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             A commentary upon the present condition of the kingdom and its melioration
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           A
           COMMENTARY
           Upon
           the
           Present
           Condition
           OF
           THE
           KINGDOM
           And
           its
           Melioration
           .
        
         
           Printed
           ,
           Anno
           Dom.
           1677.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           The
           Kingdoms
           Sickness
           ,
           and
           its
           Cure
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           IT
           is
           not
           unknown
           to
           any
           person
           that
           is
           concern'd
           in
           the
           welfare
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           now
           very
           ill
           symptoms
           in
           the
           countenance
           thereof
           ;
           and
           not
           many
           particular
           persons
           there
           are
           ,
           who
           can
           say
           ,
           that
           their
           private
           affairs
           receive
           not
           a
           malignant
           influence
           from
           the
           ill
           Crasis
           and
           indisposition
           of
           the
           whole
           Body
           Politick
           :
           I
           shall
           therefore
           endeavour
           to
           give
           an
           account
           of
           this
           its
           malady
           ,
           and
           propose
           the
           means
           of
           its
           redress
           and
           succour
           ;
           wherein
           I
           shall
           play
           the
           part
           of
           a
           bold
           Physician
           to
           a
           desperate
           and
           Chronical
           Disease
           ,
           neither
           will
           I
           handle
           the
           matter
           as
           if
           I
           were
           to
           deal
           with
           a
           nice
           and
           tender
           Lady
           ,
           consulting
           her
           ease
           ,
           and
           the
           delight
           of
           her
           Palate
           ,
           more
           than
           the
           benefit
           of
           a
           firm
           &
           lasting
           health
           ,
           and
           therefore
           rejects
           the
           nauseous
           Potion
           offer'd
           for
           her
           Cure
           :
           But
           I
           shall
           prescribe
           ,
           (
           if
           occasion
           )
           a
           Vomit
           ,
           both
           strong
           and
           bitter
           ,
           that
           will
           cause
           not
           only
           cause
           aversion
           in
           the
           taking
           ,
           but
           likewise
           in
           the
           operation
           may
           put
           all
           parts
           into
           some
           perturbation
           ,
           for
           the
           more
           effectual
           support
           and
           comfort
           of
           them
           all
           :
           I
           shall
           not
           savour
           my
           Lancet
           ,
           nor
           the
           Saw
           it self
           if
           I
           find
           it
           necessary
           :
           To
           come
           to
           my
           design
           ;
           The
           sickness
           of
           the
           Nation
           appears
           evidently
           by
           those
           symptoms
           that
           are
           upon
           it
           ,
           an
           Atrophy
           ,
           listlesness
           to
           Action
           ,
           Paleness
           and
           fearfulness
           ;
           I
           mean
           three
           things
           the
           main
           Indications
           of
           its
           weakness
           .
           1.
           
           Want
           of
           Mony
           and
           Trade
           ,
           the
           nourishment
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           .
           2.
           
           A
           Consequent
           of
           the
           former
           ;
           People
           are
           of
           low
           spirits
           ,
           like
           Men
           expecting
           Ruine
           ,
           they
           are
           without
           those
           lively
           and
           vigorous
           designs
           they
           were
           wont
           to
           have
           when
           full
           of
           Money
           .
           3.
           
           Fear
           and
           apprehension
           of
           danger
           from
           a
           Forreign
           Enemy
           ;
           These
           are
           the
           principal
           symptoms
           of
           which
           we
           complain
           at
           this
           day
           .
           The
           last
           of
           these
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           say
           much
           to
           ;
           For
           if
           the
           
           Purses
           and
           Stomacks
           of
           English-men
           be
           fraighted
           with
           a
           sufficient
           Cargo
           ,
           it
           will
           have
           such
           influence
           upon
           their
           Courage
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           them
           resolute
           ,
           and
           bold
           enough
           in
           opposing
           any
           Forreign
           undertakings
           against
           them
           ,
           It
           being
           an
           improvement
           of
           their
           natural
           Genius
           ,
           it
           will
           rather
           push
           them
           upon
           the
           offensive
           part
           ;
           This
           our
           Neighbour
           Nations
           are
           aware
           of
           ;
           A
           French-man
           having
           observed
           ,
           that
           England
           is
           like
           a
           great
           Beast
           ,
           that
           can
           no
           otherwise
           be
           killed
           ,
           but
           by
           being
           it self
           accessary
           and
           assistant
           to
           its
           own
           Ruine
           ,
           or
           intangling
           it self
           in
           the
           snare
           may
           be
           laid
           for
           it
           :
           Let
           us
           then
           endeavour
           to
           keep
           it
           alive
           ,
           by
           applying
           good
           nourishment
           ,
           by
           correcting
           the
           Humours
           ,
           cleansing
           the
           Blood
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           is
           healthfully
           settled
           upon
           a
           good
           Basis
           ,
           freed
           from
           malignant
           humours
           ,
           we
           may
           venture
           it
           to
           shift
           in
           all
           other
           encounters
           and
           hazards
           .
           Our
           business
           then
           is
           ,
           to
           help
           in
           the
           two
           first
           particulars
           ,
           For
           by
           them
           alone
           the
           last
           is
           made
           secure
           :
           There
           have
           been
           many
           attempts
           made
           of
           late
           for
           the
           Redress
           of
           the
           Former
           especially
           ;
           but
           by
           dealing
           too
           lightly
           ,
           fearing
           to
           search
           to
           the
           bottom
           ,
           they
           do
           but
           make
           things
           worse
           ,
           and
           to
           stop
           one
           hole
           make
           three
           ;
           Prohibiting
           Irish
           Cattle
           ,
           French
           Goods
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           like
           not
           those
           Physicians
           that
           apply
           themselves
           to
           remove
           two
           or
           three
           particular
           symptoms
           ,
           and
           leave
           the
           sourse
           and
           Cause
           of
           the
           Disease
           untouch'd
           ;
           I
           shall
           therefore
           enquire
           into
           the
           very
           Springs
           and
           Original
           of
           our
           Distempers
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           without
           a
           deeper
           search
           and
           stronger
           application
           ,
           no
           good
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           .
        
         
           The
           Tinker
           will
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           in
           vain
           to
           bestow
           mending
           upon
           that
           Kettle
           whose
           bottom
           is
           grown
           thin
           with
           age
           and
           much
           use
           ;
           and
           certainly
           there
           is
           somthing
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           in
           Kingdoms
           and
           Commonwealths
           ,
           which
           in
           continuance
           of
           time
           ,
           will
           require
           not
           emendation
           and
           alteration
           by
           parcels
           of
           new
           Laws
           ,
           some
           whereof
           are
           made
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           some
           another
           ;
           some
           in
           one
           Century
           ,
           some
           in
           many
           after
           ;
           till
           at
           length
           they
           are
           multipli'd
           to
           such
           a
           number
           that
           they
           becom
           to
           the
           Government
           like
           Patches
           to
           a
           Tinkers
           Kettle
           ;
           which
           after
           it
           will
           be
           patcht
           no
           longer
           ,
           
           fine
           ,
           must
           have
           a
           new
           bottom
           ;
           so
           also
           the
           Government
           must
           have
           a
           Restoration
           which
           is
           no
           longer
           capable
           of
           alteration
           and
           amendment
           in
           that
           part
           thereof
           which
           is
           weak
           and
           ill
           constituted
           .
           The
           reason
           whereof
           may
           be
           cast
           upon
           the
           prevailing
           power
           of
           Time
           ,
           which
           subjects
           all
           things
           to
           its
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           nothing
           can
           be
           secure
           from
           its
           over-turning
           Influence
           ;
           the
           strongest
           Forts
           and
           Castles
           are
           batter'd
           down
           by
           it
           ;
           Cities
           are
           metamorphos
           ▪
           d
           into
           a
           Cottage
           ,
           and
           a
           Wilderness
           into
           a
           City
           ;
           it
           removes
           Commerce
           ,
           and
           Traffick
           ,
           and
           Civility
           from
           one
           Country
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           makes
           an
           Unwonted
           Village
           a
           well
           traded
           Port
           ,
           and
           a
           Barbarous
           and
           Savage
           People
           nice
           and
           sinical
           ;
           And
           farther
           it
           d●ff●rently
           influences
           the
           nature
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           that
           those
           of
           our
           generation
           are
           quite
           of
           another
           disposition
           than
           in
           former
           ages
           ;
           The
           civil
           Conversation
           we
           now
           cultivate
           ,
           within
           Four
           or
           Five
           hundred
           years
           ,
           was
           Milita●y
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           Feats
           of
           Arms
           ;
           The
           Execution
           of
           Justice
           which
           is
           now
           performed
           with
           Gown
           and
           Scrowl
           ,
           they
           did
           the
           same
           in
           Armour
           compleat
           ,
           and
           with
           naked
           Sword.
           This
           alteration
           of
           mens
           inclinations
           and
           humours
           effected
           in
           process
           of
           time
           ,
           is
           the
           reason
           ,
           that
           ,
           though
           the
           Form
           and
           Manner
           of
           Government
           may
           continue
           perfectly
           and
           entirely
           the
           same
           ,
           yet
           there
           are
           distinct
           Parts
           and
           Members
           thereof
           ,
           which
           re-iterated
           Laws
           and
           emendations
           cannot
           preserve
           from
           being
           the
           dissl●ke
           and
           burde
           -
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           be
           abolished
           ,
           and
           somthing
           substitunted
           in
           the
           room
           thereof
           that
           is
           capable
           of
           obliging
           and
           comprehending
           the
           present
           Genius
           that
           has
           taken
           place
           ;
           something
           that
           may
           agree
           with
           those
           inclinations
           of
           Men
           which
           have
           succeeded
           in
           the
           room
           of
           those
           worn
           out
           by
           Time
           ;
           and
           till
           this
           be
           done
           there
           will
           be
           a
           discrasie
           in
           the
           body
           Politick
           ;
           there
           will
           be
           complaining
           and
           repining
           ,
           and
           people
           will
           be
           ill
           at
           ease
           ,
           dissatisfied
           ,
           unsettled
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           something
           in
           the
           present
           Government
           that
           suits
           not
           now
           with
           their
           stomacks
           and
           appetites
           ;
           and
           there
           cannot
           be
           introduced
           a
           Settlement
           and
           Composure
           the
           mother
           of
           all
           blessings
           in
           Commonwealths
           ,
           till
           some
           strong
           Medicine
           cause
           this
           to
           be
           disgorged
           .
           Now
           as
           all
           Laws
           
           and
           Government
           designs
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           People
           governed
           ,
           that
           there
           be
           a
           Harmony
           and
           Agreement
           in
           all
           the
           parts
           thereof
           ;
           so
           do
           they
           diligently
           avoid
           all
           things
           that
           may
           avert
           this
           harmony
           ,
           and
           expel
           what
           is
           dossonant
           thereto
           ,
           and
           causes
           that
           disagreement
           and
           uneasiness
           which
           fills
           mens
           minds
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           their
           settlement
           ,
           their
           amity
           ,
           and
           consequently
           their
           Traffick
           one
           with
           another
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           though
           the
           Laws
           establisht
           by
           antiquity
           are
           still
           in
           Force
           for
           the
           preservation
           and
           maintenance
           of
           such
           Government
           ,
           yet
           they
           must
           be
           abrogated
           or
           changed
           according
           to
           the
           present
           Genius
           ,
           Manners
           and
           Inclinations
           of
           Men
           ;
           for
           Laws
           are
           Arbitrary
           ,
           and
           in
           circumstantial
           things
           may
           be
           brought
           to
           our
           Manners
           ;
           whereas
           our
           Members
           have
           somthing
           of
           natural
           necessity
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           cannot
           without
           prejudice
           and
           violence
           be
           brought
           to
           the
           Laws
           ;
           I
           mean
           such
           things
           as
           are
           free
           and
           in
           our
           choice
           ,
           not
           such
           as
           are
           of
           eternal
           necessity
           to
           be
           done
           or
           omitted
           ;
           and
           likewise
           I
           mean
           the
           abrogation
           of
           such
           Laws
           as
           dis-agreeing
           with
           our
           present
           Inclination
           ,
           will
           bring
           no
           dammage
           in
           other
           respects
           to
           the
           Publick
           .
           Now
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           in
           my
           apprehension
           it
           is
           a
           Solicisme
           in
           Politicks
           ,
           that
           Government
           being
           designed
           chiefly
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           those
           that
           live
           under
           it
           ,
           yet
           that
           the
           Laws
           should
           not
           comprehend
           and
           agree
           with
           the
           inclinations
           of
           the
           present
           generation
           ,
           but
           of
           another
           worn
           off
           and
           gone
           :
           And
           this
           seems
           to
           be
           the
           right
           of
           a
           prevailing
           temper
           ,
           as
           of
           a
           Conquerour
           that
           obtains
           anothers
           Country
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           engaged
           to
           the
           former
           Laws
           he
           finds
           there
           ,
           but
           to
           give
           them
           from
           himself
           .
           Thus
           when
           it
           was
           in
           fashion
           ,
           and
           the
           humour
           prevailed
           of
           making
           Church-men
           great
           ,
           and
           rich
           ,
           and
           honourable
           ,
           Laws
           were
           directed
           and
           promulgated
           to
           this
           purpose
           :
           If
           the
           fashion
           come
           again
           to
           contemn
           and
           slight
           them
           ,
           and
           bring
           them
           down
           ,
           the
           Laws
           ought
           to
           favour
           us
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           suffer
           a
           discording
           note
           ,
           to
           prejudice
           the
           harmony
           whereon
           the
           publick
           establishment
           and
           settlement
           is
           founded
           .
           Having
           seen
           that
           the
           Publick
           dis-satisfaction
           may
           give
           occasion
           to
           change
           some
           particular
           part
           of
           the
           Government
           ;
           we
           must
           enquire
           how
           it
           may
           be
           
           manifest
           ,
           what
           must
           be
           done
           for
           the
           relief
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           mistake
           not
           the
           minds
           and
           desires
           of
           people
           thus
           unsatisfyed
           ;
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           this
           may
           be
           known
           by
           the
           general
           resentments
           of
           the
           most
           ,
           or
           wisest
           ,
           or
           soberest
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           If
           these
           generally
           agree
           in
           one
           vote
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           either
           tacitly
           or
           expressly
           ,
           by
           plain
           testimony
           ,
           or
           such
           signs
           as
           are
           equivalent
           thereto
           ,
           of
           a
           dislike
           of
           a
           Constitution
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           that
           is
           no
           essential
           part
           thereof
           ,
           which
           serves
           to
           irritate
           them
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           Mother
           of
           oppression
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           protested
           against
           ,
           and
           forsaken
           by
           most
           ,
           contemned
           by
           others
           ,
           and
           slighted
           by
           all
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           the
           discording
           Note
           ,
           and
           hurtful
           to
           the
           harmony
           of
           the
           publick
           repose
           and
           consent
           .
           But
           perhaps
           this
           will
           not
           be
           a
           sufficient
           Plea
           for
           its
           expulsion
           unless
           other
           things
           concur
           ;
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           thus
           much
           we
           have
           got
           through
           the
           alterations
           of
           mens
           inclinations
           ,
           Laws
           must
           be
           remitted
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           some
           less
           essential
           part
           of
           Government
           changed
           ,
           or
           else
           there
           will
           be
           an
           unsatisfyedness
           and
           discrasy
           amongst
           the
           People
           ;
           or
           thus
           in
           time
           mens
           Inclinations
           are
           changed
           ,
           and
           the
           Constitutions
           of
           Government
           that
           are
           opposite
           thereto
           must
           be
           altered
           .
           If
           we
           look
           for
           examples
           of
           this
           ,
           we
           may
           find
           in
           all
           Histories
           infinite
           thereof
           ;
           Thus
           the
           people
           of
           Israel
           were
           sick
           and
           discontented
           for
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           no
           means
           to
           satisfie
           them
           but
           by
           indulging
           this
           humour
           :
           This
           also
           may
           be
           observed
           in
           the
           Roman
           Government
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           the
           Commonwealths
           of
           Greece
           ;
           in
           our
           age
           we
           may
           observe
           the
           like
           ;
           France
           will
           allow
           no
           priviledge
           to
           the
           Pope-in-Secular
           Affairs
           and
           Revenues
           of
           the
           Clergy
           in
           that
           Dominion
           ,
           though
           they
           still
           own
           his
           Authority
           .
           The
           Netherlands
           could
           not
           swallow
           the
           Inquisition
           ,
           and
           Venice
           soon
           grew
           sick
           of
           the
           subtile
           practises
           of
           the
           Jesuites
           .
           Many
           might
           be
           heaped
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
           And
           thus
           much
           may
           serve
           for
           Apology
           ,
           if
           we
           find
           that
           the
           state
           of
           things
           do
           require
           some
           change
           in
           a
           less
           material
           part
           of
           Government
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           no
           new
           thing
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           time
           does
           in
           every
           age
           produce
           .
        
         
           To
           proceed
           then
           ,
           It
           may
           be
           demanded
           whether
           there
           be
           any
           such
           thing
           amongst
           us
           ,
           That
           this
           unsatisfyed
           humour
           is
           prevalent
           
           with
           us
           ,
           may
           be
           known
           from
           converse
           and
           society
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           their
           mouths
           are
           filled
           with
           complaints
           of
           the
           badness
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           wishing
           for
           ,
           and
           expecting
           some
           change
           of
           affairs
           that
           may
           give
           them
           some
           settlement
           and
           peace
           :
           Likewise
           it
           may
           be
           known
           whom
           it
           aims
           at
           ,
           and
           what
           this
           burden
           is
           by
           the
           open
           protestation
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           by
           the
           careless
           and
           remiss
           carriage
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           by
           open
           contempt
           and
           derision
           of
           many
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           present
           Ecclesiastical
           Government
           ;
           This
           all
           the
           different
           sorts
           and
           Opinions
           do
           protest
           against
           ;
           This
           wise
           Men
           and
           Polititians
           do
           barely
           suffer
           and
           allow
           as
           far
           as
           their
           Interest
           is
           concernd
           with
           it
           ,
           without
           any
           zeal
           for
           its
           continuance
           .
           The
           third
           are
           ,
           the
           Wits
           and
           Atheists
           of
           the
           age
           who
           contemn
           and
           deride
           it
           :
           As
           that
           we
           may
           safely
           conclude
           it
           is
           the
           publick
           nuisance
           and
           disgust
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           and
           as
           an
           ill
           humour
           that
           is
           at
           enmity
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           humours
           in
           a
           body
           natural
           ,
           is
           the
           occasion
           of
           a
           perturbation
           ,
           and
           that
           its
           actions
           are
           performed
           with
           less
           life
           and
           freedom
           than
           they
           were
           wont
           .
           So
           likewise
           this
           dis-agreeing
           part
           in
           the
           body
           Politick
           from
           the
           other
           parts
           ,
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           occasion
           of
           its
           lowness
           of
           courage
           ,
           and
           unwillingness
           to
           act
           in
           the
           matters
           which
           concern
           its
           welfare
           ,
           as
           Trade
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           But
           if
           we
           look
           into
           the
           concerns
           of
           Trade
           ,
           the
           life
           of
           our
           nation
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Body
           Politick
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Nation
           more
           attentively
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           our
           condition
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           near
           lost
           ,
           unless
           we
           shall
           make
           this
           one
           part
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           whole
           ;
           and
           we
           are
           not
           now
           so
           low
           in
           our
           own
           esteem
           ,
           or
           the
           esteem
           of
           Forreigners
           ,
           but
           by
           means
           thereof
           we
           may
           raise
           up
           our
           heads
           that
           lie
           in
           the
           dust
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           obtain
           a
           firm
           and
           lasting
           constitution
           of
           Health
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           in
           the
           advancement
           of
           our
           wealth
           at
           home
           ,
           but
           we
           may
           be
           enabled
           to
           make
           our selves
           great
           enough
           to
           offer
           some
           attempts
           abroad
           ,
           to
           serve
           our selves
           our
           selves
           of
           the
           spoils
           of
           other
           Nations
           ,
           and
           take
           our
           share
           in
           the
           Ruines
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Austria
           ,
           and
           once
           again
           retrieve
           our
           sullied
           glories
           ,
           and
           re-assume
           the
           Palms
           that
           were
           wont
           to
           be
           the
           Merits
           of
           our
           victorious
           Armies
           .
        
         
         
           It
           being
           then
           thus
           with
           us
           ,
           that
           most
           men
           complain
           of
           the
           badness
           of
           the
           times
           ;
           The
           Labourer
           has
           no
           work
           ,
           the
           Husband
           man
           hath
           no
           price
           for
           his
           Corn
           whereby
           to
           pay
           his
           Rent
           ;
           the
           Grazier
           gets
           little
           for
           his
           Wool
           ,
           Cloth
           lies
           upon
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Clothier
           ,
           strangers
           run
           away
           with
           our
           Fishing-trade
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           Mony
           or
           willingness
           in
           our
           own
           Nation
           to
           encourage
           it
           at
           home
           ;
           The
           power
           of
           France
           grows
           formidable
           ,
           and
           Mony
           must
           be
           had
           to
           put
           us
           in
           a
           posture
           of
           Defence
           ;
           when
           yet
           the
           people
           are
           so
           dreined
           already
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           scarce
           able
           to
           pay
           more
           .
           If
           we
           come
           to
           consider
           the
           original
           of
           these
           evils
           ,
           it
           can
           be
           no
           other
           then
           that
           our
           Money
           is
           taken
           away
           by
           the
           late
           Taxes
           ;
           for
           Trade
           is
           then
           most
           full
           and
           redundant
           ,
           and
           with
           it
           all
           things
           else
           ,
           when
           Mony
           is
           equally
           (
           that
           is
           in
           moderate
           portions
           suitable
           to
           every
           mans
           condition
           )
           distributed
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ;
           when
           each
           particular
           man
           has
           sufficient
           for
           his
           necessity
           ,
           and
           the
           condition
           of
           his
           life
           and
           calling
           :
           for
           Mony
           being
           thus
           generally
           distributed
           ,
           M●n
           will
           (
           to
           find
           themselves
           imployment
           ,
           if
           for
           no
           other
           reason
           )
           be
           turning
           their
           Mony
           into
           Goods
           ,
           and
           their
           Goods
           again
           into
           Mony
           ,
           and
           every
           body
           will
           confer
           somthing
           to
           the
           general
           emolument
           of
           Traffick
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           means
           of
           advancing
           Trade
           ,
           is
           so
           to
           influence
           every
           particular
           person
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           have
           Mony
           according
           to
           the
           degree
           of
           his
           Calling
           ,
           and
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           designs
           be
           they
           smaller
           or
           greater
           which
           he
           has
           undertaken
           :
           and
           by
           the
           rule
           of
           contraries
           ,
           the
           way
           to
           destroy
           Trade
           ,
           is
           to
           draw
           the
           Mony
           from
           the
           Body
           of
           all
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           gather
           it
           from
           all
           the
           particulars
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           this
           is
           done
           ,
           the
           more
           the
           materials
           of
           Trade
           are
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           consequently
           it
           must
           weaken
           and
           consume
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           do
           plainly
           see
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           evils
           at
           this
           time
           ;
           The
           Parliament
           having
           granted
           the
           King
           such
           Immense
           sums
           of
           Mony
           ,
           and
           that
           collected
           upon
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           which
           alone
           were
           capable
           to
           manage
           a
           great
           Trade
           ;
           and
           besides
           these
           ,
           Excise
           and
           Hearth-mony
           collected
           also
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           but
           never
           known
           till
           of
           late
           ;
           to
           this
           may
           be
           added
           the
           new
           Building
           of
           
           LONDON
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           concerns
           thereof
           ;
           so
           that
           putting
           these
           things
           together
           ,
           we
           may
           wonder
           we
           are
           not
           much
           lower
           and
           weaker
           than
           we
           seem
           to
           be
           at
           this
           time
           :
           Well
           may
           Landlords
           complain
           of
           the
           fall
           of
           Rents
           ,
           and
           have
           their
           Lands
           thrown
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           ,
           when
           by
           their
           own
           Acts
           they
           have
           taken
           away
           the
           means
           of
           Traffick
           ,
           and
           those
           materials
           that
           Men
           must
           work
           upon
           for
           their
           support
           :
           For
           as
           in
           a
           natural
           Body
           there
           is
           required
           nourishment
           to
           keep
           it
           in
           life
           and
           consistency
           ;
           and
           also
           this
           nourishment
           must
           have
           a
           Vehicle
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Blood
           ,
           whereby
           it
           may
           be
           conveyed
           to
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Body
           ;
           Now
           if
           you
           take
           away
           this
           too
           often
           ,
           and
           in
           too
           great
           quantities
           ,
           no
           wonder
           if
           at
           last
           the
           Body
           grow
           weak
           ,
           and
           unable
           to
           perform
           what
           otherwise
           might
           be
           required
           of
           it
           :
           When
           the
           Blood
           is
           perfectly
           distributed
           through
           all
           the
           parts
           ,
           and
           permitted
           to
           take
           its
           free
           and
           natural
           Circulation
           ;
           So
           it
           is
           in
           a
           Body
           Politick
           ,
           Trade
           is
           its
           nourishment
           ,
           maintains
           its
           life
           ,
           and
           keeps
           it
           in
           heart
           ,
           gives
           it
           a
           healthful
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           preserves
           it
           from
           sinking
           by
           any
           weakness
           within
           ,
           and
           enables
           it
           also
           to
           repel
           external
           violence
           ;
           The
           Vehicle
           to
           convey
           this
           nourishment
           to
           all
           the
           parts
           for
           their
           relief
           ,
           is
           Mony
           ,
           the
           very
           Blood
           of
           the
           Body
           Politick
           ,
           of
           which
           ,
           the
           more
           we
           take
           from
           this
           Body
           ,
           the
           nearer
           we
           do
           bring
           it
           to
           a
           Consumption
           and
           inability
           to
           sustain
           it self
           .
           Farther
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           imagine
           that
           the
           burden
           is
           made
           lighter
           when
           divided
           amongst
           so
           many
           Interests
           ,
           which
           as
           to
           privat
           concerns
           perhaps
           is
           not
           so
           much
           perceived
           at
           present
           ,
           but
           as
           to
           the
           concerns
           of
           Trade
           ,
           the
           whole
           Nation
           is
           but
           as
           one
           Man
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           as
           you
           take
           there
           ▪
           from
           ,
           so
           much
           you
           take
           from
           Trade
           and
           the
           livelihood
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           which
           in
           time
           will
           return
           with
           more
           weight
           upon
           particulars
           ,
           as
           we
           find
           by
           experience
           in
           Rents
           ,
           Wool
           ,
           &c.
           
           This
           being
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           Nation
           dreyned
           to
           this
           faintness
           and
           weakness
           as
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           still
           there
           is
           occasions
           for
           more
           Mony
           ,
           and
           those
           no
           light
           ones
           neither
           ,
           such
           as
           to
           put
           us
           in
           a
           posture
           of
           Defence
           in
           case
           of
           any
           attempt
           from
           a
           Forreign
           Enemy
           ,
           which
           our
           present
           circumstances
           leave
           us
           not
           without
           cause
           to
           apprehend
           ,
           also
           
           to
           take
           off
           the
           burden
           that
           lies
           upon
           the
           Kings
           Revenue
           ;
           and
           further
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           ,
           to
           recover
           those
           eruptions
           and
           devastations
           made
           upon
           our
           Trade
           and
           Livelihood
           ,
           to
           set
           us
           upon
           our
           legs
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           shew
           somthing
           of
           antient
           valour
           in
           times
           of
           such
           action
           and
           enterprizes
           as
           are
           now
           on
           foot
           ;
           But
           how
           shall
           this
           be
           done
           ?
           to
           take
           more
           blood
           from
           the
           Publick
           ,
           is
           to
           bring
           us
           down
           beyond
           hopes
           of
           Becovery
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           plentiful
           evacuations
           .
           But
           some
           course
           must
           be
           taken
           ,
           and
           which
           way
           shall
           we
           turn
           ?
           shall
           we
           exenterate
           our
           own
           bowels
           ,
           and
           sacrifice
           our
           Lives
           and
           Livelihoods
           for
           our
           Liberties
           ?
           shall
           we
           destroy
           our selves
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           save
           our selves
           ;
           and
           give
           away
           the
           support
           of
           our
           lives
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           them
           ;
           or
           to
           what
           purpose
           is
           it
           to
           defend
           them
           from
           outward
           violence
           ,
           when
           they
           must
           thus
           sink
           from
           within
           ,
           though
           they
           should
           be
           secured
           from
           without
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           better
           we
           cast
           about
           ,
           and
           see
           if
           there
           be
           not
           some
           other
           means
           of
           Relief
           ?
           Can
           we
           not
           find
           an
           Ulcerated
           part
           in
           this
           Body
           ,
           which
           being
           lopt
           off
           ,
           that
           nourishment
           which
           it
           too
           potently
           draws
           to
           it self
           ,
           may
           by
           its
           separation
           be
           distributed
           through
           the
           whole
           Mass
           ,
           for
           the
           support
           of
           its
           weakness
           and
           indisposition
           ;
           To
           be
           short
           ,
           there
           cannot
           be
           any
           better
           means
           or
           other
           method
           to
           compleat
           our
           hapiness
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           amends
           for
           all
           our
           evils
           ,
           than
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Lands
           of
           laizy
           and
           deceitful
           Clergy-men
           ;
           there
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           fatal
           necessity
           upon
           us
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           they
           being
           not
           only
           useles●
           ,
           but
           a
           bitter
           Fountain
           ,
           that
           sends
           forth
           streams
           to
           the
           annoyance
           of
           the
           greatest
           and
           meanest
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           shall
           appear
           that
           this
           may
           be
           done
           with
           honesty
           and
           Honour
           ,
           with
           ●ight
           of
           Justice
           ,
           with
           safety
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           advancement
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           shew
           ;
           The
           design
           will
           be
           more
           worthy
           to
           be
           put
           in
           execution
           :
           Supposing
           then
           ,
           that
           the
           Tithes
           throughout
           England
           be
           allotted
           to
           be
           the
           Portion
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           old
           Law
           by
           Divine
           Constitution
           ,
           which
           being
           equally
           divided
           amongst
           them
           throughout
           England
           ,
           will
           amount
           to
           100
           l.
           a
           year
           or
           better
           ,
           an
           ample
           Revenue
           for
           a
           Clergy-man
           that
           will
           answer
           the
           ends
           of
           his
           Calling
           ,
           as
           we
           shall
           shew
           hereafter
           ;
           And
           in
           case
           any
           
           Controverse
           arise
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           determined
           by
           the
           general
           Assembly
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           gravet
           and
           wiser
           amongst
           them
           ;
           but
           by
           all
           means
           that
           their
           hands
           be
           kept
           off
           from
           Secular
           business
           ,
           which
           belongs
           not
           to
           their
           Function
           upon
           any
           account
           ▪
           Having
           so
           well
           provided
           for
           them
           ;
           Let
           their
           Lands
           and
           Manors
           ,
           &c.
           be
           given
           to
           the
           Publick
           Benefit
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Parliament
           have
           the
           power
           over
           it
           ,
           to
           appoint
           Officers
           about
           the
           Concerns
           of
           that
           Revenue
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           an
           account
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           be
           by
           their
           prudence
           and
           Care
           so
           disbursed
           to
           the
           several
           Affairs
           that
           may
           require
           its
           assistance
           ,
           to
           D●mise
           throughout
           the
           Nation
           those
           Lands
           for
           the
           raising
           Mony
           upon
           a
           sudden
           exigency
           :
           That
           part
           of
           these
           rents
           be
           imply'd
           in
           Maritine
           affairs
           ,
           the
           building
           of
           Busses
           ,
           Galleys
           and
           other
           Vessels
           for
           the
           Fishing
           ,
           likewise
           for
           greater
           Ships
           as
           shall
           be
           necessary
           ;
           and
           for
           mantaining
           and
           repairing
           Forts
           and
           Walled
           Towns.
           Another
           part
           for
           the
           Improvement
           of
           Trade
           by
           Land
           ,
           there
           may
           small
           Stocks
           be
           derived
           into
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           set
           the
           poor
           on
           work
           ;
           Likewise
           in
           divers
           parts
           that
           Work
           houses
           may
           be
           built
           for
           the
           Improvement
           of
           our
           Manufactures
           in
           the
           manner
           of
           Hospitals
           ,
           wherein
           the
           lame
           and
           blind
           ,
           and
           all
           sorts
           may
           have
           some
           imployment
           whereby
           to
           get
           their
           own
           livelihood
           ;
           and
           also
           others
           may
           make
           some
           advantages
           by
           their
           labours
           .
           Likewise
           other
           Houses
           may
           be
           built
           for
           the
           Benefit
           and
           Improvement
           of
           the
           Mineral
           Trade
           ,
           whither
           may
           be
           sent
           to
           works
           of
           Industry
           ,
           such
           whom
           we
           now
           too
           severely
           deliver
           to
           death
           upon
           small
           offences
           ;
           All
           these
           Methods
           will
           not
           diminish
           the
           revenue
           ,
           but
           increase
           it
           ;
           For
           if
           well
           managed
           ,
           it
           will
           return
           into
           their
           hands
           again
           perhaps
           double
           ;
           As
           suppose
           Ffty
           Thousand
           Pound
           a
           year
           be
           allowed
           ,
           and
           well
           managed
           in
           these
           uses
           ,
           this
           Mony
           lies
           not
           dead
           ,
           as
           in
           Hospitals
           or
           such
           Foundations
           ,
           but
           will
           perhaps
           return
           Fourscore
           thousand
           pound
           again
           ,
           or
           more
           ,
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           publick
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Nation
           is
           advantaged
           as
           much
           as
           that
           Fifty
           thousand
           pounds
           comes
           to
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           more
           than
           if
           it
           were
           given
           without
           any
           return
           :
           So
           that
           besides
           the
           Commodities
           of
           our
           Country
           well
           improv'd
           ,
           
           and
           every
           man
           has
           work
           and
           dealings
           enough
           ;
           there
           will
           be
           an
           ample
           foundation
           for
           Banks
           of
           Piety
           ,
           for
           encouragements
           to
           advance
           Trade
           ,
           as
           to
           send
           Men
           into
           Forrein
           Countreys
           upon
           the
           Publick
           Charges
           ,
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           Trade
           ;
           to
           learn
           skill
           in
           Manufactures
           ,
           to
           improve
           Commerce
           ;
           also
           liberal
           Sallaries
           and
           Rewards
           for
           such
           as
           have
           deserved
           well
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           by
           useful
           Inventions
           ,
           Fighting
           for
           its
           Defence
           &c.
           
           Hence
           also
           Allowance
           may
           be
           given
           to
           decayed
           Gentlemen
           ;
           such
           whose
           Estates
           are
           incumbred
           by
           Debts
           ;
           and
           more
           by
           Interest
           may
           hence
           be
           relieved
           :
           Out
           of
           this
           the
           necessities
           of
           the
           KING
           may
           often
           be
           supply'd
           without
           burden
           to
           His
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           it
           will
           be
           as
           an
           eternal
           Cement
           to
           unite
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Sub●ects
           ;
           The
           People
           shall
           not
           be
           burdened
           with
           Taxes
           ,
           or
           else
           made
           able
           to
           pay
           them
           ;
           and
           thereby
           the
           King
           shall
           be
           freed
           from
           the
           Complaints
           and
           Grievances
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           more
           burdensom
           than
           any
           part
           of
           administration
           :
           Thus
           shall
           these
           Lands
           which
           have
           hitherto
           mantained
           unjust
           usurpation
           ,
           which
           served
           Pride
           and
           Malice
           to
           distress
           and
           grieve
           Mankind
           in
           all
           Orders
           and
           Degrees
           ;
           By
           this
           means
           they
           shal
           become
           the
           happy
           Instruments
           of
           universal
           benefit
           to
           all
           Orders
           and
           Degrees
           amongst
           us
           :
           Now
           if
           the
           Remedy
           must
           be
           contrary
           to
           the
           Distemper
           ,
           then
           have
           we
           a
           very
           apt
           Remedy
           for
           all
           our
           evils
           ,
           which
           as
           they
           have
           been
           brought
           upon
           us
           by
           dreyning
           the
           Nation
           of
           so
           much
           of
           its
           Blood
           ;
           so
           shall
           our
           Cure
           be
           by
           deriving
           these
           refreshing
           Springs
           into
           all
           the
           exhausted
           and
           weak'ned
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           we
           may
           promise
           our selves
           from
           the
           wisdom
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           no
           corner
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           shall
           be
           excluded
           from
           the
           benigne
           Influence
           thereof
           :
           The
           young
           Man
           may
           be
           advanced
           into
           Trade
           without
           any
           Fortune
           of
           his
           own
           ;
           the
           poor
           Man
           shall
           have
           work
           ,
           the
           Tradesman
           Business
           ,
           the
           Mariner
           is
           made
           happy
           ,
           the
           Ingenious
           rewarded
           ,
           the
           Unfortunate
           relieved
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Nation
           so
           exalted
           and
           Improved
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           be
           like
           the
           Israelites
           returning
           from
           Captivity
           as
           Men
           in
           a
           Dream
           ,
           scarce
           believing
           on
           a
           sudden
           that
           happiness
           which
           we
           see
           and
           feell
           :
           
           Now
           it
           being
           so
           ,
           that
           Episcopal
           Govrnment
           expelled
           ,
           such
           Blessings
           follow
           as
           are
           like
           the
           Glories
           of
           the
           Morning
           Sun
           to
           Midnight
           darkness
           ;
           Is
           it
           not
           to
           be
           wished
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           having
           laid
           such
           continued
           burdens
           upon
           the
           Subject
           ,
           would
           consult
           their
           own
           Honour
           and
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           transmit
           their
           Names
           and
           Memory
           to
           Posterity
           with
           some
           sweet
           odours
           of
           Praise
           and
           Blessing
           ;
           that
           they
           would
           once
           in
           so
           many
           Essays
           do
           somthing
           which
           may
           prove
           the
           Universal
           Benefit
           of
           the
           Civil
           State
           ,
           and
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           may
           make
           their
           Fame
           Glorious
           and
           Renowned
           to
           the
           present
           and
           future
           Generations
           ,
           and
           may
           bring
           a
           blessing
           from
           Heaven
           to
           prosper
           and
           establish
           all
           other
           their
           undertakings
           .
           What
           though
           our
           Ancestors
           eys
           were
           blinded
           to
           give
           the
           best
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           Clergy-men
           ,
           and
           to
           confirm
           them
           by
           Laws
           ;
           Yet
           since
           our
           eyes
           are
           open
           ,
           to
           discover
           the
           Cheats
           and
           folly
           thereof
           ,
           we
           should
           commit
           a
           greater
           folly
           than
           they
           ,
           if
           we
           in
           so
           great
           necessity
           should
           suffer
           them
           to
           enjoy
           what
           was
           so
           exorbitantly
           given
           ,
           or
           rather
           what
           was
           gotten
           by
           Fraud
           and
           Collvsion
           ;
           Have
           not
           we
           the
           same
           power
           to
           nullify
           Laws
           made
           against
           the
           Common
           good
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           to
           establish
           the
           same
           ;
           And
           have
           we
           not
           yet
           more
           Reason
           ,
           since
           they
           granted
           them
           through
           Collusion
           and
           deceit
           ,
           whereas
           every
           day
           discovers
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           ne●essity
           and
           occasion
           thereof
           ;
           And
           moreover
           ,
           it
           is
           returned
           into
           the
           bosom
           of
           their
           Posterity
           with
           a
           hundred
           Fold
           disadvantage
           instead
           of
           Benefit
           .
        
         
           Now
           though
           it
           were
           enough
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Supreme
           Law
           did
           require
           this
           ,
           even
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           being
           concern'd
           in
           it
           ;
           There
           being
           a
           necessity
           that
           all
           Government
           be
           directed
           according
           to
           the
           course
           and
           exigency
           of
           the
           present
           circumstances
           and
           conditions
           in
           which
           they
           live
           to
           whom
           the
           mannagement
           of
           affairs
           is
           committed
           ,
           or
           else
           it
           loseth
           its
           end
           ,
           and
           is
           not
           established
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           his
           peace
           and
           settlement
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           Solaecism
           in
           Politicks
           ,
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           that
           which
           is
           no
           more
           ,
           even
           a
           worn
           off
           generation
           gone
           to
           their
           Fathers
           .
           Yet
           I
           shall
           add
           farther
           ,
           that
           
           there
           ir
           Right
           and
           Equity
           enough
           in
           the
           thing
           ;
           For
           1st
           .
           They
           obtained
           their
           Lands
           by
           Collusion
           and
           Fraud
           .
           2ly
           .
           They
           managed
           them
           so
           as
           to
           be
           the
           Instruments
           of
           oppression
           and
           disturbance
           to
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           Commonwealth
           in
           particular
           ;
           which
           is
           Treason
           enough
           in
           a
           sound
           sense
           ,
           if
           not
           directly
           ,
           yet
           interpretatively
           :
           As
           for
           the
           Imputation
           of
           Sacriledge
           we
           shall
           see
           more
           hereafter
           .
           But
           the
           Collusion
           and
           deceit
           will
           appear
           plainly
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           ,
           that
           these
           Lands
           and
           Priviledges
           were
           granted
           in
           such
           an
           age
           and
           time
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           when
           nothing
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Truth
           was
           known
           ,
           and
           less
           of
           Religion
           practised
           ;
           Men
           pretended
           then
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Ze●l
           for
           Religion
           ,
           but
           really
           abominated
           the
           plainness
           and
           simplicity
           that
           was
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           the
           spiritual
           exercise
           it
           did
           require
           ;
           So
           that
           all
           their
           Zeal
           was
           spent
           in
           pursuit
           of
           a
           strange
           Worship
           ,
           things
           diametrically
           opposite
           to
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Truth
           ,
           whereby
           they
           might
           make
           themselves
           Great
           or
           Honourable
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           abound
           with
           all
           things
           that
           could
           minister
           to
           their
           Pride
           ,
           their
           Luxury
           and
           Excess
           ,
           and
           what
           ever
           else
           was
           contrary
           to
           the
           rule
           of
           sound
           Doctrine
           .
           To
           accomplish
           these
           their
           extravagant
           and
           wicked
           designs
           ;
           They
           first
           trouble
           and
           muddy
           the
           pure
           Springs
           of
           Christian
           Doctrine
           and
           Practice
           ,
           br●ng
           first
           Liturgies
           ,
           Forms
           and
           Ceremonies
           of
           Worship
           ,
           and
           then
           went
           on
           to
           Altars
           ,
           Crosses
           ,
           Bowings
           ,
           Washings
           ,
           Images
           ,
           Masses
           ,
           and
           Infinite
           such
           trumpery
           ,
           to
           amuse
           mens
           minds
           with
           a
           shew
           of
           outside
           Worship
           ;
           Then
           they
           set
           apart
           multitudes
           of
           Men
           devoted
           to
           these
           wickednesses
           ,
           who
           had
           no
           other
           Imployment
           but
           to
           read
           M●sses
           ,
           filling
           the
           world
           with
           Lies
           ,
           and
           Forgeries
           of
           Miracles
           ,
           whereby
           to
           bring
           the
           world
           into
           Fear
           and
           Superstition
           ,
           chiefly
           to
           induce
           Men
           to
           impart
           to
           them
           of
           their
           wealth
           and
           substance
           ;
           relating
           wonderful
           Apparitions
           and
           Visions
           of
           such
           who
           had
           been
           favourable
           to
           their
           greedy
           desires
           ,
           ma●ing
           them
           no
           less
           than
           Saints
           ,
           that
           others
           might
           be
           incouraged
           to
           follow
           their
           works
           ;
           And
           more
           Fuel
           might
           be
           added
           to
           their
           ungodly
           Lusts
           :
           But
           if
           any
           did
           discountenance
           them
           in
           their
           Designs
           ,
           or
           not
           fulfil
           their
           desires
           to
           the
           utmost
           ,
           they
           had
           a
           serviceable
           
           invention
           of
           Purgatory
           ,
           whereby
           they
           would
           make
           up
           their
           Markets
           ;
           For
           their
           Prayers
           were
           of
           no
           Force
           to
           deliver
           Men
           from
           thence
           ,
           unless
           they
           were
           well
           paid
           in
           hand
           before
           they
           begun
           to
           work
           :
           Also
           Confession
           ,
           and
           Extreme
           Unction
           were
           none
           of
           their
           meanest
           Engines
           to
           cheat
           the
           world
           ;
           For
           by
           virtue
           of
           these
           being
           near
           the
           Beds
           of
           departing
           Souls
           ,
           they
           made
           successful
           use
           of
           the
           opportunity
           ,
           either
           to
           Forge
           Wills
           and
           Donations
           ,
           or
           else
           by
           aggravating
           their
           sins
           ,
           and
           the
           torments
           of
           Purgatory
           ,
           get
           from
           them
           what
           men
           in
           despair
           ,
           (
           and
           no
           more
           capable
           of
           enjoyments
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           therefore
           prone
           enough
           to
           throw
           them
           away
           ,
           (
           especially
           where
           there
           appeared
           hopes
           of
           a
           return
           in
           another
           )
           were
           willing
           to
           part
           with
           .
           Add
           to
           this
           ,
           that
           having
           locked
           up
           the
           pure
           Truth
           in
           an
           unknown
           language
           ,
           and
           few
           Bibles
           also
           to
           be
           got
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           unlearnedness
           of
           the
           age
           ;
           All
           their
           Devotions
           they
           comprehended
           in
           Rituals
           and
           Rosaries
           ,
           &c.
           
           All
           their
           Religion
           was
           external
           Pomp
           ,
           Ceremony
           and
           Magnificence
           ,
           puzled
           and
           intricated
           with
           a
           thousand
           inventions
           and
           devices
           ,
           that
           had
           no
           relation
           to
           it
           ,
           otherwise
           than
           to
           destroy
           it
           from
           the
           Earth
           :
           Now
           by
           these
           means
           they
           had
           got
           the
           Keys
           into
           their
           hands
           ;
           But
           what
           Keys
           ?
           even
           those
           of
           the
           bottomless
           Pit
           ,
           to
           sink
           men
           in
           Perdition
           .
           But
           thus
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           by
           these
           evil
           arts
           they
           had
           made
           themselvs
           the
           oracles
           of
           the
           age
           ,
           through
           whose
           mouth
           all
           Religion
           and
           Devotion
           must
           proceed
           ;
           They
           call'd
           themselves
           the
           Church
           ,
           all
           their
           Constitutions
           &
           Injunctions
           must
           now
           be
           irrefragable
           ,
           and
           they
           must
           needs
           pretend
           to
           be
           Infallible
           ,
           since
           they
           saw
           all
           matters
           of
           Religion
           depending
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           nothing
           was
           seen
           or
           known
           but
           what
           was
           their
           pleasure
           to
           apoint
           and
           declare
           :
           And
           who
           could
           convince
           them
           of
           Errour
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           darkness
           ?
           when
           all
           light
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           of
           Truth
           it self
           seemed
           to
           be
           extinguished
           ?
           Thus
           have
           they
           overthrown
           that
           pure
           and
           undefiled
           Religion
           ,
           denying
           the
           Lord
           that
           bought
           them
           ,
           and
           betraying
           him
           with
           Judas
           into
           the
           power
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ;
           But
           he
           riseth
           again
           to
           take
           vengeance
           of
           his
           Oppressors
           .
           But
           these
           things
           consider'd
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           
           that
           our
           Ancestors
           could
           not
           see
           through
           this
           mist
           and
           darkness
           of
           errour
           ,
           thicker
           than
           that
           of
           Aegypt
           ,
           which
           had
           by
           this
           time
           overspread
           the
           face
           of
           the
           whole
           earth
           .
           But
           partly
           mistaking
           a
           generation
           of
           Deceivers
           ,
           for
           the
           true
           Church
           ,
           thought
           it
           Honourable
           to
           conferre
           what
           they
           could
           to
           its
           Greatness
           ,
           partly
           through
           fear
           of
           Purgatory
           ,
           and
           to
           deliver
           their
           Souls
           from
           that
           torment
           which
           they
           were
           taught
           to
           believe
           ,
           partly
           to
           save
           their
           souls
           ;
           For
           which
           purpose
           they
           were
           taught
           that
           these
           Donations
           were
           effectual
           ,
           settled
           upon
           them
           their
           Lands
           ,
           which
           were
           afterwards
           confirmed
           to
           them
           by
           Law
           upon
           the
           same
           account
           ;
           For
           in
           Magna
           Charta
           there
           is
           express
           mention
           made
           by
           the
           King
           of
           this
           end
           of
           his
           Grants
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           the
           saving
           of
           his
           Soul
           :
           Now
           that
           they
           were
           deluded
           in
           these
           Donations
           ,
           we
           need
           go
           no
           farther
           than
           the
           universal
           consent
           of
           those
           Churches
           who
           have
           shaken
           off
           the
           Papal
           Usurpation
           ,
           who
           have
           all
           declared
           against
           Praying
           for
           the
           Dead
           as
           insignificant
           ;
           and
           do
           acknowledge
           that
           all
           Donations
           given
           to
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           could
           have
           no
           effect
           (
           as
           was
           pretended
           ,
           )
           to
           save
           mens
           Souls
           ▪
           Add
           to
           this
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           colour
           for
           it
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           was
           only
           then
           invented
           as
           a
           serviceable
           Engine
           to
           deceive
           men
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           thereby
           to
           Benefit
           and
           Inrich
           that
           Idolatrous
           Church
           :
           Which
           being
           consider'd
           ,
           that
           these
           Conditions
           on
           which
           they
           obtained
           their
           Lands
           were
           proposed
           
             dolo
             malo
          
           ,
           and
           farther
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           kept
           according
           to
           the
           will
           of
           the
           Feoffor
           ;
           Those
           Customs
           being
           now
           abolished
           of
           Praying
           for
           Souls
           ,
           upon
           which
           account
           they
           held
           many
           considerable
           Lands
           ;
           Whether
           the
           Statute
           of
           Marlbridge
           or
           other
           Laws
           will
           extend
           to
           redeem
           those
           Lands
           ,
           I
           leave
           to
           the
           learned
           in
           the
           Law
           to
           judge
           .
           If
           it
           be
           alledged
           ,
           that
           these
           Lands
           ,
           and
           their
           Priviledges
           have
           been
           confirmed
           to
           them
           all
           along
           under
           Protestant
           Princes
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           King
           takes
           an
           Oath
           at
           his
           Coronation
           to
           defend
           them
           :
           It
           may
           be
           answer'd
           ,
           that
           such
           use
           and
           benefit
           of
           those
           Lands
           may
           be
           permitted
           them
           by
           those
           who
           were
           Proprietors
           thereof
           ;
           Not
           that
           the
           right
           of
           the
           Successor
           should
           be
           prejudic'd
           thereby
           :
           Or
           perhaps
           they
           understood
           not
           so
           fully
           
           their
           condition
           in
           respect
           to
           that
           Right
           ,
           and
           therefore
           more
           justly
           accrues
           to
           us
           as
           the
           discoverers
           ;
           or
           else
           they
           had
           not
           the
           same
           necessity
           to
           re-assume
           it
           :
           For
           our
           condition
           is
           such
           ,
           by
           Divine
           Providence
           appointed
           ▪
           that
           there
           is
           no
           other
           mea●s
           to
           save
           us
           from
           Ruine
           .
           I
           shall
           here
           add
           somthing
           much
           to
           this
           purpose
           out
           of
           
             Grotius
             ;
             Si
             Lex
             fundetur
             in
             praesumptione
             aliqua
             facti
             ,
             quod
             factum
             revera
             ita
             se
             non
             habeat
             tunc
             ea
             Lex
             non
             obliget
             .
             Seneca
          
           says
           ,
           
             Demens
             est
             qui
             fidem
             praestat
             Errori
             ;
             Grotius
          
           also
           brings
           the
           opinion
           of
           Bodinus
           much
           to
           our
           purpose
           .
           
             Bodinus
             censet
             iisdem
             ex
             causis
             Regem
             sive
             aliena
             fraude
             &
             dolo
             ,
             sive
             errore
             circumventum
             ,
             sive
             metu
             restitui
             posse
             .
          
           In
           another
           place
           the
           same
           
             Grotius
             ,
             Sed
             hoc
             quoque
             sciendum
             est
             posse
             subditis
             jus
             etiam
             quaesitum
             auferri
             per
             Regem
             duplici
             modo
             ,
             aut
             in
             Poenam
             ,
             aut
             ex
             vi
             super-eminentis
             Dominii
             ;
             Sed
             ut
             id
             fiat
             ex
             vi
             super
             eminentis
             Dominii
             primum
             requiritur
             utilitas
             publica
             .
          
           Again
           ,
           
             Illud
             quoque
             à
             multis
             traditum
             beneficia
             principum
             quae
             liberaliter
             sunt
             concessa
             semper
             posse
             revocari
             .
          
        
         
           As
           concerning
           the
           Kings
           Oath
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           propose
           the
           words
           of
           the
           same
           
             Grotius
             ,
             Ut
             valeat
             Juramentum
             oportet
             ut
             obligatio
             sit
             licita
             ;
             Quare
             nullas
             vires
             habebit
             jurata
             promissio
             de
             re
             illicita
             aut
             naturaliter
             ,
             aut
             Divina
             interdictione
             ,
             aut
             etiam
             humana
             ,
          
           If
           this
           be
           not
           sufficient
           ,
           he
           adds
           farther
           ,
           
             Imo
             etiamsi
             res
             quae
             promittitur
             non
             sit
             illicita
             ,
             sed
             majus
             bonum
             morale
             impediens
             ,
             sic
             quoque
             non
             valebit
             Juramentum
             .
          
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Imputation
           of
           Sacriledge
           ,
           we
           have
           thus
           much
           to
           say
           .
           1.
           
           That
           the
           word
           has
           a
           very
           large
           signification
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           be
           punctually
           decided
           what
           is
           Sacriledge
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ;
           But
           2.
           
           Of
           this
           we
           are
           certain
           ,
           that
           extreme
           necessity
           cannot
           be
           praescribed
           to
           by
           it
           ;
           For
           we
           find
           David
           made
           use
           of
           the
           Shew-Bread
           in
           this
           case
           :
           And
           it
           is
           farther
           to
           be
           noted
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           not
           directed
           that
           they
           should
           be
           appropriate
           to
           any
           private
           use
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           preserved
           as
           a
           support
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           in
           all
           degrees
           where
           there
           may
           be
           necessity
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           become
           the
           publick
           Endowment
           ;
           For
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           applyed
           to
           the
           use
           of
           any
           particular
           Man
           ,
           or
           Men
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           appropriated
           to
           them
           ;
           
           It
           being
           like
           
           Judas's
           Mony
           ,
           the
           price
           of
           a
           Saviour
           ,
           with
           which
           the
           Jews
           bought
           the
           Potters
           Field
           to
           bury
           strangers
           in
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           returned
           by
           Judas
           :
           So
           these
           Lands
           also
           ought
           to
           be
           converted
           to
           the
           benefit
           and
           relief
           of
           the
           Poor
           ,
           the
           Stranger
           ,
           and
           Necessitous
           ,
           which
           may
           very
           well
           consist
           with
           the
           method
           I
           have
           before
           mentioned
           .
        
         
           But
           farther
           ,
           we
           may
           do
           well
           to
           consider
           how
           they
           have
           behaved
           themselves
           in
           the
           Fruition
           of
           these
           ample
           Priviledges
           they
           have
           been
           invested
           with
           :
           I
           shall
           not
           now
           trouble
           the
           Reader
           with
           a
           particular
           recitation
           of
           those
           disturbances
           and
           molestations
           wherewith
           our
           Kings
           and
           Nobles
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Commons
           have
           suffered
           under
           Popish
           Bishops
           ;
           Nor
           yet
           the
           Practices
           of
           our
           late
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ;
           how
           they
           oppressed
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           overthrew
           all
           Laws
           and
           Constitutions
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           their
           own
           Power
           ,
           and
           satisfie
           the
           lust
           of
           tyrannous
           and
           absolute
           Dominion
           ,
           abusing
           the
           goodness
           of
           our
           Kings
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           which
           things
           have
           been
           shewed
           already
           by
           others
           :
           It
           shall
           be
           sufficient
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           when
           by
           the
           Reformation
           the
           Scriptues
           were
           opened
           ,
           and
           put
           into
           every
           mans
           hands
           for
           their
           Direction
           ,
           there
           were
           found
           very
           few
           whose
           minds
           were
           dis-engaged
           from
           the
           Superstition
           of
           Popery
           ,
           but
           manifested
           an
           inclination
           to
           embrace
           the
           Scripture
           in
           the
           true
           and
           native
           plainness
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           yield
           obedience
           to
           the
           sincere
           practical
           Duties
           therein
           contained
           ;
           And
           at
           that
           time
           it
           seemed
           to
           have
           an
           Influence
           upon
           the
           Clergy
           as
           well
           as
           others
           ,
           who
           minding
           the
           calling
           the
           People
           off
           from
           Popery
           ,
           or
           Confirming
           them
           in
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           or
           building
           them
           up
           in
           Faith
           and
           good
           Works
           ,
           were
           not
           much
           sollicitous
           of
           Dominion
           and
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           but
           depended
           upon
           the
           Kings
           Grace
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           any
           Authority
           to
           be
           exercised
           by
           them
           ,
           but
           also
           for
           their
           very
           Lands
           and
           Revenues
           ;
           And
           he
           that
           had
           so
           boldly
           spoiled
           Abbies
           and
           Monasteries
           ,
           bringing
           down
           proud
           and
           stately
           Fabricks
           to
           the
           dust
           ,
           and
           Confiscating
           their
           Revenues
           ,
           could
           also
           upon
           the
           least
           occasion
           offer'd
           ,
           or
           tending
           to
           oppose
           his
           Projects
           ,
           have
           caused
           them
           to
           taste
           of
           the
           same
           Lot
           
           with
           their
           Brethren
           ;
           These
           two
           things
           were
           concurring
           the
           Truth
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Fear
           of
           the
           Prince
           to
           whom
           they
           were
           subject
           ,
           must
           needs
           make
           tolerable
           Bishops
           ,
           though
           it
           is
           probable
           they
           were
           good
           men
           notwithstanding
           .
           But
           as
           it
           was
           in
           the
           Bishops
           of
           Rome
           ,
           who
           of
           tollerable
           B●shops
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           when
           their
           Fortunes
           were
           small
           ,
           and
           the
           Secular
           Authority
           too
           Potent
           to
           be
           resisted
           ,
           became
           intolerable
           Usurpers
           of
           uncontrollable
           Power
           ,
           when
           once
           they
           had
           settled
           their
           Foot
           ,
           and
           enlarged
           their
           Dominions
           ;
           So
           likewise
           the
           old
           Serpent
           had
           the
           same
           Game
           to
           play
           with
           us
           ;
           For
           after
           a
           little
           time
           having
           settled
           themselves
           by
           Law
           ,
           they
           began
           to
           look
           about
           ,
           and
           think
           of
           amplifying
           their
           Power
           ,
           making
           all
           men
           submit
           thereto
           ,
           and
           to
           suppress
           all
           opposition
           ,
           and
           root
           it
           out
           ;
           And
           now
           they
           held
           no
           longer
           of
           the
           Kings
           Grace
           ,
           but
           
             Jure
             Divino
          
           ,
           still
           augmenting
           and
           riveting
           themselves
           by
           degrees
           in
           Secular
           Authority
           ,
           and
           exceeding
           therewth
           from
           the
           Light
           and
           Purity
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           to
           a
           hatred
           thereof
           ,
           and
           the
           Preaching
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           all
           such
           as
           owned
           it
           in
           Publick
           ,
           declaring
           and
           teaching
           it
           ,
           or
           in
           private
           ;
           Till
           at
           length
           no
           Remonstrances
           or
           Petitions
           to
           the
           contrary
           notwithstanding
           ;
           They
           had
           erected
           a
           Court
           of
           Commission
           ,
           and
           had
           brought
           a
           Spanish
           Inquisition
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           proceeded
           to
           other
           acts
           ,
           by
           corrupting
           or
           delaying
           Justice
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           hard
           to
           say
           whether
           the
           Subject
           was
           more
           opprest
           ,
           by
           being
           deprived
           of
           the
           Priviledges
           the
           Law
           allows
           him
           ,
           or
           the
           Bishops
           more
           Tirants
           &
           Usurpers
           in
           going
           so
           far
           beyond
           the
           limits
           that
           the
           Law
           had
           set
           them
           ;
           every
           where
           acting
           with
           such
           a
           Power
           as
           the
           Effects
           made
           appear
           to
           be
           unlimited
           :
           They
           having
           been
           thus
           seduced
           by
           Riches
           and
           Greatness
           ,
           to
           abandon
           the
           Truth
           and
           Purity
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           Yet
           other
           Persons
           wanting
           that
           Temptation
           ,
           had
           no
           reason
           to
           submit
           to
           a
           domineering
           Lust
           ,
           against
           the
           Testimony
           of
           Truth
           and
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           lend
           their
           assistance
           to
           maintain
           a
           laizy
           and
           usurped
           authority
           ;
           So
           that
           animosities
           must
           needs
           be
           kindled
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           Bishops
           grew
           more
           in
           Authority
           and
           Dominion
           ,
           and
           farther
           departed
           from
           this
           Truth
           ,
           the
           Malice
           and
           Rage
           of
           the
           one
           increased
           ,
           which
           
           added
           stubborness
           and
           resolution
           to
           the
           other
           ;
           These
           Causes
           of
           dissention
           were
           kindling
           and
           somenting
           a
           long
           while
           ,
           till
           the
           Bishops
           at
           last
           so
           far
           abused
           the
           good
           nature
           of
           K.
           Charles
           I.
           so
           far
           to
           the
           oppression
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           mantainers
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           but
           the
           Name
           of
           a
           Puritan
           that
           must
           make
           a
           Man
           lyable
           to
           all
           the
           Inconveniences
           of
           a
           tyranical
           Court
           ,
           to
           be
           susspended
           from
           his
           Office
           ,
           and
           the
           Benefits
           of
           it
           ;
           to
           have
           his
           Study
           and
           House
           ransack'd
           ,
           forced
           to
           accuse
           himself
           by
           an
           Oath
           
             Ex
             Officio
          
           ;
           and
           besides
           waiting
           upon
           Vexatious
           and
           Dilatory
           Suits
           ,
           without
           liberty
           of
           Pleading
           or
           answering
           to
           any
           thing
           that
           was
           objected
           against
           him
           :
           He
           must
           thus
           spend
           his
           Time
           and
           his
           Estate
           to
           the
           Ruine
           of
           Himself
           and
           his
           Family
           .
           These
           and
           other
           things
           became
           so
           general
           a
           burden
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           redress
           but
           by
           taking
           up
           Arms
           against
           those
           unjust
           Invaders
           of
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           whose
           original
           Greatness
           being
           establisht
           by
           Deceit
           and
           Falshood
           ,
           their
           Authority
           a
           Usurpation
           ▪
           their
           Government
           ,
           though
           it
           had
           been
           Legal
           ,
           yet
           so
           unreasonably
           abused
           ,
           to
           the
           disturbance
           of
           the
           Peace
           and
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ;
           It
           were
           not
           in
           the
           Kings
           power
           ,
           though
           they
           decoy'd
           him
           to
           their
           Party
           ;
           nor
           was
           it
           just
           and
           right
           in
           him
           to
           defend
           or
           abett
           them
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           esteem
           what
           was
           done
           against
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           done
           against
           Himself
           ,
           His
           Royal
           Crown
           ,
           or
           Sacred
           Authority
           ;
           He
           is
           to
           be
           the
           Minister
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           this
           must
           be
           adherd
           to
           ,
           though
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           whatsoever
           is
           most
           dear
           to
           him
           ;
           T
           is
           He
           acts
           against
           his
           own
           Life
           &
           Crown
           ,
           He
           betrays
           his
           Scepter
           and
           Authority
           ,
           and
           is
           guilty
           of
           Treason
           against
           himself
           ,
           when
           he
           takes
           part
           with
           the
           unrighteous
           ,
           with
           cruel
           and
           blood-thirsty
           men
           ,
           to
           disturb
           the
           Peace
           of
           his
           true
           and
           Loyal
           Subjects
           ;
           to
           spoil
           them
           of
           their
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           and
           leave
           the
           Children
           of
           Innocent
           Men
           to
           the
           extremity
           of
           Sorrow
           and
           Distress
           :
           Thus
           were
           we
           at
           length
           engaged
           in
           a
           Civil
           War
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           soul
           and
           reproachful
           Disaster
           contrary
           to
           the
           desires
           and
           wishes
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           The
           Hand
           of
           the
           Subject
           was
           imbrued
           in
           the
           Blood
           of
           his
           King
           ;
           and
           shall
           we
           think
           these
           Men
           Innocent
           in
           all
           this
           ?
           Then
           may
           it
           be
           said
           that
           he
           
           who
           shall
           all
           manner
           of
           ways
           exagitate
           his
           enemie
           ,
           and
           leave
           no
           part
           of
           malice
           unattempted
           to
           hasten
           the
           destruction
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           hath
           no
           other
           quarrel
           to
           his
           Persecutor
           ,
           but
           the
           desire
           of
           his
           amendment
           ;
           if
           he
           shall
           drive
           him
           to
           the
           utmost
           and
           last
           extremity
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           knows
           not
           which
           way
           to
           turn
           ,
           and
           finds
           no
           possible
           means
           of
           Recovery
           and
           safety
           ,
           but
           by
           disarming
           his
           Persecutor
           ,
           and
           captivating
           that
           Power
           that
           was
           so
           unjustly
           drawn
           out
           against
           him
           :
           This
           Person
           thus
           disarmed
           ,
           may
           then
           complain
           he
           is
           abused
           and
           set
           upon
           ,
           his
           Life
           and
           Fortune
           assaulted
           upon
           no
           ground
           or
           reason
           ,
           he
           is
           Innocent
           ,
           and
           only
           guilty
           (
           if
           that
           be
           guilt
           )
           of
           endeavouring
           to
           bring
           his
           Enemy
           to
           a
           right
           mind
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           his
           Vassal
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           set
           his
           foot
           upon
           the
           neck
           of
           his
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           know
           ,
           that
           HE
           also
           is
           a
           God
           that
           ruleth
           in
           the
           Earth
           :
           The
           same
           imbittered
           Spirit
           seems
           to
           continue
           still
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           has
           not
           been
           without
           its
           Essays
           of
           disturbing
           that
           Peace
           and
           repose
           which
           we
           at
           present
           enjoy
           ;
           But
           their
           wings
           are
           cut
           ,
           and
           their
           nails
           ▪
           pair'd
           ,
           Men
           do
           generally
           do
           see
           into
           the
           cheat
           ,
           and
           every
           day
           brings
           fresh
           discoveries
           ▪
           thereof
           ;
           and
           it
           were
           strange
           that
           now
           mens
           minds
           are
           so
           busily
           imploy'd
           in
           the
           search
           of
           Knowledge
           and
           Improvement
           of
           Sciense
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           arrived
           at
           such
           attainments
           in
           one
           Century
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           not
           find
           that
           former
           ages
           were
           at
           any
           time
           Masters
           of
           .
           It
           were
           strange
           I
           say
           in
           such
           increase
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           be
           still
           blind
           in
           matters
           that
           concern
           Religion
           ;
           That
           we
           should
           not
           apprehend
           that
           all
           that
           Pomp
           and
           stateliness
           is
           vanished
           ,
           for
           the
           support
           and
           mantaining
           whereof
           ,
           the
           Clergy
           were
           Invested
           with
           such
           great
           Possessions
           ,
           and
           ample
           Priviledges
           .
           I
           have
           two
           things
           more
           especially
           ,
           which
           with
           some
           reason
           I
           may
           impute
           the
           occasion
           of
           them
           to
           the
           present
           Church-Government
           .
           1.
           
           The
           present
           Atheism
           and
           Debauchery
           that
           the
           Age
           and
           Nation
           labour
           with
           ,
           which
           though
           it
           may
           have
           its
           rise
           from
           some
           other
           Cause
           ,
           yet
           it
           receives
           at
           least
           strength
           &
           Confirmation
           ,
           partly
           from
           the
           empty
           Formality
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           have
           apparently
           no
           other
           Designs
           but
           their
           own
           gains
           ,
           partly
           from
           the
           open
           
           contradiction
           they
           see
           between
           their
           Life
           and
           Manners
           ,
           and
           the●
           Doctrine
           ;
           who
           are
           all
           the
           week
           after
           refuting
           and
           pulling
           down
           that
           in
           their
           Practice
           ,
           which
           a
           few
           empty
           words
           of
           speculation
           ,
           like
           the
           Calf
           that
           Aaron
           made
           to
           guide
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           to
           as
           much
           purpose
           )
           set
           forth
           on
           the
           first
           day
           of
           it
           :
           They
           see
           that
           whilst
           these
           Men
           Preach
           against
           worldliness
           ,
           they
           themselves
           are
           the
           most
           desirous
           ,
           greedy
           and
           ambitious
           of
           all
           the
           world
           can
           afford
           ;
           Whilst
           they
           preach
           against
           Drunkenness
           and
           Debauchery
           ,
           yet
           Themselves
           are
           never
           satisfyed
           with
           those
           advantages
           of
           Riches
           &
           enlarged
           Revenues
           ,
           which
           serve
           but
           to
           keep
           these
           Vices
           in
           heart
           and
           life
           .
           They
           ▪
           may
           add
           with
           some
           shew
           of
           Reason
           ;
           Perhaps
           we
           should
           not
           hear
           one
           word
           from
           them
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           did
           they
           not
           find
           the
           Trade
           gainful
           ,
           and
           the
           means
           to
           be
           great
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           was
           to
           profess
           to
           deny
           it
           ;
           They
           will
           go
           on
           ,
           sure
           these
           Men
           do
           but
           ▪
           tell
           us
           Stories
           and
           Fancies
           ,
           and
           maze
           in
           a
           wilderness
           of
           Tattle
           and
           empty
           sounding
           words
           ;
           For
           if
           there
           were
           any
           reality
           in
           the
           thing
           they
           propose
           ,
           it
           would
           sure
           have
           some
           effect
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           to
           moderate
           their
           Projects
           and
           Desires
           .
           Such
           kind
           of
           Conclusions
           as
           these
           they
           may
           draw
           from
           a
           Religious-Government
           ;
           stamped
           for
           true
           and
           Orthodox
           by
           Publick
           Authority
           ▪
           Yet
           thus
           betraying
           it self
           to
           its
           own
           Condemnation
           :
           As
           for
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           they
           will
           appear
           to
           these
           Men
           silly
           deluded
           Creatures
           that
           know
           nothing
           .
        
         
           The
           2.
           
           Thing
           is
           ,
           the
           various
           Opinions
           and
           Phrensies
           that
           have
           of
           late
           infested
           our
           Nation
           ,
           may
           be
           thought
           to
           have
           their
           original
           from
           hence
           ,
           next
           to
           the
           Craft
           and
           Subtilty
           of
           our
           grand
           Enemy
           ;
           For
           English
           men
           (
           to
           speak
           without
           flattery
           ,
           )
           are
           generally
           lovers
           of
           Truth
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           and
           somwhat
           stiff
           and
           rigid
           in
           those
           Principles
           they
           adhere
           to
           ,
           especially
           if
           they
           imagine
           them
           agreeable
           to
           Truth
           and
           Honesty
           ;
           When
           therefore
           they
           had
           embraced
           the
           Gospel
           and
           the
           Reformation
           ;
           and
           conceiving
           withal
           ,
           it
           manifested
           an
           opposition
           to
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Government
           ;
           To
           keep
           to
           the
           one
           ,
           they
           grew
           into
           dislike
           of
           th'
           other
           ,
           which
           took
           deeper
           root
           when
           this
           Government
           began
           
           Vex
           and
           Beat
           their
           Fellow-servants
           ,
           and
           so
           instead
           of
           lessening
           the
           difference
           ,
           make
           the
           gap
           wider
           .
           Now
           what
           must
           ●hey
           do
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           the
           Government
           had
           thrown
           them
           off
           ,
           and
           pursued
           them
           as
           Enemies
           to
           it
           ;
           They
           were
           too
           rigid
           to
           quit
           those
           Principles
           they
           had
           taken
           up
           with
           such
           appearance
           of
           Truth
           ;
           And
           the
           Government
           would
           not
           yield
           to
           such
           whom
           they
           thought
           must
           receive
           and
           not
           give
           Laws
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           pride
           of
           Usurpation
           ;
           So
           that
           they
           were
           forced
           to
           wander
           as
           Sheep
           without
           a
           Shepherd
           ,
           or
           rather
           whose
           Shepherd
           was
           unfaithful
           ;
           Some
           took
           one
           way
           ,
           some
           another
           ,
           as
           their
           Fancy
           led
           them
           ,
           to
           Munster
           ,
           or
           Geneva
           ,
           or
           worse
           ,
           till
           at
           last
           all
           things
           came
           into
           Confusion
           .
           Thus
           hath
           Ecclesiastical
           Authority
           given
           birth
           to
           disscentions
           ,
           and
           Fuel
           to
           continual
           Animosities
           ,
           administred
           strength
           and
           growth
           to
           Atheism
           &
           Irreligion
           ;
           By
           it
           Men
           have
           been
           staved
           off
           from
           Unity
           ,
           and
           peaceable
           enjoyment
           of
           their
           Lives
           ;
           Thereby
           they
           have
           been
           plunged
           in
           the
           depth
           of
           errour
           and
           distraction
           ;
           have
           been
           driven
           to
           sheath
           their
           Swords
           in
           the
           Bowels
           of
           their
           Brethren
           ;
           And
           that
           no
           wickedness
           might
           be
           left
           un-atchieved
           ,
           the
           sad
           effects
           of
           all
           this
           hath
           been
           yet
           depending
           upon
           ,
           and
           a
           Consequent
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           the
           spilling
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           Sacred
           person
           of
           their
           King
           ;
           These
           evils
           hang
           together
           as
           a
           Chain
           of
           many
           Links
           ,
           whose
           first
           Link
           is
           the
           denying
           ,
           not
           hearkning
           to
           ,
           rejecting
           and
           disobeying
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           Bring
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           follow
           as
           part
           of
           the
           Chain
           ;
           But
           establish
           the
           Truth
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           you
           have
           therewith
           security
           and
           peace
           ,
           and
           a
           strong
           defence
           against
           all
           these
           Evils
           .
           Now
           our
           Enquiry
           shall
           be
           concerning
           Religion
           ,
           How
           it
           may
           be
           settled
           with
           Truth
           as
           to
           it self
           ,
           with
           Comfort
           to
           all
           people
           ,
           and
           with
           security
           to
           the
           Nation
           .
           We
           shall
           therefore
           endeavour
           to
           give
           a
           brief
           account
           of
           Religion
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Talent
           we
           have
           received
           .
           It
           must
           be
           known
           ,
           First
           then
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           of
           another
           Nature
           than
           those
           outward
           things
           we
           converse
           with
           ;
           That
           is
           ,
           It
           is
           not
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           nor
           according
           to
           the
           fashion
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           Neither
           doth
           it
           agree
           or
           associate
           with
           
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           external
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           opposite
           and
           contrary
           thereto
           ,
           even
           to
           all
           Forms
           of
           Worship
           of
           what
           kind
           soever
           ;
           All
           Ceremonies
           &
           Constitutions
           of
           Men
           be
           they
           of
           what
           kind
           they
           will
           ,
           But
           much
           more
           to
           the
           enjoyments
           of
           the
           present
           Life
           ,
           Riches
           ,
           and
           Honours
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           To
           all
           designs
           of
           getting
           a
           Name
           ,
           Dominion
           ,
           Power
           ,
           Estates
           ,
           &c.
           
           This
           manifestly
           appears
           throughout
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           especially
           the
           New
           Testament
           .
           Hence
           this
           pure
           Doctrine
           is
           called
           a
           New
           Creation
           ,
           Regeneration
           ,
           New
           Birth
           ,
           &c.
           
           To
           shew
           that
           there
           is
           somthing
           old
           that
           must
           be
           shaken
           off
           ,
           even
           the
           things
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           which
           this
           is
           to
           succeed
           ;
           For
           we
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           be
           born
           again
           ,
           or
           Created
           again
           ,
           unless
           that
           first
           Creation
           be
           made
           null
           and
           void
           ,
           and
           brought
           to
           nothing
           ,
           and
           this
           substituted
           in
           the
           room
           thereof
           :
           A
           man
           cannot
           Re-build
           his
           House
           that
           has
           not
           first
           pulled
           down
           the
           old
           one
           .
           Hence
           our
           Lord
           makes
           it
           the
           first
           step
           to
           come
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           deny
           our selves
           ,
           and
           take
           up
           our
           Cross
           ;
           That
           is
           ,
           to
           cast
           away
           all
           concern
           for
           the
           things
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           any
           desire
           after
           them
           or
           satisfaction
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           esteemed
           nothing
           ,
           of
           no
           account
           ;
           yea
           Fools
           and
           Mad
           for
           his
           sake
           :
           Hence
           also
           we
           may
           observe
           a
           perfect
           opposition
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           between
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Christ
           and
           of
           this
           World
           ;
           those
           things
           are
           called
           Spiritual
           ,
           Heavenly
           ,
           not
           Fading
           :
           Whereas
           in
           Contradiction
           to
           them
           ,
           are
           Put
           Earthly
           ,
           Carnal
           ,
           Corrupt
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             Love
          
           not
           the
           World
           ,
           nor
           the
           Things
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           if
           any
           man
           Love
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           Love
           of
           the
           Father
           is
           not
           in
           him
           .
           Saith
           St.
           John
           ,
           the
           Carnal
           man
           Savoureth
           not
           the
           things
           of
           God
           ,
           they
           are
           Spiritually
           discerned
           ;
           where
           we
           may
           observe
           that
           Contrariety
           which
           Logicians
           call
           
             Contradictoriè
             opposita
          
           :
           Our
           Saviour
           also
           very
           diligently
           seperats
           them
           ;
           ye
           cannot
           serve
           God
           and
           Mammon
           ,
           bidding
           us
           take
           no
           care
           What
           we
           shall
           Eat
           ,
           or
           What
           we
           shall
           Drink
           ,
           or
           What
           we
           shall
           
             Put
             on
          
           :
           But
           bids
           us
           in
           opposition
           to
           these
           things
           ,
           seek
           First
           the
           
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
          
           and
           its
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           things
           shall
           be
           added
           .
           I
           might
           be
           large
           in
           Collecting
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           but
           let
           it
           suffice
           to
           observe
           :
           That
           we
           cannot
           imagine
           the
           Scripture
           
           to
           be
           more
           express
           then
           it
           is
           ,
           supposing
           it
           had
           been
           in
           the
           Mind
           of
           the
           Law-giver
           to
           make
           us
           fully
           sensible
           of
           the
           Contrariety
           and
           Inconsistency
           of
           outward
           enjoyments
           ,
           with
           the
           Purity
           of
           a
           Christian
           life
           ;
           and
           had
           he
           not
           designed
           to
           Caution
           us
           diligently
           in
           this
           respect
           ,
           it
           were
           impossible
           there
           should
           be
           found
           such
           expressions
           in
           his
           Will
           revealed
           :
           But
           here
           it
           must
           be
           noted
           ,
           that
           the
           opposition
           is
           not
           of
           that
           nature
           ;
           as
           that
           he
           that
           hath
           the
           Blessings
           of
           Wealth
           or
           Honour
           must
           presently
           throw
           them
           away
           ,
           but
           he
           Must
           throw
           them
           out
           of
           his
           mind
           ,
           th●t
           his
           heart
           and
           affections
           be
           not
           set
           upon
           them
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           obtained
           by
           earnest
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           doing
           some
           good
           to
           others
           with
           the
           Enjoyments
           we
           possess
           :
           We
           must
           note
           farther
           ,
           that
           if
           there
           be
           a
           Divine
           Command
           for
           forsaking
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           in
           Abraham
           and
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           Equivalent
           thereto
           ,
           as
           suffering
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           in
           times
           of
           Persecution
           ;
           they
           must
           be
           actually
           forsaken
           and
           thrown
           away
           :
           Farther
           ,
           we
           must
           note
           as
           to
           our
           present
           designe
           ,
           that
           this
           opposition
           so
           far
           prevails
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           will
           be
           hardly
           or
           not
           at
           all
           possible
           for
           us
           to
           partake
           of
           this
           Heavenly
           Life
           ,
           and
           be
           true
           Disciples
           of
           Christ
           ,
           if
           we
           make
           it
           our
           designe
           and
           business
           to
           seek
           after
           and
           fill
           our selves
           with
           earthly
           enjoyments
           ;
           if
           we
           use
           them
           to
           the
           oppression
           of
           others
           ,
           to
           an
           unjust
           Dominion
           over
           our
           Brethren
           ,
           if
           they
           are
           made
           the
           chiefe
           thing
           in
           our
           aime
           ,
           sought
           with
           Care
           ,
           Deceit
           ,
           Flattery
           ,
           Lying
           ,
           Freeing
           ,
           &c.
           
           If
           we
           prostitute
           all
           our
           Actions
           ,
           and
           Conscience
           it self
           for
           an
           empty
           Tittle
           ,
           and
           transient
           Revenue
           :
           And
           Generally
           (
           in
           the
           words
           of
           Solomon
           )
           he
           that
           maketh
           haste
           to
           be
           Rich
           cannot
           be
           innocent
           .
           So
           that
           then
           this
           Contrariety
           between
           Flesh
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           between
           Religion
           and
           the
           World
           ,
           is
           such
           as
           they
           exclude
           each
           other
           :
           The
           man
           whose
           mind
           is
           taken
           up
           with
           Religion
           ,
           values
           not
           the
           World
           ,
           nor
           any
           thing
           therein
           ;
           he
           wants
           them
           not
           ,
           he
           desires
           them
           not
           ,
           he
           seeks
           them
           not
           :
           The
           man
           whose
           mind
           is
           taken
           up
           with
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           values
           not
           the
           things
           of
           Christ
           ,
           they
           are
           foolishness
           unto
           him
           .
           Which
           thing
           also
           may
           be
           evinced
           by
           natural
           Light
           or
           Reason
           :
           For
           we
           see
           men
           that
           
           are
           given
           to
           Vices
           ,
           run
           on
           without
           Deliberation
           ,
           or
           regard
           of
           any
           other
           thing
           ,
           to
           that
           immense
           degree
           ,
           after
           satisfaction
           in
           their
           Vices
           ;
           as
           not
           only
           to
           consume
           their
           Patrimony
           ,
           though
           a
           Princely
           Revenue
           ,
           but
           the
           Health
           of
           their
           Bodyes
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           World
           it self
           ,
           to
           be
           satisfied
           in
           their
           desires
           ;
           thus
           the
           desires
           of
           Drunkenness
           and
           Lust
           ,
           being
           infinite
           and
           never
           to
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           but
           rather
           irritated
           by
           the
           fulness
           of
           Enjoyment
           ;
           the
           desires
           tending
           vehemently
           to
           the
           fruition
           ,
           the
           fruition
           giving
           birth
           to
           new
           desires
           :
           That
           if
           men
           were
           permitted
           to
           act
           in
           their
           full
           carier
           ,
           and
           prosecute
           these
           Vices
           without
           restraint
           of
           Divine
           and
           Humane
           Laws
           ,
           how
           soon
           would
           it
           run
           the
           World
           in
           Confusion
           and
           Ruine
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           a
           stop
           put
           to
           these
           desires
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           Infinite
           .
           Thus
           the
           Covetous
           man
           desires
           to
           gain
           more
           and
           more
           from
           others
           and
           inclose
           to
           himself
           all
           things
           ,
           till
           at
           length
           all
           things
           else
           (
           if
           his
           desires
           be
           fulfilled
           )
           must
           perish
           for
           want
           of
           subsistance
           :
           So
           the
           Ambitious
           man
           will
           have
           all
           things
           subjected
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           whole
           world
           be
           his
           Vassallage
           ;
           yet
           his
           desires
           carry
           him
           still
           to
           grasp
           more
           Power
           and
           Dominion
           ,
           as
           is
           reported
           of
           Alexander
           :
           Thus
           we
           see
           Vice
           in
           its
           true
           nature
           ,
           tends
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           consists
           in
           an
           inordinateness
           of
           the
           mind
           ,
           whereby
           its
           desires
           are
           infinite
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           satisfied
           :
           The
           mind
           having
           forsaken
           God
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           it self
           in
           its
           place
           ,
           will
           thus
           have
           all
           things
           subservient
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           is
           carried
           forth
           infinitely
           to
           obtain
           this
           end
           :
           And
           this
           inordinate
           mind
           and
           unlimited
           desiring
           and
           Lusting
           after
           that
           which
           it
           takes
           to
           ,
           is
           that
           Corruption
           which
           was
           brought
           in
           by
           
           Adam's
           Transgression
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           O●iginal
           Sin
           ;
           which
           is
           no
           other
           then
           this
           inordinate
           mind
           forsaking
           God
           and
           lusting
           infinitely
           after
           its
           own
           fancies
           and
           devices
           .
           Now
           to
           help
           lost
           man
           ,
           and
           free
           him
           from
           this
           Slavery
           of
           an
           inordinate
           mind
           ,
           was
           the
           business
           of
           the
           second
           Adam
           ;
           who
           came
           down
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           took
           our
           Nature
           upon
           him
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Servant
           ,
           suffering
           upon
           the
           Cross
           that
           he
           might
           destroy
           the
           works
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           establish
           an
           ordinate
           regular
           mind
           in
           those
           that
           believe
           in
           him
           :
           
           That
           is
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           whereof
           he
           was
           partaker
           ,
           by
           his
           taking
           our
           Nature
           ,
           is
           communicated
           to
           all
           Men
           that
           believe
           ,
           which
           rescues
           them
           from
           this
           slavery
           of
           their
           inordinate
           mind
           ,
           and
           by
           virtue
           of
           which
           they
           subdue
           all
           those
           desires
           which
           were
           introduced
           by
           Adams
           transgression
           ;
           where
           we
           must
           take
           notice
           that
           we
           said
           Christ
           in
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           was
           united
           with
           our
           Nature
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           virtue
           of
           this
           Union
           it
           is
           communicated
           to
           all
           Men
           that
           believe
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           Adam
           ,
           whose
           transgression
           redounded
           to
           all
           by
           not
           believing
           ,
           or
           disobedience
           ;
           in
           which
           it
           must
           be
           farther
           noted
           ,
           That
           it
           being
           a
           Divine
           Nature
           united
           to
           Christians
           by
           Faith
           ,
           1.
           
           It
           is
           no
           other
           than
           the
           third
           Person
           in
           the
           Trinity
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           which
           proceedeth
           from
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           Son
           ,
           because
           he
           operates
           this
           work
           in
           us
           .
           Observe
           2dly
           .
           That
           we
           cannot
           do
           any
           good
           work
           of
           our selves
           ,
           for
           our
           Regeneration
           and
           new
           Life
           ,
           is
           this
           Union
           of
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           ,
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           our
           good
           actions
           coming
           from
           the
           Principle
           of
           Life
           ,
           must
           also
           be
           from
           him
           who
           is
           that
           life
           .
           Now
           we
           may
           see
           clearly
           what
           our
           Saviour
           says
           ,
           they
           that
           worship
           the
           Father
           ,
           shal
           worship
           him
           in
           Spirit
           and
           in
           Truth
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Spirit
           which
           is
           communicated
           to
           all
           Flesh
           by
           the
           union
           of
           the
           Divine
           and
           humane
           Nature
           .
        
         
           To
           speak
           all
           in
           a
           word
           ;
           Adams
           transgression
           lusting
           after
           the
           forbidden
           Fruit
           ,
           opened
           the
           dore
           to
           a
           lusting
           and
           inordinate
           mind
           in
           all
           his
           Posterity
           ,
           tending
           to
           subvert
           all
           things
           ;
           This
           was
           taken
           away
           by
           the
           word
           becoming
           Flesh
           ,
           uniting
           the
           Divine
           and
           humane
           Nature
           ,
           and
           thereby
           communicated
           to
           all
           men
           that
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           Sons
           of
           Adam
           in
           the
           power
           thereof
           might
           become
           the
           Sons
           of
           God
           ,
           In
           the
           strength
           of
           this
           Divine
           Nature
           to
           them
           that
           ask
           it
           ,
           they
           are
           able
           to
           subdue
           those
           inordinate
           insatiable
           desires
           of
           the
           mind
           ,
           which
           are
           propagated
           from
           Adam
           to
           all
           Posterity
           .
           Now
           we
           see
           what
           Religion
           is
           ,
           even
           an
           imploring
           the
           Gracious
           Spirit
           to
           subdue
           these
           Corruptions
           we
           were
           addicted
           to
           ,
           and
           a
           living
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           this
           strength
           and
           power
           against
           all
           assaults
           of
           our
           spiritual
           Enemies
           .
           Religion
           then
           is
           an
           internal
           exercise
           to
           keep
           the
           soul
           pure
           ,
           and
           
           free
           from
           inordinate
           desires
           ,
           clean
           and
           immaculate
           from
           all
           pollution
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           the
           Mother
           of
           all
           moral
           duties
           ;
           It
           is
           an
           Internal
           life
           whereby
           it
           does
           deny
           an
           external
           life
           ,
           and
           abandons
           not
           only
           the
           enjoyments
           of
           the
           external
           life
           ,
           but
           even
           the
           desires
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           it
           only
           and
           principally
           aims
           at
           .
           Now
           let
           us
           consider
           what
           is
           Antichristian
           or
           Antichrist
           ;
           The
           Name
           shews
           that
           it
           is
           opposite
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           somthing
           set
           up
           instead
           of
           him
           ,
           or
           against
           him
           ;
           And
           sure
           if
           he
           will
           answer
           his
           name
           ,
           he
           must
           overthrow
           that
           which
           Christ
           hath
           done
           and
           appointed
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           somthing
           else
           in
           the
           room
           thereof
           ,
           whatever
           he
           has
           a
           mind
           to
           ,
           or
           his
           pleasure
           is
           to
           set
           up
           that
           is
           contrary
           thereto
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           no
           other
           way
           to
           accomplish
           ,
           but
           by
           bringing
           this
           Internal
           exercise
           of
           the
           Mind
           to
           some
           External
           exercise
           and
           performance
           ;
           For
           thereby
           the
           Mind
           will
           forget
           the
           Internal
           work
           ,
           being
           amused
           and
           taken
           up
           with
           External
           duties
           .
           Now
           that
           he
           may
           bring
           may
           bring
           Religion
           to
           an
           external
           performance
           ,
           he
           needs
           no
           more
           then
           with
           some
           shew
           of
           zeal
           to
           excogi●a●e
           certain
           Forms
           and
           Ceremonies
           ,
           to
           set
           aside
           such
           Persons
           ,
           such
           Places
           ,
           such
           Times
           for
           Religious
           Duties
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           has
           done
           this
           ,
           he
           may
           excogitate
           other
           things
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           go
           on
           till
           he
           be
           able
           to
           trample
           upon
           the
           necks
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           pretend
           to
           dispose
           of
           the
           whole
           Ea●th
           at
           his
           command
           :
           For
           from
           wha●
           we
           hove
           said
           ,
           Religion
           being
           an
           Internal
           Exercise
           ,
           and
           lying
           in
           every
           mans
           breast
           to
           Repent
           and
           Believe
           ;
           It
           will
           follow
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           necessity
           to
           set
           aside
           Men
           for
           Religions
           sake
           ,
           though
           perhaps
           it
           may
           be
           done
           ;
           But
           if
           Men
           shall
           make
           it
           necessary
           ,
           then
           these
           things
           will
           follow
           ,
           that
           there
           must
           be
           Places
           for
           them
           wherein
           to
           officiate
           necessar●ly
           ,
           and
           there
           ●s
           as
           much
           necessity
           that
           as
           these
           men
           encrease
           in
           number
           ,
           that
           these
           Places
           also
           encrease
           ;
           But
           these
           men
           being
           idle
           ,
           must
           have
           some
           outward
           Imployment
           ,
           where
           we
           have
           a
           foundation
           for
           M●ssals
           ,
           Rosaries
           ,
           Prayings
           to
           Saints
           ,
           Purgatory
           ,
           &c.
           
           Likewise
           they
           must
           have
           a
           mantainance
           ,
           and
           will
           look
           out
           to
           be
           Great
           and
           Glorious
           as
           other
           men
           ;
           and
           will
           perhaps
           as
           the
           nature
           of
           Men
           is
           ,
           use
           deceitful
           arts
           for
           this
           purpose
           ;
           There
           is
           now
           a
           neces●ity
           
           this
           purpose
           ;
           There
           is
           now
           a
           necessity
           that
           their
           Places
           of
           Officiating
           be
           adorned
           also
           with
           Rich
           and
           Magnificent
           Building
           ,
           with
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           Pictures
           and
           Images
           ;
           Their
           Worship
           must
           be
           suitable
           to
           their
           State
           and
           Pomp
           in
           other
           things
           .
           Thus
           shall
           we
           have
           in
           that
           also
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           stateliness
           &
           Ceremonious
           Intricacies
           to
           amuse
           mens
           minds
           ;
           And
           lastly
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           must
           not
           be
           dissonant
           from
           all
           this
           ,
           but
           suited
           to
           uphold
           the
           Fabrick
           ;
           *
           Likewise
           it
           will
           be
           highly
           necessary
           to
           appoint
           some
           days
           to
           appear
           more
           gloriously
           than
           others
           ;
           All
           men
           cannot
           attend
           every
           day
           an
           external
           Worship
           ;
           Therefore
           let
           some
           days
           be
           set
           apart
           ,
           wherein
           it
           may
           be
           cloathen
           in
           its
           best
           Robes
           .
           Now
           in
           the
           truth
           of
           Religion
           ,
           no
           Chr●stian
           is
           free
           from
           the
           duty
           of
           keeping
           his
           mind
           pure
           ,
           in
           any
           day
           ,
           or
           time
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           nor
           in
           any
           Place
           ;
           much
           less
           ought
           we
           to
           think
           it
           is
           more
           tyed
           to
           one
           person
           than
           another
           ;
           Or
           that
           by
           studying
           in
           the
           Universitiy
           ,
           where
           foolish
           Philosophy
           does
           add
           to
           the
           corruption
           of
           mens
           minds
           :
           Men
           should
           be
           freer
           from
           this
           Pollution
           ,
           or
           fitter
           to
           free
           others
           there-from
           ;
           and
           what
           will
           follow
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           endeavour
           to
           confirm
           their
           own
           Authority
           and
           Constitutions
           by
           all
           means
           possible
           ,
           and
           avenge
           the
           violation
           of
           a
           Crime
           against
           this
           external
           shew
           of
           Worship
           ,
           with
           the
           greatest
           punnishments
           and
           rigour
           ;
           But
           let
           every
           one
           contemn
           the
           Internal
           Worship
           as
           he
           will
           ,
           and
           be
           be
           guiltless
           :
           So
           that
           all
           External
           Worship
           is
           in
           some
           degree
           or
           other
           Antichristian
           ;
           But
           the
           least
           evil
           is
           to
           be
           chosen
           in
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           so
           appointed
           ,
           that
           there
           may
           be
           least
           occasion
           for
           the
           growth
           of
           this
           mischief
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           (
           as
           nearly
           as
           may
           be
           )
           so
           ordered
           ,
           as
           Religion
           may
           appear
           in
           its
           native
           beauty
           ,
           devested
           of
           the
           outward
           Man
           in
           its
           too
           much
           redundancy
           ;
           and
           thereby
           somwhat
           pressed
           and
           urg'd
           more
           fully
           to
           seek
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           inward
           power
           which
           worketh
           all
           in
           all
           .
        
         
         
           These
           things
           being
           thus
           laid
           down
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           what
           a
           Christian
           Church
           is
           ,
           even
           the
           Assembly
           of
           such
           Persons
           ,
           who
           denying
           the
           World
           and
           its
           corrupt
           Inclinations
           ,
           have
           believed
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           are
           Regenerate
           by
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           keeping
           their
           minds
           regular
           and
           pure
           from
           the
           inclinations
           to
           vanity
           :
           Their
           Union
           is
           Internal
           through
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           They
           are
           of
           one
           mind
           ,
           and
           in
           perfect
           Love
           ,
           being
           all
           cemented
           together
           by
           that
           one
           Spirit
           ,
           built
           upon
           the
           Corner
           Stone
           ,
           which
           is
           Christ
           ;
           Their
           Government
           also
           must
           be
           according
           to
           that
           Spirit
           ,
           being
           nothing
           but
           Unity
           ,
           Love
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           Mutual
           Assistance
           ,
           and
           delighting
           to
           benefit
           each
           other
           ,
           in
           meekness
           submitting
           to
           each
           other
           ;
           every
           Man
           is
           Servant
           to
           his
           Brother
           for
           his
           good
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           is
           greatest
           ,
           is
           he
           that
           is
           most
           serviceable
           ;
           All
           things
           are
           done
           not
           only
           with
           Decency
           and
           order
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           greatest
           sweetness
           ,
           candour
           ,
           and
           integrity
           that
           may
           be
           .
           Now
           because
           of
           humane
           infirmity
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           Lapses
           ;
           Charity
           will
           oblige
           that
           the
           offence
           be
           covered
           ,
           and
           the
           Person
           offending
           upon
           his
           Repentance
           (
           privately
           manifested
           to
           any
           of
           the
           Company
           )
           be
           restored
           ;
           But
           if
           after
           private
           and
           particular
           admonitions
           he
           continue
           pervicacious
           and
           impenitent
           ,
           he
           is
           to
           be
           secluded
           ,
           and
           cast
           off
           from
           the
           Company
           :
           Here
           is
           no
           External
           Violence
           to
           be
           used
           ,
           no
           assistance
           from
           the
           secular
           arm
           ,
           no
           imployment
           for
           the
           Mastistrates
           Sword
           ,
           but
           a
           plain
           and
           simple
           shutting
           him
           out
           of
           the
           Society
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           be
           guided
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           thereby
           it
           becomes
           his
           own
           act
           and
           not
           theirs
           ▪
           But
           our
           Saviour
           hath
           given
           a
           greater
           Power
           with
           the
           Keys
           ,
           not
           External
           concerning
           Wills
           and
           Testamen●s
           ,
           &c.
           but
           Internal
           by
           the
           operation
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           whereby
           any
           Two
           of
           his
           Disciples
           agreeing
           together
           concerning
           any
           matter
           ,
           whatever
           they
           establish
           on
           Earth
           ,
           shall
           be
           confirmed
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           be
           it
           what
           it
           will
           ;
           So
           that
           if
           they
           ask
           in
           Faith
           ;
           of
           which
           we
           have
           not
           found
           any
           instances
           as
           yet
           ,
           we
           may
           hereafter
           :
           The
           Word
           is
           sure
           ,
           and
           the
           Promise
           firm
           ,
           but
           requires
           Faith
           in
           them
           that
           ask
           it
           .
           Thus
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           ,
           that
           all
           its
           Jurisdiction
           and
           Power
           must
           be
           Internal
           ,
           since
           the
           very
           design
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           is
           to
           deny
           
           outward
           things
           ;
           But
           we
           have
           been
           long
           trained
           up
           in
           a
           contrary
           Doctrine
           ,
           the
           Ministers
           still
           placing
           themselves
           in
           the
           room
           of
           Christ
           ,
           will
           be
           heads
           when
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           but
           Members
           ,
           and
           rule
           such
           whom
           they
           ought
           to
           serve
           ,
           seeking
           rather
           the
           Substance
           and
           Goods
           of
           the
           Flock
           ,
           than
           the
           good
           of
           their
           Souls
           .
           This
           Society
           then
           being
           met
           together
           ,
           their
           Exercise
           and
           Worship
           will
           be
           as
           agreeable
           as
           may
           be
           to
           their
           Religion
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           Internal
           ,
           I
           mean
           there
           will
           be
           not
           be
           need
           of
           any
           great
           pains
           or
           study
           to
           prepare
           for
           to
           entertain
           the
           Company
           with
           a
           studied
           Discourse
           of
           an
           hour
           long
           ,
           but
           rather
           all
           being
           partakers
           of
           ,
           and
           Regenerated
           into
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           ,
           as
           was
           said
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           necessary
           to
           act
           suitable
           thereto
           in
           all
           plainness
           and
           simplicity
           ;
           And
           further
           ,
           this
           being
           that
           Life
           from
           whence
           all
           a
           Christians
           actions
           flow
           ,
           let
           every
           one
           submit
           to
           the
           direction
           and
           guidance
           thereof
           ;
           and
           so
           whoever
           hath
           a
           word
           of
           Exhortation
           ,
           let
           the
           rest
           hear
           it
           ,
           as
           coming
           from
           the
           same
           Spirit
           which
           is
           given
           to
           all
           :
           Let
           him
           that
           hath
           a
           mind
           to
           speak
           ,
           speak
           freely
           ,
           but
           humbly
           also
           ,
           and
           willing
           to
           forbear
           if
           it
           shall
           be
           signifyed
           to
           him
           ;
           This
           Paul
           calls
           Prophecying
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           14.31
           ,
           For
           they
           may
           all
           Prophecy
           one
           by
           one
           ,
           that
           all
           may
           learn
           ,
           and
           all
           may
           be
           comforted
           .
           and
           the
           Spirits
           of
           the
           Prophets
           are
           subject
           to
           the
           Prophets
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Minister
           or
           Bishop
           ,
           if
           this
           practice
           be
           mantained
           ,
           it
           may
           soon
           be
           decided
           who
           he
           is
           ,
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           even
           he
           ,
           whose
           Guifts
           ,
           whose
           Zeal
           ,
           whose
           Piety
           and
           wisdom
           shall
           be
           noted
           as
           chief
           amongst
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           Honoured
           among
           them
           with
           general
           consent
           as
           deserving
           the
           first
           Rank
           :
           Now
           if
           there
           be
           dissent
           in
           this
           regard
           ,
           the
           best
           way
           to
           avoid
           strife
           ,
           is
           to
           decide
           it
           by
           Lot.
           According
           to
           what
           we
           have
           said
           ,
           his
           business
           will
           not
           be
           much
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           study
           ,
           but
           in
           pains
           and
           labour
           ,
           in
           causing
           them
           often
           to
           meet
           together
           ,
           to
           exhort
           them
           earnestly
           and
           diligently
           ,
           to
           heal
           those
           that
           are
           fallen
           ,
           visit
           the
           sick
           ,
           comfort
           the
           weak
           ,
           take
           care
           for
           the
           poor
           ,
           instruct
           the
           Ignorant
           ,
           with
           many
           such
           duties
           which
           accompany
           this
           weighty
           Charge
           .
           He
           earnestly
           endeavours
           to
           build
           up
           the
           Inward
           man
           ,
           ●nd
           is
           so
           far
           from
           admitting
           Ceremonies
           in
           Religion
           ,
           that
           he
           
           wisheth
           them
           far
           excluded
           from
           the
           civil
           practise
           of
           men
           .
           There
           are
           but
           two
           appointed
           and
           those
           only
           necessary
           ,
           Baptism
           or
           washing
           with
           Water
           ,
           to
           shew
           our
           being
           cleansed
           by
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           from
           Adams
           sin
           ,
           rendered
           pure
           from
           all
           Pollution
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           admission
           into
           this
           Holy
           Society
           :
           The
           other
           is
           the
           Supper
           ,
           signifying
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           also
           conveying
           to
           us
           by
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           ,
           the
           fruit
           of
           our
           Lords
           being
           bruised
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           farther
           confirming
           and
           strengthning
           of
           us
           in
           his
           Power
           to
           resist
           all
           Corruption
           ;
           both
           which
           he
           will
           administer
           to
           such
           as
           understand
           what
           they
           do
           ,
           and
           are
           sincere
           in
           the
           doing
           thereof
           :
           All
           that
           we
           have
           said
           may
           easily
           appear
           to
           be
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           :
           They
           were
           so
           united
           in
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Love
           and
           Peace
           as
           to
           have
           all
           things
           common
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           a
           wonder
           to
           the
           Heathens
           ;
           who
           would
           say
           of
           them
           ,
           see
           how
           these
           Christians
           Love
           one
           another
           .
           Likewise
           that
           every
           man
           had
           liberty
           to
           speak
           in
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           appears
           by
           what
           St.
           Paul
           saith
           of
           Prophesying
           ;
           also
           the
           Apostles
           as
           they
           removed
           from
           place
           to
           place
           ,
           took
           care
           to
           appoint
           such
           Pastors
           or
           Bishops
           in
           Church
           they
           were
           about
           to
           leave
           title
           to
           ,
           as
           being
           Pious
           ,
           Elderly
           and
           Zealous
           ;
           might
           thereby
           have
           the
           best
           take
           care
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           to
           serve
           them
           in
           that
           Office
           :
           But
           when
           large
           Revenues
           came
           to
           be
           annexed
           to
           these
           Places
           ;
           he
           was
           the
           fittest
           man
           among
           many
           pretenders
           ,
           whom
           the
           Secular
           Authority
           did
           commend
           whether
           a
           Shepherd
           or
           a
           Wolfe
           ,
           't
           was
           not
           regarded
           ,
           But
           thus
           much
           to
           shew
           what
           is
           truth
           in
           Religion
           ,
           and
           in
           its
           practise
           thereof
           ,
           which
           we
           are
           gone
           so
           far
           from
           as
           to
           be
           Ignorant
           of
           the
           notion
           ,
           but
           much
           more
           of
           the
           Actions
           agreeable
           to
           it
           .
           But
           it
           si
           good
           to
           know
           it
           ,
           though
           we
           do
           not
           for
           the
           present
           embrace
           it
           ;
           yet
           to
           look
           whence
           we
           are
           fallen
           ,
           may
           be
           some
           means
           of
           amendment
           ,
           and
           to
           consider
           well
           thereof
           is
           the
           first
           step
           to
           it
           .
           At
           least
           from
           hence
           it
           will
           appear
           very
           Just
           and
           Reasonable
           ,
           to
           remove
           those
           unnecessary
           Additions
           ,
           to
           cut
           off
           those
           superflous
           Branches
           ,
           those
           redundant
           Revenues
           of
           Clergy
           ,
           which
           tend
           to
           destroy
           Religion
           :
           It
           will
           also
           appear
           ,
           that
           in
           proposing
           a
           Hundred
           Pounds
           a
           year
           to
           the
           Clergy
           ;
           I
           am
           so
           
           far
           from
           being
           beyond
           the
           mark
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           short
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           danger
           is
           still
           more
           in
           the
           largeness
           of
           the
           Revenue
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           shortness
           of
           it
           .
           But
           it
           will
           be
           said
           Ministers
           will
           not
           be
           satisfied
           therewith
           .
           Neither
           will
           unreasonable
           men
           be
           satisfied
           with
           any
           thing
           .
           Bishops
           were
           never
           yet
           satisfied
           with
           the
           Power
           and
           Revenues
           they
           had
           unjustly
           obtained
           ,
           but
           were
           continually
           Proling
           for
           more
           :
           Their
           Grand
           Captain
           the
           Pope
           ,
           will
           not
           easily
           say
           it
           is
           enough
           :
           Should
           his
           Greatness
           be
           more
           widely
           extravagant
           then
           it
           is
           ?
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           let
           the
           Magistrate
           take
           care
           to
           give
           such
           limits
           to
           their
           desires
           ,
           as
           may
           come
           nearest
           to
           the
           bounds
           of
           Truth
           ;
           and
           since
           they
           cannot
           govern
           themselves
           in
           the
           Fortunes
           they
           enjoy
           ,
           he
           shall
           do
           well
           to
           place
           them
           in
           such
           Fortunes
           ,
           as
           they
           shall
           have
           least
           opportunity
           to
           abuse
           ;
           such
           as
           may
           have
           a
           tendency
           to
           cause
           them
           to
           reflect
           and
           consider
           who
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           are
           set
           about
           .
           Thus
           not
           only
           the
           necessiy
           of
           the
           Civil
           State
           require
           that
           the
           Lands
           of
           the
           Clergy
           be
           alienated
           ,
           but
           likewise
           the
           Truth
           of
           Religon
           does
           more
           pressingly
           urge
           it
           :
           The
           best
           means
           to
           secure
           and
           establish
           which
           ,
           if
           any
           outward
           means
           will
           do
           it
           ,
           is
           to
           allow
           the
           Officers
           and
           Min●sters
           thereof
           such
           advanges
           from
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           prove
           not
           Temptations
           to
           draw
           them
           aside
           to
           a
           disregard
           of
           their
           Office
           ,
           to
           Pride
           ,
           Malice
           ,
           Covetousness
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           may
           keep
           them
           from
           being
           burdensome
           to
           themselves
           by
           the
           straitness
           of
           their
           Fortune
           ,
           or
           to
           their
           Neighbours
           for
           Relief
           :
           I
           have
           known
           a
           Minister
           ,
           his
           Wife
           and
           Children
           Maintained
           out
           of
           Thirty
           Pound
           a
           year
           ,
           with
           that
           Contentment
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           with
           such
           esteem
           amongst
           their
           Neighbours
           :
           That
           though
           other
           Clergy
           men
           exceed
           him
           in
           Wealth
           ,
           yet
           he
           much
           exceeds
           them
           in
           the
           abundance
           of
           his
           Enjoyments
           ;
           if
           they
           are
           before
           him
           in
           Honour
           and
           large
           Possessions
           ;
           he
           is
           much
           before
           them
           in
           Happiness
           and
           Content
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           fulness
           that
           all
           things
           tend
           to
           administer
           .
           For
           these
           men
           whilst
           they
           teach
           others
           ,
           are
           themselves
           yet
           to
           learn
           what
           it
           is
           to
           live
           Well
           and
           Happily
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           to
           have
           much
           or
           Great
           things
           ,
           which
           with
           their
           increase
           ,
           
           increase
           the
           desires
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           there
           is
           no
           rest
           ,
           and
           consequently
           no
           satisfaction
           :
           But
           it
           is
           to
           have
           a
           mind
           sufficient
           to
           it self
           ,
           and
           well
           governed
           ,
           making
           use
           of
           the
           present
           enjoyments
           ,
           without
           anxiety
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           and
           cutting
           off
           these
           restless
           desires
           in
           the
           bud
           ,
           which
           if
           prosecuted
           serve
           only
           for
           a
           snare
           and
           torment
           ,
           as
           Heathens
           have
           observed
           :
           For
           a
           conclusion
           we
           shall
           propose
           these
           particulars
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           From
           what
           has
           been
           said
           ,
           it
           appears
           that
           Christian
           Religion
           is
           best
           upheld
           by
           small
           Revenues
           in
           the
           Ministers
           of
           it
           ;
           because
           its
           designe
           is
           to
           shake
           off
           all
           the
           outward
           things
           of
           this
           World.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Thing
           ,
           that
           no
           Pomp
           or
           Ceremony
           ,
           no
           Altar
           ,
           no
           Surplice
           ,
           &c.
           are
           required
           in
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           :
           The
           reason
           is
           ,
           Religion
           being
           an
           Internal
           work
           ,
           and
           a
           change
           of
           the
           mind
           from
           outward
           things
           ,
           and
           inconsistant
           therewith
           :
           To
           what
           purpose
           are
           these
           outward
           forms
           and
           Ceremonies
           ?
           what
           Reference
           have
           they
           ?
           Unless
           it
           be
           to
           amuse
           the
           mind
           ,
           and
           frame
           a
           beliefe
           in
           men
           that
           Religion
           (
           quite
           contrary
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           it
           )
           consists
           in
           externalls
           ,
           whereby
           (
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           Religion
           )
           the
           mind
           shall
           be
           drawn
           forth
           into
           external
           appearances
           ,
           to
           cause
           it
           delight
           in
           that
           Pomp
           and
           Vanity
           which
           it
           should
           forsake
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           means
           it
           will
           be
           blinded
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           not
           once
           to
           look
           within
           it self
           ,
           but
           thinks
           all
           is
           well
           where
           there
           is
           nothing
           but
           rottenness
           and
           Corruption
           .
           If
           you
           say
           that
           these
           externals
           are
           representations
           of
           the
           Internal
           ,
           work
           ,
           and
           serve
           to
           lead
           us
           to
           them
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Preposterous
           and
           indirect
           means
           ;
           for
           what
           is
           so
           near
           me
           as
           I
           am
           to
           my self
           ?
           And
           why
           cannont
           I
           descend
           into
           my
           own
           mind
           every
           moment
           ,
           without
           taking
           that
           for
           an
           advantage
           which
           brings
           ruine
           with
           it
           ?
           As
           Crosses
           ,
           Garments
           ,
           &c.
           
           For
           Ceremonies
           are
           not
           only
           needless
           ,
           but
           mischeivous
           ,
           cheating
           and
           blinding
           the
           World
           ,
           whereby
           they
           let
           go
           the
           substance
           and
           embrace
           the
           shaddow
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Ministers
           or
           Bishops
           have
           no
           concern
           in
           publick
           Affairs
           ,
           or
           in
           Secular
           Jurisdiction
           ;
           their
           business
           is
           to
           press
           
           Faith
           in
           Christ
           ,
           both
           in
           themselves
           and
           others
           ;
           to
           remove
           the
           Corruption
           fallen
           upon
           mens
           minds
           :
           what
           duty
           then
           lyes
           upon
           them
           for
           Secular
           business
           ,
           or
           what
           claime
           have
           they
           to
           it
           ?
           The
           nature
           of
           their
           Profession
           and
           Doctrine
           does
           divest
           them
           thereof
           as
           much
           as
           is
           possible
           ,
           being
           quite
           opposite
           to
           it
           ;
           forbidding
           even
           too
           much
           concerne
           for
           their
           Private
           Affairs
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           which
           shews
           that
           it
           is
           their
           extravagancy
           and
           degeneracy
           when
           they
           thrust
           themselves
           into
           publick
           Imployment
           ,
           which
           has
           such
           tendency
           to
           overcharge
           their
           minds
           with
           that
           which
           they
           should
           be
           altogether
           cleansed
           from
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           before
           shewed
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           It
           is
           almost
           needless
           here
           to
           say
           there
           is
           no
           such
           Power
           of
           Excommunication
           as
           is
           now
           in
           use
           ,
           being
           made
           to
           uphold
           a
           lye
           and
           an
           unjust
           usurpation
           in
           Secular
           Affaires
           ,
           to
           lacky
           after
           Fees
           ,
           and
           to
           serve
           the
           Secular
           Interest
           of
           the
           Clergy
           :
           which
           according
           to
           the
           Truth
           of
           their
           Imployment
           is
           none
           at
           all
           ;
           we
           have
           shewed
           before
           ,
           what
           this
           Excommunication
           is
           :
           And
           certainly
           the
           true
           Church
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Government
           thereof
           being
           Internal
           and
           Spiritual
           ,
           not
           External
           and
           Secular
           ,
           all
           the
           Acts
           of
           its
           Jurisdiction
           must
           be
           agreeable
           thereto
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           That
           Method
           of
           Preaching
           ,
           is
           a
           prejudice
           to
           the
           Life
           and
           Power
           of
           Religion
           ,
           wherein
           men
           set
           forth
           themselves
           by
           Studied
           Discourses
           ,
           with
           Ornaments
           of
           History
           ,
           Rhetorick
           ,
           subtile
           Disputations
           ,
           nice
           Distinctions
           ,
           &c.
           
           For
           by
           these
           things
           the
           mind
           is
           taken
           up
           with
           things
           that
           are
           Circumstantial
           and
           External
           ,
           and
           thereby
           le
           ts
           slip
           those
           things
           that
           are
           Internal
           and
           of
           nearer
           Concernment
           ,
           and
           therefore
           has
           a
           stamp
           of
           of
           the
           Beast
           upon
           it
           ;
           tending
           to
           inhance
           the
           value
           of
           all
           other
           External
           things
           which
           men
           ought
           to
           deny
           ,
           causing
           them
           to
           love
           and
           embrace
           what
           they
           should
           cast
           away
           ,
           to
           desire
           more
           earnestly
           such
           things
           as
           they
           should
           be
           mortified
           unto
           ;
           and
           consequently
           they
           will
           run
           more
           swiftly
           then
           before
           to
           the
           pit
           of
           Destruction
           ,
           where
           Antichrist
           and
           the
           false
           Prophet
           is
           :
           So
           that
           at
           the
           end
           ,
           these
           men
           are
           worse
           then
           at
           the
           beginning
           they
           might
           have
           been
           ;
           had
           they
           not
           been
           trained
           up
           in
           such
           a
           Religion
           
           as
           this
           ,
           and
           it
           were
           better
           for
           them
           not
           to
           have
           known
           the
           way
           of
           Truth
           ,
           then
           having
           known
           it
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           the
           Instrument
           of
           more
           enlarged
           wickedness
           ;
           and
           of
           going
           yet
           farther
           from
           God
           then
           at
           first
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           The
           Minister
           or
           Bishop
           takes
           no
           honour
           to
           himself
           ;
           all
           that
           he
           is
           or
           hath
           ,
           he
           hath
           received
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           purchase
           of
           the
           the
           blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           exhibited
           according
           to
           the
           word
           in
           the
           second
           Covenant
           to
           all
           that
           belive
           ;
           he
           seeks
           not
           reward
           nor
           laboureth
           for
           gain
           ,
           having
           devested
           himself
           of
           Worldly
           and
           outward
           things
           :
           He
           Governs
           the
           people
           ,
           ●e
           is
           set
           over
           ,
           not
           with
           force
           but
           meekness
           ;
           he
           useth
           no
           means
           of
           Compulsion
           ,
           but
           draweth
           them
           gently
           ;
           he
           pretends
           not
           power
           over
           their
           Wills
           ,
           but
           an
           Office
           to
           perswade
           ,
           but
           if
           men
           will
           destroy
           themselves
           ,
           he
           is
           guiltless
           ,
           doing
           what
           is
           suitable
           to
           his
           Office
           ,
           to
           reclaime
           them
           ,
           alwayes
           willing
           to
           help
           them
           ,
           alwayes
           with
           open
           Arms
           to
           receive
           such
           as
           come
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           restore
           such
           as
           are
           fallen
           ,
           Lamenting
           and
           Praying
           for
           such
           whose
           Miscarriages
           are
           from
           their
           own
           Wills
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           his
           power
           to
           help
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           The
           last
           thing
           we
           observe
           from
           what
           is
           said
           before
           ,
           is
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           there
           should
           be
           any
           Difference
           or
           Sect
           in
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           find
           any
           amongst
           them
           ,
           say
           assuredly
           
             Inimicus
             homo
             fecit
             hoc
          
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           stranger
           to
           the
           Truth
           a●d
           proceeds
           from
           some
           other
           cause
           .
           The
           reason
           is
           plain
           ,
           for
           what
           occasion
           can
           be
           imagined
           of
           Division
           or
           Schisme
           amongst
           those
           who
           all
           conspire
           only
           in
           this
           ,
           to
           keep
           their
           minds
           Pure
           and
           clean
           from
           Corruption
           ,
           by
           Faith
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           power
           of
           that
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           is
           one
           in
           all
           of
           them
           :
           From
           which
           oneness
           divided
           through
           many
           members
           ,
           there
           must
           needs
           be
           unity
           :
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           the
           present
           time
           testifies
           the
           Division
           that
           is
           among
           Christians
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           are
           Christians
           in
           pretence
           only
           ,
           may
           divise
           a
           hundred
           more
           Sects
           and
           Parties
           :
           They
           are
           men
           that
           will
           inspite
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           serve
           two
           Masters
           ,
           God
           and
           Mammon
           ;
           the
           Lord
           and
           Baall
           .
           Men
           who
           are
           Christians
           by
           the
           halfes
           ,
           that
           will
           serve
           
           the
           Lord
           ,
           yet
           not
           without
           a
           Babel
           of
           their
           own
           setting
           up
           .
           In
           Briefe
           ,
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           Independants
           ,
           Anabaptists
           ,
           &c.
           Will
           add
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           something
           that
           is
           meerly
           of
           their
           own
           fancies
           ,
           imagining
           the
           Scripture
           to
           sound
           according
           to
           their
           prejudice
           and
           preconception
           ,
           Now
           if
           one
           man
           will
           set
           up
           one
           thing
           ,
           and
           say
           this
           is
           according
           to
           Scripture
           ;
           another
           man
           with
           the
           same
           reason
           may
           set
           up
           another
           thing
           of
           his
           own
           hatching
           and
           framing
           ,
           and
           say
           the
           like
           ,
           and
           so
           we
           may
           go
           on
           in
           Infinitum
           :
           If
           the
           Bishops
           say
           ,
           such
           and
           such
           Ceremonies
           are
           to
           be
           used
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           seeming
           to
           them
           decent
           and
           according
           to
           Scripture
           .
           The
           Presbyterians
           are
           not
           obliged
           to
           think
           as
           they
           do
           ,
           nor
           take
           the
           same
           measures
           of
           Decency
           as
           they
           do
           ,
           and
           therefore
           may
           claim
           Priviledge
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           of
           a
           second
           Constitution
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           will
           not
           so
           well
           agree
           with
           Independants
           ;
           and
           therefore
           with
           as
           much
           Right
           may
           they
           set
           up
           a
           third
           ,
           and
           so
           every
           man
           as
           his
           Fancy
           leads
           him
           :
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           this
           difference
           is
           not
           in
           Religion
           it self
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Braines
           and
           Fancies
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           love
           to
           cloth
           and
           dress
           Religion
           according
           to
           their
           own
           fashion
           ;
           and
           there
           cannot
           be
           a
           unity
           till
           men
           shall
           come
           to
           throw
           away
           all
           these
           their
           delightful
           Imaginations
           ,
           and
           return
           to
           the
           obedience
           of
           that
           Spirit
           of
           Life
           and
           Truth
           ,
           which
           proceedeth
           from
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           is
           only
           able
           to
           make
           us
           wise
           unto
           Salvation
           .
           There
           is
           no
           unity
           but
           in
           this
           ;
           the
           occasion
           of
           our
           divisions
           ,
           was
           by
           departing
           therefrom
           ,
           and
           our
           returning
           to
           it
           ,
           will
           be
           our
           advancement
           to
           our
           right
           minds
           ,
           to
           live
           in
           unity
           ,
           in
           love
           ,
           in
           Peace
           ,
           in
           serving
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           with
           one
           heart
           ,
           and
           one
           mind
           ,
           rejoycing
           before
           him
           continually
           .
        
         
           Now
           it
           should
           methinks
           shame
           these
           Teachers
           of
           what
           denom
           nation
           soever
           ,
           that
           set
           up
           a
           Doctrine
           of
           their
           own
           framing
           though
           out
           of
           the
           Litteral
           Word
           ;
           if
           they
           consider
           ,
           that
           after
           all
           their
           contrivances
           and
           designes
           ,
           their
           study
           and
           labour
           ,
           and
           spending
           so
           much
           sweat
           and
           words
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ;
           it
           is
           as
           impossible
           for
           them
           to
           make
           men
           Believe
           ,
           or
           Holy
           ,
           or
           Powerful
           to
           resist
           the
           least
           Temptation
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           in
           the
           Priests
           of
           Baall
           
           after
           their
           Bellowings
           and
           howlings
           to
           obtain
           the
           pure
           fire
           from
           Heaven
           to
           consume
           the
           Sacrifice
           ;
           and
           I
           wish
           they
           would
           no
           longer
           (
           with
           them
           )
           halt
           between
           two
           opinions
           ;
           But
           if
           God
           be
           to
           be
           Worshiped
           ,
           let
           him
           be
           only
           Worshiped
           and
           entirely
           Worshiped
           ;
           and
           made
           not
           only
           the
           object
           ,
           but
           to
           fill
           all
           Circumstances
           of
           his
           Worship
           .
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           according
           to
           my
           Talent
           to
           shew
           ,
           with
           what
           plainness
           I
           could
           the
           nature
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           preserve
           it
           from
           the
           mistakes
           it
           lyes
           under
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           by
           Episcopal
           Government
           ,
           and
           shewn
           that
           the
           necessity
           of
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           Nation
           conspire
           with
           Religion
           to
           abolish
           it
           ;
           and
           let
           us
           understand
           the
           voice
           of
           God
           and
           what
           he
           requires
           ,
           when
           he
           has
           thus
           hedged
           in
           our
           way
           ,
           that
           we
           cannot
           divert
           to
           any
           other
           path
           ,
           but
           with
           great
           Detriment
           :
           He
           hath
           proclaimed
           the
           Truth
           of
           his
           Religion
           and
           Worship
           ,
           which
           he
           will
           no
           longer
           suffer
           to
           be
           opprest
           with
           unjust
           usurpation
           :
           If
           the
           Government
           shall
           think
           good
           to
           interest
           themselves
           in
           his
           cause
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           well
           for
           them
           ,
           but
           if
           not
           ,
           he
           will
           find
           other
           means
           and
           make
           way
           for
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           his
           will.
           And
           let
           not
           the
           Bishops
           and
           their
           Party
           say
           ,
           that
           every
           dangerous
           change
           in
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           still
           makes
           them
           the
           first
           objects
           of
           the
           assault
           ,
           and
           begins
           through
           their
           sides
           to
           ruine
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
           For
           the
           thing
           is
           contrary
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           will
           bring
           any
           Reformation
           in
           Church
           or
           State
           ,
           must
           begin
           with
           them
           who
           generally
           have
           been
           the
           disturbers
           of
           both
           ,
           and
           alwayes
           the
           strongest
           opposers
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           tended
           much
           to
           the
           benefit
           of
           either
           ;
           so
           that
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           good
           and
           truly
           Profitable
           ,
           must
           needs
           call
           for
           their
           removal
           ,
           as
           its
           first
           step
           to
           advancement
           .
        
         
           How
           great
           the
           benefit
           would
           be
           of
           casting
           off
           the
           Bishops
           Courts
           ,
           and
           that
           unsupportable
           Yoke
           the
           Subject
           is
           enslaved
           to
           by
           means
           thereof
           ;
           though
           all
           men
           are
           in
           some
           measure
           sensible
           ,
           yet
           those
           only
           can
           fully
           understand
           who
           have
           felt
           the
           Lash
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           man
           that
           considers
           the
           abominable
           Corruption
           in
           those
           Courts
           ,
           that
           any
           thing
           is
           carried
           
           which
           way
           the
           man
           desires
           that
           gives
           the
           most
           Money
           ,
           that
           all
           such
           persons
           as
           are
           of
           any
           Rank
           ,
           or
           Fortune
           ,
           or
           Esteem
           in
           the
           World
           are
           freed
           from
           the
           molestations
           of
           these
           Courts
           ,
           only
           such
           as
           are
           poor
           and
           have
           little
           ,
           must
           have
           this
           addition
           to
           their
           Misery
           ,
           to
           maintain
           the
           Credit
           of
           this
           unjust
           Authority
           ,
           by
           the
           expence
           of
           their
           time
           ,
           and
           that
           little
           lively-hood
           they
           have
           ;
           whereby
           it
           is
           plainly
           to
           be
           seen
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           keept
           to
           rectifie
           Disorders
           ,
           or
           ill
           Manners
           ,
           as
           they
           pretend
           ;
           but
           purely
           for
           support
           of
           Episcopal
           Authority
           without
           any
           farther
           end
           ,
           or
           which
           is
           worse
           ,
           to
           Grind
           the
           poor
           ,
           and
           to
           rob
           such
           as
           are
           ready
           to
           starve
           .
        
         
           And
           after
           all
           that
           has
           been
           said
           ,
           shall
           we
           imagine
           that
           the
           Magistrate
           does
           ill
           to
           take
           away
           Bishops
           Lands
           ,
           or
           is
           their
           any
           cause
           to
           doubt
           what
           he
           ought
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           his
           duty
           to
           do
           in
           this
           case
           ;
           rather
           do
           not
           the
           rules
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Conscience
           oblidge
           him
           thereto
           ,
           with
           the
           strongest
           obligation
           ;
           for
           what
           greater
           obligation
           can
           there
           happen
           to
           a
           Magistrate
           than
           to
           honour
           his
           Creatour
           ,
           to
           obey
           him
           from
           whom
           he
           has
           received
           that
           trust
           he
           is
           invested
           with
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           away
           all
           remainders
           of
           an
           unsavory
           Idolatrous
           Worship
           What
           can
           oblige
           him
           more
           then
           to
           procure
           the
           Happiness
           and
           welfare
           of
           his
           Subject
           in
           all
           cases
           ,
           where
           it
           may
           be
           done
           with
           safely
           to
           himself
           and
           his
           Government
           ,
           with
           Justice
           and
           Piety
           ,
           and
           without
           injury
           to
           any
           ,
           ought
           he
           not
           in
           Conscience
           to
           establish
           a
           Harmony
           and
           Concord
           amongst
           his
           people
           ,
           tending
           to
           their
           peace
           and
           settlement
           and
           manifold
           satisfaction
           .
           Ought
           he
           not
           like
           a
           good
           Physitian
           ,
           to
           take
           away
           that
           ill
           humour
           that
           has
           layne
           so
           long
           corroding
           upon
           their
           Bowells
           :
           Or
           is
           there
           any
           other
           or
           better
           means
           of
           laying
           a
           solid
           foundation
           of
           durable
           empire
           and
           undisturbed
           Government
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           prosperity
           and
           contentment
           of
           the
           people
           :
           Do
           not
           all
           our
           Laws
           and
           degrees
           of
           Magistracy
           ,
           and
           even
           Civil
           Society
           it self
           tend
           to
           this
           end
           ;
           is
           not
           this
           that
           bond
           that
           at
           first
           linked
           men
           into
           Civility
           ,
           made
           them
           reasonable
           and
           sociable
           ,
           and
           void
           of
           this
           ,
           they
           slide
           insensibly
           into
           confusion
           ,
           and
           return
           to
           the
           Savage
           nature
           of
           such
           as
           Prey
           
           upon
           their
           own
           kind
           :
           For
           such
           is
           said
           to
           be
           the
           condition
           of
           our
           Ancestors
           before
           they
           understood
           the
           benefit
           of
           concord
           ,
           and
           usefulness
           of
           well
           ordered
           Government
           ;
           which
           restrains
           Injustice
           by
           Laws
           ,
           and
           gives
           Life
           to
           whatever
           may
           benefit
           mankind
           .
           But
           I
           cannot
           think
           that
           barbarous
           Age
           so
           bad
           ,
           when
           force
           prevailed
           and
           strength
           of
           Arme
           bore
           down
           all
           before
           it
           ,
           when
           nothing
           could
           be
           called
           a
           mans
           own
           longer
           then
           the
           absence
           of
           a
           more
           puissant
           Champion
           gave
           him
           leave
           to
           enjoy
           it
           ;
           when
           weakness
           and
           innocence
           was
           the
           greatest
           calamity
           and
           occasion
           and
           suffering
           continual
           Insolences
           and
           outrages
           :
           When
           Robbery
           and
           Stealing
           gave
           a
           just
           Title
           to
           all
           things
           a
           man
           could
           Possess
           ,
           and
           the
           security
           thereof
           lay
           only
           in
           the
           strength
           of
           Possessour
           ,
           if
           we
           compare
           these
           times
           with
           what
           has
           succeeded
           under
           Episcopal
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           the
           same
           exorbitances
           ,
           but
           perhaps
           more
           grievous
           coming
           upon
           the
           Stage
           ,
           the
           Scene
           only
           altered
           ;
           since
           unrighteousness
           was
           established
           by
           a
           Law
           ,
           and
           backed
           with
           Religion
           ;
           since
           Piety
           and
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           was
           thought
           worthy
           the
           greatest
           Punishment
           ,
           Innocence
           and
           Humility
           the
           greatest
           guilt
           ;
           to
           open
           the
           mouth
           against
           vanity
           and
           wickedness
           was
           the
           greatest
           Heresie
           :
           Since
           men
           have
           acted
           Lyes
           with
           Applause
           ,
           and
           Deceit
           with
           Honour
           and
           Remuneration
           ,
           professing
           Christ
           ,
           yet
           trampling
           him
           under
           their
           feet
           ,
           renouncing
           the
           World
           ,
           yet
           insatiable
           in
           their
           desires
           after
           it
           ,
           pretending
           Humility
           ,
           yet
           insulting
           over
           the
           greatest
           Princes
           :
           Encouraging
           a
           contempt
           of
           the
           Almighty
           their
           Creatour
           and
           Redeemer
           ,
           filling
           their
           Coffers
           by
           Indulgences
           and
           Pardons
           thereof
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           violation
           of
           the
           least
           Punctilio
           enjoyned
           by
           them
           ,
           must
           be
           worthy
           of
           death
           :
           I
           could
           enlarge
           upon
           these
           things
           ,
           but
           why
           should
           I
           do
           it
           :
           To
           thee
           ,
           O
           Lord
           Vengeance
           belongeth
           :
           Shew
           thy self
           ,
           O
           God
           of
           our
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           two
           things
           more
           (
           which
           are
           wanting
           )
           to
           give
           us
           a
           vigorous
           and
           lasting
           health
           ?
           one
           is
           the
           Regulating
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           the
           abuses
           of
           the
           numerous
           pretenders
           to
           it
           .
           For
           the
           first
           ,
           in
           my
           Apprehension
           ,
           it
           were
           necessary
           that
           the
           beginning
           of
           
           every
           Kings
           Reigne
           ,
           should
           be
           accompanied
           with
           a
           Cleansing
           ,
           Digesting
           and
           Gompiling
           a
           certain
           Perfect
           Body
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           something
           certain
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           might
           not
           be
           lyable
           to
           the
           Quirkes
           and
           Fallacies
           of
           so
           many
           busie
           Deceivers
           ,
           and
           also
           that
           it
           may
           be
           brought
           as
           near
           as
           may
           be
           to
           the
           present
           Genius
           and
           Humour
           of
           men
           ,
           by
           that
           means
           that
           we
           be
           not
           governed
           by
           an
           Antique
           Humour
           ,
           as
           we
           would
           not
           be
           clothed
           in
           their
           fashion
           .
           To
           Regulate
           the
           abuses
           therein
           ,
           and
           hinder
           Multiplicity
           of
           Suites
           ;
           the
           means
           may
           be
           to
           appoint
           Arbitrations
           ,
           that
           no
           Suit
           shall
           be
           in
           any
           of
           the
           Kings
           Courts
           under
           a
           hundred
           Pounds
           :
           But
           that
           the
           Parties
           at
           variance
           for
           any
           value
           under
           that
           ,
           be
           made
           to
           chuse
           each
           his
           Arbitratour
           ,
           and
           to
           enter
           into
           bond
           ,
           to
           approve
           the
           Arbitrators
           shall
           determine
           ,
           only
           this
           bond
           in
           case
           Covenants
           be
           not
           performed
           ,
           to
           be
           brought
           into
           the
           higher
           Courts
           and
           Sentence
           strictly
           passed
           thereupon
           ;
           also
           in
           case
           one
           Party
           refuse
           this
           Arbitration
           ,
           that
           then
           the
           other
           proceed
           in
           the
           Kings
           Court
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           refuser
           be
           proceeded
           against
           upon
           Evidence
           given
           ,
           as
           Non-suited
           .
           Some
           such
           effectal
           application
           the
           Corruption
           of
           Judicature
           and
           increase
           of
           Law
           Suites
           do
           seem
           to
           require
           .
           The
           Benefits
           whereof
           will
           be
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           people
           shall
           in
           a
           manner
           decide
           themselves
           their
           disagreements
           ,
           it
           being
           done
           by
           those
           whom
           themselves
           chuse
           .
           2.
           
           The
           Case
           may
           be
           more
           fully
           known
           ,
           being
           near
           the
           place
           and
           Justice
           more
           exactly
           rendered
           by
           that
           means
           .
           3.
           
           It
           saves
           great
           Expences
           and
           long
           Journeys
           .
           4.
           
           It
           may
           be
           a
           means
           that
           men
           run
           not
           out
           of
           their
           Estates
           by
           long
           Suits
           .
           5.
           
           It
           may
           keep
           a
           good
           Ballance
           of
           Money
           in
           the
           Pockets
           of
           meaner
           men
           ,
           which
           tends
           to
           the
           advancement
           of
           Trade
           ,
           and
           so
           Lawyers
           may
           be
           prevented
           of
           drawing
           too
           much
           thereof
           into
           their
           Pockets
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           either
           useless
           to
           the
           publick
           ,
           or
           manifestly
           prejudicial
           by
           Usury
           and
           exaction
           .
        
         
           Likewise
           it
           were
           highly
           requisite
           the
           Universities
           were
           looked
           into
           ,
           which
           are
           become
           Seminaries
           of
           Debauchery
           ,
           rather
           then
           good
           Learning
           or
           good
           Manners
           to
           the
           Nation
           .
           They
           
           have
           too
           great
           a
           Temptation
           to
           Debauchery
           from
           the
           too
           large
           Beneficence
           of
           their
           Founders
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           Retrenched
           ,
           and
           part
           of
           the
           Revenues
           ,
           and
           also
           of
           their
           Colledges
           better
           setled
           ,
           upon
           another
           designe
           viz.
           for
           maintaining
           Professors
           in
           all
           manner
           of
           Gentile
           Heroick
           exercises
           ,
           that
           young
           Gentlemen
           may
           not
           only
           know
           Arts
           and
           Sciences
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           Fence
           ,
           Ride
           ,
           Marshall
           an
           Army
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           continual
           reading
           flats
           and
           deads
           the
           mind
           ,
           makes
           it
           unfit
           for
           Action
           :
           But
           this
           exercise
           will
           whet
           and
           inlarge
           it
           ,
           and
           make
           men
           capable
           of
           being
           imployed
           in
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           I
           perswade
           my self
           that
           these
           two
           being
           conjoyned
           ,
           Reading
           and
           Exercise
           would
           make
           a
           wise
           active
           people
           .
           It
           were
           advisable
           that
           Tutours
           trouble
           not
           their
           Pupills
           with
           an
           uncertain
           and
           Pedantick
           Philosophy
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Fabulous
           and
           Futilous
           Authors
           of
           Hethenisme
           .
           But
           rather
           wi●h
           History
           ,
           Sacred
           and
           Profane
           :
           Mathematicks
           ,
           Sacred
           Philology
           ;
           Languages
           ,
           Policy
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           above
           all
           to
           instruct
           them
           in
           Religion
           and
           matters
           of
           the
           Bible
           ,
           and
           of
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           The
           difference
           of
           Habit
           in
           their
           degrees
           ,
           serve
           to
           puff
           them
           up
           ,
           and
           cause
           them
           to
           carry
           a
           Magisterial
           Pride
           throughout
           their
           Lives
           ,
           every
           little
           adds
           to
           a
           mind
           already
           corrupted
           .
        
         
           For
           a
           Conclusion
           ,
           let
           Politicians
           enquire
           whether
           it
           be
           safe
           and
           requisite
           in
           a
           Common-wealth
           to
           allow
           of
           two
           Authorities
           and
           two
           distinct
           orders
           of
           Government
           in
           the
           same
           body
           Politick
           ,
           I
           suppose
           they
           will
           find
           it
           noxious
           ,
           if
           the
           consider
           that
           the
           Stability
           and
           Perpetuity
           of
           a
           Common
           wealth
           depends
           upon
           its
           oneness
           or
           unity
           ,
           
           which
           is
           like
           the
           straight
           line
           of
           the
           Mathematicians
           ,
           the
           foundation
           of
           all
           other
           their
           operations
           ;
           now
           this
           oneness
           is
           so
           near
           the
           foundation
           of
           a
           Common-wealth
           ,
           that
           any
           receding
           from
           it
           ,
           most
           needs
           have
           a
           dangerous
           influence
           upon
           the
           whole
           Fabrick
           ,
           being
           a
           weakning
           and
           loosning
           the
           Foundations
           ;
           and
           the
           effects
           must
           follow
           that
           a
           violent
           Push
           of
           Storm
           and
           Wind
           will
           through
           this
           defect
           endanger
           its
           overthrow
           :
           For
           this
           Episcopal
           Government
           being
           established
           upon
           
           on
           different
           principles
           and
           different
           Interest
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           with
           another
           Authority
           then
           that
           of
           the
           supream
           Authority
           ,
           it
           will
           follow
           ,
           that
           though
           it
           may
           agree
           well
           for
           a
           time
           in
           subordination
           to
           the
           supream
           Authority
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           a
           gap
           open
           for
           Division
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           be
           without
           its
           evil
           effects
           ;
           when
           any
           unusual
           accident
           shall
           happen
           in
           the
           Common-wealth
           to
           its
           disturbance
           ;
           thus
           we
           know
           by
           vertue
           of
           this
           Authority
           ,
           and
           from
           this
           principle
           of
           Division
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           our
           Kings
           to
           have
           been
           thrown
           off
           ,
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           disturbed
           and
           made
           Feudatary
           to
           a
           Forreigne
           Authority
           ,
           
           as
           in
           King
           John
           :
           In
           those
           times
           it
           played
           with
           its
           Batteries
           upon
           our
           Kings
           ,
           but
           since
           the
           Reformation
           it
           has
           turned
           the
           Engines
           of
           Malice
           upon
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           cause
           them
           to
           begin
           a
           War.
           In
           briefe
           ,
           Episcopacy
           being
           a
           Government
           of
           it self
           ,
           distinct
           from
           the
           supream
           and
           lawful
           Authority
           ,
           without
           any
           just
           Title
           or
           pretensions
           (
           all
           which
           come
           within
           the
           verge
           of
           the
           Civil
           Magistrate
           )
           it
           must
           needs
           (
           to
           support
           it self
           ,
           for
           it
           cannot
           be
           idle
           )
           trouble
           the
           Waters
           that
           it
           may
           have
           the
           better
           Fishing
           :
           If
           you
           say
           it
           is
           necessary
           for
           Maintaining
           Religion
           ,
           the
           Answer
           is
           ,
           I
           have
           shewed
           before
           that
           Religion
           needs
           no
           such
           supports
           :
           And
           further
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           Instituters
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           never
           used
           nor
           claimed
           any
           such
           Authority
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           greatest
           submission
           yeilded
           to
           the
           Secular
           Power
           in
           all
           things
           .
           The
           Christian
           Religion
           tends
           to
           benefit
           mankind
           with
           all
           good
           things
           temporal
           and
           eternal
           ;
           it
           is
           perfect
           goodness
           and
           perfect
           unity
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           impossible
           a
           principle
           of
           Division
           should
           proceed
           from
           it
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           those
           Divisions
           in
           Common-wealths
           can
           proceed
           from
           no
           other
           cause
           then
           the
           author
           of
           Division
           ,
           who
           having
           at
           first
           separated
           from
           the
           Holy
           God
           ,
           makes
           it
           his
           business
           to
           fill
           all
           things
           with
           the
           effects
           of
           that
           Division
           .
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           the
           Church
           under
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           was
           persecuted
           and
           hated
           .
           The
           Answer
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Tempter
           made
           the
           first
           proffer
           ,
           the
           Kingdoms
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           the
           Glories
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           
           our
           Saviour
           if
           he
           would
           fall
           down
           and
           Worship
           him
           ,
           which
           our
           Saviour
           refusing
           to
           do
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ;
           he
           was
           forced
           to
           keep
           them
           till
           he
           met
           such
           as
           admiring
           the
           beguiling
           Temptation
           ;
           would
           submit
           to
           the
           Condition
           .
        
         
           But
           Politicians
           will
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           all
           mutation
           in
           Government
           goes
           not
           unaccompanied
           with
           danger
           ;
           to
           which
           we
           may
           Answer
           :
           That
           this
           happens
           when
           Circumstantials
           are
           changed
           for
           other
           Circumstantialls
           ,
           as
           I
           may
           call
           them
           :
           As
           the
           danger
           is
           nothing
           so
           much
           in
           taking
           away
           any
           thing
           in
           a
           Common-wealth
           that
           is
           superfluous
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           bringing
           in
           a
           thing
           superfluous
           .
           (
           Thus
           the
           taking
           away
           the
           Ceremonies
           in
           Scotland
           at
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           was
           without
           any
           great
           noise
           ,
           but
           the
           obtruding
           a
           new
           Lyturgy
           was
           not
           without
           Tumult
           and
           War
           ;
           the
           like
           we
           have
           seen
           in
           England
           ,
           the
           pulling
           down
           of
           Abbies
           and
           Monasteryes
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Henry
           the
           8th
           .
           and
           alienating
           the
           Lands
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           was
           done
           with
           safety
           and
           silence
           enough
           :
           But
           the
           practises
           of
           bringing
           in
           new
           Ceremonies
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Charles
           the
           first
           ,
           was
           followed
           with
           a
           Bloody
           War
           ,
           &
           wonderful
           change
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           whereas
           the
           contrary
           Acts
           were
           a
           kind
           of
           Stability
           to
           the
           Kings
           Throne
           ;
           and
           generally
           it
           may
           be
           observed
           throughout
           Europe
           in
           
             France
             ,
             Germany
          
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           that
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           taking
           away
           what
           was
           superfluous
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           was
           not
           only
           done
           peaceably
           ,
           but
           also
           without
           the
           least
           change
           of
           Government
           ,
           only
           perhaps
           it
           was
           better
           secured
           thereby
           ;
           whereas
           all
           attempts
           of
           bringing
           in
           ,
           or
           re-establishing
           those
           Futilous
           Ceremonies
           and
           Devices
           ,
           were
           alwayes
           accompanied
           with
           long
           and
           Bloody
           Wars
           .
           )
           Or
           when
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Government
           is
           changed
           ,
           and
           something
           put
           into
           the
           room
           of
           it
           of
           a
           different
           Nature
           .
           2.
           
           Not
           when
           Circumstantials
           are
           abolished
           without
           addition
           or
           Substitution
           of
           others
           .
           3.
           
           Not
           when
           it
           is
           to
           the
           gust
           and
           liking
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           4.
           
           Nor
           when
           it
           is
           recompensed
           with
           great
           advantage
           to
           all
           the
           people
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           let
           us
           consider
           what
           Henry
           the
           8th
           .
           has
           done
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           being
           in
           far
           worse
           Circumstances
           ,
           and
           in
           much
           more
           dangerous
           Condition
           then
           we
           are
           :
           As
           first
           very
           Potent
           Adversaries
           abroad
           ,
           the
           Pope
           ,
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           the
           
           King
           of
           Spain
           .
           1.
           
           This
           whole
           Nation
           had
           sat
           down
           a
           long
           time
           under
           that
           beliefe
           which
           he
           opposed
           ,
           and
           sucked
           it
           in
           with
           their
           milk
           ,
           that
           this
           change
           must
           needs
           appear
           monstrous
           and
           formidable
           ;
           which
           would
           not
           only
           bring
           a
           change
           upon
           the
           outward
           Condition
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           but
           mens
           minds
           also
           :
           They
           must
           change
           those
           thoughts
           and
           opinions
           which
           were
           almost
           as
           natural
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Aire
           they
           Breathed
           in
           :
           Whereas
           in
           our
           Condition
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           to
           be
           feared
           upon
           this
           account
           from
           a
           Forreigne
           Enemy
           :
           Neither
           shall
           we
           have
           need
           oppose
           any
           Preconceptions
           ,
           or
           row
           against
           the
           tide
           of
           the
           common
           sentiments
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           Add
           to
           this
           the
           benefit
           we
           may
           reap
           by
           it
           ,
           whereas
           the
           former
           Reformation
           was
           effected
           by
           a
           bare
           preheminence
           of
           Power
           and
           Dominion
           :
           and
           so
           looked
           something
           like
           Tyranny
           .
           Farther
           ,
           we
           want
           not
           instances
           in
           the
           Churches
           of
           the
           Reformation
           that
           were
           in
           Bohemia
           and
           those
           parts
           ,
           how
           a
           Christian
           Church
           may
           most
           fully
           agree
           with
           a
           submission
           of
           all
           external
           Jurisdiction
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           live
           in
           excellent
           Harmony
           with
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           are
           Members
           ,
           their
           Interest
           (
           not
           differing
           therefrom
           as
           in
           the
           Episcopacy
           )
           but
           bound
           up
           in
           all
           things
           that
           concerne
           the
           external
           Government
           with
           it
           .
           Which
           is
           done
           ,
           1.
           
           By
           giving
           them
           a
           competent
           maintenance
           equally
           divided
           to
           all
           .
           2.
           
           Let
           them
           chuse
           one
           of
           the
           most
           sober
           and
           wise
           amongst
           them
           (
           for
           such
           a
           time
           )
           to
           have
           the
           Inspection
           over
           them
           and
           the
           affairs
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           3.
           
           In
           their
           Confistories
           or
           publick
           Meetings
           ,
           let
           a
           Secular
           imployed
           by
           the
           King
           be
           alwayes
           present
           .
           1.
           
           To
           see
           they
           meddle
           not
           with
           State
           Affairs
           .
           2.
           
           To
           provide
           that
           no
           dammage
           redound
           to
           the
           Publick
           by
           Heates
           or
           Controversies
           .
           Thus
           shall
           we
           have
           a
           truer
           and
           more
           perfect
           Religion
           ,
           a
           surer
           foundation
           of
           Peace
           ,
           a
           firmer
           Establishment
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           lasting
           support
           of
           Unity
           and
           Commerce
           in
           all
           degrees
           amongst
           us
           ,
           Now
           the
           Author
           all
           Blessings
           ,
           publick
           and
           private
           ,
           grant
           us
           Grace
           to
           open
           our
           Eyes
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           see
           the
           things
           that
           belong
           to
           our
           Peace
           ,
           which
           is
           thus
           conjoyned
           with
           the
           Honour
           
           of
           his
           Name
           ;
           and
           let
           him
           that
           is
           as
           great
           in
           power
           as
           goodness
           ,
           strengthen
           our
           Hearts
           and
           our
           Hands
           ,
           that
           all
           of
           us
           may
           confer
           our
           assistance
           to
           the
           pulling
           down
           that
           great
           Babylon
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           this
           of
           our
           own
           Nation
           ,
           which
           are
           as
           well
           a
           dishonour
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           Obstacles
           of
           our
           Peace
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           Page
           2.
           line
           31.
           read
           
             at
             another
          
           ,
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           p.
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           ,
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           l.
           13.
           r.
           
             clothed
             ,
             l.
          
           33.
           
             thereby
             men
             may
             be
             somewhat
          
           ,
           p.
           29.
           l.
           31.
           r.
           
             that
             they
             ask
             in
             Faith
             :
             Of
             which
             ,
             if
          
           l.
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           r.
           
             But
             thus
          
           ,
           p.
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           l.
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           r.
           
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             be
          
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           p.
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           l.
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             Leave
             ,
             as
          
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           l.
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           r.
           
             best
             title
             to
             take
          
           ,
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             the
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         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54122-e50
           
             *
             This
             will
             bring
             on
             such
             a
             Council
             as
             that
             of
             Tr.
             to
             establish
             such
             exorbitances
             by
             a
             Law.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             Common-wealth
             in
             a
             Common-wealth
             explained
             by
             the
             general
             consent
             of
             all
             Politicians
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             Kingdom
             in
             Europe
             that
             has
             not
             some
             time
             or
             other
             tasted
             the
             ill
             effects
             of
             it
             .