them
           )
           for
           refusing
           to
           obey
           his
           idolatrous
           Commands
           :
           and
           
             Herod
          
           by
           the
           word
           of
           his
           mou●h
           hath
           bloody
           Executioners
           to
           murther
           poor
           innocent
           child●en
           in
           a
           barbarous
           manner
           .
           Now
           
             cursed
             be
             the
             anger
             of●yrants
          
           ,
           
             for
             it
             is
             fierce
             ;
             and
             their
             wrath
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             cruel
             ;
          
           by
           means
           whereof
           they
           live
           undesired
           ,
           they
           dye
           unlamented
           ,
           as
           
             Nerva
             ,
             Valentinian
             ;
          
           yea
           their
           ruine
           is
           the
           rejoycing
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           as
           was
           that
           of
           
             Nero
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cum
             mors
             crudelem
             rapuiss●t
             saeva
             Neronem
          
           
             Credibile
             est
             mul●os
             Romam
             agitasse
             jocos
             .
          
        
         
           
             When
             the
             wicked
             perish
             ,
             the
             City
             shouts
             for
             joy
             ,
             Prov.
          
           11.
           11.
           
           Absolute
           Power
           tick●es
           Tyrants
           ;
           to
           destroy
           with
           a
           word
           ,
           a
           nod
           ,
           this
           is
           their
           glory
           .
           
             Caesar
          
           told
           
             Met●llus
             ,
          
           he
           could
           as
           easily
           destroy
           him
           as
           bid
           it
           to
           be
           done
           :
           And
           
             Caligula
             ,
          
           speaking
           to
           his
           Consuls
           ,
           I
           laugh
           (
           said
           he
           )
           to
           think
           that
           I
           can
           kill
           you
           with
           a
           nod
           of
           my
           head
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           fair
           throat
           of
           my
           Wives
           shall
           be
           presently
           cut
           if
           I
           but
           speak
           the
           word
           ▪
           To
           have
           power
           to
           crucifie
           and
           power
           to
           save
           was
           
             Pilates
          
           pleasure
           and
           delight
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           
             He
             makes
             his
             people
             tremble
             before
             him
             ;
             he
             kills
             and
             saves
             ,
             puts
             down
             and
             sets
             up
             in
             the
             haughtiness
             of
             his
             heart
             and
             pride
             of
             his
             power
             ,
             persons
             and
             principles
             at
             his
             meer
             discretion
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           said
           of
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
             ,
          
           that
           having
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           Majesty
           ,
           glory
           and
           honour
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           all
           people
           ,
           Nations
           and
           Languages
           feared
           and
           trembled
           before
           him
           ,
           his
           heart
           was
           lifted
           up
           ,
           and
           his
           mind
           hardened
           in
           pride
           ,
           that
           whom
           he
           would
           he
           slew
           ,
           
           and
           whom
           he
           would
           he
           kept
           alive
           ,
           and
           whom
           he
           would
           he
           set
           up
           ,
           and
           whom
           he
           would
           he
           put
           down
           :
           You
           may
           judg
           of
           their
           disposition
           by
           his
           own
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           by
           his
           cruel
           decree
           against
           
             Daniel
             ,
          
           who
           did
           him
           no
           wrong
           ;
           like
           King
           like
           Courtiers
           ,
           like
           Prince
           like
           Priest
           ;
           for
           whom
           will
           they
           advance
           but
           either
           those
           that
           are
           their
           likes
           ,
           or
           whom
           they
           hope
           to
           make
           their
           likes
           ?
           When
           
             Princes
             are
             roaring
             Lions
             ,
             Zeph.
          
           3.
           3.
           they
           that
           are
           advanced
           
             Judges
             are
             evening
             Wolves
             ,
          
           vers.
           3.
           
           
             The
             Prophets
             are
             light
             and
             treacherous
             ,
             and
             the
             Priests
             do
             violence
             to
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           vers.
           4.
           
           What
           a
           cursed
           crew
           is
           here
           ?
           He
           doth
           not
           scatter
           ,
           but
           gather
           the
           wicked
           about
           him
           ,
           for
           they
           love
           their
           image
           ;
           
             Regis
             ad
             exemplum
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Hence
           it
           is
           that
           Kings
           Courts
           in
           Cities
           and
           Countries
           as
           they
           remove
           from
           place
           to
           place
           ,
           are
           little
           other
           ways
           then
           a
           moving
           Hell
           on
           Earth
           ,
           where
           the
           Elect
           of
           Satan
           ,
           the
           most
           cursing
           ,
           swearing
           ,
           blaspheming
           ,
           lascivious
           ,
           proud
           ,
           wanton
           ,
           effeminate
           ,
           base
           and
           beastly
           persons
           ,
           are
           gathered
           together
           ,
           from
           all
           the
           Nation
           ,
           people
           and
           families
           of
           the
           whole
           Country
           ,
           infecting
           all
           places
           where
           ever
           they
           come
           ,
           rendring
           them
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           the
           very
           suburbs
           of
           Hell
           :
           Hence
           it
           was
           that
           where
           the
           Prince
           and
           the
           Prophet
           
             (
             Anglicè
             )
          
           the
           
             *
          
           Civil
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           Tyrants
           had
           their
           Seats
           and
           their
           Seas
           ,
           the
           Cities
           ,
           Towns
           ,
           Countries
           were
           the
           most
           debauch'd
           parts
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           
             He
             will
             rule
             all
             ,
             and
             be
             ruled
             by
             none
             ;
             he
             throws
             away
             the
             bonds
             of
             Nature
             ,
             Reason
             and
             Religion
             ,
             and
             acts
             by
             his
             pride
             ,
             pleasure
             and
             passion
             .
          
        
         
           No
           ,
           not
           by
           God
           ,
           Nature
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           Law
           :
           
             Exod.
             5.
             2.
             
             Pharaoh
          
           said
           ,
           
             Who
             is
             the
             Lord
             that
             I
             should
             obey
             his
             voyce
             ,
             and
             let
             Israel
             go
             ?
             I
             know
             not
             the
             Lord
             ,
             neither
             will
             I
             let
             Israel
             go
             ▪
             Pride
             compasseth
             them
             about
             like
             a
             chain
             ,
             violence
             covereth
             them
             as
             a
             garment
             ,
             Psal.
          
           73
           6.
           
           Taking
           pleasure
           in
           their
           pride
           and
           cruelty
           ,
           until
           their
           pride
           bring
           them
           low
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           29.
           23.
           
           Their
           greatness
           and
           gallantry
           makes
           them
           swell
           and
           look
           loftily
           :
           
             Is
             not
             this
             great
             Babel
             that
             I
             have
             built
             for
             the
             house
             of
             my
             Kingdom
             ,
             by
             the
             might
             of
             my
             power
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             my
             Majesty
             ?
          
           said
           proud
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
             :
          
           but
           God
           pluckt
           down
           his
           plumes
           ,
           and
           
           stain'd
           all
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           sent
           him
           to
           school
           amongst
           wilde
           beasts
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           learn
           better
           manners
           then
           to
           vye
           it
           thus
           with
           the
           great
           God
           of
           Heaven
           &
           Earth
           .
           Sea
           the
           R●ign
           and
           Ruine
           ,
           the
           pride
           and
           punishment
           of
           
             Tyrus
             ,
             Eze.
          
           28.
           27.
           because
           his
           heart
           was
           lift●d
           up
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             I
             am
             a
             God
             ;
          
           but
           God
           threatened
           to
           darken
           his
           br●gh●ness
           ,
           to
           shame
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           him
           to
           the
           pit
           .
           I
           might
           instance
           likewise
           in
           
             Herod
             ,
          
           who
           glittering
           in
           his
           shining
           garb
           (
           as
           
             Josephus
          
           hath
           it
           )
           assuming
           the
           honour
           of
           God
           ,
           was
           ungodded
           ,
           yea
           unman'd
           by
           the
           basest
           of
           vermin
           .
           The
           time
           would
           fail
           to
           speak
           to
           
             B●n●adad
             Rabshecha
             ,
             Zenacherib
             .
             Antiochus
             ,
             Nicanor
             ,
          
           of
           
             Alexander
          
           the
           Great
           ,
           of
           
             Nero
             ,
          
           of
           
             Bajazet
          
           the
           great
           Turkish
           Emperor
           ,
           with
           many
           others
           ,
           whose
           pride
           ,
           insolency
           and
           haughtiness
           brought
           the
           wheel
           o●
           Gods
           wrath
           so
           exempla●lry
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           made
           (
           some
           in
           sacred
           ,
           and
           others
           in
           other
           Histories
           )
           perpetual
           monuments
           of
           Gods
           most
           fearful
           indignation
           ;
           amongst
           whom
           may
           we
           not
           bring
           the
           late
           King
           of
           
             England
          
           of
           bleeding
           memory
           ,
           whose
           stubbornness
           ,
           resoluteness
           and
           unruleableness
           by
           Parliaments
           ,
           Councels
           ,
           or
           the
           wisest
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           brought
           him
           to
           ruine
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           not
           suffer
           him
           to
           command
           like
           a
           God
           without
           contradiction
           ?
           He
           acted
           so
           like
           a
           Devil
           ,
           murth●ring
           and
           massacring
           his
           people
           with
           fire
           and
           sword
           ,
           until
           the
           wrath
           of
           the
           Lord
           broke
           out
           upon
           him
           ,
           like
           a
           Lion
           from
           the
           thicke●s
           ,
           devouring
           him
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           his
           own
           people
           ,
           to
           the
           h●rror
           and
           amazement
           of
           all
           the
           Princes
           round
           about
           :
           his
           Will
           was
           his
           Reason
           ,
           and
           his
           Reason
           his
           Will
           ,
           and
           both
           his
           downfall
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           
             His
             Commonwealth
             is
             a
             common
             woe
             ,
             where
             his
             p●or
             Subjects
             as
             in
             a
             great
             Bridewell
             receive
             their
             work
             and
             their
             wages
             ,
             their
             labour
             and
             their
             lashes
             ,
             their
             stripes
             and
             stipends
             ,
             as
             his
             meer
             discretion
             ,
             and
             the
             will
             of
             his
             Beadles
             .
          
        
         
           Where
           a
           Tyrant
           rules
           ,
           the
           Estates
           ,
           Lives
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           People
           are
           not
           theirs
           ,
           but
           his
           ;
           not
           at
           theirs
           ,
           but
           at
           his
           commands
           .
           
             Cato
          
           calls
           them
           ,
           
             Fures
             publicos
             ,
          
           p●bl●q●e
           T●ieves
           ;
           another
           ,
           
             Latrones
             cum
             privilegio
             ,
          
           R●bb●s
           by
           authority
           ;
           the
           very
           Scabs
           of
           a
           Nation
           :
           
             Isai.
          
           5.
           7.
           
           
             He
             looked
             for
             Judgment
             ,
             but
             behold
             Oppression
          
           (
           or
           a
           Scab
           ,
           )
           
             for
             Righteousness
             ,
             but
             behold
             a
             Cry
             :
          
           Like
           that
           of
           the
           poor
           Subjects
           of
           
             Phalaris
             ,
          
           whose
           delight
           it
           was
           to
           
           see
           and
           hear
           their
           tortures
           and
           screeches
           :
           as
           
             John
             Maria
          
           Duke
           of
           
             Millane
             ,
          
           who
           took
           pleasure
           to
           throw
           his
           people
           to
           be
           torn
           in
           pieces
           by
           fierce
           Mastives
           .
           With
           the
           
             Spaniard
          
           it
           is
           sin
           to
           enquire
           into
           Religion
           ,
           and
           punishable
           by
           a
           perpetual
           cruel
           Inquisition
           :
           With
           the
           
             French
          
           it
           is
           crime
           enough
           in
           the
           poor
           Husbandman
           to
           wear
           good
           clothes
           of
           his
           own
           getting
           ,
           eat
           good
           meat
           of
           his
           own
           breeding
           ;
           it
           is
           meat
           for
           his
           Master
           and
           his
           Attendants
           ,
           too
           good
           for
           him
           .
           The
           great
           
             Turk
          
           hath
           his
           Bow
           ▪
           strings
           to
           strangle
           his
           Subj●cts
           at
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           whose
           commands
           must
           be
           obeyed
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           to
           require
           whom
           he
           pleaseth
           to
           throw
           themselves
           headlong
           ,
           and
           break
           them
           into
           pieces
           down
           steep
           Rocks
           and
           Clifts
           ,
           lest
           a
           worse
           thing
           (
           if
           worse
           may
           be
           )
           should
           befall
           them
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           
             In
             stead
             of
             punishing
             offences
             he
             arms
             Offenders
             ,
             whereby
             he
             becomes
             the
             greatest
             Traytor
             ,
             Murtherer
             and
             Thief
             ,
             violating
             the
             greatest
             Trusts
             of
             the
             Liberties
             ,
             Lives
             and
             Livelyhoods
             of
             the
             People
             .
          
        
         
           As
           God
           hath
           his
           good
           Angels
           to
           do
           his
           Will
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           secure
           and
           defend
           ,
           protect
           and
           preserve
           his
           people
           ;
           and
           the
           Devil
           his
           evil
           Angels
           for
           contrary
           service
           :
           even
           so
           Tyrants
           ,
           which
           are
           Satans
           first-born
           ,
           have
           their
           Angels
           or
           Messengers
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           whole
           Troops
           ,
           Regiments
           ,
           and
           Armies
           ,
           to
           execute
           their
           cursed
           Commands
           :
           as
           
             Herod
          
           had
           his
           armed
           men
           sent
           out
           to
           destroy
           poor
           Innocents
           ;
           all
           Histories
           recording
           the
           cruelty
           of
           Tyrants
           ,
           mention
           their
           numerous
           and
           armed
           Agents
           ,
           their
           swift
           M●ssengers
           and
           Executioners
           of
           fury
           ,
           who
           are
           commonly
           the
           scum
           ,
           filth
           and
           froth
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           hence
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           late
           King
           set
           up
           his
           Standard
           against
           his
           Parliament
           and
           People
           ,
           the
           vilest
           ,
           basest
           ,
           and
           worst
           of
           the
           Nation
           did
           flow
           in
           unto
           him
           ,
           whereof
           God
           made
           a
           great
           Sacrifice
           unto
           his
           Justice
           and
           Indignation
           by
           their
           utter
           ruine
           and
           destruction
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           
             He
             eats
             up
             the
             people
             like
             bread
             ,
             and
             drinks
             their
             blood
             like
             sweet
             wine
             ,
             commanding
             all
             as
             if
             he
             made
             all
             ,
             though
             he
             mars
             all
             ,
             making
             his
             Creators
             his
             creatures
             ,
             his
             Makers
             his
             meat
             ,
             his
             Lords
             his
             Loons
             .
          
        
         
         
           All
           men
           naturally
           are
           born
           free
           ,
           made
           at
           first
           to
           command
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           obey
           ;
           and
           so
           lived
           ,
           until
           from
           the
           Spring
           of
           
             Adams
          
           transgression
           they
           fell
           among
           themselves
           to
           do
           violence
           and
           wrong
           ;
           and
           foreseeing
           that
           such
           courses
           must
           needs
           tend
           to
           common
           destruction
           ,
           they
           agreed
           by
           common
           consent
           to
           bind
           each
           other
           from
           mutual
           injury
           ;
           and
           because
           a
           mutual
           faith
           was
           not
           sufficient
           unto
           mutual
           peace
           ,
           therefore
           they
           ordained
           Authority
           by
           mutual
           consent
           ,
           and
           betrusted
           some
           therewith
           to
           restrain
           by
           force
           and
           punishment
           the
           violation
           of
           common
           right
           ,
           which
           Trustees
           were
           not
           so
           made
           to
           b●
           their
           Lords
           and
           Masters
           ,
           but
           D●pu●ies
           and
           Commissioners
           to
           execute
           that
           Justice
           ,
           which
           else
           every
           man
           by
           the
           b●nd
           of
           Nature
           and
           Covenant
           must
           have
           executed
           for
           himself
           and
           for
           another
           :
           and
           why
           any
           man
           should
           have
           lordship
           or
           authority
           over
           others
           but
           for
           this
           common
           end
           ,
           is
           not
           imaginable
           :
           Rulers
           were
           made
           by
           the
           people
           ,
           not
           the
           people
           by
           them
           ;
           they
           were
           made
           for
           the
           people
           ,
           not
           the
           people
           for
           them
           ;
           they
           are
           each
           particular
           mans
           Lord
           by
           their
           own
           consent
           for
           each
           mans
           peace
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           servants
           to
           the
           whole
           for
           the
           good
           of
           all
           ;
           no
           man●s
           bound
           to
           the
           Ruler
           in
           any
           matter
           of
           common
           prejudice
           ,
           but
           he
           i●
           bound
           to
           them
           all
           in
           common
           preservation
           ;
           the
           whole
           owe
           not
           their
           lives
           to
           any
           though
           never
           ●o
           great
           on
           Earth
           ,
           the
           greatest
           oweth
           his
           li●e
           to
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           is
           made
           great
           by
           God
           and
           man
           for
           service
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           Lordship
           sake
           :
           wh●n
           such
           Trustees
           turn
           Tyrants
           ,
           what
           are
           th●y
           but
           the
           grea●est
           Traytors
           ?
           Is
           not
           Treason
           the
           betraying
           of
           just
           Trust●
           ?
           the
           greater
           the
           T●ust
           ,
           the
           greater
           the
           Treason
           ,
           the
           worse
           the
           T●aytor
           :
           What
           greater
           Trust
           then
           that
           of
           Governmen●
           ?
           which
           being
           once
           vo●un●●r●ly
           and
           plenarily
           betrayed
           ,
           the
           people
           are
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           discha●g●d
           from
           their
           all●geance
           :
           The
           affi●mation
           ,
           that
           the
           whol●
           peop●e
           in
           one
           body
           is
           inferior
           to
           on●
           single
           man
           who
           ever
           he
           be
           ▪
           is
           high
           Trea●on
           against
           the
           Dignity
           of
           Mankind
           .
           It
           was
           the
           saying
           of
           a
           Heath●n
           King
           ,
           
             I
             rule
             not
             my
             people
             by
             Tyranny
             as
             if
             they
             were
             Barbarians
             ,
             but
             am
             my self
             liable
             if
             I
             do
             unjustly
             to
             suffer
             justly
             :
          
           And
           
             Trajan
          
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           giving
           a
           naked
           sword
           to
           one
           whom
           he
           made
           General
           of
           his
           
             Praetorian
          
           Forces
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             Take
             this
             drawn
             sword
             ,
             to
             use
             for
             me
             ,
             if
             I
             raign
             well
             ;
             if
             not
             ,
             to
             use
             it
             against
             me
             :
          
           But
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           what
           is
           he
           but
           
             carnivorum
             animal
             ,
          
           a
           ravenous
           creature
           ,
           a
           devourer
           of
           the
           people
           ?
        
         
         
           9.
           
           
             He
             makes
             no
             more
             conscience
             of
             killing
             men
             ,
             then
             Moles
             ,
             of
             burning
             their
             Houses
             ,
             then
             Wasps
             nests
             ,
             of
             destroying
             whole
             Families
             ,
             then
             Litters
             of
             Rots
             .
          
        
         
           As
           
             Methridates
          
           did
           slay
           fourscore
           thousand
           Citizens
           of
           
             Rome
             :
          
           what
           need
           we
           instance
           the
           large
           volumes
           of
           cruel
           Tyrants
           ?
           of
           their
           heading
           ,
           hanging
           ,
           burning
           ,
           frying
           ,
           roasting
           ,
           scalding
           ,
           wracking
           ,
           cuting
           ,
           chopp●ng
           ,
           flaying
           ,
           their
           poor
           innocent
           subjects
           at
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           making
           pastime
           with
           their
           pains
           ,
           &
           sports
           with
           their
           spoils
           ;
           witness
           also
           the
           rapes
           ,
           robberies
           ,
           murthers
           ,
           burning
           and
           destroying
           of
           so
           many
           thousand
           persons
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           Towns
           ,
           and
           Families
           by
           the
           late
           Tyrant
           in
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           in
           his
           late
           bloody
           Wars
           ,
           and
           Massacres
           ,
           raised
           for
           the
           utter
           ruine
           of
           all
           those
           that
           in
           the
           least
           withstood
           his
           tyrannical
           principles
           ,
           and
           usurpations
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           
             He
             holds
             himself
             accountable
             to
             none
             ,
             but
             God
             alone
             ,
             though
             he
             believes
             no
             more
             God
             in
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             then
             man
             in
             the
             moon
             ,
             pretending
             most
             to
             that
             which
             his
             Soul
             most
             abhors
             ,
             Religion
             and
             Righteousness
             ,
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             are
             most
             in
             his
             mouth
             ,
             when
             his
             heart
             loaths
             them
             ,
             and
             his
             conscience
             serves
             him
             to
             say
             ,
             and
             unsay
             ,
             to
             swear
             ,
             and
             forswear
             ,
             advance
             ,
             and
             abase
             principles
             and
             persons
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             his
             lusts
             .
          
        
         
           Tyrants
           know
           no
           God
           but
           themselves
           ;
           
             Who
             is
             the
             Lord
             ?
          
           said
           
             Pharaoh
             :
             W●o
             can
             deliver
             out
             of
             my
             hands
             ?
          
           said
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
             .
             Alexander
          
           the
           Great
           commanded
           himself
           to
           be
           held
           a
           God
           ,
           and
           
             Apelles
          
           pictured
           him
           with
           a
           thunder-bolt
           ,
           
             Lypsius
          
           with
           this
           posie
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Jupiter
               asserui
               terram
               mihi
               ;
               tu
               assere
               coelum
               ,
            
          
           
             Let
             
               Jove
            
             take
             Heaven
             ,
             so
             the
             Earth
             be
             min●
             .
          
        
         
           With
           which
           pictures
           
             Alexander
          
           was
           so
           delighted
           ,
           that
           he
           commanded
           that
           none
           should
           take
           his
           pictures
           ,
           but
           
             Lypsius
          
           and
           
             Apelles
             ;
             Caligula
          
           braved
           his
           god
           
             Jupiter
             ,
          
           and
           threatned
           him
           ,
           though
           at
           every
           clap
           of
           thunder
           ,
           or
           flash
           of
           lightning
           ,
           he
           would
           run
           hastily
           and
           hide
           himself
           under
           his
           bed
           like
           a
           wrigling
           worm
           .
           
             Tullius
             Hostilius
          
           said
           ,
           That
           Religion
           did
           but
           ●ffeminate
           mens
           
           minds
           ,
           and
           unfit
           them
           for
           noble
           imployments
           ,
           but
           one
           witneseth
           that
           even
           this
           
             Roman
          
           King
           fained
           to
           himself
           two
           new
           gods
           ,
           
             viz.
             Pavorem
             ,
             &
             Pallorem
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           carried
           about
           with
           him
           in
           h●s
           own
           bosom
           ,
           such
           wretches
           not
           fearing
           him
           that
           made
           all
           things
           ,
           are
           sometimes
           affrighted
           with
           nothing
           ;
           As
           
             Ahaz
          
           that
           trembled
           at
           the
           shaking
           of
           a
           leaf
           ,
           and
           
             Manasseh
          
           who
           hid
           his
           head
           among
           thorns
           ;
           and
           thence
           was
           taken
           and
           bound
           in
           setters
           ,
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           33.
           11.
           
        
         
           A
           Tyrant
           wants
           not
           Parasites
           that
           say
           to
           him
           as
           one
           said
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Tu
               meritò
               in
               terris
               diceris
               esse
               Deus
               .
            
          
           
             Thou
             well
             deservest
             here
             to
             be
             stiled
             a
             god
             .
          
        
         
           How
           did
           the
           peopl●s●-blow
           
             Herod
          
           with
           their
           flatteries
           ?
           crying
           him
           up
           for
           a
           god
           ,
           and
           God
           makes
           those
           worms
           to
           devour
           him
           ;
           the
           voice
           of
           a
           Tyrants
           heart
           is
           like
           that
           of
           
             Ninive
             ,
             I
             am
             and
             there
             is
             none
             besides
             me
             ;
          
           or
           as
           
             Babylon
             ,
             I
             will
             ascend
             unto
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             set
             my
             Nest
             above
             the
             Stars
             .
          
        
         
           
             My
             r●of
             receives
             me
             not
             ,
             't
             is
             ayr
             I
             tread
             ,
          
           
             At
             every
             step
             I
             feel
             my
             advanc'd
             head
          
           
             Knock
             out
             a
             Star
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             —
             
               said
            
             Sejanus
             .
          
        
         
           
             Attilas
          
           King
           of
           
             Hunnes
          
           arrogantly
           vaunted
           that
           the
           Stars
           fell
           before
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           Earth
           trembled
           at
           his
           presence
           :
           
             Caligula
          
           by
           certain
           Engines
           thundred
           and
           lightned
           as
           another
           
             Jupiter
             ,
             I
             will
             asc●n●
             above
             the
             height
             of
             the
             clouds
             ,
             I
             will
             be
             like
             the
             Most
             High
             ,
          
           said
           the
           King
           of
           
             Babel
             :
             Cyrus
          
           caused
           this
           to
           be
           writ
           over
           his
           Sepulchre
           ,
           
             I
             could
             do
             all
             things
             .
          
           But
           why
           then
           did
           he
           not
           preserve
           himself
           from
           death
           ?
        
         
           
             Zerxes
          
           was
           angry
           with
           the
           Mountains
           ,
           Winds
           ,
           Rivers
           ,
           the
           Elements
           ,
           if
           any
           of
           them
           crost
           him
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           men
           under
           his
           pay
           :
           At
           
             Hellespont
          
           he
           caused
           two
           millions
           of
           men
           to
           be
           w
           〈…〉
           d
           over
           into
           
             Greece
             ,
          
           where
           a
           suddain
           Tempest
           battering
           and
           b●ating
           his
           Boat●
           ,
           he
           caused
           the
           Sea
           to
           be
           st●nck
           with
           three
           hundred
           stripes
           ,
           and
           c●st
           a
           pair
           of
           setters
           into
           it
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           know
           to
           whom
           it
           was
           subject
           .
           I
           have
           heard
           of
           a
           story
           of
           an
           
             English
          
           King
           ,
           or
           rather
           a
           King
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           of
           very
           late
           dayes
           ,
           (
           a
           great
           Hunter
           ,
           that
           was
           his
           worthy
           Character
           )
           who
           being
           at
           
             Newmarket
          
           for
           his
           pleasure
           sake
           ,
           &
           hindered
           in
           his
           sport
           by
           a
           long
           
           rain
           for
           many
           days
           together
           ,
           with
           very
           little
           or
           no
           fair
           weather
           ,
           began
           at
           last
           to
           be
           so
           really
           fretted
           thereat
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           heard
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           no
           King
           in
           the
           world
           was
           so
           little
           beholding
           to
           God
           Almighty
           as
           he
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           should
           wait
           a
           whole
           month
           together
           for
           a
           day
           of
           fair
           weather
           for
           his
           recreation
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           procure
           it
           ,
           or
           words
           to
           the
           like
           wicked
           purpose
           ,
           that
           one
           day
           falling
           fair
           ,
           great
           joy
           was
           at
           Court
           ,
           all
           his
           Troop
           of
           Courtiers
           mounting
           upon
           their
           hunting
           Horses
           ,
           and
           he
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           being
           about
           their
           game
           ,
           the
           clouds
           frowned
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           a
           very
           great
           soaking
           shower
           of
           rain
           fell
           ,
           at
           which
           the
           said
           K●●g
           being
           in
           a
           mad
           fretting
           and
           frenzy
           fit
           ,
           cryed
           out
           with
           cursing
           and
           sweating
           ,
           that
           the
           world
           should
           be
           drowned
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           a
           scorn
           rode
           up
           upon
           the
           brow
           of
           a
           Knap
           upon
           
             New-market
          
           Heath
           (
           if
           my
           memory
           fail
           me
           not
           in
           my
           information
           )
           where
           he
           said
           ,
           Give
           me
           a
           Bible
           ,
           I
           'le
           prove
           the
           world
           must
           be
           drowned
           ,
           crying
           out
           again
           and
           again
           ,
           Why
           do
           you
           not
           give
           me
           a
           Bible
           ?
           at
           last
           a
           Bible
           was
           brought
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           it
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           he
           opened
           it
           ,
           and
           turned
           and
           tossed
           it
           ,
           at
           last
           making
           a
           scornful
           mouth
           ,
           he
           threw
           it
           over
           his
           left
           shoulder
           in
           derision
           ,
           and
           so
           rod●
           away
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Promises
           ,
           Vows
           ,
           and
           Covenants
           ,
           these
           are
           nothing
           with
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           he
           oftentimes
           promiseth
           in
           the
           word
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           thinks
           his
           heart
           unsworn
           ,
           his
           solemn
           Oaths
           ,
           Vows
           ,
           and
           Covenants
           ,
           Protestations
           ,
           Imprecations
           ,
           and
           Execrations
           ,
           he
           slips
           as
           easily
           as
           Monkies
           do
           their
           Collers
           ,
           making
           election
           of
           those
           only
           that
           serve
           his
           turn
           ,
           and
           reprobates
           the
           rest
           ;
           So
           a
           Tyrants
           
             Maxim
          
           is
           out
           of
           
             Lucian
             ,
          
        
         
           
             
               Sceptrorum
               vis
               tota
               perit
               ,
               si
               poedere
               just●
               incipit
               .
            
          
           
             Scepters
             are
             vain
             that
             do
             on
             justice
             stand
             ▪
          
        
         
           That
           
             Principi
             nihil
             est
             injustum
             quod
             fructuosum
             ,
          
           a
           Prince
           ought
           to
           account
           nothing
           unjust
           which
           is
           profitable
           ▪
           that
           it
           is
           lawful
           
             Regni
             causâ
             sceleratum
             esse
             ,
          
           to
           do
           any
           wicked
           thing
           to
           procure
           absolute
           Soveraignty
           .
           Again
           ,
           that
           
             Regni
             causa
             jus
             violendum
             esse
             ,
          
           That
           all
           Laws
           may
           be
           violated
           to
           make
           way
           for
           Domination
           ;
           That
           
             Vbi
             honesta
             tantum
             dominanti
             lic●●●
             ,
             praecario
             r●gnatur
             ,
          
           where
           it
           is
           warrantable
           for
           the
           Prince
           to
           do
           nothing
           but
           right
           and
           just
           things
           ,
           he
           rules
           but
           by
           curtesie
           .
           Who
           can
           forget
           those
           manifold
           imprecations
           of
           the
           late
           King
           in
           several
           
           cases
           together
           with
           his
           Promises
           ,
           Vows
           ,
           and
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           his
           common
           breach
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           the
           just
           Sentence
           of
           God
           from
           his
           own
           lips
           ,
           so
           frequently
           
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             ,
          
           and
           the
           execution
           thereof
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           
             His
             Court
             is
             commonly
             the
             Center
             of
             wickedness
             ,
          
           a
           
             Burrough
             of
             Beasts
             ,
             a
             Den
             of
             Theeves
             ,
             his
             H●ll
             a
             Hell
             ,
             his
             Chamber
             of
             Presence
             the
             very
             Synagogue
             of
             Satan
             ,
             his
             Chair
             of
             State
             ,
             the
             Throne
             of
             iniquity
             ,
             where
             with
             his
             ranting
             r●tinue
             ,
             his
             cursing
             Courtiers
             ,
             his
             cunning
             flatterers
             ,
             his
             fine
             fools
             ,
             his
             gaudy
             Grandees
             ,
             he
             satiates
             himself
             in
             his
             filthy
             desires
             ,
             and
             where
             loosness
             and
             licentiousness
             ,
             glut●ony
             and
             drunkenness
             ,
             chambering
             and
             wantonness
             ,
             strive
             and
             envyings
             ,
             blasphemies
             and
             beastliness
             ,
             profusness
             ,
             prophaneness
             ,
             and
             all
             kind
             of
             wickedness
             do
             ran●
             and
             reign
          
           cum
           Privilegio
           Regio
           .
        
         
           Tyrants
           Courts
           are
           commonly
           the
           very
           Sourse
           of
           sin
           ,
           the
           wel-head
           ,
           the
           spring
           of
           the
           wickedness
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           from
           whence
           flows
           such
           bitter
           waters
           ,
           as
           infect
           the
           whole
           Countrey
           ,
           like
           Prince
           ,
           like
           Priest
           ,
           like
           Prophet
           ,
           like
           people
           ,
           like
           Court
           ,
           like
           Countrey
           ;
           the
           Chambers
           of
           Tyrants
           ,
           what
           are
           they
           but
           the
           very
           Chappels
           of
           
             Venus
             ?
          
           where
           their
           Beds
           ,
           Pallets
           ,
           Couches
           ,
           are
           the
           very
           Altars
           whereon
           those
           abominable
           sacrifices
           of
           filthiness
           are
           so
           abundantly
           offered
           ;
           their
           Kitchins
           ,
           Pantries
           ,
           Cellars
           ,
           Butteries
           ,
           are
           stuft
           and
           fill'd
           with
           the
           sacrifices
           of
           
             Bacchus
             ,
          
           where
           men
           break
           their
           brains
           ,
           as
           swine
           do
           their
           bellies
           with
           quaffing
           :
           It
           was
           said
           of
           
             Bonosus
             ,
          
           the
           drunk●n
           Emperour
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           born
           
             non
             ut
             vivat
             ,
             sed
             ut
             bibat
             ,
          
           not
           to
           live
           ,
           but
           to
           drink
           :
           and
           being
           overcome
           by
           
             Pr●bus
             ,
          
           he
           hanged
           himself
           ,
           upon
           whom
           it
           was
           j●sted
           ,
           that
           a
           ●anke●d
           hung
           there
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           man
           .
           
             Darius
          
           King
           of
           
             Persia
          
           commanded
           this
           inscription
           to
           be
           set
           over
           his
           Sepulchre
           :
           
             I
             was
             able
             to
             hunt
             lustily
             ,
             to
             drink
             wine
             soundly
             ,
             to
             bear
             it
             out
             bravely
             .
             Solomon
          
           saith
           ,
           
             Wine
             as
             raging
             ,
          
           and
           
             Paul
          
           fi●ly
           joyneth
           drunkards
           and
           railers
           together
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           6
           9.
           being
           both
           commonly
           found
           in
           one
           person
           .
           And
           are
           not
           the
           Courts
           of
           Tyrants
           commonly
           filled
           with
           such
           roaring
           boyes
           as
           these
           ?
           whose
           heads
           and
           hearts
           are
           overcharged
           
           with
           surfeiting
           and
           drunkenness
           ,
           what
           Governours
           are
           these
           like
           to
           make
           ,
           who
           are
           so
           ungoverned
           ?
           these
           jolly
           companions
           are
           (
           like
           locusts
           )
           all
           belly
           ,
           where
           they
           bury
           their
           wits
           ,
           their
           reason
           ,
           their
           understanding
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           their
           throats
           are
           open
           Sepulchres
           ,
           where
           their
           whole
           families
           are
           buried
           alive
           ,
           digging
           their
           grave
           with
           their
           teeth
           ;
           Hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           Courtiers
           of
           the
           late
           K●ng
           ,
           having
           their
           hundreds
           and
           thousands
           by
           their
           places
           ,
           and
           preferments
           ,
           whose
           glittering
           garbs
           in
           former
           days
           rendered
           them
           like
           blazing
           Stars
           in
           the
           streets
           ,
           drawing
           all
           eyes
           after
           them
           ,
           are
           now
           creeping
           up
           and
           down
           with
           thin
           cheeks
           ,
           and
           ragged
           raiments
           ,
           and
           their
           poor
           families
           pining
           in
           penury
           ,
           being
           buried
           before
           they
           were
           born
           ,
           (
           I
           mean
           )
           through
           their
           Parents
           pro●useness
           ,
           neglecting
           to
           make
           due
           provision
           for
           their
           posterity
           :
           much
           meat
           ,
           much
           malady
           :
           a
           glutton
           shall
           not
           want
           wo
           ,
           luxury
           is
           attended
           with
           beggery
           :
           the
           Apostle
           joyns
           gluttony
           and
           drunkenness
           ,
           chambering
           and
           wantonness
           ,
           as
           birds
           of
           a
           feather
           in
           one
           nest
           ,
           or
           person
           ;
           And
           where
           do
           these
           Ravens
           build
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           in
           Kings
           Palaces
           ,
           
             Est
             Venus
             in
             vinis
             ,
          
           Whoredom
           is
           commonly
           ushered
           in
           with
           drunkenness
           ,
           hence
           it
           is
           that
           the
           Whore
           hath
           a
           Cup●n
           her
           hand
           ,
           
             Revel.
          
           17.
           4.
           
           When
           
             Lot
          
           was
           drunk
           ,
           he
           quickly
           staggered
           ,
           reeled
           ,
           stumbled
           ,
           and
           ●●ll
           into
           the
           Whores
           di●ch
           ;
           where
           he
           so
           besoild
           himself
           ,
           that
           his
           name
           will
           never
           be
           clean
           again
           .
           What
           
             provision
          
           (
           or
           catering
           )
           
             for
             the
             flesh
             ,
          
           (
           as
           the
           word
           is
           
             Rom.
          
           13.
           13.
           
           )
           
             to
             fulfill
             the
             lusts
             thereof
             ,
          
           is
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Courts
           of
           Tyrants
           ?
           I
           have
           heard
           of
           a
           great
           Duke
           ●●
           the
           late
           Kings
           days
           ,
           whose
           mornings
           drink
           ,
           
             de
             die
             in
             di●m
             ,
          
           was
           so
           tempered
           ,
           and
           conditioned
           ,
           that
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           
             London
          
           upon
           a
           certain
           morning
           v●siting
           the
           said
           Dukes
           Steward
           (
           being
           of
           his
           acquaintaince
           )
           the
           said
           Steward
           passed
           by
           with
           a
           cup
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           his
           friend
           asked
           him
           what
           ●e
           had
           there
           in
           the
           cup
           :
           the
           Steward
           replyed
           I
           have
           my
           Lords
           mornings
           draft
           :
           the
           Gentleman
           desi●ed
           he
           might
           taste
           it
           ,
           which
           accordingly
           he
           did
           ,
           taking
           a
           little
           sup
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           operation
           whereof
           was
           so
           ,
           that
           he
           profest
           he
           had
           much
           to
           do
           to
           ●orbear
           incivilities
           upon
           every
           woman
           that
           he
           met
           ,
           being
           so
           strangely
           and
           unexpectedly
           overcome
           therewith
           ,
           that
           he
           lockt
           himself
           up
           within
           d●ors
           all
           that
           day
           ,
           fearing
           least
           he
           should
           be
           overcome
           with
           fol●y
           .
           A
           b●lly
           ●illed
           with
           wine
           ,
           or
           int●xic●●ing
           drinks
           ,
           soam●th
           ●ut
           fil●hiness
           ,
           
           said
           a
           Father
           :
           Wine
           is
           the
           milk
           of
           
             Venus
             ,
          
           said
           another
           ,
           by
           which
           a
           man
           being
           once
           overcome
           he
           is
           become
           a
           child
           ,
           one
           without
           strength
           ,
           a
           fool
           and
           no
           man
           ,
           
             quia
             non
             ratione
             sed
             affectu
             rapitur
             ,
          
           because
           he
           is
           not
           rul'd
           by
           reason
           ,
           but
           affection
           ,
           led
           about
           by
           the
           nose
           even
           of
           women
           :
           
             Thou
             shalt
             be
             as
             one
             of
             the
             fools
             in
             Israel
             ,
          
           said
           
             Tamar
          
           fitly
           to
           her
           libidinous
           brother
           
             Amnon
             ,
             2
             Sam.
          
           13.
           13.
           
           What
           woful
           waste
           hath
           this
           sin
           made
           of
           the
           estates
           ,
           persons
           ,
           families
           ,
           bodies
           and
           souls
           of
           many
           of
           our
           late
           Courtiers
           ?
        
         
           
             Corpus
             ,
             opes
             ,
             animam
             ,
             famam
             ,
             vim
             ,
             lumina
             scortum
          
           
             Debilitat
             ,
             perdit
             ,
             necat
             ;
             aufert
             ,
             eripit
             orbat
             .
          
        
         
           Take
           the
           meaning
           hereof
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           
             Solomon
             ,
             Prov.
             6.
             26.
             
             By
             means
             of
             a
             whorish
             woman
             a
             man
             is
             brought
             to
             a
             piece
             of
             bread
             ,
             and
             the
             adulteress
             will
             hunt
             for
             the
             precious
             life
             .
          
           The
           Prod●gal
           soon
           wasted
           his
           estate
           when
           he
           fell
           among
           harlots
           :
           The
           whorish
           woman
           ,
           like
           the
           horseleech
           daughter
           ,
           hath
           no
           other
           language
           but
           Give
           ,
           give
           :
           
             What
             pledg
             shall
             I
             give
             ,
          
           said
           
             Se●hem
             ,
             Gen.
             31.
             12.
             
             Thy
             signet
             ,
             thy
             bracelets
             ,
             Gen.
             37.
             18.
             
             Ask
             what
             thou
             wilt
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             have
             it
             ,
          
           said
           
             Herod
          
           to
           hit
           M●nion
           .
           This
           sin
           
             destroyeth
             Kings
             ,
          
           said
           
             Solomon
             ,
             Prov.
          
           31.
           3.
           
           It
           layd
           waste
           the
           conscience
           even
           of
           
             David
          
           himself
           :
           The
           eyes
           of
           Courtiers
           (
           like
           
             Davids
          
           )
           how
           oft
           were
           they
           gazing
           after
           
             Bathsheba's
          
           ,
           looking
           to
           lust
           ?
           
             Job
          
           would
           not
           look
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           not
           think
           upon
           a
           maid
           :
           When
           the
           
             eyes
             are
             full
             of
             adultery
             they
             cannot
             cease
             to
             sin
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Peter
             ,
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             14.
             
             Sampsons
          
           eyes
           first
           betrayd
           him
           to
           lust
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           were
           first
           pul'd
           out
           ,
           and
           he
           led
           away
           captive
           unto
           
             Gaza
          
           for
           gazing
           upon
           his
           
             Dalilah
             :
          
           By
           these
           loop-holes
           of
           lust
           and
           windows
           of
           wickedness
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           eyes
           )
           the
           Devil
           getteth
           into
           the
           very
           heart
           .
           One
           wittily
           upbraided
           a
           certain
           wanton
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           not
           pupils
           ,
           but
           punks
           in
           his
           eyes
           .
           A
           Philosopher
           observing
           one
           to
           have
           wanton
           eyes
           ,
           said
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           difference
           was
           not
           much
           whether
           he
           committed
           wickedness
           with
           his
           upper
           or
           nether
           parts
           .
           Were
           not
           our
           late
           mincing
           Minions
           called
           Ladies
           of
           the
           Court
           (
           I
           speak
           not
           of
           them
           all
           )
           ordinarily
           attired
           on
           purpose
           to
           catch
           the
           eyes
           of
           their
           male
           companions
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           as
           that
           it
           was
           hard
           to
           say
           ,
           whether
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           their
           bodies
           were
           clothed
           or
           naked
           ?
           as
           if
           they
           made
           shambles
           of
           their
           shoulders
           ,
           and
           merchandise
           of
           their
           flesh
           .
           I
           have
           heard
           of
           a
           Bishop
           invited
           to
           one
           of
           their
           houses
           to
           dinner
           ,
           and
           observing
           the
           Ladies
           naked
           
           back
           and
           brests
           ,
           said
           to
           her
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           it
           is
           time
           to
           shut
           up
           your
           shop-windows
           ;
           upon
           which
           she
           presently
           cast
           a
           vail
           upon
           her
           neck
           and
           shoulders
           ,
           and
           never
           was
           observed
           to
           appear
           so
           afterwards
           :
           
             Lust
             not
             after
             her
             beauty
             ,
             neither
             let
             her
             take
             thee
             with
             her
             eye-lids
             ,
             Prov.
          
           6.
           25.
           some
           render
           it
           ,
           
             neque
             te
             capiat
             splendoribus
             suis
             ,
          
           let
           not
           her
           glitterings
           gain
           thee
           ,
           lest
           she
           ruines
           thee
           ;
           
             Flagitium
             &
             flagellum
             sicut
             acus
             &
             filum
             :
          
           Misery
           succeeds
           iniquity
           ,
           as
           the
           thred
           the
           needle
           ;
           they
           are
           linked
           together
           with
           chains
           of
           Adamant
           .
           We
           need
           not
           mention
           the
           licentiousness
           and
           lusts
           of
           the
           persons
           and
           Courts
           of
           
             Augustus
             ,
             Julius
             ,
             Tiberius
             ,
             H●l●ogabalus
             ,
             Caligula
             ,
             Commodus
             ,
             Domician
             ,
             Proculus
             ,
          
           and
           others
           of
           the
           Roman
           Emperors
           ,
           who
           as
           they
           exceeded
           in
           pomp
           ,
           state
           and
           greatness
           ,
           so
           this
           sin
           of
           wantonness
           and
           lasciviousness
           did
           reign
           amongst
           them
           ;
           for
           almost
           all
           Princes
           or
           Courts
           of
           Princes
           in
           Christendom
           have
           been
           observed
           to
           indulge
           ,
           if
           not
           even
           to
           court
           that
           wasting
           wickedness
           .
           I
           have
           heard
           of
           a
           Kings
           Court
           not
           far
           off
           ,
           where
           it
           was
           said
           to
           be
           held
           a
           kind
           of
           a
           piece
           of
           gallantry
           ,
           and
           a
           thing
           in
           fashion
           ,
           for
           the
           Noble
           men
           (
           falsly
           so
           called
           )
           to
           know
           no
           difference
           between
           their
           own
           and
           their
           fellow-Courtiers
           Ladies
           ,
           and
           the
           Ladies
           the
           like
           in
           respect
           of
           other
           men
           ,
           and
           no
           great
           matter
           of
           offence
           to
           the
           husband
           or
           wife
           that
           it
           should
           be
           known
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           then
           the
           fashion
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           too
           much
           favored
           of
           Puritanism
           to
           be
           confind
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           Matrimony
           .
           May
           we
           not
           well
           remember
           the
           English
           Court
           Ladies
           paintings
           ,
           their
           pa●chings
           ,
           their
           crispings
           ,
           their
           curlings
           ,
           their
           caps
           and
           feathers
           ,
           the
           cocking
           of
           their
           beavors
           ,
           their
           stilletto's
           ,
           their
           man-like
           apparel
           ,
           their
           slasht
           sleeves
           ,
           their
           jetting
           ,
           their
           strutting
           ,
           their
           leg
           making
           ,
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           antique
           apparel
           and
           postures
           ?
           O
           how
           many
           families
           bodies
           and
           souls
           have
           perished
           by
           them
           ?
           how
           did
           they
           rejoyce
           to
           do
           evil
           ?
           it
           was
           their
           meat
           ,
           drink
           and
           sport
           ,
           to
           be
           merry
           with
           the
           Devil
           :
           Those
           light
           Asses
           are
           said
           by
           
             Solomon
          
           to
           flatter
           with
           their
           lips
           ;
           their
           lips
           were
           nets
           ,
           their
           hands
           bands
           ,
           their
           words
           were
           coards
           to
           draw
           men
           as
           calves
           to
           the
           slaughter
           ;
           
             Her
             house
             inclineth
             to
             death
             ,
             Prov.
             2.
             18.
             
             Terence
          
           calleth
           harlots
           ,
           
             Cruces
             ;
             quia
             invenes
             macerant
             &
             affligant
             .
          
           It
           was
           said
           of
           Pope
           
             Paul
          
           the
           fourth
           as
           a
           by-word
           ,
           
             Eum
             per
             eandem
             partem
             animam
             profudisse
             ,
             per
             quam
             acceperat
             .
          
           Pope
           
             John
          
           the
           twelfth
           being
           taken
           
           with
           an
           Adulteress
           ,
           was
           stab'd
           to
           death
           by
           her
           husband
           .
           
             Alexander
          
           the
           Great
           ,
           and
           
             Otho
          
           the
           third
           ,
           lost
           their
           lives
           by
           their
           lusts
           :
           
             Her
             paths
             are
             unto
             the
             dead
             ,
             viz.
          
           where
           those
           hell●sh
           Sodomites
           are
           giving
           themselves
           over
           to
           fornication
           ,
           and
           going
           after
           strange
           flesh
           ,
           shall
           
             suffer
             the
             vengeance
             of
             eternal
             fire
             :
          
           The
           harlot
           is
           a
           deep
           ditch
           ,
           a
           narrow
           pit
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           23.
           27.
           and
           
             whoredom
             and
             wine
             and
             new
             wine
             taketh
             away
             the
             heart
             ,
             Hosea
          
           4.
           11.
           that
           is
           ,
           bereave
           a
           man
           of
           his
           noble
           principles
           of
           wisdom
           ,
           knowledg
           ,
           understanding
           :
           Hence
           Adulterers
           are
           said
           to
           be
           voyd
           of
           understanding
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           6.
           32.
           
           a
           wound
           and
           dishonor
           he
           gets
           ;
           he
           s●abs
           his
           name
           ,
           his
           family
           ,
           his
           conscience
           ,
           his
           body
           ,
           his
           soul
           ;
           that
           sin
           renders
           men
           past
           feeling
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           1.
           28.
           of
           a
           dead
           and
           dedolent
           disposition
           ,
           
             Ephes.
          
           4.
           18.
           19.
           yea
           impudent
           and
           impenitent
           :
           Hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           strange
           woman
           ,
           nor
           he
           that
           goeth
           unto
           her
           ,
           return
           again
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           2.
           19.
           that
           is
           very
           rarely
           ,
           if
           ever
           .
           Are
           not
           these
           the
           very
           characters
           of
           many
           of
           our
           late
           wanton
           Courtiers
           ,
           men
           and
           women
           of
           d●baucht
           consciences
           and
           conversations
           ,
           impudent
           ,
           impenitent
           ,
           ●●aring
           ,
           mocking
           and
           s●●ffing
           at
           all
           means
           of
           recovery
           ,
           wasting
           their
           precious
           times
           in
           Plays
           ,
           Pastimes
           ,
           Masks
           ,
           and
           such
           fool●●ies
           ,
           spending
           their
           wits
           and
           parts
           in
           Complements
           and
           Courtships
           ,
           rising
           up
           in
           the
           morning
           wreaking
           from
           their
           beds
           of
           lusts
           ,
           no
           sooner
           up
           but
           their
           lustful
           drinks
           are
           tempered
           for
           them
           ,
           then
           to
           their
           powdering
           ,
           trimming
           and
           tiring
           ,
           then
           to
           their
           devotion
           to
           their
           bellies
           ,
           I
           mean
           their
           gluttonous
           dinners
           ;
           then
           to
           Black-fryers
           ,
           or
           other
           places
           ,
           to
           see
           Plays
           ,
           to
           offer
           up
           their
           evening
           sacrifices
           to
           the
           Devil
           ;
           then
           to
           their
           junkets
           and
           jollities
           ,
           and
           then
           again
           to
           their
           beds
           of
           lusts
           ,
           and
           thus
           they
           wheel'd
           about
           their
           time
           
             de
             die
             in
             diem
             :
          
           These
           wretched
           female
           wantons
           ,
           what
           were
           they
           but
           ,
           as
           one
           wittily
           said
           of
           the
           Italian
           women
           
             Magpies
             at
             their
             doors
             ,
             Goats
             in
             their
             gardens
             ,
             Devils
             in
             their
             houses
             ,
             Angels
             in
             the
             streets
             ,
             and
             Syrens
             in
             their
             windows
             ,
          
           where
           they
           sit
           in
           
             their
             whorish
             attire
             ,
          
           as
           
             Solomon
          
           hath
           it
           ,
           
             with
             their
             subtil
             heart
             ,
          
           or
           as
           some
           render
           it
           ,
           trussed
           up
           about
           the
           brests
           with
           their
           upper
           parts
           naked
           ,
           
             Prov.
             7.
             10.
             
             Erat
             nudo
             collo
             ,
             &
             pectore
             ,
             corde
             tenus
             ,
             &c.
          
           with
           their
           bare
           necks
           and
           brests
           ;
           
             Nudato
             pudendo
             ut
             ad
             concubitum
             homines
             accenderat
             ,
          
           which
           I
           forbear
           to
           engglish
           ;
           by
           means
           whereof
           how
           many
           men
           have
           been
           be
           witched
           ?
           making
           them
           become
           voyd
           of
           understanding
           ,
           even
           as
           brutes
           ;
           
           
             Nos
             animas
             etiam
             incarnavimus
          
           (
           said
           one
           ,
           )
           as
           if
           their
           very
           souls
           ,
           reason
           and
           consciences
           were
           even
           turned
           into
           a
           lump
           of
           flesh
           ;
           though
           these
           seem
           pleasant
           a
           while
           ,
           yet
           the
           end
           thereof
           is
           death
           :
           Lust
           blears
           the
           understanding
           ,
           making
           men
           beleeve
           there
           is
           sweet
           sence
           in
           sinning
           but
           is
           it
           any
           other
           then
           as
           a
           man
           fast
           asleep
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           sweet
           and
           pleasant
           dream
           on
           the
           top
           of
           a
           steep
           Rock
           or
           Clift
           ,
           who
           starting
           suddenly
           for
           joy
           falls
           down
           and
           dasheth
           himself
           in
           pieces
           by
           his
           unexpected
           fall
           ?
           These
           men
           and
           women
           will
           come
           at
           last
           (
           as
           some
           of
           them
           doubtless
           have
           upon
           their
           death-beds
           )
           to
           see
           and
           say
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           this
           is
           vanity
           ,
           but
           vexation
           of
           spirit
           :
           When
           this
           sin
           hath
           brought
           home
           its
           reward
           ,
           a
           diseased
           body
           ,
           a
           p●rplexed
           conscience
           ,
           a
           distressed
           soul
           ,
           then
           the
           guilty
           person
           cries
           out
           too
           late
           ,
           filling
           the
           ayr
           with
           doleful
           cries
           :
           as
           one
           said
           ,
           
             Totum
             vitae
             meae
             tempus
             perdidi
             quia
             perdite
             vixi
             ,
          
           How
           have
           I
           lost
           the
           chief
           of
           my
           time
           ,
           the
           flower
           of
           mine
           age
           ,
           the
           strength
           of
           my
           body
           ,
           the
           marrow
           of
           my
           bones
           ,
           the
           vigor
           of
           my
           spirits
           ,
           the
           whole
           of
           my
           estate
           ,
           and
           eternal
           life
           for
           a
           few
           sinful
           pleasures
           and
           sensual
           delights
           ?
           It
           is
           said
           of
           the
           Mole
           ,
           how
           true
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           that
           he
           begins
           to
           see
           when
           he
           is
           about
           to
           dye
           ,
           and
           not
           before
           ;
           
             Oculos
             incipit
             ap●rire
             moriendo
             ,
             quos
             clausos
             habuit
             vivendo
             :
          
           Those
           mole-ey'd
           Minions
           may
           see
           too
           late
           their
           miserable
           condition
           ;
           their
           pleasure
           will
           be
           gone
           ,
           their
           pain
           lasteth
           .
        
         
           
             Principium
             dulce
             est
             ;
             sed
             finis
             amoris
             amarus
             ,
          
           
             Laeta
             venire
             Venus
             ,
             trist
             is
             abire
             solet
             .
          
        
         
           The
           pleasures
           of
           sin
           are
           but
           for
           a
           moment
           ,
           like
           the
           crackling
           of
           thorns
           under
           a
           pot
           ,
           much
           noise
           ,
           l●ttle
           fire
           ,
           much
           light
           ,
           little
           heat
           ,
           a
           blaze
           soon
           blasted
           ,
           before
           the
           pots
           can
           feel
           the
           thorns
           :
           They
           ,
           and
           their
           p●easure
           are
           sna●cht
           away
           together
           ;
           their
           Sun
           goes
           down
           at
           noon
           day
           .
           Mettals
           in
           the
           fire
           are
           most
           glaring
           when
           nearest
           melting
           :
           The
           fishes
           swim
           merrily
           down
           the
           streams
           of
           
             Jordan
             ,
          
           but
           fall
           suddenly
           into
           the
           dead
           Sea
           ,
           where
           presently
           they
           dye
           ,
           and
           know
           
             Jordan
          
           no
           more
           .
           What
           's
           become
           of
           those
           gallant
           Grandees
           ,
           roaring
           Roisters
           ,
           with
           their
           glittering
           Gi●ls
           and
           mad
           Mates
           ,
           the
           wanton
           Wag●ails
           of
           our
           English
           Courts
           ,
           who
           fleared
           when
           they
           should
           have
           feared
           ,
           and
           laughed
           when
           they
           should
           have
           lamented
           ?
           
             how
             soon
             are
             they
             put
             out
             as
             the
             fire
             of
             thorns
             ?
             Psal.
          
           118.
           12.
           
           Did
           not
           our
           English
           Courts
           swarm
           with
           these
           lustful
           Locusts
           almost
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           and
           the
           chiefest
           therein
           
           commonly
           chief
           in
           these
           sins
           ?
           
             Edward
          
           the
           Fourth
           had
           his
           holy
           Whore
           (
           as
           he
           was
           used
           to
           call
           her
           )
           that
           came
           out
           of
           a
           Nunnery
           at
           his
           b●ck
           to
           satisfie
           his
           lust
           .
           May
           not
           large
           volumes
           be
           fil'd
           with
           the
           historical
           Narrations
           ,
           and
           that
           according
           to
           truth
           ,
           of
           the
           pride
           ,
           gluttony
           ,
           drunkenness
           ,
           wantonness
           ,
           luxury
           ,
           lasciviousness
           of
           the
           Kings
           and
           Courts
           of
           this
           Nation
           in
           their
           constant
           succession
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           until
           the
           hand
           of
           Vengeance
           did
           put
           a
           full
           stop
           hereunto
           by
           that
           fatal
           Blow
           at
           
             White-hall
          
           Gate
           ,
           1648.
           
           They
           are
           extinct
           ,
           dead
           ,
           and
           buried
           ;
           and
           I
           wish
           such
           an
           immoveable
           stone
           may
           be
           layd
           upon
           the
           mouth
           of
           their
           Sepulchres
           by
           our
           present
           and
           successive
           Governors
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           never
           rise
           again
           ,
           that
           as
           their
           names
           ,
           so
           their
           sin
           may
           rot
           and
           consume
           away
           ;
           and
           the
           eyes
           of
           this
           English
           Nation
           may
           never
           behold
           such
           vanity
           at
           Court
           any
           more
           ,
           where
           lasciviousness
           and
           luxury
           were
           accounted
           meer
           peccadilloes
           ,
           not
           worthy
           repentance
           or
           remorse
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           
             He
             commonly
             wades
             through
             blood
             to
             his
             bloody
             Throne
             ,
             and
             having
             once
             scared
             his
             conscience
             by
             spilling
             the
             blood
             of
             a
             Father
             or
             Brother
             to
             attain
             the
             Crown
             ,
             he
             can
             eat
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             drink
             the
             blood
             of
             millions
             of
             his
             people
             to
             satisfie
             his
             lusts
             without
             reluctance
             ,
             and
             judgeth
             it
             his
             right
             to
             wrong
             whom
             he
             will
             .
          
        
         
           Tyrants
           are
           men
           of
           blood
           ,
           fierce
           ,
           fiery
           ,
           furious
           spirits
           ,
           cross
           ,
           curst
           and
           cruel
           dispositions
           ;
           the
           world
           is
           fill'd
           with
           volumes
           of
           their
           vi●lanies
           in
           this
           kind
           ;
           all
           Ages
           and
           Countries
           without
           exception
           have
           wofully
           felt
           the
           truth
           hereof
           ;
           in
           so
           much
           as
           if
           men
           had
           the
           use
           of
           their
           mental
           ears
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           of
           their
           corporal
           ,
           the
           cries
           of
           the
           thousands
           and
           ten
           thousands
           ,
           millions
           and
           tens
           of
           millions
           of
           the
           slain
           and
           murthered
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           Tyrants
           would
           be
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           hardly
           hear
           the
           living
           for
           the
           d●●d
           .
           The
           Turkish
           ,
           Spanish
           ,
           Roman
           ,
           French
           ,
           Scottish
           ,
           English
           Histories
           ,
           are
           they
           not
           stufft
           and
           cram'd
           with
           innumerable
           Instances
           of
           the
           cruelty
           of
           Tyrants
           ,
           and
           their
           pleasure
           therein
           ?
           No
           sight
           pleased
           
             Hannibal
          
           better
           then
           a
           ditch
           running
           over
           with
           mans
           blood
           .
           
             Ch●rls
          
           the
           nineth
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           Author
           of
           that
           bloody
           M●ss●cre
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           looking
           upon
           the
           dead
           carkass
           of
           the
           Admiral
           that
           stank
           by
           long
           keeping
           unburied
           ,
           uttered
           this
           wretched
           saying
           ,
           
             Quam
             suaviter
             olet
             cadaver
             inimici
             ?
          
           How
           sweet
           is
           the
           
           smell
           of
           an
           enemies
           carkass
           ?
           And
           the
           Queen
           Mother
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           beholding
           the
           dead
           bodies
           of
           her
           Protestant
           Subjects
           whom
           she
           had
           slain
           in
           Battel
           ,
           said
           ,
           that
           she
           never
           saw
           a
           finer
           piece
           of
           Tapistry
           in
           all
           her
           life
           .
           To
           spend
           time
           on
           this
           were
           to
           waste
           a
           candle
           before
           the
           Sun
           :
           
             Englands
          
           Chronicles
           ,
           the
           Books
           of
           Martyrs
           ,
           the
           late
           bloody
           Massacres
           and
           Wars
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           are
           fresh
           and
           bleeding
           evidences
           of
           the
           bloodiness
           of
           Tyrants
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           here
           speak
           of
           the
           death
           of
           Prince
           
             Henry
             ,
          
           King
           
             James
             ,
          
           the
           bloody
           Massacres
           of
           the
           Protestants
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           by
           whose
           Commissions
           and
           Commands
           how
           cruelly
           and
           deceitfully
           they
           have
           been
           carried
           on
           :
           God
           hath
           made
           inquisition
           for
           blood
           ,
           he
           hath
           remembered
           and
           not
           forgotten
           the
           complaint
           of
           the
           poor
           ;
           he
           hath
           cut
           off
           
             Saul
          
           and
           his
           bloody
           house
           according
           to
           his
           word
           ,
           
             Psal.
             55.
             23.
             
             Bloody
             and
             deceitful
             men
             shall
             not
             live
             out
             half
             their
             days
             :
          
           They
           are
           cut
           off
           before
           their
           time
           ;
           their
           branches
           shall
           not
           be
           green
           ,
           but
           shaken
           off
           as
           the
           unripe
           Grape
           from
           the
           Vine
           ,
           and
           cast
           off
           as
           the
           flower
           of
           the
           Olive
           ,
           
             Job
          
           15.
           32
           ,
           33.
           
        
         
           13.
           
           
             Prerogative
             Pleaders
             are
             his
             Orthodox
             Preachers
             ,
             that
             make
             his
             mouth
             their
             Oracle
             ,
             his
             Dictates
             their
             Doctrines
             ,
             all
             Scriptural
             Precepts
             of
             the
             Subjects
             duties
             the
             only
             Canonical
             ,
             but
             the
             duty
             of
             Princes
             Apocryphal
             writings
             .
          
        
         
           Tyrants
           have
           their
           Chaplains
           according
           to
           their
           Religions
           ,
           who
           rather
           preach
           from
           their
           Masters
           mouths
           then
           to
           their
           ears
           ,
           and
           principle
           the
           people
           according
           to
           their
           humors
           to
           maintain
           their
           Prerogative
           :
           Hence
           we
           shall
           find
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           wicked
           Kings
           had
           their
           Priests
           and
           Prophets
           of
           their
           own
           tempers
           ,
           who
           did
           always
           charm
           the
           people
           into
           base
           slavery
           by
           their
           base
           preachings
           :
           
             Zeph.
          
           3.
           3.
           
           When
           the
           Princes
           in
           
             Jerusalem
          
           were
           rearing
           Lions
           ,
           and
           her
           Judges
           evening
           Wolves
           ,
           
             her
             Prophets
             were
             treacherous
             ,
          
           betraying
           the
           poor
           people
           by
           their
           cheating
           charmings
           into
           a
           stupid
           ,
           ●ordid
           and
           silly
           subjection
           .
           Wicked
           Kings
           ,
           Princes
           ,
           Priests
           and
           Prophets
           are
           chain'd
           together
           ,
           
             Jer.
          
           2.
           26.
           they
           commonly
           keep
           one
           Court
           and
           one
           Councel
           ;
           and
           as
           they
           live
           together
           in
           sin
           ,
           so
           perish
           together
           commonly
           in
           punishment
           ,
           
             Jer.
          
           4
           9.
           
           You
           may
           see
           how
           these
           wicked
           Priests
           and
           Prophets
           
           did
           cling
           together
           against
           
             Jeremiah
             ,
          
           who
           protested
           against
           their
           flatteries
           and
           ●alsities
           ,
           
             Jer.
          
           26.
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           10
           ,
           11.
           
           See
           again
           their
           cursed
           Con●ederacy
           in
           doing
           evil
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             Jer.
             32.
             32.
             
             Ahab
          
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           make
           War
           against
           
             Ramath
             Gilead
             ,
          
           for
           the
           enlargement
           of
           his
           Territories
           ;
           he
           had
           no
           sooner
           signified
           his
           royal
           pleasure
           herein
           ,
           but
           his
           whole
           Kingdom
           of
           Priests
           and
           Prophets
           allarms
           the
           people
           to
           War
           ,
           and
           promise
           them
           success
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           yea
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           
             viz.
             Z●dekiah
          
           the
           son
           of
           
             Chenaanah
             ,
          
           like
           an
           Ape
           ,
           did
           imitate
           the
           custom
           of
           the
           Prophets
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           makes
           himself
           Iron
           horns
           ,
           carries
           them
           unto
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           if
           sent
           by
           a
           very
           special
           Commission
           ,
           and
           tells
           him
           ,
           
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             With
             these
             horns
             shalt
             thou
             push
             the
             Syrians
             ,
             until
             thou
             hast
             consum●d
             them
             ;
          
           but
           you
           know
           they
           all
           told
           lyes
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           and
           one
           
             Michaiah
             ,
          
           that
           spake
           the
           truth
           ,
           they
           buffeted
           and
           imprisoned
           :
           And
           was
           it
           not
           thus
           in
           
             Englands
          
           Courts
           during
           the
           Rule
           of
           Tyrants
           amongst
           us
           ?
           No
           sooner
           had
           the
           late
           King
           a
           resolution
           to
           war
           with
           the
           
             Scots
             ,
          
           his
           native
           Countrymen
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           Pulpits
           from
           
             White-hall
          
           round
           the
           Nation
           did
           allarm
           the
           people
           to
           rise
           up
           with
           him
           ,
           promising
           them
           success
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           .
           Were
           not
           those
           wicked
           Kings
           ,
           Priests
           and
           Prophets
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           link'd
           together
           as
           with
           chains
           of
           Adamant
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           if
           the
           one
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           the
           other
           must
           fall
           :
           hence
           grew
           that
           ominous
           Proverb
           ,
           
             No
             Bishop
             no
             King
             ,
          
           which
           fell
           out
           accordingly
           :
           How
           hath
           God
           destroyed
           those
           dens
           of
           Lions
           ,
           those
           Magpyes
           nests
           ,
           those
           black
           Ravens
           that
           deceived
           the
           people
           with
           their
           rough
           garments
           ?
           I
           am
           no
           adversary
           to
           the
           lawful
           Ministry
           ;
           and
           let
           my
           tongue
           cleave
           to
           the
           roof
           of
           my
           mouth
           ,
           and
           my
           pen
           drop
           from
           my
           withered
           right
           hand
           ,
           rather
           then
           I
           should
           willingly
           speak
           or
           write
           against
           the
           Lords
           true
           Messengers
           ;
           but
           meer
           pretenders
           of
           the
           Lords
           message
           ,
           when
           they
           utter
           only
           visions
           of
           their
           own
           hearts
           ,
           are
           the
           abomination
           of
           my
           Soul
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           
             The
             greatness
             of
             his
             height
             causeth
             giddiness
             in
             his
             head
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             his
             fall
             ;
             Though
             his
             nests
             be
             among●●●e
             stars
             ,
             the
             hand
             of
             Justice
             will
             reach
             him
             ;
             and
             though
             he
             dwells
             in
             the
             clifts
             of
             the
             Rocks
             ,
             yet
             thence
             will
             it
             fetch
             him
             out
             .
          
        
         
         
           Pride
           is
           unsatisfied
           with
           preferment
           :
           ambitious
           Tyrants
           are
           still
           rising
           up
           above
           the
           top
           of
           their
           places
           ,
           where
           they
           lose
           their
           footing
           ,
           and
           perish
           by
           falling
           .
           Pride
           maketh
           a
           man
           drunk
           with
           his
           own
           conceits
           ,
           ushereth
           in
           his
           own
           destruction
           ,
           his
           Sails
           being
           greater
           then
           his
           Ship
           ,
           his
           heart
           then
           his
           head
           ,
           his
           projects
           then
           his
           pate
           ,
           he
           is
           frequently
           overset
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           ,
           himself
           his
           house
           ,
           his
           fam●ly
           are
           overwhelm'd
           in
           misery
           :
           
             Pharaoh
             ,
             Adonibezeck
             ,
             Agag
             ,
             N●buchadnezzer
             ,
             Haman
             ,
             Herod
             ,
          
           with
           several
           others
           ,
           are
           experimental
           instances
           ,
           and
           woful
           witnesses
           hereof
           .
           
             Zerxes
          
           having
           covered
           the
           Seas
           with
           his
           Ships
           ,
           was
           (
           by
           a
           just
           hand
           of
           God
           for
           his
           prodigious
           pride
           )
           forced
           to
           fly
           from
           
             Grecia
          
           in
           a
           poor
           fisher-boat
           ,
           where
           (
           had
           not
           the
           
             Persians
          
           that
           w●re
           with
           him
           cast
           themselves
           into
           the
           Sea
           ,
           to
           save
           the
           life
           of
           their
           King
           )
           he
           had
           been
           devoured
           in
           the
           waves
           that
           regarded
           not
           his
           greatness
           .
           The
           same
           S●nators
           that
           accompanied
           proud
           
             Sejanus
          
           to
           the
           Senate
           ,
           conducted
           him
           the
           same
           day
           to
           prison
           ;
           they
           that
           were
           ready
           to
           kneel
           down
           to
           him
           as
           their
           God
           ,
           did
           ere
           long
           drag
           him
           with
           contempt
           to
           the
           Goal
           .
           
             S●gismund
          
           King
           of
           
             Hungary
             ,
          
           beholding
           the
           greatness
           of
           his
           Army
           ,
           hearing
           of
           the
           
             Turks
          
           advance
           ,
           scornfully
           said
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           We
           need
           not
           fear
           the
           
             Turks
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           falling
           of
           the
           Heavens
           upon
           us
           ,
           for
           we
           are
           able
           with
           our
           spears
           and
           halberts
           ,
           to
           held
           them
           up
           ,
           if
           they
           should
           fall
           ;
           who
           afterwards
           was
           shamefully
           beaten
           ,
           and
           glad
           to
           fly
           away
           in
           a
           small
           boat
           to
           save
           his
           life
           .
           
             Bajaret
          
           the
           terrour
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           how
           powerful
           was
           his
           pride
           ,
           how
           dreadful
           his
           downf●ll
           ,
           when
           coapt
           in
           a
           cage
           ,
           carried
           up
           and
           down
           therein
           a●
           a
           Monster
           of
           men
           to
           be
           seen
           of
           men
           ,
           dasht
           out
           his
           own
           brains
           against
           the
           grates
           thereof
           .
           
             Pompe●
          
           and
           
             Cesar
          
           strive
           for
           preheminence
           ,
           and
           what
           ever
           was
           the
           pretended
           ,
           yet
           the
           reall
           cause
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           could
           not
           endure
           a
           Superiour
           ,
           nor
           the
           other
           an
           Equal
           .
           Catholick
           Monarchy
           is
           the
           white
           in
           the
           ●●●●t●
           ,
           that
           Tyrants
           aim
           at
           :
           
             Non
             sufficit
             Orbis
             ,
          
           is
           the
           Tyrants
           Motto
           ;
           See
           their
           language
           ,
           
             Genesis
             11.
             4.
             
             Let
             us
             build
             us
             a
             Tower
             ,
             whose
             top
             may
             reach
             to
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             make
             us
             a
             Name
             .
          
           See
           the
           pride
           and
           the
           plague
           ,
           the
           Majesty
           and
           the
           misery
           ,
           the
           glory
           and
           grave
           of
           every
           Tyrant
           ,
           elegantly
           set
           out
           by
           the
           Prophet
           
             Isaiah
             ,
          
           in
           his
           
             Chap.
             14.
             11.
             
             Thy
             pomp
             is
             brought
             down
             to
             the
             grave
             ,
             and
             the
             noise
             of
             thy
             viols
             ,
             the
             worm
             is
             spread
             under
          
           
           
             thee
             ,
             and
             the
             worms
             cover
             thee
             ;
             how
             art
             thou
             fallen
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             O
             Lucifer
             ,
             Son
             of
             the
             Morning
             ?
             how
             art
             thou
             cut
             down
             to
             the
             ground
             which
             did
             weaken
             the
             Nations
             ?
             For
             thou
             hast
             said
             in
             thy
             heart
             ,
             I
             will
             ascend
             into
             Heaven
             ,
             I
             will
             exalt
             my
             Throne
             above
             the
             Stars
             of
             God
             ,
             I
             will
             ascend
             above
             the
             heights
             of
             the
             clouds
             ,
             I
             will
             be
             like
             the
             Most
             High
             ,
             yet
             thou
             shalt
             be
             brought
             down
             to
             hell
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Their
           Exaltation
           often
           proves
           (
           like
           
             Hamans
          
           )
           the
           heightening
           of
           their
           Gallows
           ,
           or
           Gibbet
           :
           as
           once
           a
           
             Danish
          
           P●t●ntate
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           K.
           
             Knute
             ,
          
           caused
           the
           head
           of
           a
           false
           person
           to
           be
           struck
           off
           ,
           and
           set
           upon
           the
           highest
           part
           of
           the
           Tower
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           therein
           performing
           his
           promise
           to
           a
           Traytor
           in
           advancing
           him
           above
           any
           Lord
           in
           the
           Land
           .
           What
           got
           most
           of
           the
           
             Cesars
          
           by
           their
           tyranny
           ?
           pride
           ,
           glory
           ,
           and
           hasty
           preferment
           :
           
             Nisi
             ut
             citius
             interficerentur
             ,
          
           to
           be
           kill'd
           the
           sooner
           .
           What
           do
           they
           ordinarily
           but
           pursue
           their
           own
           destiny
           ?
           As
           the
           
             Panther
          
           having
           a
           violent
           desire
           after
           the
           poysonful
           
             Achonite
             ,
          
           (
           which
           men
           hang
           up
           above
           his
           reach
           )
           who
           leaps
           and
           skips
           and
           mounts
           to
           catch
           it
           ,
           but
           cannot
           come
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           he
           wearies
           himself
           ,
           breaks
           ,
           and
           kills
           himself
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           taken
           .
           
             Aliena
             appetendo
             propria
             amisit
             ,
          
           was
           the
           inscription
           written
           in
           a
           Cup
           made
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Muscoviah's
          
           skul
           ,
           taken
           by
           the
           
             Tartarian
          
           in
           battel
           ,
           
             All
             covet
             ,
             all
             lose
             :
          
           the
           whole
           history
           of
           the
           late
           King
           is
           
             approbatum
             est
             ,
          
           of
           this
           truth
           .
        
         
           15.
           
           
             To
             bring
             him
             to
             punishment
             is
             Gods
             will
             ,
             and
             mans
             work
             ;
             With
             God
             is
             no
             respect
             of
             persons
             ,
             and
             in
             executing
             of
             justice
             the
             Prince
             and
             the
             Peasant
             must
             fare
             alike
             .
          
        
         
           A
           Tyrant
           betraying
           his
           trust
           ,
           breaking
           his
           faith
           ,
           destroying
           the
           end
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           Government
           ,
           and
           Greatness
           ,
           regarding
           neither
           the
           Law
           ,
           nor
           common
           good
           ,
           reigns
           only
           for
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           faction
           ,
           and
           because
           his
           power
           is
           great
           ,
           his
           will
           boundless
           ,
           and
           exorbitant
           ,
           committing
           wrongs
           ,
           oppressions
           ,
           murther
           ,
           massacres
           ,
           rap●s
           ,
           adulteries
           ,
           desolation
           and
           subversion
           of
           his
           good
           people
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           seized
           upon
           ,
           secured
           ,
           and
           executed
           ,
           as
           a
           common
           Enimy
           of
           his
           Countrey
           or
           People
           .
           It
           was
           the
           saying
           of
           an
           
             Heathen
          
           Poet
           ,
        
         
           
             —
             
               Victima
               haud
               ulla
               amplior
            
          
           
           
             
               potest
               magisque
               opima
               mactari
               Jovi
               ,
            
          
           
             
               quam
               Rex
               iniquus
            
             —
          
           
             —
             There
             is
             no
             Sacrifice
          
           
             so
             rich
             ,
             so
             fat
             ,
             so
             pleasing
             unto
             God
             ,
          
           
             as
             Tyrant
             slain
             .
             —
          
        
         
           To
           insist
           much
           upon
           this
           point
           ,
           were
           but
           
             actum
             agere
             ,
          
           so
           much
           having
           been
           lately
           written
           from
           able
           and
           learned
           pens
           upon
           occasion
           of
           the
           execution
           of
           the
           late
           King
           :
           
             Beuchanon
          
           hath
           several
           histories
           and
           instances
           of
           the
           
             Scottish
          
           Proceedings
           against
           their
           wicked
           Governours
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1559.
           
           The
           
             Scotch
          
           Protestants
           claiming
           promise
           of
           their
           Queen
           Regent
           for
           liberty
           of
           conscience
           ,
           she
           replyed
           like
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           That
           promises
           were
           not
           to
           be
           claimed
           of
           Princes
           beyond
           what
           was
           profitable
           ;
           whereupon
           they
           told
           her
           to
           her
           face
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           then
           they
           did
           renounce
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           so
           betook
           themselves
           to
           Arm●
           .
           The
           holy
           Scriptures
           are
           clear
           for
           it
           ,
           
             Numb.
             35.
             32.
             
             No
             satisfaction
             shall
             be
             taken
             for
             the
             life
             of
             the
             murtherer
             ,
          
           be
           he
           what
           he
           will
           be
           ,
           high
           or
           low
           ,
           rich
           or
           poor
           ,
           King
           or
           Begger
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           makes
           no
           distinction
           ;
           if
           a
           murtherer
           ,
           he
           must
           die
           for
           it
           :
           
             He
             which
             is
             guilty
             of
             death
             ,
             shall
             surely
             be
             put
             to
             death
             .
          
           If
           God
           maketh
           no
           difference
           ,
           who
           is
           that
           man
           that
           pretends
           himself
           a
           Minister
           of
           God
           ,
           an
           Embassadour
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           that
           dares
           so
           much
           prevaricate
           from
           his
           message
           ,
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           must
           be
           dispensed
           withall
           ,
           and
           not
           called
           to
           an
           account
           ,
           though
           they
           should
           shed
           the
           blood
           of
           their
           innocent
           people
           ,
           so
           directly
           contrary
           to
           the
           very
           Letter
           of
           the
           Scripture
           .
           
             Nero
          
           was
           condemned
           to
           death
           by
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Senate
           ,
           
             Tarquinius
             superbus
          
           deposed
           by
           the
           people
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           the
           
             Lacedemonians
          
           did
           ordinarily
           put
           their
           Princes
           to
           death
           for
           breaking
           their
           trusts
           ,
           and
           offending
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           :
           
             Eugenius
          
           the
           eighth
           ,
           being
           the
           62
           King
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           was
           put
           to
           death
           for
           his
           misgovernment
           :
           
             Cum
             nec
             amicorum
             ,
             nec
             Sacerdotum
             admonitionibus
             quicquam
             moveretur
             ,
             post
             tertium
             r●gni
             sui
             annum
             in
             Coetu
             procerum
             omnibus
             in
             ejus
             exitium
             consentientibus
             periit
             ,
             socii
             scelerum
             &
             flagitiorum
             in
             crucem
             acti
             ,
             &
             ipsi
             gratum
             populo
             spectaculum
             prebuere
             .
          
           When
           no
           admonitions
           of
           friends
           ,
           Ministers
           ,
           would
           serve
           turn
           for
           to
           reclaim
           him
           ,
           they
           consulted
           and
           agreed
           together
           to
           cut
           him
           off
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           justice
           in
           a
           
           publick
           manner
           ,
           and
           himself
           ,
           and
           accomplices
           ,
           were
           rendred
           acceptable
           spectacles
           of
           justice
           unto
           the
           people
           .
           When
           
             Rehoboam
          
           shall
           tread
           in
           the
           steps
           of
           his
           fathers
           unjust
           exactions
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           complaint
           and
           petition
           of
           his
           people
           for
           their
           just
           rights
           and
           priviledges
           ,
           he
           shall
           refuse
           to
           hear
           them
           ,
           to
           ease
           them
           ,
           but
           tells
           them
           ,
           
             I
             will
             add
             to
             my
             Fathers
             yoke
             ,
             he
             chas●ised
             you
             with
             whips
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             chastise
             you
             with
             Scorpions
             :
          
           Ten
           parts
           of
           12.
           of
           his
           people
           cast
           him
           off
           ,
           made
           war
           against
           him
           .
           What
           ,
           said
           they
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           the
           case
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           be
           whipt
           and
           slasht
           by
           this
           proud
           Tyrant
           ,
           and
           at
           his
           will
           ,
           and
           the
           will
           of
           his
           cursed
           Courtiers
           ,
           and
           his
           green-headed
           Grandees
           ;
           Away
           with
           him
           ,
           
             what
             portion
             have
             we
          
           in
           this
           Tyrant
           ?
           
             To
             your
             tents
             ,
             O
             Israel
             ,
          
           Arm
           ,
           arm
           ,
           let
           him
           now
           look
           to
           himself
           ,
           1
           
             King.
          
           12.
           from
           the
           first
           to
           the
           twenty
           one
           
             ver.
          
           his
           grave
           Councellors
           told
           him
           plainly
           ,
           
             Vers
             .
             7.
             
             If
             thou
             wilt
             be
             a
             Servant
             unto
             this
             people
             ,
             and
             serve
             them
             ,
             and
             speak
             good
             words
             to
             them
             ,
          
           treat
           them
           kindly
           ;
           
             they
             will
             be
             thy
             servants
             for
             ever
             .
          
           Where
           you
           may
           see
           (
           
             i.
          
           )
           that
           the
           King
           was
           made
           so
           to
           be
           
             their
             Servant
             ,
          
           and
           not
           to
           Lord
           it
           over
           them
           .
           And
           secondly
           ,
           That
           when
           Kings
           are
           
             Servants
             to
             the
             people
             ,
          
           the
           people
           are
           th●i●
           ready
           and
           free
           ,
           and
           willing
           
             servants
             ,
          
           yea
           vassels
           
             unto
             them
             ;
          
           Love
           will
           compel
           them
           :
           But
           when
           they
           perceive
           that
           
             they
             have
             no
             portion
             in
             him
             ,
          
           he
           shall
           have
           as
           little
           in
           them
           :
           By
           how
           much
           the
           greater
           the
           person
           is
           that
           off●nds
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           is
           his
           fault
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           his
           punishment
           ought
           to
           be
           .
           And
           I
           believe
           that
           that
           late
           exemplary
           piece
           of
           justice
           at
           
             Whitehall
             .
          
           Gate
           upon
           the
           late
           Tyrant
           ,
           was
           one
           of
           the
           ●attest
           ,
           richest
           ,
           and
           most
           acceptable
           Sacrifice
           that
           hath
           been
           offered
           up
           unto
           the
           most
           righteous
           God
           that
           loveth
           righteousness
           in
           this
           Nation
           before
           that
           day
           :
           And
           that
           the
           zeal
           of
           our
           Judges
           in
           executing
           petty
           thieves
           ,
           robbers
           ,
           and
           murtherers
           at
           
             Tyburn
             ,
          
           was
           but
           as
           the
           tything
           of
           Mint
           and
           Cummin
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           that
           great
           thing
           of
           the
           Law
           then
           done
           .
        
         
           16.
           
           
             His
             light
             shall
             be
             put
             out
             ,
             his
             sparks
             shall
             not
             shine
             .
             Terrors
             shall
             make
             him
             afraid
             on
             every
             side
             ,
             &
             his
             own
             Counsel
             shall
             cast
             him
             down
             ,
             his
             roots
             shall
             be
             dried
             up
             beneatlh
             ,
             and
             above
             shall
             his
             branches
             be
             cut
             off
             :
             His
             remembrance
             shall
             perish
             from
             the
             Earth
             :
             and
             he
             shall
             have
             no
             name
             in
             the
             Street
             .
          
        
         
         
           His
           triumph
           is
           but
           short
           ,
           and
           his
           joy
           but
           for
           a
           moment
           ,
           though
           his
           Excellency
           mount
           up
           unto
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           and
           his
           Head
           reaches
           unto
           the
           Clouds
           ,
           yet
           shall
           he
           perish
           for
           ever
           like
           his
           own
           dung
           ,
           he
           shall
           flye
           away
           as
           a
           dream
           ,
           and
           be
           chased
           as
           a
           vision
           of
           the
           night
           ;
           the
           eye
           which
           saw
           him
           shall
           see
           him
           no
           more
           ,
           neither
           shall
           his
           place
           any
           more
           behold
           him
           .
           
             Solomon
          
           saith
           ,
           That
           a
           violent
           bloody
           ▪
           Tyrant
           
             shall
             flee
             to
             the
             pit
             ,
             let
             no
             man
             slay
             him
             :
             Prov.
          
           28.
           17.
           
           Let
           no
           man
           mediate
           for
           him
           ,
           lest
           he
           pay
           down
           as
           
             Ahab
          
           did
           ,
           life
           for
           life
           ,
           people
           for
           people
           .
           1
           
             King.
             20.
             42.
             
             When
             Tyrants
             perish
             ,
             the
             righteous
             increase
             ,
             Prov.
          
           28.
           28.
           
           They
           swarm
           like
           B●es
           in
           a
           Sun-shine
           day
           .
           When
           the
           wicked
           rise
           ,
           good
           men
           skulk
           and
           hide
           their
           heads
           ;
           as
           
             Moses
          
           fled
           from
           
             Pharaoh
             ,
             David
          
           from
           
             Saul
             ,
             Eliah
          
           from
           
             Ahab
             ,
             Obadiah's
          
           Clients
           from
           
             Jezabel
             ,
             Jeremiah
          
           from
           
             Jehoiakim
             ,
             Joseph
          
           and
           the
           Child
           Jesus
           from
           
             Herod
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           But
           wherein
           they
           dealproudly
           ,
           God
           is
           above
           them
           ,
           He
           seeth
           their
           day
           is
           coming
           ,
           He
           sits
           in
           Heaven
           and
           scorneth
           these
           scorners
           .
           The
           Most
           High
           cuts
           off
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Princes
           ,
           he
           is
           terrible
           unto
           these
           tyrannical
           Kings
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           those
           scourges
           of
           the
           World
           .
           God
           so
           subdued
           
             Senacherib
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             Egyptians
          
           in
           memory
           of
           it
           did
           set
           up
           his
           Statue
           in
           the
           Temple
           of
           
             Vulcan
             ,
          
           with
           this
           inscription
           :
           
             Let
             all
             that
             behold
             me
             ,
             learn
             to
             fear
             God
             .
          
           Tyrants
           shall
           be
           sure
           sooner
           or
           later
           to
           meet
           with
           their
           match
           ;
           
             The
             blood-thirsty
             man
             shall
             not
             live
             out
             half
             his
             dayes
             .
          
           God
           will
           at
           last
           appear
           to
           their
           fearful
           destruction
           ,
           to
           be
           glorious
           in
           holiness
           ,
           fearful
           in
           praises
           ,
           doing
           wonders
           of
           wrath
           and
           ruine
           upon
           bloody
           
             Pharaohs
             ,
          
           he
           will
           tear
           out
           those
           bowels
           that
           are
           fill'd
           and
           stuft
           with
           the
           blood
           of
           the
           poor
           ,
           and
           make
           inquisition
           for
           their
           blood
           ;
           then
           will
           he
           remember
           ,
           and
           not
           forget
           the
           complaint
           of
           the
           poor
           ,
           h●e
           hath
           fulfill'd
           his
           threatnings
           against
           Tyrants
           in
           our
           eyes
           ,
           and
           ●●●ed
           our
           Nation
           from
           those
           men
           of
           blood
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           fall
           and
           fall
           in
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           world
           and
           never
           rise
           up
           again
           ,
           especially
           in
           our
           
             English
          
           Nation
           .
           That
           God
           would
           melt
           all
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           S●epters
           of
           the
           Potentates
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           into
           a
           Crown
           &
           S●epter
           for
           the
           Head
           ,
           and
           hand
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           putting
           all
           Pow●rs
           and
           Authorities
           under
           his
           feet
           ,
           making
           our
           Government
           peace
           ,
           and
           Exactors
           Righteousness
           ,
           that
           violence
           be
           no
           more
           heard
           
           of
           in
           our
           Land
           ,
           nor
           desolation
           ,
           nor
           destruction
           within
           ou●
           Borders
           :
           Let
           all
           the
           people
        
         
           CRI
           IN
           HOPE
           ,
        
         
           AMEN
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           A
           Protector
           ,
           OR
           
             Homo
             Homini
             Deus
             .
          
        
         
           
             JUst
             Government
             is
             Gods
             Ordinance
             for
             mans
             good
             ;
             the
             form
             thereof
             ,
             mans
             appointment
             with
             Gods
             approbation
             ;
             the
             end
             thereof
             ,
             mans
             felicity
             and
             Gods
             glory
             :
             and
             ,
             a
             just
             Governor
             is
             a
             Protector
             of
             both
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Institution
           of
           Government
           is
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Constitution
           of
           man
           ,
           the
           Governors
           themselves
           of
           both
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           Gods
           permission
           and
           mans
           election
           :
           
             JVST
             GOVERNMENT
             IS
             GODS
             ORDINANCE
             ;
             The
             Powers
             that
             be
             are
             ordained
             of
             God
             ,
             Rom.
          
           13.
           1.
           
           Mans
           sin
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           his
           subjection
           to
           all
           mortals
           ,
           but
           Gods
           mercy
           did
           institute
           the
           same
           to
           preserve
           him
           from
           ruine
           by
           his
           own
           wickedness
           ;
           had
           not
           man
           sinned
           ,
           there
           had
           been
           a
           prior●ty
           ,
           but
           not
           a
           soveraignty
           :
           there
           had
           been
           a
           reverence
           in
           the
           child
           to
           the
           father
           as
           the
           instrument
           of
           his
           production
           ,
           but
           no
           subjection
           ,
           because
           no
           justiciating
           power
           had
           been
           stablished
           ,
           there
           being
           no
           need
           of
           it
           ;
           the
           eternal
           Law
           written
           in
           every
           mans
           heart
           would
           have
           been
           every
           mans
           guide
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           been
           for
           sin
           ;
           sin
           ushered
           in
           subjection
           as
           a
           curse
           at
           the
           heels
           of
           it
           ;
           
             Gen.
             3.
             16.
             
             Thy
             desire
             shall
             be
             to
             thy
             husband
             ,
             he
             shall
             rule
             over
             thee
             ;
          
           her
           disobedience
           expos'd
           her
           to
           subjection
           by
           Gods
           Ordinance
           .
           Soveraignty
           and
           subjection
           are
           Gods
           appointment
           
             FOR
             MANS
             GOOD
             ;
             He
             is
             the
             minister
             of
             God
             to
             thee
             for
             good
             ,
             Rom.
          
           134
           ,
           Sociableness
           ,
           or
           
             appetitus
             convivendi
             ,
          
           is
           the
           impress
           of
           Nature
           :
           
           and
           the
           reason
           thereof
           ,
           mutual
           preservation
           and
           accommodation
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           without
           Government
           :
           Sin
           hath
           brought
           sorrow
           upon
           the
           world
           ;
           
             Sin
             entered
             into
             the
             world
          
           in
           the
           van
           of
           a
           black
           and
           bloody
           Regiment
           ,
           sorrows
           ,
           pains
           ,
           aches
           ,
           hunger
           ,
           thir●t
           ,
           shame
           ,
           &c.
           with
           
             death
             through
             sin
          
           in
           the
           rear
           ;
           Conscience
           of
           guilt
           brings
           fear
           of
           death
           :
           hence
           one
           end
           of
           society
           is
           preservation
           ;
           and
           because
           men
           need
           security
           from
           misery
           and
           ruine
           by
           one
           another
           ,
           therefore
           hath
           God
           appointed
           Government
           and
           Governors
           among
           themselves
           for
           the
           good
           of
           all
           ,
           the
           form
           of
           which
           Government
           is
           le●t
           by
           God
           to
           their
           own
           discretion
           ,
           who
           hath
           only
           confin'd
           them
           within
           the
           limits
           of
           this
           general
           rule
           ,
           His
           
             GLORY
             and
             THEIR
             FELICITY
             :
          
           Forms
           of
           Government
           are
           no
           more
           perpetual
           then
           persons
           themselves
           ;
           Necessity
           requires
           Government
           ,
           convenience
           forms
           :
           Were
           it
           not
           for
           Government
           ,
           the
           line
           and
           pale
           of
           every
           mans
           property
           would
           quickly
           be
           trodden
           down
           ;
           mens
           boundless
           appetites
           would
           be
           their
           purveyors
           ,
           and
           their
           wants
           would
           be
           measured
           by
           their
           wills
           :
           Confusion
           makes
           men
           desire
           order
           ,
           and
           convenience
           the
           forms
           thereof
           :
           No
           Government
           is
           the
           worst
           Government
           ;
           and
           where
           none
           rules
           ,
           none
           will
           be
           ruled
           ,
           but
           all
           quickly
           ruin'd
           :
           Anarchy
           is
           the
           worst
           Tyranny
           ;
           Better
           it
           is
           to
           be
           under
           the
           dominions
           of
           the
           great
           Turk
           then
           the
           rabble
           rout
           :
           The
           forms
           of
           Government
           are
           mans
           ordinance
           ,
           so
           called
           by
           the
           Apostle
           
             Peter
             ,
             1
             Pet.
          
           2.
           11
           ,
           14.
           
           No
           form
           being
           divine
           or
           natural
           in
           its
           rise
           or
           root
           ,
           we
           find
           in
           Scripture
           several
           forms
           allowed
           by
           God
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           Governments
           by
           Patriarchs
           ,
           Generals
           ,
           Judges
           ,
           High
           Priests
           ,
           and
           Kings
           :
           in
           other
           Histories
           we
           read
           of
           Governments
           by
           Popes
           ,
           Monarchs
           absolute
           and
           conditionate
           ,
           by
           Dukes
           ,
           Senators
           ,
           Consuls
           ,
           Dictators
           ,
           &c.
           which
           argues
           no
           one
           form
           above
           another
           to
           be
           
             jure
             divino
             ,
          
           but
           that
           every
           or
           any
           form
           lawful
           ,
           if
           conducing
           to
           
             THE
             PEOPLES
             FELICITY
             AND
             GODS
             GLORY
             :
          
           The
           power
           of
           Government
           wheresoever
           setled
           is
           
             fiduciary
             ,
          
           and
           not
           
             inconditionate
             ;
          
           and
           whilest
           their
           Trustees
           draw
           all
           their
           lines
           into
           this
           Center
           ,
           
             Gods
             glory
             in
             the
             peoples
             welfare
             ,
          
           they
           may
           walk
           securely
           upon
           the
           highest
           battlements
           of
           honour
           and
           dignity
           :
           but
           if
           their
           projects
           and
           practise
           be
           
             sole
             soveraignty
             ,
          
           puff●
           up
           with
           a
           vain
           opinion
           of
           puissance
           and
           grandure
           ,
           though
           for
           a
           time
           they
           proceed
           and
           prosper
           ,
           and
           say
           within
           themselves
           ,
           
           
             they
             shall
             see
             no
             sorrow
             ,
          
           yet
           they
           shall
           find
           at
           last
           their
           buildings
           to
           totter
           ,
           and
           the
           consequence
           tragical
           to
           themselves
           and
           Scepters
           :
           for
           when
           the
           peoples
           Pilot
           proves
           a
           Pirate
           ,
           not
           ruling
           ,
           but
           ruining
           them
           ,
           the
           hands
           and
           hearts
           of
           God
           and
           men
           will
           be
           swift
           Avengers
           of
           such
           perfidiousness
           :
           
             The
             Peoples
             protection
          
           is
           the
           end
           of
           Government
           ;
           and
           therefore
           a
           just
           Governor
           is
           
             the
             Peoples
             Protector
             ;
          
           and
           what
           is
           he
           ?
           what
           doth
           he
           ?
        
         
           
             He
             really
             esteemeth
             the
             Publique
             Safety
             the
             chief
             Soveraignty
             ;
             that
             he
             is
             more
             the
             peoples
             ,
             then
             the
             people
             his
             ;
             that
             he
             was
             made
             for
             them
             ,
             not
             they
             for
             him
             ;
             that
             the
             State
             at
             large
             is
             the
             absolute
             chief
             ,
             and
             the
             chief
             ,
             so
             called
             ,
             the
             States
             servant
             ,
             which
             he
             judgeth
             his
             Crown
             ,
             and
             not
             his
             Cross
             ;
             his
             glory
             ,
             and
             not
             his
             shame
             ;
             carnal
             policy
             is
             not
             his
             study
             ,
             but
             his
             peoples
             peace
             ,
             his
             care
             and
             prayer
             .
          
        
         
           His
           head
           is
           full
           of
           publique
           principles
           ,
           and
           his
           heart
           full
           of
           conscience
           thereof
           ;
           he
           studies
           the
           peoples
           right
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           duty
           ;
           he
           projects
           their
           protection
           ,
           peace
           ,
           and
           plenty
           ,
           as
           the
           great
           ends
           of
           his
           Office
           ;
           his
           design
           is
           not
           to
           multiply
           gold
           and
           silver
           ,
           he
           desires
           not
           the
           peoples
           coyn
           with
           their
           curses
           ;
           he
           well
           considers
           that
           though
           moneys
           be
           the
           sinews
           of
           War
           ,
           yet
           the
           peoples
           aff●ctions
           are
           the
           joynts
           of
           peace
           :
           he
           renders
           himself
           unto
           the
           people
           matter
           of
           praise
           unto
           God
           for
           him
           ,
           not
           of
           prayers
           unto
           God
           against
           him
           ;
           he
           strives
           to
           be
           the
           peoples
           pleasure
           ,
           not
           their
           plague
           :
           All
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           do
           well
           when
           thou
           ●ulest
           well
           ,
           said
           the
           Senate
           to
           
             Severus
          
           the
           Emperor
           .
           Carnal
           policy
           ,
           which
           some
           call
           King-craft
           ,
           is
           not
           his
           study
           ;
           that
           
             subtle
             trade
             ,
          
           which
           commonly
           Kings
           and
           great
           persons
           drive
           in
           the
           world
           :
           
             Jeroboams
          
           Calves
           were
           set
           up
           by
           this
           artifice
           ,
           1
           
             King.
          
           12.
           
           When
           he
           had
           gotten
           the
           Crown
           (
           from
           
             Rehoboam
          
           )
           over
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           ,
           he
           consulted
           with
           himself
           how
           and
           which
           way
           he
           might
           fasten
           it
           upon
           his
           head
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           his
           Polititians
           very
           nimble
           about
           h●m
           〈…〉
           dvise
           him
           herein
           ;
           and
           forgetting
           how
           he
           got
           the
           C
           〈…〉
           ver
           consulting
           with
           God
           for
           his
           establishment
           ,
           〈…〉
           way
           to
           ease
           the
           people
           from
           their
           ●edious
           trav
           〈…〉
           
           to
           their
           annual
           Sacrifices
           ,
           and
           sets
           up
           two
           golden
           Calves
           ,
           and
           so
           keeps
           the
           people
           at
           home
           to
           serve
           God
           in
           their
           devised
           (
           called
           doubtless
           )
           Divine
           Service
           .
           And
           the
           Text
           notes
           ,
           that
           the
           thing
           that
           steard
           him
           in
           his
           project
           ,
           was
           not
           his
           defection
           in
           judgement
           touching
           the
           true
           Worship
           of
           God
           at
           
             Jerusal●m
             :
          
           but
           
             verse
          
           26
           ,
           27.
           
           His
           heart
           did
           misgive
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           people
           should
           go
           up
           to
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           (
           within
           
             Rehoboam's
          
           Territories
           )
           to
           offer
           sacrifice
           ,
           they
           would
           turn
           again
           to
           their
           old
           King
           ,
           the
           Power
           ,
           the
           Polices
           ,
           the
           Pulpits
           of
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           would
           reduce
           them
           to
           the
           old
           House
           and
           Family
           of
           
             Rehoboam
          
           again
           ,
           but
           this
           policy
           of
           his
           was
           his
           ruine
           at
           last
           ,
           as
           appears
           in
           the
           story
           .
           A
           good
           Prince
           takes
           heed
           of
           his
           own
           heart
           ,
           and
           Councellers
           ,
           and
           any
           undue
           way●
           ,
           to
           establish
           his
           greatness
           .
           A
           Christian
           Prince
           well
           considers
           true
           piety
           hath
           the
           promise
           of
           Exaltation
           ,
           so
           his
           declining
           it
           ,
           will
           be
           his
           ejection
           ,
           and
           therefore
           takes
           heed
           of
           warping
           against
           his
           judgement
           and
           conscience
           ,
           of
           offering
           violence
           to
           his
           honest
           and
           p●ons
           principles
           ,
           through
           the
           advice
           of
           Polititians
           to
           ingratiate
           himself
           with
           the
           people
           ;
           he
           knows
           that
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           is
           deceitful
           above
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           concerns
           him
           to
           look
           unto
           it
           :
           When
           
             Saul
          
           was
           first
           called
           to
           be
           King
           ,
           he
           did
           real●y
           withstand
           it
           ,
           
             *
          
           the
           burd●n
           of
           Government
           ,
           the
           meanness
           of
           his
           birth
           ,
           parentage
           ,
           and
           breeding
           came
           upon
           his
           heart
           ,
           his
           personal
           unmeetness
           and
           unfitness
           for
           so
           great
           dignities
           and
           honours
           refl●cted
           upon
           his
           mind
           :
           but
           after
           he
           had
           once
           king'd
           it
           ,
           and
           enjoyed
           the
           Honours
           ,
           Man●ors
           ,
           Glory
           ,
           Retinne
           ,
           and
           Revenues
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           bear
           it
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           the
           Crown
           should
           now
           be
           alienated
           from
           his
           own
           Fam●ly
           ;
           he
           forgot
           his
           parentage
           ,
           his
           pedegree
           ,
           nothing
           but
           greatness
           and
           grandeur
           now
           in
           his
           eyes
           ,
           and
           the
           Counsels
           God
           touching
           the
           translation
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           unto
           another
           Family
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           brook
           i●
           ▪
           He
           was
           little
           in
           his
           own
           eyes
           at
           first
           ,
           but
           big
           enough
           at
           last
           ,
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           9.
           21.
           compared
           with
           
             Chap.
             15.
             ver.
          
           17.
           
           As
           also
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           18.
           29.
           compared
           with
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           20.
           30
           ,
           31.
           
           Simplicity
           will
           preserve
           ,
           carnal
           policy
           pollutes
           ,
           and
           destroys
           .
           
             Solomon
          
           gives
           excellent
           counsel
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           
             Prov.
             15.
             24.
             
             The
             way
             of
             life
             is
             Above
             to
             the
             wise
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             depart
             from
             Hell
             beneath
             .
          
           True
           wisdom
           is
           from
           above
           ,
           and
           it
           leads
           to
           
           life
           ,
           A
           Crown
           in
           the
           next
           world
           is
           a
           Crown
           indeed
           :
           this
           is
           but
           a
           Cross
           to
           it
           .
           Christian
           Policy
           makes
           a
           Christian
           Prince
           to
           esteem
           that
           low
           counsel
           only
           worth
           regarding
           that
           will
           make
           a
           man
           wise
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           19.
           20.
           
           He
           thinks
           not
           here
           of
           an
           establishment
           ,
           he
           minds
           his
           mortality
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           his
           wisdom
           to
           be
           frequently
           (
           in
           meditation
           )
           at
           his
           own
           suneral
           ,
           making
           every
           tombe
           his
           Teacher
           ,
           every
           monument
           ,
           a
           Monitor
           ,
           his
           bed
           ,
           his
           grave
           ,
           his
           sheets
           ,
           his
           winding-sheets
           ,
        
         
           Vt
           Somnus
           mortis
           ,
           sic
           lectus
           imago
           Sepulchri
           .
        
         
           He
           considers
           his
           time
           fl●es
           ,
           his
           glass
           runs
           .
           
             Joseph
          
           of
           
             Arimathea
          
           had
           his
           S●pulcher
           in
           his
           Garden
           to
           season
           his
           delight
           :
           true
           wisdom
           provides
           for
           suturity
           :
           This
           will
           make
           the
           Evening
           of
           a
           man's
           days
           ,
           as
           the
           day-breaking
           to
           everlasting
           Glory
           .
           It
           provides
           for
           him
           
             Malorum
             ademption●m
             bonorum
             adeption●m
             .
          
           Freedom
           from
           evil
           ,
           fruition
           of
           good
           .
           I
           have
           read
           of
           the
           custom
           of
           some
           Countrys
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Coronation
           of
           their
           Kings
           ,
           amongst
           other
           ceremonies
           ,
           two
           grave
           stones
           were
           brought
           him
           by
           a
           Mason
           ,
           who
           did
           use
           these
           words
           to
           him
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Elige
               ab
               his
               Saxis
               ex
               quo
               invictissime
               Caesar
            
          
           
             
               ipse
               tibi
               tumulum
               me
               fabricare
               vel●
               .
            
          
           
             Chuse
             ,
             mighty
             Sir
             ,
             under
             which
             of
             these
             stones
             ,
          
           
             your
             purpose
             is
             ere
             long
             to
             lay
             your
             bones
             .
          
        
         
           He
           remembers
           that
           this
           is
           not
           his
           rest
           ,
           but
           a
           rest
           remaineth
           to
           the
           people
           of
           God
           .
           He
           that
           is
           wise
           will
           be
           wise
           for
           himself
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           for
           his
           Eternal
           interest
           ,
           and
           takes
           h●ed
           of
           carnal
           cras●in●ss
           in
           carnal
           designes
           ;
           his
           zeal
           for
           God
           ,
           his
           w●ys
           ,
           his
           people
           ,
           his
           countrey
           ,
           th●se
           will
           advance
           good
           Rulers
           ,
           and
           these
           will
           preserve
           him
           &
           therefore
           he
           knows
           no
           councel
           ,
           no
           cunning
           ,
           no
           craft
           ,
           that
           is
           c●o●s
           to
           these
           .
           It
           was
           a
           most
           prophane
           saying
           of
           a
           wretched
           Cardinal
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           he
           would
           not
           part
           with
           his
           part
           in
           
             Paris
             ,
          
           for
           
             Paradise
             :
          
           He
           mak●s
           much
           of
           wise
           Councellers
           ,
           but
           takes
           heed
           of
           cunning
           ones
           ,
           he
           takes
           heed
           ,
           lest
           
             any
             about
             him
             spoil
             you
          
           by
           policy
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           cautioned
           the
           
             Colossians
          
           against
           spoyling
           through
           philosophy
           ,
           lest
           he
           being
           led
           away
           by
           their
           errour
           ,
           ●all
           from
           their
           sted●astness
           ,
           simplicity
           ,
           and
           integrity
           :
           carnal
           counc●l
           ●s
           are
           not
           of
           Gods
           Counc●l
           ,
           they
           cannot
           understand
           his
           mind
           :
           
             Try
             the
             spirits
             ,
          
           they
           will
           be
           soon
           found
           out
           .
        
         
           He
           takes
           he●d
           upon
           whom
           he
           confers
           honours
           ,
           relations
           ,
           
           family
           ,
           consanguinity
           ,
           meer
           policy
           ,
           or
           outward
           respects
           ,
           ●teer
           him
           not
           ,
           in
           preferring
           men
           to
           honour
           and
           trust
           ;
           he
           honours
           those
           whom
           God
           honours
           :
           Gods
           command
           to
           
             Moses
          
           in
           this
           case
           is
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           
             Exod.
             18.
             21
             ,
             22.
             
             Thou
             shalt
             provide
             out
             of
             all
             the
             people
             able
             men
             ,
             such
             as
             fear
             God
             ,
             men
             of
             truth
             ,
             hating
             covetousness
             ,
             and
             place
             such
             over
             them
             to
             be
             Rulers
             of
             thousands
             ,
             Rulers
             of
             hundreds
             ,
             Rulers
             of
             fifties
             ,
             Rulers
             of
             tens
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Men
           that
           are
           fit
           for
           places
           of
           Government
           should
           be
           drain'd
           from
           the
           dregs
           ,
           sifted
           from
           the
           bran
           of
           the
           ordinary
           sort
           of
           people
           :
           This
           was
           
             Davids
          
           and
           
             Solomons
          
           practise
           ;
           such
           Judges
           
             Jehosophat
          
           promoted
           ,
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           19.
           6
           ,
           7.
           
           It
           was
           observed
           of
           the
           late
           Lord
           
             Ireton
             ,
          
           both
           in
           
             England
          
           and
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           (
           the
           very
           mention
           of
           whom
           melts
           the
           spirits
           of
           those
           that
           well
           knew
           him
           ,
           )
           that
           he
           took
           notice
           of
           good
           men
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           especially
           that
           were
           least
           solicitous
           after
           preferment
           ,
           and
           ye●
           most
           fit
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           them
           he
           advanced
           and
           preferred
           before
           they
           ever
           knew
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             He
             dares
             not
             rule
             in
             the
             peoples
             ruine
             ,
             nor
             advance
             himself
             in
             their
             downfall
             ;
             his
             pattern
             in
             the
             Mount
             is
             the
             King
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             who
             though
             Lord
             of
             all
             ,
             was
             servant
             unto
             all
             ,
             and
             sacrificed
             himself
             for
             them
             ,
             not
             them
             for
             him
             .
          
        
         
           His
           heart
           is
           set
           upon
           the
           peoples
           health
           ,
           his
           thoughts
           upon
           their
           thriving
           ;
           he
           rejoyceth
           ,
           lamenteth
           ,
           is
           pleas'd
           or
           pain'd
           ,
           he
           lives
           and
           dyes
           with
           them
           .
           When
           
             Joseph
          
           was
           exalted
           ,
           he
           was
           
             in
             the
             place
             of
             God
          
           unto
           the
           people
           .
           
             to
             preserve
             life
             ,
             Gen.
          
           50.
           19.
           compared
           with
           Chap.
           45.
           5.
           
           He
           doth
           not
           burthen
           the
           people
           ,
           but
           bears
           their
           burthens
           ,
           as
           
             Moses
          
           and
           the
           seventy
           Elders
           ,
           
             Numb.
          
           11.
           16.
           
           When
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           sell
           before
           their
           enemies
           ,
           
             Ioshua
          
           their
           Prince
           ,
           their
           Saviour
           .
           was
           as
           sensible
           as
           if
           his
           blood
           did
           run
           out
           of
           their
           veins
           ,
           
             Iosh.
          
           7.
           6
           ,
           7.
           he
           took
           not
           away
           his
           peoples
           inheritance
           ,
           but
           did
           
             cause
             them
             to
             inherit
             ,
             Deut.
          
           31.
           7.
           
           He
           spoils
           not
           his
           people
           ,
           but
           
             saves
             them
             out
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             them
             that
             spoileth
             them
             ,
             Iudg.
          
           2.
           16.
           as
           those
           Judges
           did
           :
           He
           is
           their
           deliverer
           from
           oppressors
           ,
           as
           
             Othniel
          
           was
           ,
           
             Iudg.
          
           3.
           9.
           and
           
             Ehud
             ,
          
           vers.
           15.
           and
           
             Gideon
             ,
             Iudg.
          
           6.
           14.
           
           He
           is
           Gods
           Love-token
           to
           the
           
           people
           ,
           as
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ioshua
             ,
          
           and
           
             Chaleb
             ,
          
           and
           
             Gideon
             ,
          
           and
           
             David
             ,
          
           and
           
             Solomon
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Whereas
           Tyrants
           are
           given
           in
           wrath
           ,
           
             Lev.
          
           26.
           17.
           
           He
           knows
           he
           is
           set
           upon
           a
           Hill
           ,
           yea
           upon
           a
           Mountain
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           hid
           .
           Heavenly
           bodies
           enlighten
           not
           their
           own
           orb●
           only
           ,
           but
           send
           forth
           their
           rays
           to
           them
           that
           are
           under
           them
           .
           
             Moses
          
           being
           in
           the
           Mount
           ,
           convers'd
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           face
           did
           shine
           among
           the
           common
           people
           :
           His
           life
           i●
           a●
           one
           saith
           ,
           
             Coelum
             quoddam
             lucidissimis
             virtutum
             st●ll●●
             exornatum
             ,
          
           a
           very
           Heaven
           ,
           sparkling
           with
           variety
           of
           virtues
           as
           with
           so
           many
           bright
           stars
           :
           The
           peoples
           eyes
           are
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           example
           will
           be
           their
           patte●n
           :
           
             Mobile
             mutatur
             semper
             cum
             Principe
             vulgus
             ;
          
           Like
           Prince
           like
           people
           :
           Common
           people
           are
           like
           a
           flock
           of
           Cranes
           ,
           as
           the
           first
           fly
           all
           follow
           ▪
           Princes
           are
           the
           peoples
           Looking-glass
           ;
           the
           Court
           and
           the
           City
           and
           the
           Country
           will
           dress
           themselves
           according
           to
           them
           :
           Men
           are
           more
           apt
           to
           be
           led
           by
           their
           eyes
           then
           their
           ears
           by
           pattern
           then
           precept
           :
           He
           considers
           Gods
           eyes
           are
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           the
           Devils
           ;
           good
           men
           look
           upon
           him
           with
           joy
           ,
           wicked
           men
           look
           upon
           him
           with
           fear
           ;
           If
           he
           be
           a
           pious
           Prince
           ,
           his
           tripping
           would
           be
           their
           tickling
           ,
           his
           fall
           their
           feast
           :
           He
           considers
           his
           burthens
           are
           great
           ,
           his
           cares
           are
           many
           ,
           his
           business
           much
           ,
           his
           agitations
           various
           ,
           the
           solemn
           Oath
           of
           God
           is
           upon
           him
           ;
           all
           these
           do
           argue
           that
           the
           requisites
           for
           Government
           are
           not
           ordinary
           nor
           few
           .
           He
           waits
           upon
           God
           ,
           and
           looks
           up
           unto
           him
           for
           wisdom
           and
           strength
           .
           The
           Mariners
           eye
           is
           upon
           the
           star
           ,
           when
           his
           hand
           is
           on
           the
           stern
           ;
           so
           is
           his
           :
           if
           he
           misteers
           ,
           the
           whole
           is
           in
           danger
           .
           
             Sauls
          
           slaughter
           of
           the
           Gibeoni●●●
           ,
           2
           
             Sam.
             21.
             1.
             
             Davids
          
           lust
           ,
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           12.
           10.
           his
           pride
           ,
           2
           
             Sam.
             24.
             1●
             .
             Solomons
          
           idolatry
           ,
           1
           
             King.
             1●
             .
             30
             ,
             31
             ,
             32.
             
             Iorams
          
           wickedness
           ,
           2
           
             Chron.
             21.
             12
             13.
             
             Achaz
          
           sins
           ,
           2
           
             Chron.
             28.
             19.
             
             A●●●●
          
           rebellion
           ,
           1
           
             King.
          
           20.
           42.
           brought
           misery
           to
           their
           people
           ;
           these
           Pilots
           by
           their
           ill
           st●erage
           did
           split
           their
           Vessels
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           their
           people
           perished
           thereby
           .
        
         
           
             He
             judgeth
             his
             Honors
             relative
             ,
             and
             therefore
             obligatory
             ;
             having
             once
             accepted
             the
             dignity
             of
             Government
             ,
             he
             cheerfully
             submits
             to
             the
             burthens
             thereof
             .
          
        
         
         
           He
           considers
           ,
           That
           what
           he
           hath
           ,
           (
           as
           Ruler
           )
           he
           hath
           it
           not
           from
           himself
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           for
           himself
           ;
           his
           honours
           are
           the
           fruit
           of
           his
           painful
           atchievements
           :
           which
           do
           not
           lessen
           ,
           but
           lengthen
           ,
           not
           ease
           ,
           but
           increase
           his
           burdens
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Fructus
               honos
               on●ris
               ,
               fructus
               honoris
               onus
               .
            
          
           
             Labours
             bring
             honours
             ,
             honours
             labours
             bring
             .
          
        
         
           It
           was
           the
           saying
           of
           
             Luther
             ,
          
           that
           
             Politici
             &
             Ecclesiastici
             labores
             maximi
             sunt
             ,
          
           Magistrates
           and
           Ministers
           have
           the
           greatest
           burdens
           .
           Had
           we
           not
           businesses
           and
           cares
           ,
           and
           ●ears
           above
           any
           private
           person
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           equal
           to
           the
           gods
           ,
           said
           
             Augustus
             .
          
           Good
           rulers
           bear
           the
           peoples
           
             incumbrances
             ,
             burthens
             ,
             and
             strifes
             ,
          
           Crowns
           have
           their
           car●s
           with
           good
           Princes
           ,
           their
           crosses
           ,
           their
           scratches
           ;
           the
           sense
           whereof
           they
           feel
           more
           at
           their
           hearts
           ,
           then
           their
           Crowns
           on
           their
           heads
           .
        
         
           
             He
             rules
             by
             rule
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             roat
             ;
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             Laws
             of
             men
             consonant
             therewith
             ,
             are
             his
             rules
             of
             ruling
             ,
             and
             not
             his
             own
             lust
             ,
             esteeming
             it
             his
             greater
             glory
             so
             to
             be
             ruled
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             serve
             the
             whole
             ,
             then
             otherwise
             to
             rule
             to
             serve
             Himself
             ;
             Prerogative
             ,
             Assertors
             ,
             and
             base
             Flatterers
             ,
             he
             hates
             in
             his
             heart
             .
          
        
         
           He
           esteems
           himself
           more
           obliged
           to
           God
           ,
           then
           the
           people
           ,
           because
           he
           hath
           received
           more
           from
           God
           then
           they
           ;
           he
           knows
           himself
           to
           be
           under
           the
           strickest
           Laws
           ,
           not
           over
           the
           meanest
           rulers
           ,
           Under
           the
           Law
           were
           commanded
           by
           God
           to
           write
           the
           Copie
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           in
           a
           Book
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Jews
          
           say
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           Kings
           Father
           left
           him
           a
           Book
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           yet
           was
           he
           to
           write
           a
           Book
           thereof
           with
           his
           own
           hands
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           to
           carry
           with
           him
           whithersoever
           he
           went
           ,
           from
           
             Deut.
          
           17
           ,
           18
           ,
           19.
           
           And
           according
           to
           this
           is
           Gods
           saying
           to
           
             Joshuah
             ,
             This
             Book
             of
             the
             Law
             shall
             not
             depart
             out
             of
             thy
             mouth
             ,
             but
             thou
             shalt
             meditate
             therein
             day
             and
             night
             ,
             Iosh.
          
           1.
           8.
           
           A
           good
           Ruler
           
             serves
             the
             Lord
             with
             reverence
             ,
             Psal.
          
           2.
           11.
           
           He
           casts
           himself
           before
           him
           to
           do
           him
           reverence
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           29.
           1.
           
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Laws
           of
           men
           in
           their
           respective
           Territories
           ,
           it
           was
           
             Platoes
          
           saying
           ,
           That
           the
           Prince
           is
           not
           above
           Law
           ,
           but
           the
           Law
           is
           above
           
           the
           Prince
           ;
           the
           Magistrate
           should
           be
           a
           speaking
           Law
           ,
           a
           living
           Law
           ,
           as
           exemplary
           in
           obedience
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           eminent
           in
           rule
           over
           all
           the
           people
           under
           the
           Law
           .
           It
           is
           most
           true
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Chief
             Magistrate
             may
             do
             only
             that
             which
             is
             just
             ,
          
           and
           most
           false
           ,
           that
           
             all
             is
             just
             that
             he
             doth
             ▪
             Saul
          
           was
           as
           much
           bound
           not
           to
           hurt
           
             David
             ,
          
           as
           
             David
          
           not
           to
           touch
           the
           Lords
           Anointed
           .
           To
           rule
           over
           the
           people
           by
           meer
           coactive
           power
           is
           beastly
           ,
           not
           manly
           .
           A
           manly
           Prince
           would
           rule
           over
           the
           wills
           of
           men
           by
           their
           consent
           :
           A
           Lion
           ,
           a
           Bear
           ,
           a
           Wolf
           ,
           rules
           over
           the
           weaker
           by
           meer
           power
           .
           A
           good
           ruler
           desires
           power
           directive
           ,
           not
           coercive
           ,
           voluntary
           ,
           not
           violent
           ,
           by
           counsel
           ,
           not
           command
           ,
           by
           consent
           ,
           not
           compulsion
           :
           he
           takes
           no
           pleasure
           to
           rule
           in
           his
           Commonwealth
           ,
           as
           the
           Lion
           in
           the
           Forrest
           .
           A
           Protector
           truly
           so
           called
           ,
           cannot
           think
           himself
           wiser
           then
           all
           ,
           nor
           above
           all
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           making
           and
           executing
           of
           Laws
           ,
           to
           the
           Government
           of
           himself
           and
           people
           ,
           he
           will
           have
           the
           consultation
           and
           determination
           of
           the
           wise
           amongst
           them
           :
           it
           is
           Gods
           Charactar
           of
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           8.
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           To
           rule
           by
           meer
           power
           ,
           to
           take
           the
           people
           under
           him
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           his
           Horses
           ,
           his
           Asses
           ,
           his
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           Vassals
           ,
           minding
           altogether
           his
           own
           might
           ,
           not
           the
           peoples
           right
           :
           but
           God's
           Charactar
           of
           a
           Protector
           is
           of
           another
           nature
           ,
           
             Deut.
             17
             ,
             20.
             viz.
          
           he
           is
           such
           an
           one
           whose
           
             heart
             is
             not
             lifted
             up
             above
             his
             brethren
             :
          
           he
           is
           a
           Fellow-Subject
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           though
           the
           chief
           Executioner
           thereof
           ;
           he
           takes
           no
           advantage
           from
           the
           Letter
           of
           the
           Law
           to
           gratifie
           himself
           ,
           and
           grieve
           his
           people
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           late
           Tyrant
           )
           and
           his
           Predecessors
           ;
           he
           well
           considers
           that
           common
           Justice
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Safety
           are
           the
           great
           Ends
           of
           Rule
           and
           Rulers
           ,
           that
           Laws
           themselves
           are
           no
           longer
           binding
           ,
           but
           as
           relative
           to
           those
           great
           ends
           ,
           that
           Religion
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           Nature
           ▪
           Grace
           ,
           all
           do
           promote
           the
           publick
           Good
           :
           That
           the
           intent
           of
           Law
           is
           nothing
           less
           then
           the
           Princes
           roially
           in
           the
           peoples
           ruine
           ,
           that
           the
           soul
           of
           the
           Law
           is
           preferrable
           above
           the
           shel
           ,
           the
           life
           above
           the
           letter
           .
           
             Id●m
             facit
             ac
             is
             qui
             legem
             transgreditur
             qui
             saeva
             verborum
             praerogativa
             fraudulenter
             conira
             juris
             sententiam
             abutitur
             .
          
           He
           doth
           as
           bad
           as
           transgress
           the
           Law
           who
           fraudulently
           abuseth
           the
           rigid
           prerogative
           of
           words
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           true
           intentional
           Sentence
           of
           the
           Law
           .
           He
           hath
           a
           piercing
           eye
           over
           pretended
           friends
           and
           flatterers
           ,
           he
           knows
           
           his
           house
           will
           be
           haunted
           with
           these
           ,
           do
           what
           he
           can
           .
           
             Many
             will
             seek
             the
             Rulers
             favour
             ,
          
           more
           then
           the
           favour
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           there
           they
           hope
           to
           find
           themselves
           ,
           he
           takes
           heed
           whom
           he
           trusts
           ,
           and
           bless
           himself
           from
           his
           
             pretended
             friends
             ,
          
           and
           prays
           with
           
             David
          
           to
           be
           delivered
           from
           lying
           lips
           ,
           and
           a
           deceitful
           tongue
           ,
           who
           will
           speak
           fair
           ,
           congratulate
           his
           victories
           and
           happinesse
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           present
           him
           with
           offerings
           and
           gifts
           :
           But
           as
           one
           said
           ,
           
             Timeo
             Danaos
             &
             dona
             ferentes
             .
          
           And
           saith
           another
           ,
        
         
           
             Munera
             magna
             quidem
             misit
             ,
             sed
             misit
             in
             hamo
             ;
          
           
             Et
             piscatorem
             piscis
             amare
             potest
             ?
          
        
         
           When
           their
           words
           are
           as
           smooth
           as
           oyl
           ,
           there
           is
           war
           in
           their
           hearts
           :
           It
           is
           something
           under
           his
           fifth
           rib
           which
           they
           aim
           at
           in
           their
           Courtships
           and
           Complements
           ;
           though
           they
           bring
           milk
           and
           honey
           in
           their
           Lordly
           d●sh
           ,
           yet
           he
           takes
           heed
           of
           security
           and
           sleep
           at
           such
           a
           time
           ;
           for
           they
           watch
           their
           opportunity
           to
           make
           use
           of
           their
           nail
           and
           hammer
           ;
           they
           are
           like
           Cur-dogs
           that
           would
           suck
           out
           blood
           by
           licking
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           destroy
           without
           biting
           .
           A
           Squire
           being
           sent
           out
           of
           
             Spain
          
           to
           poyson
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           anoynted
           the
           pummel
           of
           her
           Saddel
           with
           poyson
           in
           a
           secret
           manner
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           doing
           somewhat
           else
           ,
           crying
           out
           with
           a
           loud
           voice
           ,
           
             God
             save
             the
             Queen
             .
          
           When
           
             Gifford
             ,
             Hodgson
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           had
           set
           
             Savage
          
           on
           work
           to
           kill
           the
           said
           Queen
           ;
           They
           first
           set
           ou●
           a
           book
           to
           perswade
           the
           
             English
             Catholicks
          
           to
           attempt
           nothing
           against
           her
           ,
           
             Caveatur
             osculum
             Iscarioticum
             :
          
           The
           kisses
           of
           
             Judas
          
           are
           dangerous
           ,
           he
           takes
           heed
           of
           poyson
           in
           a
           golden
           Cup
           :
           
             Jesuits
          
           at
           this
           day
           kisse
           and
           kill
           together
           familiarly
           
             officiosè
             occidunt
             ,
          
           as
           one
           said
           of
           false
           Physicians
           ,
           
             Esocietate
             Iesu
             fuit
             qui
             Iesum
             tradidit
             :
          
           His
           Familiar
           that
           a●e
           bread
           with
           him
           at
           his
           table
           :
           When
           the
           kisse
           was
           nigh
           ,
           the
           swords
           and
           staves
           were
           not
           far
           off
           :
           he
           knows
           that
           men
           that
           are
           most
           glosing
           are
           frequently
           closing
           with
           him
           for
           mischief
           ,
           
             Joab
             ,
             Iudas
             ,
             Absolom
             ,
             Ahitophel
             ,
          
           are
           most
           dangerous
           in
           their
           kisses
           :
           there
           are
           kissing
           Cut-throats
           ,
           who
           can
           be
           affable
           to
           their
           enemies
           ,
           and
           disguise
           their
           hatred
           in
           commendations
           ,
           while
           they
           privily
           lay
           their
           snares
           ,
           men
           Italienated
           that
           can
           salute
           with
           mortal
           imbracements
           ,
           and
           clapse
           in
           those
           arms
           which
           they
           hope
           to
           embrew
           in
           their
           dearest
           blood
           ,
           like
           unto
           
             Hacket
          
           hanged
           in
           Queen
           
             Elizabeths
          
           time
           ,
           who
           imbracing
           his
           honest
           
           Schoolmaster
           ,
           bit
           off
           his
           nose
           ,
           and
           did
           eat
           it
           down
           before
           his
           face
           :
           Of
           all
           persons
           he
           makes
           not
           flatterers
           of
           his
           Councel
           .
           
             Augustus
          
           complained
           when
           
             Varus
          
           was
           dead
           ,
           that
           now
           he
           had
           none
           left
           that
           would
           deal
           faithfully
           and
           plainly
           with
           him
           :
           he
           bewares
           of
           confidence
           in
           unfaithful
           men
           ,
           who
           will
           prove
           like
           the
           Brooks
           of
           
             Temah
             ,
             Job
          
           6.
           17.
           which
           swell'd
           in
           rain
           ,
           and
           fail'd
           in
           droughts
           ;
           they
           will
           be
           like
           
             Egypt
          
           to
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           broken
           reeds
           ,
           whereon
           if
           he
           leans
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           only
           fail
           him
           ,
           but
           pierce
           and
           destroy
           him
           :
           
             Iulius
             Caesar
          
           was
           killed
           in
           the
           very
           Councel-Chamber
           by
           such
           flattering
           Councellers
           ,
           
             A
             pluribus
             amicis
             quam
             inimicis
             ,
          
           by
           most
           of
           his
           pretended
           friends
           :
           The
           
             French
          
           Proverb
           ,
           
             When
             the
             Spaniard
             comes
             to
             parl
             of
             a
             peace
             ,
             then
             double
             bolt
             the
             door
             ;
          
           and
           the
           
             Hollanders
          
           in
           former
           dayes
           would
           make
           no
           conditions
           with
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           well
           knew
           their
           
             Machiavilian
          
           Heresie
           :
           
             Fides
             tamdiu
             servanda
             est
             quamdiu
             expediat
             .
          
           I
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           to
           this
           ,
           but
           to
           pray
           that
           God
           would
           preserve
           our
           faithful
           Rulers
           from
           unfaithful
           men
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Christian
             Prince
             studies
             Princely
             principles
             ,
             not
             Machivilian
             policies
             ,
             and
             well
             remembers
             that
             he
             is
             Gods
             Servant
             ,
             though
             his
             Servants
             Lord
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             is
             bound
             to
             keep
             them
             free
             .
          
        
         
           He
           well
           knows
           that
           goodnesse
           is
           the
           way
           to
           greatnesse
           ,
           and
           grace
           to
           glory
           ,
           that
           righteousness
           and
           peace
           through
           Gods
           Ordinance
           are
           linked
           together
           with
           chains
           of
           Adamant
           ,
           that
           when
           his
           ways
           please
           the
           Lord
           ,
           he
           need
           not
           fear
           his
           friends
           or
           foes
           ,
           that
           the
           Throne
           is
           established
           by
           righteousnesse
           ,
           ruined
           by
           wrongs
           ,
           that
           though
           wickedness
           may
           build
           his
           house
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           yet
           a
           wo
           from
           God
           will
           destroy
           the
           foundation
           ,
           
             Ier.
          
           22.
           13.
           
           That
           Heavens
           friendship
           is
           his
           greatest
           security
           ,
           that
           true
           piety
           is
           the
           best
           policy
           ,
           to
           attain
           and
           maintain
           his
           power
           and
           dignity
           :
           The
           Saints
           just
           liberty
           is
           his
           study
           ,
           and
           men
           of
           persecuting
           principles
           he
           cannot
           bear
           .
        
         
           Men
           that
           judg
           themselves
           bound
           in
           conscience
           to
           punish
           others
           that
           are
           not
           of
           their
           judgment
           and
           conscience
           ;
           men
           that
           are
           not
           very
           ambitious
           that
           others
           should
           know
           as
           much
           as
           themselves
           ,
           
           and
           yet
           very
           zealous
           to
           have
           them
           punished
           ,
           because
           they
           know
           not
           as
           much
           as
           themselves
           :
           iron-hearted
           men
           ;
           like
           that
           Tyrant
           that
           would
           cast
           the
           men
           of
           his
           displeasure
           upon
           an
           Iron
           bed
           ,
           and
           if
           any
           were
           longer
           then
           the
           bed
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           them
           cut
           off
           by
           so
           much
           the
           shorter
           ,
           and
           if
           any
           were
           shorter
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           stretcht
           out
           unto
           that
           length
           :
           These
           persons
           had
           rather
           that
           people
           should
           dissemble
           
             their
          
           opinions
           ,
           then
           own
           their
           
             own
             .
          
           The
           men
           of
           my
           meaning
           are
           very
           discernable
           ;
           they
           are
           such
           as
           pretend
           themselves
           Embassadors
           for
           Christ
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           great
           majesty
           and
           authority
           imposing
           upon
           all
           men
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           the
           face
           of
           all
           men
           neglecting
           ,
           nay
           despising
           his
           great
           Commandment
           of
           Loving
           the
           Brethren
           .
           It
           is
           known
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           my
           conscience
           ,
           and
           all
           men
           that
           know
           me
           ,
           know
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           no
           adversary
           to
           the
           publique
           Ministry
           ,
           but
           a
           cordial
           Assertor
           of
           their
           sacred
           Office
           according
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           my
           poor
           abilities
           against
           Opposers
           ;
           well
           considering
           that
           though
           they
           may
           differ
           amongst
           themselves
           in
           the
           explication
           of
           some
           of
           the
           terms
           of
           their
           Embassy
           ;
           as
           also
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           work
           not
           Miracles
           as
           the
           Apostles
           did
           to
           confirm
           their
           doctrine
           ,
           which
           two
           particulars
           are
           the
           greatest
           pretended
           Arguments
           impleading
           their
           Function
           ,
           yet
           they
           agree
           in
           the
           grand
           import
           of
           their
           Masters
           message
           ,
           
             viz.
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             bringing
             Salvation
             by
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             teaching
             men
             to
             deny
             all
             ungodliness
             and
             worldly
             lusts
             ,
             and
             to
             live
             godly
             ,
             righteously
             and
             soberly
             in
             this
             present
             evil
             world
             ;
          
           which
           is
           the
           sum
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           having
           been
           already
           confirmed
           by
           Miracles
           from
           Heaven
           in
           the
           first
           establishment
           thereof
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           needs
           no
           more
           Miracles
           for
           its
           confirmation
           ▪
           (
           those
           doctrines
           only
           wanting
           Miracles
           for
           their
           credit
           that
           are
           
             extra-Scriptural
          
           ,
           pretended
           revelations
           ,
           strong
           perswasions
           and
           impressions
           upon
           mens
           hearts
           ,
           having
           no
           greater
           authority
           then
           their
           own
           fancies
           ,
           visions
           born
           in
           their
           own
           brain
           ,
           carryed
           on
           with
           fury
           ,
           violence
           ,
           pride
           and
           passion
           ,
           and
           most
           importunely
           prest
           upon
           the
           consciences
           of
           men
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           without
           any
           Scripture
           .
           )
           I
           say
           ,
           these
           considered
           with
           the
           like
           ,
           I
           am
           no
           enemy
           to
           the
           publ●que
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           do
           heartily
           congratulate
           good
           Magistrates
           favour
           towards
           godly
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           the
           present
           course
           and
           hopeful
           endeavors
           of
           our
           present
           Rulers
           in
           seeking
           ou●
           able
           and
           fit
           men
           to
           preach
           the
           Gospel
           in
           the
           Commonwealth
           ;
           I
           wish
           
           them
           prosperity
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           But
           the
           men
           of
           my
           meaning
           in
           my
           humble
           Caution
           ,
           are
           easily
           known
           by
           some
           or
           all
           of
           these
           Characters
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Men
           that
           will
           be
           of
           the
           Kings
           Religion
           ,
           be
           he
           of
           what
           Religion
           he
           will
           ,
           and
           are
           clamorous
           against
           all
           that
           cannot
           weather-cock
           it
           like
           themselves
           ;
           men
           that
           are
           not
           Okes
           ,
           but
           O●●●rs
           ,
           warping
           and
           winding
           this
           way
           or
           that
           way
           as
           the
           hand
           of
           their
           bountiful
           Patrons
           and
           Benefactors
           will
           wreath
           them
           ;
           as
           of
           old
           ,
           like
           Prince
           like
           Priest
           ,
           
             Ezek.
          
           22.
           27.
           
           Men
           may
           easily
           discern
           their
           dawbing
           with
           untempered
           morter
           .
           The
           Court
           in
           former
           days
           never
           wanted
           these
           black
           Parasites
           ;
           they
           are
           known
           by
           their
           flattering
           titles
           they
           give
           ,
           trying
           if
           they
           can
           trade
           by
           exchanging
           flatteries
           for
           favours
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           They
           mind
           earthly
           things
           ;
           Watch
           them
           ,
           you
           will
           see
           the
           center
           of
           their
           circumference
           (
           be
           the
           circle
           never
           so
           great
           )
           will
           be
           themselves
           and
           families
           ,
           places
           ,
           profits
           ,
           preferments
           ,
           gratuities
           ,
           these
           are
           sweet
           Venison
           after
           hunting
           ;
           pluralities
           ,
           non-residence
           ,
           neglecting
           Gods
           flock
           by
           other
           persons
           ,
           are
           little
           better
           then
           the
           unpardonable
           sins
           ,
           but
           
             plusquam
          
           pluralities
           can
           down
           with
           themselves
           without
           straining
           ,
           and
           the
           silver
           bell
           that
           hath
           the
           greatest
           sound
           is
           the
           fairest
           call
           for
           their
           so
           doing
           ,
           and
           the
           still
           voyce
           of
           God
           speaking
           to
           their
           consciences
           is
           not
           heard
           through
           the
           noise
           thereof
           :
           their
           happiness
           is
           not
           so
           much
           to
           be
           envyed
           as
           their
           unhappiness
           to
           be
           pitied
           ;
           neither
           is
           the
           seasonable
           attendance
           of
           good
           men
           of
           this
           tribe
           about
           our
           present
           Rulers
           and
           families
           in
           the
           least
           impleaded
           in
           these
           lines
           ,
           nor
           their
           bounty
           or
           favour
           towards
           them
           ,
           provided
           their
           attendance
           be
           not
           with
           the
           great
           neglect
           of
           those
           grand
           duties
           incumbent
           upon
           them
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           Covenant
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           improve
           their
           interest
           ,
           opportunities
           and
           advantages
           with
           them
           for
           the
           Common
           Peace
           of
           all
           their
           Brethren
           in
           the
           faith
           ,
           however
           differing
           in
           opinion
           from
           themselves
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           men
           (
           of
           my
           meaning
           )
           of
           persecuting
           of
           principles
           for
           conscience
           sake
           ,
           are
           always
           found
           defaming
           ,
           vilifying
           and
           reproaching
           their
           dissenting
           brethren
           unto
           the
           Rulers
           ,
           by
           cloathing
           their
           opinions
           with
           ugly
           names
           ,
           as
           dangerous
           ,
           dismal
           ,
           and
           dreadful
           things
           (
           taking
           advantage
           from
           their
           impossibility
           
           through
           their
           much
           business
           to
           examine
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           their
           own
           eyes
           their
           judges
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           to
           save
           them
           a
           labour
           by
           telling
           them
           in
           their
           own
           manner
           ,
           what
           men
           hold
           ,
           and
           how
           dangerous
           those
           things
           be
           ,
           never
           informing
           (
           either
           through
           their
           own
           ignorance
           or
           malice
           )
           in
           what
           sence
           ,
           with
           what
           cautions
           ,
           limitations
           ,
           and
           restrictions
           ,
           they
           maintain
           ,
           or
           deny
           ,
           and
           upon
           what
           grounds
           and
           arguments
           ,
           they
           assert
           their
           judgements
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           hard
           thought
           to
           suppose
           ;
           (
           for
           there
           is
           reason
           enough
           )
           that
           there
           are
           men
           of
           worth
           ,
           learning
           ,
           excellency
           ,
           and
           holiness
           ,
           whose
           names
           and
           reputations
           suffer
           shipwrack
           by
           the
           men
           of
           this
           Charact●r
           ,
           when
           any
           knotty
           ,
           painful
           ,
           and
           laborious
           business
           ,
           (
           pertinent
           to
           their
           function
           )
           in
           times
           of
           straits
           ,
           appear
           necessary
           to
           be
           done
           ;
           the
           men
           of
           their
           quarrel
           are
           then
           in
           esteem
           ,
           but
           when
           the
           cloud
           is
           over
           ,
           and
           the
           work
           is
           done
           ,
           and
           the
           Sun
           shines
           again
           ,
           they
           have
           then
           done
           with
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           shut
           up
           again
           in
           darkness
           under
           their
           black
           reproaches
           and
           scandals
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           have
           but
           the
           liberty
           of
           their
           private
           Confines
           ,
           Societies
           ,
           and
           Companies
           ,
           it
           is
           reward
           sufficient
           ,
           if
           not
           too
           much
           for
           all
           their
           labours
           ;
           like
           the
           subtle
           Ape
           that
           took
           the
           Spaniels
           foot
           to
           reach
           the
           chesnut
           out
           of
           the
           fi●e
           ,
           and
           then
           eats
           the
           kernel
           ,
           and
           g●ts
           him
           gone
           ,
           leaving
           the
           burnt
           Spaniel
           to
           seek
           out
           a
           plaister
           :
           Well
           ,
           the
           other
           world
           will
           make
           up
           all
           .
           A
           wise
           Prince
           cannot
           but
           judge
           such
           disingenuity
           much
           unworthy
           their
           function
           ,
           and
           h●s
           favour
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           Men
           of
           persecuting
           principles
           for
           conscience
           sake
           ,
           are
           frequently
           known
           by
           this
           charactar
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           They
           bring
           their
           opinions
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           fetch
           them
           not
           thence
           ,
           and
           prefer
           their
           
             id
             est
             ,
          
           before
           the
           
             Scriptum
             est
             ,
          
           their
           interpretation
           before
           the
           Text
           .
           Men
           that
           
             Caedem
             Scripturarum
             faciuut
             ,
          
           as
           one
           saith
           ,
           that
           murther
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           yea
           that
           torture
           and
           torment
           them
           ,
           like
           
             Amboyna
          
           Tyrants
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           confess
           ,
           and
           own
           such
           things
           ,
           as
           were
           never
           in
           their
           meaning
           .
           The
           
             Scribes
          
           and
           
             Pharisees
          
           preferred
           their
           traditional
           interpretations
           before
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           bear
           any
           exposition
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           sound
           against
           their
           false
           glosses
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           rotten
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           this
           ground
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           general
           received
           opinion
           ,
           and
           orthodox
           doctrine
           of
           all
           the
           Rabbies
           ,
           Doctors
           and
           Fathers
           :
           
             Non
             tam
             ovum
             ●vo
             simile
             ,
          
           One
           egge
           is
           not
           so
           like
           another
           as
           those
           then
           ;
           
           and
           these
           in
           our
           dayes
           .
           Did
           they
           prefer
           their
           false
           gl●sses
           before
           the
           true
           Text
           ?
           so
           do
           these
           .
           Were
           they
           more
           zealous
           of
           their
           traditional
           doctrines
           ,
           then
           of
           the
           Letter
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ?
           so
           are
           these
           .
           Were
           they
           fiery
           Adversaries
           to
           men
           differing
           from
           them
           ,
           though
           more
           learned
           ,
           more
           holy
           ,
           more
           serviceable
           to
           God
           and
           the
           world
           ,
           then
           themselves
           ?
           so
           are
           these
           .
           Did
           they
           stir
           up
           the
           people
           against
           D●ssenters
           from
           them
           ?
           so
           do
           these
           .
           Did
           they
           bring
           forth
           their
           raylings
           instead
           of
           reasons
           ?
           so
           do
           these
           .
           Did
           they
           strive
           to
           insnare
           ,
           and
           catch
           at
           words
           and
           expressions
           without
           respect
           to
           the
           sence
           and
           meaning
           of
           good
           men
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           obnoxious
           to
           men
           in
           authority
           ?
           so
           do
           these
           .
           Did
           they
           falsely
           misrepresent
           them
           to
           men
           in
           place
           and
           rule
           ?
           so
           do
           these
           .
           A
           wise
           Prince
           will
           beware
           of
           these
           men
           that
           
             dig
          
           for
           evil
           against
           their
           brethren
           ,
           to
           defame
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           ruler
           may
           disfavour
           them
           .
           It
           is
           
             Solomons
          
           character
           of
           an
           ungodly
           man
           ,
           to
           
             dig
             up
             evil
             ,
          
           and
           whose
           lip●
           are
           as
           burning
           fire
           ,
           who
           
             sow
             strife
             ,
             separate
             chief
             friends
             ,
          
           men
           that
           will
           pick
           up
           ,
           
             dig
             out
          
           all
           that
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           more
           then
           truth
           to
           injurie
           the
           men
           of
           their
           controversie
           .
           When
           the
           
             Manichees
          
           could
           not
           answer
           
             Austins
          
           arguments
           ,
           they
           hit
           him
           in
           the
           teeth
           with
           his
           youthful
           follies
           ,
           whereunto
           his
           reply
           was
           only
           this
           ,
           
             Quae
             vos
             reprehenditis
             ego
             damnavi
             ,
          
           What
           you
           discommend
           in
           me
           ,
           I
           have
           long
           since
           condemned
           :
           and
           the
           malicious
           
             Papists
          
           did
           the
           like
           to
           
             Beza
             ,
          
           reprinting
           his
           wit-wanton
           Poems
           on
           purpose
           to
           disp●●e
           him
           ,
           and
           objecting
           his
           former
           miscarriages
           whereof
           he
           had
           repented
           ,
           he
           replied
           to
           one
           that
           did
           twit
           him
           in
           the
           teeth
           with
           it
           ,
           
             Hic
             homo
             invidet
             mihi
             gratiam
             Christi
             ,
          
           This
           man
           en●ies
           me
           the
           grace
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           :
           And
           thus
           
             Miriam
          
           and
           
             Aaron
             ,
             Num.
          
           12.
           1.
           being
           ●retted
           that
           God
           should
           declare
           his
           Counsels
           to
           
             Moses
          
           only
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           should
           have
           the
           reputation
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           they
           ,
           had
           nothing
           to
           object
           against
           him
           ,
           but
           an
           old
           matter
           of
           several
           years
           date
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           his
           marrying
           with
           an
           
             Aethiopian
             :
          
           I
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           about
           these
           men
           ,
           but
           wish
           all
           good
           rulers
           may
           never
           be
           troubled
           with
           such
           as
           these
           :
           
             White-Hall
          
           formerly
           was
           very
           rarely
           without
           them
           ;
           their
           
             Aphorisms
          
           and
           
             Maxims
             ,
          
           are
           dangerous
           .
           It
           was
           of
           old
           ,
           
             No
             Bishop
             ,
             no
             King
             :
          
           which
           was
           more
           ominous
           then
           necessary
           ,
           and
           the
           end
           of
           it
           was
           to
           engage
           the
           King
           to
           assert
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           to
           assist
           them
           in
           their
           tyranny
           and
           executing
           their
           cruel
           censures
           
           by
           his
           civil
           Sword
           .
           We
           have
           other
           saying●
           of
           the
           same
           sence
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           same
           end
           ,
           though
           in
           other
           expressions
           :
           
             viz.
          
           That
           
             the
             Sword
             of
             the
             Magistracy
             and
             the
             Sword
             of
             the
             Ministry
             must
             go
             together
             :
          
           which
           is
           a
           truth
           in
           a
           singular
           ,
           but
           not
           vulgar
           sence
           ;
           or
           (
           if
           you
           please
           )
           in
           an
           
             English
             ,
          
           not
           
             Scottish
          
           sence
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           protect
           ,
           (
           not
           punish
           )
           the
           people
           of
           God
           for
           keeping
           a
           good
           conscience
           .
           That
           
             Magistratus
             est
             custos
             ,
             &
             conservator
             utriusque
             tabulae
             ,
          
           A
           true
           saying
           in
           a
           qualified
           sence
           ,
           though
           many
           times
           very
           ill
           applied
           :
           The
           Papists
           made
           
             Lutherans
             ,
          
           and
           
             Calvenists
             ,
          
           the
           Bishops
           ;
           Brownists
           ,
           and
           Separatists
           ,
           the
           Presbyterians
           ;
           Sectaries
           ,
           and
           Hereticks
           ;
           there
           are
           still
           that
           succeed
           them
           in
           their
           ill
           trade
           ,
           and
           are
           about
           an
           evil
           work
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           making
           wicked
           Anabaptists
           ,
           Blasphemers
           ,
           Arminians
           ,
           Socinians
           ,
           Pelagians
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           not
           what
           of
           those
           whom
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           through
           grace
           by
           the
           belief
           of
           the
           Gospel
           hath
           made
           the
           blessed
           servants
           of
           the
           most
           High
           God
           ,
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Princes
           ,
           and
           Parliaments
           have
           been
           dasht
           in
           pieces
           at
           this
           stone
           by
           too
           much
           complyance
           with
           the
           men
           of
           this
           Character
           .
           And
           the
           Christian
           care
           of
           our
           late
           Rulers
           ,
           and
           present
           Protector
           ,
           and
           caution
           of
           them
           hitherto
           hath
           opened
           the
           mouths
           of
           many
           Saints
           of
           different
           apprehensions
           ,
           agreeing
           together
           as
           one
           man
           ,
           with
           one
           heart
           and
           lip
           ,
           in
           prayers
           and
           prayses
           to
           God
           for
           them
           and
           him
           :
           and
           I
           wish
           with
           all
           my
           soul
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           the
           peace
           and
           happiness
           of
           my
           Country
           ,
           that
           that
           Spirit
           ,
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           Conscience
           of
           theirs
           ,
           and
           of
           him
           ,
           in
           this
           respect
           may
           be
           redoubled
           upon
           his
           Successours
           .
        
         
           
             His
             loftiness
             in
             place
             provokes
             loveliness
             in
             practise
             ,
             the
             more
             high
             the
             more
             humble
             ,
             and
             like
             the
             Sun
             above
             he
             comforts
             and
             cherisheth
             those
             that
             are
             under
             him
             .
          
        
         
           His
           greatness
           doth
           better
           him
           ,
           and
           not
           betray
           him
           into
           pride
           ,
           and
           vanity
           ,
           his
           
             HIGHNESS
          
           is
           his
           peoples
           happiness
           ,
           he
           is
           like
           an
           Angel
           of
           God
           amongst
           them
           to
           protect
           and
           defend
           them
           ,
           not
           as
           a
           Lion
           among
           beasts
           to
           terrifie
           and
           torment
           them
           ,
           he
           is
           their
           glory
           ,
           and
           not
           their
           grie●
           ,
           their
           songs
           and
           not
           their
           sighs
           ;
           
             When
             the
             righteous
             are
             in
             authority
             the
             people
             rejoyce
             ,
             Prov.
          
           29.
           2.
           because
           he
           is
           a
           mercy
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           mischief
           unto
           them
           .
        
         
         
           
             His
             great
             project
             is
             rather
             to
             be
             beloved
             then
             feared
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             by
             doing
             every
             man
             right
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             wrong
             ,
             he
             sets
             up
             his
             Throne
             in
             every
             mans
             heart
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           noted
           by
           the
           
             Indians
          
           in
           
             America
             ,
          
           that
           the
           Christians
           God
           is
           a
           good
           God
           ,
           who
           doth
           good
           ,
           but
           their
           God
           (
           who
           is
           the
           Devil
           )
           they
           count
           good
           when
           he
           doth
           them
           no
           hurt
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           serve
           him
           not
           in
           love
           ,
           but
           in
           fear
           :
           The
           Lord
           reigns
           making
           the
           earth
           to
           rejoyce
           thereby
           ;
           and
           so
           should
           Princes
           be
           the
           triumph
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           terrour
           of
           their
           Territories
           .
        
         
           
             His
             greatness
             provokes
             his
             goodness
             to
             commensure
             herewith
             in
             the
             middest
             of
             his
             glory
             ;
             he
             remembers
             his
             shame
             ,
             and
             the
             deep
             sense
             of
             his
             own
             demerits
             keeps
             him
             humble
             under
             popular
             Applause
             ,
             knowing
             that
             his
             receipts
             are
             great
             ,
             his
             talents
             many
             ,
             his
             accounts
             proportionable
             ,
             he
             is
             always
             reckoning
             of
             his
             reckoning
             day
             :
             Pride
             ,
             passsion
             ,
             and
             wilfulness
             ,
             incident
             to
             greatness
             ,
             are
             his
             constant
             caution
             .
          
        
         
           His
           heighth
           humbles
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           humility
           exalts
           him
           ,
           his
           sense
           of
           his
           emptiness
           draws
           his
           heart
           after
           God
           for
           fulness
           .
           Pride
           brings
           a
           Tyrant
           low
           ,
           but
           honour
           upholds
           the
           humble
           in
           spirit
           ,
           
             Sequitur
             superbos
             ultor
             ,
             à
             tergo
             Deus
             ,
          
           Vengeance
           follows
           the
           proud
           man
           at
           the
           heels
           ;
           the
           judgment
           of
           God
           upon
           
             Pharaoh
             ,
             Adonibez●ck
             ,
             Agag
             ,
             Haman
             ,
             H●rod
             ,
             &c.
          
           are
           much
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           his
           religion
           teaches
           him
           to
           be
           pure
           ,
           peaceable
           ,
           gentle
           ,
           easie
           to
           be
           entreated
           ,
           he
           (
           like
           Christ
           )
           seeks
           not
           his
           own
           glory
           ,
           and
           therefore
           God
           seeks
           it
           ,
           and
           keeps
           it
           for
           him
           ,
           
             John
          
           18.
           30.
           
           He
           contends
           not
           for
           himself
           ,
           and
           therefore
           is
           God
           for
           him
           ;
           under
           personal
           injuries
           he
           sits
           down
           with
           content
           ,
           but
           publick
           wrongs
           rouze
           him
           up
           to
           contend
           ;
           his
           heart
           is
           hunted
           out
           of
           his
           earthly
           holds
           ,
           he
           sees
           the
           uncertainty
           of
           earthly
           glory
           ,
           the
           vanity
           ,
           the
           non-entity
           of
           outward
           pomp
           ,
           their
           impotency
           to
           help
           in
           the
           evil
           day
           ,
           their
           impossibility
           to
           stretch
           to
           Eternity
           :
           That
           outward
           greatness
           is
           but
           a
           conceited
           wall
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           18.
           11.
           
           He
           well
           considers
           that
           God
           humbles
           the
           haughty
           ,
           lifts
           up
           the
           lowly
           ,
           as
           the
           lower
           
           the
           Ebbe
           ,
           the
           higher
           the
           Tide
           ;
           so
           his
           humiliation
           shall
           not
           exceed
           his
           exaltation
           ,
           he
           looks
           not
           so
           much
           upon
           his
           fine
           feathers
           ,
           as
           his
           foul
           feet
           ,
           which
           is
           ballace
           to
           his
           bottom
           ,
           and
           prevents
           the
           danger
           of
           his
           Broad-Sails
           ,
           in
           the
           swelling
           and
           Surging
           Seas
           of
           outward
           pomp
           and
           greatness
           ,
           he
           blusheth
           (
           not
           blesseth
           himself
           )
           under
           popular
           applauses
           ;
           prayse●
           do
           more
           press
           him
           ,
           th●n
           please
           him
           ,
           and
           g●ate
           upon
           him
           then
           gratifie
           him
           ;
           the
           higher
           his
           head
           is
           before
           men
           ,
           the
           lower
           his
           heart
           before
           God
           ,
           he
           does
           worthily
           in
           
             Euphrata
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           is
           he
           famous
           in
           
             Bethleh●m
             :
          
           his
           same
           attends
           his
           vertue
           ,
           as
           the
           shadow
           the
           body
           ,
           he
           hath
           no
           tongue
           to
           praise
           himself
           :
           
             Haec
             ego
             f●ci
          
           proves
           men
           no
           better
           then
           
             Faeces
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           
             Luther
             .
          
           )
           Self-brags
           shews
           mens
           dr●gs
           and
           dross
           ,
           not
           their
           valour
           and
           ve●tue
           .
           
             Laus
             proprio
             sordescit
             in
             ore
             ,
          
           he
           that
           comm●nds
           himself
           ,
           vomits
           out
           of
           his
           own
           mouth
           his
           own
           shame
           ,
           nauciating
           the
           st●●acks
           of
           standers
           by
           :
           
             Moses
          
           glory
           was
           not
           known
           to
           himself
           ,
           but
           to
           those
           that
           beheld
           him
           ,
           his
           face
           did
           shine
           ,
           but
           he
           knew
           it
           not
           ,
           his
           ears
           (
           are
           not
           tickled
           but
           )
           tingle
           ,
           when
           he
           hears
           men
           speak
           of
           his
           worth
           and
           worthiness
           .
           When
           an
           elegant
           Speech
           was
           made
           in
           the
           commendation
           of
           
             Charls
          
           the
           fifth
           ,
           by
           a
           great
           person
           ,
           rehersing
           his
           noble
           and
           famous
           acts
           :
           the
           Emperour
           modestly
           replyes
           ;
           That
           
             he
             accepted
             of
             the
             Oration
             ,
             because
             it
             did
             admonish
             him
             not
             so
             much
             what
             he
             had
             been
             ,
             as
             what
             he
             ought
             to
             be
             .
          
           He
           remembers
           what
           he
           was
           when
           he
           sees
           what
           he
           is
           .
           It
           is
           sto●ied
           of
           
             Agath●cles
             ,
          
           who
           of
           a
           Potters
           son
           ,
           became
           King
           in
           
             Scicily
             ;
          
           that
           he
           would
           ever
           be
           served
           in
           earthen
           vessels
           ;
           and
           of
           one
           
             Willigis
             ,
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Mentz
             ,
          
           being
           a
           Wheel-wrights
           ▪
           Son
           ,
           that
           he
           caused
           wheels
           to
           be
           hanged
           up
           a●d
           down
           the
           walls
           from
           his
           Palace
           with
           these
           words
           over
           them
           in
           Capital
           Letters
           ,
           
             Willigis
             ,
             Willigis
             recole
             unde
             Venris
             ,
          
           Mind
           thy
           beginning
           .
           It
           was
           good
           counsel
           given
           by
           
             Placilla
          
           the
           Empress
           to
           her
           Husband
           
             Theodosius
             :
          
           Remember
           Sir
           ,
           what
           you
           were
           la●ely
           ,
           and
           what
           you
           are
           now
           ,
           this
           will
           make
           you
           mindful
           of
           your
           duty
           ,
           and
           give
           God
           the
           glory
           :
           A
           man
           as
           good
           ,
           as
           great
           ,
           considers
           what
           he
           
             must
          
           be
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           what
           he
           
             was
             ,
          
           and
           
             is
             ,
          
           he
           makes
           account
           of
           his
           accounts
           ,
           and
           is
           frequently
           reckoning
           his
           reckonings
           ;
           his
           Masters
           
             Redde
             ration●m
          
           is
           much
           in
           his
           mind
           ,
           his
           receipts
           are
           in
           his
           eyes
           ,
           and
           his
           account
           current
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           and
           his
           
             quietus
             est
             ,
          
           is
           the
           first-born
           
           of
           his
           desires
           ,
           his
           even
           reckonings
           make
           long
           friendship
           between
           God
           and
           him
           ,
           he
           is
           often
           casting
           up
           his
           books
           ,
           lest
           his
           books
           should
           cast
           him
           up
           at
           last
           ,
           which
           makes
           him
           diligen●
           ,
           watchful
           ,
           humble
           and
           low
           in
           his
           own
           thoughts
           ,
           the
           noise
           of
           the
           feet
           of
           them
           that
           buried
           his
           Predecessours
           ,
           is
           much
           in
           his
           ears
           ,
           he
           h●a●s
           the
           sound
           of
           his
           own
           passing
           bell
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           thoughts
           goes
           to
           his
           own
           Funeral
           ;
           he
           considers
           that
           as
           he
           hath
           had
           a
           time
           to
           be
           born
           ,
           so
           he
           will
           have
           a
           time
           to
           die
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           is
           every
           day
           
             drawing
             on
             ,
          
           towards
           his
           
             drawing
             on
             :
          
           that
           his
           last
           day
           stands
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           rest
           runs
           ,
           that
           the
           mortal
           Sythe
           is
           Master
           of
           the
           royal
           Scepter
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           mows
           down
           as
           well
           the
           Lilies
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           as
           the
           Crown
           of
           the
           Lilies
           ;
           he
           remembers
           that
           though
           his
           Palace
           be
           built
           of
           hewen
           stone
           ,
           yet
           his
           life
           is
           immured
           within
           mud-walls
           in
           a
           clay
           cottage
           ,
           and
           earthly
           tabernacle
           ,
           that
           his
           foundation
           is
           the
           dust
           ready
           to
           be
           shattered
           and
           scattered
           with
           every
           blast
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           but
           
             terra
             friabilis
             ,
          
           crumbling
           ,
           loose
           earth
           :
           Pride
           ,
           passion
           ,
           and
           self-will
           ,
           are
           his
           constant
           caution
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Pride
           ,
           he
           that
           saith
           he
           hath
           no
           pride
           ,
           cannot
           want
           it
           ,
           this
           made
           a
           devil
           of
           an
           Angel
           ,
           and
           threw
           him
           down
           from
           his
           Throne
           with
           a
           vengeance
           .
           God
           resisteth
           a
           proud
           person
           ,
           (
           as
           in
           battail-array
           ,
           )
           It
           is
           God's
           resolu●ion
           (
           not
           )
           to
           ●ta●n
           (
           all
           glory
           but
           )
           
             the
             pride
             of
             all
             glory
             ,
             and
             bring
             into
             contempt
             all
             the
          
           proud
           ,
           (
           though
           )
           
             honorable
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             Isai.
          
           23.
           8.
           
           He
           hath
           his
           day
           for
           the
           proud
           and
           lofty
           ;
           for
           every
           one
           that
           is
           lifted
           up
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           brought
           low
           ,
           his
           lo●ty
           looks
           shall
           be
           humbled
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           alone
           shall
           be
           ex●l●ed
           ,
           he
           pulleth
           down
           the
           proud
           ,
           and
           lifteth
           up
           the
           lowly
           :
           He
           doth
           carefully
           cautelously
           ,
           yea
           very
           curiously
           look
           to
           himself
           ,
           le●t
           his
           valour
           ,
           his
           victories
           ,
           his
           greatness
           ,
           his
           Highner
           ,
           his
           Armies
           ,
           his
           Navies
           ,
           the
           crowchings
           of
           his
           enemies
           ,
           the
           applications
           of
           the
           great
           Princes
           of
           other
           Nations
           ,
           his
           great
           houses
           ,
           his
           revenues
           ,
           his
           a●tendance
           do
           steal
           in
           upon
           him
           ,
           b●leagure
           his
           heart
           ,
           seize
           it
           and
           take
           it
           before
           he
           is
           aware
           ,
           and
           carry
           him
           into
           captivi●y
           under
           pride
           and
           vanity
           ,
           and
           bring
           him
           to
           ruine
           without
           remedy
           ;
           he
           well
           remembers
           that
           
             by
             humility
             ,
             and
             the
             fear
             of
             the
             Lord
             ▪
             are
             riches
             ,
             and
             honour
             ,
             and
             life
             ,
             Prov.
          
           22.
           4.
           
           When
           pride
           cometh
           in
           ,
           shame
           cometh
           on
           ,
           but
           while
           he
           is
           humble
           ,
           God
           is
           at
           his
           right
           hand
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           shall
           not
           fall
           ,
           if
           he
           
           grows
           proud
           ,
           he
           will
           know
           him
           at
           a
           distance
           ,
           yea
           afar
           off
           .
           And
           therfore
           he
           studies
           God
           ,
           who
           pulleth
           down
           and
           setteth
           up
           whom
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           whose
           are
           all
           Kingdoms
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           Glory
           ;
           and
           he
           studies
           himself
           ,
           his
           dust
           and
           ashes
           ,
           his
           heart
           ,
           his
           lip
           ,
           his
           life
           infirmities
           ,
           he
           watcheth
           and
           prayeth
           against
           pride
           and
           vanity
           ,
           which
           will
           make
           him
           humble
           and
           happy
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           His
           own
           Passion
           is
           his
           own
           pain
           and
           sorrow
           :
           Commonly
           Princes
           think
           they
           may
           be
           passionate
           by
           priviledg
           and
           peevish
           by
           prerogative
           .
           
             Moses
          
           was
           an
           excellent
           General
           ,
           an
           eminent
           Governor
           ,
           and
           his
           meekness
           did
           add
           much
           to
           his
           merit
           :
           Anger
           is
           little
           better
           then
           a
           short
           Devil
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           gives
           way
           to
           
             it
             ,
          
           gives
           
             place
             to
             him
             .
          
           He
           that
           is
           big
           with
           wrath
           ,
           breeds
           contention
           ,
           and
           brings
           forth
           transgression
           in
           abundance
           :
           A
           furious
           man
           is
           a
           man
           master'd
           by
           furies
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           the
           
             Persian
          
           Kings
           to
           their
           Concubines
           )
           is
           a
           slave
           to
           a
           slave
           .
           Anger
           may
           rush
           into
           the
           heart
           of
           wise
           men
           ,
           but
           it
           
             resteth
          
           and
           
             roosteth
          
           only
           in
           the
           bosom
           of
           fools
           :
           The
           hasty
           man
           never
           wants
           woe
           .
           One
           counselled
           
             Augustus
          
           to
           determine
           nothing
           rashly
           when
           he
           was
           angry
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           should
           first
           repeat
           the
           Greek
           Alphabet
           :
           
             Ambrose
          
           taught
           
             Theodosius
          
           in
           that
           case
           to
           repeat
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           .
           He
           that
           is
           slow
           to
           anger
           is
           of
           great
           understanding
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           is
           hasty
           of
           spirit
           exalteth
           folly
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           it
           's
           good
           to
           be
           angry
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           sin
           ,
           but
           then
           a
           man
           must
           be
           angry
           at
           nothing
           but
           sin
           ,
           and
           not
           as
           it
           is
           an
           offence
           to
           man
           ,
           but
           to
           God
           ,
           nor
           yet
           so
           angry
           as
           to
           be
           unfit
           for
           prayer
           :
           
             Moses
          
           was
           angry
           at
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           golden
           Calf
           ,
           but
           could
           pray
           for
           them
           ;
           Christ
           at
           the
           unbelief
           of
           the
           
             Pharisees
             ,
          
           but
           was
           grieved
           for
           the
           hardness
           of
           their
           hearts
           .
           Right
           anger
           is
           a
           very
           tender
           vertue
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           by
           reason
           of
           mans
           unskilfulness
           may
           be
           easily
           corrupted
           ,
           and
           made
           dangerous
           .
           The
           Spirit
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           Meditation
           ,
           Communion
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           spirit
           of
           frowardness
           ,
           will
           never
           mingle
           :
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Prophecy
           came
           not
           upon
           
             Elisha
          
           until
           his
           heat
           was
           over
           ;
           and
           his
           anger
           was
           charmed
           by
           the
           musick
           of
           a
           Minstrel
           ,
           2
           
             King.
          
           3.
           15.
           
           A
           froward
           heart
           shall
           depart
           from
           God
           ,
           a
           meek
           and
           quiet
           spirit
           is
           of
           great
           price
           with
           him
           .
           God
           deals
           above
           the
           thundering
           ,
           tempestuous
           ,
           and
           blustering
           clouds
           ,
           and
           meets
           with
           men
           in
           the
           cool
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           speaking
           and
           appearing
           in
           the
           still
           voice
           .
           He
           that
           is
           slow
           to
           anger
           is
           better
           then
           the
           mighty
           .
           U●ruly
           passions
           (
           saith
           one
           )
           are
           
           those
           
             Turks
          
           with
           whom
           we
           must
           ever
           make
           war
           :
           those
           
             Spaniards
             ,
          
           with
           whom
           who
           ever
           made
           peace
           ,
           gained
           nothing
           but
           repentance
           ;
           a
           deadly
           fewd
           must
           be
           between
           good
           Princes
           and
           their
           lusts
           ,
           which
           war
           in
           their
           members
           ,
           fighting
           against
           their
           souls
           .
           A
           passionate
           person
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           not
           drunk
           ,
           yet
           is
           he
           not
           his
           own
           man
           :
           It
           's
           a
           shame
           for
           a
           Prince
           to
           have
           his
           lusts
           his
           lords
           ,
           and
           his
           vices
           his
           vanquishers
           ;
           He
           that
           ruleth
           his
           spirit
           ,
           is
           better
           then
           he
           that
           taketh
           a
           City
           ,
        
         
           Vince
           animos
           iramque
           tuam
           qui
           caetera
           vincis
           ,
        
         
           Victory
           over
           himself
           yeilds
           him
           greater
           glory
           ,
           richer
           spoyls
           ,
           then
           all
           other
           victories
           :
           Here
           to
           overcome
           will
           is
           his
           glory
           ,
           to
           be
           overcome
           his
           shame
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Self-will
          
           is
           not
           his
           will
           ,
           knowing
           that
           
             Sic
             volo
             ,
             sic
             jubeo
             ,
             &c.
          
           is
           the
           Tyrants
           Charactar
           ,
           and
           very
           incident
           to
           men
           in
           power
           ,
           and
           their
           will
           is
           frequently
           their
           wo
           .
           King
           
             Charls
          
           was
           a
           
             probatum
             est
          
           of
           this
           .
           
             Josiah
          
           one
           of
           the
           most
           famous
           Kings
           recorded
           in
           the
           Book
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           piety
           and
           goodness
           ,
           yet
           he
           never
           consulting
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           resolutely
           would
           go
           to
           war
           contrary
           to
           counsel
           ,
           which
           cost
           him
           his
           life
           ,
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           35.
           22.
           to
           the
           great
           loss
           and
           lamentation
           of
           all
           his
           good
           people
           :
           
             Consilii
             satis
             est
             in
             me
             mihi
             ,
          
           is
           the
           saying
           of
           
             Solomons
          
           fool
           ,
           in
           whose
           
             eyes
             his
             own
             ways
             is
             right
             ,
             Prov.
             12.
             15.
             
             But
             he
             that
             hearkneth
             to
             counsel
             is
             wise
             .
          
           A
           person
           suspecting
           his
           own
           judgement
           ,
           and
           taking
           advise
           of
           wiser
           then
           himself
           ,
           seldom
           miscarries
           .
           A
           wo
           is
           pronounced
           to
           that
           Land
           whose
           King
           is
           a
           Child
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           weak
           ,
           wilful
           ,
           and
           uncounselable
           ;
           as
           
             Rehoboam
             ,
          
           who
           was
           a
           child
           at
           forty
           years
           old
           ,
           whose
           father
           was
           a
           man
           at
           twelve
           ;
           for
           age
           is
           no
           just
           measure
           of
           wisdom
           :
           
             Solomon
          
           the
           wise
           chose
           him
           an
           excellent
           Councel
           of
           State
           ,
           whom
           
             Rehoboam
          
           refused
           to
           hear
           ,
           being
           as
           wilful
           as
           his
           father
           wise
           ,
           being
           heady
           ,
           high-minded
           ,
           he
           lost
           ten
           Tribes
           by
           his
           wilful
           and
           churlish
           breath
           .
           It
           was
           said
           of
           old
           ,
           
             Romani
             sedendo
             vincunt
             ,
          
           Wisdom
           is
           better
           then
           strength
           ,
           prudence
           excelleth
           puissance
           ,
           and
           counsel
           courage
           ,
           which
           made
           
             Agamemnon
          
           set
           such
           a
           price
           upon
           
             Vlysses
             :
          
           Where
           no
           counsel
           is
           the
           people
           fall
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           multitude
           of
           Counsellers
           ,
           (
           truly
           so
           called
           )
           there
           is
           safety
           ;
           It
           is
           not
           titles
           ,
           but
           truths
           ;
           not
           the
           name
           of
           counsels
           ,
           and
           counsellers
           ,
           but
           the
           proper
           natures
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           will
           bless
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           under
           him
           .
           It
           is
           reported
           of
           
             Xerxes
             ,
          
           
           that
           in
           his
           expedition
           against
           
             Greece
             ,
          
           he
           called
           his
           Princes
           together
           ,
           but
           gave
           them
           neither
           freedom
           of
           speech
           ,
           or
           councel
           ,
           
             lest
             I
             should
             seem
          
           (
           said
           he
           )
           
             to
             follow
             mine
             own
             counsel
             I
             have
             assembled
             you
             ,
             but
             do
             you
             remember
             ,
             that
             it
             becomes
             you
             rather
             to
             obey
             ,
             then
             to
             advise
             .
          
           To
           have
           a
           wise
           Councel
           that
           must
           not
           advise
           ,
           or
           a
           weak
           Councel
           that
           cannot
           advise
           ,
           is
           much
           the
           same
           in
           the
           sigh●
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           wise
           men
           :
           for
           a
           Prince
           to
           resolve
           to
           follow
           the
           advice
           of
           his
           Councel
           ,
           and
           yet
           to
           command
           them
           to
           give
           no
           counsel
           but
           what
           he
           tells
           them
           ,
           he
           will
           follow
           ,
           i●
           ,
           as
           if
           one
           should
           promise
           to
           maintain
           me
           so
           long
           as
           I
           live
           ,
           provided
           I
           live
           no
           longer
           then
           he
           will
           maintain
           me
           .
           He
           hath
           weighty
           Affairs
           in
           his
           head
           ,
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           on
           his
           hand●
           ;
           therefore
           all
           his
           purposes
           are
           established
           by
           wise
           Counsel
           ,
           which
           makes
           his
           proceedings
           neither
           unconstant
           ,
           nor
           uncomfortable
           :
           
             Deliberandum
             est
             diu
             quod
             statuendum
             est
             semel
             .
          
           He
           considers
           long
           ●re
           he
           resolves
           upon
           any
           weighty
           enterprise
           ,
           A
           Christian
           Prince
           first
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           adviseth
           with
           God
           ,
           
             Wo
             be
             to
             the
             rebellious
             children
             ,
             that
             take
             counsel
             but
             not
             of
             me
             ,
             Isai.
             30.
             1.
             
             David
          
           had
           able
           Counselle●s
           about
           him
           ,
           but
           his
           chiefest
           were
           Gods
           testimonies
           .
           
             Psal.
             119.
             24.
             
             Thy
             testimonies
             are
             my
             delight
             and
             my
             Counsellers
             .
          
           Princes
           have
           had
           their
           Remembrancers
           ,
           Moniters
           ,
           Councellers
           ,
           as
           
             Themistocl●s
             ,
          
           his
           
             Anaxagores
             ,
             Alexander
          
           his
           
             Aristotle
             ,
             Scipio
          
           his
           
             Panaetius
          
           and
           
             Polybbius
             ;
          
           but
           it
           is
           reported
           of
           
             Scipio
             Africanus
          
           that
           it
           was
           his
           custome
           before
           day
           to
           go
           
             in
             Cellam
             Jovis
             ,
          
           and
           there
           to
           stay
           
             quasi
             consultans
             de
             Republica
             Jove
             ,
          
           advising
           with
           God
           about
           his
           Commonwealth
           :
           
             David
          
           in
           all
           his
           straits
           asked
           counsel
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           
             With
             good
             ADVICE
             make
             war
             ,
          
           said
           
             Solomon
             .
          
           Great
           matters
           require
           great
           advice
           :
           The
           Souldiers
           rule
           is
           ,
           
             Non
             sequi
             non
             sugere
             bellum
             :
          
           neither
           to
           follow
           after
           war
           ,
           nor
           to
           fly
           from
           it
           :
           and
           it
           is
           the
           Christians
           Motto
           :
           
             N●c
             temere
             n●c
             timidè
             .
          
        
         
           
             He
             well
             understands
             his
             slippery
             standing
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             a
             man
             in
             nature
             ,
             though
             a
             God
             in
             Name
             ;
             that
             the
             end
             of
             all
             is
             alike
             to
             all
             ,
             though
             no
             mans
             danger
             like
             to
             his
             :
             That
             heighth
             of
             place
             endangers
             downfall
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             the
             pinacle
             of
             preferment
             is
             a
             dreadfull
             poynt
             ,
             which
             causeth
             his
             caution
             in
             all
             his
             steerage
             .
          
        
         
           He
           considers
           that
           his
           honours
           are
           attended
           with
           dangers
           ,
           his
           Crown
           with
           cares
           ,
           he
           knows
           that
           to
           keep
           and
           maintain
           the
           love
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           peoples
           good
           will
           cost
           him
           study
           ,
           for
           it
           ,
           requires
           skill
           ,
           That
           the
           Rulers
           duty
           is
           not
           soon
           learnt
           ,
           that
           his
           work
           is
           great
           ,
           his
           strength
           is
           small
           ,
           his
           dangers
           many
           ,
           his
           business
           curious
           ,
           his
           head
           ,
           his
           heart
           ,
           his
           hand
           ,
           with
           much
           diligence
           are
           all
           imployed
           .
        
         
           
             He
             is
             the
             poor
             means
             Patron
             ,
             the
             widows
             Husband
             ,
             the
             Orphans
             Father
             ,
             the
             good
             mans
             pleasure
             ,
             the
             bad
             mans
             terrour
             ,
             affable
             in
             speech
             ,
             facile
             in
             access
             ,
             amiable
             in
             countenance
             ,
             respecting
             no
             mans
             person
             ,
             but
             every
             mans
             cause
             ,
             thereby
             he
             becomes
             the
             desire
             of
             all
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Work
           of
           the
           Ruler
           is
           to
           judge
           the
           poor
           ,
           that
           's
           his
           duty
           ,
           and
           his
           establishment
           .
           
             James
          
           the
           fourth
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           was
           for
           this
           called
           
             The
             poor
             mans
             King
             .
          
           Help
           ,
           O
           King
           ,
           said
           the
           poor
           woman
           to
           
             Jehoram
             .
          
           If
           thou
           wilt
           not
           hear
           and
           right
           me
           ,
           why
           doest
           thou
           take
           upon
           thee
           to
           be
           King
           ?
           said
           the
           poor
           woman
           to
           
             Philip
          
           King
           of
           
             Macedony
             :
          
           It
           is
           a
           mercy
           to
           have
           Judges
           .
           
             Modo
             audeant
             quae
             sentiunt
             .
          
           So
           that
           they
           have
           courage
           to
           do
           what
           they
           judge
           fit
           to
           be
           done
           .
           A
           just
           Ruler
           is
           (
           as
           one
           saith
           of
           a
           just
           Law
           )
           a
           heart
           without
           affection
           ,
           an
           eye
           without
           last
           ,
           a
           mind
           without
           passion
           ,
           a
           treasury
           which
           keepeth
           for
           every
           one
           what
           he
           hath
           ,
           and
           distributeth
           to
           every
           one
           what
           he
           should
           have
           .
           Such
           a
           Prince
           shall
           sit
           firm
           on
           his
           Throne
           ,
           the
           hearts
           of
           his
           people
           wi●l
           be
           his
           Life-Guard
           ,
           and
           God
           his
           Protection
           ,
           such
           an
           one
           is
           like
           God
           ,
           the
           poor
           mans
           refuge
           in
           the
           time
           of
           trouble
           ,
           in
           him
           the
           Fatherless
           find
           mercy
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           cause
           the
           widows
           heart
           to
           sing
           for
           joy
           ,
           if
           her
           cause
           be
           just
           ,
           his
           conscience
           pleads
           it
           with
           him
           ,
           he
           regards
           not
           the
           greatness
           of
           her
           adversari●s
           ,
           but
           the
           goodness
           of
           her
           cause
           ;
           he
           is
           no
           secret
           accepter
           of
           persons
           ,
           
             Job
          
           13.
           10.
           he
           hears
           causes
           without
           prejudicial
           impiety
           ,
           and
           judiciously
           examines
           them
           without
           sinister
           obliquity
           :
           and
           sincerely
           
           determins
           them
           without
           sinful
           partiality
           .
           It
           was
           said
           of
           
             Cato
             ,
          
           that
           he
           was
           one
           
             A
             quo
             nemo
             unquam
             rem
             injustam
             petere
             audebat
             ,
          
           So
           just
           as
           no
           man
           durst
           make
           any
           unjust
           request
           unto
           him
           .
        
         
           
             He
             esteemeth
             royalty
             without
             righteousness
             ,
             as
             eminent
             dishonour
             ,
             guilded
             putrifaction
             ,
             glorious
             baseness
             ,
             riches
             ,
             retinue
             ,
             splendor
             ,
             and
             greatness
             ,
             no
             better
             then
             meer
             Pageantry
             ,
             shews
             and
             shadows
             of
             Nobleness
             ,
             which
             causeth
             his
             vigilancy
             over
             his
             own
             heart
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             family
             .
          
        
         
           Righteousness
           is
           the
           way
           to
           ric●es
           ,
           goodness
           makes
           men
           glorious
           .
           It
           was
           said
           by
           one
           of
           
             Constantine
          
           the
           Great
           ,
           
             Bonus
             Deus
             Constantinum
             magnum
             tantis
             t●rrenis
             implevit
             muneribus
             quanta
             optare
             nullus
             auderet
             ,
          
           The
           good
           Lord
           heaped
           so
           much
           outward
           happiness
           upon
           (
           his
           faithful
           Servant
           )
           
             Constantine
          
           the
           Great
           ,
           as
           no
           man
           ever
           durst
           to
           have
           wished
           more
           ;
           his
           glory
           (
           like
           
             Sarah's
          
           beauty
           )
           consisteth
           in
           the
           hidden
           man
           ,
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           3.
           4.
           
           He
           knows
           that
           
             Dignitas
             in
             indigno
             est
             ornamentum
             in
             luto
             ,
          
           That
           a
           jewel
           of
           gold
           in
           a
           swines
           ●nout
           ,
           is
           as
           comely
           as
           gay
           clothes
           upon
           vile
           persons
           ,
           painted
           Sepulchres
           .
           
             Solomons
          
           wisdom
           rendred
           him
           more
           honourable
           then
           all
           his
           glittering
           and
           golden
           glory
           :
           the
           justice
           ,
           wisdom
           ,
           righteousness
           of
           a
           pious
           Prince
           ,
           these
           are
           Ornaments
           of
           grace
           ,
           and
           Crowns
           of
           glory
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           4.
           8
           ,
           9.
           
           Riches
           ,
           honours
           ,
           delights
           ,
           pleasures
           ,
           life
           ,
           length
           of
           days
           ,
           seed
           ,
           and
           posterity
           ,
           are
           all
           entailed
           upon
           piety
           and
           holiness
           ;
           outward
           pomp
           ,
           greatness
           and
           glory
           suck
           out
           the
           goodness
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Ivy
           from
           the
           Oak
           )
           except
           there
           be
           curious
           caution
           ;
           What
           are
           they
           but
           insufficient
           and
           unsatisfactory
           ,
           often
           provocations
           to
           vice
           ,
           and
           hinderanc●s
           of
           vertue
           ?
           The
           Order
           of
           nature
           is
           inverted
           ,
           when
           vile
           men
           are
           exalted
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           12.
           8.
           
           It
           is
           a
           foul
           incongruity
           ,
           and
           of
           very
           evil
           consequence
           ,
           vile
           persons
           are
           loathsom
           ,
           though
           veild
           with
           velvets
           ,
           and
           the
           children
           of
           Satan
           though
           in
           Sattin
           .
        
         
           He
           hath
           great
           vigilancy
           over
           
             his
             own
             family
             ;
          
           he
           sees
           who
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           are
           :
           every
           officer
           ,
           every
           servant
           he
           keeps
           ,
           is
           of
           his
           own
           choyce
           or
           approbation
           :
           He
           cannot
           rule
           well
           
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           much
           less
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           that
           ruleth
           not
           his
           own
           house
           well
           :
           He
           bewares
           of
           an
           
             Achitophel
             ,
          
           a
           
             Doeg
             ,
          
           an
           
             Haman
             .
          
           It
           was
           said
           of
           a
           Prince
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           That
           
             esset
             al●u●
             si
             esset
             apud
             alios
             ,
          
           He
           would
           be
           another
           man
           ,
           were
           he
           with
           other
           men
           .
           He
           takes
           heed
           who
           gets
           the
           royalty
           o●
           his
           ear
           ,
           lest
           he
           doth
           with
           him
           what
           he
           list
           .
           
             David
          
           would
           not
           know
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           own
           a
           wicked
           person
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           101.
           4.
           and
           vers.
           7.
           
           
             He
             that
             worketh
             deceit
             shall
             not
             dwell
             within
             my
             house
             ,
             he
             that
             telleth
             lyes
             shall
             not
             tarry
             in
             my
             sight
             ;
          
           An
           hypocrite
           ,
           an
           Ismaelite
           shall
           not
           dwell
           wi●h
           him
           :
           He
           takes
           heed
           of
           proud
           servants
           ;
           knowing
           that
           men
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           mistake
           him
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           think
           they
           read
           him
           in
           them
           .
           A
           wicked
           person
           in
           his
           family
           is
           as
           an
           
             Achan
          
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           a
           
             Jonas
          
           in
           the
           Ship
           .
           'T
           is
           his
           honour
           and
           wisdom
           to
           be
           loved
           and
           feared
           of
           his
           family
           ;
           which
           he
           will
           never
           be
           ,
           except
           they
           be
           wise
           and
           honest
           :
           
             He
             that
             delicately
             bringeth
             up
             his
             servant
             ,
             shall
             have
             him
             become
             son
             at
             the
             length
             ,
             Prov.
             29.
             21.
             
             Solomon
          
           himself
           (
           that
           sometimes
           knew
           better
           how
           to
           give
           good
           counsel
           then
           to
           take
           it
           )
           entertains
           
             Jeroboam
             ,
          
           gave
           him
           great
           power
           in
           his
           house
           ,
           admitted
           him
           into
           so
           much
           familiarity
           ,
           that
           he
           let
           loose
           the
           bridle
           of
           domestical
           discipline
           unto
           him
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           he
           took
           state
           upon
           him
           as
           a
           young
           Master
           in
           the
           house
           ,
           and
           soon
           after
           turn'd
           Traytor
           :
           See
           the
           like
           in
           
             Abner
             ,
             Ishbosheths
          
           servant
           ,
           who
           grew
           so
           haughty
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           not
           be
           spoken
           to
           ;
           and
           so
           
             Zimri
             ,
          
           whom
           his
           Lord
           and
           Master
           
             Elah
             ,
             1
             King.
          
           16.
           11.
           advanced
           Captain
           over
           half
           of
           his
           charets
           ,
           being
           thus
           like
           a
           begger
           set
           on
           horseb●ck
           ,
           ●ides
           without
           reins
           to
           the
           ruine
           of
           his
           Master
           and
           whole
           house
           :
        
         
           Asperius
           nihil
           est
           humili
           dum
           surgit
           in
           altum
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           with
           a
           Ruler
           in
           respect
           of
           evil
           servants
           ,
           as
           with
           a
           creature
           called
           Millipeda
           ,
           the
           more
           feet
           it
           hath
           the
           flower
           it
           goeth
           :
           corrupt
           servants
           hinder
           the
           course
           of
           Justice
           ;
           this
           reflects
           upon
           their
           Lords
           .
           His
           frowns
           are
           upon
           evil
           ,
           and
           his
           
             favors
             upon
             wise
             servants
             ,
          
           which
           is
           
             Solomons
          
           counsel
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           14.
           3●
           .
           as
           was
           
             Pharaohs
          
           towards
           
             Joseph
             ,
             Darius
          
           towards
           
             Daniel
             ,
             Henry
          
           the
           E●ght
           towards
           
             Cromwell
             ,
          
           who
           for
           his
           wisdom
           and
           faithfulness
           he
           raised
           from
           a
           mean
           person
           (
           son
           to
           a
           Blacksmith
           )
           to
           be
           Master
           of
           his
           Jewel-house
           ,
           Baron
           of
           
             Okeham
          
           in
           
             Rutland-shire
          
           ,
           then
           Knight
           of
           the
           Garter
           ,
           Earl
           of
           
             Essex
             ,
          
           Lord
           great
           Chamberlain
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           
           his
           Vicar
           General
           .
           A
           wise
           servant
           may
           have
           rule
           over
           a
           son
           without
           dishonor
           to
           the
           father
           ,
           and
           discredit
           to
           the
           son
           .
           Amongst
           his
           servants
           some
           may
           be
           wiser
           ,
           some
           better
           ,
           some
           more
           in
           Gods
           favour
           then
           others
           :
           He
           lets
           such
           have
           rule
           over
           his
           houshold
           by
           his
           commission
           ,
           and
           suffers
           not
           the
           b●ambles
           to
           domineer
           over
           the
           Ceda●s
           .
           The
           le●ity
           ,
           luxury
           ,
           idleness
           ,
           wantonness
           of
           the
           
             quondam
          
           Court
           at
           
             White-hall
             ,
          
           together
           with
           their
           concomitants
           ,
           were
           none
           of
           the
           l●ast
           
             on●●ns
          
           of
           their
           destruction
           .
           It
           is
           observed
           by
           one
           ,
           that
           among
           all
           the
           servants
           ,
           pleasures
           and
           delights
           which
           
             Solomon
          
           had
           ,
           he
           got
           him
           no
           fool
           or
           Jester
           ,
           which
           formerly
           Princes
           could
           not
           be
           without
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           no
           not
           when
           they
           should
           be
           most
           serious
           .
           It
           is
           recorded
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           third
           King
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           that
           in
           a
           solemn
           P●●cession
           at
           
             Paris
          
           he
           could
           not
           be
           without
           his
           Jest●r
           ,
           who
           walking
           between
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Cardinal
           ,
           made
           mirth
           to
           them
           both
           :
           Was
           not
           here
           sweet
           devotion
           ?
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           ●●eir
           religious
           actions
           were
           all
           in
           jest
           ,
           their
           wicked
           in
           earnest
           :
           I
           hope
           no
           such
           vile
           and
           vicious
           persons
           will
           be
           ever
           found
           more
           in
           our
           English
           Courts
           .
        
         
           
             He
             is
             the
             joy
             of
             the
             just
             ,
             the
             delight
             of
             their
             souls
             ,
             the
             breath
             of
             their
             nostrils
             :
             He
             lives
             beloved
             ,
             he
             dyes
             desired
             ,
             is
             buried
             with
             lamentations
             ,
             his
             generation
             is
             blessed
             ,
             and
             his
             name
             is
             had
             in
             everlasting
             remembrance
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Death
           of
           
             Josiah
          
           struck
           the
           heart
           of
           
             Israel
          
           and
           
             Judah
             ,
          
           making
           their
           eyes
           as
           fountains
           of
           tears
           ,
           and
           their
           mourning
           so
           gr●at
           ,
           that
           it
           grew
           to
           a
           Proverb
           ,
           
             The
             mourning
             of
             Hadadrimon
             in
             the
             valley
             of
             Megiddon
             ,
             Zach.
          
           12.
           11.
           
           His
           memory
           shall
           be
           blessed
           ,
           his
           name
           shall
           be
           heir
           to
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           h●s
           posterity
           shall
           enjoy
           the
           fruit
           of
           his
           vertue
           ,
           
             His
             children
             are
             blessed
             after
             him
             ,
             Prov.
          
           20.
           7.
           
           His
           righteousness
           is
           inherited
           by
           his
           posterity
           ,
           and
           laid
           up
           in
           everlasting
           remembrance
           ,
           and
           his
           translation
           shall
           be
           unto
           an
           incorruptible
           Crown
           of
           Glory
           ,
           which
           is
           undefiled
           and
           fadeth
           not
           away
           ,
           with
           the
           whole
           Family
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Spirits
           of
           just
           men
           made
           perfect
           ,
           where
           he
           shall
           receive
           a
           prepared
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           dwell
           among
           those
           Mansions
           ,
           shining
           as
           the
           Sun
           in
           the
           Firmament
           ,
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           ever
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A90972e-580
           
             *
             Kings
             and
             Bishops
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A90972e-4750
           
             *
             Veraciter
             se
             excusavit
             de
             honore
             regni
             .