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           Heauen
           and
           Earth
           ,
           Religion
           and
           Policy
           ,
           OR
           ,
           The
           maine
           difference
           betweene
           Religion
           and
           Policy
           .
           Written
           by
           C.
           L.
           
        
         
         
           
             Printed
             by
          
           H.B.
           
             for
          
           Ieffrey
           Chorlton
           ,
           
             and
             are
             to
             be
             sold
             at
             his
             shop
             ,
             at
             the
             great
          
           North
           dore
           of
           Paules
           Church
           1608.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Contents
           of
           the
           Chapters
           .
        
         
           
             1
             Of
             Religion
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             1.
             
          
           
             2
             Of
             Policie
             .
          
           
             8.
             
          
        
         
           
             Of
             their
             diuers
             workings
             :
          
           
             3
             In
             respect
             of
             the
             Cath.
             Church
             .
          
           
             16.
             
          
           
             4
             Of
             the
             Clergie
             .
          
           
             32.
             
          
           
             5
             Of
             State.
             
          
           
             48
          
           
             6
             Of
             the
             Soueraigne
             of
             State.
             
          
           
             56
          
           
             7
             Of
             State
             Gouernours
             .
          
           
             66
          
           
             8
             Of
             Subordinate
             Gouernors
             .
          
           
             75
          
           
             9
             Of
             Honour
             ,
             Military
             ,
             Of
             Honour
             ,
             Courtly
             .
          
           
             86
          
           
             10
             Of
             prosperous
             Fortune
             .
          
           
             100.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           MOST
           REVEREND
           FATHER
           
             in
             God
             ,
          
           RICHARD
           ,
           
             by
             divine
          
           prouidence
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           Primate
           and
           Metropolitane
           of
           all
           England
           ,
           Chancellor
           of
           the
           vniuersity
           of
           Oxford
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           his
           Maiesties
           most
           honorable
           priuie
           Counsell
           .
        
         
           
             
               May
               it
               please
               your
               Grace
               :
            
             
               I
               Humbly
               present
               you
               this
               Tract
               of
               Religion
               and
               Policy
               ,
               wherin
               I
               acknowledge
               the
               disproportion
               betweene
               the
               matter
               and
               the
               manner
               I
               giue
               it
               .
               Yet
               because
               it
               is
               a
               seruice
               of
               duety
               ,
               it
               may
               therefore
               please
               your
               Grace
               to
               accept
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               reason
               of
               my
               vndertaking
               it
               ,
               is
               the
               duety
               of
               Christian
               conscience
               ,
               which
               bindeth
               every
               man
               to
               some
               profitable
               
               performance
               .
               And
               because
               God
               hath
               not
               yet
               beene
               pleased
               to
               giue
               me
               particular
               place
               of
               seruice
               ,
               wherein
               I
               might
               imploy
               his
               talent
               with
               more
               aduantage
               ,
               I
               (
               therefore
               )
               endeauour
               my selfe
               in
               such
               trauell
               wherein
               God
               may
               receiue
               his
               part
               of
               honour
               ,
               his
               seruants
               their
               parts
               of
               profit
               ,
               and
               my selfe
               the
               discharge
               of
               Christian
               duetie
               ,
               all
               which
               respects
               are
               the
               lawes
               &
               restrictions
               of
               euery
               lawfull
               worke
               .
            
             
               The
               reason
               of
               dedication
               is
               the
               reuerence
               your
               Grace
               doth
               merit
               from
               all
               them
               ,
               who
               professe
               learning
               .
               In
               which
               number
               ,
               though
               I
               be
               the
               meanest
               (
               in
               respect
               both
               of
               Nature
               and
               Fortune
               )
               yet
               beeing
               bound
               with
               others
               ,
               I
               (
               like
               them
               )
               both
               declare
               and
               direct
               my selfe
               to
               your
               Grace
               in
               my
               labours
               of
               best
               performance
               .
            
             
               Againe
               ,
               the
               fitnes
               of
               your
               place
               with
               this
               argument
               ,
               doth
               challenge
               the
               dedication
               ,
               because
               the
               execution
               of
               your
               high
               calling
               ,
               is
               a
               continuall
               exercise
               of
               
               Religion
               and
               Religious
               Policy
               ;
               the
               weapons
               and
               prouident
               armour
               whereby
               both
               Church
               and
               State
               are
               secured
               from
               vngodly
               practise
               :
               the
               which
               (
               as
               your
               Grace
               best
               knoweth
               )
               hath
               bin
               that
               murthering
               gun-shot
               bent
               against
               the
               truth
               of
               Religion
               ,
               and
               the
               peace
               of
               Christian
               States
               .
            
             
               For
               these
               respects
               I
               haue
               both
               writ
               ,
               and
               giuen
               this
               trauell
               to
               your
               Grace
               ,
               humbly
               acknowledging
               my
               duety
               ,
               and
               the
               meanenesse
               of
               my
               deseruing
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Your
                   Graces
                   In
                   all
                   duty
                   and
                   humble
                   seruice
                   ,
                
                 Christopher
                 Leuer
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           the
           common
           custome
           to
           intreate
           fauour
           from
           courteous
           Readers
           :
           the
           custome
           is
           not
           good
           ,
           and
           therfore
           I
           vse
           it
           not
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           matter
           merit
           ,
           or
           the
           men
           bee
           courteous
           ,
           the
           sute
           of
           fauour
           will
           bee
           easily
           granted
           ;
           if
           otherwise
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           a
           needelesse
           shame
           to
           beg
           a
           commendation
           where
           it
           is
           not
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           (
           willingly
           )
           leaue
           to
           euery
           man
           the
           liberty
           of
           his
           iudgement
           ,
           and
           expose
           this
           Tract
           to
           general
           censure
           .
        
         
           
             Faults
             escaped
             are
             corrected
             in
             the
             last
             Page
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Heauen
           and
           Earth
           ,
           Religion
           and
           Policy
           .
           OR
           The
           maine
           difference
           betweene
           Religion
           and
           Policie
           ,
        
         
           
             OF
             The
             vndiuided
             Nature
             of
             Religion
             .
             CHAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             THE
             best
             Policie
             is
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             Religion
             is
             not
             politique
             ,
             but
             simple
             ,
             pure
             ,
             &
             without
             duplicitie
             .
             For
             as
             the
             vniting
             of
             many
             persons
             in
             one
             Diuinitie
             ,
             is
             the
             highest
             vnderstanding
             
             of
             Gods
             Nature
             :
             so
             in
             the
             seruice
             of
             God
             (
             Religion
             )
             vnitie
             is
             the
             best
             demonstration
             of
             the
             truth
             thereof
             .
             There
             is
             but
             one
             way
             to
             heauen
             ,
             be-because
             but
             one
             Christ
             in
             heauen
             ,
             by
             whom
             (
             and
             by
             whom
             onely
             )
             there
             is
             happie
             passage
             .
             This
             holy
             trauaile
             is
             called
             Religion
             ,
             in
             whose
             practise
             the
             choice
             of
             Gods
             creatures
             exercise
             their
             gifts
             of
             grace
             ,
             the
             induments
             of
             Gods
             sacred
             spirit
             .
          
           
             2
             Religion
             then
             is
             the
             holy
             exercise
             of
             Gods
             sacred
             worship
             ,
             whose
             precise
             forme
             is
             appointed
             by
             God
             in
             the
             witnesse
             of
             holy
             Scripture
             .
             It
             is
             an
             exercise
             for
             the
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             for
             continuall
             practise
             .
             It
             is
             holy
             ,
             because
             God
             is
             the
             obiect
             :
             the
             forme
             is
             precise
             ,
             for
             the
             singularitie
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             iudged
             by
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             the
             best
             ,
             and
             the
             onely
             witnesses
             of
             the
             will
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             3
             As
             God
             is
             ,
             so
             is
             Religion
             ,
             one
             ,
             and
             but
             one
             .
             For
             as
             pluralitie
             of
             
             Gods
             ,
             so
             pluralitie
             of
             Religions
             is
             Idolatrie
             .
             For
             God
             being
             aboue
             all
             in
             euerie
             sense
             of
             dignitie
             ,
             will
             haue
             his
             seruice
             speciall
             ,
             and
             peculiar
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             by
             himselfe
             appointed
             ,
             and
             distinguished
             from
             all
             other
             orders
             of
             seruice
             .
          
           
             4
             The
             diuers
             names
             of
             Religions
             ,
             are
             but
             names
             ,
             and
             not
             Religions
             :
             as
             the
             diuers
             names
             of
             Gods
             were
             not
             Gods
             but
             Idols
             .
             And
             this
             is
             worthie
             of
             note
             ,
             that
             these
             fabulous
             gods
             of
             the
             heathen
             were
             all
             of
             them
             (
             in
             their
             kinde
             )
             seruants
             to
             the
             most
             supreme
             God
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Iehouah
             .
             The
             Planets
             in
             their
             Spheres
             ,
             the
             Elements
             in
             their
             Nature
             ,
             and
             all
             heauenly
             and
             earthly
             powers
             were
             seruants
             to
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
             moouing
             at
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             motion
             &
             influence
             ,
             did
             faithfully
             execute
             their
             offices
             wherunto
             they
             were
             assigned
             .
          
           
             5
             For
             there
             is
             a
             sense
             of
             Religion
             
             in
             the
             Nature
             of
             all
             creatures
             ;
             who
             (
             though
             they
             want
             instructions
             )
             wil
             by
             their
             naturall
             instinct
             apprehend
             the
             generall
             vnderstanding
             of
             a
             God
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             their
             discretions
             ,
             frame
             such
             seruice
             and
             ceremonies
             ,
             as
             may
             please
             that
             supposed
             Deitie
             .
             And
             from
             hence
             doth
             arise
             the
             number
             of
             fabulous
             superstitions
             and
             strange
             Religions
             ,
             from
             the
             blind
             and
             vnlearned
             deuotion
             of
             men
             meerely
             naturall
             :
             who
             being
             taught
             by
             the
             wisdome
             of
             Nature
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             God
             ;
             would
             by
             a
             consequence
             of
             Reason
             conclude
             there
             must
             be
             a
             Religion
             ,
             a
             seruing
             of
             that
             God
             :
             which
             they
             not
             vnderstanding
             nor
             able
             to
             comprehend
             without
             diuiue
             teaching
             ,
             erred
             in
             their
             blind
             constructions
             ,
             and
             so
             beleeued
             and
             taught
             that
             for
             religion
             ,
             which
             was
             most
             irreligious
             and
             vngodly
             .
          
           
             6
             Of
             all
             the
             creatures
             of
             God
             only
             man
             hath
             failed
             in
             the
             knowledge
             
             of
             this
             high
             mysterie
             ,
             who
             though
             his
             soule
             be
             of
             a
             substance
             most
             diuine
             ,
             and
             his
             vnderstanding
             more
             apprehensiue
             then
             many
             the
             rest
             of
             Gods
             creatures
             :
             yet
             he
             (
             and
             not
             they
             )
             hath
             failed
             in
             this
             weightie
             performance
             ;
             and
             they
             (
             and
             not
             he
             )
             haue
             obserued
             the
             law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             which
             to
             them
             is
             the
             law
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             exercise
             of
             their
             Religion
             .
             The
             heauens
             cast
             their
             influence
             vpon
             earth
             ,
             for
             the
             generation
             of
             all
             creatures
             :
             the
             Elements
             performe
             their
             assigned
             offices
             ,
             who
             ,
             though
             they
             haue
             disagreeing
             Natures
             (
             the
             hot
             and
             cold
             ,
             the
             moist
             and
             drie
             ,
             interchangeably
             fighting
             )
             yet
             (
             in
             this
             seruice
             of
             their
             God
             )
             they
             conspire
             and
             friendly
             conioyne
             ,
             and
             giue
             both
             their
             natures
             and
             substances
             to
             continue
             in
             the
             world
             a
             succession
             of
             liuing
             creatures
             .
             In
             like
             maner
             the
             rest
             of
             Gods
             creatures
             ,
             euerie
             thing
             in
             his
             order
             and
             Nature
             ,
             performing
             
             the
             will
             of
             God
             who
             made
             them
             .
          
           
             7
             The
             learning
             of
             Nature
             then
             can
             teach
             vs
             the
             necessitie
             ,
             (
             and
             the
             vndiuided
             Nature
             )
             of
             Religion
             :
             For
             the
             naturall
             creatures
             denie
             all
             diuersitie
             in
             the
             order
             of
             holy
             Religion
             .
             For
             in
             all
             the
             Creatures
             of
             God
             (
             saue
             man
             )
             their
             Nature
             is
             their
             Religion
             ,
             against
             which
             they
             are
             not
             moued
             but
             by
             violence
             .
          
           
             8
             Againe
             ,
             vniformitie
             in
             the
             order
             of
             Religion
             ,
             is
             confirmed
             by
             the
             sentence
             of
             euerie
             mans
             iudgement
             .
             For
             though
             the
             world
             be
             at
             this
             day
             (
             and
             euer
             was
             )
             diuided
             into
             infinite
             number
             of
             opinions
             ,
             euerie
             time
             ,
             and
             euerie
             place
             of
             men
             differing
             in
             their
             opinions
             of
             Religion
             :
             yet
             neuer
             any
             would
             defend
             pluralitie
             of
             Religions
             :
             euery
             man
             damning
             all
             diuersitie
             to
             that
             he
             himselfe
             maintained
             .
          
           
             9
             And
             therefore
             it
             is
             both
             the
             
             iudgement
             of
             Nature
             ,
             of
             Sense
             ,
             and
             of
             Diuinitie
             ,
             that
             the
             true
             ,
             ancient
             ,
             and
             Catholique
             Religion
             ,
             is
             of
             the
             same
             nature
             with
             God
             ,
             one
             ,
             most
             absolute
             and
             sufficient
             ,
             which
             needeth
             no
             second
             ,
             neither
             can
             admit
             pluralitie
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Of
             the
             diuers
             natures
             of
             Policy
             .
             CHAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             THE
             generall
             name
             of
             Policie
             (
             like
             the
             double
             face
             of
             
               Ianus
            
             )
             respecteth
             two
             seueral
             obiects
             ;
             the
             better
             hath
             regardful
             eie
             to
             honesty
             ,
             and
             lawfull
             warrant
             onely
             ,
             the
             other
             beholdeth
             all
             things
             with
             indifferent
             eie
             ,
             not
             respecting
             lawfulnes
             ,
             but
             conueniency
             in
             euery
             practise
             .
             The
             better
             is
             the
             care
             of
             good
             men
             ,
             the
             worse
             the
             care
             of
             euill
             men
             ;
             the
             one
             doth
             
             merite
             no
             allowance
             ,
             the
             other
             the
             best
             allowance
             of
             our
             fauours
             ;
             the
             one
             deserueth
             to
             bee
             damned
             ,
             as
             a
             violence
             to
             the
             order
             of
             good
             gouernement
             :
             the
             other
             to
             bee
             esteemed
             lawful
             and
             most
             conuenient
             in
             a
             Christian
             state
             ,
             being
             a
             most
             godly
             prouidence
             ,
             and
             a
             strength
             without
             which
             no
             State
             can
             stande
             in
             the
             flourish
             of
             prosperous
             fortune
             .
          
           
             2
             For
             a
             Christian
             common
             weale
             (
             and
             a
             Christian
             Church
             also
             )
             hath
             often
             times
             very
             needfull
             vse
             of
             Policie
             :
             the
             which
             may
             most
             lawfully
             be
             vsed
             ,
             the
             Policie
             being
             lawfull
             and
             proportionable
             to
             the
             rules
             of
             Religion
             .
          
           
             For
             Religion
             is
             like
             the
             Sunne
             in
             the
             firmament
             ,
             from
             which
             all
             liuing
             creatures
             receiue
             light
             &
             heat
             ;
             and
             Policy
             may
             bee
             compared
             to
             the
             Starres
             ,
             whose
             borowed
             lights
             serue
             the
             necessities
             of
             men
             in
             many
             weighty
             occasions
             .
             And
             as
             (
             at
             night
             )
             
             the
             Sunne
             doth
             leaue
             vs
             to
             the
             direction
             of
             the
             Starres
             :
             so
             according
             to
             the
             necessitie
             of
             time
             ,
             wee
             ought
             to
             resort
             to
             the
             Policy
             and
             directions
             of
             wise
             men
             ;
             especially
             then
             when
             our
             directors
             (
             like
             the
             Starres
             )
             order
             vs
             not
             by
             their
             owne
             light
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             by
             their
             owne
             wisedomes
             ,
             but
             after
             the
             square
             of
             holy
             Religion
             ;
             the
             which
             like
             the
             Sun
             is
             the
             bodie
             and
             store-house
             of
             all
             light
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             of
             all
             truth
             and
             lawfulnesse
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             not
             the
             common
             vnderstanding
             of
             Policy
             ,
             which
             is
             euer
             taken
             in
             the
             euill
             and
             worse
             sense
             :
             whereby
             the
             name
             of
             lawfull
             Policie
             doth
             often
             times
             receiue
             much
             iniury
             .
             For
             the
             euill
             shiftings
             of
             leaud
             men
             are
             called
             Policy
             ,
             not
             that
             they
             are
             so
             ;
             but
             because
             their
             euil
             instruments
             are
             commonly
             men
             very
             cautulous
             ,
             of
             deepe
             apprehension
             and
             great
             spirit
             .
          
           
           
             For
             spirit
             ,
             and
             the
             gifts
             of
             Nature
             ,
             (
             in
             any
             one
             not
             gratious
             )
             cannot
             be
             withheld
             from
             most
             dangerous
             and
             high
             attempting
             ,
             :
             their
             spirits
             make
             them
             bolde
             ,
             and
             their
             prompt
             vnderstandings
             able
             to
             trauell
             with
             dangerous
             fortune
             in
             the
             affaires
             of
             highest
             state
             .
          
           
             4
             The
             abuse
             then
             of
             euill
             men
             ,
             maketh
             that
             haue
             euil
             name
             ,
             whose
             Nature
             is
             not
             euill
             .
             For
             the
             prouidence
             of
             God
             is
             a
             most
             diuine
             Policie
             ,
             and
             the
             cares
             of
             holy
             and
             good
             men
             ,
             are
             likewise
             politique
             preuentions
             :
             whereby
             they
             both
             lawfvlly
             and
             to
             good
             purpose
             exercise
             their
             wisdomes
             ,
             euer
             obseruing
             that
             their
             meanes
             and
             end
             where
             to
             the
             worke
             be
             honest
             and
             allowable
             .
             Against
             this
             policie
             I
             except
             not
             ,
             but
             commend
             it
             rather
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             necessarie
             prouidence
             in
             the
             best
             and
             wisest
             sort
             of
             people
             .
          
           
             5
             But
             from
             this
             I
             must
             distinguish
             
             that
             common
             exposition
             of
             Policie
             ,
             vngracious
             and
             dishonest
             contriuements
             ,
             wherein
             the
             great
             polititians
             of
             the
             world
             haue
             proceeded
             so
             farre
             ,
             and
             with
             such
             varietie
             of
             precept
             and
             example
             ,
             as
             would
             require
             more
             time
             then
             a
             mans
             life
             to
             vnderstand
             them
             .
             In
             which
             sense
             the
             whole
             world
             (
             almost
             )
             is
             become
             politique
             ,
             some
             of
             euerie
             place
             ,
             and
             of
             euerie
             qualitie
             ,
             coueting
             to
             be
             thought
             iudicious
             ,
             and
             of
             more
             then
             common
             knowledge
             in
             this
             secret
             and
             forbidden
             Art
             ;
             wherein
             it
             were
             much
             better
             to
             be
             ignorant
             :
             insomuch
             as
             both
             the
             base
             &
             the
             ambitious
             Spirit
             ,
             trauell
             alike
             to
             be
             learned
             in
             this
             kinde
             of
             policie
             .
             And
             in
             the
             meanest
             and
             most
             vnworthy
             trades
             ,
             there
             are
             many
             principles
             of
             this
             secret
             Arte
             ,
             whereby
             the
             base
             professors
             (
             many
             times
             )
             raise
             themselues
             ,
             and
             fortunes
             to
             a
             wonderfull
             degree
             of
             estimation
             .
             
             And
             this
             their
             speedie
             rising
             cannot
             be
             by
             honest
             and
             allowable
             meanes
             ;
             therefore
             by
             this
             Art
             of
             Policie
             ,
             which
             howsoeuer
             they
             would
             craftily
             excuse
             as
             the
             lawfull
             secret
             of
             their
             trades
             (
             by
             themselues
             called
             crafts
             )
             yet
             is
             that
             but
             a
             craftie
             cosening
             of
             their
             consciences
             ,
             and
             a
             politique
             inriching
             of
             their
             crafts
             .
          
           
             6
             And
             this
             is
             that
             vnlawfull
             Policy
             which
             in
             this
             place
             I
             vnderstand
             :
             when
             the
             subtill
             wits
             of
             craftie
             men
             contriue
             their
             subtilties
             ,
             for
             the
             better
             compassing
             of
             their
             vnlawfull
             purposes
             ,
             or
             when
             men
             pursue
             lawfull
             ends
             by
             vnlawfull
             &
             dishonest
             meanes
             .
             And
             this
             in
             men
             of
             great
             place
             ,
             &
             hie
             attempting
             is
             called
             Policy
             .
             In
             the
             baser
             sort
             ,
             cosenage
             or
             craft
             ,
             the
             diuers
             subiects
             giuing
             diuers
             names
             to
             that
             which
             is
             of
             one
             Nature
             ,
             wheresoeuer
             it
             be
             ;
             &
             that
             is
             sinne
             ,
             wickednes
             ,
             and
             villany
             .
          
           
             7
             It
             is
             therefore
             the
             circumstance
             
             in
             Policle
             ,
             that
             maketh
             the
             maine
             difference
             in
             the
             Natures
             thereof
             .
             Policie
             being
             iudged
             good
             ,
             or
             bad
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             working
             meanes
             ,
             and
             not
             according
             to
             euent
             and
             prosperous
             fortune
             ,
             an
             opinion
             (
             not
             of
             Religious
             ,
             but
             )
             of
             damned
             Policie
             :
             For
             it
             is
             not
             possible
             that
             a
             good
             cause
             should
             produce
             a
             bad
             effect
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             possible
             and
             very
             common
             ,
             that
             euill
             meanes
             doe
             often
             reach
             their
             desired
             ends
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             iudgement
             of
             prophane
             Policie
             is
             commendable
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             wisedome
             of
             Religion
             ,
             it
             is
             damnable
             and
             most
             vniustifiable
             .
          
           
             8
             Thus
             then
             I
             diuide
             this
             name
             of
             Policie
             ,
             into
             these
             disagreeing
             Natures
             .
             Holy
             ,
             and
             Prophane
             .
             Holy
             Policie
             ,
             is
             that
             which
             is
             iustifiable
             by
             the
             law
             of
             God
             :
             Prophane
             is
             that
             which
             respecteth
             neither
             Religion
             ,
             nor
             honestie
             ;
             but
             imbraceth
             the
             most
             base
             meane
             ,
             if
             it
             may
             aduantage
             
             the
             desired
             end
             .
             The
             better
             policie
             is
             a
             seruant
             ,
             the
             worse
             is
             an
             enemie
             to
             the
             state
             of
             holy
             Religion
             .
             The
             one
             doth
             make
             Religion
             the
             leuell
             of
             all
             that
             purpose
             whereto
             it
             aymeth
             ,
             the
             other
             maketh
             it
             a
             colourable
             meanes
             to
             reach
             other
             ends
             lesse
             godly
             .
             And
             these
             two
             arein
             continuall
             faction
             ,
             the
             one
             offending
             ,
             the
             other
             defending
             the
             state
             of
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Of
             the
             contrary
             workings
             of
             Religion
             and
             Policy
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             .
             CHAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             IT
             is
             most
             true
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             excellencie
             on
             earth
             ,
             which
             doth
             not
             suffer
             wrong
             by
             the
             enuie
             of
             euill
             .
             For
             though
             vertue
             cannot
             be
             suppressed
             by
             the
             opposition
             of
             vice
             ,
             yet
             is
             it
             manie
             times
             much
             obscured
             by
             so
             bad
             a
             
             neighbourhood
             :
             and
             like
             the
             Sun
             in
             his
             eclipse
             withheld
             from
             glorious
             appearing
             .
             And
             this
             is
             naturall
             in
             the
             natures
             of
             all
             euill
             things
             ,
             to
             maligne
             the
             prosperitie
             of
             goodnesse
             in
             what
             speciall
             subiect
             soeuer
             it
             be
             .
             This
             may
             be
             also
             a
             speciall
             obseruation
             from
             the
             Nature
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             that
             whatsoeuer
             is
             vertuous
             ,
             is
             directed
             by
             rules
             ,
             and
             by
             lawfull
             directions
             :
             and
             whatsoeuer
             is
             vicious
             is
             not
             thus
             directed
             ,
             but
             helpeth
             it selfe
             by
             the
             cunning
             workings
             of
             Policie
             ,
             and
             bad
             practise
             .
          
           
             2
             For
             God
             (
             in
             the
             first
             creation
             )
             made
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             infinite
             varietie
             of
             his
             creatures
             like
             a
             consort
             of
             so
             many
             conspiring
             parts
             :
             yet
             hath
             the
             curse
             of
             sinne
             interrupted
             that
             vniuersall
             harmonie
             ,
             whereby
             the
             world
             is
             now
             in
             disagreeing
             parts
             and
             discord
             .
          
           
             3
             For
             before
             that
             sinne
             made
             this
             alteration
             in
             the
             state
             of
             things
             ,
             
             there
             was
             no
             opposition
             but
             all
             things
             conspired
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
             with
             generall
             consent
             and
             acclamation
             :
             and
             then
             vertue
             was
             not
             bounded
             betweene
             two
             extremities
             ,
             neither
             had
             good
             any
             opposition
             of
             euill
             ,
             there
             being
             neither
             vice
             ,
             nor
             euill
             in
             the
             frame
             of
             Gods
             creation
             .
             But
             with
             sinne
             hath
             this
             opposition
             entred
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             time
             ,
             and
             not
             before
             ,
             it
             shal
             be
             ended
             .
          
           
             4
             From
             this
             first
             cause
             is
             deriued
             the
             wicked
             trade
             of
             euill
             Policie
             ,
             wherein
             many
             men
             exercise
             their
             best
             :
             and
             most
             forcible
             indeuours
             with
             such
             appetite
             and
             pleasure
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             practise
             were
             honest
             ,
             holy
             ,
             and
             meritorious
             .
             Neither
             doe
             these
             men
             trauel
             lesse
             in
             these
             vanities
             then
             the
             most
             painfull
             in
             their
             exercise
             of
             holinesse
             and
             Religion
             ;
             yet
             with
             much
             vnequall
             successe
             ,
             and
             with
             much
             diuers
             workings
             .
          
           
             The
             maine
             difference
             is
             in
             their
             
             ends
             ,
             whereto
             they
             direct
             their
             labours
             ▪
             Religion
             respecteth
             Heauen
             ,
             Policie
             the
             Earth
             .
             There
             is
             great
             difference
             also
             in
             their
             meanes
             by
             which
             they
             worke
             ,
             and
             compasse
             their
             ends
             :
             the
             one
             being
             tied
             to
             a
             necessitie
             of
             iustnesse
             ;
             the
             other
             not
             limited
             by
             any
             law
             ,
             taketh
             libertie
             vpon
             all
             occasions
             .
             And
             to
             one
             of
             these
             two
             doe
             all
             the
             vnderstanding
             men
             in
             the
             world
             apply
             themselues
             ,
             either
             to
             Religion
             ,
             or
             to
             Policie
             ,
             either
             to
             be
             good
             ,
             or
             to
             bee
             great
             ,
             in
             the
             little
             number
             of
             their
             dayes
             here
             on
             earth
             .
          
           
             5
             And
             though
             Gods
             sacred
             worship
             be
             ordered
             by
             most
             certaine
             directions
             from
             God
             himself
             ;
             yet
             haue
             men
             dared
             to
             touch
             this
             holy
             Arke
             with
             their
             prophane
             hands
             ,
             and
             to
             intermeddle
             their
             folly
             with
             the
             wisdome
             of
             God
             ,
             altering
             the
             most
             allowable
             formes
             of
             holy
             order
             ,
             whereby
             they
             iudge
             their
             Iudge
             of
             
             indiscretion
             ,
             and
             contradict
             the
             spirit
             and
             power
             of
             him
             who
             made
             them
             .
          
           
             6
             These
             vngodly
             workings
             are
             caused
             by
             the
             vainglorious
             spirits
             of
             men
             ,
             who
             affecting
             popularitie
             and
             greatnesse
             haue
             not
             spared
             to
             violate
             the
             most
             holy
             ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
             wherby
             to
             aduantage
             them
             in
             their
             euill
             ends
             .
             For
             the
             whole
             world
             is
             a
             general
             free-schoole
             ,
             wherein
             al
             Sciences
             ,
             and
             euery
             Art
             is
             both
             taught
             and
             learned
             .
             The
             highest
             learning
             in
             this
             schoole
             is
             Diuinitie
             ;
             the
             whole
             number
             of
             the
             professors
             whereof
             ,
             make
             the
             militant
             Catholik
             church
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             continuall
             teaching
             ,
             and
             liuing
             in
             the
             rules
             of
             holy
             Religion
             .
             Against
             this
             learning
             hath
             the
             world
             opposed
             it selfe
             :
             and
             according
             to
             the
             order
             of
             schooles
             begun
             their
             enuie
             with
             sophistrie
             and
             cunning
             disputatiō
             .
             And
             this
             was
             in
             the
             first
             yeres
             of
             the
             primitiue
             Church
             ,
             
             the
             which
             opposition
             being
             but
             weake
             ,
             yet
             valiantly
             resisted
             gained
             the
             Church
             a
             greater
             reputation
             ,
             though
             that
             enemie
             could
             neuer
             yet
             be
             silenced
             .
          
           
             7
             The
             second
             attempt
             against
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             was
             persecution
             ;
             and
             this
             was
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Tyrant
             Emperours
             ,
             the
             which
             was
             continued
             with
             such
             vehemence
             and
             furie
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             sacred
             fire
             of
             Religion
             had
             beene
             extinguished
             ,
             and
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             for
             euer
             defaced
             .
             These
             times
             were
             like
             the
             time
             of
             
               Ahab
            
             King
             of
             Israel
             ,
             when
             as
             
               Elias
            
             thought
             the
             whole
             bodie
             of
             the
             Church
             remained
             onely
             in
             his
             particular
             life
             .
             A
             most
             wonderfull
             distresse
             that
             the
             most
             sacred
             spouse
             of
             Christ
             should
             for
             securitie
             flie
             to
             the
             holy
             Temples
             of
             the
             holie
             Ghost
             ,
             and
             there
             take
             Sanctuarie
             ,
             &
             liue
             in
             the
             persons
             of
             some
             few
             particular
             men
             only
             .
             It
             had
             beene
             most
             
             wonderfull
             had
             not
             the
             Lord
             Iesus
             himselfe
             done
             more
             wonderfully
             ,
             and
             suffered
             a
             greater
             extremitie
             ,
             euen
             death
             ,
             and
             a
             cursed
             death
             vpon
             the
             Crosse
             ;
             euen
             so
             Lord
             Iesus
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             thy
             pleasure
             .
             But
             this
             extremitie
             did
             vanish
             with
             time
             ,
             and
             then
             againe
             the
             Church
             obtained
             the
             Garland
             .
          
           
             8
             But
             the
             nature
             of
             euill
             which
             cannot
             be
             satisfied
             ,
             would
             yet
             again
             attempt
             against
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             :
             and
             whereas
             before
             neither
             perswasion
             ,
             nor
             force
             could
             preuaile
             ,
             the
             last
             &
             strongest
             practise
             is
             policie
             ,
             where
             with
             these
             euill
             ministers
             haue
             preuailed
             more
             ,
             then
             by
             all
             other
             maner
             of
             attempts
             whatsoeuer
             .
             This
             is
             that
             secret
             iniurie
             ,
             who
             as
             K.
             
               Dauid
            
             saith
             ,
             eateth
             his
             bread
             at
             his
             table
             ,
             yet
             seeketh
             to
             destroy
             him
             .
             For
             so
             doe
             many
             of
             these
             Polititians
             who
             liue
             by
             the
             profits
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             yet
             betray
             the
             Church
             and
             
             spoile
             her
             of
             her
             highest
             ornaments
             .
          
           
             9
             And
             though
             I
             be
             most
             far
             from
             that
             damned
             opinion
             of
             Athiesme
             ,
             that
             Religion
             is
             nothing
             but
             a
             Policie
             ,
             wherby
             the
             libertie
             of
             men
             is
             restrained
             from
             the
             violence
             of
             their
             natures
             ,
             yet
             I
             am
             most
             certainly
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             common
             exercise
             of
             Religion
             may
             be
             learned
             the
             highest
             vnderstanding
             of
             most
             dangerous
             practises
             .
             And
             that
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             (
             which
             in
             it selfe
             is
             most
             holy
             and
             without
             imputation
             )
             hath
             indured
             the
             greatest
             violence
             that
             can
             be
             in
             any
             men
             of
             place
             and
             dignity
             in
             this
             holy
             order
             ,
             being
             men
             least
             affected
             to
             holinesse
             of
             life
             ,
             but
             most
             dangerous
             &
             deepe
             practisers
             in
             this
             forbidden
             Arte
             of
             wicked
             Policie
             .
          
           
             10
             Neither
             ought
             this
             to
             hinder
             the
             true
             worth
             and
             reputation
             of
             Gods
             Church
             ,
             that
             euill
             men
             worke
             their
             bad
             dessigne
             vnder
             the
             
             pretence
             of
             so
             sacred
             a
             presence
             .
             For
             wee
             knowe
             that
             the
             very
             deitie
             of
             GOD
             is
             not
             free
             from
             mens
             presumptions
             :
             the
             proud
             and
             the
             ambitious
             men
             of
             the
             world
             hauing
             dared
             to
             create
             manie
             deities
             ,
             and
             many
             Gods
             :
             sometimes
             the
             starres
             sometimes
             stones
             ,
             wood
             ,
             and
             mettals
             ,
             sometimes
             the
             figures
             of
             beasts
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             (
             a
             matter
             more
             vile
             ,
             )
             themselues
             a
             deity
             worse
             then
             beastes
             :
             all
             which
             though
             they
             were
             most
             horrible
             and
             damned
             in
             such
             as
             wrought
             them
             ;
             yet
             did
             not
             their
             impieties
             (
             any
             whit
             )
             detract
             from
             the
             Maiestie
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             cannot
             receiue
             violence
             from
             any
             mans
             euill
             practise
             .
          
           
             11
             So
             the
             state
             of
             the
             true
             Catholique
             Church
             ,
             though
             men
             haue
             dared
             to
             offer
             iniuries
             to
             the
             most
             holy
             orders
             thereof
             ,
             to
             misinterpret
             &
             misapplie
             hir
             most
             diuine
             mysteries
             ,
             to
             intrude
             among
             her
             sacred
             
             teachings
             ,
             positions
             ,
             and
             doctrines
             ,
             not
             onely
             diuers
             ,
             but
             aduerse
             to
             her
             orthodoxall
             and
             most
             ancient
             true
             principals
             :
             nay
             to
             obscure
             (
             as
             much
             as
             man
             may
             )
             the
             verie
             diuinitie
             of
             that
             mother
             of
             vs
             all
             ,
             that
             true
             Ierusalem
             ,
             by
             making
             the
             state
             of
             that
             most
             sacred
             State
             ,
             the
             trauel
             of
             Policie
             ,
             and
             the
             exercise
             of
             most
             vngodly
             designes
             :
             yet
             ought
             we
             not
             for
             this
             to
             condemne
             or
             iudge
             the
             Church
             :
             but
             euill
             men
             ,
             who
             are
             the
             cause
             of
             these
             prophane
             iniuries
             ,
             the
             holy
             Church
             being
             of
             like
             diuine
             nature
             as
             Christ
             Iesus
             ,
             her
             most
             holy
             husband
             ,
             whom
             though
             his
             enemies
             place
             with
             theeues
             and
             malefactors
             ,
             yet
             was
             he
             most
             iust
             ,
             most
             innocent
             ,
             &
             most
             meritorious
             .
             And
             though
             the
             most
             precious
             mettall
             of
             Truth
             be
             intermingled
             with
             drosse
             ,
             and
             grosse
             mettals
             ,
             yet
             the
             Spirit
             of
             wisedome
             can
             diuide
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             triall
             of
             holy
             Scriptures
             (
             like
             the
             
             touchstone
             )
             will
             discouer
             all
             sophistication
             ,
             &
             distinguish
             Truth
             from
             Error
             ,
             and
             Religion
             from
             Policie
             .
          
           
             12
             Catholique
             Religion
             is
             the
             base
             or
             foundation
             whereupon
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             consisteth
             :
             the
             Religious
             Policie
             is
             the
             supporter
             of
             that
             body
             of
             Religion
             :
             but
             politick
             Religion
             is
             an
             enemy
             most
             aduerse
             ,
             both
             to
             Religion
             &
             religious
             Policy
             .
             And
             this
             is
             a
             grounded
             and
             a
             most
             familiar
             iudgement
             to
             distinguish
             these
             different
             Natures
             by
             their
             denominations
             .
             For
             religious
             Policy
             is
             most
             lawfull
             ,
             most
             conuenient
             ,
             but
             politick
             Religion
             is
             most
             vnlawfull
             and
             inconuenient
             .
          
           
             13
             The
             necessary
             vse
             of
             Religion
             in
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             is
             not
             disputable
             ,
             being
             a
             truth
             of
             generall
             grant
             :
             for
             as
             our
             naturall
             bodies
             cannot
             liue
             or
             moue
             without
             our
             soules
             ,
             so
             the
             sacred
             bodie
             of
             the
             Church
             cannot
             be
             the
             liuing
             Spouse
             
             of
             Christ
             ,
             if
             shee
             be
             not
             inspired
             and
             moued
             by
             Religion
             the
             soule
             of
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             ,
             wherby
             ,
             and
             wherein
             euery
             member
             of
             that
             mysticall
             bodie
             doeth
             moue
             to
             his
             perfection
             .
          
           
             14
             The
             lawfull
             vse
             of
             Christian
             Policie
             in
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             is
             preuention
             :
             for
             whatsoeuer
             is
             required
             of
             a
             christian
             to
             do
             ,
             is
             prescribed
             in
             the
             rules
             of
             holy
             Scripture
             :
             but
             the
             rules
             of
             preuenting
             euill
             ,
             is
             rather
             left
             to
             the
             aduised
             iudgement
             of
             Christian
             Policy
             ,
             there
             being
             no
             other
             rules
             for
             that
             but
             honesty
             and
             lawfull
             warrant
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             much
             variety
             of
             mens
             practises
             ,
             which
             require
             variable
             and
             many
             diuers
             preuentions
             .
             And
             therefore
             hath
             the
             wisedome
             of
             God
             left
             this
             care
             without
             rule
             to
             the
             wisdome
             of
             men
             ,
             with
             this
             restriction
             only
             :
             that
             the
             purpose
             and
             meanes
             of
             euery
             worke
             be
             conformed
             to
             the
             iudgment
             
             of
             Religion
             against
             which
             there
             is
             no
             excuse
             or
             exception
             .
          
           
             15
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Religious
             Policy
             then
             are
             not
             onely
             of
             conueniency
             ,
             but
             of
             necessity
             in
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             .
             Religion
             doth
             direct
             how
             we
             our selues
             shold
             do
             wel
             ;
             Religious
             Policy
             ,
             doth
             likewise
             teach
             vs
             how
             to
             preuent
             the
             euill
             deeds
             of
             our
             owne
             ,
             and
             Gods
             enemies
             .
             And
             these
             are
             the
             two
             needfull
             hands
             (
             not
             onely
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             of
             euery
             particular
             holy
             man
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             )
             whereby
             good
             workes
             are
             wrought
             and
             euil
             works
             preuented
             ;
             and
             whatsoeuer
             conspires
             not
             with
             these
             ,
             conspires
             against
             God
             ,
             against
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             ,
             and
             against
             the
             lawfull
             vse
             of
             Christian
             Policy
             .
             There
             is
             also
             a
             policy
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             enemy
             to
             the
             former
             ;
             the
             which
             two
             (
             like
             children
             of
             diuers
             fathers
             )
             liue
             in
             
             one
             house
             with
             implacable
             displeasure
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             made
             knowne
             by
             his
             effects
             ,
             for
             by
             his
             working
             meanes
             it
             is
             not
             easily
             discouered
             by
             reason
             of
             dissimulation
             and
             false
             pretence
             ,
             which
             in
             this
             politique
             regarde
             is
             most
             regarded
             .
          
           
             16
             This
             hath
             precedent
             in
             those
             churches
             of
             Christian
             name
             ,
             whose
             integritie
             is
             either
             lost
             or
             defaced
             ,
             and
             whose
             discipline
             is
             made
             a
             mixture
             of
             holy
             and
             prophane
             posititions
             ,
             where
             the
             pretences
             and
             purpose
             vtterly
             disagree
             ;
             men
             shawd●ing
             their
             vngodly
             ends
             with
             most
             faire
             and
             holy
             intendments
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             error
             of
             those
             politique
             Christian
             Churches
             ;
             that
             whereas
             there
             is
             but
             one
             obiect
             of
             all
             diuine
             Seruice
             (
             which
             is
             God
             )
             they
             haue
             many
             obiects
             ,
             and
             many
             ends
             ,
             for
             their
             directions
             ;
             making
             vile
             purposes
             to
             share
             with
             God
             in
             the
             exercise
             of
             his
             Seruice
             .
          
           
           
             17
             And
             from
             this
             one
             ground
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             euery
             inconuenience
             in
             Christian
             Churches
             ,
             when
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             is
             not
             principally
             ,
             but
             respectiuely
             considered
             ;
             wherof
             proceedeth
             ,
             that
             canons
             ,
             ordinances
             and
             the
             decrees
             of
             Ecclesiasticall
             States
             looke
             with
             double
             eies
             vpon
             two
             seuerall
             obiects
             ,
             greatnes
             and
             goodnesse
             ,
             the
             first
             of
             choice
             ,
             the
             other
             for
             conueniencie
             ,
             or
             necessary
             circumstance
             ,
             whereby
             they
             would
             conioyne
             these
             in
             participation
             ,
             which
             are
             most
             different
             both
             in
             their
             natures
             and
             in
             the
             order
             of
             Nature
             .
             For
             as
             the
             distance
             betweene
             Heauen
             and
             Earth
             ,
             so
             (
             and
             much
             more
             )
             is
             the
             difference
             betweene
             God
             and
             this
             world
             ;
             Truth
             and
             Error
             ,
             Religion
             and
             Policy
             .
          
           
             18
             Therefore
             in
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             ,
             Religion
             is
             of
             soueraigne
             necessity
             .
             Religious
             Policy
             is
             likewise
             necessary
             and
             of
             much
             conuenience
             .
             
             But
             politique
             Religion
             is
             not
             onely
             vnusefull
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             :
             but
             of
             necessitie
             to
             bee
             excluded
             from
             all
             holy
             exercise
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             In
             respect
             of
             the
             Clergie
             .
             CHAP.
             IIII.
             
          
           
             THe
             word
             of
             God
             (
             diuine
             Scripture
             )
             is
             subiect
             both
             to
             false
             construction
             ,
             and
             misapplicatiō
             .
             The
             church
             of
             God
             is
             not
             free
             from
             the
             enemies
             both
             of
             truth
             and
             peace
             :
             the
             officers
             in
             the
             holy
             orders
             of
             the
             Church
             are
             not
             free
             from
             their
             staines
             and
             inputations
             ,
             whereby
             they
             debase
             the
             dignitie
             of
             their
             reuerend
             places
             ,
             and
             expose
             their
             estimation
             to
             common
             reproch
             ;
             therefore
             (
             as
             in
             all
             )
             so
             in
             them
             also
             and
             in
             their
             profession
             ,
             there
             are
             these
             two
             
             diuers
             and
             disagreeing
             natures
             of
             Religion
             and
             Policy
             .
          
           
             2
             Euery
             man
             is
             bound
             by
             his
             Christian
             place
             ,
             to
             the
             duetie
             of
             Region
             ;
             but
             Clergie
             men
             are
             more
             strictlie
             bound
             ,
             being
             men
             of
             speciall
             choice
             ,
             select
             and
             dedicate
             to
             God
             and
             his
             seruice
             onely
             ,
             and
             therfore
             is
             their
             obligation
             double
             ,
             and
             their
             condition
             restrained
             from
             that
             libertie
             ,
             which
             either
             is
             lawfull
             ,
             or
             not
             so
             faultie
             in
             others
             as
             in
             them
             .
          
           
             3
             For
             (
             as
             the
             holy
             offering
             ,
             so
             )
             these
             holy
             offerers
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             vnspotted
             ,
             vnblamed
             ,
             and
             vnbleamisht
             ,
             euen
             the
             fairest
             and
             the
             best
             of
             all
             Gods
             creatures
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             hath
             assigned
             offices
             of
             highest
             estimation
             ;
             making
             them
             mediators
             to
             his
             onely
             mediator
             ,
             and
             cotinuall
             waiters
             in
             his
             presence
             :
             by
             whom
             he
             doth
             conferre
             his
             gifts
             of
             grace
             ,
             and
             the
             hope
             of
             heauen
             .
          
           
             4
             Such
             ought
             all
             to
             be
             (
             and
             such
             
             are
             many
             )
             in
             this
             holy
             order
             ,
             whose
             liues
             conforme
             the
             condition
             of
             their
             calling
             ;
             who
             not
             regarding
             earthly
             considerations
             ,
             fixe
             their
             eyes
             onely
             on
             God
             ,
             attending
             all
             occasions
             to
             demonstrate
             their
             dutie
             and
             diligence
             in
             their
             high
             and
             chargable
             calling
             .
             For
             howsoeuer
             (
             in
             the
             base
             estemation
             of
             most
             base
             people
             ,
             )
             that
             reuerend
             place
             is
             disgracefully
             reputed
             ,
             because
             prophane
             men
             iudge
             a
             holy
             cause
             ,
             enuiously
             ,
             and
             not
             deseruingly
             ,
             yet
             in
             true
             vnderstanding
             it
             is
             much
             otherwise
             ,
             they
             being
             inferioures
             to
             no
             degree
             or
             dignitie
             on
             earth
             ;
             (
             saue
             the
             supreme
             authoritie
             of
             the
             Prince
             which
             representeth
             the
             maiestie
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             (
             by
             much
             ,
             )
             exceeding
             al
             in
             the
             worth
             of
             their
             laboures
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             purpose
             of
             their
             holy
             busines
             .
          
           
             5
             Men
             of
             holy
             order
             thus
             affected
             ,
             are
             the
             very
             mappes
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Religious
             Policy
             ,
             from
             
             whose
             liues
             may
             bee
             learned
             what
             Religion
             is
             ,
             whose
             examples
             may
             serue
             for
             the
             rules
             of
             holinesse
             ,
             and
             for
             demonstarions
             ,
             to
             point
             out
             the
             direct
             passage
             to
             euerlasting
             happines
             .
          
           
             6
             For
             there
             is
             this
             difference
             betweene
             diuine
             and
             humane
             offices
             ;
             all
             humane
             seruice
             is
             tied
             to
             attend
             conueniencie
             and
             the
             opportunitie
             of
             times
             ;
             but
             diuine
             seruice
             hath
             imployment
             at
             all
             times
             ,
             and
             vpon
             all
             occasions
             :
             and
             therefore
             is
             a
             strict
             holinesse
             of
             life
             required
             in
             Church-men
             ,
             because
             their
             liues
             must
             perswade
             and
             teach
             Religion
             ,
             that
             what
             they
             deliuer
             at
             once
             in
             their
             preaching
             ,
             they
             may
             alwaies
             example
             it
             in
             their
             liuing
             ,
             whereby
             their
             diuine
             office
             is
             held
             in
             continuall
             practise
             ,
             benefiting
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             at
             all
             times
             ,
             and
             vpon
             all
             occasiones
             .
          
           
             7
             And
             this
             is
             that
             Religious
             dutie
             
             required
             in
             men
             of
             Religious
             place
             ,
             to
             which
             strictnes
             euery
             man
             in
             holy
             orders
             is
             bound
             of
             necessitie
             and
             more
             then
             others
             :
             For
             as
             in
             the
             affaires
             of
             earthly
             state
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             neerest
             the
             person
             of
             their
             prince
             in
             fauour
             and
             place
             ,
             and
             attend
             those
             state
             offices
             of
             higest
             consideration
             ,
             doe
             take
             that
             charge
             and
             those
             honours
             with
             solemne
             oth
             and
             protestation
             ,
             to
             be
             assured
             and
             diligent
             in
             the
             trust
             commended
             to
             them
             ;
             so
             in
             these
             spirituall
             affaires
             of
             greater
             consequence
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             man
             hath
             entertainmet
             in
             such
             busines
             ,
             before
             hee
             protest
             and
             vowe
             his
             continuall
             and
             vtmost
             indeauor
             ,
             whereby
             he
             doth
             solemnly
             indent
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             binde
             himselfe
             to
             the
             due
             execution
             of
             his
             Christian
             office
             .
          
           
             8
             Religion
             then
             in
             Religious
             men
             ,
             is
             not
             of
             conueniencie
             onely
             ,
             but
             of
             necessitie
             ;
             necessarie
             in
             all
             
             degrees
             of
             men
             ,
             but
             of
             double
             vse
             in
             the
             Clergie
             :
             for
             (
             besides
             the
             particular
             profit
             which
             redounds
             to
             him
             that
             is
             religious
             ,
             )
             it
             gaineth
             much
             reuerence
             ,
             and
             great
             authority
             from
             generall
             reputation
             ;
             and
             giueth
             good
             testimonie
             of
             the
             truth
             of
             such
             doctrine
             as
             from
             such
             men
             shall
             be
             deliuered
             .
             For
             there
             is
             no
             better
             way
             to
             gaine
             credit
             to
             what
             we
             perswade
             ,
             then
             by
             conforming
             our
             workes
             to
             our
             words
             ,
             fetching
             example
             from
             our
             owne
             liues
             to
             confirme
             our
             owne
             doctrine
             .
          
           
             9
             To
             be
             thus
             affected
             is
             the
             necessary
             condition
             of
             euery
             pastorall
             office
             ,
             whose
             directions
             must
             tend
             onely
             (
             and
             alway
             )
             at
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ;
             without
             affecting
             the
             glory
             ,
             or
             the
             profits
             of
             this
             life
             :
             yet
             may
             religious
             men
             be
             (
             lawfully
             )
             the
             owners
             ,
             both
             of
             wealth
             and
             dignitie
             ,
             but
             with
             purpose
             onely
             to
             make
             them
             serue
             a
             more
             necessary
             seruice
             ,
             
             and
             supply
             the
             occasions
             of
             holy
             purpose
             .
          
           
             10
             For
             God
             hath
             made
             all
             things
             for
             his
             owne
             glory
             ;
             neither
             doth
             the
             hauing
             of
             Gods
             earthly
             blessings
             ,
             hinder
             any
             in
             his
             holy
             resolution
             ,
             if
             he
             himselfe
             bee
             holy
             and
             resolute
             .
             For
             if
             his
             resolution
             be
             holy
             ,
             and
             his
             purpose
             resolute
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             able
             to
             remoue
             such
             constancie
             ,
             and
             then
             prosperous
             fortune
             doth
             not
             hinder
             but
             forward
             a
             Christian
             resolution
             .
             For
             wealth
             and
             the
             dignity
             of
             high
             place
             ,
             are
             the
             gifts
             of
             God
             ,
             wherewith
             he
             doth
             reward
             the
             seruices
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             therefore
             good
             men
             inioy
             them
             of
             right
             ;
             but
             euill
             men
             by
             vsurpation
             .
             There
             is
             this
             difference
             also
             in
             the
             owners
             of
             earthly
             blessings
             ;
             that
             good
             men
             haue
             them
             giuen
             ,
             but
             euill
             men
             take
             them
             ,
             either
             by
             force
             or
             fraude
             ,
             the
             latter
             sort
             make
             them
             their
             vtmost
             desired
             end
             whereto
             they
             aspire
             ;
             
             the
             former
             make
             them
             seruiceable
             meanes
             onely
             ,
             to
             attend
             and
             forward
             better
             purposes
             .
             In
             the
             better
             they
             are
             but
             seruants
             to
             Religious
             seruice
             ,
             in
             the
             worse
             they
             are
             instruments
             of
             euill
             Policy
             .
          
           
             11
             And
             these
             prouocations
             are
             so
             powerfull
             in
             mans
             nature
             ,
             as
             that
             euery
             degree
             of
             humane
             life
             hath
             receiued
             some
             infection
             from
             that
             poyson
             :
             euen
             the
             holiest
             rank
             of
             men
             ,
             whose
             places
             are
             (
             and
             euer
             haue
             beene
             )
             of
             most
             reuerend
             estimation
             ,
             men
             of
             religious
             name
             and
             place
             ,
             who
             haue
             abiurde
             the
             vanities
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             and
             haue
             dedicate
             themselues
             and
             their
             indeauours
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             godly
             cares
             onely
             ;
             euen
             many
             of
             these
             men
             lose
             their
             lawfull
             ayme
             and
             shoote
             at
             such
             markes
             they
             ought
             not
             to
             leuell
             at
             :
             making
             Religion
             but
             to
             shaddow
             Policy
             ,
             and
             their
             good
             place
             to
             countenance
             their
             bad
             practise
             .
          
           
           
             12
             This
             affection
             in
             these
             men
             is
             dangerous
             ,
             and
             a
             most
             desperate
             inconuenience
             in
             many
             considerable
             respects
             .
             First
             the
             seruice
             of
             God
             is
             thereby
             preuented
             .
             Secondly
             their
             pastorall
             function
             is
             neglected
             ,
             whereby
             the
             soules
             of
             many
             thousands
             are
             in
             danger
             .
             Thirdly
             their
             reuerend
             profession
             doth
             receiue
             scandall
             .
             Fourthly
             the
             peace
             and
             prosperity
             of
             State
             is
             interrupted
             .
             Lastly
             the
             most
             desperate
             hazard
             of
             their
             soules
             ,
             is
             desperatly
             ventured
             :
             which
             assuredly
             must
             answere
             all
             neglect
             and
             all
             colorable
             practise
             ,
             in
             the
             strict
             obseruance
             of
             their
             religious
             office
             .
          
           
             13
             And
             though
             the
             danger
             be
             most
             certaine
             ,
             &
             the
             threats
             most
             terrible
             ,
             denounced
             by
             God
             himselfe
             against
             al
             offenders
             in
             that
             kind
             ;
             and
             though
             (
             in
             respect
             of
             their
             knowledge
             )
             they
             haue
             best
             vnderstanding
             ,
             what
             the
             dangers
             is
             of
             such
             offence
             :
             yet
             so
             strong
             is
             vile
             sinne
             in
             mans
             nature
             ,
             
             that
             these
             vowed
             &
             profest
             enemies
             of
             sinne
             ,
             are
             oftentimes
             vanquished
             by
             these
             meane
             temptations
             ;
             and
             suffer
             their
             spirituall
             courage
             to
             bee
             daunted
             with
             base
             incounter
             .
          
           
             14
             And
             this
             is
             most
             wonderfull
             ,
             that
             such
             as
             know
             this
             danger
             ,
             will
             notwithstanding
             run
             desperately
             to
             most
             assured
             destruction
             :
             damning
             themselues
             with
             their
             owne
             consent
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             iudgement
             of
             their
             owne
             knowledge
             .
             That
             such
             as
             be
             Gods
             Embassadours
             ,
             and
             beare
             the
             message
             of
             eternall
             life
             ;
             Such
             as
             stand
             in
             Gods
             presence
             to
             mediate
             and
             to
             make
             atonement
             for
             the
             sins
             of
             many
             ,
             yet
             forget
             themselues
             in
             a
             care
             of
             most
             importance
             ;
             such
             as
             dispose
             the
             spirituall
             fauours
             of
             Gods
             mercy
             ,
             breathing
             abundance
             of
             grace
             with
             their
             holy
             teaching
             ,
             yet
             themselues
             barren
             of
             all
             grace
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             such
             particular
             application
             .
             The
             cause
             of
             this
             contrary
             disposition
             
             of
             name
             and
             nature
             in
             many
             of
             Religious
             place
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             found
             in
             the
             search
             of
             reason
             ;
             being
             an
             inserutable
             secret
             in
             the
             secret
             will
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             15
             Such
             vnfortunate
             men
             are
             they
             ,
             who
             hauing
             vndertaken
             the
             most
             serious
             of
             all
             seruices
             ,
             (
             the
             seruice
             of
             the
             Almightie
             )
             binding
             themselues
             in
             a
             double
             obligation
             ,
             their
             vow
             of
             Baptisme
             ,
             and
             the
             vow
             of
             their
             profession
             ;
             dare
             ,
             (
             and
             doe
             )
             notwithstanding
             infringe
             their
             serious
             promise
             ,
             and
             fall
             off
             from
             the
             seruice
             and
             charge
             they
             haue
             vndertaken
             .
             And
             such
             are
             all
             they
             who
             enter
             religious
             place
             ,
             and
             assume
             that
             reuerend
             forme
             ,
             for
             any
             by-respect
             ,
             either
             of
             profit
             or
             preferment
             ,
             or
             for
             any
             other
             cause
             ,
             then
             such
             as
             may
             directly
             conspire
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             aduancement
             of
             his
             Church
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             vtmost
             end
             of
             euery
             Christian
             office
             .
          
           
           
             16
             Such
             men
             doe
             not
             proportion
             the
             reuerence
             of
             their
             place
             ,
             neither
             can
             merit
             the
             recompence
             of
             their
             seruice
             .
             But
             as
             their
             name
             and
             nature
             vtterly
             disagree
             ;
             so
             their
             place
             and
             merit
             shall
             haue
             no
             proportion
             :
             for
             God
             will
             discouer
             their
             hypocrisie
             ;
             and
             iudge
             them
             according
             as
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             they
             seeme
             to
             be
             :
             for
             howsoeuer
             they
             beare
             the
             name
             and
             formes
             of
             Religious
             men
             ,
             yet
             haue
             such
             nothing
             of
             Religion
             but
             the
             name
             :
             they
             themselues
             being
             in
             their
             purpose
             wicked
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             Religion
             politique
             .
          
           
             17
             This
             vnlawfull
             and
             wicked
             Policy
             in
             men
             of
             Religious
             name
             &
             dedication
             ,
             is
             in
             their
             purpose
             ,
             in
             their
             practise
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             preaching
             ▪
             in
             all
             which
             many
             men
             offend
             and
             declare
             themselues
             Politique
             and
             not
             Religious
             .
             Policy
             in
             the
             purpose
             of
             Clergie
             men
             ,
             is
             either
             
             when
             they
             compasse
             those
             reuerend
             places
             by
             indirect
             meanes
             ;
             or
             when
             they
             propose
             priuate
             ends
             ,
             or
             vngodly
             purposes
             .
             The
             first
             sort
             are
             all
             they
             who
             intrude
             themselues
             into
             that
             sacred
             calling
             by
             fauour
             ,
             friend
             ,
             insinuation
             ,
             or
             base
             barganing
             :
             all
             which
             enter
             vncalled
             ,
             and
             therefore
             want
             the
             promise
             of
             diuine
             assistance
             .
             The
             latter
             fort
             are
             such
             ,
             who
             vndertake
             that
             serious
             charge
             (
             not
             with
             purpose
             to
             discharge
             the
             duety
             of
             the
             place
             )
             but
             onely
             to
             gleane
             the
             profits
             which
             from
             thence
             arise
             ;
             whereby
             they
             enioy
             plenty
             and
             easie
             life
             ;
             wherein
             they
             place
             felicity
             :
             and
             wherewith
             their
             base
             desires
             are
             satisfied
             .
          
           
             18
             Policy
             in
             practise
             ,
             is
             when
             men
             abandon
             the
             care
             of
             their
             Religious
             offices
             :
             to
             trauell
             in
             the
             affaires
             of
             politique
             State
             :
             and
             of
             this
             sort
             there
             are
             hot
             and
             cold
             practitioners
             .
             The
             cold
             are
             they
             who
             continue
             a
             
             generall
             estimation
             of
             holines
             ,
             with
             which
             mist
             they
             blind
             the
             common
             eye
             ,
             couering
             their
             politique
             designes
             with
             the
             mantle
             of
             holinesse
             &
             faire
             pretence
             .
             The
             hot
             polititian
             Priest
             shames
             not
             to
             discouer
             himselfe
             ,
             &
             his
             politique
             intendments
             ;
             entering
             the
             field
             of
             disputation
             ,
             to
             conclude
             by
             argument
             the
             lawfulnes
             of
             his
             most
             vnlawfull
             trade
             of
             life
             .
             And
             such
             are
             all
             they
             ,
             who
             trauell
             (
             not
             in
             the
             consultations
             of
             State
             )
             but
             in
             the
             plotting
             ,
             attempting
             ,
             and
             finishing
             of
             State
             designes
             :
             whereby
             murthers
             ,
             asasinates
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             desperate
             attempts
             against
             Christian
             States
             ,
             and
             Christian
             Gouernors
             of
             States
             ,
             are
             by
             them
             both
             inuented
             and
             attempted
             .
          
           
             19
             Policy
             in
             preaching
             ,
             is
             when
             such
             labour
             hath
             not
             Religious
             but
             Politique
             ends
             :
             and
             this
             is
             either
             in
             false
             doctrine
             or
             false
             purpose
             .
             Policy
             in
             false
             doctrine
             ,
             is
             when
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             men
             in
             their
             preachings
             maintaine
             false
             positions
             ,
             such
             as
             being
             credited
             of
             the
             vulgar
             may
             gaine
             them
             their
             vnlawfull
             end
             :
             whether
             it
             be
             profit
             ,
             pleasure
             ,
             reputation
             ,
             or
             the
             enuy
             of
             others
             :
             all
             which
             respects
             haue
             had
             place
             in
             the
             holy
             seats
             of
             Pulpits
             .
             And
             those
             reuerend
             places
             are
             by
             euill
             men
             thus
             vsed
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             great
             authority
             they
             haue
             to
             perswade
             the
             faith
             and
             force
             of
             all
             men
             .
             The
             Policy
             of
             false
             purpose
             in
             preaching
             ,
             is
             whē
             men
             deliuer
             truth
             of
             doctrine
             ,
             but
             with
             false
             intention
             ,
             hauing
             regard
             to
             priuate
             ends
             more
             then
             to
             publique
             profiting
             .
             And
             such
             is
             that
             plausable
             teaching
             ,
             wherewith
             the
             giddy
             people
             are
             wonderfully
             delighted
             ,
             when
             men
             affect
             a
             singularity
             ,
             &
             proude
             themselues
             in
             the
             vanity
             of
             popular
             fauor
             ,
             with
             which
             poison
             many
             learned
             and
             diligent
             preachers
             haue
             bin
             tainted
             .
          
           
           
             20
             All
             these
             (
             and
             euery
             one
             of
             these
             )
             in
             their
             kinde
             faile
             in
             the
             maine
             execution
             of
             their
             Religious
             office
             ,
             whose
             precise
             rules
             lead
             men
             to
             God-ward
             by
             direct
             lines
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             circular
             .
             Thus
             we
             see
             that
             the
             waies
             from
             God
             are
             many
             ,
             but
             the
             way
             to
             God
             is
             but
             one
             ;
             happy
             are
             they
             who
             tread
             that
             path
             :
             for
             though
             the
             world
             busie
             it selfe
             about
             many
             things
             ,
             there
             is
             but
             one
             thing
             necessary
             :
             that
             is
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             In
             respect
             of
             State.
             CHAP.
             V.
             
          
           
             IT
             is
             needefull
             wee
             distinguish
             Heathenish
             from
             christian
             States
             ,
             because
             of
             their
             disagreeing
             formes
             of
             gouernment
             .
             It
             is
             needefull
             also
             to
             distinguish
             christian
             States
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             diuided
             ,
             and
             to
             vnderstand
             such
             a
             Christian
             Common-wealth
             ,
             as
             liueth
             in
             vnity
             with
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             exercise
             of
             true
             Religion
             :
             because
             such
             a
             State
             doth
             square
             out
             her
             forme
             of
             gouernment
             by
             religious
             rules
             ,
             and
             
             not
             by
             the
             iudgement
             of
             sense
             and
             politique
             aduice
             onely
             ;
             for
             the
             States
             of
             infidels
             are
             directed
             by
             politique
             reason
             onely
             ,
             because
             they
             respect
             greatnes
             without
             goodnes
             .
             The
             States
             of
             Politique
             Christians
             ,
             are
             ordered
             by
             the
             rules
             both
             of
             Religion
             &
             Policy
             ,
             compounding
             their
             gouernment
             of
             this
             vnequall
             mixture
             :
             but
             the
             States
             of
             best
             Christians
             ,
             haue
             onely
             one
             director
             ,
             (
             who
             is
             God
             )
             by
             whose
             reuealed
             will
             they
             are
             in
             euery
             circumstance
             of
             State
             commanded
             .
          
           
             2
             And
             though
             Religion
             be
             the
             Mistres
             in
             euery
             true
             Christian
             State
             by
             whose
             directions
             the
             whole
             gouernment
             is
             ordered
             :
             yet
             there
             is
             a
             lawfull
             and
             a
             Christian
             Policy
             ,
             which
             is
             Hand-maide
             and
             faithfull
             seruant
             to
             this
             Mistres
             ;
             by
             whom
             she
             is
             faithfully
             attended
             in
             many
             needefull
             considerations
             :
             Whatsoeuer
             policy
             (
             therefore
             )
             is
             
             conforme
             to
             the
             iudgment
             of
             Religion
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             iudged
             an
             enemy
             ,
             but
             a
             seruant
             in
             a
             Christian
             State
             :
             but
             if
             at
             any
             time
             that
             seruant
             Policy
             offend
             the
             mistris
             of
             the
             house
             ,
             which
             is
             Religion
             ,
             Policy
             then
             (
             with
             
               Hagar
            
             )
             must
             be
             banished
             the
             house
             of
             faith
             ,
             (
             and
             with
             her
             euill
             fruite
             )
             trauell
             the
             wildernes
             .
          
           
             3
             And
             by
             this
             onely
             rule
             we
             may
             discerne
             all
             true
             Christian
             States
             from
             all
             diuersity
             ,
             for
             if
             Religion
             be
             the
             mistris
             and
             command
             the
             State
             ,
             that
             state
             is
             (
             vndoubtedly
             )
             the
             true
             forme
             of
             Christian
             gouernment
             ;
             but
             if
             Policy
             bee
             either
             the
             Mistris
             and
             command
             Religion
             ;
             (
             as
             in
             heathen
             States
             )
             or
             that
             Policy
             be
             a
             fellow
             wife
             with
             Religion
             as
             in
             many
             Christian
             States
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             possible
             that
             state
             can
             haue
             true
             Christian
             gouernment
             :
             For
             Religion
             is
             like
             God
             ,
             who
             can
             admit
             no
             competitor
             ,
             and
             though
             it
             could
             ,
             yet
             where
             
             soueraignty
             is
             diuided
             to
             two
             equals
             ,
             there
             is
             continuall
             occasion
             of
             quarrel
             ,
             and
             a
             continuall
             slaughter
             of
             peace
             .
             For
             the
             confusion
             of
             order
             doth
             (
             of
             necessity
             )
             arise
             from
             diuersitie
             of
             directions
             .
          
           
             4
             Religion
             then
             must
             in
             all
             true
             Christian
             states
             solely
             command
             ;
             Policy
             likewise
             is
             to
             be
             admitted
             in
             Christrian
             Sates
             if
             it
             be
             Religious
             :
             If
             not
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             consideration
             can
             make
             it
             lawfull
             ;
             but
             ought
             by
             all
             possible
             meanes
             to
             be
             auoyded
             ;
             as
             the
             poyson
             of
             a
             State
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             capitall
             enemie
             to
             Religion
             and
             Religious
             Policy
             .
          
           
             5
             But
             from
             hence
             may
             seeme
             to
             rise
             a
             doubt
             of
             much
             difficultie
             ;
             by
             what
             speciall
             rules
             the
             lawfulnes
             or
             vnlawfullnes
             of
             Policy
             may
             be
             iudged
             ;
             because
             that
             many
             Christian
             ▪
             States
             vtterly
             disagre
             in
             their
             iudgment
             of
             lawfull
             Policy
             ,
             euery
             common-wealth
             and
             euery
             kingdome
             ,
             
             defending
             the
             lawfullnes
             of
             such
             Politique
             practise
             ,
             as
             is
             then
             in
             profitable
             vse
             ,
             whereby
             the
             aduancement
             of
             their
             prosperous
             fortunes
             ,
             is
             any
             way
             furthered
             ,
             or
             the
             spoyle
             of
             their
             enemies
             occasioned
             .
          
           
             6
             To
             this
             I
             answere
             ,
             that
             howsoeuer
             the
             practises
             of
             all
             times
             ,
             and
             of
             euery
             people
             haue
             had
             some
             defence
             to
             giue
             them
             a
             coulorable
             shew
             of
             lawfulnesse
             :
             and
             though
             in
             our
             times
             the
             most
             damned
             politique
             proiects
             ,
             haue
             found
             friends
             to
             excuse
             them
             ,
             approuing
             most
             damned
             conspiracy
             ,
             in
             canonising
             the
             conspirators
             :
             yet
             is
             such
             Iudgementrespectiue
             ,
             and
             not
             truely
             deliuered
             ,
             such
             being
             corrupt
             iudges
             ,
             who
             behold
             these
             monstrous
             crimes
             with
             fauourable
             eyes
             ,
             and
             sparing
             iudgement
             .
          
           
             7
             Therefore
             to
             auoyd
             all
             partialitie
             ,
             let
             the
             infallible
             rule
             of
             Gods
             word
             determine
             this
             controuersie
             .
             
             Yet
             euen
             in
             that
             there
             is
             doubt
             because
             of
             the
             variable
             constructions
             of
             that
             sacred
             authority
             ,
             euery
             man
             giuing
             Gods
             word
             a
             sense
             to
             his
             own
             liking
             ,
             whereby
             the
             doubt
             is
             lesse
             resolued
             ,
             and
             the
             truth
             wrapt
             vp
             in
             the
             folds
             of
             much
             controuersie
             .
             It
             is
             therefore
             the
             best
             and
             the
             most
             impartiall
             iudgement
             ,
             to
             iudge
             euery
             cause
             by
             his
             effect
             ,
             and
             these
             Policies
             by
             their
             ends
             to
             which
             they
             leuell
             ;
             for
             if
             to
             goodnes
             ,
             they
             will
             then
             proportion
             their
             Policies
             to
             honesty
             and
             lawfull
             warrant
             :
             but
             if
             to
             greatnes
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             other
             sinister
             respect
             ,
             their
             Policy
             is
             euill
             ;
             and
             will
             be
             apparently
             iudged
             by
             Religious
             iudgement
             .
          
           
             8
             There
             is
             also
             this
             wisedome
             in
             the
             wisedome
             of
             Christian
             States
             ;
             that
             howsoeuer
             the
             limmes
             of
             vnlawfull
             Policy
             ought
             not
             to
             haue
             being
             in
             the
             body
             of
             any
             Christian
             State
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             dissimilitude
             
             and
             aduersenes
             betweene
             that
             and
             Religious
             Policy
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             most
             needfull
             that
             Christian
             States
             be
             furnished
             with
             such
             choice
             instruments
             of
             State
             ,
             as
             may
             haue
             vnderstanding
             in
             the
             most
             secret
             knowledge
             of
             euery
             State
             practise
             ,
             how
             vnlawful
             soeuer
             ;
             for
             that
             euill
             cannot
             be
             preuented
             which
             is
             not
             knowne
             ,
             and
             men
             may
             safely
             know
             that
             which
             they
             may
             not
             practise
             :
             for
             euill
             may
             be
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             any
             man
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             only
             in
             the
             practise
             of
             bad
             men
             .
          
           
             9
             Therefore
             in
             all
             consultations
             of
             State
             ,
             Religion
             must
             be
             our
             Star
             ,
             from
             which
             we
             must
             receiue
             our
             direction
             :
             &
             by
             whose
             iudgement
             we
             ought
             to
             vnderstand
             what
             is
             conuenient
             or
             lawfull
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             not
             in
             a
             Christian
             Common-wealth
             .
             Religious
             Policy
             also
             hath
             most
             needfull
             imployment
             in
             Christian
             States
             ;
             &
             therfore
             the
             best
             ,
             &
             the
             best
             ablemen
             in
             kingdomes
             and
             States
             haue
             that
             
             prouident
             care
             assigned
             them
             ,
             being
             a
             wisdom
             aboue
             the
             reach
             of
             common
             capacity
             :
             wherewith
             God
             is
             pleased
             ,
             his
             Church
             aduanced
             ,
             kingdomes
             continued
             in
             reputation
             and
             greatnes
             :
             which
             without
             such
             prouidence
             would
             (
             like
             vnrepiared
             building
             )
             rotte
             and
             ruine
             in
             their
             decaye
             .
          
           
             10
             But
             all
             the
             trickes
             of
             euill
             Policy
             (
             like
             so
             many
             .
             Traytors
             to
             God
             ,
             to
             his
             Church
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             Christian
             society
             )
             ought
             to
             bee
             banished
             the
             confines
             of
             euery
             Christian
             place
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             excluded
             the
             consultations
             of
             reuerend
             &
             honorable
             Senators
             ,
             and
             to
             haue
             place
             onely
             in
             their
             knowledge
             ,
             but
             neuer
             in
             their
             consent
             and
             practise
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             In
             respect
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             soueraigne
             of
             State.
             CHAP.
             VI.
             
          
           
             T
             The
             Prince
             is
             the
             Soueraigne
             or
             principall
             of
             euery
             State
             :
             by
             whom
             the
             lawes
             haue
             authority
             ,
             and
             the
             life
             of
             execution
             .
             And
             therefore
             these
             respects
             are
             most
             considerable
             in
             his
             person
             :
             on
             whose
             good
             or
             euill
             disposition
             the
             good
             or
             euill
             fortunes
             of
             a
             kingdome
             dependeth
             .
             Euery
             Prince
             in
             his
             kingdome
             ,
             being
             the
             helme
             by
             which
             the
             whole
             body
             is
             moued
             
             and
             inforced
             to
             mooue
             as
             hee
             is
             moued
             .
             For
             Princes
             are
             the
             precedents
             of
             God
             in
             respect
             of
             vniuersall
             power
             and
             generall
             obedience
             .
             For
             as
             God
             the
             King
             of
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             doth
             moue
             all
             occasions
             in
             the
             world
             at
             his
             pleasure
             :
             altering
             ,
             translating
             ,
             and
             establishing
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             diuine
             wisedome
             :
             euen
             so
             kings
             here
             on
             earth
             ,
             (
             the
             petite
             resemblances
             of
             God
             :
             )
             alter
             and
             confirme
             (
             at
             their
             pleasure
             )
             within
             their
             own
             liberty
             &
             iurisdiction
             :
             bineding
             their
             subiects
             to
             conformity
             and
             generall
             consent
             .
          
           
             2
             And
             for
             this
             cause
             they
             are
             called
             Gods
             :
             because
             (
             like
             God
             )
             they
             haue
             generall
             power
             ouer
             the
             States
             of
             all
             their
             subiects
             .
             And
             as
             the
             dignity
             of
             a
             Prince
             doth
             worthily
             challenge
             a
             prerogatiue
             ouer
             all
             degrees
             of
             men
             :
             so
             in
             them
             there
             is
             a
             naturall
             descent
             of
             noblenes
             and
             pregnancy
             of
             spirit
             ,
             whereby
             they
             are
             
             made
             fit
             to
             manage
             those
             weighty
             and
             great
             occasions
             which
             are
             common
             in
             the
             care
             of
             their
             gouernment
             .
          
           
             3
             Therefore
             in
             them
             there
             is
             most
             soueraigne
             vse
             of
             Religion
             and
             Religious
             Policy
             ,
             without
             which
             they
             cannot
             discharge
             the
             duety
             of
             their
             kingly
             office
             to
             God
             ,
             supply
             the
             necessities
             of
             their
             kingdomes
             ,
             nor
             support
             their
             kingly
             reputations
             .
             All
             which
             necessary
             seruice
             hath
             beene
             the
             practise
             and
             pleasure
             of
             all
             Religious
             Kings
             of
             former
             times
             ,
             &
             wil
             be
             in
             the
             race
             of
             holy
             Kings
             for
             euer
             .
          
           
             4
             If
             then
             I
             be
             demanded
             what
             is
             first
             and
             principally
             required
             in
             the
             person
             of
             a
             Prince
             ,
             I
             will
             answere
             ,
             Religion
             :
             if
             what
             is
             next
             ,
             I
             will
             answere
             ,
             Religion
             :
             if
             I
             be
             still
             further
             vrged
             ,
             I
             would
             still
             answere
             ,
             Religion
             ;
             for
             that
             must
             be
             the
             first
             ,
             the
             middle
             ,
             and
             the
             last
             of
             all
             his
             cares
             ,
             and
             that
             principall
             whereupon
             his
             
             kingly
             building
             can
             onely
             haue
             sure
             foundation
             .
          
           
             5
             Religion
             then
             is
             the
             necessary
             in
             the
             person
             of
             euery
             Christian
             Prince
             ;
             all
             other
             cares
             being
             but
             seconds
             and
             subordinate
             to
             this
             one
             most
             absolute
             :
             for
             therfore
             are
             kings
             ,
             Potentates
             ,
             and
             Superiours
             ordained
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             therfore
             haue
             they
             authority
             of
             superintendance
             ouer
             multitudes
             of
             people
             (
             not
             for
             themselues
             or
             for
             their
             owne
             glory
             ,
             but
             )
             for
             the
             seruice
             of
             their
             master
             and
             supreme
             soueraigne
             ,
             who
             hath
             giuen
             them
             these
             dignities
             for
             the
             seruice
             of
             holy
             Church
             ,
             that
             by
             their
             authority
             men
             may
             be
             forced
             to
             the
             obedience
             of
             holy
             Religion
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             disobedience
             of
             their
             people
             may
             be
             reduced
             vnder
             a
             Ciuill
             and
             a
             Christian
             gouernement
             :
             and
             therefore
             are
             Kings
             and
             Queenes
             called
             the
             nurse-fathers
             and
             mothers
             of
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             ,
             
             because
             their
             National
             Church
             and
             euery
             child
             of
             grace
             in
             that
             Church
             liueth
             vnder
             their
             tuition
             and
             their
             protection
             :
             for
             which
             they
             are
             countable
             before
             Gods
             tribunall
             .
          
           
             6
             Againe
             Religion
             is
             not
             onely
             of
             necessity
             in
             the
             person
             of
             a
             Prince
             ,
             but
             of
             Religious
             Politique
             consequence
             also
             ;
             for
             that
             Prince
             or
             Potentate
             who
             is
             truely
             Religious
             ,
             hath
             not
             onely
             for
             his
             recompence
             the
             rewards
             of
             heauen
             (
             which
             notwithstanding
             doeth
             abudantly
             satisfie
             more
             then
             any
             mans
             desert
             )
             but
             also
             all
             other
             temporall
             blessings
             doe
             (
             of
             necessity
             )
             depend
             vpon
             the
             fortunes
             of
             him
             that
             is
             Religious
             .
             And
             therefore
             peace
             ,
             plenty
             ,
             honour
             ,
             victory
             ,
             all
             these
             ,
             or
             as
             much
             of
             these
             as
             in
             the
             wisdome
             of
             God
             is
             thought
             conuenient
             for
             their
             happines
             ,
             are
             alwaies
             found
             in
             the
             fortunes
             of
             holy
             Princes
             :
             to
             whom
             God
             doth
             apply
             himselfe
             and
             the
             
             largenes
             of
             his
             bounty
             ,
             when
             they
             apply
             themselues
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             seruice
             of
             Catholique
             Religion
             .
             And
             this
             is
             conforme
             to
             that
             Iudgement
             of
             diuinity
             :
             
               First
               seeke
               the
               kingdome
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               blessings
               shall
               be
               cast
               vpon
               thee
               .
            
          
           
             7
             As
             Religion
             is
             most
             necessary
             ,
             so
             Religious
             Policy
             is
             much
             required
             in
             the
             person
             of
             a
             Prince
             ,
             because
             euery
             Christian
             kingdome
             consisteth
             of
             two
             States
             ,
             Ecclesiasticall
             and
             Ciuill
             :
             the
             which
             like
             a
             body
             and
             a
             soule
             are
             vnited
             and
             made
             one
             State
             vnder
             the
             gouernment
             of
             one
             absolute
             Prince
             .
             And
             as
             the
             naturall
             body
             and
             soule
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             liue
             not
             by
             one
             and
             the
             same
             meanes
             ,
             though
             both
             participate
             their
             seuerall
             blessings
             :
             So
             in
             the
             State
             of
             Christian
             kingdomes
             ,
             the
             Church
             is
             the
             soule
             ,
             the
             State
             is
             the
             body
             ,
             whereof
             is
             compounded
             a
             Christian
             kingdome
             .
             And
             therefore
             is
             it
             a
             
             speciall
             wisedome
             in
             the
             discretion
             of
             Princes
             ,
             to
             order
             this
             soule
             ,
             and
             this
             body
             of
             State
             by
             proper
             and
             peculiar
             directions
             .
             For
             many
             things
             are
             needfull
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             in
             the
             State
             ,
             and
             many
             things
             lawful
             in
             the
             State
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             State
             hauing
             (
             by
             much
             )
             a
             greater
             liberty
             in
             her
             directions
             .
          
           
             8
             For
             the
             State
             then
             it
             is
             needefully
             required
             ,
             that
             the
             Prince
             bee
             Politique
             ,
             and
             haue
             vnderstanding
             in
             secrets
             of
             most
             curious
             search
             ;
             wherein
             he
             must
             bee
             moderated
             by
             his
             Christian
             iudgement
             ,
             that
             no
             vnlawfull
             Policy
             enter
             further
             then
             his
             knowledge
             ,
             whereby
             his
             Kingly
             reputation
             should
             bee
             stained
             with
             vngodly
             practise
             .
             And
             therefore
             whatsoeuer
             is
             euill
             must
             be
             onely
             knowne
             :
             and
             whatsoeuer
             is
             good
             must
             be
             onely
             practised
             :
             especially
             with
             Kings
             ,
             whose
             seates
             are
             aboue
             
             all
             men
             ,
             because
             they
             ought
             to
             bee
             neerest
             God
             in
             sanctimonious
             life
             ,
             being
             neerest
             him
             in
             place
             :
             and
             because
             ,
             all
             mens
             eyes
             are
             vpon
             them
             ,
             and
             euery
             mans
             desire
             is
             to
             fashion
             them
             .
          
           
             9
             For
             me
             to
             aduise
             a
             Prince
             and
             to
             giue
             directions
             ,
             would
             assuredly
             be
             thought
             presumption
             ,
             because
             flattery
             ,
             and
             feare
             ,
             haue
             corrupted
             the
             writings
             of
             many
             men
             :
             most
             men
             applauding
             the
             fortunes
             of
             the
             present
             times
             ,
             how
             vnfortunate
             so
             euer
             :
             and
             flatering
             the
             Prince
             vnder
             whom
             they
             liue
             in
             the
             exercise
             of
             much
             vnlawfulnes
             .
             Whereby
             such
             writers
             deny
             God
             ,
             deny
             their
             acknowledgement
             of
             Truth
             :
             and
             deny
             that
             seruice
             to
             their
             King
             and
             Nation
             ,
             whereby
             both
             King
             and
             kingdome
             might
             be
             benefitted
             ;
             of
             which
             base
             feare
             I
             will
             euer
             be
             innocent
             .
             And
             therefore
             I
             would
             boldly
             declare
             my
             
             iudgement
             euen
             in
             this
             particular
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             Christian
             labour
             ,
             of
             a
             Christian
             King
             hath
             preuented
             me
             :
             whose
             learned
             iudgement
             and
             kingly
             experience
             hath
             made
             him
             better
             able
             to
             aduise
             (
             in
             all
             such
             directions
             )
             then
             my selfe
             ,
             or
             then
             any
             man
             (
             I
             thinke
             )
             this
             day
             liuing
             .
          
           
             10
             These
             things
             ought
             a
             Prince
             to
             doe
             .
             Now
             what
             he
             ought
             not
             to
             doe
             ,
             must
             be
             considered
             ,
             which
             briefely
             is
             but
             this
             ;
             that
             his
             proceedings
             in
             the
             administration
             of
             his
             kingly
             office
             ,
             bee
             not
             vniustifiable
             before
             God
             and
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             in
             his
             consultations
             of
             State
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             exercise
             of
             Armes
             ,
             (
             wherein
             ther
             is
             ineuitable
             necessity
             of
             Policy
             ,
             and
             stratagemes
             )
             there
             be
             not
             admitted
             an
             vnlimited
             liberty
             of
             all
             Policie
             ,
             whereby
             the
             cause
             without
             the
             effect
             ,
             and
             the
             effect
             without
             the
             cause
             is
             barely
             considered
             :
             but
             that
             God
             may
             bee
             still
             in
             the
             eye
             of
             all
             such
             
             busines
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             iudgement
             of
             Religion
             may
             determine
             all
             State
             consultations
             ,
             what
             is
             ,
             or
             what
             is
             not
             lawfull
             in
             euery
             worke
             of
             State.
             
          
           
             11
             And
             therefore
             (
             of
             antient
             it
             is
             )
             that
             in
             the
             State
             counsells
             of
             Christian
             kingdomes
             ,
             Religious
             men
             ,
             either
             Archbishops
             ,
             or
             Bishops
             haue
             had
             ,
             (
             and
             haue
             )
             precedency
             in
             all
             such
             honorable
             assembly
             of
             States
             men
             ,
             because
             their
             iudgements
             might
             determine
             the
             lawfulnes
             or
             vnlawfulnes
             of
             such
             Policies
             as
             in
             that
             assembly
             of
             Senators
             were
             propounded
             .
             Therefore
             in
             euery
             action
             ,
             and
             in
             euery
             consultation
             of
             State
             ,
             wherein
             there
             is
             necessary
             vse
             of
             Policy
             ,
             it
             is
             most
             needefull
             that
             the
             Prince
             declare
             himselfe
             Religious
             ;
             and
             that
             hee
             iudge
             euery
             practise
             ;
             and
             euery
             Policy
             by
             lawfulnes
             and
             not
             by
             conueniencie
             onely
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             In
             respect
             of
             State
             Gouernours
             .
             CHAP.
             VII
             .
          
           
             IN
             this
             particular
             of
             State
             Gouernors
             ,
             it
             may
             seeme
             that
             not
             Religion
             but
             Policy
             is
             most
             considerable
             ;
             because
             in
             their
             common
             busines
             of
             State
             (
             wherin
             they
             haue
             continuall
             trauell
             )
             they
             commonlie
             incounter
             with
             many
             Politique
             and
             desperate
             designes
             in
             the
             secret
             practise
             of
             their
             State
             enemies
             .
             Against
             which
             practise
             ,
             their
             wisedomes
             aduise
             vpon
             such
             Politique
             preuentions
             
             as
             may
             best
             frustrat
             the
             euill
             purpose
             of
             their
             enemies
             .
             And
             therefore
             it
             may
             seeme
             that
             the
             seruice
             of
             their
             place
             ,
             doth
             challenge
             a
             liberty
             in
             the
             vse
             of
             all
             Policy
             ,
             being
             to
             incounter
             with
             polititians
             ,
             and
             practises
             of
             all
             Natures
             .
          
           
             2
             To
             which
             I
             answere
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             such
             necessitie
             of
             euill
             Policy
             ,
             in
             these
             worthy
             Senators
             of
             States
             ,
             for
             euill
             is
             not
             to
             be
             resisted
             with
             euill
             ,
             but
             with
             goodnesse
             :
             neither
             is
             Religious
             Policy
             so
             defectiue
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             supplide
             with
             vngodly
             practise
             ,
             or
             not
             of
             it selfe
             to
             furnish
             the
             wisedomes
             of
             men
             with
             sufficient
             strength
             against
             al
             vnlawful
             attempts
             and
             all
             pestilent
             contriuements
             .
          
           
             3
             And
             therefore
             (
             as
             all
             men
             ,
             so
             )
             States-men
             are
             bound
             within
             the
             limits
             of
             honesty
             and
             lawfull
             warrant
             ,
             beyond
             which
             there
             is
             no
             Policy
             or
             practise
             can
             be
             lawfull
             .
             This
             strictnes
             of
             lawfull
             Policy
             ,
             is
             the
             
             square
             wherewith
             euery
             Religious
             States-man
             in
             the
             world
             doth
             fashion
             all
             his
             Policies
             ;
             in
             which
             conscionable
             consideration
             ,
             there
             is
             both
             pietie
             ,
             and
             Policy
             :
             pietie
             in
             conforming
             obedience
             to
             holy
             rule
             ;
             and
             Policy
             ,
             in
             obseruing
             such
             order
             in
             their
             counsels
             as
             may
             make
             the
             practise
             fortunate
             &
             assured
             ;
             because
             that
             God
             doth
             euer
             forward
             the
             lawfulnes
             of
             proceeding
             ,
             but
             doth
             often
             oppose
             his
             power
             against
             iniurious
             and
             vnlawful
             Policies
             .
          
           
             4
             Neither
             is
             it
             of
             any
             perswasion
             ,
             that
             the
             great
             Polititians
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             not
             onely
             practise
             ,
             but
             publish
             vnlawfull
             Policies
             ,
             framing
             arguments
             of
             conueniency
             to
             conclud
             against
             the
             testimony
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Religion
             ,
             because
             such
             men
             (
             howsoeuer
             of
             Christian
             name
             )
             were
             notwithstanding
             of
             heathenish
             iudgement
             and
             of
             diuellish
             disposition
             ;
             in
             whom
             &
             in
             whose
             iudgement
             may
             
             be
             obserued
             this
             most
             grosse
             error
             ;
             that
             whereas
             all
             the
             trauels
             of
             State
             ,
             are
             onely
             seruices
             done
             for
             the
             State
             of
             Religion
             ;
             they
             would
             haue
             Religion
             with
             all
             other
             occasions
             ,
             serue
             for
             the
             aduancement
             of
             State.
             By
             which
             most
             iniurious
             &
             wicked
             iudgement
             ,
             they
             would
             depose
             the
             King
             to
             aduance
             the
             subiect
             ,
             and
             diuorce
             the
             wife
             to
             marry
             the
             maid
             :
             but
             as
             themselues
             ,
             so
             their
             reason
             is
             wicked
             and
             senselesse
             ;
             for
             as
             the
             soule
             doth
             exceede
             the
             body
             in
             the
             dignity
             of
             their
             Natures
             ,
             so
             doth
             the
             Church
             the
             State
             ,
             and
             so
             doth
             Religion
             Policy
             .
          
           
             5
             It
             is
             also
             very
             worthy
             of
             note
             that
             the
             antient
             Romanes
             ,
             (
             a
             people
             most
             famous
             for
             ciuill
             gouernement
             )
             in
             the
             time
             of
             their
             Aristocracie
             ,
             being
             gouerned
             by
             Consuls
             and
             Senators
             ,
             had
             (
             in
             all
             their
             great
             affaires
             of
             State
             )
             a
             precise
             regard
             to
             honesty
             ;
             and
             that
             no
             dishonourable
             
             practise
             might
             euer
             disgrace
             the
             trophy
             of
             their
             victories
             .
             And
             this
             scruple
             they
             were
             taught
             by
             the
             wisedome
             of
             nature
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             great
             experience
             in
             ciuill
             gouernment
             .
             And
             therfore
             in
             them
             it
             was
             strange
             and
             worthy
             ,
             that
             hauing
             no
             diuine
             law
             ,
             but
             the
             law
             of
             nature
             (
             only
             )
             to
             instruct
             them
             ,
             yeelded
             themselues
             notwithstanding
             to
             this
             obedience
             ,
             whereto
             they
             were
             not
             forced
             ,
             but
             onely
             by
             their
             owne
             election
             .
             And
             this
             their
             naturall
             deuotion
             to
             the
             law
             of
             nature
             ,
             may
             iudge
             and
             condemne
             all
             dishonourable
             and
             dishonest
             practise
             in
             the
             Christian
             world
             .
          
           
             6
             And
             though
             the
             Christian
             world
             be
             full
             of
             example
             which
             haue
             deuised
             and
             practised
             proiects
             of
             most
             fearefull
             remembrance
             ;
             and
             though
             many
             of
             these
             practisers
             haue
             beene
             men
             of
             State
             in
             Religious
             States
             :
             yet
             is
             that
             of
             no
             perswasion
             
             to
             corrupt
             the
             noble
             and
             Religious
             affection
             of
             Religious
             gouernours
             of
             States
             ,
             because
             discreete
             men
             liue
             not
             by
             example
             but
             by
             rule
             ,
             for
             rule
             is
             euer
             constant
             and
             certaine
             ,
             but
             custome
             and
             examples
             are
             not
             ,
             but
             shift
             their
             fashion
             according
             to
             mens
             diuers
             dispositions
             .
             And
             therefore
             such
             examples
             are
             like
             Sea-markes
             ,
             which
             allure
             not
             the
             prouident
             passengers
             to
             approch
             ,
             but
             to
             shunne
             them
             rather
             ;
             and
             by
             these
             euill
             examples
             of
             bad
             men
             are
             good
             men
             admonished
             ,
             and
             resolued
             in
             their
             honest
             and
             godly
             resolutions
             .
          
           
             7
             Therefore
             in
             the
             strictnes
             of
             conscience
             ,
             euery
             Counsellor
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             euery
             politique
             instruction
             of
             euery
             Counsellor
             is
             bound
             with
             certaine
             limitations
             ,
             beyond
             which
             they
             cannot
             goe
             without
             offence
             .
             For
             if
             the
             Policy
             he
             aduiseth
             respect
             the
             Church
             and
             the
             State
             of
             
             Religion
             ;
             such
             Policy
             must
             either
             directly
             ,
             or
             by
             necessary
             consequence
             intend
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ;
             otherwise
             the
             Policy
             is
             bad
             practise
             ,
             and
             the
             Polititian
             wicked
             .
          
           
             8
             Againe
             ,
             if
             the
             Counsellor
             aduise
             in
             matter
             of
             State
             and
             ciuill
             gouernement
             ,
             in
             such
             aduice
             there
             must
             be
             charity
             ,
             lest
             for
             some
             vngodly
             respect
             they
             aduise
             not
             the
             profit
             ,
             but
             the
             calamity
             of
             many
             thousands
             :
             such
             was
             the
             Counsell
             
               Rehoboham
            
             had
             giuen
             him
             by
             his
             yong
             polititians
             .
          
           
             9
             Lastly
             ,
             if
             the
             counsell
             we
             giue
             concerne
             our
             enemies
             ;
             yet
             there
             is
             a
             mercy
             euen
             in
             that
             respect
             :
             for
             in
             euery
             man
             of
             godly
             disposition
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             gratious
             pity
             which
             will
             disswade
             (
             not
             the
             dammage
             ,
             but
             )
             the
             destruction
             of
             our
             enemies
             .
             The
             want
             of
             this
             pity
             was
             punished
             in
             that
             diuellish
             politique
             counsell
             of
             
               Hammon
               ,
            
             who
             because
             his
             reuenge
             
             was
             bloody
             ;
             had
             therefore
             God
             for
             his
             enemy
             and
             his
             destruction
             .
          
           
             10
             In
             respect
             of
             Gouernours
             of
             State
             then
             ,
             Religion
             and
             Policy
             are
             most
             considerable
             :
             Religion
             being
             the
             vtmost
             end
             ,
             whereto
             they
             direct
             their
             lawfull
             Policies
             :
             and
             good
             Policy
             ,
             the
             meanes
             whereby
             their
             Religious
             States
             stand
             and
             flourish
             in
             prosperous
             reputation
             .
             And
             vndoubtedly
             the
             truth
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             (
             in
             al
             christian
             States
             )
             may
             be
             argued
             from
             the
             obseruation
             of
             their
             State
             practise
             ;
             and
             from
             the
             lawfull
             proceeding
             of
             Politique
             gouernment
             .
          
           
             11
             For
             if
             the
             Politique
             State
             be
             found
             guilty
             of
             dishonourable
             practise
             ;
             it
             layeth
             an
             imputation
             and
             iealousie
             on
             the
             State
             of
             Religion
             :
             but
             if
             the
             politique
             State
             be
             iustifiable
             in
             her
             proceedings
             ,
             it
             argueth
             the
             iustnes
             and
             truth
             of
             the
             State
             of
             Religion
             :
             because
             where
             the
             State
             
             is
             not
             tempted
             to
             euill
             ,
             which
             is
             much
             more
             subiect
             to
             such
             temptation
             ;
             it
             is
             of
             great
             likely-hood
             that
             the
             Church
             is
             vntainted
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             State
             of
             truth
             and
             holy
             discipline
             .
          
           
             12
             And
             in
             this
             respect
             hath
             God
             beene
             fauourable
             to
             this
             Nation
             beyond
             comparison
             :
             hauing
             giuen
             it
             such
             Soueraignes
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             State
             gouernors
             as
             no
             Christian
             Nation
             can
             out-glory
             it
             ;
             descending
             still
             a
             succession
             of
             both
             sorts
             of
             Gouernors
             ,
             principals
             and
             secondaries
             ;
             whereby
             both
             States
             of
             Religion
             and
             Religious
             Policy
             flourish
             in
             this
             kingdome
             in
             their
             lawfull
             and
             Religious
             exercise
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Of
             Subordinate
             Gouernours
             in
             the
             common
             affaires
             of
             State.
             CHAP.
             VIII
             .
          
           
             SVbordinate
             Gouernours
             in
             the
             State
             ,
             are
             Iudges
             ,
             Iustices
             ,
             and
             their
             inferiour
             officers
             ,
             who
             by
             reason
             the
             executions
             of
             their
             offices
             depend
             vpon
             certaine
             Satutes
             &
             State
             directions
             ,
             are
             therefore
             bound
             to
             a
             strictnes
             of
             iustice
             ,
             from
             which
             they
             rightfully
             cannot
             wander
             ,
             and
             therefore
             in
             the
             iust
             discharge
             of
             their
             offices
             ,
             they
             haue
             nothing
             at
             their
             owne
             election
             :
             but
             
             are
             tied
             by
             necessity
             to
             iudge
             and
             determine
             as
             the
             law
             shal
             lead
             them
             .
             Therefore
             in
             them
             there
             is
             little
             vse
             of
             Policy
             ,
             because
             the
             seruice
             of
             their
             place
             is
             execution
             ,
             and
             not
             inuention
             :
             to
             doe
             as
             they
             are
             directed
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             direct
             how
             to
             doe
             .
             For
             the
             wisedome
             of
             Policy
             is
             direction
             ,
             but
             the
             life
             of
             iustice
             is
             execution
             .
          
           
             2
             For
             as
             euery
             action
             of
             our
             bodies
             receiue
             directions
             from
             the
             soule
             how
             to
             moue
             ,
             how
             to
             speake
             ,
             how
             to
             worke
             ;
             &
             according
             to
             such
             direction
             is
             euery
             action
             formed
             :
             so
             the
             subbordinate
             Magistrate
             ,
             doth
             nothing
             of
             himselfe
             but
             as
             his
             superiours
             direct
             him
             ,
             they
             giuing
             him
             rules
             and
             proportions
             to
             command
             and
             restraine
             him
             .
          
           
             3
             For
             the
             King
             is
             the
             head
             of
             euery
             body
             Politique
             ;
             his
             Counsellors
             of
             State
             ,
             are
             those
             diuine
             faculties
             in
             the
             head
             :
             reason
             ,
             vnderstanding
             ,
             
             iudgement
             ,
             &c.
             
             By
             whose
             directions
             the
             whole
             body
             is
             ordered
             and
             disposed
             :
             the
             instrumentall
             parts
             ,
             such
             as
             the
             eies
             ,
             the
             hands
             ,
             the
             feete
             ,
             &c.
             resemble
             subordinate
             officers
             ,
             who
             administer
             and
             execute
             ,
             as
             the
             head
             directs
             them
             .
             The
             truncke
             or
             bulke
             of
             the
             body
             is
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             who
             communicate
             the
             profits
             of
             the
             whole
             body
             ;
             yet
             in
             respect
             of
             gouernment
             ,
             they
             are
             meerely
             passiue
             ,
             hauing
             diuine
             and
             humane
             lawes
             ,
             (
             and
             their
             officers
             )
             to
             order
             them
             ,
             in
             euery
             circumstance
             of
             their
             life
             .
          
           
             4
             Thus
             ought
             euery
             body
             Politique
             to
             bee
             disposed
             ,
             euery
             difference
             of
             degree
             obseruing
             iust
             proportion
             ,
             as
             God
             ,
             as
             Nature
             ,
             and
             as
             Order
             hath
             disposed
             them
             .
             Therefore
             in
             subordinate
             officers
             of
             State
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             dutie
             of
             conformity
             ,
             which
             commands
             them
             as
             they
             command
             inferiours
             :
             whereby
             the
             libertie
             of
             euill
             affected
             men
             is
             restrained
             from
             
             much
             iniurious
             violence
             ,
             which
             authoritie
             would
             giue
             to
             bloodie
             ,
             or
             ambitious
             Natures
             .
          
           
             5
             For
             in
             men
             not
             rightly
             affected
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             Heauen
             ,
             no
             Hell
             ,
             no
             wound
             of
             conscience
             so
             powerfull
             to
             correct
             and
             withhold
             from
             iniury
             ,
             as
             penalty
             and
             seuere
             law
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             but
             doubtfully
             ,
             but
             this
             certainly
             beleeued
             ,
             and
             therefore
             is
             it
             a
             speciall
             prouidence
             of
             State
             ,
             to
             limit
             all
             subordinate
             authoritie
             ;
             and
             to
             leaue
             nothing
             to
             libertie
             and
             common
             discretion
             ,
             wherein
             would
             bee
             disorder
             and
             confusion
             ,
             but
             to
             giue
             authoritie
             with
             limits
             and
             restrictions
             commanding
             both
             the
             matter
             and
             the
             manner
             of
             euery
             lawfull
             proceeding
             in
             a
             Common-wealth
             .
          
           
             6
             In
             inferiour
             magistracie
             then
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             that
             needfull
             vse
             of
             much
             policy
             ,
             as
             in
             Soueraigne
             and
             State
             authority
             ,
             a
             faithfull
             diligence
             
             being
             principally
             required
             in
             their
             seruice
             to
             do
             onely
             that
             which
             they
             are
             directed
             .
             And
             this
             was
             seriously
             regarded
             in
             the
             Romane
             Gouernment
             ,
             where
             inferiour
             officers
             might
             doe
             nothing
             (
             not
             onely
             not
             against
             ,
             but
             not
             )
             without
             superiour
             authority
             ,
             where
             such
             neglect
             was
             punished
             with
             death
             ;
             euen
             in
             them
             who
             had
             deserued
             nobly
             .
          
           
             7
             Religion
             and
             Conscience
             then
             is
             principally
             and
             solely
             required
             in
             such
             magistracie
             ,
             the
             which
             dutie
             in
             them
             discharged
             ,
             where
             in
             all
             controuersies
             of
             titles
             ,
             or
             executions
             of
             iustice
             ,
             the
             true
             end
             and
             purpose
             of
             euery
             law
             is
             barely
             considered
             ;
             no
             partiall
             regard
             had
             to
             friend
             ,
             or
             friendly
             fauours
             ,
             whereby
             the
             sentence
             and
             iudgement
             of
             lawes
             may
             destroy
             their
             iustice
             ,
             and
             sincerity
             .
          
           
             8
             And
             from
             whence
             do
             arise
             infinite
             of
             inconueniencies
             ,
             the
             greatest
             
             enemies
             of
             peace
             and
             iustice
             ,
             the
             calamitie
             of
             a
             Christian
             State
             ,
             and
             the
             distroyers
             of
             many
             wealthy
             States
             ;
             all
             which
             euils
             would
             be
             auoyded
             ,
             if
             law-controuersies
             were
             decided
             without
             friuolous
             protractions
             ,
             and
             and
             with
             a
             conscionable
             vnderstanding
             of
             the
             law
             ,
             the
             reuerend
             sages
             of
             the
             law
             ,
             deliuering
             the
             true
             sense
             of
             euery
             Statute
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             worth
             of
             euery
             title
             ,
             with
             single
             eye
             and
             without
             partiall
             affection
             :
             whereby
             the
             swarmes
             of
             contentious
             wranglers
             ,
             might
             want
             argument
             of
             strife
             ,
             and
             imploy
             their
             paines
             in
             more
             conscionable
             seruices
             ;
             and
             whereby
             the
             Common-wealth
             should
             not
             want
             the
             profitable
             imployment
             of
             honest
             and
             painefull
             men
             in
             their
             callings
             ;
             who
             often
             times
             lose
             their
             whole
             estate
             by
             attending
             the
             law
             defence
             of
             some
             litle
             parte
             thereof
             .
             Therefore
             in
             these
             officers
             and
             in
             this
             authoritie
             there
             is
             most
             needefull
             
             vse
             of
             conscience
             ;
             and
             that
             no
             Policy
             but
             onely
             Religion
             may
             giue
             them
             and
             their
             place
             direction
             .
          
           
             9
             This
             is
             the
             common
             duty
             ,
             but
             not
             the
             common
             practise
             of
             subordinate
             officers
             ,
             who
             (
             notwithstanding
             their
             little
             vse
             of
             Policy
             ,
             yet
             )
             many
             times
             vse
             Policy
             ,
             and
             bad
             Policy
             more
             then
             conscience
             and
             Religion
             :
             whereby
             the
             reuerend
             and
             worthy
             place
             it selfe
             ,
             is
             held
             in
             iealousie
             ;
             and
             the
             common
             reputation
             disgraced
             ,
             by
             the
             base
             vsage
             of
             some
             particulars
             .
          
           
             10
             But
             it
             were
             a
             bad
             argument
             ,
             to
             conclude
             against
             a
             generall
             profession
             by
             particular
             instance
             ,
             or
             condemne
             the
             abused
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             abusers
             ;
             for
             among
             all
             degrees
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             in
             euery
             place
             and
             profession
             there
             are
             euer
             some
             guilty
             of
             dishonest
             ,
             and
             vngodly
             practise
             .
             If
             Christ
             chuse
             twelue
             ,
             there
             is
             on
             diuell
             ,
             
             and
             therefore
             in
             our
             elections
             among
             twenty
             there
             may
             be
             twelue
             diuels
             .
             And
             vndoubtedly
             it
             is
             no
             wrong
             to
             report
             ,
             that
             in
             all
             estates
             ,
             degrees
             ,
             and
             professions
             of
             men
             ,
             the
             worse
             part
             is
             by
             much
             the
             greater
             :
             for
             as
             the
             way
             to
             Heauen
             ,
             so
             the
             way
             to
             honesty
             and
             vpright
             dealing
             is
             hard
             ,
             and
             the
             passage
             narrow
             ,
             and
             fewe
             there
             be
             that
             enter
             that
             path
             ;
             but
             most
             happie
             are
             they
             whosoeuer
             they
             bee
             ,
             who
             refuse
             to
             be
             vnfaithfull
             ,
             despising
             the
             vanities
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             because
             their
             hope
             and
             confidence
             doth
             repose
             in
             the
             trust
             of
             Gods
             prouidence
             .
          
           
             11
             Whosoeuer
             then
             hath
             place
             in
             these
             subordinate
             affaires
             of
             State
             ,
             (
             whether
             it
             be
             in
             the
             course
             of
             law
             or
             in
             the
             course
             of
             common
             iustice
             )
             if
             he
             decline
             from
             the
             rules
             of
             equity
             and
             honest
             proceeding
             ,
             his
             practise
             is
             but
             Policy
             ,
             and
             the
             vse
             he
             maketh
             of
             Law
             is
             most
             vnlawfull
             ;
             
             for
             howsoeuer
             it
             is
             but
             reasonable
             that
             the
             profits
             of
             euery
             mans
             place
             ,
             (
             that
             hath
             imployment
             in
             the
             State
             )
             should
             support
             him
             ,
             and
             gaine
             him
             such
             proportion
             of
             maintenance
             as
             the
             countenance
             of
             his
             place
             requireth
             ;
             yet
             he
             that
             applieth
             the
             seruice
             of
             his
             place
             ,
             to
             his
             owne
             profitable
             vses
             (
             onely
             )
             is
             most
             vniustifiable
             in
             the
             iudgement
             of
             conscience
             ,
             because
             he
             faileth
             in
             the
             maine
             purpose
             of
             his
             calling
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             common
             good
             and
             not
             his
             owne
             good
             ;
             the
             prosperity
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             thriuing
             of
             his
             owne
             state
             .
          
           
             12
             And
             herehence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             such
             as
             by
             these
             meanes
             raise
             their
             base
             beginning
             to
             an
             extraordinary
             degree
             of
             fortune
             ,
             haue
             their
             conscionable
             dealing
             much
             suspected
             ;
             because
             the
             lawfull
             profits
             of
             their
             place
             ,
             cannot
             so
             speedily
             nor
             so
             highly
             raise
             them
             .
             And
             therefore
             let
             euery
             man
             in
             such
             place
             be
             assured
             ,
             
             that
             as
             the
             conscionable
             discharge
             of
             his
             office
             is
             a
             matter
             of
             high
             merit
             ,
             a
             Religious
             care
             ,
             and
             a
             seruice
             very
             gratefull
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             God
             :
             so
             to
             be
             withdrawne
             with
             the
             perswasion
             of
             any
             by-respect
             ,
             from
             the
             true
             purpose
             of
             his
             office
             ,
             is
             a
             practise
             of
             euill
             Policy
             ,
             whereof
             the
             seruice
             of
             his
             place
             hath
             no
             need
             ,
             and
             whereof
             hee
             ought
             to
             bee
             altogether
             ignorant
             .
          
           
             13
             And
             let
             no
             man
             encourage
             himselfe
             in
             these
             vanities
             with
             the
             hope
             of
             prosperous
             fortune
             ,
             or
             with
             the
             loue
             he
             hath
             to
             the
             glory
             &
             profits
             of
             this
             life
             .
             For
             at
             the
             instant
             of
             dying
             ,
             al
             the
             profits
             and
             al
             the
             pleasures
             in
             the
             world
             cannot
             giue
             a
             man
             that
             comfortable
             farewell
             ,
             as
             al
             such
             haue
             who
             die
             with
             the
             witnes
             of
             good
             conscience
             :
             for
             good
             conscience
             sweetneth
             the
             sorrowes
             of
             death
             ,
             &
             maketh
             the
             pangs
             of
             death
             pleasurable
             :
             whereas
             oftentimes
             the
             
             hauing
             of
             much
             causeth
             the
             loue
             of
             much
             ,
             &
             a
             loathnes
             and
             extream
             sorrow
             to
             leaue
             our
             heaped
             pleasures
             .
             And
             therefore
             in
             the
             discharge
             of
             euery
             duty
             ,
             let
             a
             man
             loue
             conscience
             rather
             then
             profit
             ,
             and
             Religion
             rather
             then
             Policie
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             In
             respect
             of
             Honour
             ,
             Military
             ,
             Courtly
             .
             CHAP.
             IX
             .
          
           
             THE
             names
             of
             Honor
             are
             the
             rewards
             of
             vertuous
             deedes
             ,
             or
             the
             gifts
             of
             princly
             fauour
             .
             They
             are
             giuen
             men
             for
             distinction
             ,
             that
             by
             them
             may
             be
             knowne
             who
             are
             gratious
             ,
             vertuous
             ,
             or
             of
             honorable
             merit
             .
             And
             therefore
             do
             all
             men
             greatly
             desire
             these
             titles
             of
             honour
             ,
             because
             they
             giue
             men
             speciall
             reputation
             ;
             and
             perswade
             the
             world
             that
             
             such
             honours
             could
             not
             bee
             had
             without
             speciall
             deseruing
             .
             And
             among
             the
             honourable
             there
             are
             none
             more
             noble
             then
             such
             ,
             as
             aspire
             the
             degrees
             of
             honour
             by
             the
             steps
             of
             vertuous
             reputation
             :
             because
             they
             persue
             (
             not
             the
             name
             but
             )
             the
             nature
             of
             honourable
             action
             ,
             hazarding
             themselues
             (
             thorow
             many
             dangers
             and
             difficulties
             )
             to
             attain
             so
             faire
             a
             name
             .
          
           
             2
             And
             this
             was
             the
             cause
             that
             in
             the
             old
             world
             the
             most
             forward
             and
             valiant
             spirits
             (
             howsoeuer
             of
             noble
             or
             princely
             birth
             )
             thought
             themselues
             dishonourable
             and
             but
             of
             common
             worth
             ,
             before
             they
             wonne
             their
             honorable
             name
             by
             some
             braue
             aduenture
             ;
             neither
             would
             those
             tims
             inuest
             men
             with
             dignities
             of
             honor
             ,
             that
             were
             not
             either
             braue
             in
             action
             ,
             or
             graue
             in
             consultation
             ,
             either
             Senators
             or
             Souldiers
             ;
             because
             such
             men
             are
             the
             onely
             weapons
             and
             armour
             
             of
             a
             kingdome
             ,
             whereby
             the
             enemy
             is
             both
             resisted
             ,
             preuented
             ,
             and
             vanquished
             .
          
           
             3
             And
             as
             those
             times
             ,
             so
             these
             times
             make
             it
             the
             generall
             ayme
             whereto
             they
             leuell
             al
             their
             honors
             :
             though
             there
             is
             no
             King
             or
             State
             but
             doth
             often
             misse
             in
             many
             particulars
             .
             And
             therefore
             in
             respect
             the
             Nobility
             are
             of
             best
             estimation
             ,
             and
             commonly
             of
             best
             merit
             ,
             these
             respects
             of
             Religion
             and
             Policy
             are
             very
             considerable
             in
             them
             ,
             their
             affection
             to
             good
             or
             bad
             ,
             being
             of
             great
             consequence
             in
             a
             kingdome
             ,
             hauing
             authority
             and
             interest
             in
             the
             hearts
             and
             estates
             of
             many
             .
          
           
             4
             If
             we
             should
             reduce
             to
             memory
             the
             honourable
             and
             famous
             men
             of
             former
             times
             ,
             and
             should
             number
             vp
             their
             memorable
             victories
             ,
             what
             charge
             ,
             what
             care
             ,
             and
             what
             trauel
             they
             haue
             spent
             for
             the
             honor
             of
             Christendome
             and
             the
             Christian
             
             Religion
             :
             it
             will
             appeare
             that
             neuer
             any
             had
             better
             zeale
             to
             fight
             Gods
             quarrell
             then
             they
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             vowing
             the
             whole
             seruice
             of
             their
             liues
             to
             those
             holy
             warres
             ,
             the
             which
             they
             maintained
             with
             so
             much
             resolution
             and
             valour
             ,
             that
             their
             renowne
             is
             (
             like
             their
             happines
             )
             eternall
             .
          
           
             5
             Againe
             ,
             if
             we
             search
             the
             records
             of
             time
             and
             inquire
             after
             the
             most
             worthy
             and
             famous
             Stats-men
             ;
             we
             shall
             finde
             their
             names
             in
             the
             ranke
             of
             honourable
             personages
             ;
             who
             in
             their
             counsell
             chambers
             ,
             haue
             preuented
             conspiracies
             ,
             and
             ouerthrowne
             huge
             Armies
             of
             resolued
             enemies
             .
             For
             (
             besides
             their
             gifts
             of
             Nature
             ,
             )
             they
             are
             extraordinarily
             fitted
             for
             these
             affaires
             ,
             by
             speciall
             and
             painefull
             education
             .
          
           
             6
             And
             therefore
             the
             great
             Empires
             of
             all
             times
             haue
             had
             care
             to
             elect
             such
             choice
             particulars
             from
             
             among
             their
             nobility
             as
             were
             of
             best
             sufficiency
             ;
             vpon
             whose
             wisedomes
             the
             strength
             and
             State
             of
             the
             whole
             Empire
             reposed
             .
             Such
             was
             
               Vlysses
               ,
            
             amomg
             the
             Geekes
             ,
             and
             
               Quintus
               Fabius
               ,
            
             among
             the
             Romans
             :
             &
             such
             hath
             our
             Nation
             had
             ,
             (
             and
             yet
             hath
             )
             many
             vpon
             whose
             vigilancie
             ,
             and
             trus●
             ,
             the
             affaires
             of
             greatest
             State
             do
             principally
             depend
             .
          
           
             7
             To
             vnderstand
             these
             titles
             of
             honour
             I
             will
             distinguish
             them
             :
             They
             are
             either
             deriued
             ,
             or
             giuen
             ;
             deriued
             honours
             are
             such
             as
             descend
             by
             inheritance
             in
             a
             succession
             of
             vntainted
             blood
             .
             Honor
             by
             gift
             ,
             is
             when
             any
             one
             for
             his
             honorable
             deseruing
             hath
             such
             command
             or
             place
             giuen
             him
             ,
             as
             for
             his
             owne
             ,
             life
             makes
             him
             of
             honorable
             estimation
             :
             the
             which
             honour
             ,
             though
             it
             descend
             not
             (
             like
             the
             former
             )
             to
             posterity
             ,
             yet
             is
             it
             of
             very
             noble
             deseruing
             ,
             and
             doth
             conclude
             the
             worthinesse
             of
             
             him
             so
             honored
             .
          
           
             8
             There
             is
             an
             honour
             also
             without
             name
             ,
             vnknowne
             and
             vnregarded
             ,
             which
             (
             being
             hid
             in
             the
             darknes
             of
             aduersity
             and
             poore
             fortune
             )
             cannot
             appeare
             to
             knowledge
             ,
             nor
             raise
             itselfe
             to
             deserued
             dignity
             .
             For
             in
             many
             men
             who
             haue
             the
             formes
             of
             basenes
             and
             contemptible
             fortune
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             braue
             and
             noble
             disposition
             ,
             whereby
             they
             are
             fitted
             for
             all
             honourable
             exercise
             :
             the
             which
             though
             it
             want
             the
             imployment
             of
             honorable
             action
             ,
             whereby
             their
             worth
             would
             be
             both
             knowne
             and
             honoured
             ,
             yet
             there
             is
             no
             power
             of
             fortune
             can
             depresse
             their
             generous
             spirits
             ,
             or
             disgrace
             them
             in
             their
             owne
             vnderstandings
             .
          
           
             9
             And
             therefore
             some
             are
             honored
             by
             nature
             &
             not
             fortune
             ,
             as
             these
             poore
             ones
             ;
             some
             are
             honored
             by
             Fortune
             and
             not
             Nature
             ,
             as
             many
             rich
             ones
             :
             and
             some
             are
             honoured
             
             both
             by
             Nature
             and
             Fortune
             ,
             and
             such
             are
             both
             good
             and
             gratious
             in
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             10
             To
             consider
             then
             how
             these
             import
             this
             purpose
             of
             Religion
             and
             Policy
             ,
             we
             must
             againe
             diuide
             the
             degrees
             of
             honor
             into
             Militarie
             and
             Courtly
             ,
             because
             their
             diuers
             imployments
             haue
             great
             dissimilitude
             .
             And
             first
             for
             military
             honour
             ,
             the
             which
             in
             the
             Christian
             world
             hath
             had
             such
             noble
             exercise
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             prosperitie
             of
             Religion
             may
             seeme
             to
             haue
             marcht
             vnder
             the
             hope
             of
             their
             victorious
             colours
             .
          
           
             11
             And
             this
             is
             euident
             in
             the
             view
             of
             former
             times
             when
             Religigious
             zeale
             did
             incense
             the
             noble
             spirits
             of
             generous
             and
             braue
             gentlemen
             ,
             to
             spend
             both
             their
             substance
             and
             liues
             in
             the
             seruice
             of
             Religious
             warres
             ,
             against
             all
             the
             prophane
             enemies
             of
             the
             name
             of
             ,
             Iesus
             both
             
             Turke
             ,
             and
             euery
             other
             mis·beleeuer
             ,
             by
             whose
             victorious
             hands
             the
             enemies
             of
             God
             were
             kept
             back
             from
             the
             spoile
             they
             intended
             on
             Christian
             Religion
             .
          
           
             12
             And
             among
             these
             many
             ,
             may
             be
             specially
             remembred
             ,
             such
             as
             by
             speciall
             obligation
             ,
             did
             binde
             themselues
             to
             intend
             these
             holy
             warres
             onely
             ,
             and
             such
             were
             those
             knights
             of
             Rodes
             ,
             of
             Malta
             ,
             and
             Ierusalem
             ,
             and
             others
             :
             who
             notwithstanding
             their
             knowledge
             (
             in
             the
             true
             sense
             of
             Religon
             )
             did
             wander
             from
             the
             line
             of
             Truth
             in
             many
             particulars
             ;
             yet
             in
             respect
             of
             their
             maine
             execution
             they
             were
             very
             noble
             and
             worthy
             personages
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             haue
             well
             deserued
             an
             honorable
             remembrance
             .
          
           
             13
             Besides
             these
             profest
             Religious
             warriours
             ,
             were
             there
             many
             others
             of
             honorable
             name
             :
             whose
             valours
             haue
             wonne
             much
             honour
             in
             the
             
             Christian
             warres
             :
             many
             of
             them
             (
             and
             some
             of
             this
             Nation
             )
             out-truding
             the
             barbarous
             and
             prophane
             people
             from
             the
             holie
             land
             ,
             made
             famous
             by
             the
             birth
             and
             temporall
             life
             of
             
               Christ
               Iesus
               .
            
             To
             reckon
             vp
             the
             particulars
             ,
             either
             of
             their
             names
             ,
             or
             of
             their
             noble
             deeds
             (
             in
             this
             kind
             )
             would
             require
             much
             labour
             and
             large
             circumstance
             ,
             the
             which
             I
             carefully
             auoide
             ;
             because
             they
             are
             already
             made
             famous
             in
             writings
             of
             much
             more
             learned
             sufficiencie
             .
          
           
             14
             These
             and
             such
             as
             these
             who
             haue
             (
             for
             Religious
             respect
             only
             )
             entred
             these
             quarels
             and
             exercised
             their
             valours
             ,
             for
             the
             aduancement
             of
             Catholique
             Religion
             only
             ,
             without
             all
             priuate
             direction
             to
             any
             by-respect
             whatsoeuer
             ,
             haue
             beene
             moued
             and
             ordered
             in
             their
             honorable
             attempts
             by
             Religion
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             Policy
             ,
             because
             they
             intended
             (
             not
             their
             priuate
             but
             the
             generall
             
             care
             of
             Christendome
             .
          
           
             15
             But
             if
             I
             should
             strictly
             examine
             the
             poceedings
             of
             these
             latter
             times
             ,
             and
             make
             curious
             search
             of
             euery
             cause
             and
             purpose
             of
             our
             Christian
             wars
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             doubted
             that
             not
             Religion
             but
             Policy
             doth
             both
             occasion
             ,
             &
             direct
             many
             of
             them
             :
             and
             that
             not
             the
             good
             of
             Religion
             ,
             but
             the
             greatnes
             of
             Empire
             is
             principally
             regarded
             ,
             Religion
             being
             onely
             a
             pretended
             cause
             ,
             whereupon
             to
             ground
             some
             colorable
             excuse
             ,
             to
             make
             such
             practise
             seeme
             honest
             and
             commendable
             ,
             which
             in
             truth
             is
             dishonest
             ,
             and
             not
             allowable
             .
          
           
             16
             Therefore
             in
             euery
             honorable
             exercise
             of
             armes
             among
             Christians
             there
             must
             be
             a
             iust
             and
             no
             pretended
             cause
             to
             mooue
             offence
             :
             for
             he
             that
             laboureth
             to
             colour
             his
             purpose
             ,
             doth
             thereby
             conclude
             his
             owne
             guilt
             ,
             and
             the
             vnlawfulnes
             of
             his
             practise
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             were
             honest
             
             would
             not
             neede
             any
             false
             colour
             to
             make
             it
             seeme
             so
             ,
             for
             Truth
             and
             lawfull
             proceeding
             are
             iustifiable
             of
             themselues
             ,
             neither
             doth
             Truth
             euer
             maske
             her
             face
             ,
             or
             shame
             at
             her
             open
             apperance
             .
             Therefore
             all
             such
             colourable
             practise
             is
             not
             warranted
             by
             Religion
             ,
             neither
             doth
             it
             labour
             Religious
             cause
             ;
             but
             by
             Politique
             meanes
             it
             reacheth
             and
             principally
             intendeth
             a
             Politique
             end
             .
          
           
             17
             In
             respect
             also
             of
             Courtly
             honour
             ,
             are
             these
             respects
             of
             Religion
             and
             Policy
             ,
             of
             much
             consequence
             ;
             because
             the
             most
             honourable
             in
             Princes
             Courts
             ,
             haue
             the
             highest
             cares
             in
             Common-wealths
             ,
             and
             because
             they
             are
             neere
             the
             person
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             who
             commonly
             is
             either
             better
             or
             worse
             ,
             according
             as
             his
             honourable
             company
             is
             affected
             .
             For
             the
             best
             indowments
             of
             Nature
             are
             many
             times
             corrupted
             by
             society
             ,
             which
             hath
             a
             greater
             power
             of
             perswasion
             ,
             
             then
             instruction
             or
             argument
             :
             therefore
             is
             it
             most
             needefull
             that
             the
             honourable
             in
             Courts
             fashion
             the
             whole
             passage
             of
             their
             liues
             by
             Religious
             rules
             ,
             and
             shunne
             all
             dishonourable
             and
             dishonest
             contriuements
             :
             because
             of
             their
             neere
             familiarity
             with
             the
             Prince
             ,
             by
             whom
             he
             is
             aduised
             ,
             ordered
             ,
             and
             exampled
             .
          
           
             18
             And
             such
             (
             no
             doubt
             )
             there
             are
             many
             ,
             in
             many
             Princes
             Courts
             who
             proportion
             all
             their
             proceedings
             by
             wisedome
             and
             Religious
             iudgement
             :
             seruing
             God
             and
             their
             Nation
             in
             the
             conscionable
             discharge
             of
             their
             high
             offices
             ;
             and
             bettering
             the
             disposition
             of
             their
             Prince
             ,
             by
             their
             vertuous
             examples
             ,
             which
             prouoke
             a
             Princely
             minde
             to
             imitation
             ,
             that
             cannot
             bee
             better
             taught
             then
             by
             example
             .
             And
             these
             honourable
             paterns
             are
             most
             worthy
             ,
             and
             most
             Religious
             ,
             who
             
             double
             the
             recompence
             of
             their
             reward
             ,
             being
             obedient
             in
             so
             high
             a
             calling
             .
          
           
             19
             There
             are
             commonly
             in
             all
             Courts
             ,
             others
             of
             much
             diuers
             nature
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             haue
             obtained
             those
             names
             of
             honour
             ,
             disproportion
             their
             practise
             to
             their
             honorable
             names
             ,
             prouing
             not
             onely
             vile
             and
             base
             in
             the
             vngodly
             behauiour
             of
             their
             life
             :
             but
             very
             pestilent
             to
             their
             Nation
             ,
             and
             a
             very
             poison
             to
             their
             Prince
             ,
             by
             whom
             he
             is
             with-held
             from
             godly
             purposes
             and
             flattered
             in
             vice
             and
             misdemeanors
             .
          
           
             20
             And
             such
             are
             those
             Court-parasits
             ,
             who
             feede
             their
             Princes
             appetite
             with
             variety
             of
             euil
             ,
             applying
             the
             command
             of
             his
             regall
             authority
             ,
             either
             to
             his
             or
             their
             owne
             vngodly
             purposes
             ;
             whereof
             all
             times
             haue
             example
             ,
             and
             whereof
             this
             kingdome
             hath
             had
             a
             wofull
             experience
             .
             And
             these
             howsoeuer
             they
             
             attaine
             the
             names
             of
             honour
             ,
             and
             liue
             in
             the
             number
             and
             fellowship
             of
             Christians
             ,
             yet
             the
             exercise
             of
             their
             life
             is
             base
             and
             most
             ignoble
             ;
             and
             their
             Religion
             is
             nothing
             but
             a
             wicked
             trade
             of
             damned
             Policy
             .
          
           
             21
             Therefore
             ,
             (
             as
             in
             all
             other
             affaires
             )
             so
             in
             all
             honourable
             affaires
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             duety
             of
             holines
             ,
             which
             limits
             euery
             passage
             of
             their
             life
             ,
             which
             (
             being
             obserued
             )
             it
             giueth
             a
             gratious
             lustre
             to
             their
             nobility
             ,
             and
             maketh
             them
             honourable
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             liue
             in
             the
             ranke
             of
             his
             seruants
             ,
             (
             then
             which
             there
             cannot
             be
             a
             greater
             honour
             ,
             )
             But
             whosoeuer
             shall
             disgrace
             or
             despise
             this
             duety
             of
             conscience
             ,
             God
             will
             repute
             him
             base
             ,
             and
             disgrace
             the
             glory
             of
             his
             nobilitie
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Of
             Religion
             and
             Policy
             in
             respect
             of
             prosperous
             Fortune
             .
             CHAP.
             X.
             
          
           
             PRosperous
             Fortune
             is
             in
             euery
             mans
             care
             ,
             because
             all
             men
             trauell
             to
             attaine
             such
             Fortune
             ,
             wherein
             they
             place
             prosperity
             .
             And
             from
             hence
             may
             be
             considered
             the
             wonderfull
             varietie
             of
             mens
             pleasure
             ,
             from
             the
             variety
             of
             their
             desired
             fortunes
             ,
             euery
             man
             coueting
             content
             ,
             but
             with
             much
             disagreement
             
             in
             their
             election
             ,
             insomuch
             as
             that
             which
             is
             painefully
             sought
             by
             one
             ,
             is
             carefully
             auoided
             of
             another
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             hatefull
             to
             one
             ,
             is
             to
             another
             most
             delightfull
             .
          
           
             2
             And
             this
             doth
             not
             onely
             happen
             in
             the
             diuers
             Natures
             of
             good
             and
             euill
             ,
             but
             both
             good
             and
             euill
             haue
             this
             variety
             in
             their
             delights
             :
             Euery
             vertuous
             man
             preferring
             the
             exercise
             of
             some
             one
             vertue
             before
             all
             other
             (
             wherto
             his
             Nature
             is
             most
             inclinable
             )
             and
             euery
             vitious
             man
             ,
             preferring
             (
             in
             his
             choice
             election
             )
             some
             particular
             vice
             ,
             more
             then
             other
             ,
             whereto
             his
             sensuall
             appetite
             is
             most
             affected
             .
          
           
             3
             This
             variety
             doth
             reduce
             it self
             to
             these
             two
             beginnings
             :
             either
             to
             good
             or
             euill
             ;
             and
             therefore
             though
             the
             particulars
             very
             much
             disagree
             ,
             yet
             in
             their
             generall
             ayme
             ,
             they
             all
             direct
             themselues
             to
             one
             of
             these
             two
             ends
             ,
             Vertue
             or
             vice
             ,
             Religion
             
             or
             Policie
             .
          
           
             4
             And
             here
             hence
             it
             is
             that
             euery
             man
             (
             in
             the
             purpose
             of
             his
             life
             )
             is
             either
             good
             or
             bad
             ,
             framing
             the
             whole
             disposition
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             election
             of
             these
             two
             ends
             .
             For
             in
             men
             well
             affected
             ,
             their
             consents
             neuer
             yeelde
             to
             any
             vngodly
             practise
             ,
             though
             the
             infirmity
             of
             their
             Nature
             force
             them
             to
             much
             vnlawfulnes
             ;
             and
             therefore
             though
             they
             doe
             euill
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             of
             choice
             ,
             but
             of
             infirmity
             .
             But
             of
             the
             contrary
             ,
             men
             resolued
             in
             euill
             ,
             inlarge
             the
             corruption
             of
             their
             Nature
             ;
             giuing
             both
             wil
             and
             desire
             to
             forward
             &
             assist
             them
             in
             their
             vnlawful
             delights
             .
             In
             the
             former
             there
             is
             a
             sense
             of
             sorrow
             ,
             and
             a
             desire
             of
             amendment
             ,
             caused
             by
             the
             perswasion
             of
             conscience
             :
             in
             the
             latter
             there
             is
             no
             remorse
             ,
             though
             the
             conscience
             both
             iudge
             and
             condemne
             ,
             and
             therefoe
             they
             refuse
             to
             apprehend
             the
             knowledge
             
             of
             their
             owne
             misery
             ▪
             &
             silence
             the●
             offended
             consciences
             ,
             which
             wold
             both
             correct
             &
             reforme
             them
             .
          
           
             5
             Thus
             (
             in
             their
             seuerall
             kindes
             )
             are
             men
             affected
             :
             the
             good
             〈◊〉
             good
             in
             their
             intention
             ,
             though
             they
             faile
             in
             many
             particulars
             of
             their
             life
             :
             the
             bad
             euer
             bad
             both
             in
             act
             and
             purpose
             .
             And
             to
             one
             of
             those
             two
             doeth
             euery
             man
             conforme
             his
             life
             ;
             either
             to
             vertue
             or
             vice
             ▪
             either
             to
             Religion
             or
             Policie
             ;
             for
             this
             distinction
             is
             in
             all
             estates
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             in
             euery
             quality
             and
             profession
             of
             people
             ,
             from
             the
             Monarch
             to
             the
             meanest
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             euery
             man
             (
             in
             his
             estate
             and
             degree
             )
             pressing
             to
             one
             of
             these
             two
             ends
             ,
             the
             which
             he
             aspireth
             with
             strong
             purpose
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             forceable
             indeauour
             .
          
           
             6
             And
             because
             that
             prosperous
             fortune
             doth
             seeme
             to
             be
             the
             vtmost
             end
             of
             euery
             badde
             mans
             practise
             ;
             
             therefore
             is
             in
             of
             moment
             to
             consider
             the
             diuers
             natures
             of
             Religion
             and
             Policy
             in
             men
             of
             prosperous
             Fortune
             ▪
             for
             it
             is
             not
             of
             necessarie
             consequence
             that
             because
             euill
             m●n
             affect
             onely
             the
             prosperitie
             of
             this
             life
             ;
             therefore
             prosperous
             Fortune
             is
             altogether
             to
             be
             despised
             or
             neglected
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             altogether
             out
             of
             the
             cares
             of
             good
             men
             ;
             for
             good
             men
             may
             care
             for
             that
             which
             euill
             men
             care
             for
             ,
             but
             they
             may
             not
             (
             like
             euill
             men
             )
             care
             onely
             for
             that
             ,
             but
             that
             God
             may
             be
             the
             main
             purpose
             of
             all
             their
             cares
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             other
             things
             bee
             onely
             so
             farreforth
             cared
             for
             ,
             as
             may
             administer
             to
             a
             mans
             Christian
             necessity
             .
          
           
             7
             If
             I
             should
             discend
             to
             particulars
             ,
             and
             examine
             the
             seuerall
             degrees
             of
             men
             ,
             their
             estates
             ,
             their
             offices
             or
             whatsoeuer
             aduancement
             of
             their
             fortunes
             ▪
             If
             I
             should
             search
             the
             secrets
             of
             Arts
             ,
             of
             
             Trades
             and
             mecha●icall
             labours
             ,
             whereby
             base
             and
             small
             beginnings
             in
             things
             swell
             to
             〈◊〉
             mons●●●●●
             largenes
             〈◊〉
             I
             should
             inquire
             ●●terallable
             meanes
             of
             aduancement
             and
             ●inde
             my selfe
             to
             declare
             the
             lawfulnes
             ▪
             and
             vnlawfulnes
             of
             euery
             particular
             ,
             I
             should
             (
             not
             only
             )
             weary
             my self
             with
             ●uch
             busines
             ;
             but
             offend
             the
             well
             disposed
             with
             the
             knowledge
             of
             much
             misery
             .
             Therefore
             I
             will
             sparingly
             deliuer
             my
             iudgement
             in
             this
             large
             theame
             :
             being
             rather
             content
             to
             offend
             my selfe
             with
             silence
             ,
             then
             others
             with
             vnprofitable
             knowledge
             .
          
           
             8
             Prosperous
             fortune
             ,
             if
             by
             honest
             and
             allowable
             meanes
             obtained
             and
             with
             regardful
             moderation
             spent
             and
             vsed
             ,
             is
             a
             blessing
             from
             the
             hands
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             hath
             some
             little
             resemblance
             to
             eternall
             happines
             ▪
             though
             in
             comparison
             of
             their
             worth
             there
             is
             no
             proportion
             .
             But
             
             if
             temporall
             blessings
             bee
             either
             vniustly
             gotte
             ,
             or
             vngodly
             spent
             ;
             they
             then
             nothing
             benefit
             their
             owners
             ,
             but
             are
             seruants
             of
             their
             shame
             ,
             and
             earnest
             causers
             of
             euerlasting
             torment
             .
          
           
             9
             With
             this
             vnderstanding
             may
             men
             of
             all
             degrees
             iudge
             themselues
             and
             examine
             the
             particular
             of
             their
             owne
             Fortunes
             .
             For
             the
             seuerity
             of
             conscience
             giueth
             no
             dispensation
             or
             libertie
             to
             any
             one
             ,
             but
             with
             one
             and
             the
             same
             eye
             beholdeth
             all
             men
             ,
             and
             euery
             action
             of
             euery
             man
             ,
             without
             all
             personall
             respect
             .
             The
             Prince
             (
             whom
             men
             dare
             not
             iudge
             )
             is
             iudged
             by
             conscience
             ;
             and
             the
             meanest
             and
             most
             deiected
             (
             whom
             men
             despise
             )
             is
             regarded
             of
             conscience
             ;
             there
             being
             but
             one
             law
             of
             conscience
             for
             all
             sorts
             of
             men
             .
          
           
             10
             And
             by
             this
             iudgement
             are
             men
             taught
             to
             know
             themselues
             ,
             and
             to
             haue
             true
             vnderstanding
             of
             
             their
             estates
             ,
             whereby
             they
             may
             know
             their
             present
             condition
             ,
             and
             (
             thereafter
             )
             either
             hope
             or
             feare
             the
             euent
             of
             future
             times
             .
             This
             iudgement
             also
             can
             best
             determine
             the
             difference
             of
             Religion
             and
             Policie
             in
             prosperous
             fortunes
             ;
             their
             lawfulnes
             or
             not
             ,
             and
             whether
             Religion
             or
             Policie
             hath
             had
             preheminence
             ,
             in
             the
             getting
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             dispending
             of
             our
             fortunes
             .
          
           
             11
             For
             it
             is
             needefully
             required
             in
             the
             fortunes
             of
             euery
             good
             man
             ,
             that
             he
             both
             purchase
             lawfully
             ,
             and
             spend
             honestly
             :
             for
             men
             may
             not
             challenge
             interest
             in
             any
             part
             of
             Gods
             blessings
             without
             some
             maner
             of
             desert
             :
             neither
             (
             when
             he
             hath
             thē
             )
             may
             he
             vse
             them
             at
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             but
             so
             dispose
             them
             as
             the
             great
             Master
             of
             all
             hath
             commanded
             ;
             because
             men
             of
             great
             fortune
             are
             but
             Gods
             officers
             ,
             to
             whose
             trust
             hee
             hath
             pleased
             to
             commit
             the
             imployment
             
             of
             some
             part
             of
             his
             benefits
             .
          
           
             12
             Therefore
             both
             in
             the
             winning
             and
             wearing
             of
             temporall
             blessings
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             dutie
             of
             conscience
             ,
             which
             bindeth
             all
             degrees
             of
             men
             ,
             with
             impartiall
             and
             like
             seueritie
             .
             The
             Prince
             may
             not
             ariue
             his
             soueraignetie
             either
             by
             power
             or
             Policy
             ;
             if
             he
             haue
             not
             iust
             cause
             and
             rightfull
             claime
             .
             Great
             men
             ought
             not
             purchase
             honourable
             name
             with
             dishonest
             action
             ;
             but
             rather
             winne
             the
             garland
             of
             honor
             by
             their
             noble
             deseruing
             .
             The
             rich
             ought
             not
             to
             pursue
             the
             possession
             of
             wealth
             with
             such
             vehemence
             and
             strong
             appetite
             ,
             imbracing
             the
             exercise
             of
             euery
             sinne
             that
             may
             aduantage
             ,
             but
             rather
             to
             possesse
             wealth
             with
             feare
             ;
             because
             that
             God
             will
             require
             at
             their
             hands
             a
             iust
             discharge
             of
             their
             stewardship
             :
             and
             so
             in
             euery
             other
             degree
             of
             fortune
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             lawfull
             proceeding
             to
             be
             regarded
             ;
             whereby
             may
             bee
             
             knowne
             ;
             whether
             men
             aspire
             their
             prosperous
             fortunes
             by
             good
             or
             euill
             meanes
             ,
             by
             Religion
             ,
             or
             by
             Policie
             .
          
           
             13
             The
             like
             care
             is
             required
             in
             the
             disposing
             of
             temporal
             blessings
             ;
             that
             such
             (
             to
             whom
             God
             shall
             please
             to
             giue
             them
             )
             may
             so
             imploy
             them
             ,
             as
             that
             Gods
             husbādry
             be
             not
             idle
             ,
             but
             in
             profitable
             imploiment
             :
             &
             that
             seeing
             God
             hath
             made
             them
             Stewards
             &
             ouerseeres
             in
             the
             world
             (
             which
             is
             Gods
             house
             )
             and
             hath
             giuen
             them
             place
             and
             authoritie
             ouer
             the
             rest
             of
             their
             fellow
             seruants
             ,
             it
             is
             most
             reasonable
             that
             they
             spend
             Gods
             gift
             ,
             to
             Gods
             glory
             ,
             and
             like
             men
             faithful
             &
             prouident
             ,
             supply
             to
             all
             such
             Christian
             necessities
             ,
             as
             may
             any
             way
             distresse
             their
             fellow
             seruants
             ;
             lest
             otherwise
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             family
             (
             God
             )
             call
             them
             to
             a
             rekoning
             ,
             and
             so
             both
             depriue
             &
             discharge
             them
             .
          
           
             14
             And
             let
             all
             men
             remember
             ,
             how
             great
             ,
             how
             rich
             ,
             or
             how
             noble
             
             soeuer
             they
             be
             that
             it
             is
             better
             to
             be
             good
             then
             to
             be
             great
             :
             and
             that
             holy
             men
             (
             how
             poore
             soeuer
             )
             haue
             a
             higher
             place
             in
             Gods
             fauour
             ,
             then
             the
             most
             mighty
             on
             earth
             (
             if
             they
             be
             not
             holy
             )
             for
             these
             are
             but
             stewards
             and
             seruants
             ,
             but
             the
             other
             are
             children
             and
             inheritors
             of
             the
             kingdome
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             whose
             sakes
             the
             world
             is
             made
             rich
             with
             temporall
             blessings
             .
          
           
             15
             Let
             them
             remember
             also
             that
             if
             God
             giue
             them
             the
             blessings
             of
             his
             hands
             ,
             honour
             ,
             riches
             ,
             prosperity
             ,
             &c.
             he
             hath
             also
             giuen
             them
             duties
             ,
             and
             lawfull
             imployment
             for
             their
             gifts
             ,
             of
             which
             they
             must
             bee
             carefull
             ,
             and
             onely
             carefull
             ;
             auoyding
             both
             improfitable
             and
             dishonest
             expence
             .
          
           
             16
             But
             (
             before
             all
             )
             let
             them
             most
             carefully
             remember
             ,
             that
             God
             is
             a
             father
             of
             many
             children
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             sonnes
             and
             daughters
             here
             (
             in
             
             his
             earthly
             house
             )
             passe
             their
             time
             thorow
             many
             difficulties
             ,
             and
             many
             hard
             extremities
             ;
             and
             that
             God
             hath
             made
             the
             noble
             ,
             and
             the
             rich
             his
             officers
             and
             houshold
             seruants
             ,
             to
             distribute
             his
             temporall
             blessings
             in
             conuenient
             proportion
             to
             all
             ,
             but
             especially
             to
             the
             children
             of
             Faith
             :
             and
             therefore
             -
             how
             detestable
             to
             God
             ,
             would
             their
             negligence
             bee
             ,
             who
             seeing
             the
             children
             of
             God
             indure
             the
             extremities
             of
             hard
             Fortune
             ,
             &
             (
             somtimes
             )
             the
             very
             cause
             of
             God
             (
             Religion
             )
             disgracefully
             reputed
             ,
             are
             notwithstanding
             content
             to
             be
             lookers
             on
             ,
             and
             rather
             to
             loade
             the
             burthen
             of
             their
             miseries
             ,
             then
             any
             way
             to
             supporte
             or
             ease
             them
             :
             whereby
             the
             true
             owners
             are
             depriued
             the
             benefit
             of
             their
             owne
             ,
             and
             whereby
             the
             Treasurers
             of
             Gods
             wealth
             purchase
             to
             themselues
             a
             greeuous
             damnation
             ,
             debasing
             and
             impouerishing
             the
             sons
             and
             daughters
             
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             rase
             and
             inrich
             their
             owne
             bastards
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             their
             wicked
             and
             base
             affections
             .
             )
          
           
             Therefore
             in
             all
             the
             degrees
             of
             prosperous
             fortune
             there
             is
             a
             dutie
             of
             conscience
             ,
             with
             bindeth
             all
             men
             to
             God
             in
             strict
             obligation
             ;
             the
             which
             bond
             whosoeuer
             shall
             forfet
             ,
             doth
             dangerously
             hazard
             the
             destruction
             of
             his
             soule
             ,
             and
             doth
             declare
             against
             himselfe
             that
             he
             is
             not
             Religious
             ,
             but
             meerely
             Politique
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Conclusion
             .
          
           
             THVS
             I
             haue
             (
             according
             to
             my
             vnderstanding
             )
             deliuered
             the
             true
             natures
             of
             Religion
             and
             Policy
             ,
             how
             they
             may
             ,
             (
             &
             how
             they
             neuer
             can
             )
             conspire
             in
             any
             one
             particular
             ;
             which
             is
             onely
             then
             ,
             when
             they
             meete
             in
             the
             line
             of
             Truth
             ,
             and
             both
             of
             them
             intend
             one
             purpose
             in
             their
             passage
             .
             For
             lawfull
             and
             vnlawfull
             practises
             ,
             are
             like
             Heauen
             and
             Earth
             ,
             betweene
             which
             there
             is
             an
             immense
             
             space
             ,
             and
             a
             most
             full
             opposition
             of
             Nature
             .
             For
             neither
             can
             the
             Heauens
             and
             the
             Earth
             ioyne
             their
             substance
             before
             the
             generall
             destruction
             of
             the
             world
             :
             neither
             can
             Religion
             and
             vnlawfull
             Policy
             ,
             conspire
             friendly
             in
             any
             one
             act
             ,
             but
             where
             there
             is
             a
             destruction
             of
             truth
             and
             a
             persecution
             of
             orderly
             proceeding
             .
             But
             (
             like
             the
             enmity
             of
             fire
             and
             water
             )
             these
             enemies
             Religion
             and
             Policy
             ,
             quarrell
             wheresoeuer
             they
             meete
             ,
             and
             triumph
             in
             the
             spoyle
             of
             one
             another
             .
          
           
             This
             knowledge
             I
             haue
             thought
             good
             to
             publish
             to
             euery
             mans
             vnderstanding
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             generall
             abuse
             of
             lawfull
             Policy
             ,
             growne
             common
             in
             the
             traffick
             of
             most
             base
             imployments
             ,
             men
             of
             all
             sort
             and
             of
             euery
             disposition
             of
             Nature
             (
             saue
             the
             best
             )
             making
             vnlawfull
             Policies
             the
             steppes
             of
             their
             reputation
             ;
             whereby
             they
             ascend
             the
             dignitie
             of
             
             high
             place
             ,
             and
             prosperous
             Fortune
             ,
             and
             whereby
             they
             vse
             those
             temporall
             blessings
             of
             God
             to
             most
             vngodly
             purpose
             ,
             euen
             to
             the
             dishonour
             of
             God
             who
             gaue
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             disgrace
             of
             Religion
             ,
             (
             Gods
             cause
             )
             and
             the
             Religious
             (
             Gods
             children
             )
             to
             whom
             all
             the
             gifts
             both
             of
             Grace
             and
             Nature
             doe
             (
             most
             properly
             )
             belong
             .
          
           
             I
             haue
             forborne
             to
             giue
             particular
             disgrace
             to
             any
             man
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             profession
             of
             men
             ,
             because
             I
             would
             not
             offend
             ,
             but
             rather
             admonish
             and
             remember
             all
             men
             what
             that
             duety
             is
             ,
             which
             is
             almost
             forgot
             to
             be
             a
             duty
             :
             for
             to
             make
             particular
             application
             is
             not
             my
             office
             ,
             but
             the
             office
             of
             conscience
             ,
             which
             hath
             a
             greater
             authority
             ;
             and
             doth
             perswade
             and
             preuaile
             in
             euery
             mans
             affections
             ,
             that
             hath
             the
             least-indument
             of
             grace
             .
             To
             whom
             I
             onely
             direct
             my selfe
             in
             this
             charitable
             office
             :
             
             and
             for
             whose
             good
             (
             my
             Christian
             name
             )
             shall
             euer
             make
             me
             a
             seruant
             ,
             which
             hath
             made
             mee
             enemy
             to
             godlesse
             and
             wicked
             people
             ,
             and
             to
             their
             vnlawfull
             and
             damned
             Policies
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
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