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             A short dialogue concerning the plagues infection Published to preserue bloud, through the blessing of God.
             Balmford, James, b. 1556.
          
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           A
           SHORT
           DIALOGVE
           CONCERNING
           THE
           PLAGVES
           INFECTION
           .
        
         
           Published
           to
           preserue
           bloud
           ,
           
             through
             the
             blessing
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             Psal
             .
             91.
             11.
             
          
           He
           shall
           giue
           his
           Angels
           charge
           ouer
           thee
           ,
           to
           keepe
           thee
           in
           all
           thy
           wayes
           .
        
         
           
             Matth.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           Thou
           shalt
           not
           tempt
           the
           Lord
           thy
           God.
           
        
         
           
             ANCHORA
             .
             SPEI
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           Richard
           Boyle
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           in
           Blacke-friers
           .
           1603.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           HIS
           VVELBELOVED
           IN
           CHRIST
           ,
           THE
           PARISHIONERS
           OF
           SAINT
           OLAVES
           IN
           Southwarke
           ,
           IAMES
           BAMFORD
           wisheth
           increase
           of
           Grace
           and
           knowledge
           of
           our
           Lord
           and
           Sauiour
           Iesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           written
           in
           the
           33.
           of
           
             Ezechiel
             :
          
           That
           ,
           if
           the
           people
           of
           the
           land
           take
           a
           man
           of
           their
           coasts
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           their
           watchman
           ,
           if
           when
           he
           seeth
           the
           sword
           come
           vpon
           the
           land
           ,
           he
           blow
           the
           trumpet
           ,
           and
           warne
           the
           people
           :
           then
           he
           that
           heareth
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           trumpet
           and
           will
           not
           be
           warned
           ,
           if
           the
           sword
           come
           and
           
           take
           him
           away
           ,
           his
           bloud
           shall
           be
           vpon
           his
           owne
           head
           .
           But
           if
           the
           watchman
           see
           the
           sword
           come
           ;
           and
           blow
           not
           the
           trumpet
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           be
           not
           warned
           ,
           if
           the
           sword
           come
           ,
           and
           take
           any
           person
           from
           among
           them
           ,
           he
           is
           taken
           away
           for
           his
           iniquity
           ,
           but
           his
           bloud
           will
           I
           require
           (
           saith
           the
           Lord
           )
           at
           the
           watchmans
           hand
           .
           So
           you
           (
           my
           beloued
           )
           haue
           chosen
           me
           to
           be
           your
           watchman
           .
           Therefore
           it
           concerneth
           me
           to
           giue
           ,
           and
           you
           to
           take
           warning
           of
           mortall
           danger
           ,
           as
           we
           wil
           be
           free
           from
           bloud-guiltinesse
           .
           But
           I
           haue
           publickly
           giuen
           you
           warning
           of
           that
           bloudy
           errour
           ,
           which
           denieth
           the
           Pestilence
           to
           be
           contagious
           :
           maintained
           ,
           not
           onely
           by
           the
           rude
           multitude
           ,
           but
           by
           too
           many
           of
           the
           better
           sort
           ;
           you
           are
           therefore
           to
           take
           warning
           .
           That
           ye
           may
           the
           rather
           take
           heed
           to
           the
           siluer
           trumpet
           ,
           which
           hath
           soūded
           in
           your
           eares
           ,
           I
           haue
           thought
           it
           necessary
           to
           
           set
           downe
           in
           writing
           all
           that
           I
           haue
           publickly
           taught
           ,
           together
           with
           whatsoeuer
           else
           ,
           I
           perceiue
           ,
           by
           priuate
           conference
           to
           be
           appertaining
           to
           that
           question
           ,
           that
           yee
           may
           take
           time
           ,
           better
           to
           consider
           that
           which
           is
           either
           misunderstood
           ,
           or
           not
           well
           remembred
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           but
           once
           deliuered
           ,
           and
           the
           common
           sort
           are
           not
           acquainted
           with
           ,
           and
           therefore
           hardly
           capeable
           of
           Scholasticall
           disputations
           .
           And
           yet
           I
           endeuoured
           to
           speake
           as
           plaine
           as
           I
           could
           .
           But
           now
           I
           haue
           contriued
           al
           in
           the
           forme
           of
           a
           Dialogue
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           more
           familiar
           maner
           of
           teaching
           ;
           hoping
           that
           now
           yee
           will
           more
           readily
           both
           perceiue
           ,
           and
           receiue
           the
           truth
           herein
           contained
           .
           I
           humbly
           and
           earnestly
           desire
           you
           (
           at
           your
           leisure
           )
           diligently
           to
           examine
           the
           quotations
           :
           but
           first
           to
           reade
           ouer
           the
           Dialogue
           it selfe
           .
           If
           any
           desire
           a
           more
           learned
           discourse
           ,
           I
           referre
           them
           to
           that
           worthy
           
           Treatise
           written
           by
           that
           reuerend
           father
           (
           the
           light
           of
           our
           age
           )
           Maister
           
             Beza
             ,
          
           and
           translated
           by
           that
           faithfull
           and
           profitable
           seruant
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Maister
           
             Stockwood
             .
          
           Furthermore
           ,
           as
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           reade
           this
           Dialogue
           with
           good
           respect
           :
           so
           I
           pray
           you
           do
           not
           thinke
           ,
           that
           I
           haue
           any
           purpose
           to
           traduce
           you
           as
           maintainers
           of
           errour
           ,
           and
           gainsayers
           of
           your
           teacher
           .
           For
           howsoeuer
           (
           indeed
           )
           I
           was
           occasioned
           by
           that
           I
           saw
           and
           heard
           amongst
           our selues
           ,
           to
           preach
           this
           doctrine
           ,
           and
           haue
           committed
           it
           to
           writing
           for
           your
           speciall
           good
           ,
           yet
           knowing
           that
           bloudy
           errour
           (
           which
           I
           impugne
           )
           to
           be
           commonly
           maintained
           in
           London
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           conuenient
           to
           publish
           this
           Dialogue
           in
           print
           ,
           for
           a
           more
           generall
           good
           .
           As
           for
           your selues
           ,
           I
           am
           so
           far
           from
           traducing
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           (
           with
           ioyfull
           thankes
           to
           God
           the
           father
           ,
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           )
           giue
           you
           
           this
           testimony
           ;
           that
           notwithstanding
           the
           iudgement
           of
           some
           be
           not
           well
           informed
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           yet
           I
           haue
           much
           comfort
           in
           my
           Ministery
           amongst
           you
           :
           for
           in
           sundry
           things
           ye
           shew
           the
           obediēce
           of
           faith
           .
           Amongst
           the
           rest
           ,
           ye
           attend
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Baptisme
           ,
           from
           which
           in
           most
           places
           people
           runne
           away
           most
           contemptuously
           ;
           Ye
           frequent
           Friday
           Lecture
           as
           diligently
           (
           euer
           since
           the
           Plague
           was
           kindled
           )
           as
           in
           winter
           nights
           :
           wheras
           many
           in
           &
           about
           Londō
           are
           winter
           hearers
           ,
           attending
           the
           word
           when
           they
           haue
           nothing
           else
           to
           do
           :
           and
           ye
           fill
           Gods
           house
           vpō
           the
           daies
           of
           humiliation
           ,
           &
           holy
           rest
           ,
           notwithstanding
           there
           haue
           died
           in
           our
           parish
           from
           the
           7.
           of
           May
           to
           this
           day
           2640.
           
           Wheras
           before
           the
           Plague
           our
           Church
           was
           partly
           filled
           by
           strāgers
           ,
           both
           on
           Sondayes
           &
           Fridayes
           .
           These
           things
           I
           take
           knowledge
           of
           ,
           as
           to
           signifie
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           Dialogue
           I
           do
           not
           
           taxe
           you
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           you
           ,
           more
           than
           other
           ,
           so
           ,
           to
           incourage
           you
           to
           go
           forward
           (
           &
           not
           backward
           )
           in
           your
           holy
           profession
           ,
           seruing
           God
           ,
           and
           sanctifying
           his
           Sabboths
           as
           religiously
           hereafter
           ,
           as
           ye
           do
           now
           while
           God
           is
           present
           with
           you
           in
           this
           his
           grieuous
           visitation
           .
           For
           it
           is
           a
           good
           thing
           (
           saith
           one
           Apostle
           )
           to
           loue
           earnestly
           alwayes
           in
           a
           good
           thing
           :
           
           And
           it
           is
           better
           (
           saith
           another
           Apostle
           )
           for
           you
           not
           to
           haue
           taken
           the
           way
           of
           righteousnes
           ,
           
           than
           after
           ye
           haue
           taken
           it
           to
           forsake
           it
           .
           Therfore
           (
           good
           brethren
           )
           take
           heed
           that
           ye
           coole
           not
           in
           your
           deuotion
           ,
           because
           the
           number
           of
           the
           buried
           in
           our
           parish
           is
           fallen
           (
           blessed
           be
           God
           )
           frō
           305.
           to
           51.
           in
           one
           weeke
           ,
           and
           from
           57.
           to
           4.
           buried
           in
           one
           day
           .
           Shall
           our
           loue
           coole
           ,
           whē
           Gods
           loue
           is
           kindled
           ?
           God
           forbid
           .
           O
           remember
           that
           when
           
             Moses
          
           lifted
           vp
           his
           hands
           ,
           
           
             Israel
          
           preuailed
           :
           but
           when
           his
           hands
           were
           heauy
           
             Amalech
          
           preuailed
           .
           And
           
           when
           it
           shall
           please
           God
           to
           remoue
           this
           heauy
           iudgement
           ,
           let
           vs
           neuer
           forget
           this
           visitation
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           doctrine
           we
           haue
           learned
           out
           of
           the
           title
           of
           the
           38.
           
           
           Psal
           .
           Let
           vs
           not
           turne
           backe
           like
           a
           deceitfull
           bow
           ,
           and
           let
           vs
           sin
           no
           more
           ,
           lest
           a
           worse
           euill
           come
           vntovs
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           saying
           of
           Christ
           himselfe
           to
           a
           man
           deliuered
           from
           a
           grieuous
           disease
           .
           Conceiuing
           good
           hope
           that
           yee
           will
           hide
           the
           words
           of
           exhortation
           in
           honest
           and
           good
           harts
           to
           bring
           forth
           fruite
           with
           patience
           ,
           I
           commend
           me
           to
           your
           fauour
           ,
           my
           Dialogue
           to
           your
           reading
           ,
           and
           your selues
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           word
           of
           his
           grace
           ,
           which
           is
           able
           to
           build
           further
           .
           From
           my
           study
           this
           13.
           of
           October
           .
           1603.
           
        
         
           
             Yours
             in
             the
             Lord
             assured
             and
             readie
             to
             do
             all
             the
             seruice
             he
             may
             ,
             IAMES
             BAMFORD
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Contents
           of
           this
           Dialogue
           .
        
         
           
             1
             THE
             occasion
             of
             this
             Dialogue
             ,
             and
             chiefe
             points
             to
             be
             discussed
             .
             page
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             People
             must
             heare
             well
             ,
             before
             they
             presume
             to
             iudge
             their
             teachers
             .
             pag.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             3
             Magistrates
             may
             and
             ought
             to
             seuer
             the
             sound
             from
             the
             infected
             ,
             and
             the
             infected
             from
             the
             sound
             .
             pag.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             4
             How
             the
             poore
             infected
             may
             go
             abroad
             for
             necessarie
             reliefe
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             they
             should
             want
             .
             pag.
             9.
             
          
           
             5
             The
             infected
             who
             want
             no
             necessarie
             releefe
             should
             keepe
             in
             ,
             and
             they
             ,
             withall
             supposed
             to
             come
             about
             them
             ,
             are
             to
             forbeare
             the
             Church
             for
             a
             while
             .
             pag.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             6
             The
             Plague
             may
             be
             in
             a
             garment
             .
             pag.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             7
             The
             Plague
             may
             be
             taken
             by
             feare
             ,
             whereof
             we
             are
             therefore
             to
             take
             heede
             .
             pag.
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             8
             How
             Ministers
             are
             to
             visite
             the
             sicke
             .
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             9
             How
             the
             sicke
             are
             to
             be
             visited
             by
             other
             .
             pag.
             24
             ,
             25
             ,
             26
             ,
             27
             ,
             28.
             
          
           
             
             10
             The
             sicke
             of
             the
             plague
             are
             not
             to
             desire
             the
             vnnecessary
             presence
             of
             their
             friends
             .
             pag.
             28
             ,
             29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             11
             Thronging
             at
             the
             burying
             of
             the
             infected
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             taken
             heed
             of
             .
             pag.
             31
             ,
             32
             ,
             33.
             
          
           
             12
             The
             law
             of
             Lepers
             proueth
             separation
             betweene
             the
             sound
             and
             the
             infected
             .
             pag.
             3
             ,
             34
             ,
             35
             ,
             36
             ,
             37.
             
          
           
             13
             Great
             care
             is
             to
             be
             had
             of
             that
             bloudy
             errour
             ,
             which
             denieth
             the
             Plague
             to
             be
             contagious
             .
             pag.
             38
             ,
             39
             ,
             40.
             
          
           
             14
             The
             true
             cause
             and
             effects
             of
             inordinate
             feare
             .
             pag
             41
             ,
             42
             ,
             43.
             
          
           
             15
             Magistrates
             are
             to
             be
             resident
             .
             pag.
             43
             ,
             44.
             
          
           
             16
             The
             escaping
             of
             some
             conuersant
             with
             the
             infected
             ,
             is
             not
             a
             good
             argument
             against
             the
             infection
             .
             pag.
             44.
             to
             59.
             
          
           
             17
             Causes
             why
             some
             escape
             ,
             though
             conuersant
             with
             the
             infected
             .
             pag.
             49.
             to
             54.
             
          
           
             18
             An
             absolute
             faith
             touching
             deliuerance
             from
             the
             Plague
             ,
             is
             not
             required
             .
             pag.
             54.
             to
             57.
             
          
           
             19
             Why
             godly
             men
             die
             of
             the
             Plague
             .
             pa.
             57
             ,
             58
             ,
             59.
             
          
           
             20
             The
             Plague
             is
             contagious
             ,
             notwithstanding
             there
             die
             none
             but
             by
             the
             speciall
             appointmeot
             
             of
             God.
             pag.
             59
             ,
             to
             69.
             
          
           
             21
             Who
             may
             flie
             into
             the
             country
             from
             the
             Plague
             ,
             and
             with
             what
             cautions
             .
             p.
             70.
             to
             74.
             
          
           
             22
             Gods
             people
             are
             to
             come
             to
             Church
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             plagues
             contagion
             .
             pag.
             75
             ,
             76
             ,
             77.
             
          
           
             23
             The
             Plague
             is
             contagious
             ,
             though
             the
             Scripture
             doth
             not
             expresly
             affirme
             so
             much
             .
             pag.
             78.
             
          
           
             24
             The
             contagion
             of
             the
             plague
             may
             be
             concluded
             out
             of
             the
             word
             .
             pag.
             79.
             80.
             
          
           
             25
             The
             vse
             which
             is
             to
             be
             made
             of
             this
             Dialogue
             .
             pag.
             81
             ,
             82.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           short
           Dialogue
           concerning
           the
           Plagues
           infection
           .
        
         
           
             Professor
             .
          
           
             SIR
             ,
             I
             make
             bold
             to
             trouble
             you
             ,
             and
             to
             desire
             your
             resolution
             in
             a
             point
             wherewith
             I
             finde
             the
             minds
             of
             manie
             honest
             men
             (
             better
             acquainted
             with
             the
             Scriptures
             than
             I
             am
             )
             much
             cumbred
             and
             perplexed
             :
             I
             cannot
             be
             quiet
             till
             I
             be
             resolued
             ;
             therefore
             pardon
             my
             boldnesse
             I
             pray
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preacher
             .
          
           
             Neighbour
             ,
             you
             are
             very
             welcome
             :
             for
             I
             take
             you
             to
             be
             of
             that
             discretion
             ,
             that
             you
             will
             not
             (
             as
             manie
             do
             )
             trouble
             your selfe
             and
             others
             with
             friuolous
             ,
             or
             curious
             questions
             .
             And
             therefore
             if
             I
             were
             as
             able
             as
             willing
             ,
             you
             should
             not
             go
             away
             vnresolued
             :
             
             but
             you
             shall
             haue
             mine
             opinion
             with
             all
             faithfulnesse
             ,
             and
             then
             iudge
             therof
             in
             the
             sobrietie
             of
             wisedome
             .
             Tell
             me
             then
             :
             What
             is
             the
             matter
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Prof.
             
          
           
             May
             it
             please
             you
             :
             We
             heare
             your selfe
             ,
             and
             other
             faithfull
             Preachers
             in
             this
             Citie
             ,
             reproue
             such
             as
             (
             for
             the
             cōfort
             of
             their
             soules
             )
             come
             to
             Church
             ,
             either
             with
             plague
             sores
             ,
             or
             out
             of
             infected
             houses
             .
             As
             also
             those
             ,
             that
             of
             charitie
             visite
             such
             as
             haue
             the
             plague
             ,
             and
             accompanie
             the
             diseased
             of
             that
             disease
             ,
             vnto
             the
             graue
             .
             In
             all
             which
             duties
             we
             thinke
             (
             with
             your
             fauor
             )
             that
             Preachers
             should
             rather
             incourage
             then
             discourage
             vs.
             Now
             because
             I
             am
             vnder
             your
             ministerie
             ,
             and
             you
             haue
             publikely
             willed
             vs
             to
             resort
             to
             you
             for
             satisfaction
             ,
             if
             we
             either
             vnderstand
             not
             ,
             or
             approue
             not
             any
             thing
             by
             you
             deliuered
             :
             I
             am
             bold
             to
             come
             and
             craue
             your
             satisfaction
             accordingly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             You
             do
             well
             ,
             &
             I
             thank
             you
             :
             for
             there
             be
             too
             many
             that
             runne
             counter
             in
             a
             contrarie
             course
             .
             For
             whereas
             they
             should
             be
             swift
             to
             heare
             and
             slow
             to
             speake
             ,
             
             they
             haue
             heauie
             eares
             ,
             
             and
             
             readie
             tongues
             to
             speake
             euil
             of
             things
             they
             know
             not
             ,
             
             and
             so
             scandalize
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             
             stumble
             )
             themselues
             and
             other
             ,
             in
             hearing
             the
             word
             ,
             
             which
             is
             to
             be
             heard
             not
             as
             the
             words
             of
             men
             ,
             but
             as
             indéed
             the
             word
             of
             God.
             But
             I
             pray
             you
             tell
             me
             ,
             in
             what
             sense
             ,
             and
             for
             what
             reasons
             haue
             you
             obserued
             me
             and
             other
             Preachers
             to
             reproue
             the
             offendors
             you
             speake
             of
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Prof.
             
          
           
             Truely
             Sir
             ,
             sith
             you
             put
             me
             to
             it
             ,
             I
             must
             acknowledge
             mine
             infirmitie
             :
             for
             assoone
             as
             I
             heare
             you
             or
             other
             begin
             to
             checke
             Pietie
             and
             Charitie
             ,
             (
             so
             seeming
             to
             me
             )
             I
             am
             presently
             so
             troubled
             ,
             that
             I
             cannot
             vnderstand
             ,
             much
             lesse
             rightly
             remember
             ,
             what
             hath
             bene
             deliuered
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             so
             with
             you
             ,
             who
             professe
             the
             obedience
             of
             faith
             ,
             how
             is
             it
             with
             the
             rude
             multitude
             ,
             whose
             imaginations
             are
             in
             no
             good
             sort
             brought
             into
             captiuitie
             to
             the
             obedience
             of
             Christ
             ?
             But
             we
             sée
             the
             words
             of
             Christ
             fulfilled
             :
             
             That
             we
             do
             not
             vnderstand
             his
             talke
             ,
             because
             we
             cannot
             heare
             his
             word
             .
             Me
             thinkes
             ,
             professors
             should
             
             attribute
             so
             much
             to
             their
             teachers
             ,
             yea
             such
             as
             they
             acknowledge
             to
             be
             faithfull
             ,
             as
             to
             heare
             with
             the
             Athenians
             ,
             
             and
             to
             examine
             with
             the
             Bereans
             .
             For
             doth
             the
             law
             of
             God
             iudge
             a
             man
             ,
             
             before
             it
             heare
             him
             ?
             But
             truely
             ye
             presume
             too
             farre
             in
             censuring
             your
             teachers
             ,
             as
             those
             that
             checke
             Pietie
             and
             Charitie
             .
             What
             ?
             Is
             this
             Pietie
             ,
             with
             an
             high
             hand
             to
             breake
             godly
             Orders
             of
             a
             gracious
             Prince
             set
             downe
             for
             preseruation
             of
             life
             ?
             Is
             this
             Charitie
             ,
             presumptuously
             to
             hazard
             the
             liues
             ,
             God
             knoweth
             of
             how
             many
             ?
             Is
             this
             either
             Pietie
             or
             Charitie
             ,
             wilfully
             to
             runne
             our selues
             into
             mortall
             daunger
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Prof.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             enforced
             of
             conscience
             to
             confesse
             it
             to
             be
             a
             fault
             ,
             that
             we
             haue
             presumed
             to
             censure
             our
             teachers
             ,
             and
             that
             so
             seuerely
             ,
             before
             we
             well
             vnderstood
             and
             humbly
             examined
             their
             doctrine
             :
             for
             by
             our
             deed
             we
             speake
             that
             in
             Gods
             eares
             ,
             which
             irreligious
             people
             ,
             by
             word
             vttered
             to
             
               Ieremiah
            
             his
             face
             ,
             
             viz.
             
               The
               word
               that
               thou
               hast
               spoken
               vnto
               vs
               in
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               we
               wil
               not
               heare
               it
               of
               thee
               ;
               but
               we
               will
               do
               whatsoeuer
               goeth
               out
               of
               our
               
               owne
               mouth
               .
            
             But
             pardon
             me
             ,
             and
             let
             me
             now
             with
             your
             patience
             intreate
             you
             to
             proue
             ,
             not
             by
             mans
             pollicie
             ,
             but
             by
             Gods
             word
             (
             according
             to
             your
             profession
             )
             that
             Princes
             may
             inhibit
             ,
             or
             forbid
             the
             works
             of
             Pietie
             and
             Charitie
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Neighbour
             ,
             you
             still
             begge
             the
             question
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             common
             fallacie
             of
             the
             common
             sort
             ,
             who
             dote
             vpon
             whatsoeuer
             commeth
             out
             of
             their
             owne
             mouth
             ,
             as
             you
             said
             .
             For
             it
             is
             in
             question
             ,
             whether
             the
             workes
             you
             cōmend
             ,
             be
             the
             workes
             of
             Pietie
             &
             Charitie
             or
             no.
             But
             I
             will
             shew
             you
             by
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             Princes
             both
             may
             and
             ought
             keepe
             from
             assemblies
             ,
             such
             as
             be
             no
             lesse
             daungerous
             to
             them
             ,
             thā
             one
             scabbed
             shéepe
             is
             to
             an
             whole
             flock
             ,
             and
             restraine
             the
             whole
             and
             sound
             frō
             vnnecessarie
             running
             into
             eminent
             daunger
             .
             This
             I
             will
             do
             vpon
             condition
             ,
             that
             you
             will
             then
             shew
             me
             ,
             what
             reasons
             you
             haue
             to
             doubt
             of
             so
             cléere
             a
             truth
             ,
             or
             obiect
             against
             any
             thing
             I
             haue
             said
             ,
             or
             shall
             say
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             either
             satisfie
             you
             ,
             or
             reforme
             mine
             own
             iudgement
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Prof.
             
          
           
             If
             I
             do
             not
             so
             ,
             my
             second
             error
             will
             be
             worse
             than
             the
             former
             :
             for
             then
             I
             should
             be
             like
             them
             that
             pretended
             with
             protestation
             to
             be
             informed
             by
             
               Ieremiah
               ,
            
             
             but
             yet
             obeyed
             not
             his
             voyce
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             against
             their
             mind
             :
             for
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             the
             longer
             we
             talke
             ,
             the
             more
             I
             remember
             what
             is
             muttered
             by
             the
             common
             ,
             and
             what
             obiected
             by
             the
             better
             sort
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Vpon
             this
             condition
             I
             procéed
             ,
             yet
             so
             ,
             as
             not
             intending
             any
             large
             discourse
             :
             for
             I
             néede
             not
             ,
             speaking
             to
             a
             professour
             ;
             and
             I
             would
             you
             should
             haue
             time
             enough
             to
             propound
             al
             your
             doubts
             .
             In
             one
             word
             therefore
             consider
             well
             this
             argument
             :
             
             Kings
             and
             Quéenes
             ought
             to
             be
             nurcing
             fathers
             and
             nurcing
             mothers
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             so
             as
             that
             Gods
             people
             may
             leade
             a
             quiet
             and
             a
             peaceable
             life
             ,
             in
             all
             godlinesse
             and
             honestie
             .
             But
             this
             is
             an
             honest
             thing
             before
             God
             and
             men
             ,
             that
             Kings
             should
             (
             out
             of
             a
             fatherly
             care
             )
             preserue
             their
             subiects
             from
             destruction
             ,
             by
             infection
             ,
             as
             wel
             as
             by
             the
             sword
             .
             
             As
             
               Dauid
            
             was
             no
             lesse
             carefull
             for
             his
             people
             ,
             when
             the
             Pestilence
             raged
             ,
             than
             valiant
             
             in
             defending
             them
             against
             their
             enemies
             .
             Againe
             ,
             what
             other
             thing
             do
             sundrie
             lawes
             and
             customes
             of
             Israel
             teach
             vs
             ?
             
             Priests
             were
             forbidden
             to
             drinke
             wine
             or
             strong
             drinke
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             put
             difference
             betwéene
             the
             cleane
             and
             vncleane
             :
             
             that
             euery
             leaper
             and
             euery
             one
             that
             had
             an
             issue
             ,
             and
             whosoeuer
             is
             defiled
             by
             the
             dead
             ,
             shold
             be
             put
             out
             of
             the
             host
             :
             that
             garments
             and
             houses
             defiled
             by
             leprosie
             ,
             
             should
             be
             destroyed
             :
             
             that
             euery
             one
             to
             do
             the
             worke
             of
             nature
             ,
             should
             go
             out
             of
             the
             hoast
             :
             
             and
             that
             the
             dead
             were
             buried
             out
             of
             the
             citie
             .
             
             What
             (
             I
             say
             )
             do
             these
             lawes
             and
             customes
             (
             well
             considered
             )
             teach
             vs
             in
             their
             equity
             ,
             but
             that
             Gods
             people
             should
             be
             carefully
             preserued
             from
             filthinesse
             and
             contagion
             ?
             Let
             vs
             a
             litle
             better
             consider
             the
             lawes
             of
             Lepers
             ,
             as
             most
             nearely
             concerning
             vs
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             find
             that
             they
             were
             not
             onely
             to
             haue
             markes
             to
             be
             known
             by
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             giue
             warning
             to
             companie
             approching
             ,
             
             by
             saying
             :
             
               I
               am
               vncleane
               ,
               I
               am
               vncleane
               .
            
             Whereby
             it
             is
             euident
             ,
             that
             Lepers
             should
             shunne
             other
             ,
             and
             
             other
             should
             shun
             them
             .
             And
             it
             is
             as
             euident
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             not
             to
             come
             into
             the
             house
             of
             God.
             
             For
             a
             King
             being
             a
             Leper
             ,
             was
             kept
             out
             thereof
             all
             the
             dayes
             of
             his
             life
             .
             Much
             more
             may
             
               Moses
            
             (
             a
             Magistrate
             )
             shut
             
               Miriam
            
             (
             though
             his
             sister
             )
             out
             of
             the
             hoast
             for
             7.
             
             dayes
             .
             But
             the
             plague
             is
             more
             daungerously
             contagious
             being
             mortall
             ,
             
             then
             the
             Leprosie
             which
             is
             not
             mortall
             :
             therefore
             Princes
             and
             Magistrates
             (
             which
             are
             called
             sheapheards
             )
             may
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             very
             carefull
             ,
             to
             kéepe
             the
             sound
             frō
             the
             infected
             ,
             and
             the
             infected
             from
             the
             sound
             ,
             especially
             in
             assemblies
             .
             As
             the
             sheapheard
             is
             carefull
             to
             keepe
             scabbed
             shéepe
             from
             his
             flocke
             ,
             and
             his
             flocke
             from
             scabbed
             shéepe
             .
             Let
             this
             suffice
             for
             this
             time
             :
             let
             me
             now
             heare
             your
             doubts
             .
          
        
         
           
             Prof.
             
          
           
             As
             king
             
               Agrippa
            
             said
             vnto
             
               Paul
               :
               Almost
               thou
               perswadest
               me
               to
               become
               a
               Christian
               ,
            
             
             so
             I
             may
             say
             ,
             you
             haue
             almost
             chaunged
             my
             mind
             .
             But
             yet
             for
             my
             promise
             sake
             ,
             and
             for
             further
             resolution
             ,
             I
             will
             propound
             certaine
             doubts
             :
             and
             will
             first
             begin
             with
             that
             which
             I
             know
             doth
             
             most
             trouble
             most
             men
             ,
             especially
             of
             the
             poorer
             sort
             .
             To
             wit
             ,
             they
             thinke
             it
             most
             extreame
             crueltie
             ,
             to
             be
             barred
             from
             going
             abroad
             to
             seeke
             reliefe
             or
             maintenance
             for
             them
             and
             theirs
             ,
             except
             they
             either
             had
             sufficient
             of
             their
             owne
             ,
             or
             their
             wants
             were
             supplied
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             of
             the
             same
             mind
             :
             for
             Lepers
             might
             go
             abroad
             to
             séeke
             reliefe
             :
             
             but
             yet
             in
             such
             sort
             ,
             as
             hath
             bene
             shewed
             .
             And
             so
             I
             could
             wish
             that
             our
             infected
             poore
             ,
             sith
             they
             must
             néeds
             go
             abroad
             ,
             wold
             remēber
             the
             10.
             
             Lepers
             ,
             how
             they
             stood
             afar
             off
             ,
             &
             lift
             vp
             their
             voyce
             ,
             when
             they
             craued
             helpe
             of
             our
             Sauior
             :
             so
             they
             would
             go
             abroad
             in
             such
             sort
             as
             authoritie
             directeth
             :
             to
             wit
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             most
             frequented
             way
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             rod
             in
             their
             hand
             .
             I
             say
             with
             griefe
             (
             
               must
               needes
            
             )
             for
             if
             authoritie
             had
             regarded
             these
             things
             betimes
             ,
             when
             there
             were
             but
             few
             infected
             houses
             ,
             they
             might
             haue
             bene
             well
             shut
             vp
             and
             prouided
             for
             ,
             till
             they
             were
             cleansed
             ,
             either
             of
             their
             owne
             ,
             or
             the
             common
             charges
             .
             But
             what
             say
             you
             to
             those
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             so
             poore
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             may
             kéepe
             
             their
             houses
             at
             their
             owne
             charges
             ,
             till
             they
             be
             cleansed
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             They
             thinke
             it
             an
             hell
             to
             be
             so
             long
             shut
             vp
             from
             companie
             and
             their
             businesse
             :
             the
             neglecting
             whereof
             is
             the
             decay
             of
             their
             state
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Indéed
             this
             impatiencie
             is
             the
             cause
             why
             so
             many
             smother
             the
             plague
             in
             themselues
             and
             their
             families
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             they
             can
             to
             the
             hazarding
             of
             life
             :
             but
             I
             aduise
             them
             to
             consider
             the
             resolution
             of
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             which
             was
             ,
             neuer
             to
             cate
             flesh
             rather
             then
             he
             would
             offend
             his
             brother
             :
             
             much
             more
             ought
             they
             patiently
             to
             endure
             a
             litle
             restraint
             and
             losse
             ,
             rather
             then
             to
             indanger
             the
             life
             of
             many
             .
             
             O
             bloud
             is
             a
             grieuous
             and
             crying
             sinne
             !
             
             and
             therefore
             
               Dauid
            
             would
             not
             drinke
             the
             water
             of
             the
             well
             of
             Beth-lehem
             though
             he
             longed
             for
             it
             ,
             
             because
             it
             was
             gotten
             with
             the
             ieopardy
             of
             liues
             ,
             but
             called
             it
             blood
             .
             Let
             them
             beléeue
             that
             God
             is
             able
             to
             giue
             them
             more
             then
             they
             loose
             by
             following
             his
             direction
             .
             
             Let
             them
             know
             what
             this
             is
             :
             
               I
               will
               haue
               mercie
               ,
               and
               not
               sacrifice
               .
            
             
             Let
             them
             shew
             their
             faith
             by
             
             patience
             .
             For
             he
             that
             beléeueth
             ,
             maketh
             no
             hast
             ,
             
             being
             assured
             of
             Gods
             promise
             :
             that
             in
             quietnes
             and
             confidence
             shall
             be
             their
             strength
             .
             Let
             them
             imitate
             
               Moses
            
             and
             
               Aaron
               ,
            
             
             who
             were
             as
             hastie
             in
             behalf
             of
             their
             sister
             
               Miriam
               ,
            
             but
             yet
             were
             perswaded
             by
             God
             to
             shut
             her
             out
             of
             the
             host
             seuen
             dayes
             .
             Thus
             much
             for
             these
             goers
             abroad
             .
             But
             what
             say
             you
             now
             for
             those
             that
             come
             to
             Church
             ,
             in
             whose
             behalfe
             you
             séemed
             much
             affected
             at
             the
             first
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             I
             was
             indeed
             affected
             as
             I
             seemed
             :
             but
             that
             which
             you
             haue
             said
             to
             goers
             abroade
             ,
             belonging
             for
             the
             most
             part
             to
             commers
             to
             Church
             ,
             hath
             stopped
             my
             mouth
             :
             and
             the
             rather
             because
             I
             remember
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             was
             kept
             from
             the
             Temple
             ,
             
             whiles
             he
             liued
             ,
             for
             the
             Leprosie
             .
             Why
             then
             (
             thinke
             I
             )
             should
             not
             the
             infected
             with
             the
             Plague
             be
             content
             to
             forbeare
             for
             a
             while
             ,
             sith
             in
             the
             Plague
             they
             vsually
             mend
             or
             end
             in
             short
             time
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             God
             be
             praised
             ,
             for
             now
             you
             vnderstand
             and
             remember
             well
             ,
             I
             haue
             therefore
             the
             lesse
             to
             say
             :
             only
             this
             ,
             touching
             the
             comfort
             of
             soule
             ,
             which
             they
             
             desire
             by
             comming
             to
             Church
             .
             I
             pray
             them
             examine
             what
             true
             comfort
             they
             can
             haue
             ,
             when
             they
             consider
             that
             they
             are
             more
             dangerous
             than
             they
             who
             go
             abroad
             .
             For
             in
             the
             Church
             they
             sit
             by
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             a
             throng
             and
             heat
             :
             whereas
             if
             they
             humble
             themselues
             vnder
             Gods
             hand
             ,
             and
             tarie
             at
             home
             ,
             though
             taking
             it
             as
             a
             part
             of
             their
             crosse
             that
             they
             kéep
             so
             long
             from
             the
             Church
             ;
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             that
             they
             shall
             find
             God
             (
             who
             turneth
             his
             childrens
             bed
             in
             time
             of
             sicknesse
             )
             as
             a
             sanctuary
             to
             them
             .
             
             And
             this
             I
             further
             say
             ,
             
             that
             he
             rather
             is
             in
             the
             assembly
             of
             saints
             ,
             
             who
             is
             there
             in
             spirit
             ,
             though
             absent
             in
             body
             ;
             
             then
             he
             that
             is
             present
             in
             body
             ,
             but
             absent
             in
             spirit
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             All
             this
             (
             as
             I
             vnderstand
             )
             concernes
             such
             as
             being
             infected
             themselues
             ,
             do
             yet
             come
             to
             Church
             .
             But
             what
             say
             you
             to
             those
             who
             haue
             spacious
             houses
             ,
             so
             as
             they
             come
             not
             neere
             the
             sicke
             of
             their
             family
             ,
             and
             be
             sound
             themselues
             :
             may
             not
             they
             come
             to
             Church
             as
             well
             as
             those
             ,
             betweene
             whom
             and
             the
             infected
             there
             is
             but
             a
             wall
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             They
             may
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             perswaded
             .
             
             But
             all
             things
             are
             not
             expedient
             which
             are
             lawfull
             .
             
             For
             many
             too
             foolishly
             fearefull
             (
             another
             extremitie
             of
             this
             time
             ,
             as
             generall
             and
             daungerous
             ,
             as
             
               Presumption
            
             )
             knowing
             their
             houses
             to
             be
             infected
             ,
             wil
             verily
             suppose
             that
             they
             haue
             béene
             about
             the
             sicke
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             plague
             is
             in
             their
             garments
             ;
             and
             therefore
             if
             it
             fal
             out
             so
             that
             they
             sit
             together
             ,
             their
             fearefull
             conceipt
             may
             bréede
             the
             Plague
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             O
             sir
             ,
             are
             you
             of
             that
             mind
             ,
             that
             the
             Plague
             may
             be
             in
             a
             garment
             ,
             and
             the
             partie
             not
             sicke
             ;
             and
             that
             one
             may
             take
             the
             Plague
             onely
             with
             feare
             ,
             and
             do
             you
             beare
             with
             such
             a
             conceipt
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             .
             But
             I
             déeme
             them
             guiltie
             of
             their
             owne
             bane
             ,
             who
             take
             it
             with
             such
             a
             conceipt
             .
             And
             yet
             I
             thinke
             euery
             charitable
             Christian
             will
             grieue
             at
             the
             heart
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             be
             the
             occasion
             of
             such
             a
             fright
             ,
             and
             could
             wish
             that
             he
             had
             rather
             béen
             from
             the
             church
             a
             moneth
             ,
             especially
             being
             in
             some
             sort
             Gods
             prisoner
             ,
             and
             the
             affrighted
             hauing
             likelyhoods
             that
             either
             he
             or
             his
             garment
             might
             be
             infected
             .
             That
             a
             garment
             
             may
             be
             infected
             ,
             and
             the
             Plague
             taken
             onely
             by
             feare
             ,
             experience
             and
             reason
             do
             make
             manifest
             .
             Concerning
             the
             former
             ,
             it
             hath
             béene
             proued
             that
             clothes
             of
             infected
             persons
             layed
             vp
             and
             not
             well
             ayred
             ,
             being
             opened
             though
             a
             yéere
             or
             more
             after
             ,
             haue
             instantly
             renewed
             the
             Plague
             .
             Againe
             ,
             we
             perceiue
             by
             the
             smell
             that
             garments
             wil
             retaine
             the
             sent
             of
             Wormewood
             or
             muske
             for
             a
             long
             time
             :
             the
             cause
             is
             not
             in
             the
             sent
             by
             it selfe
             considered
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             ayre
             which
             is
             the
             subiect
             of
             the
             sent
             .
             The
             plague
             in
             a
             garment
             is
             a
             poysoned
             aire
             (
             being
             according
             to
             the
             nature
             thereof
             called
             by
             the
             learned
             the
             
               Death
               of
               the
               ayre
            
             )
             procéeding
             from
             the
             partie
             infected
             ,
             and
             infecting
             the
             garment
             ,
             though
             not
             perceiued
             by
             smell
             :
             as
             the
             open
             ,
             cléere
             and
             wholesome
             ayre
             of
             the
             heauens
             is
             healthfull
             for
             the
             body
             ,
             though
             not
             perceiued
             by
             smell
             .
             
             Lastly
             ,
             leprosie
             infecteth
             garments
             :
             and
             he
             that
             sléepeth
             or
             eateth
             in
             an
             house
             ,
             shut
             vp
             for
             leprosie
             ,
             must
             wash
             his
             clothes
             :
             which
             argueth
             that
             infection
             may
             be
             by
             the
             ayre
             ,
             sith
             a
             man
             may
             eate
             in
             the
             house
             ,
             and
             
             not
             touch
             the
             walles
             infected
             .
             If
             Leprosie
             be
             so
             contagious
             ,
             much
             more
             the
             Plague
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             stronger
             poyson
             ,
             because
             it
             infecteth
             and
             killeth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             more
             then
             euer
             I
             heard
             and
             considered
             ,
             and
             I
             think
             it
             reasonable
             :
             but
             I
             cannot
             conceiue
             how
             the
             garment
             can
             be
             infected
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             person
             that
             weareth
             it
             escape
             the
             Plague
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             I
             will
             shew
             you
             that
             in
             a
             word
             .
             Do
             you
             not
             consider
             that
             either
             the
             infection
             may
             be
             but
             weake
             ,
             or
             the
             party
             of
             a
             strong
             and
             healthfull
             constitution
             .
             Cinders
             will
             not
             set
             fuell
             on
             fire
             so
             soone
             as
             burning
             coles
             :
             neither
             will
             gréene
             wood
             be
             so
             soone
             kindled
             as
             chips
             and
             drie
             deale-boord
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             I
             now
             see
             and
             in
             some
             sort
             assent
             to
             your
             opinion
             :
             proceed
             therefore
             I
             pray
             you
             to
             giue
             reasons
             why
             by
             onely
             feare
             a
             man
             may
             be
             infected
             with
             the
             Plague
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             
               The
               spirit
               of
               a
               man
               will
               sustaine
               his
               infirmities
               :
            
             
             
               but
               a
               wounded
               spirit
               ,
               who
               can
               beare
               it
               ?
            
             saith
             
               Salomon
               .
            
             By
             spirit
             here
             is
             meant
             a
             comfortable
             heart
             ,
             which
             animateth
             a
             man
             in
             all
             troubles
             :
             but
             if
             
             that
             fayle
             ,
             hée
             is
             soone
             ouerthrowne
             .
             From
             the
             heart
             procéed
             (
             as
             Phisitions
             say
             )
             vitall
             spirits
             ,
             whereby
             man
             is
             made
             actiue
             and
             couragious
             .
             If
             they
             by
             feare
             be
             inforced
             to
             retire
             inward
             ,
             the
             outward
             parts
             be
             left
             infirme
             :
             as
             may
             appeare
             by
             the
             palenesse
             and
             trembling
             of
             one
             in
             great
             feare
             ,
             so
             that
             as
             enemies
             easily
             scale
             the
             walles
             of
             a
             towne
             abandoned
             by
             souldiers
             :
             so
             the
             Plague
             (
             especially
             in
             a
             season
             disposed
             to
             infection
             )
             doth
             find
             readie
             passage
             into
             the
             outward
             parts
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             destitute
             by
             feare
             of
             the
             vitall
             spirits
             which
             should
             correct
             the
             same
             .
             
             Againe
             ,
             as
             faith
             maketh
             vs
             partakers
             of
             Gods
             helping
             hand
             ,
             so
             vnbeléefe
             depriueth
             vs
             thereof
             :
             
             &
             feare
             (
             aduersarie
             to
             faith
             )
             pulleth
             to
             the
             wicked
             the
             euill
             which
             he
             feareth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             conference
             I
             haue
             learned
             to
             feare
             more
             then
             I
             haue
             done
             ,
             and
             yet
             to
             take
             heed
             of
             feare
             :
             to
             feare
             because
             the
             plague
             may
             be
             caried
             about
             in
             garments
             ,
             and
             therefore
             may
             infect
             me
             ,
             keeping
             company
             with
             one
             that
             is
             cōuersant
             with
             the
             infected
             ,
             I
             being
             peraduenture
             not
             of
             so
             strong
             a
             constitutiō
             as
             the
             party
             .
             
             To
             take
             heede
             of
             feare
             ,
             lest
             I
             be
             guiltie
             of
             mine
             owne
             bane
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Your
             collection
             is
             good
             ,
             especially
             if
             you
             remember
             the
             distinction
             of
             feare
             in
             that
             sence
             which
             I
             haue
             often
             taught
             it
             :
             to
             wit
             ,
             Feare
             is
             contrary
             either
             to
             Security
             ,
             
             and
             so
             it
             may
             be
             called
             Héedfulnesse
             ,
             or
             to
             Faith
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             is
             cousin
             germain
             to
             Despaire
             .
             
             But
             hoping
             that
             now
             you
             see
             our
             doctrine
             against
             vnruly
             and
             vncharitable
             going
             abroad
             of
             the
             infécted
             ,
             either
             in
             person
             or
             garments
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             a
             checke
             to
             Pietie
             and
             Charitie
             ,
             I
             pray
             you
             tell
             me
             ,
             what
             you
             can
             say
             for
             vnnecessarie
             and
             desperate
             running
             to
             the
             sicke
             and
             buried
             of
             the
             Plague
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             What
             ?
             I
             tell
             you
             (
             be
             it
             without
             offence
             )
             that
             many
             maruell
             (
             I
             will
             not
             say
             ,
             cry
             out
             )
             that
             Preachers
             ,
             who
             should
             be
             examples
             of
             loue
             and
             faith
             in
             visiting
             the
             sick
             according
             to
             their
             office
             ,
             
             do
             yet
             so
             flatly
             speake
             against
             the
             expresse
             words
             of
             Christ
             .
             For
             doth
             not
             he
             say
             :
             
             That
             we
             shall
             be
             iudged
             at
             the
             last
             day
             ,
             according
             to
             our
             workes
             of
             charity
             ,
             and
             amongst
             the
             rest
             ,
             our
             visiting
             ,
             or
             not
             
             visiting
             the
             sicke
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             O
             neighbour
             you
             now
             lay
             on
             loade
             !
             I
             must
             therefore
             ease
             (
             a
             litle
             )
             the
             shoulders
             of
             Preachers
             whom
             you
             charge
             heauily
             ,
             for
             not
             visiting
             the
             sick
             of
             the
             Plague
             ;
             before
             I
             can
             nimbly
             encounter
             your
             maine
             obiection
             .
             Surely
             ye
             Professours
             ,
             who
             so
             vrge
             this
             pretended
             dutie
             ,
             are
             farre
             from
             the
             louing
             care
             and
             kindnesse
             of
             the
             Israelites
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             suffer
             
               Dauid
            
             to
             hazard
             himselfe
             in
             battell
             ,
             
             lest
             if
             he
             ,
             being
             woorth
             tenne
             thousand
             of
             them
             ,
             were
             slaine
             ,
             and
             the
             light
             of
             Israel
             should
             be
             put
             out
             .
             Againe
             ,
             ye
             forget
             that
             Christ
             said
             to
             him
             that
             desired
             to
             burie
             his
             father
             :
             
             
               Follow
               thou
               me
               ,
               let
               the
               dead
               burie
               their
               dead
               .
            
             If
             ye
             did
             consider
             this
             well
             ,
             you
             could
             not
             but
             thinke
             ,
             that
             as
             
               Paule
            
             said
             ,
             
             
               Christ
               sent
               me
               not
               to
               baptize
               but
               to
               preach
               :
            
             so
             Preachers
             may
             say
             :
             Christ
             hath
             sent
             vs
             not
             to
             visite
             the
             sicke
             ,
             but
             to
             preach
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             cōclude
             ;
             that
             the
             lesse
             dutie
             (
             if
             a
             dutie
             )
             especially
             being
             daungerous
             ,
             must
             giue
             place
             to
             the
             greater
             ,
             and
             the
             visiting
             of
             a
             few
             sicke
             and
             lesse
             capable
             of
             instruction
             ,
             
             must
             giue
             place
             to
             the
             teaching
             of
             the
             whole
             congregation
             ,
             and
             more
             capable
             of
             doctrine
             and
             comfort
             .
             Now
             if
             they
             visite
             euery
             one
             that
             is
             sicke
             ,
             how
             can
             they
             attend
             vnto
             reading
             ,
             and
             follow
             Christ
             in
             the
             most
             proper
             and
             necessarie
             worke
             of
             the
             ministerie
             ?
             
             Lastly
             ,
             I
             sée
             not
             (
             but
             herein
             I
             humbly
             submit
             mine
             opinion
             to
             the
             Church
             )
             that
             visiting
             the
             sicke
             is
             a
             proper
             dutie
             of
             a
             Minister
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             a
             Minister
             .
             For
             as
             none
             can
             ordaine
             officers
             in
             the
             Church
             but
             Christ
             ,
             
             so
             none
             (
             as
             I
             am
             perswaded
             )
             can
             prescribe
             duties
             to
             those
             officers
             ,
             
             but
             Christ
             .
             But
             I
             cannot
             find
             where
             Christ
             prescribeth
             visiting
             of
             the
             sicke
             ,
             as
             a
             Ministers
             dutie
             .
             If
             not
             Christ
             ,
             why
             should
             any
             surcharge
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             the
             rather
             because
             they
             are
             not
             (
             no
             not
             the
             best
             )
             sufficient
             for
             duties
             prescribed
             ?
             
             Did
             not
             the
             Apostles
             pronounce
             it
             an
             vnmeet
             thing
             to
             be
             hindred
             from
             giuing
             themselues
             continually
             to
             prayer
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             ministration
             of
             the
             word
             ,
             by
             ministring
             to
             the
             poore
             ,
             and
             therefore
             put
             ouer
             that
             duty
             to
             speciall
             men
             ?
             If
             the
             Apostles
             extraordinarily
             
             assisted
             ,
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             both
             with
             gifts
             and
             blessing
             ,
             cast
             off
             an
             impertinent
             burthen
             (
             yea
             such
             an
             one
             as
             is
             no
             lesse
             necessarie
             then
             visiting
             .
             )
             Alas
             ,
             why
             should
             Ministers
             ,
             who
             néede
             all
             helpes
             (
             as
             much
             reading
             ,
             diligent
             conference
             ,
             and
             frequent
             meditation
             ,
             )
             be
             further
             charged
             than
             they
             are
             by
             Christ
             ?
             Indéed
             I
             confesse
             that
             a
             Minister
             ought
             (
             as
             you
             said
             )
             to
             be
             an
             example
             of
             all
             good
             workes
             ,
             
             especially
             of
             that
             as
             being
             the
             fittest
             man
             to
             satisfie
             the
             doubtfull
             conscience
             ,
             to
             humble
             the
             stubburne
             heart
             ,
             and
             to
             comfort
             the
             wounded
             spirit
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             I
             neuer
             heard
             this
             matter
             doubted
             of
             before
             .
             But
             (
             I
             pray
             you
             Sir
             )
             doth
             not
             
               Iames
            
             say
             :
             
             
               Is
               any
               sicke
               among
               you
               ,
               let
               him
               call
               for
               the
               Elders
               of
               the
               Church
               ?
            
             Doth
             he
             not
             vnderstand
             Ministers
             by
             Elders
             ?
             If
             so
             ,
             doth
             not
             this
             place
             proue
             plainely
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             Ministers
             dutie
             to
             visite
             the
             sicke
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             I
             say
             not
             but
             that
             it
             is
             a
             Ministers
             dutie
             to
             visite
             the
             sicke
             ,
             for
             example
             sake
             :
             and
             as
             he
             is
             more
             able
             to
             do
             good
             than
             other
             ,
             but
             not
             as
             he
             is
             Minister
             .
             
             I
             graunt
             also
             ,
             that
             long
             since
             the
             same
             doctrine
             from
             this
             place
             hath
             bene
             gathered
             ,
             which
             you
             now
             apprehend
             .
             So
             as
             vpon
             the
             same
             ,
             Papistes
             haue
             grounded
             their
             bastard
             Sacrament
             of
             
               Extreame
               vnction
               .
            
             
             Which
             taken
             away
             ,
             the
             cursed
             people
             (
             which
             know
             not
             the
             law
             )
             neither
             care
             to
             know
             it
             (
             being
             euer
             addicted
             to
             superstitious
             vanities
             )
             must
             néedes
             (
             forsooth
             )
             in
             stead
             thereof
             ,
             haue
             a
             Minister
             to
             visite
             their
             sicke
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             more
             then
             halfe
             dead
             .
             As
             in
             stead
             of
             Dirgies
             and
             Trentals
             ,
             they
             must
             haue
             funerall
             Sermons
             for
             fashion
             sake
             .
             Thus
             the
             holy
             Ministery
             ,
             and
             most
             glorious
             name
             of
             God
             must
             be
             abused
             and
             taken
             in
             vaine
             ,
             by
             following
             the
             vaine
             humour
             of
             arrogant
             Folly
             ,
             which
             neuer
             cared
             for
             Ministers
             ,
             or
             Sermons
             (
             as
             al
             ought
             to
             haue
             done
             )
             in
             time
             of
             health
             .
             I
             graunt
             that
             some
             Professors
             (
             for
             all
             this
             Plague
             ,
             whereby
             humours
             (
             I
             trow
             )
             should
             be
             mortified
             )
             haue
             a
             mind
             ,
             that
             funerall
             Sermons
             attend
             their
             credit
             .
             So
             strōg
             a
             temptation
             is
             the
             Pride
             of
             life
             incouraged
             by
             Custome
             .
             But
             to
             come
             to
             the
             
             
             
             
             
             point
             :
             this
             place
             of
             
               Iames
            
             doth
             not
             proue
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             the
             proper
             dutie
             of
             a
             Minister
             to
             visite
             the
             sicke
             .
             For
             the
             Elders
             were
             sent
             for
             to
             heale
             the
             sicke
             by
             prayer
             and
             oyle
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             miraculous
             grace
             which
             was
             then
             bestowed
             vpon
             them
             ,
             
             for
             confirmation
             of
             the
             Word
             :
             so
             that
             I
             am
             of
             your
             mind
             ,
             that
             teaching
             Elders
             be
             here
             vnderstood
             .
             Which
             gift
             discontinuing
             ,
             this
             Canon
             is
             annulled
             :
             so
             that
             in
             time
             of
             Pestilence
             ,
             it
             is
             absurdly
             concluded
             :
             that
             because
             
               Iames
            
             inioyned
             Ministers
             to
             go
             to
             heale
             the
             sicke
             ,
             therefore
             Ministers
             must
             vpon
             euery
             call
             aduenture
             their
             liues
             ,
             by
             visiting
             the
             sick
             of
             the
             plague
             .
             Againe
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             the
             proper
             dutie
             of
             Ministers
             to
             visite
             the
             sicke
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             the
             proper
             gift
             of
             Elders
             ,
             for
             confirmation
             of
             the
             word
             ,
             to
             heale
             with
             oyle
             ,
             then
             none
             must
             visite
             the
             sicke
             but
             Ministers
             ,
             
             as
             none
             must
             minister
             the
             Sacraments
             (
             which
             properly
             belong
             to
             their
             function
             )
             but
             they
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             this
             word
             ,
             
               Elders
            
             in
             the
             plurall
             number
             ,
             putteth
             me
             in
             mind
             ,
             that
             Ministers
             were
             in
             the
             primitiue
             Church
             ,
             assisted
             with
             
             other
             Elders
             ,
             
             (
             for
             there
             were
             two
             sorts
             of
             Elders
             )
             who
             looked
             to
             the
             manners
             of
             people
             ,
             and
             with
             Deacons
             who
             looked
             to
             the
             poore
             ,
             that
             they
             themselues
             might
             attend
             their
             studie
             ,
             prayer
             ,
             preaching
             ,
             and
             the
             Sacraments
             .
             Why
             then
             should
             we
             thinke
             ,
             that
             visiting
             the
             sicke
             ,
             was
             laid
             vpon
             them
             as
             a
             dutie
             properly
             pertaining
             to
             their
             ministerie
             ?
             But
             rather
             that
             Elders
             by
             spirituall
             comfort
             ,
             and
             Deacons
             by
             outward
             reliefe
             visited
             the
             sicke
             as
             there
             was
             néed
             :
             so
             that
             the
             Minister
             was
             not
             troubled
             but
             in
             extraordinarie
             necessitie
             .
             As
             when
             none
             but
             he
             could
             satisfie
             the
             despairefull
             conscience
             ,
             or
             mind
             doubtfull
             in
             a
             fundamentall
             errour
             ,
             of
             one
             likely
             (
             otherwise
             )
             to
             die
             out
             of
             the
             faith
             .
             In
             which
             case
             ,
             I
             thinke
             a
             Minister
             ought
             to
             hazard
             his
             life
             .
             My
             reason
             is
             :
             It
             is
             the
             reueiled
             will
             of
             God
             that
             he
             must
             saue
             a
             lost
             shéepe
             :
             
             but
             it
             is
             Gods
             secret
             ,
             whether
             he
             shall
             be
             infected
             .
             And
             the
             rather
             because
             of
             the
             promise
             made
             to
             him
             that
             walketh
             in
             his
             way
             .
             
             The
             premises
             considered
             touching
             ordinarie
             visitation
             ,
             thus
             I
             conclude
             ,
             
             that
             as
             Ministers
             are
             exemplarily
             (
             but
             not
             as
             Ministers
             )
             to
             releeue
             the
             poore
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             abilitie
             ,
             and
             where
             they
             haue
             some
             speciall
             calling
             :
             so
             they
             are
             exemplarily
             (
             but
             not
             as
             Ministers
             )
             to
             visite
             the
             sicke
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             leysure
             ,
             and
             where
             they
             haue
             some
             speciall
             calling
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             not
             whether
             I
             should
             be
             glad
             or
             sad
             ,
             for
             drawing
             from
             you
             so
             probable
             ,
             and
             (
             it
             may
             be
             )
             a
             profitable
             discourse
             :
             but
             I
             will
             suspend
             my
             iudgement
             ,
             sith
             you
             submit
             your
             opinion
             to
             the
             censure
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             proceede
             (
             with
             your
             fauour
             )
             to
             require
             the
             iustifying
             of
             that
             vncharitable
             doctrine
             (
             so
             seeming
             )
             against
             visiting
             the
             sicke
             of
             the
             Plague
             ,
             and
             so
             contrarie
             to
             Christ
             his
             iudgement
             ,
             as
             hath
             bene
             shewed
             .
             
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             But
             haue
             you
             shewed
             that
             the
             plague
             is
             expressed
             ?
             And
             haue
             you
             neuer
             heard
             ,
             that
             there
             be
             few
             rules
             so
             generall
             ,
             but
             they
             admit
             some
             exception
             ?
             By
             the
             same
             iudgement
             prisoners
             are
             to
             be
             visited
             ,
             and
             yet
             none
             were
             bound
             in
             conscience
             to
             go
             into
             the
             
             dungeon
             there
             personally
             to
             visit
             
               Ieremy
               ,
            
             
             though
             he
             were
             the
             Lords
             prophet
             .
             Againe
             ,
             you
             vtterly
             mistake
             the
             point
             :
             for
             the
             question
             is
             not
             whether
             the
             sick
             of
             the
             Plague
             are
             to
             be
             visited
             ;
             which
             God
             forbid
             that
             any
             Preacher
             should
             gainesay
             :
             but
             whether
             they
             are
             to
             be
             so
             visited
             and
             with
             such
             resort
             ,
             as
             other
             sicke
             of
             diseases
             not
             contagious
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             in
             the
             place
             so
             much
             vrged
             ,
             Christ
             doth
             not
             necessarily
             require
             personall
             visitation
             (
             though
             that
             also
             be
             comfortable
             in
             cases
             conuenient
             ,
             and
             so
             required
             accordingly
             )
             but
             real
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             by
             reléefe
             ,
             either
             brought
             ,
             
             sent
             or
             procured
             :
             for
             in
             the
             44.
             verse
             of
             that
             chapter
             you
             may
             find
             ,
             
               Ministring
            
             to
             Christ
             vsed
             ,
             for
             all
             other
             workes
             of
             Charitie
             before
             specified
             .
             Whereby
             it
             is
             manifest
             ,
             that
             Christ
             requireth
             not
             so
             much
             personall
             visiting
             ,
             as
             charitable
             ministring
             to
             the
             necessitie
             of
             the
             sick
             .
             Of
             all
             other
             ,
             Princes
             and
             Magistrates
             (
             who
             are
             foster-fathers
             and
             shepheards
             )
             are
             to
             visite
             the
             sicke
             .
             But
             who
             will
             say
             they
             are
             to
             do
             it
             in
             person
             ,
             and
             not
             rather
             by
             a
             faithfull
             care
             ,
             that
             the
             sicke
             of
             the
             Plague
             be
             wel
             
             prouided
             for
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             But
             how
             can
             the
             sicke
             be
             wel
             prouided
             for
             ,
             if
             none
             do
             personally
             attend
             them
             ?
             and
             if
             none
             be
             bound
             in
             conscience
             personally
             to
             visite
             ,
             how
             shall
             they
             be
             attended
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             All
             this
             is
             true
             .
             But
             husbands
             and
             wiues
             ,
             parents
             and
             childrē
             ,
             masters
             and
             seruants
             ,
             neare
             neighbors
             and
             deare
             friends
             ,
             are
             mutually
             to
             attend
             each
             other
             :
             if
             otherwise
             conuenient
             attendance
             cannot
             be
             procured
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             Why
             do
             you
             adde
             this
             condition
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Because
             life
             is
             precious
             :
             
             so
             that
             we
             must
             not
             destroy
             the
             dam
             with
             the
             yong
             :
             and
             therfore
             séeing
             the
             plague
             swéepeth
             where
             it
             findeth
             many
             together
             ,
             life
             ought
             to
             be
             preserued
             with
             as
             much
             care
             as
             may
             be
             ,
             by
             separating
             the
             sound
             from
             the
             infected
             ,
             except
             there
             be
             necessary
             cause
             of
             the
             sound
             ,
             or
             some
             of
             their
             attendance
             or
             repaire
             .
             Moreouer
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             that
             the
             sound
             ,
             or
             some
             of
             thē
             ,
             be
             profitable
             members
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             or
             common
             wealth
             :
             now
             the
             more
             hope
             there
             is
             of
             good
             by
             them
             ,
             the
             more
             care
             
             there
             ought
             to
             be
             of
             their
             preseruation
             ;
             according
             to
             the
             peoples
             care
             for
             the
             safetie
             of
             
               Dauid
               ,
            
             before
             spoken
             of
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             In
             my
             conscience
             this
             seemes
             to
             be
             very
             true
             :
             but
             I
             pray
             you
             tel
             me
             what
             you
             think
             of
             them
             who
             send
             their
             seruants
             vnto
             the
             Pest-house
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Right
             wel
             :
             especially
             if
             they
             want
             conuenient
             roome
             &
             other
             means
             at
             home
             :
             for
             I
             vnderstand
             of
             the
             Cities
             right
             honorable
             and
             christian
             prouisiō
             for
             that
             house
             :
             I
             know
             diuers
             there
             wel
             vsed
             ,
             and
             thence
             well
             returned
             :
             and
             it
             is
             extant
             in
             print
             ,
             that
             when
             there
             were
             buried
             in
             and
             about
             London
             3385.
             in
             one
             wéek
             ,
             yet
             of
             all
             pestred
             in
             that
             house
             there
             were
             buried
             but
             six
             .
             And
             therfore
             I
             condemne
             those
             that
             raised
             a
             slander
             vpon
             that
             house
             ,
             holding
             them
             as
             despisers
             of
             gouernment
             ,
             
             and
             wicked
             ill
             speakers
             of
             them
             that
             are
             in
             authoritie
             .
          
        
         
           
             Prof.
             
          
           
             If
             you
             conuersed
             amongst
             people
             as
             I
             do
             ,
             and
             must
             do
             ,
             I
             know
             your
             spirit
             would
             be
             griued
             to
             see
             how
             ready
             they
             be
             to
             lay
             hold
             on
             euery
             light
             occasion
             and
             false
             report
             ,
             to
             speake
             their
             wicked
             pleasure
             of
             Gouernors
             .
             O
             that
             they
             
             would
             consider
             the
             example
             you
             lately
             in
             a
             Sermon
             vrged
             of
             a
             plague
             kindled
             amongst
             the
             Israelites
             ,
             
             for
             charging
             
               Moses
            
             and
             
               Aaron
            
             with
             killing
             
               Corah
            
             and
             his
             rebellious
             complices
             .
             Well
             ,
             God
             amend
             vs
             all
             ,
             and
             giue
             vs
             grace
             to
             humble
             our selues
             vnder
             this
             his
             heauie
             hand
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             be
             raised
             again
             and
             comforted
             ,
             
             according
             to
             the
             dayes
             he
             hath
             afflicted
             vs.
             Now
             I
             speake
             of
             cōfort
             (
             that
             we
             may
             go
             on
             with
             the
             main
             matter
             )
             I
             wold
             know
             (
             if
             it
             might
             be
             without
             offence
             )
             whether
             you
             would
             haue
             those
             pittifull
             creatures
             that
             are
             tormēted
             with
             the
             plague
             ,
             to
             want
             the
             comfort
             ,
             which
             they
             may
             take
             by
             the
             very
             presence
             of
             their
             good
             neighbors
             &
             friends
             ,
             much
             more
             by
             their
             comfortable
             words
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             O
             neighbour
             !
             I
             wish
             them
             all
             true
             comfort
             of
             body
             and
             mind
             ,
             the
             Lord
             knoweth
             ,
             and
             I
             graunt
             that
             the
             very
             presence
             of
             those
             we
             loue
             ,
             is
             very
             comfortable
             in
             time
             of
             sicknesse
             :
             but
             yet
             I
             aduise
             all
             visited
             with
             that
             deadly
             and
             contagious
             disease
             ,
             to
             manifest
             their
             mortification
             from
             vnnecessarie
             desires
             ,
             &
             their
             charitable
             loue
             to
             their
             friends
             ,
             by
             not
             desiring
             them
             to
             come
             
             into
             far
             greater
             daunger
             than
             their
             presence
             can
             do
             good
             ,
             without
             necessarie
             cause
             .
             
             And
             let
             them
             remember
             how
             
               Dauid
            
             refused
             that
             water
             which
             was
             gotten
             with
             ieopardie
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             called
             it
             bloud
             ,
             though
             he
             had
             longed
             for
             it
             ,
             &
             the
             daunger
             was
             past
             .
             As
             for
             comfortable
             words
             ,
             I
             likewise
             acknowledge
             their
             speciall
             vse
             :
             but
             before
             I
             answer
             that
             point
             ,
             let
             vs
             consider
             how
             needfull
             it
             is
             (
             especially
             in
             time
             of
             mortality
             )
             to
             hide
             in
             their
             hearts
             the
             word
             of
             life
             ,
             lest
             wée
             be
             iustly
             punished
             with
             want
             of
             comfortable
             words
             ,
             when
             we
             most
             need
             them
             :
             according
             to
             that
             of
             
               Amos
               ,
            
             
             where
             a
             famin
             of
             the
             word
             is
             threatned
             to
             despisers
             of
             the
             Sabboth
             ,
             and
             that
             at
             such
             a
             time
             ,
             when
             to
             find
             the
             word
             ,
             they
             would
             run
             from
             the
             East
             to
             the
             West
             .
             Now
             to
             the
             point
             .
             Sith
             all
             sicknesse
             (
             especially
             the
             plague
             ,
             vntill
             the
             worst
             be
             past
             ,
             when
             cōfortable
             words
             are
             not
             vsually
             in
             great
             request
             )
             maketh
             vs
             vnfit
             for
             long
             &
             learned
             discourses
             ,
             &
             therfore
             short
             sentēces
             may
             (
             through
             Gods
             blessing
             )
             do
             much
             good
             :
             whereby
             attendants
             &
             friēds
             ,
             repairing
             for
             necessary
             causes
             ,
             
             may
             sufficiently
             comfort
             the
             afflicted
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             which
             is
             required
             by
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             in
             
               Thess
               .
            
             4.
             18.
             except
             there
             be
             extraordinary
             néede
             of
             resolution
             or
             consolation
             ,
             whereof
             I
             haue
             spoken
             before
             .
             
             Again
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             is
             called
             a
             Comforter
             ,
             because
             he
             bringeth
             the
             words
             of
             Christ
             vnto
             remembrance
             :
             and
             that
             especially
             in
             time
             of
             néed
             ,
             as
             when
             we
             iustifie
             wisedome
             before
             authoritie
             ,
             
             so
             when
             we
             are
             sick
             .
             For
             when
             the
             outward
             man
             perisheth
             ,
             
             the
             inward
             man
             is
             renewed
             :
             so
             that
             we
             often
             heare
             ,
             not
             onely
             men
             but
             euen
             children
             also
             ,
             speake
             diuinely
             and
             admirably
             in
             their
             sicknesse
             .
             We
             may
             the
             rather
             make
             account
             of
             this
             holy
             assistance
             ,
             if
             we
             follow
             Christ
             his
             counsel
             in
             laying
             vp
             his
             words
             in
             our
             hearts
             ,
             
             and
             praying
             for
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             .
             All
             the
             premises
             constdered
             ,
             I
             hope
             that
             you
             are
             now
             of
             my
             mind
             ,
             touching
             the
             restraint
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             infected
             from
             the
             sound
             ,
             so
             of
             the
             sound
             from
             the
             infected
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             Indeede
             I
             confesse
             that
             your
             probable
             discourses
             haue
             won
             (
             I
             know
             not
             how
             )
             a
             certaine
             inclination
             to
             your
             
             opinion
             ,
             but
             yet
             I
             must
             suspend
             my
             resolution
             ,
             till
             you
             haue
             answered
             certain
             obiections
             against
             the
             maine
             grounds
             of
             your
             opinion
             :
             but
             before
             I
             come
             to
             them
             ,
             let
             me
             haue
             but
             one
             word
             with
             you
             about
             buriall
             .
             I
             say
             but
             one
             word
             :
             for
             if
             those
             that
             are
             infected
             in
             person
             or
             garment
             ,
             are
             to
             keep
             from
             Church
             for
             a
             time
             conuenient
             :
             and
             if
             friends
             are
             to
             forbeare
             resorting
             to
             friends
             sicke
             of
             the
             Plague
             ,
             except
             they
             haue
             necessary
             cause
             ,
             then
             I
             may
             (
             of
             my
             felfe
             )
             conclude
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             not
             to
             throng
             after
             infected
             corpses
             (
             which
             haue
             no
             good
             thereby
             )
             without
             some
             reasonable
             cause
             .
             That
             one
             word
             (
             I
             spake
             of
             )
             is
             this
             ,
             I
             would
             gladly
             know
             (
             if
             I
             may
             obtaine
             that
             fauour
             )
             your
             iudgement
             ,
             concerning
             the
             direction
             of
             authoritie
             ,
             that
             but
             sixe
             persons
             ,
             besides
             the
             Minister
             ,
             Clerke
             and
             bearers
             ,
             should
             accompany
             infected
             corpses
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             I
             dare
             not
             presume
             to
             iudge
             of
             the
             determinations
             of
             authoritie
             without
             sufficiēt
             reason
             ,
             which
             I
             want
             in
             this
             case
             :
             but
             rather
             I
             am
             perswaded
             (
             according
             to
             that
             I
             am
             commaunded
             by
             these
             words
             ,
             
               Honor
               thy
               father
               and
               mother
               )
            
             
             
             to
             indge
             the
             best
             ,
             and
             take
             it
             as
             an
             argument
             ,
             that
             authoritie
             careth
             more
             for
             the
             liuing
             then
             for
             the
             dead
             ,
             their
             pompe
             so
             dangerous
             in
             these
             times
             and
             not
             necessary
             ,
             as
             wise
             men
             thinke
             .
             But
             mine
             own
             opinion
             is
             this
             I
             could
             wish
             the
             friends
             of
             the
             diseased
             would
             respect
             the
             preseruation
             of
             life
             more
             than
             complements
             of
             buriall
             .
             But
             I
             vtterly
             mislike
             that
             infected
             persons
             should
             thrust
             into
             the
             throng
             ,
             and
             it
             grieueth
             me
             to
             heare
             how
             the
             poorer
             sort
             ,
             yea
             women
             with
             yong
             children
             ,
             will
             flocke
             to
             burials
             ,
             and
             (
             which
             is
             worse
             )
             stand
             (
             of
             purpose
             )
             ouer
             open
             graues
             ,
             where
             sundry
             are
             buried
             together
             ,
             that
             (
             forsooth
             )
             all
             the
             world
             may
             see
             that
             they
             feare
             not
             the
             Plague
             .
             This
             peruerse
             course
             of
             too
             too
             many
             ,
             in
             doing
             that
             which
             authority
             forbiddeth
             ,
             and
             despising
             that
             which
             authoritie
             commandeth
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             fasting
             and
             praier
             ,
             occasioneth
             me
             to
             obserue
             a
             notable
             proportion
             betwéene
             the
             plague
             &
             the
             wickednes
             of
             this
             time
             :
             by
             which
             proportion
             ,
             God
             séemeth
             to
             teach
             men
             to
             say
             in
             their
             hearts
             ,
             we
             would
             not
             be
             ruled
             ,
             neither
             by
             reason
             nor
             authority
             ,
             
             therefore
             are
             so
             many
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             distracted
             in
             their
             sicknesse
             ,
             and
             by
             no
             meanes
             to
             be
             ruled
             :
             so
             that
             some
             leape
             out
             of
             the
             windowes
             ,
             and
             some
             runne
             into
             the
             Thames
             .
             As
             the
             rough
             spéeches
             of
             
               Ioseph
            
             caused
             his
             brethren
             to
             say
             :
             
             
               As
               we
               would
               not
               heare
               Ioseph
               ,
               so
               this
               man
               will
               not
               heare
               vs.
            
             I
             rather
             obserue
             this
             proportion
             betwéene
             the
             vnrulinesse
             of
             our
             sinne
             ,
             and
             the
             vnrulinesse
             of
             this
             sicknesse
             ,
             because
             I
             find
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             that
             the
             Plague
             was
             especially
             threatened
             against
             ,
             and
             inflicted
             vpon
             wilfull
             offendors
             .
             At
             your
             leysure
             consider
             these
             places
             .
             
               Leuit.
               26.
               23
               ,
               24
               ,
               25.
               
               Num.
               14.
               37.
               and
               16.
               41
               ,
               45
               ,
               46.
               2.
               
               Sam.
            
             24.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             15.
             and
             you
             will
             perceiue
             as
             much
             .
             But
             now
             let
             me
             heare
             one
             of
             your
             obiections
             against
             the
             grounds
             of
             mine
             opinion
             .
          
        
         
           
             Prof.
             
          
           
             The
             ground
             whereon
             you
             build
             your
             opinion
             ,
             of
             separating
             the
             sound
             from
             the
             infected
             ,
             is
             the
             law
             of
             Lepers
             .
             Which
             (
             vnder
             your
             correction
             )
             seemeth
             to
             be
             no
             rocke
             ,
             but
             a
             sand
             ,
             because
             that
             law
             was
             meerely
             ceremoniall
             .
          
        
         
           
             Prea
             .
          
           
             Nay
             Sir
             ,
             my
             ground
             is
             the
             
             mortall
             contagion
             of
             the
             Pestilence
             ,
             which
             we
             call
             the
             Plague
             .
             Indeed
             I
             receiue
             confirmation
             from
             the
             law
             of
             Lepers
             .
             For
             thus
             I
             reason
             :
             If
             such
             care
             is
             to
             be
             had
             of
             infection
             which
             is
             not
             mortall
             ,
             much
             more
             of
             the
             Plagues
             infection
             which
             is
             mortall
             .
             And
             this
             argument
             holdeth
             good
             ,
             your
             obiection
             notwithstanding
             .
             For
             the
             lawes
             of
             separating
             women
             in
             time
             of
             their
             flowers
             ,
             
             and
             not
             eating
             strangled
             beasts
             ,
             were
             ceremoniall
             :
             but
             yet
             husbands
             are
             now
             to
             forbeare
             the
             act
             of
             matrimonie
             in
             that
             time
             ,
             and
             all
             are
             to
             take
             héede
             how
             they
             eate
             of
             strangled
             flesh
             ,
             and
             both
             are
             to
             be
             héeded
             in
             naturall
             consideration
             of
             bodily
             hurt
             ,
             which
             is
             still
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             in
             such
             copulation
             and
             eating
             .
             So
             Leprosie
             is
             still
             infectiue
             ,
             as
             experience
             sheweth
             :
             if
             now
             ,
             why
             not
             then
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             lawe
             of
             Lepers
             was
             ceremoniall
             ?
             And
             the
             rather
             because
             in
             Sacraments
             and
             ceremonies
             ,
             there
             must
             be
             a
             resemblauce
             betwéene
             the
             signe
             and
             the
             thing
             signified
             :
             so
             that
             ,
             as
             we
             obiect
             against
             Transsubstantiation
             ,
             and
             say
             :
             If
             the
             substance
             
             of
             bread
             and
             wine
             be
             taken
             away
             by
             consecration
             ,
             how
             can
             there
             be
             bodily
             nourishment
             ?
             if
             no
             nourishment
             ,
             how
             can
             our
             spirituall
             féeding
             be
             resembled
             ?
             So
             I
             say
             to
             you
             ,
             If
             in
             the
             Leprosie
             there
             were
             no
             infection
             ,
             how
             could
             the
             contagion
             of
             sinne
             be
             signified
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Prof.
             
          
           
             I
             graunt
             that
             in
             Leprosie
             there
             was
             somewhat
             to
             signifie
             a
             sinne
             to
             be
             shunned
             .
             But
             that
             was
             Pollution
             ,
             not
             Infection
             .
             For
             vpon
             occasion
             of
             this
             question
             ,
             
             I
             haue
             read
             both
             the
             Chapters
             cōcerning
             Leprosie
             ,
             and
             find
             them
             still
             mention
             Vncleanenesse
             ,
             and
             neuer
             Infection
             .
             Againe
             ,
             if
             the
             Leprosie
             were
             infectiue
             ,
             how
             chaunced
             it
             that
             the
             Priestes
             ,
             who
             so
             often
             viewed
             the
             Lepers
             ,
             were
             neuer
             infected
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Do
             not
             you
             consider
             ,
             that
             though
             all
             vncleanenesse
             be
             not
             infectiue
             ,
             yet
             all
             infection
             is
             vncleane
             ,
             and
             therefore
             you
             might
             haue
             vnderstood
             Infection
             as
             well
             as
             any
             other
             Pollution
             ,
             by
             the
             word
             Vncleanenesse
             .
             And
             though
             you
             find
             not
             the
             very
             word
             Infection
             ,
             yet
             you
             may
             find
             enough
             to
             
             make
             it
             euident
             ,
             that
             the
             Leprosie
             is
             infectiue
             .
             
             For
             it
             was
             not
             to
             be
             pronounced
             Leprosie
             ,
             except
             it
             were
             found
             spreading
             and
             fretting
             as
             a
             Canker
             ,
             
             or
             Gangrene
             in
             a
             mans
             bodie
             .
             And
             why
             was
             the
             Leper
             to
             couer
             his
             lips
             ,
             and
             to
             to
             cry
             ,
             
             
               I
               am
               vncleane
               ,
               I
               am
               vncleane
               ,
            
             but
             to
             giue
             warning
             ,
             that
             none
             shold
             come
             within
             the
             infection
             of
             his
             breath
             ?
             As
             for
             the
             Priestes
             escape
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             be
             attributed
             to
             the
             prouidence
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             set
             him
             on
             worke
             .
             
             As
             he
             promised
             to
             preserue
             
               Ieremy
            
             and
             
               Paule
            
             for
             that
             cause
             .
          
        
         
           
             Prof.
             
          
           
             If
             my
             memorie
             faile
             me
             not
             ,
             I
             haue
             heard
             you
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             ceassing
             of
             Man
             ,
             
             presently
             after
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             had
             eaten
             of
             the
             corne
             of
             the
             land
             of
             promise
             ,
             teacheth
             vs
             not
             to
             depend
             vpon
             extraordinarie
             meanes
             (
             viz.
             Miracles
             and
             such
             like
             )
             when
             we
             may
             enioy
             ordinarie
             .
             So
             I
             thinke
             it
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             we
             are
             not
             to
             suppose
             the
             extraordinarie
             prouidence
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             preseruing
             Priests
             viewing
             the
             Lepers
             ,
             where
             we
             may
             find
             an
             ordinarie
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             their
             not
             touching
             of
             Lepers
             ,
             whereby
             they
             might
             be
             defiled
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             How
             find
             you
             that
             to
             be
             the
             cause
             ?
             Sith
             you
             find
             not
             in
             both
             your
             Chapters
             
               Touching
            
             spoken
             of
             .
             
             Whereas
             in
             the
             next
             Chapter
             you
             find
             
               Pollution
            
             communicated
             by
             touching
             and
             not
             otherwise
             in
             the
             vncleannesse
             of
             a
             man
             by
             fluxe
             of
             séed
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             woman
             by
             issue
             of
             flowers
             .
             Nay
             in
             this
             case
             of
             of
             Leprosie
             ,
             
             a
             man
             is
             become
             vncleane
             ,
             by
             going
             into
             an
             house
             shut
             vp
             for
             Leprosie
             in
             the
             wals
             ,
             which
             he
             néed
             not
             to
             touch
             ,
             as
             hath
             bene
             said
             .
             
             So
             that
             if
             you
             consider
             your
             two
             Chapters
             well
             ,
             it
             may
             rather
             appeare
             to
             you
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             infection
             of
             the
             Plague
             ,
             so
             of
             the
             Leprosie
             was
             communicated
             by
             the
             ayre
             ,
             and
             not
             onely
             by
             touching
             .
             But
             suppose
             that
             Pollution
             not
             Infection
             ,
             were
             the
             cause
             that
             cleane
             men
             should
             shunne
             vncleane
             Lepers
             ,
             lest
             they
             should
             be
             defiled
             ,
             not
             infected
             ;
             yet
             this
             makes
             for
             my
             purpose
             .
             For
             if
             .
             Pollution
             be
             to
             be
             shunned
             ,
             much
             more
             Infection
             ,
             and
             that
             deadly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             I
             see
             I
             must
             either
             depart
             not
             fully
             satisfied
             ,
             or
             come
             to
             a
             point
             which
             I
             haue
             hitherto
             auoyded
             ,
             because
             I
             wold
             
             not
             offend
             you
             ,
             whom
             I
             haue
             heard
             so
             carnest
             against
             it
             ,
             so
             as
             you
             haue
             pronounced
             it
             to
             be
             a
             bloudie
             errour
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             It
             is
             stiffely
             maintained
             by
             no
             small
             number
             of
             people
             ,
             that
             the
             Plague
             is
             not
             contagious
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             I
             graunt
             that
             mo
             than
             a
             good
             many
             do
             more
             stiffely
             than
             wisely
             maintaine
             that
             bloudie
             error
             ,
             so
             I
             will
             call
             it
             againe
             and
             againe
             .
             For
             most
             of
             that
             many
             do
             wilfully
             maintaine
             that
             opinion
             ,
             because
             they
             cannot
             abide
             to
             be
             Gods
             prisoners
             .
             It
             is
             a
             death
             to
             be
             out
             of
             companie
             ,
             and
             they
             had
             rather
             indanger
             a
             thousand
             liues
             ,
             than
             want
             any
             part
             of
             their
             pleasure
             or
             profite
             .
             As
             may
             appeare
             by
             the
             discoured
             course
             of
             many
             ,
             who
             hold
             the
             Plague
             to
             be
             infectiue
             ,
             while
             they
             and
             theirs
             be
             wel
             :
             but
             when
             they
             or
             theirs
             be
             infected
             ;
             thē
             (
             forsooth
             )
             the
             Plague
             is
             not
             infectiue
             .
             So
             their
             reason
             followeth
             and
             is
             framed
             to
             their
             will
             ,
             and
             not
             their
             will
             followeth
             reason
             to
             be
             ruled
             thereby
             .
             But
             me
             thinkes
             euery
             reasonable
             man
             should
             say
             to
             his
             owne
             soule
             :
             O
             let
             me
             be
             sure
             mine
             opinion
             touching
             the
             ininfection
             
             of
             the
             Plague
             (
             whether
             negatiue
             or
             affirmatiue
             )
             be
             vndoubtedly
             true
             ,
             lest
             by
             maintaining
             an
             error
             ,
             in
             a
             case
             and
             time
             of
             so
             great
             mortalitie
             and
             vnspeakeable
             miseries
             ,
             I
             do
             infinite
             hurt
             .
             For
             if
             it
             be
             true
             that
             the
             Plague
             is
             contagious
             ,
             then
             of
             necessitie
             ,
             he
             that
             maintaineth
             the
             contrarie
             ,
             is
             guiltie
             of
             the
             bloud
             of
             so
             many
             ,
             as
             are
             incouraged
             by
             his
             opinion
             to
             runne
             into
             daunger
             .
             On
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             if
             the
             Plague
             be
             not
             contagious
             ,
             then
             he
             that
             maintaineth
             the
             contrarie
             ,
             is
             guiltie
             of
             all
             the
             wants
             and
             miseries
             of
             so
             many
             as
             want
             conuenient
             reliefe
             ,
             not
             ministred
             for
             feare
             of
             contagion
             ,
             apprehended
             by
             the
             maintenance
             of
             his
             opinion
             .
             But
             neighbour
             ,
             I
             wonder
             that
             any
             should
             deny
             the
             Plague
             to
             be
             contagious
             against
             so
             generall
             and
             wofull
             experience
             .
             Do
             not
             the
             botches
             ,
             blains
             and
             spots
             (
             called
             Gods
             tokens
             )
             accompanied
             with
             rauing
             and
             death
             ,
             argue
             a
             straunger
             infection
             ,
             then
             that
             of
             the
             Leprosie
             ,
             to
             be
             iudged
             by
             botches
             and
             spots
             ?
             Doth
             not
             the
             ordinarie
             experience
             of
             laying
             liue
             Pigeons
             to
             plague
             
             sores
             ,
             and
             taking
             them
             presently
             dead
             away
             ,
             and
             that
             one
             after
             another
             ,
             demonstrate
             mortall
             infection
             ?
             In
             that
             the
             Plague
             rageth
             and
             raigneth
             especially
             amongst
             the
             younger
             sort
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             do
             not
             greatly
             regard
             cleane
             and
             swéete
             kéeping
             ,
             and
             where
             many
             are
             pestred
             together
             in
             alleyes
             or
             houses
             :
             is
             not
             this
             an
             argument
             of
             infection
             ?
             Thousandes
             can
             directly
             tell
             ,
             where
             ,
             when
             ,
             and
             of
             whom
             they
             tooke
             the
             Plague
             .
             Doth
             not
             all
             this
             make
             it
             more
             then
             manifest
             ,
             that
             the
             Plague
             is
             contagious
             ?
             All
             Magistrates
             ,
             all
             Diuines
             ,
             all
             Phisitians
             ,
             all
             learned
             men
             ,
             and
             all
             wise
             men
             ,
             in
             all
             ages
             ,
             haue
             held
             the
             Plague
             to
             be
             contagious
             .
             Dare
             any
             but
             blind
             bayard
             ,
             be
             so
             impudent
             to
             deny
             it
             ,
             without
             such
             reasons
             ,
             as
             may
             sway
             against
             so
             great
             experience
             ,
             and
             so
             great
             authoritie
             ?
             If
             you
             haue
             any
             such
             ,
             I
             pray
             you
             let
             me
             heare
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             That
             I
             haue
             any
             such
             I
             cannot
             say
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             weaknes
             of
             myiudgment
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             the
             probabilitie
             (
             at
             least
             )
             of
             that
             I
             haue
             heard
             already
             spoken
             to
             the
             
             contrary
             :
             but
             such
             as
             they
             be
             (
             if
             it
             please
             you
             )
             I
             will
             bring
             them
             out
             ,
             humbly
             desiring
             your
             answers
             .
             The
             first
             ,
             is
             thus
             vrged
             with
             open
             mouth
             :
             This
             opinion
             of
             infection
             doeth
             vtterly
             ouerthrow
             charitie
             towards
             the
             visited
             by
             the
             plague
             ,
             being
             the
             cause
             ,
             why
             they
             by
             whose
             meanes
             the
             sick
             and
             sound
             are
             especially
             to
             be
             prouided
             for
             ,
             do
             runne
             away
             ,
             viz.
             Magistrates
             ,
             Ministers
             ,
             (
             such
             I
             meane
             as
             indeed
             were
             neuer
             faithfull
             ,
             for
             (
             blessed
             be
             God
             )
             many
             faithful
             remaine
             )
             Phisitians
             and
             rich
             men
             :
             and
             why
             so
             many
             be
             thrust
             out
             of
             doores
             ,
             perish
             in
             town
             and
             field
             for
             want
             of
             help
             ,
             and
             are
             so
             cruelly
             vsed
             by
             country
             people
             :
             so
             that
             it
             is
             a
             very
             countermaund
             to
             Christ
             his
             iudgement
             concerning
             visitation
             of
             the
             sicke
             .
             
             But
             by
             that
             which
             hath
             bin
             said
             ,
             and
             by
             gathering
             from
             the
             last
             point
             we
             talked
             of
             ,
             that
             the
             precise
             commaundement
             touching
             Lepers
             to
             be
             separated
             from
             Church
             and
             companie
             ,
             was
             no
             hinderance
             to
             their
             visitation
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             were
             to
             be
             ministred
             vnto
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             need
             :
             I
             am
             for
             my
             part
             induced
             to
             lay
             the
             blame
             of
             all
             this
             vncharitable
             dealing
             vpon
             the
             excessiue
             feare
             of
             people
             ,
             
             occasioned
             perhaps
             ,
             but
             not
             well
             grounded
             vpon
             the
             opinion
             of
             the
             Plagues
             infection
             :
             for
             though
             the
             Plague
             be
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             infection
             ,
             yet
             (
             as
             I
             take
             it
             )
             not
             so
             excessiuely
             and
             inordinatly
             .
             For
             of
             such
             feare
             ,
             the
             cause
             is
             want
             of
             faith
             ,
             rather
             then
             the
             opinion
             of
             infection
             ;
             as
             I
             may
             partly
             gather
             from
             that
             which
             you
             deliuered
             before
             :
             
             I
             will
             therefore
             propound
             an
             argument
             (
             so
             deemed
             )
             which
             we
             haue
             not
             yet
             handled
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Stay
             here
             a
             while
             ,
             for
             I
             can
             not
             but
             thanke
             God
             that
             you
             iudge
             so
             rightly
             betwéene
             mine
             opinion
             ,
             and
             others
             feare
             of
             infection
             .
             If
             Professors
             would
             wisely
             obserue
             what
             is
             taught
             ,
             there
             would
             not
             be
             so
             many
             spiders
             to
             suck
             ranke
             poison
             out
             of
             sound
             doctrine
             .
             Then
             might
             we
             hold
             the
             plague
             in
             the
             nature
             thereof
             to
             be
             contagious
             ,
             and
             men
             would
             not
             take
             occasion
             before
             it
             be
             giuen
             ,
             of
             excessiue
             and
             inordinate
             feare
             :
             then
             might
             we
             inuey
             against
             excessiue
             and
             inordinate
             feare
             ,
             and
             men
             would
             not
             take
             occasion
             before
             it
             be
             giuen
             ,
             of
             inordinate
             and
             dangerous
             presumption
             :
             but
             foolish
             men
             (
             as
             wise
             men
             
             obserue
             )
             are
             euer
             running
             into
             extremities
             .
             
             If
             
               Paul
            
             teach
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             iustified
             by
             faith
             ,
             without
             the
             works
             of
             the
             law
             ;
             the
             carnal
             gospeller
             taketh
             occasion
             before
             it
             be
             giuen
             ,
             to
             neglect
             good
             workes
             .
             And
             if
             
               Iames
            
             teach
             ,
             
             that
             faith
             without
             workes
             is
             dead
             ,
             the
             arrogant
             Papist
             taketh
             occasion
             before
             it
             be
             giuen
             ,
             to
             aduance
             good
             workes
             to
             merite
             and
             supererogation
             .
             Mine
             heart
             bléedeth
             to
             heare
             of
             the
             crueltie
             and
             inhumanitie
             you
             mentioned
             :
             so
             that
             if
             I
             were
             in
             the
             cuntrey
             ,
             I
             would
             (
             by
             Gods
             grace
             )
             set
             my selfe
             against
             those
             damnable
             effects
             of
             inordinate
             feare
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             euident
             that
             the
             Plague
             is
             not
             so
             contagious
             as
             excessiue
             feare
             makes
             it
             to
             be
             .
             But
             now
             I
             follow
             this
             course
             (
             which
             God
             blesse
             )
             because
             I
             liue
             where
             the
             contrarie
             sinne
             of
             Presumption
             is
             more
             generall
             ,
             and
             more
             dangerous
             ;
             both
             because
             of
             that
             bloudy
             errour
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             the
             absence
             of
             Magistrates
             ,
             who
             should
             sée
             good
             orders
             put
             in
             execution
             :
             through
             which
             default
             it
             is
             come
             to
             passe
             ,
             that
             men
             ,
             women
             and
             children
             with
             running
             sores
             ,
             go
             commonly
             abroade
             ,
             and
             
             thrust
             themselues
             into
             company
             ,
             so
             that
             some
             haue
             perceiued
             when
             they
             tooke
             the
             infection
             of
             such
             .
             How
             many
             may
             be
             supposed
             to
             haue
             taken
             the
             infection
             from
             such
             ,
             though
             they
             perceiued
             it
             not
             ?
             I
             would
             be
             loth
             to
             make
             Magistrates
             neglecting
             their
             charge
             ,
             guiltie
             of
             all
             this
             bloud
             :
             but
             (
             if
             I
             were
             in
             place
             )
             I
             would
             humbly
             and
             earnestly
             intreate
             them
             ,
             seriously
             to
             consider
             the
             nine
             first
             verses
             of
             the
             21.
             of
             
               Deuteronomy
               ,
            
             where
             they
             may
             learne
             ,
             how
             fearefull
             they
             (
             of
             all
             other
             )
             should
             be
             of
             bloud-guiltines
             .
             But
             leauing
             them
             to
             Gods
             direction
             ,
             I
             pray
             you
             propound
             your
             argument
             so
             déemed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             That
             I
             will
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             neare
             as
             I
             can
             )
             in
             such
             sort
             as
             it
             is
             inforced
             .
             If
             the
             Plague
             be
             contagious
             ,
             why
             is
             not
             one
             infected
             as
             well
             as
             another
             ?
             I
             haue
             lyen
             in
             bed
             with
             many
             that
             haue
             had
             the
             plague-sores
             running
             on
             them
             ,
             I
             haue
             bene
             still
             about
             them
             ,
             when
             they
             swet
             ,
             their
             sores
             brake
             ,
             and
             breath
             went
             out
             of
             their
             bodies
             ,
             and
             yet
             I
             (
             and
             a
             great
             number
             besides
             me
             ,
             who
             haue
             done
             as
             much
             )
             had
             neuer
             the
             plague
             yet
             ,
             and
             trust
             neuershal
             ,
             so
             long
             
             as
             I
             haue
             a
             strong
             faith
             in
             God
             :
             for
             is
             it
             not
             written
             ,
             
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               be
               afraid
               of
               the
               pestilence
               ,
               for
               thousands
               shal
               fal
               besides
               thee
               ,
               yet
               it
               shall
               not
               come
               neare
               thee
               ;
               for
               thou
               hast
               said
               ,
               The
               Lord
               is
               my
               hope
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Preacher
             .
          
           
             This
             aduenturous
             argument
             standeth
             vpō
             two
             points
             ,
             viz.
             first
             the
             escaping
             of
             some
             ,
             and
             secondly
             their
             strong
             faith
             .
             Concerning
             the
             former
             ,
             I
             answer
             ,
             (
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             opponent
             )
             
               Is
               thine
               eye
               euill
               because
               God
               is
               good
               ?
            
             
             Wilt
             thou
             by
             thy
             bloody
             errour
             poison
             other
             ,
             because
             God
             hath
             glorified
             his
             speciall
             prouidence
             ouer
             thée
             ?
             Is
             this
             thy
             thankfulnesse
             for
             so
             great
             deliuerance
             ,
             to
             obscure
             Gods
             prouidence
             by
             attributing
             thine
             escape
             to
             this
             ,
             that
             the
             plague
             is
             not
             infectiue
             ?
             Consider
             better
             the
             very
             text
             alleaged
             for
             thy
             strong
             faith
             ,
             and
             you
             may
             (
             if
             you
             will
             )
             sée
             clearely
             ,
             that
             God
             doth
             hereby
             set
             forth
             his
             prouidence
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             preserueth
             those
             that
             trust
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             walke
             in
             his
             wayes
             ,
             by
             Angels
             ,
             and
             then
             ,
             when
             by
             the
             pestilence
             ,
             thousands
             fall
             about
             them
             :
             for
             the
             greater
             the
             daunger
             is
             ,
             the
             greater
             is
             Gods
             prouidence
             in
             deliuering
             his
             
             people
             :
             as
             may
             further
             appeare
             by
             their
             walking
             vpon
             Lions
             ,
             
             Aspes
             and
             Dragons
             ,
             mentioned
             in
             the
             same
             Psalme
             .
             Therefore
             take
             héede
             how
             you
             obscure
             the
             prouidence
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             draw
             many
             into
             daunger
             by
             denying
             the
             plague
             to
             be
             contagious
             ;
             lest
             as
             he
             that
             feared
             not
             the
             day
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             
             met
             with
             a
             Beare
             when
             he
             had
             escaped
             a
             Lion
             :
             so
             you
             méete
             with
             a
             iudgement
             heauier
             to
             you
             ,
             though
             you
             still
             escape
             the
             plague
             .
             But
             neighbour
             ,
             I
             will
             turne
             my
             spéech
             to
             you
             ,
             praying
             you
             to
             consider
             this
             Psalme
             wel
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             sée
             me
             proue
             from
             the
             same
             the
             Plague
             to
             be
             contagious
             .
             For
             if
             an
             extraordinary
             prouidence
             of
             God
             be
             manifested
             in
             preseruing
             those
             that
             beléeue
             from
             pestilence
             ,
             then
             is
             the
             pestilence
             very
             dangerous
             :
             as
             be
             the
             Lion
             ,
             Aspe
             and
             Dragon
             ,
             but
             the
             former
             is
             true
             ,
             therefore
             the
             latter
             .
             If
             then
             the
             pestilence
             be
             dangerous
             to
             one
             that
             is
             in
             the
             middest
             of
             thousands
             dying
             thereof
             ,
             it
             must
             néedes
             be
             so
             by
             contagion
             :
             as
             may
             further
             appeare
             ,
             in
             that
             it
             is
             called
             noisome
             ;
             and
             in
             that
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             
             
               it
               shall
               not
               come
               neare
               thee
               .
            
             But
             let
             
             vs
             trie
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             former
             part
             of
             that
             huge
             argument
             ,
             layed
             downe
             in
             this
             forme
             .
             Many
             haue
             bene
             with
             the
             sicke
             of
             the
             plague
             ,
             when
             they
             swet
             ,
             &c.
             &
             yet
             are
             not
             infected
             ,
             therefore
             it
             is
             not
             contagious
             .
             Certaine
             Priests
             said
             to
             a
             Philosopher
             ,
             All
             these
             monuments
             which
             you
             sée
             in
             this
             Temple
             ,
             be
             in
             remembrance
             of
             so
             many
             deliuered
             from
             shipwracke
             ,
             by
             prayer
             to
             the
             God
             of
             this
             Temple
             .
             But
             (
             quoth
             the
             Philosopher
             )
             can
             you
             shew
             me
             how
             many
             prayed
             ,
             and
             yet
             perished
             ?
             As
             the
             Philosophers
             answer
             was
             stronger
             against
             their
             God.
             then
             the
             Priests
             obseruation
             was
             for
             their
             God
             :
             so
             it
             maketh
             much
             more
             to
             proue
             the
             plague
             to
             be
             contagious
             ,
             to
             say
             :
             an
             hundred
             (
             if
             not
             a
             thousand
             )
             infected
             by
             being
             where
             the
             plague
             is
             ,
             may
             be
             brought
             for
             one
             that
             escaped
             .
             Againe
             ,
             if
             that
             argument
             be
             good
             ,
             then
             these
             be
             as
             good
             :
             Many
             haue
             had
             the
             plague
             sores
             and
             were
             sick
             ,
             and
             yet
             died
             not
             ;
             therefore
             the
             plague
             is
             not
             in
             it
             owne
             nature
             mortall
             .
             Many
             run
             vpon
             the
             mouth
             of
             a
             canon
             ,
             and
             escape
             ,
             therfore
             canon
             shot
             is
             not
             murthering
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             We
             see
             the
             canon
             shot
             to
             kil
             ,
             but
             we
             see
             not
             the
             Plague
             to
             infect
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             By
             common
             experience
             it
             is
             obserued
             ,
             that
             souring
             of
             drinke
             ,
             and
             other
             effects
             follow
             thunder
             ,
             wherunto
             they
             are
             attributed
             :
             and
             children
             take
             the
             small
             pockes
             comming
             where
             they
             be
             :
             though
             it
             be
             not
             séene
             how
             thunder
             and
             being
             where
             small
             pocks
             are
             ,
             cause
             such
             effects
             .
             Why
             then
             should
             we
             not
             feare
             aswell
             the
             pestilence
             that
             walketh
             in
             darknes
             ,
             as
             the
             plague
             that
             destroyeth
             at
             noone
             day
             :
             sith
             by
             common
             experience
             it
             is
             obserued
             ,
             that
             thousands
             fall
             sicke
             of
             the
             plague
             presently
             vpon
             their
             being
             where
             it
             is
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             not
             séene
             how
             the
             infectiō
             is
             conueyed
             .
             Truly
             the
             commō
             people
             herein
             do
             litle
             differ
             from
             brute
             beasts
             :
             in
             that
             (
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             they
             are
             moued
             by
             sense
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             reason
             .
          
        
         
           
             Prof.
             
          
           
             I
             feare
             it
             is
             so
             in
             too
             many
             :
             for
             going
             amongst
             thē
             ,
             I
             hardly
             perceiue
             one
             of
             ten
             once
             looke
             for
             help
             ,
             though
             they
             haue
             a
             rising
             of
             the
             plague
             in
             some
             part
             of
             their
             body
             vntil
             they
             be
             heart
             sick
             ,
             &
             then
             often
             they
             seeke
             for
             help
             too
             late
             .
             Whereas
             if
             in
             
             reasō
             they
             wold
             cōsider
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             plague
             may
             be
             some
             good
             time
             in
             the
             garmēt
             ,
             before
             it
             infect
             the
             outward
             parts
             ,
             so
             it
             may
             be
             in
             the
             flesh
             a
             good
             while
             ,
             before
             it
             strike
             the
             very
             heart
             ,
             no
             doubt
             they
             wold
             betime
             preuent
             the
             worst
             .
             Through
             which
             default
             I
             am
             perswaded
             hundreds
             do
             perish
             daily
             :
             but
             commending
             such
             to
             Gods
             gracious
             prouidence
             .
             I
             pray
             you
             tell
             me
             what
             causes
             are
             giuen
             by
             the
             learned
             ,
             why
             so
             many
             escape
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             continually
             in
             so
             great
             daunger
             of
             the
             Plague
             ,
             
             as
             hath
             bene
             said
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             There
             be
             causes
             both
             naturall
             and
             diuine
             .
             For
             naturall
             causes
             I
             referre
             you
             to
             learned
             Phisitians
             .
             Onely
             I
             will
             shew
             you
             somewhat
             ,
             which
             euery
             reasonable
             man
             (
             as
             I
             thinke
             )
             may
             conceiue
             .
             Before
             any
             qualitie
             ,
             good
             or
             bad
             ,
             can
             qualifie
             any
             subiect
             ,
             the
             subiect
             must
             be
             first
             disposed
             thereunto
             ,
             or
             capable
             thereof
             .
             The
             Salamander
             liueth
             in
             the
             fire
             ,
             though
             the
             flie
             ,
             playing
             with
             the
             flame
             of
             a
             candle
             is
             consumed
             therewith
             .
             Gun
             powder
             takes
             fire
             presently
             ,
             but
             so
             doth
             not
             chalke
             .
             So
             persons
             of
             a
             tender
             constitution
             ,
             
             or
             corrupt
             humours
             sooner
             take
             the
             Plague
             ,
             then
             those
             that
             be
             of
             a
             strong
             constitution
             ,
             &
             sound
             bodies
             ,
             as
             hath
             bene
             said
             :
             
             &
             some
             infected
             are
             much
             fuller
             of
             poisonfull
             corruption
             then
             other
             .
             The
             infirmities
             of
             many
             women
             in
             trauell
             ,
             and
             other
             diseases
             turne
             vnto
             the
             Plague
             .
             We
             sée
             few
             auncient
             people
             die
             in
             comparison
             of
             children
             ,
             and
             the
             younger
             sort
             .
             Lastly
             of
             those
             that
             kéepe
             a
             good
             diet
             ,
             haue
             cleane
             and
             swéet
             kéeping
             ,
             liue
             in
             a
             good
             aire
             ,
             vse
             reasonable
             and
             seasonable
             preseruatiues
             ,
             and
             be
             not
             pestred
             many
             in
             one
             house
             ,
             or
             haue
             conuenient
             house-roome
             for
             their
             houshold
             ,
             we
             see
             few
             infected
             in
             comparison
             of
             those
             ,
             that
             faile
             in
             all
             these
             good
             meanes
             of
             preseruation
             ,
             and
             yet
             will
             thrust
             themselues
             into
             danger
             .
             This
             well
             considered
             ,
             may
             not
             an
             argument
             be
             drawn
             from
             hence
             ,
             to
             proue
             (
             euen
             by
             reason
             )
             that
             the
             Plague
             is
             not
             so
             infectiue
             as
             faithlesse
             people
             conceiue
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             need
             not
             feare
             the
             Plague
             so
             extreamely
             as
             they
             do
             ?
             But
             I
             will
             procéed
             to
             the
             diuine
             causes
             or
             reasons
             .
             The
             chiefe
             whereof
             is
             this
             :
             
             God
             worketh
             al
             things
             after
             the
             counsell
             of
             his
             owne
             will
             ,
             
             and
             therefore
             he
             hath
             mercie
             on
             whome
             he
             will
             haue
             mercie
             ,
             
             and
             none
             shall
             die
             but
             they
             who
             are
             appointed
             .
             For
             though
             the
             Pharisies
             sought
             to
             lay
             hands
             on
             Christ
             ,
             yet
             they
             could
             not
             ,
             before
             the
             appointed
             time
             came
             :
             and
             therefore
             be
             the
             Plague
             neuer
             so
             contagious
             in
             it
             owne
             nature
             ,
             none
             can
             be
             smitten
             with
             it
             ,
             but
             those
             ,
             whom
             God
             hath
             specially
             appointed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             Here
             I
             remember
             an
             opinion
             of
             some
             people
             (
             with
             whom
             I
             conuerse
             )
             whereby
             they
             seeme
             to
             thēselues
             ,
             to
             reconcile
             the
             difference
             ,
             touching
             the
             Plagues
             infection
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             this
             .
             Let
             one
             (
             say
             they
             )
             go
             neuer
             so
             daungerously
             where
             the
             Plague
             is
             ,
             he
             cannot
             die
             before
             his
             time
             ,
             and
             yet
             indeed
             he
             may
             take
             the
             sicknesse
             .
             What
             thinke
             you
             of
             this
             opinion
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             What
             thinke
             I
             of
             it
             ?
             as
             I
             do
             of
             other
             opinions
             which
             brain-sicke
             men
             (
             despising
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             ministerie
             thereof
             )
             do
             forge
             in
             their
             owne
             phantasticall
             braine-pans
             .
             How
             wittie
             soeuer
             it
             séeme
             to
             them
             ,
             I
             tel
             you
             
             it
             sauoureth
             strongly
             of
             Epicurisme
             .
             For
             doth
             God
             dispose
             of
             capitall
             and
             principall
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             lesse
             matters
             ,
             as
             Epicures
             dreame
             ?
             Shall
             we
             say
             :
             
             The
             issues
             of
             death
             belong
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             shall
             we
             doubt
             with
             the
             Philistims
             ,
             
             whether
             sicknesse
             be
             by
             chaunce
             ?
             If
             they
             knew
             the
             Scriptures
             they
             might
             learne
             ,
             
             that
             God
             forgetteth
             not
             sparrowes
             ,
             but
             so
             regardeth
             them
             ,
             that
             without
             him
             ,
             not
             one
             of
             them
             falleth
             to
             the
             ground
             .
             Doubtlesse
             Gods
             prouidence
             is
             the
             same
             ,
             though
             not
             alike
             manifest
             ,
             in
             litle
             and
             great
             matters
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             The
             more
             I
             conferre
             with
             you
             ,
             the
             more
             I
             perceiue
             (
             I
             thank
             God
             for
             it
             )
             the
             presumptuous
             wit
             of
             foolish
             men
             ,
             and
             herein
             I
             see
             euidently
             ,
             that
             they
             measure
             the
             infinite
             prouidence
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             the
             shallownesse
             of
             their
             owne
             capacitie
             .
             The
             Lord
             graunt
             vs
             grace
             to
             vnderstand
             according
             to
             sobrietie
             .
             
             I
             haue
             another
             argument
             against
             the
             opinion
             of
             infection
             from
             the
             prouidence
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             I
             would
             first
             heare
             some
             mo
             causes
             or
             reasons
             ,
             why
             so
             many
             escape
             so
             great
             danger
             of
             infection
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Neighbour
             you
             still
             harpe
             vpon
             ,
             so
             many
             ,
             so
             many
             .
             I
             tell
             you
             they
             be
             few
             or
             nonein
             comparison
             of
             them
             ,
             who
             daily
             are
             infected
             by
             being
             within
             daunger
             of
             the
             Plague
             .
             As
             for
             your
             desire
             to
             heare
             mo
             causes
             ,
             I
             am
             content
             to
             satisfie
             the
             same
             .
             But
             I
             must
             first
             tel
             you
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             happy
             who
             can
             know
             the
             causes
             of
             things
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             you
             may
             content
             your selfe
             with
             those
             few
             I
             can
             presently
             gather
             out
             of
             the
             word
             .
             God
             preserueth
             some
             to
             manifest
             his
             power
             and
             prouidence
             .
             As
             may
             appeare
             by
             the
             91.
             
             
             Psalme
             before
             discussed
             :
             and
             by
             
               Esa
               .
            
             1.
             9
             
             (
             2
             )
             God
             will
             take
             none
             hence
             before
             they
             haue
             done
             him
             all
             that
             seruice
             ,
             which
             in
             his
             counsell
             was
             appointed
             ,
             as
             appeareth
             by
             these
             places
             ,
             
               Luk.
            
             13.
             31
             ,
             32
             ,
             33
             ,
             and
             
               Act.
            
             13.
             36.
             
             (
             3
             )
             God
             reserueth
             some
             for
             an
             heauier
             iudgement
             ,
             as
             may
             appeare
             by
             these
             places
             :
             1.
             
             
               King.
               19.
               17.
               2.
               
               King.
               8.
               10
               ,
               15.
               
               Amos
            
             5.
             16
             ,
             17.
             
             And
             4
             ,
             towards
             some
             he
             perfourmeth
             his
             promise
             in
             preseruing
             them
             ,
             in
             their
             wayes
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             wayes
             whereinto
             God
             calleth
             thē
             :
             according
             to
             the
             91.
             
             
               Psalme
               ,
               vers
               .
            
             11.
             
             
             For
             which
             cause
             Priests
             ,
             though
             taking
             often
             view
             of
             Leprosie
             ,
             were
             preserued
             ,
             
             as
             I
             shewed
             before
             ,
             and
             kéepers
             ,
             buriers
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             haue
             necessarie
             cause
             of
             comming
             to
             the
             infected
             of
             the
             Plague
             ,
             are
             (
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             now
             preserued
             So
             that
             
               Peter
            
             may
             boldly
             go
             on
             the
             water
             when
             Christ
             biddeth
             him
             come
             .
             As
             you
             may
             reade
             ,
             
               Mat.
            
             14.
             28
             ,
             29.
             
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             I
             thank
             you
             heartily
             for
             yeelding
             me
             this
             satisfaction
             .
             For
             amongst
             all
             your
             good
             notes
             I
             take
             hold
             of
             the
             second
             with
             some
             comfort
             ,
             and
             thereon
             ground
             this
             conclusion
             :
             If
             I
             shall
             not
             die
             ,
             before
             I
             haue
             done
             God
             all
             the
             seruice
             I
             am
             appointed
             :
             why
             shold
             I
             be
             vnwilling
             to
             die
             ,
             when
             my
             time
             is
             come
             ,
             and
             not
             rather
             be
             prepared
             to
             say
             ,
             yea
             sing
             with
             good
             old
             
               Simeon
               :
            
             
             
               Lord
               now
               lettest
               thou
               thy
               seruant
               depart
               in
               peace
               .
            
             But
             I
             misse
             one
             principall
             cause
             of
             preseruation
             from
             the
             Plague
             :
             to
             wit
             ,
             A
             strong
             faith
             according
             to
             the
             91.
             
             Psalme
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             I
             thought
             verily
             you
             wold
             not
             let
             go
             your
             hold
             on
             that
             part
             of
             the
             mightie
             argument
             .
             But
             I
             assure
             you
             there
             is
             no
             such
             force
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             it
             séemeth
             
             to
             haue
             .
             Nay
             rather
             it
             ouerthroweth
             the
             former
             part
             of
             that
             argument
             .
             For
             in
             that
             Psalme
             ,
             the
             promise
             of
             preseruation
             is
             not
             made
             only
             ,
             to
             our
             taking
             hold
             of
             Gods
             promise
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             our
             walking
             in
             our
             wayes
             .
             Wherefore
             as
             that
             faith
             which
             standeth
             vpon
             the
             precept
             (
             which
             is
             implyed
             )
             to
             walke
             in
             our
             wayes
             ,
             and
             forgetteth
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             the
             promise
             of
             helpe
             ,
             sauoureth
             of
             distrust
             in
             God.
             So
             that
             faith
             which
             taketh
             hold
             of
             the
             promise
             ,
             neglecting
             the
             precept
             ,
             sauoureth
             of
             presumption
             ,
             and
             therefore
             hauing
             no
             promise
             (
             with
             cōfortable
             assurance
             )
             cannot
             hope
             for
             preseruation
             .
             Againe
             ,
             though
             faith
             do
             equally
             respect
             both
             the
             promise
             &
             the
             precept
             ,
             yet
             sith
             all
             temporall
             blessings
             are
             promised
             ,
             not
             absolutely
             but
             conditionally
             ,
             so
             farre
             as
             the
             performance
             of
             them
             shall
             be
             to
             the
             glorie
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             good
             of
             the
             beléeuer
             ,
             as
             I
             wil
             proue
             if
             néed
             require
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             otherwise
             assured
             of
             preseruation
             ,
             then
             with
             respect
             to
             those
             conditions
             .
             If
             without
             such
             respect
             it
             be
             absolutely
             assured
             ,
             thē
             it
             is
             not
             faith
             ,
             but
             presumption
             .
             Except
             
             you
             will
             haue
             it
             to
             be
             a
             miraculous
             faith
             ,
             which
             taketh
             hold
             of
             the
             will
             of
             God
             instantly
             and
             by
             inspiration
             reueiled
             .
             But
             that
             faith
             liueth
             and
             dieth
             with
             miracles
             ,
             because
             (
             I
             say
             againe
             )
             it
             hath
             no
             promise
             .
             For
             howsoeuer
             saluation
             be
             absolutely
             promised
             to
             beléeuers
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             reuealed
             that
             the
             performance
             of
             that
             promise
             is
             for
             Gods
             most
             glory
             and
             the
             beléeuers
             best
             good
             ,
             and
             is
             therefore
             absolutely
             to
             be
             beléeued
             :
             yet
             because
             it
             is
             not
             reuealed
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             that
             then
             the
             performance
             of
             a
             temporall
             promise
             ,
             is
             for
             Gods
             most
             glory
             and
             the
             beléeuers
             best
             good
             :
             therefore
             a
             temporall
             promise
             ,
             is
             in
             the
             nature
             thereof
             ,
             conditional
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             to
             be
             beléued
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             do
             you
             not
             perceiue
             that
             the
             stronger
             faith
             is
             required
             ,
             
             the
             greater
             danger
             is
             supposed
             .
             But
             if
             the
             plague
             be
             not
             contagious
             ,
             what
             daunger
             is
             there
             ?
             if
             no
             daunger
             ,
             what
             néed
             of
             faith
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             need
             you
             should
             proue
             your
             conditions
             :
             for
             they
             stand
             with
             all
             reason
             ,
             
             sith
             God
             hath
             made
             all
             things
             for
             his
             owne
             sake
             ,
             and
             promiseth
             
             deliuerance
             for
             his
             glory
             sake
             ,
             
             and
             his
             promises
             pretend
             the
             good
             of
             his
             people
             .
             But
             yet
             it
             will
             not
             out
             of
             my
             mind
             ,
             but
             that
             godly
             men
             who
             die
             in
             this
             plague
             ,
             do
             therefore
             die
             because
             they
             faile
             in
             faith
             :
             I
             meane
             not
             touching
             their
             saluation
             ,
             but
             touching
             the
             particular
             promise
             of
             preseruation
             from
             the
             plague
             .
             Therefore
             I
             pray
             you
             for
             my
             better
             instruction
             ,
             shew
             me
             how
             by
             the
             death
             of
             godly
             men
             dying
             of
             the
             plague
             ,
             and
             beleeuing
             the
             promises
             both
             of
             eternall
             saluation
             and
             temporall
             preseruation
             ,
             God
             may
             haue
             glory
             and
             the
             deceased
             benefit
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             I
             graunt
             that
             a
             right
             godly
             man
             may
             faile
             ,
             as
             in
             obedience
             to
             the
             precept
             of
             kéeping
             his
             wayes
             ,
             by
             presumption
             :
             so
             in
             faith
             to
             the
             promise
             of
             preseruation
             ,
             by
             feare
             ,
             especially
             when
             he
             heareth
             nothing
             but
             crying
             of
             wiues
             and
             children
             ,
             mourning
             of
             husbands
             and
             parents
             ,
             sorrowing
             of
             friends
             and
             kinsfolke
             ,
             and
             withall
             séeth
             the
             plague
             wéekely
             to
             increase
             from
             tens
             to
             hundreds
             ,
             from
             hundreds
             to
             thousands
             ,
             and
             to
             draw
             nearer
             and
             nearer
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             that
             God
             in
             visiting
             him
             may
             
             iustly
             take
             hold
             of
             this
             feare
             :
             for
             
               Peter
            
             walked
             on
             the
             water
             for
             a
             while
             ,
             
             but
             when
             he
             saw
             a
             mightie
             wind
             ,
             he
             was
             afraid
             and
             began
             to
             sinke
             .
             But
             this
             position
             ,
             A
             godly
             man
             dying
             of
             the
             plague
             failed
             in
             faith
             ,
             touching
             promised
             preseruation
             ,
             I
             hold
             to
             be
             as
             vnsound
             as
             this
             :
             All
             godly
             men
             dying
             before
             their
             dayes
             be
             long
             ,
             failed
             in
             honouring
             their
             father
             and
             mother
             .
             But
             I
             will
             shew
             you
             in
             a
             word
             how
             the
             death
             of
             godly
             men
             dying
             of
             the
             plague
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             absolute
             faith
             of
             eternall
             saluation
             ,
             and
             conditionall
             faith
             of
             temporall
             preseruation
             ,
             may
             be
             to
             Gods
             glorie
             and
             the
             beléeuers
             good
             :
             for
             by
             the
             death
             of
             the
             faithfull
             ,
             God
             glorifieth
             his
             iustice
             and
             wisedome
             .
             His
             iustice
             amongst
             the
             wicked
             ,
             
             in
             giuing
             them
             cause
             to
             say
             ,
             If
             God
             spare
             not
             the
             gréene
             trée
             ,
             what
             will
             become
             fo
             the
             drie
             ?
             His
             wisedom
             amongst
             the
             godly
             ,
             least
             they
             should
             say
             ,
             For
             our
             righteousnesse
             we
             are
             deliuered
             .
             
             As
             for
             the
             good
             of
             the
             beléeuer
             ,
             I
             maruell
             that
             you
             should
             forget
             that
             which
             is
             so
             often
             taught
             in
             funerall
             sermons
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             wicked
             are
             reserued
             for
             a
             further
             mischiefe
             ,
             
             so
             the
             righteous
             is
             taken
             away
             from
             the
             euill
             to
             come
             :
             
             besides
             ,
             that
             he
             resteth
             in
             glorie
             from
             mo
             and
             greater
             labors
             ,
             then
             the
             wicked
             are
             commonly
             subiect
             vnto
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             God
             helpe
             vs
             ,
             for
             our
             owne
             conceiued
             errours
             will
             hardly
             out
             of
             our
             minds
             ,
             but
             we
             easily
             forget
             that
             which
             may
             reforme
             our
             iudgement
             .
             Well
             ,
             acknowledging
             that
             you
             haue
             fully
             answered
             my
             first
             argument
             ,
             I
             proceed
             to
             another
             ,
             grounded
             on
             the
             prouidence
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             this
             sort
             .
             If
             God
             shoote
             his
             arrowes
             at
             a
             certaine
             marke
             ,
             and
             not
             at
             randon
             ,
             if
             none
             die
             before
             his
             hower
             :
             and
             if
             those
             that
             are
             appointed
             to
             die
             ,
             shal
             dy
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             are
             appointed
             to
             perish
             by
             sword
             or
             famine
             ,
             shall
             so
             perish
             ,
             and
             none
             other
             ,
             
             as
             you
             proued
             euē
             now
             ;
             otherwise
             I
             had
             those
             proofes
             ready
             for
             this
             purpose
             :
             then
             if
             I
             go
             where
             the
             plague
             is
             a
             thousand
             times
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             die
             of
             the
             plague
             ,
             if
             God
             haue
             not
             appointed
             me
             to
             dy
             thereof
             :
             and
             if
             he
             haue
             ,
             I
             shall
             die
             thereof
             though
             I
             come
             not
             neare
             it
             by
             a
             thousand
             miles
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             How
             now
             neighbour
             ,
             stay
             
             you
             there
             ,
             shall
             we
             haue
             no
             conclusion
             ?
             All
             this
             is
             granted
             :
             but
             what
             infer
             you
             hereupon
             touching
             our
             question
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             Trust
             me
             sir
             you
             pose
             me
             now
             .
             I
             haue
             shot
             the
             bolt
             which
             many
             deeme
             to
             be
             a
             kill
             cow
             .
             But
             indeed
             I
             know
             not
             to
             what
             purpose
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Then
             may
             you
             sée
             what
             kind
             of
             reasoners
             heady
             people
             be
             :
             euen
             such
             as
             are
             blamed
             by
             God
             for
             darkning
             the
             counsell
             of
             God
             with
             words
             without
             knowledge
             .
             
             But
             to
             vse
             the
             words
             of
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             
             if
             God
             will
             ,
             I
             will
             know
             ,
             not
             the
             words
             of
             them
             that
             are
             puffed
             vp
             ,
             but
             the
             power
             .
             To
             bring
             this
             about
             ,
             vnderstand
             that
             vpon
             that
             ground
             of
             Gods
             prouidence
             ,
             you
             must
             of
             necessity
             frame
             one
             of
             these
             two
             arguments
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             reason
             to
             the
             purpose
             :
             None
             can
             die
             of
             the
             plague
             but
             such
             as
             are
             specially
             appointed
             thereunto
             ,
             therefore
             the
             plague
             is
             not
             contagious
             :
             or
             this
             :
             None
             can
             die
             ,
             &c.
             but
             such
             &c.
             therfore
             we
             may
             as
             boldly
             resort
             to
             them
             that
             are
             sicke
             of
             the
             plague
             ,
             as
             to
             those
             that
             are
             sicke
             of
             any
             other
             disease
             .
             Which
             of
             these
             cōclusions
             do
             you
             like
             better
             ?
             or
             do
             you
             like
             
             both
             ?
             or
             will
             you
             make
             some
             other
             that
             may
             serue
             your
             turne
             better
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             If
             neither
             of
             these
             will
             serue
             the
             turne
             ,
             I
             cannot
             imagine
             any
             other
             :
             for
             my
             dull
             wit
             could
             not
             so
             distinctly
             haue
             gathered
             these
             .
             I
             see
             that
             learning
             is
             a
             good
             help
             to
             iudgemēt
             :
             for
             the
             very
             framing
             of
             these
             in
             this
             seuerall
             sort
             (
             which
             I
             neuer
             heard
             before
             )
             maketh
             me
             stagger
             .
             For
             the
             former
             conclusion
             seemeth
             now
             to
             be
             absurd
             :
             for
             (
             as
             I
             now
             conceiue
             )
             by
             the
             same
             reason
             ,
             the
             bloudy
             sword
             in
             a
             furious
             battell
             ,
             and
             extreme
             famin
             amongst
             a
             multitude
             of
             miserable
             poore
             people
             ,
             may
             be
             concluded
             to
             be
             in
             their
             owne
             nature
             without
             daunger
             of
             death
             :
             for
             in
             the
             same
             chapter
             of
             
               Ieremy
            
             (
             now
             so
             much
             vrged
             )
             it
             is
             as
             well
             said
             ,
             
             
               Such
               as
               are
               for
               the
               sword
               to
               the
               sword
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               are
               for
               the
               famine
               to
               the
               famine
               ,
            
             as
             
               Such
               as
               are
               appointed
               to
               death
               vnto
               death
               .
            
             As
             for
             the
             second
             conclusion
             ,
             if
             the
             plague
             be
             contagious
             ,
             I
             see
             not
             how
             it
             holdeth
             good
             .
             But
             yet
             I
             pray
             you
             to
             say
             somewhat
             to
             it
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             the
             better
             satisfie
             my selfe
             and
             other
             ,
             as
             occasion
             shall
             serue
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Certaine
             Anabaptistes
             of
             
             
               Amsterdam
               ,
            
             crossing
             the
             seas
             vsually
             without
             any
             weapons
             ,
             were
             demanded
             why
             they
             did
             so
             ,
             considering
             the
             Dunkirkers
             were
             then
             abroade
             ?
             They
             answered
             ,
             If
             God
             haue
             determined
             that
             we
             shall
             fall
             into
             their
             hands
             ,
             we
             shall
             not
             escape
             though
             we
             had
             all
             the
             guns
             and
             weapons
             in
             the
             world
             :
             if
             God
             haue
             determined
             otherwise
             ,
             we
             shall
             escape
             though
             we
             haue
             no
             weapons
             ,
             nor
             any
             shew
             of
             defensiue
             prouision
             .
             Another
             being
             sicke
             of
             the
             plague
             ,
             and
             aduised
             to
             take
             some
             phisick
             ,
             denieth
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             vsing
             the
             same
             argument
             .
             What
             thinke
             you
             of
             these
             conclusions
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             onely
             setting
             downe
             of
             your
             former
             conclusions
             ,
             did
             make
             me
             stagger
             ,
             the
             laying
             of
             these
             by
             them
             (
             and
             that
             in
             so
             goodly
             proportion
             )
             must
             needs
             make
             me
             stumble
             :
             for
             now
             I
             see
             not
             ,
             but
             that
             we
             may
             as
             wel
             hold
             it
             vnnecessary
             to
             eate
             and
             drinke
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             for
             a
             yeare
             together
             ,
             if
             God
             haue
             determined
             that
             we
             shall
             liue
             so
             long
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             great
             difference
             in
             the
             cases
             propounded
             by
             me
             ,
             and
             that
             propounded
             by
             you
             .
             For
             it
             is
             impossible
             
             to
             liue
             a
             yeare
             without
             meate
             and
             drinke
             ,
             except
             God
             worke
             a
             miracle
             :
             but
             the
             Anabaptists
             might
             happely
             escape
             the
             Dunkirkers
             by
             not
             méeting
             with
             them
             :
             &
             there
             may
             be
             in
             a
             man
             ,
             though
             in
             outward
             appearance
             dangerously
             sicke
             of
             the
             plague
             ,
             yet
             some
             secret
             power
             of
             nature
             to
             preuaile
             against
             the
             disease
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             All
             this
             may
             be
             ;
             And
             yet
             because
             the
             Anabaptist
             ,
             and
             sicke
             man
             do
             not
             know
             that
             God
             hath
             determined
             such
             a
             misse
             ,
             and
             graunted
             such
             a
             power
             ,
             they
             both
             presume
             (
             in
             mine
             opinion
             )
             as
             well
             as
             he
             ,
             that
             refuseth
             meat
             and
             drinke
             :
             because
             they
             neglect
             lawfull
             meanes
             ,
             the
             one
             of
             defence
             ,
             the
             other
             of
             recouery
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Now
             haue
             you
             hit
             vpon
             the
             very
             point
             .
             For
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             onely
             wise
             ,
             hath
             in
             his
             counsell
             determined
             the
             meanes
             as
             well
             as
             the
             euent
             .
             Which
             appeareth
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             case
             of
             eternall
             saluation
             ,
             wherein
             we
             sée
             ,
             that
             God
             calleth
             all
             them
             to
             faith
             ,
             whom
             he
             *
             predestinated
             to
             life
             :
             and
             cōtrariwise
             ,
             he
             leaueth
             them
             in
             their
             reprobate
             minds
             ,
             whom
             he
             hath
             ordained
             to
             condemnation
             :
             
             so
             in
             cases
             of
             temporall
             deliuerances
             .
             For
             though
             God
             graunted
             
               Hezekiah
            
             recouery
             ,
             
             yet
             he
             prescribed
             a
             plaister
             for
             his
             sore
             .
             And
             though
             
               Paule
            
             was
             assured
             by
             an
             Angell
             ,
             
             that
             not
             one
             in
             ship
             with
             him
             should
             be
             lost
             :
             yet
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             vsed
             any
             other
             meanes
             of
             preseruation
             ,
             then
             God
             had
             determined
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             be
             safe
             .
             And
             howsoeuer
             Christ
             could
             not
             die
             before
             his
             houre
             (
             as
             hath
             bene
             sayd
             )
             yet
             his
             life
             was
             preserued
             till
             that
             houre
             by
             shunning
             danger
             .
             
             On
             the
             other
             side
             :
             as
             God
             had
             determined
             to
             giue
             
               Sihon
            
             &
             his
             land
             vnto
             the
             Israelites
             ,
             so
             he
             made
             his
             heart
             obstinate
             to
             refuse
             peace
             ,
             the
             onely
             meane
             of
             his
             preseruation
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             I
             perceiue
             your
             meaning
             ;
             namely
             ,
             from
             all
             these
             instances
             to
             conclude
             ,
             that
             as
             God
             hath
             determined
             to
             infect
             any
             with
             the
             plague
             vnto
             death
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             so
             hath
             he
             determined
             ,
             by
             what
             meanes
             they
             should
             be
             infected
             :
             I
             graunt
             all
             this
             .
             But
             do
             you
             thinke
             that
             taking
             infection
             one
             from
             another
             is
             the
             onely
             meane
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             No
             :
             For
             there
             must
             of
             necessity
             
             be
             (
             a
             First
             )
             that
             is
             infected
             ,
             &
             we
             sée
             the
             godly
             aswell
             as
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             not
             onely
             yong
             and
             poore
             folke
             ,
             but
             ancient
             and
             wealthy
             persons
             :
             yea
             ,
             such
             as
             dwell
             in
             a
             good
             aire
             ,
             and
             auoid
             infection
             with
             all
             care
             ,
             to
             haue
             the
             plague
             as
             well
             as
             other
             :
             for
             otherwise
             how
             were
             it
             a
             calamity
             ,
             or
             a
             iudgement
             ?
             And
             yet
             many
             of
             them
             (
             I
             doubt
             not
             )
             are
             infected
             by
             being
             in
             company
             of
             some
             other
             infected
             ,
             in
             person
             ,
             or
             garment
             ,
             though
             they
             do
             not
             perceiue
             it
             many
             dayes
             after
             ,
             for
             causes
             giuen
             before
             .
             
             But
             to
             answer
             your
             question
             more
             fully
             :
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             what
             I
             thinke
             further
             :
             To
             wit.
             As
             God
             himselfe
             bringeth
             some
             to
             their
             destruction
             ,
             by
             working
             vpon
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             spirituall
             corruption
             he
             findeth
             in
             their
             soules
             ,
             as
             
               Pharaoh
            
             and
             
               Sihon
               ,
            
             
             but
             many
             moe
             by
             outward
             meanes
             ,
             as
             our
             first
             parents
             and
             
               Rehoboam
               :
            
             so
             he
             himselfe
             infecteth
             some
             ,
             by
             turning
             the
             naturall
             or
             accidentall
             corruption
             he
             findeth
             in
             their
             bodies
             into
             the
             plague
             ,
             but
             (
             according
             to
             his
             prouidence
             )
             he
             visiteth
             many
             moe
             ,
             by
             the
             meane
             of
             taking
             infection
             
             one
             from
             another
             .
             But
             howsoeuer
             God
             striketh
             whom
             he
             will
             unmodiatly
             ,
             yet
             the
             Plague
             being
             contagious
             in
             it
             owne
             nature
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             denied
             ,
             but
             that
             one
             man
             may
             be
             infected
             by
             another
             ,
             except
             Gods
             prouidence
             be
             to
             the
             contrary
             ?
             Now
             because
             that
             cannot
             be
             knowne
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             euent
             ,
             therefore
             as
             the
             Anabaptist
             ,
             sicke
             and
             hungry
             men
             presume
             (
             in
             your
             opinion
             )
             when
             they
             neglect
             the
             meanes
             of
             their
             defence
             ,
             recouery
             and
             feeding
             :
             so
             he
             that
             doth
             not
             keepe
             himselfe
             from
             the
             daunger
             of
             infection
             ,
             except
             he
             haue
             a
             necessary
             calling
             ,
             doth
             by
             such
             neglecting
             his
             owne
             safety
             ,
             presume
             on
             Gods
             prouidence
             .
             For
             (
             to
             confirme
             you
             in
             your
             opinion
             )
             it
             is
             written
             :
             
             That
             secret
             things
             belong
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             reueiled
             things
             belong
             to
             vs.
             So
             that
             I
             may
             conclude
             ,
             that
             sith
             the
             prouidence
             of
             God
             touching
             life
             or
             death
             is
             secret
             before
             the
             euent
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             reuealed
             ,
             that
             the
             Plague
             is
             contagious
             :
             therefore
             it
             followeth
             ,
             that
             howsoeuer
             it
             be
             true
             that
             none
             can
             die
             of
             the
             Plague
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             are
             specially
             
             appointed
             thereunto
             ,
             yet
             there
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             that
             bold
             and
             free
             resort
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             are
             sicke
             of
             the
             plague
             ,
             as
             to
             those
             that
             are
             sicke
             of
             any
             other
             disease
             .
             To
             confirme
             this
             point
             further
             ,
             thus
             I
             argue
             :
             A
             wanton
             or
             vnnecessary
             putting
             of
             God
             to
             the
             manifestation
             of
             his
             power
             or
             speciall
             prouidence
             ,
             is
             a
             tempting
             of
             the
             Almighty
             :
             as
             may
             appeare
             by
             these
             places
             ,
             
               Psal
               .
               78.
               18.
               19.
               
               Esa
               .
               7.
               12.
               
               Math.
            
             4.
             6.
             7.
             
             But
             to
             runne
             into
             danger
             of
             the
             plague
             without
             necessary
             cause
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             ,
             who
             resort
             as
             boldly
             and
             fréely
             to
             them
             that
             are
             sicke
             of
             the
             plague
             ,
             as
             to
             those
             that
             are
             sicke
             of
             any
             other
             disease
             ,
             is
             wantonly
             and
             vnnecessarily
             to
             put
             God
             to
             manifest
             his
             power
             and
             speciall
             prouidence
             in
             preseruing
             them
             from
             the
             Plague
             :
             therefore
             to
             runne
             into
             danger
             of
             the
             plague
             without
             necessary
             cause
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             ,
             who
             resort
             as
             boldly
             ,
             &c.
             is
             a
             tempting
             of
             the
             Almighty
             .
             The
             assumption
             or
             second
             propositiō
             I
             proue
             by
             the
             fourth
             of
             
               Mathew
               ,
               verse
               ,
            
             6.
             7.
             where
             Satan
             would
             haue
             perswaded
             Christ
             to
             cast
             himselfe
             downe
             from
             a
             
             pinacle
             of
             the
             Temple
             ,
             vpon
             this
             presumption
             ,
             that
             the
             Angels
             had
             charge
             to
             preserue
             him
             ,
             being
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God.
             Where
             it
             is
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             Christ
             doth
             not
             take
             knowledge
             of
             Satan
             his
             abusing
             the
             Psalme
             91.
             by
             him
             alleaged
             ,
             in
             putting
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               At
               anie
               time
               ,
            
             for
             these
             ,
             
               In
               all
               thy
               wayes
               :
            
             but
             alledgeth
             another
             Scripture
             forbidding
             vs
             to
             tempt
             the
             Lord
             our
             God.
             Whereby
             it
             is
             euident
             ,
             that
             to
             presume
             vpon
             Gods
             protection
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             not
             in
             our
             wayes
             ,
             or
             to
             neglect
             meanes
             (
             as
             the
             staires
             of
             the
             pinacle
             were
             )
             is
             to
             tempt
             the
             Almighty
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             necessary
             cause
             :
             to
             runne
             into
             danger
             ,
             as
             Satan
             would
             haue
             had
             Christ
             to
             haue
             done
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             out
             of
             our
             wayes
             ,
             therefore
             to
             runne
             into
             danger
             of
             the
             plague
             ,
             without
             a
             necessary
             cause
             ,
             is
             to
             tempt
             the
             Almighty
             .
             Thus
             you
             sée
             ,
             that
             from
             the
             prouidence
             of
             God
             ,
             you
             cannot
             conclude
             ,
             that
             either
             the
             plague
             is
             not
             contagious
             ,
             or
             we
             néed
             not
             shunne
             it
             more
             than
             other
             diseases
             .
             Indéed
             vpon
             that
             ground
             ,
             he
             that
             hath
             a
             necessary
             
             cause
             of
             resort
             where
             the
             plague
             is
             ,
             may
             thus
             argue
             :
             It
             is
             the
             reuealed
             will
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             in
             my
             way
             ,
             and
             therefore
             haue
             a
             promise
             of
             preseruation
             ,
             if
             it
             shall
             be
             to
             Gods
             glory
             ,
             and
             my
             good
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             not
             reuealed
             ,
             that
             I
             shall
             be
             infected
             ,
             therefore
             I
             may
             procéed
             with
             hope
             and
             comfort
             .
             I
             say
             more
             from
             the
             prouidence
             of
             God
             manifested
             ,
             the
             beléeuer
             ought
             in
             euery
             affliction
             ,
             to
             conclude
             thus
             :
             Howsoeuer
             I
             vsed
             meanes
             as
             
               Dauid
            
             did
             to
             preuent
             this
             affliction
             ,
             
             yet
             perceiuing
             by
             the
             euent
             that
             God
             hath
             decréed
             it
             ,
             I
             will
             (
             by
             his
             grace
             )
             take
             it
             patiently
             as
             
               Dauid
            
             also
             did
             .
             Thus
             for
             your
             satisfaction
             I
             haue
             sayd
             that
             which
             I
             thinke
             sufficient
             to
             the
             second
             conclusion
             .
             But
             yet
             if
             you
             haue
             any
             thing
             to
             reply
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             argument
             to
             obiect
             against
             the
             infection
             of
             the
             Plague
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             haue
             you
             (
             in
             any
             case
             )
             to
             hold
             it
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             Prof.
             
          
           
             If
             I
             staggered
             and
             stumbled
             before
             ,
             how
             is
             it
             likely
             that
             I
             should
             be
             able
             to
             reencounter
             now
             in
             this
             skirmish
             ?
             I
             am
             therefore
             to
             seeke
             supply
             from
             another
             obiection
             ,
             which
             if
             you
             
             ouerthrow
             I
             must
             yeeld
             :
             for
             I
             remember
             no
             moe
             .
             But
             before
             I
             assault
             you
             with
             that
             ,
             perceiuing
             by
             your
             discourse
             ,
             that
             shunning
             the
             plague
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             preseruation
             ,
             as
             being
             within
             the
             danger
             thereof
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             infection
             ,
             I
             pray
             your
             iudgement
             touching
             flying
             into
             the
             country
             for
             feare
             of
             infectiō
             :
             which
             some
             iustifie
             ,
             
             by
             these
             words
             of
             
               Salomon
               :
               The
               prudent
               man
               seeth
               the
               Plague
               ,
               and
               hideth
               himselfe
               .
            
             Other
             say
             this
             place
             is
             misconstrued
             ,
             yea
             some
             preach
             against
             Flying
             into
             the
             countrey
             because
             of
             the
             plague
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             had
             sayd
             ,
             
               a
               cause
               ,
            
             in
             stead
             of
             ,
             
               the
               cause
               ,
            
             you
             had
             more
             rightly
             reported
             my
             mind
             :
             for
             I
             haue
             deliuered
             sundry
             causes
             or
             meanes
             of
             Infection
             and
             Preseruation
             .
             Amongst
             the
             rest
             ,
             I
             thinke
             ,
             going
             ,
             and
             abiding
             in
             the
             countrey
             ,
             to
             be
             an
             excellent
             meane
             (
             in
             it selfe
             )
             of
             preseruation
             .
             But
             that
             this
             meane
             may
             be
             sanctified
             to
             them
             that
             vse
             it
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             considered
             ,
             Who
             may
             take
             the
             benefit
             thereof
             ,
             and
             How
             it
             is
             to
             be
             vsed
             .
             I
             thinke
             that
             they
             whose
             residence
             is
             not
             necessary
             ,
             may
             take
             the
             benefit
             of
             going
             into
             the
             countrey
             ,
             
             as
             well
             as
             a
             man
             ,
             who
             hath
             a
             large
             house
             ,
             may
             remoue
             from
             one
             side
             infected
             ,
             to
             another
             not
             infected
             .
             But
             let
             vs
             further
             examine
             this
             point
             by
             considering
             those
             4.
             sorts
             of
             people
             whō
             you
             taxed
             for
             running
             away
             ,
             
             viz.
             Magistrates
             ,
             Ministers
             ,
             Phisitians
             ,
             and
             rich
             men
             .
             As
             for
             Magistrates
             and
             Ministers
             ,
             I
             thinke
             they
             should
             be
             resident
             :
             
             the
             one
             for
             reasons
             I
             gaue
             before
             :
             the
             other
             for
             reasons
             no
             lesse
             euident
             .
             For
             when
             will
             they
             offer
             to
             God
             the
             supplications
             of
             his
             people
             for
             helpe
             and
             health
             ,
             if
             not
             now
             ,
             when
             their
             miserie
             is
             so
             great
             ?
             When
             will
             they
             comfort
             the
             afflicted
             ,
             if
             not
             now
             ,
             when
             there
             be
             so
             many
             wofull
             husbands
             and
             wiues
             ,
             parents
             and
             children
             ,
             friends
             and
             kinsfolkes
             ?
             When
             will
             they
             preuaile
             against
             sinne
             with
             the
             word
             of
             exhortation
             ,
             if
             not
             now
             ,
             when
             men
             are
             humbled
             with
             the
             punishment
             of
             sinne
             ?
             And
             when
             will
             they
             do
             good
             by
             preparing
             men
             to
             patience
             ,
             and
             teaching
             them
             to
             make
             good
             vse
             of
             affliction
             ,
             if
             not
             now
             ,
             when
             (
             euery
             houre
             )
             they
             looke
             to
             come
             to
             the
             
             triall
             of
             their
             faith
             and
             wisedome
             in
             Christ
             Iesus
             ?
             I
             will
             say
             no
             more
             ,
             sith
             Christ
             hath
             sayd
             inough
             ,
             when
             he
             setteth
             it
             downe
             ,
             
             as
             a
             property
             of
             an
             hireling
             to
             leaue
             the
             shéepe
             when
             he
             séeth
             the
             Wolfe
             comming
             .
             As
             for
             Phisitions
             ,
             I
             onely
             propound
             this
             question
             :
             Whether
             they
             be
             bound
             in
             conscience
             to
             be
             resident
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             their
             profession
             ,
             and
             ability
             to
             do
             good
             ,
             or
             they
             may
             vse
             their
             liberty
             to
             shift
             for
             themselues
             ,
             &
             (
             as
             they
             thinke
             )
             for
             their
             liues
             ,
             in
             regard
             they
             are
             no
             publicke
             persons
             ,
             and
             liue
             (
             not
             by
             a
             common
             stipend
             ,
             but
             )
             by
             what
             they
             can
             get
             .
             But
             howsoeuer
             this
             question
             be
             answered
             ,
             I
             dare
             say
             thus
             much
             ,
             That
             a
             Phisition
             ,
             who
             may
             do
             much
             more
             good
             than
             a
             keeper
             ,
             hath
             as
             great
             interest
             in
             Gods
             promise
             and
             prouidence
             .
             There
             remaineth
             Rich
             men
             to
             be
             considered
             ,
             vnder
             which
             name
             I
             vnderstand
             also
             such
             as
             are
             able
             to
             prouide
             for
             themselues
             abroad
             .
             I
             thinke
             they
             may
             go
             and
             abide
             in
             the
             countrey
             ,
             sith
             the
             good
             they
             can
             do
             (
             as
             they
             be
             rich
             men
             )
             is
             to
             reléeue
             the
             sicke
             and
             néedy
             :
             which
             they
             may
             
             do
             well
             inough
             ,
             without
             their
             residence
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             so
             well
             minded
             .
             To
             which
             purpose
             I
             spake
             somewhat
             before
             .
             
             But
             though
             they
             may
             be
             non
             resident
             ,
             yet
             they
             must
             not
             vse
             their
             liberty
             ,
             
             as
             a
             cloake
             of
             their
             naughtines
             ,
             and
             therefore
             let
             them
             consider
             :
             how
             ,
             or
             with
             what
             cautions
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             vse
             that
             benefite
             .
             The
             cautions
             be
             two
             :
             One
             concerning
             Feare
             .
             The
             other
             concerning
             Loue.
             
             Their
             feare
             must
             be
             neither
             excessiue
             ,
             one
             argument
             whereof
             is
             ,
             their
             carelesnesse
             to
             prouide
             for
             their
             soules
             ,
             so
             they
             shift
             for
             their
             bodies
             ,
             nor
             too
             litle
             ,
             which
             appeareth
             when
             they
             forget
             miserable
             Ierusalem
             ,
             and
             giue
             themselues
             to
             pleasure
             .
             Out
             of
             their
             Loue
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             mourne
             with
             ,
             and
             pray
             for
             their
             distressed
             brethren
             ,
             
             as
             if
             they
             themselues
             were
             in
             their
             case
             :
             they
             are
             to
             be
             no
             lesse
             liberall
             in
             reléeuing
             their
             afflicted
             neighbours
             ,
             
             then
             they
             should
             be
             ,
             by
             order
             from
             authority
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             resident
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             to
             haue
             a
             speciall
             care
             ,
             that
             their
             seruants
             whom
             they
             leaue
             behind
             ,
             
             may
             be
             well
             
             gouerned
             while
             they
             be
             in
             health
             ,
             and
             well
             prouided
             for
             ,
             if
             they
             fall
             sicke
             .
             If
             they
             flie
             ,
             not
             respecting
             these
             ,
             or
             like
             cautions
             ,
             or
             good
             considerations
             ,
             Preachers
             (
             as
             you
             say
             )
             reproue
             them
             iustly
             .
             Otherwise
             I
             dare
             say
             they
             do
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             Prof.
             
          
           
             Indeed
             your
             cautions
             make
             me
             remember
             ,
             that
             they
             speake
             much
             what
             to
             that
             purpose
             .
             But
             Sir
             ,
             I
             cannot
             let
             you
             passe
             without
             saying
             somewhat
             to
             that
             place
             ,
             concerning
             Hiding
             our selues
             from
             the
             plague
             :
             and
             the
             rather
             because
             some
             excuse
             their
             not
             comming
             to
             Church
             thereby
             .
             Therefore
             I
             eftsoones
             craue
             your
             iudgemēt
             touching
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Will
             you
             let
             nothing
             passe
             ?
             Well
             .
             That
             I
             may
             incourage
             you
             to
             séeke
             resolution
             ,
             and
             not
             (
             as
             many
             do
             )
             build
             opinions
             vpon
             so
             vaine
             imaginations
             ,
             I
             am
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             willing
             to
             satisfy
             you
             as
             I
             may
             .
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             many
             abuse
             that
             place
             to
             iustifie
             their
             inordinate
             feare
             ,
             taking
             hold
             of
             the
             words
             
               Plague
            
             and
             
               Hide
               .
            
             Amongst
             other
             ,
             they
             who
             will
             not
             come
             to
             Church
             because
             of
             the
             Plague
             :
             of
             whom
             I
             would
             demaund
             these
             questions
             :
             Whether
             they
             
             thinke
             that
             because
             of
             the
             Plague
             ,
             the
             Lords
             day
             should
             ,
             by
             warrant
             of
             Gods
             word
             ,
             cease
             to
             be
             sanctified
             by
             an
             holy
             assembly
             ?
             If
             not
             ,
             but
             that
             rather
             speciall
             dayes
             of
             publike
             humiliation
             and
             prayer
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             ordained
             and
             kept
             ,
             during
             the
             visitation
             :
             then
             what
             dispensation
             haue
             they
             to
             be
             away
             from
             holy
             assemblies
             ,
             more
             then
             other
             ?
             Againe
             ,
             if
             the
             promise
             of
             protection
             belong
             to
             such
             ,
             as
             frequent
             holy
             assemblies
             in
             time
             of
             this
             visitation
             ,
             as
             to
             those
             that
             trust
             in
             God
             and
             walke
             in
             their
             wayes
             :
             and
             if
             God
             can
             strike
             them
             with
             the
             Plague
             ,
             as
             well
             tarying
             at
             home
             ,
             as
             comming
             to
             Church
             ,
             what
             griefe
             will
             it
             be
             to
             their
             conscience
             (
             if
             God
             do
             strike
             them
             )
             to
             consider
             that
             they
             haue
             failed
             in
             faith
             ,
             forsaken
             their
             wayes
             ,
             and
             are
             found
             in
             their
             sinne
             ?
             Touching
             the
             place
             ,
             whereunto
             you
             would
             haue
             me
             say
             somewhat
             ,
             thus
             I
             vnderstand
             it
             .
             The
             word
             
               Plague
            
             doth
             signifie
             a
             stripe
             ,
             or
             stroke
             ,
             and
             therefore
             not
             onely
             the
             Pestilence
             ,
             but
             euery
             punishment
             for
             sinne
             is
             meant
             thereby
             .
             
               Hiding
            
             is
             put
             for
             
               Preseruing
               ,
            
             
             as
             
               Ioash
            
             
             was
             ,
             by
             hiding
             preserued
             from
             murther
             .
             But
             it
             is
             to
             be
             considered
             ,
             from
             what
             a
             prudent
             man
             hideth
             or
             preserueth
             himselfe
             .
             In
             a
             Plague
             two
             things
             are
             to
             be
             auoided
             .
             The
             wrath
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             punishment
             it selfe
             .
             That
             men
             may
             take
             héed
             of
             inordinate
             feare
             ,
             let
             them
             know
             that
             a
             prudent
             man
             hideth
             not
             himselfe
             ,
             or
             obtaineth
             preseruation
             from
             the
             former
             ,
             otherwise
             then
             by
             Prayer
             and
             Fasting
             ,
             Faith
             and
             Repentance
             .
             For
             we
             cannot
             hide
             our selues
             from
             God
             ,
             
             who
             is
             infinite
             ,
             but
             by
             God
             himselfe
             .
             That
             is
             :
             as
             the
             woman
             appealed
             from
             King
             
               Philip
            
             sléeping
             ,
             to
             King
             
               Philip
            
             awakened
             ,
             so
             a
             prudent
             man
             hideth
             himselfe
             from
             Gods
             wrath
             ,
             vnder
             Gods
             mercy
             ,
             
             which
             is
             as
             great
             as
             himselfe
             .
             As
             we
             may
             learne
             by
             these
             sayings
             of
             
               Dauid
               :
               In
               the
               time
               of
               trouble
               the
               Lord
               shall
               hide
               me
               in
               his
               Tabernacle
               .
            
             
             And
             :
             
               How
               excellent
               is
               thy
               mercy
               ,
               ô
               God
               ,
               therefore
               the
               children
               of
               men
               trust
               vnder
               the
               shadow
               of
               thy
               wings
               .
            
             As
             the
             prudent
             man
             hideth
             himselfe
             from
             the
             punishment
             it selfe
             ,
             he
             vseth
             ,
             and
             may
             vse
             
             lawfull
             meanes
             ,
             temporall
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             spirituall
             .
             And
             therfore
             a
             prudent
             man
             may
             vse
             lawfull
             meanes
             of
             preseruation
             as
             well
             from
             the
             Pestilence
             ,
             as
             from
             other
             lesse
             Plagues
             ,
             or
             strokes
             of
             Gods
             anger
             :
             &
             by
             consequence
             ,
             if
             shunning
             infection
             be
             a
             mean
             to
             preserue
             ,
             as
             being
             within
             danger
             is
             a
             meane
             to
             infect
             ,
             then
             a
             prudent
             man
             may
             flie
             out
             of
             the
             City
             infected
             ,
             into
             the
             country
             not
             infected
             :
             prouided
             his
             residence
             be
             not
             necessary
             ,
             and
             he
             obserue
             cautions
             conuenient
             ,
             as
             I
             sayd
             before
             .
             
             This
             is
             mine
             opinion
             touching
             flying
             into
             the
             countrey
             for
             feare
             of
             Infection
             ,
             and
             that
             place
             concerning
             hiding
             our selues
             from
             the
             Plague
             .
             Now
             let
             me
             heare
             your
             last
             obiection
             ,
             if
             you
             remember
             no
             moe
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             I
             haue
             troubled
             you
             so
             long
             ,
             that
             I
             trow
             it
             is
             high
             time
             to
             come
             out
             with
             my
             last
             obiection
             ,
             and
             yet
             (
             I
             tell
             you
             )
             it
             is
             deemed
             none
             of
             the
             least
             :
             for
             it
             seemeth
             to
             be
             against
             all
             reason
             ,
             that
             the
             Plague
             should
             be
             infectiue
             ,
             seeing
             it
             is
             spoken
             of
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             so
             often
             ,
             and
             yet
             in
             no
             place
             is
             said
             to
             be
             infectiue
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Howsoeuer
             that
             séemeth
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             this
             is
             against
             all
             reason
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             Bible
             a
             booke
             of
             phisicke
             :
             or
             to
             conclude
             thus
             ,
             the
             Scriptures
             do
             not
             in
             any
             place
             say
             that
             the
             plague
             is
             infectiue
             ,
             therfore
             it
             is
             not
             infectiue
             .
             It
             may
             be
             as
             well
             concluded
             thus
             :
             the
             Scriptures
             do
             not
             in
             any
             place
             say
             that
             the
             French
             disease
             commeth
             by
             whoredom
             ,
             therefore
             it
             commeth
             not
             by
             whoredome
             ,
             and
             by
             consequence
             whoredom
             is
             not
             to
             be
             feared
             for
             that
             cause
             .
             I
             obserue
             with
             griefe
             the
             humour
             of
             most
             to
             be
             this
             ,
             if
             they
             haue
             a
             mind
             to
             any
             sinfull
             pleasure
             ,
             vnlawful
             profit
             ,
             or
             erronious
             opinion
             ,
             thē
             they
             stoutly
             demaund
             :
             What
             expresse
             Scripture
             haue
             you
             against
             it
             ?
             Contrariwise
             ,
             if
             they
             haue
             no
             mind
             to
             any
             holy
             duty
             ,
             then
             they
             must
             know
             where
             scripture
             doth
             expresly
             commaund
             it
             .
             But
             neighbor
             ,
             tel
             me
             ,
             do
             you
             not
             thinke
             that
             baptizing
             of
             infants
             is
             lawfull
             ,
             sith
             it
             may
             be
             iustified
             by
             sound
             conclusions
             from
             the
             word
             ,
             though
             in
             all
             the
             new
             Testament
             ,
             there
             is
             neither
             precept
             for
             ,
             nor
             example
             of
             baptizing
             infants
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Prof.
             
          
           
             No
             doubt
             of
             it
             .
             But
             can
             you
             proue
             
             the
             plague
             to
             be
             infectiue
             by
             conclusions
             ?
             If
             you
             can
             ,
             for
             Gods
             sake
             let
             me
             heare
             some
             ,
             &
             then
             I
             wil
             beleeue
             ,
             through
             Gods
             grace
             ,
             and
             informe
             others
             as
             wel
             as
             I
             can
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             What
             néed
             you
             be
             so
             earnest
             for
             proof
             out
             of
             the
             scripture
             ,
             sith
             I
             gaue
             you
             before
             an
             argument
             out
             of
             the
             91.
             
             
             
               Psalm
               ,
            
             which
             may
             be
             sufficient
             to
             proue
             a
             point
             ,
             wherein
             the
             scriptures
             séeme
             to
             be
             so
             silent
             .
             But
             that
             I
             may
             giue
             you
             contentment
             (
             if
             I
             can
             )
             at
             our
             parting
             ,
             I
             will
             shew
             you
             some
             other
             Scriptures
             which
             speake
             to
             this
             purpose
             .
             In
             the
             14.
             of
             
               Ezechiel
               ,
            
             verse
             21.
             
             God
             nameth
             foure
             principall
             iudgements
             appointed
             to
             destroy
             ,
             viz.
             the
             sword
             ,
             famine
             ,
             noisome
             beasts
             ,
             and
             pestilence
             :
             where
             note
             ,
             that
             (
             without
             question
             )
             thrée
             of
             them
             be
             fit
             means
             in
             their
             nature
             to
             destroy
             many
             :
             why
             not
             the
             pestilence
             ?
             Consider
             further
             ,
             that
             God
             doth
             not
             threaten
             to
             destroy
             by
             dogs
             ,
             buls
             or
             such
             like
             creatures
             ;
             but
             by
             noisom
             beasts
             ,
             such
             as
             should
             destroy
             not
             to
             satisfie
             hunger
             ,
             but
             to
             make
             hauocke
             :
             as
             may
             appeare
             by
             the
             destruction
             of
             thrée
             and
             forty
             children
             ,
             
             only
             by
             two
             Beares
             :
             so
             in
             that
             God
             doth
             not
             kill
             by
             
             the
             burning
             ague
             ,
             consumption
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             disease
             ,
             when
             he
             meaneth
             to
             destroy
             many
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             pestilence
             (
             which
             also
             is
             called
             Neisome
             in
             the
             91.
             
             Psalme
             ,
             verse
             .
             3.
             )
             it
             is
             to
             be
             gathered
             ,
             that
             the
             Pestilence
             is
             a
             destroyer
             by
             infection
             :
             and
             the
             rather
             ,
             because
             God
             saith
             in
             the
             26.
             of
             
               Leuiticus
               ,
            
             verse
             25.
             
             
               When
               ye
               are
               gathered
               in
               your
               cities
               to
               escape
               the
               sword
               ,
               I
               wil
               send
               the
               Pestilence
               amongest
               you
               .
            
             Why
             should
             the
             Pestilence
             be
             more
             noisome
             when
             people
             are
             thrust
             together
             ,
             then
             when
             they
             be
             seuered
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             is
             cōtagious
             ?
             Lastly
             ,
             in
             the
             24.
             of
             the
             Acts
             ,
             ver
             .
             5.
             
             
               Paul
            
             is
             called
             a
             Pestilent
             fellow
             ,
             or
             (
             according
             to
             the
             originall
             )
             Pestilence
             it selfe
             .
             And
             why
             ?
             Because
             as
             the
             Pestilence
             is
             contagious
             ,
             so
             was
             he
             accused
             to
             be
             by
             sedition
             and
             heresie
             .
             Doth
             it
             not
             now
             appeare
             vnto
             you
             by
             the
             scriptures
             ,
             that
             the
             plague
             is
             contagious
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Profess
             .
          
           
             It
             doth
             ,
             I
             confesse
             it
             freely
             ,
             and
             thanke
             God
             that
             I
             had
             the
             grace
             to
             come
             to
             you
             for
             resolution
             ,
             beseeching
             his
             heauenly
             Maiestie
             for
             Christ
             his
             sake
             ,
             not
             to
             charge
             me
             with
             that
             bloud
             wherof
             I
             may
             be
             guiltie
             ,
             by
             incouraging
             my selfe
             and
             
             other
             ,
             vnnecessarily
             to
             runne
             into
             danger
             ,
             in
             maintaining
             that
             bloudy
             errour
             ,
             as
             you
             rightly
             call
             the
             denying
             of
             the
             plagues
             infection
             :
             which
             error
             I
             wil
             neuer
             defend
             againe
             whiles
             I
             liue
             ,
             but
             will
             hereafter
             (
             by
             Gods
             grace
             )
             take
             heed
             ▪
             as
             well
             of
             headie
             presumption
             ,
             as
             inordinate
             feare
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             I
             also
             thanke
             God
             with
             you
             ,
             in
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             for
             this
             blessing
             of
             our
             conference
             :
             but
             neighbor
             ,
             I
             must
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             ,
             and
             charge
             you
             with
             your
             promise
             ,
             to
             informe
             others
             .
             For
             it
             may
             be
             that
             people
             ,
             howsoeuer
             (
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             they
             learne
             corrupt
             opinions
             one
             from
             another
             ,
             sooner
             then
             sound
             doctrine
             from
             the
             godly
             and
             learned
             Ministers
             ,
             yet
             they
             may
             conceiue
             this
             truth
             better
             by
             your
             familiar
             talking
             with
             them
             ,
             then
             by
             my
             maner
             of
             teaching
             .
             As
             children
             learne
             sooner
             to
             speake
             by
             pratling
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             then
             by
             hearing
             the
             discourses
             of
             their
             parents
             .
             Therefore
             as
             Christ
             said
             to
             
               Peter
               ,
               When
               thou
               art
               conuerted
               ,
               strengthen
               thy
               brethren
               :
            
             
             so
             I
             eftsoones
             require
             you
             ,
             that
             being
             reformed
             in
             iudgement
             your self
             ,
             you
             wil
             wisely
             and
             zealously
             indeuor
             to
             reform
             
             the
             iudgement
             of
             other
             in
             an
             error
             of
             so
             great
             danger
             .
             And
             withal
             I
             desire
             you
             ,
             that
             if
             you
             méet
             with
             any
             argument
             against
             the
             plagues
             infection
             ,
             or
             for
             vnrestrained
             repaire
             to
             the
             infected
             ,
             that
             is
             worth
             the
             answering
             ,
             let
             me
             know
             it
             ,
             and
             I
             promise
             you
             either
             humbly
             to
             yéeld
             to
             the
             truth
             ,
             or
             clearely
             to
             answer
             it
             when
             God
             shal
             be
             pleased
             that
             we
             méet
             againe
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             while
             let
             vs
             pray
             that
             God
             would
             sanctifie
             this
             grieuous
             visitation
             both
             to
             Prince
             and
             people
             ,
             that
             thereby
             the
             King
             (
             whom
             God
             preserue
             from
             all
             contagion
             both
             bodily
             and
             ghostly
             )
             séeing
             so
             many
             thousands
             of
             his
             people
             dying
             wéekely
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             his
             royall
             Citie
             ,
             and
             beginning
             of
             his
             raigne
             ,
             may
             be
             occasioned
             to
             take
             héede
             that
             he
             leaue
             not
             his
             first
             loue
             ,
             decline
             not
             from
             his
             professed
             sinceritie
             ,
             and
             be
             not
             drawne
             away
             from
             his
             owne
             stedfastnes
             ,
             but
             rather
             to
             vow
             reformation
             of
             whatsoeuer
             maybe
             found
             by
             diligent
             inquirie
             ,
             to
             be
             offensiue
             in
             the
             Church
             and
             common-wealth
             ,
             and
             that
             thereby
             the
             people
             may
             be
             stirred
             vp
             out
             of
             a
             true
             faith
             to
             séeke
             the
             Lord
             ,
             with
             contrition
             
             of
             hart
             ,
             confession
             of
             mouth
             ,
             and
             amendment
             of
             life
             ,
             that
             so
             he
             may
             be
             found
             in
             due
             time
             to
             heale
             the
             sores
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             and
             to
             restore
             health
             and
             wealth
             to
             Israel
             .
             All
             which
             God
             grant
             for
             Christ
             his
             sonnes
             sake
             ,
             in
             whom
             he
             hath
             professed
             himselfe
             to
             be
             well
             pleased
             ,
             
             as
             being
             the
             Mediatour
             of
             the
             new
             couenant
             ;
             whereby
             he
             bindeth
             himselfe
             not
             to
             take
             his
             mercies
             from
             vs
             ,
             
             though
             he
             chasten
             vs
             with
             the
             rods
             of
             men
             .
             To
             whom
             (
             for
             this
             time
             and
             euer
             )
             I
             commend
             you
             and
             all
             our
             neighbours
             .
             Farewell
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Faults
           escaped
           .
        
         
           PAg.
           2.
           lin
           .
           12.
           reade
           deceased
           for
           diseased
           .
           pag.
           16.
           lin
           .
           15
           reade
           resist
           for
           correct
           .
           pag.
           29.
           lin
           .
           12.
           reade
           our
           for
           their
           .
           pag.
           30.
           against
           line
           5.
           set
           in
           the
           margent
           Pag.
           23.
           pag.
           39.
           lin
           .
           24.
           reade
           stronger
           for
           straunger
           .
           pag.
           45.
           lin
           .
           10.
           reade
           vaine
           for
           name
           .
           pag.
           64.
           against
           lines
           11
           ,
           12
           ,
           13.
           set
           in
           the
           margent
           Pag.
           51.
           
           Math.
           2.
           13.
           
           Luke
           4.
           29.
           30.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A03264-e130
           
             Gal.
             4.
             18.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Pet.
             2.
             21
             
          
           
             Exod.
             17.
             11.
             12.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             78.
             34.
             35.
             36.
             37.
             57.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A03264-e570
           
             Iam.
             1.
             19.
             
          
           
             E●a
             .
             6.
             10.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Pet.
             2.
             12
             
          
           
             Ro.
             14.
             13.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Thes
             .
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             8.
             43.
             
          
           
             Act.
             17.
             19.
             20.
             32.
             11.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             7.
             51.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             44
             16.
             17.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             42
             56.
             
             &
             43.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             4●
             .
             23.
             1.
             
             Tim.
             2.
             2
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam.
             24.
             17.
             
             &
             19.
             9.
             
          
           
             Leuit.
             10.
             9
             10.
             
          
           
             Num.
             5.
             2.
             45.
             57.
             
          
           
             Leu.
             13
             45.
             57
             
             &
             14.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             23.
             12.
             13.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             7.
             12.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             19
             17.
             41.
             
             Heb.
             13.
             12.
             
          
           
             Leuit.
             13.
             45.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Chro.
             26.
             20.
             21.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             12.
             10.
             14.
             
          
           
             Ezec.
             34.
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             Act
             26.
             28.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             17.
             12.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             8.
             13
             
          
           
             Gen.
             4.
             10.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             51.
             14.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam.
             23.
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             5.9
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             25.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             28.
             16.
             
             &
             30.
             15.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             12
             :
             12
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Chro.
             26.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             41
             3.
             
          
           
             Ezec.
             11.
             16.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             5.
             4.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             29.
             13.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             10.
             23.
             24.
             
          
           
             Lev.
             13.
             51.
             
             &
             14.
             46.
             47
             
          
           
             Pro.
             18.
             14.
             
             &
             4.
             23.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             9.
             22.
             
             &
             13.
             58.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             10.
             24.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             12.
             13.
             
          
           
             Mar.
             4.
             40.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim.
             4.
             12.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             25.
             36
             ,
             43.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam
             18.
             3.
             
             &
             .
             21.
             17.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             8.
             21.
             22.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             1.
             17
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim.
             4.
             13.
             15.
             16.
             
             Luk.
             10.
             42
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             8.
             11
             
             Mat.
             28.
             18.
             19.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             12.
             5.
             8.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             2.
             16
             
             Act.
             6.
             1.
             2.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             Esa
             50.
             4.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             5.
             14.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             7.
             49.
             
             Ier.
             44.
             16.
             17.
             
          
           
             Mar.
             6.
             13.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             5.
             4.
             2.
             
             Chor.
             26.
             16.
             17.
             18.
             19.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim.
             5.
             17.
             
             Act.
             6.
             2.
             3.
             
             Rom.
             12.
             7.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ezec.
             34.
             2.
             4.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             91.
             10.
             11.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             17.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             38.
             6.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             25.
             44.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Kin.
             1.
             14.
             
             Deuter.
             22.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Iud.
             8.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             16.
             41.
             46.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             90.
             15.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam.
             23.
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             Amos.
             8.
             5.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             14.
             26.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             12.
             12.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             4.
             16
             
          
           
             Luk.
             21.
             14.
             
             &
             11.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ex.
             20.
             12.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             42.
             7.
             21.
             
          
           
             Leuit.
             15.
             24.
             
             &
             17.
             18
             15.
             
          
           
             Leuit.
             14.
             
             &
             15.
             
          
           
             Leuit.
             13.
             8
             51.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Tim.
             2.
             16.
             17.
             
          
           
             Leu.
             13.
             45.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             1.
             18
             ,
             19
             Act.
             18
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Ios
             .
             5.
             11.
             12
             
          
           
             Leu.
             15.
             5
             
             :
             7
             ,
             19
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             14.
             37
             46.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             14.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             24
             ,
             25
             ,
             26.
             27.
             
             Pag.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             &
             34.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             16.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             28.
             
          
           
             Iam
             2.
             26.
             
          
           
             Pal.
             91.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             20.
             15.
             
          
           
             Psa
             91.
             13.
             14
             
          
           
             Amos
             5.
             18.
             19.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             91.
             3
             ,
             7
             
          
           
             Pag.
             44.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             15.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             11.
             
             Rom.
             9.
             13
             15.
             
          
           
             Icr.
             15.
             2.
             
             Ioh.
             7.
             30.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             68.
             20.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             6.
             9.
             
          
           
             Luc.
             12.
             6.
             
             Mat.
             10.
             29
             
          
           
             Rom.
             12
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             45
             46
             
          
           
             Pag.
             36.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             2
             ,
             29.
             
          
           
             Luke
             22.
             31
             ,
             32.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             16
             4.
             
          
           
             Pal.
             50.
             15
             ,
             &
             34.
             10.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             14.
             29.
             30.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             23.
             31.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             9.
             4.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             57.
             1.
             
             Rcu
             .
             14.
             13.
             
             Luk.
             16.
             25.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             51.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             37.
             2.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             4.
             19.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             15.
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             Rom
             8.
             29.
             30.
             
             Act.
             13.
             48.
             
             Ioh.
             6.
             37.
             44.
             
             Math.
             13.
             11.
             15.
             
             Iude
             4.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Kin.
             20.
             5.
             7.
             
          
           
             Act.
             27.
             22.
             23.
             24.
             31.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             2.
             26.
             30.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             49.
             
          
           
             Exo.
             4.
             21.
             
             Deu.
             1.
             30.
             
             Gen.
             3.
             1.
             
             &c.
             2.
             
             Chro.
             10.
             14.
             15.
             
          
           
             Deu.
             29.
             29
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             12.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             22
             3.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             41.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             43.
             44.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             10.
             12.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             25.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             2.
             16.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             84.
             2.
             10.
             
             &
             137.
             5.
             6.
             
             Amos.
             6.
             6.
             
             Ro.
             12.
             15.
             
             Psal
             .
             137.
             1.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             13.
             3.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             8.
             7.
             8.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim.
             5.
             8.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Chro.
             22.
             11.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             139.
             7.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             Eccl.
             2.
             21.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             27.
             5.
             
             &
             36.
             7.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             73.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             46
             ▪
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Kin.
             2.
             24.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             22.
             32.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             17.
             5.
             
             Heb.
             12.
             24
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam.
             7.
             14
             ,
             15.