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         Laud, William, 1573-1645.
      
       
         
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             A sermon preached before his Maiestie, on Wednesday the fift of Iuly, at White-hall At the solemne fast then held. By the Bishop of S. Davids. Wm. Laud.
             Laud, William, 1573-1645.
          
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           Before
           His
           MAIESTIE
           ,
           On
           Wednesday
           
             the
             fift
             of
          
           Iuly
           ,
           AT
           WHITE-HALL
           .
        
         
           
             At
             the
             solemne
          
           FAST
           
             then
             held
          
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Bishop
           of
           S.
           DAVIDS
           .
           Wm
           Laud.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           RICHARD
           BADGER
           .
        
         
           M.
           DC
           .
           XXVI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             
               PSAL.
               74.
               22.
            
             
          
           
             Arise
             ,
             O
             God
             
               (
               plead
               or
            
             )
             maintaine
             thine
             own
             Cause
             :
             Remember
             how
             the
             foolish
             man
             
               (
               reprocheth
               or
            
             )
             blasphemeth
             thee
             daily
             .
          
        
         
           
             THis
             Psalme
          
           in
           the
           very
           Letter
           is
           a
           complaint
           of
           the
           waste
           that
           was
           made
           vpon
           the
           Citie
           of
           Ierusalem
           ;
           and
           the
           prophanation
           of
           the
           Temple
           that
           was
           in
           it
           .
           And
           these
           goe
           together
           .
           For
           when
           did
           any
           Man
           see
           a
           Kingdome
           ,
           or
           a
           great
           Citie
           wasted
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Mother
             Church
          
           left
           standing
           in
           beauty
           ?
           sure
           I
           think
           neuer
           .
           For
           Enemies
           when
           they
           haue
           possessed
           a
           Citie
           
           seldome
           thinke
           themselues
           Masters
           of
           their
           owne
           possessions
           ,
           till
           they
           haue
           (
           as
           they
           thinke
           )
           plucked
           that
           God
           out
           of
           his
           House
           ,
           which
           defended
           the
           citty
           .
           As
           you
           may
           see
           in
           that
           bragge
           of
           the
           Heathen
           in
           *
           
             Minu.
             Foelix
          
           .
           And
           so
           't
           was
           heere
           .
           
             The
             Enemies
             roared
             in
             the
             Citty
             ,
             and
             displayed
             their
             Banners
             ,
             verse
             5.
             
          
           And
           then
           
           by
           and
           by
           followes
           
             the
             defiling
             of
             the
             holy
             Place
             .
             Downe
             goes
             the
             carued
             worke
             with
             Axes
             and
             Hammers
             ,
             and
             Fire
             on
             the
             rest
             ,
             verse
             6.
             
          
           
        
         
           A
           prophanation
           vpon
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           vpon
           all
           the
           
             Rights
             of
             Religion
          
           there
           was
           .
           All
           agree
           vpon
           that
           .
           But
           it
           was
           yet
           but
           in
           Prophecie
           ,
           not
           come
           .
           And
           the
           learned
           which
           liued
           after
           ,
           and
           looked
           backe
           vpon
           the
           Prophecy
           ,
           and
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           it
           ,
           are
           not
           agreed
           .
           For
           some
           say
           ,
           the
           Text
           refers
           to
           the
           first
           great
           desolation
           by
           Nebuchadonozor
           ;
           some
           ,
           to
           the
           last
           by
           Titus
           :
           some
           ,
           to
           that
           which
           came
           between
           by
           
             Antiochus
             Epiphanes
          
           :
           and
           some
           indefinitly
           to
           all
           .
           The
           best
           is
           you
           cannot
           referre
           the
           Text
           amisse
           .
           For
           ineuery
           of
           
           these
           ,
           the
           Cittie
           and
           the
           Temple
           ;
           the
           State
           and
           the
           Church
           were
           threatned
           alike
           .
           And
           I
           for
           my
           part
           see
           no
           great
           reason
           yet
           ,
           why
           the
           Prophet
           should
           not
           meane
           all
           ,
           since
           certaine
           it
           is
           both
           State
           and
           Church
           did
           suffer
           in
           all
           .
        
         
           This
           Psalme
           as
           in
           the
           Letter
           it
           lookes
           backe
           vpon
           the
           State
           and
           Church
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           so
           in
           the
           Figure
           it
           lookes
           forward
           vpon
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           entertained
           in
           any
           State
           :
           For
           if
           the
           State
           come
           to
           suffer
           't
           is
           madnesse
           to
           thinke
           the
           Church
           can
           be
           free
           .
           And
           therefore
           this
           Psalme
           certainely
           was
           penned
           to
           be
           
             Documentum
             perpetuum
          
           an
           euerlasting
           document
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           labour
           and
           pray
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           State
           ;
           Because
           if
           any
           violence
           threaten
           the
           Kingdome
           with
           Wast
           ,
           it
           must
           needs
           at
           once
           threaten
           the
           Church
           with
           both
           Prophanation
           and
           Persecution
           .
        
         
           Well
           :
           This
           danger
           is
           vsually
           threatned
           before
           it
           come
           .
           And
           so
           't
           was
           heere
           .
           But
           vpon
           that
           threatning
           what
           remedy
           
           hath
           the
           State
           ?
           What
           ?
           why
           wisely
           to
           fore-see
           ,
           carefully
           to
           prouide
           against
           ,
           and
           vnanimously
           and
           stoutly
           to
           resist
           the
           Insolence
           and
           the
           violence
           of
           the
           Enemie
           .
           And
           to
           this
           work
           euery
           Subject
           is
           bound
           by
           all
           Law
           ,
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           of
           Nations
           ,
           to
           put
           hand
           ,
           and
           meanes
           ,
           life
           and
           liuely-hood
           .
           But
           what
           remedy
           hath
           the
           Church
           ?
           What
           ?
           Why
           a
           Remedy
           beyond
           all
           this
           .
           
             Maiora
             arma
          
           as
           Saint
           Chrysostome
           
           calls
           them
           ,
           greater
           ,
           sharper
           weapons
           .
           For
           fore-sight
           ,
           and
           care
           ,
           and
           vnanimity
           ,
           and
           courage
           ,
           sometimes
           come
           all
           too
           short
           .
           For
           all
           these
           may
           dwell
           in
           greater
           proportion
           in
           the
           
             Enemies
             Camp.
          
           Whither
           goes
           the
           Church
           then
           ?
           Whither
           ?
           Why
           doubtlesse
           to
           God.
           For
           when
           all
           things
           else
           faile
           ,
           
             The
             helpe
             that
             is
             done
             vpon
             Earth
             ,
             hee
             doth
             it
             himselfe
             ,
             verse
             13.
             
          
           
        
         
           To
           God
           ;
           and
           to
           God
           by
           Prayer
           .
           That
           's
           the
           
             Church
             way
          
           .
           And
           the
           Church
           way
           is
           
             Via
             Regia
          
           the
           Kings
           way
           (
           as
           Epiphan
           :
           calls
           it
           )
           .
           
             The
             Prophet
          
           heere
           is
           all
           
           vpon
           this
           way
           .
           For
           heere
           in
           the
           Psalme
           
           is
           a
           Noyse
           of
           Enemies
           comming
           .
           There
           's
           a
           Prophecy
           what
           they
           will
           doe
           if
           they
           get
           the
           better
           .
           What
           doth
           the
           Church
           ?
           Doth
           shee
           stay
           till
           the
           Enemies
           be
           come
           ?
           No
           sure
           .
           'T
           is
           no
           wisedome
           in
           the
           State
           ;
           'T
           is
           no
           Religion
           in
           the
           Church
           to
           doe
           so
           .
           No
           :
           nor
           did
           the
           Church
           so
           heere
           .
           
             But
             shee
             called
             to
             minde
             what
             strange
             things
             God
             had
             done
             of
             old
             for
             his
             Seruants
             ,
             verse
             14.
             
          
           Vpon
           that
           mercy
           
           shee
           grounds
           her
           confidence
           ;
           That
           vpon
           the
           same
           Repentance
           ,
           she
           shall
           haue
           the
           like
           
             deliuer
             ance
          
           .
           And
           vpon
           this
           Faith
           and
           hope
           shee
           repents
           and
           prayes
           ,
           
             verse
             20.
          
           
           
        
         
           My
           Text
           is
           the
           conclusion
           of
           this
           Prayer
           :
           And
           it
           hath
           two
           parts
           .
           The
           one
           
           is
           the
           Inuocation
           ,
           That
           God
           would
           bestur
           himselfe
           .
           
             Arise
             O
             God.
          
           The
           other
           is
           what
           the
           Prophet
           would
           haue
           him
           doe
           
           when
           hee
           is
           Risen
           :
           And
           they
           are
           two
           things
           which
           he
           doth
           expresly
           desire
           of
           him
           .
           The
           one
           is
           that
           he
           would
           pleade
           and
           maintaine
           his
           owne
           cause
           .
           The
           other
           
           that
           hee
           would
           remember
           how
           the
           
           
           foolish
           man
           reproaches
           ,
           or
           blasphemes
           him
           daily
           .
           
             Arise
             O
             God
             ,
             maintaine
             thine
             owne
             cause
             :
             Remember
             how
             the
             foolish
             man
             blasphemeth
             thee
             daily
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Text
           it selfe
           is
           all
           as
           it
           begins
           
             a
             Prayer
          
           .
        
         
           It
           must
           needs
           fit
           the
           work
           of
           the
           day
           ;
           
           For
           that
           Proclaimes
           for
           Prayer
           .
           No
           time
           is
           or
           can
           be
           vnfit
           to
           call
           vpon
           God
           ;
           But
           
             such
             Times
             as
             this
          
           are
           necessary
           .
           And
           there
           cannot
           more
           well
           bee
           said
           ,
           
             then
             such
             Times
             as
             this
          
           .
           The
           
             Prophet
             Dauid
          
           where
           he
           points
           out
           opportunity
           for
           Prayer
           goes
           not
           so
           farre
           .
           
             Call
             vpon
             me
             in
             the
             day
             of
             trouble
             ,
             so
             will
             I
             heare
             thee
             ,
             and
          
           
           
             thou
             shalt
             glorifie
             me
             ,
             Psal.
          
           50.
           
           There
           't
           was
           but
           the
           
             day
             of
             Trouble
          
           .
           But
           
             these
             Times
          
           ,
           might
           I
           bee
           bold
           to
           put
           them
           vnder
           their
           iust
           character
           ,
           for
           difficulties
           both
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           abroad
           ,
           are
           more
           then
           the
           
             day
             of
             trouble
          
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           beside
           that
           they
           haue
           made
           vp
           a
           long
           
             Day
             of
             Trouble
          
           alreadie
           :
           
             These
             Times
          
           are
           the
           very
           concurse
           of
           Feare
           and
           Danger
           .
           The
           Clowdes
           haue
           threatned
           
           from
           heauen
           now
           many
           daies
           together
           ,
           to
           destroy
           a
           hopefull
           and
           a
           plentifull
           
             Haruest
             in
             the
             Day
             of
             Possessiō
             .
          
           As
           the
           Prophet
           speakes
           ,
           Esay
           17.
           
           The
           Pestilence
           as
           
           if
           it
           were
           angry
           that
           God
           had
           driuen
           it
           out
           of
           
             this
             great
             Cittie
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
          
           wastes
           and
           destroyes
           farre
           and
           neere
           in
           other
           places
           of
           it
           .
           The
           Sword
           of
           a
           forraine
           Enemie
           threatens
           to
           make
           way
           for
           it selfe
           :
           And
           if
           it
           enter
           ,
           't
           is
           worse
           then
           Famin
           and
           the
           Pestilence
           .
           The
           Prophet
           calls
           it
           a
           
             Rasor
             ,
             Esay
          
           7.
           
           But
           such
           as
           is
           reddier
           
           to
           cut
           the
           Throat
           ,
           then
           shaue
           the
           Beard
           .
        
         
           Can
           yee
           tell
           where
           to
           sue
           out
           remedy
           against
           these
           ,
           but
           at
           God
           ?
           Perhaps
           you
           may
           think
           vpon
           
             second
             and
             subordinate
             Helpes
          
           ;
           And
           't
           is
           fit
           yee
           should
           :
           For
           these
           are
           simply
           necessary
           too
           .
           And
           't
           is
           Gods
           great
           blessing
           vpon
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           that
           to
           meete
           with
           the
           
             Distractions
             of
             the
             Time
          
           ,
           hee
           hath
           placed
           ouer
           vs
           in
           the
           
             Throne
             ,
             a
             wise
             ,
             a
             stout
             ,
             a
             vigilant
             ,
             and
             a
             most
             prouident
             King.
          
           Well
           :
           But
           can
           you
           alwaies
           haue
           these
           
             second
             helpes
          
           at
           hand
           ?
           
           Can
           you
           alwaies
           by
           them
           effect
           your
           end
           ?
           Haue
           you
           them
           ready
           at
           this
           time
           ?
           Haue
           you
           the
           Sinewes
           that
           moue
           them
           ?
           T
           is
           well
           if
           you
           haue
           .
           But
           I
           doubt
           't
           is
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           sorrow
           and
           trouble
           of
           the
           time
           that
           you
           haue
           not
           .
           And
           howsoeuer
           ,
           haue
           ,
           or
           haue
           not
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           
             commanding
             power
          
           both
           ouer
           you
           and
           these
           .
           And
           therefore
           this
           is
           a
           time
           for
           
             Humiliation
             vnder
             that
             power
          
           ,
           that
           hee
           which
           
             giues
             Grace
             to
             the
             Humble
             ,
             would
             resist
             the
             Pride
             of
             our
             Enemies
             :
             S.
             Iaco.
          
           4.
           
           
        
         
           I
           need
           not
           presse
           this
           any
           further
           .
           
             The
             necessity
             of
             these
             Times
          
           speakes
           out
           .
           T
           is
           past
           whispering
           now
           that
           this
           is
           
             a
             day
             of
             Trouble
             .
             Of
             Trouble
             :
          
           therefore
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           day
           
             of
             Prayer
          
           ,
           humble
           and
           deuout
           prayer
           ,
           which
           may
           Out-Cry
           our
           sinnes
           to
           God.
           And
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           so
           Authority
           in
           a
           most
           religious
           hand
           commands
           it
           .
           And
           a
           powerfull
           Edict
           hath
           made
           that
           duty
           publique
           ,
           which
           else
           perhaps
           would
           haue
           beene
           ,
           as
           much
           neglected
           in
           the
           priuate
           ,
           as
           the
           
             time
             it selfe
          
           and
           the
           danger
           both
           haue
           beene
           .
        
         
         
           Will
           ye
           say
           :
           vvee
           see
           by
           the
           threatnings
           ,
           
           that
           God
           is
           angry
           vvith
           vs
           ?
           vvill
           ye
           adde
           to
           this
           ?
           If
           he
           be
           angry
           ,
           he
           vvill
           not
           succour
           vs
           ;
           no
           nor
           regard
           the
           prayers
           that
           are
           made
           for
           succour
           ?
           Well
           ,
           suppose
           this
           :
           yet
           Prayer
           is
           necessarie
           ,
           and
           the
           ready
           way
           to
           bring
           God
           into
           the
           Battell
           on
           our
           side
           .
           Will
           ye
           see
           how
           ?
           First
           ,
           God
           giues
           Grace
           :
           In
           the
           strength
           of
           Grace
           do
           you
           repent
           ,
           and
           God
           cannot
           continue
           angrie
           .
           In
           your
           repentance
           pray
           ,
           and
           God
           cannot
           but
           heare
           ;
           and
           some
           way
           or
           other
           come
           in
           to
           helpe
           .
           And
           it
           vvas
           neuer
           a
           
             Church
             Conclusion
          
           ;
           God
           is
           angrie
           ,
           therefore
           I
           will
           not
           pray
           .
           No
           ,
           But
           therefore
           I
           will
           ,
           was
           the
           Churches
           voice
           .
           First
           ,
           pray
           to
           
             appease
             his
             anger
          
           ,
           and
           then
           pray
           againe
           
             to
             obtaine
             his
             loue
          
           ,
           &
           those
           blessings
           which
           he
           giues
           ,
           vvhere
           he
           loues
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Church
           of
           old
           often
           did
           vpon
           great
           apprehensions
           ,
           as
           vve
           do
           this
           day
           ,
           Fast
           and
           Pray
           together
           .
           That
           is
           ,
           labour
           by
           all
           meanes
           
             to
             make
             God
          
           for
           the
           State.
           First
           ,
           because
           if
           there
           be
           any
           
           
             euill
             Spirit
          
           ,
           as
           you
           lately
           heard
           ,
           got
           in
           betweene
           Abimelech
           and
           the
           
             Men
             of
             Sechem
          
           ,
           betweene
           the
           King
           and
           his
           
             People
             .
             Iud.
          
           9.
           
           There
           's
           no
           Exorcisme
           so
           soueraigne
           
           to
           cast
           him
           out
           ,
           as
           Fasting
           and
           Prayer
           .
           For
           some
           Diuells
           ,
           you
           know
           ,
           vvill
           not
           otherwise
           out
           .
           S.
           Mat.
           17.
           
           And
           
           because
           a
           soule
           ,
           humbled
           by
           Fasting
           ,
           growes
           hungrie
           after
           God.
           And
           that
           hunger
           shall
           be
           satisfied
           ;
           S.
           Mat.
           5.
           
           But
           
           one
           Fast
           there
           is
           ,
           take
           heed
           of
           it
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           mighty
           Enemy
           both
           to
           Prayer
           and
           
             him
             that
             prayes
          
           .
           'T
           is
           to
           Fast
           from
           sustenance
           vvhile
           vvee
           are
           in
           the
           Church
           :
           and
           to
           fall
           greedily
           like
           hungrie
           Men
           ,
           vpon
           all
           our
           old
           sinnes
           ,
           so
           soone
           as
           we
           are
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           dore
           .
           God
           himselfe
           cries
           out
           against
           
             this
             Fast
          
           ,
           and
           will
           none
           of
           it
           ,
           Esay
           58.
           
           
        
         
           Well
           :
           Fasting
           then
           and
           Prayer's
           
           necessary
           .
           But
           how
           doth
           
             this
             Prayer
          
           of
           the
           Prophet
           fit
           vs
           ?
           Hovv
           ?
           VVhy
           sure
           it
           fits
           vs
           euery
           way
           .
           And
           wee
           haue
           as
           much
           need
           ,
           euery
           way
           as
           much
           ,
           to
           power
           out
           our
           praiers
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           Israel
           had
           .
           
           The
           Prayer
           is
           
             Exurge
             Deus
          
           ,
           Arise
           ,
           O
           God.
           
        
         
           When
           the
           Priests
           of
           Baall
           had
           prayed
           long
           and
           were
           not
           heard
           ,
           Elias
           bid
           them
           cry
           lowder
           :
           Their
           God
           was
           asleep
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           awaked
           ,
           ere
           he
           could
           help
           them
           .
           3.
           
           Reg.
           18.
           
           Asleepe
           :
           Yes
           ,
           
             dead
             asleepe
          
           .
           
           And
           it
           was
           in
           iust
           scorne
           of
           their
           grosse
           Idolatrie
           ,
           that
           hee
           bid
           them
           crie
           lowder
           vpon
           a
           deafe
           Idoll
           .
           But
           that
           God
           that
           watches
           ouer
           Israell
           ,
           doth
           neither
           slumber
           nor
           sleepe
           .
           Psal.
           121.
           
           
           As
           appears
           in
           the
           speedie
           return
           which
           he
           there
           made
           to
           the
           praiers
           of
           Elias
           .
        
         
           Why
           but
           then
           ,
           if
           the
           God
           of
           Israell
           doth
           neither
           flumber
           nor
           sleepe
           ;
           why
           doth
           the
           Prophet
           call
           vpon
           him
           to
           arise
           ,
           and
           take
           care
           of
           the
           People
           ?
           VVhy
           ?
           Surely
           not
           because
           he
           vvas
           laid
           downe
           to
           rest
           :
           But
           because
           this
           is
           one
           of
           the
           manie
           speeches
           which
           are
           vttered
           of
           God
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           men
           .
           Not
           to
           expresse
           any
           such
           thing
           in
           God
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           vs
           vnderstand
           some
           thing
           of
           God
           by
           our
           
           selues
           .
           So
           that
           while
           the
           Prophet
           praies
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           arise
           ;
           heer
           's
           no
           signification
           of
           any
           slumber
           in
           God
           :
           But
           t
           is
           to
           to
           teach
           vs
           ,
           that
           God
           sometimes
           in
           his
           prouidence
           ouer
           vs
           ,
           is
           
             Dormienti
             fimilis
          
           ,
           like
           to
           a
           man
           that
           sleepes
           .
           As
           some
           in
           S.
           Bafil
           render
           that
           ,
           in
           the
           Psalme
           44.
           23.
           
           
        
         
           For
           ,
           as
           hee
           that
           sleepes
           must
           haue
           some
           call
           to
           awaken
           him
           .
           So
           when
           God
           
           either
           for
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           or
           for
           triall
           of
           our
           Faith
           and
           Patience
           ,
           or
           for
           some
           other
           cause
           best
           knowne
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           shall
           suspend
           or
           drawe
           in
           the
           sensible
           comfort
           of
           his
           prouidence
           ,
           by
           which
           wee
           are
           presently
           exposed
           to
           Feare
           or
           Danger
           ,
           our
           Prayers
           must
           bee
           the
           Call
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           appeare
           by
           the
           Actiuenesse
           of
           his
           prouidence
           that
           he
           sleeps
           not
           .
           And
           God
           is
           then
           said
           to
           Arise
           ,
           when
           after
           long
           with-drawing
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           his
           Act
           of
           Power
           and
           prouidence
           ,
           (
           For
           so
           't
           is
           called
           ver
           .
           12.
           
           
             Why
             with-drawest
             thou
             thy
          
           
           hand
           ?
           )
           he
           at
           last
           shewes
           he
           was
           waking
           ouer
           his
           people
           .
           And
           to
           manifest
           this
           to
           their
           comfort
           is
           the
           Prophets
           praier
           :
           
             Arise
             ,
             O
             God.
          
           
        
         
         
           Now
           the
           Prophet
           pray'd
           heere
           in
           
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Church
           &
           of
           the
           State.
           And
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           Praier
           tells
           me
           ,
           both
           were
           in
           danger
           ,
           great
           danger
           :
           as
           they
           must
           euer
           bee
           when
           God
           withholds
           his
           mercie
           ,
           as
           heere
           he
           did
           .
           For
           ,
           Nisi
           Dominus
           ,
           
             except
             the
             Lord
             keepe
             the
             Citie
             ,
             the
             watch-man
             waketh
             but
             in
             vaine
             ,
             Psal.
          
           127.
           
           And
           
             Nisi
             homo
          
           ,
           except
           Men
           
           haue
           some
           
             sensible
             experience
          
           of
           Gods
           fauour
           that
           he
           doth
           keepe
           the
           Citie
           :
           they
           are
           apt
           to
           doubt
           and
           distrust
           his
           goodnes
           .
           And
           very
           ready
           to
           thinke
           
             he
             sleepes
          
           .
           Whereas
           he
           doth
           but
           as
           earthly
           Parents
           sometimes
           doe
           with
           their
           lesser
           children
           ,
           hide
           themselues
           that
           they
           may
           bee
           sought
           .
           And
           the
           more
           their
           children
           crie
           at
           their
           absence
           ,
           the
           stronger
           Argument
           they
           draw
           of
           their
           loue
           ;
           and
           Ioy
           in
           their
           verie
           Teares
           ,
           to
           see
           they
           cannot
           call
           but
           Crying
           .
           And
           poore
           Infants
           they
           cry
           ,
           because
           they
           knowe
           no
           safetie
           but
           in
           their
           
             Mothers
             Armes
          
           .
           And
           certainly
           no
           safetie
           for
           vs
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           
             hand
             of
             God
          
           :
           And
           therefore
           
           't
           is
           time
           to
           call
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           bee
           found
           of
           vs
           ,
           and
           
             Arise
             to
             succour
             vs.
          
           
        
         
           But
           you
           will
           say
           .
           Though
           God
           cannot
           ,
           yet
           
             Christ
             as
             man
          
           could
           and
           did
           
           sleepe
           .
           And
           't
           is
           in
           vaine
           for
           vs
           to
           make
           anie
           addresse
           to
           God
           ,
           if
           Christ
           be
           a
           sleep
           and
           not
           with
           vs.
           For
           ,
           
             the
             well-pleasing
             of
             God
             is
             in
             him
             ,
             not
             in
             vs
             ,
          
           S.
           Matt.
           3.
           
           Yea
           ,
           
           but
           marke
           .
           Though
           Christ
           could
           and
           did
           sleepe
           while
           his
           body
           was
           passible
           :
           yet
           after
           his
           Resurrection
           ,
           that
           his
           bodie
           was
           glorified
           ,
           
             as
             he
             can
             dye
             no
             more
             ,
             Rom.
          
           6.
           
           So
           can
           he
           sleep
           no
           more
           .
           And
           he
           is
           
           more
           vigilant
           ,
           a
           great
           deale
           ,
           ouer
           all
           the
           Praiers
           we
           make
           ,
           then
           we
           are
           to
           make
           them
           :
           Else
           wee
           must
           deny
           him
           to
           be
           God.
           For
           (
           as
           S.
           Austin
           tels
           vs
           )
           Aures
           
           
             Dei
             in
             Corde
             Precantis
             sunt
          
           ,
           The
           eares
           of
           God
           are
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           him
           that
           prayes
           .
           Not
           a
           motion
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           but
           the
           eare
           of
           God
           hath
           it
           presently
           .
           And
           so
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           he
           cannot
           be
           God
           :
           So
           ,
           no
           feare
           that
           Christ
           is
           a
           sleepe
           neither
           .
        
         
           And
           euen
           in
           the
           time
           while
           he
           carried
           about
           him
           our
           flesh
           mortall
           ,
           vvee
           
           neuer
           read
           that
           he
           slept
           but
           once
           ,
           And
           that
           was
           
             at
             Sea
          
           :
           and
           at
           Sea
           in
           a
           Tempest
           S.
           Mat.
           8.
           
           An
           ill
           time
           chosen
           ,
           you
           will
           
           say
           ,
           to
           sleepe
           in
           ;
           But
           that
           's
           not
           so
           neither
           .
           For
           hee
           tooke
           opportunitie
           only
           of
           the
           Tempest
           ,
           to
           shew
           his
           Disciples
           that
           his
           Command
           could
           lay
           the
           Sea.
           If
           any
           Enemie
           come
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           hee
           must
           come
           by
           Sea.
           It
           's
           therefore
           fit
           for
           vs
           to
           pray
           ,
           that
           though
           CHRIST
           now
           slumber
           not
           ,
           yet
           that
           he
           would
           remember
           where
           hee
           once
           slept
           ,
           but
           Arose
           to
           make
           a
           Calme
           .
           VVe
           haue
           been
           in
           one
           Tempest
           ,
           and
           we
           haue
           cause
           to
           feare
           another
           .
           Let
           vs
           in
           any
           case
           get
           
             Christ
             to
             Sea
          
           ,
           and
           a
           board
           our
           Shippes
           .
           That
           no
           Tempest
           may
           vntackle
           them
           ,
           or
           rent
           their
           Keeles
           ;
           or
           hewe
           down
           their
           Masts
           .
           That
           no
           enemie
           may
           come
           neere
           them
           with
           safetie
           ;
           nor
           slide
           from
           them
           by
           escape
           .
           This
           is
           the
           waie
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           now
           vpon
           it
           ,
           to
           make
           God
           and
           
             Christ
             arise
          
           together
           .
           And
           this
           very
           Prayer
           heere
           in
           the
           Text
           is
           grounded
           vpon
           a
           
             wonderfull
             deliuer
             ance
             at
             Sea
          
           ,
           Ver.
           14.
           
           
        
         
         
           Well
           :
           wee
           are
           safe
           enough
           at
           Sea
           and
           at
           Land
           ,
           if
           wee
           can
           but
           get
           God
           to
           
           Arise
           on
           our
           part
           .
           But
           how
           shall
           we
           be
           able
           to
           do
           it
           ?
           How
           ?
           why
           neuer
           dream
           ,
           (
           for
           it
           is
           a
           Dreame
           indeed
           ,
           and
           a
           fond
           one
           too
           )
           that
           ye
           can
           euer
           be
           able
           without
           Gods
           Grace
           ,
           to
           make
           God
           yours
           .
           But
           knowe
           that
           he
           hath
           Grace
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           giues
           it
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           halfe
           yours
           alreadie
           :
           Hee
           will
           Arise
           and
           bee
           all
           yours
           ,
           if
           you
           pray
           in
           Graee
           .
           But
           here
           two
           things
           are
           especially
           to
           be
           taken
           heed
           of
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           haue
           our
           Fasting
           and
           our
           Prayers
           preuaile
           .
           And
           I
           doubt
           we
           are
           guiltie
           of
           both
           :
           and
           haue
           taken
           heed
           of
           neither
           .
        
         
           The
           one
           is
           Pride
           :
           and
           the
           worst
           of
           it
           
             Rising
             against
             God.
          
           For
           ,
           wee
           must
           
           not
           looke
           that
           God
           should
           Arise
           to
           helpe
           vs
           ,
           if
           wee
           arise
           to
           oppose
           and
           vnglorie
           him
           .
           And
           marke
           the
           phrase
           of
           Scripture
           .
           
             God
             resists
             the
             proud
             ,
             S.
             Iac.
          
           4.
           
           
           Resists
           :
           therefore
           that
           time
           which
           wee
           would
           haue
           God
           spend
           to
           defend
           vs
           ,
           our
           Pride
           forces
           him
           to
           vse
           to
           Resist
           vs.
           And
           certainely
           
             Rising
             against
             God
          
           ,
           and
           
           raising
           our
           sinnes
           with
           vs
           ,
           euen
           aboue
           Mercy
           ,
           were
           it
           possible
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           way
           to
           make
           God
           
             Arise
             for
             vs
          
           but
           against
           vs.
           If
           we
           will
           haue
           God
           
             Arise
             ,
             wee
             must
             fall
             lowe
             on
             our
             face
             before
             his
             Footstoole
             ,
             for
             hee
             is
             Holy
             ,
             Psal.
          
           99.
           
           And
           humble
           our selues
           as
           wee
           haue
           begun
           this
           day
           ,
           that
           
           hee
           which
           is
           all
           Mercy
           and
           Power
           ,
           may
           be
           as
           willing
           ,
           as
           we
           know
           him
           able
           to
           deliuer
           vs.
           
        
         
           The
           other
           is
           Security
           .
           And
           the
           worst
           
           kinde
           of
           that
           too
           Security
           in
           and
           vnder
           danger
           .
           For
           wee
           must
           not
           looke
           that
           God
           should
           Arise
           and
           take
           care
           of
           vs
           ,
           if
           wee
           will
           sleepe
           on
           in
           Security
           ,
           without
           care
           of
           our selues
           .
           And
           no
           destruction
           
             so
             suddaine
             as
             that
             which
             comes
             when
             security
             sings
             Peace
             and
             Safety
             ,
          
           1
           Thes.
           5.
           
           Nay
           ,
           
           which
           is
           worse
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           there
           tells
           vs
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           time
           of
           security
           God
           threatens
           it
           shall
           come
           .
           So
           Security
           is
           both
           a
           meanes
           to
           bring
           danger
           ,
           and
           a
           disinabling
           to
           resist
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           if
           you
           will
           haue
           God
           Arise
           ,
           you
           must
           arise
           too
           .
           Arise
           in
           soule
           by
           deuotiō
           :
           Arise
           
           in
           life
           by
           the
           workes
           of
           Sanctification
           .
           And
           arise
           in
           prudence
           and
           in
           prouident
           care
           to
           be
           vp
           ,
           and
           not
           found
           sleeping
           in
           riot
           and
           excesse
           when
           an
           Enemie
           is
           ,
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           feared
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           't
           is
           hard
           to
           make
           you
           confesse
           that
           you
           haue
           been
           or
           are
           ,
           either
           secure
           amongst
           men
           ,
           or
           proud
           against
           God.
           And
           I
           am
           sorry
           't
           is
           so
           .
           For
           the
           very
           difficulty
           of
           confession
           makes
           mee
           doubt
           you
           are
           guilty
           of
           both
           ,
           and
           so
           continue
           .
           For
           he
           was
           
             a
             wise
             Man
          
           ,
           that
           gaue
           this
           reason
           why
           a
           man
           doth
           not
           confesse
           his
           faults
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             Quia
             etiam
             nunc
             in
             illis
             est
          
           ;
           because
           he
           continues
           in
           them
           still
           .
           And
           
           you
           know
           
             Somnium
             narrare
             ,
             vigilantis
             est
          
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           proofe
           that
           a
           man
           is
           awaked
           ,
           when
           hee
           can
           tell
           ,
           and
           doth
           acknowledge
           how
           his
           dreaming
           fancie
           fool'd
           him
           while
           he
           slept
           .
           But
           if
           after
           all
           this
           you
           doe
           not
           yet
           see
           you
           haue
           binne
           in
           a
           dreame
           ,
           I
           must
           craue
           leaue
           to
           thinke
           you
           are
           secure
           and
           asleepe
           still
           .
           Let
           vs
           therefore
           confesse
           and
           amend
           these
           and
           all
           our
           other
           sins
           ,
           that
           haue
           made
           God
           
           stand
           a
           loose
           from
           vs
           ,
           and
           then
           God
           will
           Arise
           before
           we
           can
           call
           him
           vp
           .
        
         
           This
           for
           the
           Inuocation
           .
           The
           second
           
           generall
           part
           of
           the
           Text
           is
           ,
           What
           the
           Prophet
           would
           haue
           God
           doe
           when
           he
           is
           Risen
           .
           And
           they
           are
           two
           things
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           is
           ,
           that
           God
           when
           hee
           is
           
           risen
           
             would
             pleade
             and
             maintaine
             his
             owne
             cause
             .
          
           In
           which
           the
           circumstances
           are
           many
           and
           important
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           I
           finde
           acknowledged
           here
           
           by
           
             the
             Prophet
          
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           a
           cause
           in
           hand
           ;
           not
           alwaies
           the
           same
           ,
           but
           still
           a
           cause
           ;
           and
           a
           cause
           in
           continuall
           agitation
           among
           the
           Sonnes
           of
           Men.
           So
           't
           is
           alwaies
           Terme
           with
           God
           ;
           some
           cause
           still
           ,
           and
           a
           trying
           .
           And
           yet
           the
           opinion
           which
           some
           of
           the
           Heathen
           had
           ,
           that
           God
           could
           not
           worke
           in
           prouidence
           
           ouer
           vs
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           be
           vnquiet
           and
           troubled
           in
           himselfe
           ,
           is
           as
           weake
           as
           false
           .
           Christ
           tels
           vs
           otherwise
           ,
           
             S.
             Ioh.
             5.
          
           
           
           
             My
             Father
             worketh
             hitherto
             ,
             &
             I
             worke
             .
          
        
         
           For
           
             (
             as
             the
             Schoole
             obserues
          
           )
           though
           he
           
           ceased
           the
           Seauenth
           day
           from
           the
           work
           
           of
           the
           generall
           Creation
           of
           the
           kinds
           of
           things
           ;
           yet
           there
           is
           another
           worke
           from
           which
           he
           ceased
           not
           .
           That
           worke
           is
           
             in
             gubernatione
             Creaturarum
          
           ,
           in
           his
           prouidence
           and
           gouernement
           of
           the
           world
           .
           But
           this
           
             worke
             of
             God
          
           is
           questioned
           too
           .
           For
           many
           things
           in
           the
           workes
           of
           prouidence
           ,
           many
           Men
           ,
           yea
           and
           sometimes
           the
           best
           ,
           are
           a
           great
           deale
           to
           busie
           with
           .
        
         
           For
           instance
           .
           They
           would
           faine
           know
           why
           many
           wicked
           Men
           prosper
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           And
           why
           many
           vertuous
           Men
           suffer
           ?
           This
           secret
           hath
           exercised
           the
           world
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           euer
           since
           it
           had
           a
           being
           .
           It
           put
           such
           a
           stresse
           vpon
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           that
           it
           crushed
           these
           words
           out
           of
           him
           .
           
             It
             is
             in
             vaine
             that
             I
             haue
             clensed
             my
             heart
             and
             washed
             my
             hands
             in
             Innocency
             ,
             Psal.
             73.
             
             In
             vaine
          
           ;
           No
           ,
           
           God
           forbid
           .
           And
           the
           Prophet
           corrects
           his
           passion
           after
           ,
           
             verse
             16.
          
           
           In
           the
           meane
           
           time
           ,
           heer
           's
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           at
           triall
           ;
           And
           men
           apt
           to
           quarrell
           that
           for
           Iniustice
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           
             against
             the
             Rule
          
           ,
           
           but
           
             aboue
             their
             reach
          
           :
           As
           at
           the
           day
           of
           Iudgement
           shall
           plainely
           appeare
           saith
           
           S.
           Augustine
           .
        
         
           Againe
           ;
           They
           would
           faine
           know
           all
           the
           secrets
           of
           Predestination
           .
           But
           't
           is
           one
           of
           Gods
           foundations
           :
           And
           such
           a
           foundation
           as
           hee
           hath
           set
           a
           Seale
           vpon
           it
           ,
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             
             The
             Lord
             knowes
             who
             are
             his
             .
          
           
           'T
           is
           very
           dangerous
           breaking
           vp
           of
           Seales
           ,
           especially
           Gods.
           The
           indorcement
           is
           enough
           for
           vs
           ,
           and
           very
           plaine
           to
           be
           read
           .
           It
           followes
           .
           
             And
             let
             euery
             Man
             that
             calls
             on
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             depart
             from
             Iniquity
             .
          
           If
           he
           doe
           not
           that
           ,
           hee
           is
           not
           Christ's
           ;
           Let
           him
           talke
           of
           Predestination
           while
           he
           will.
           And
           in
           these
           and
           all
           other
           causes
           of
           God
           try
           them
           where
           you
           will
           ,
           and
           how
           you
           can
           ;
           Dauid
           and
           Saint
           Paul
           agree
           vpon
           it
           :
           He
           will
           be
           Iustified
           in
           his
           sayings
           and
           cleare
           and
           ouercome
           when
           hee
           is
           Iudged
           ,
           Psal.
           51.
           
           &
           
           
             Rom.
             3.
          
           
           
        
         
           Well
           :
           
             Gods
             cause
          
           is
           at
           triall
           :
           But
           what
           
           cause
           of
           his
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           's
           particularly
           meant
           in
           this
           place
           ?
           For
           ,
           if
           it
           bee
           Gods
           ,
           
           't
           is
           worth
           the
           knowing
           what
           ere
           it
           bee
           .
           And
           no
           cause
           of
           his
           can
           be
           heere
           ,
           but
           Men
           owe
           it
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           him
           ,
           some
           duty
           .
           And
           therefore
           necessary
           to
           be
           knowne
           ,
           that
           due
           may
           be
           performed
           vnto
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           
             Cause
             of
             God
          
           meant
           heere
           though
           it
           bee
           proposed
           ,
           as
           
             Causa
             vna
          
           ,
           one
           cause
           ,
           yet
           't
           is
           very
           large
           ,
           and
           comprehends
           many
           particulars
           vnder
           it
           .
           Some
           directly
           concerne
           God
           ,
           and
           some
           only
           by
           reflex
           .
           But
           God
           is
           so
           tender
           of
           his
           Iustice
           and
           his
           Honor
           ,
           that
           nothing
           can
           so
           much
           as
           touch
           vpon
           him
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           
             Gods
             cause
          
           presently
           :
           
             In
             as
             much
             as
             yee
             haue
             done
             it
             ,
             or
             not
             done
             it
             ,
             to
             one
             of
             these
             little
             ones
             ,
             you
             haue
             done
             it
             ,
             or
             not
             done
             it
             to
             mee
             ,
          
           S.
           Matt.
           25.
           
           And
           so
           goes
           the
           Text
           ,
           
           
             Gods
             Cause
             ,
             all
          
           ,
           and
           
             but
             one
          
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           directed
           against
           him
           ,
           or
           reflected
           vpon
           him
           .
           Whether
           it
           bee
           the
           Reproach
           which
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           suffered
           for
           vs
           ,
           Or
           the
           troubles
           ,
           and
           afflictions
           which
           we
           suffer
           for
           him
           ;
           't
           is
           
             Gods
             Cause
          
           still
           ,
           and
           accounted
           as
           one
           .
        
         
           As
           one
           :
           And
           yet
           I
           find
           three
           things
           
           agreed
           vpon
           ,
           to
           bee
           principally
           contain'd
           in
           this
           Cause
           of
           God.
           First
           ,
           the
           
           Magistrate
           and
           his
           Power
           and
           Iustice.
           And
           resist
           either
           of
           these
           ,
           and
           yee
           resist
           
           the
           power
           ,
           and
           the
           ordinance
           of
           God.
           Rom.
           13.
           
           There
           's
           Gods
           cause
           plaine
           .
           And
           the
           Eye
           of
           nature
           could
           see
           Aliquid
           
           diuinum
           ,
           somewhat
           that
           was
           diuine
           in
           the
           
             Gouernours
             and
             Orderers
             of
             Common-wealths
          
           .
           In
           their
           verie
           Office
           :
           In
           as
           much
           as
           they
           are
           singled
           out
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           
             Ministers
             of
             diuiue
             Prouidence
             vpon
             Earth
             :
          
           And
           are
           expresly
           called
           the
           
             Officers
             of
             Gods
             Kingdom
             Sap.
             6.
             
          
           And
           therfore
           the
           
           
             Schoole
             concludes
             ,
             that
             any
             the
             least
             irreuerence
             of
             a
             King
             ;
             as
             to
             dispute
             of
             his
             Iudgements
             :
          
           
           
             And
             whether
             wee
             ought
             to
             follow
             and
             obey
             him
             :
          
           Sacrilegium
           dicitur
           ,
           
             is
             iustly
             extended
             to
             be
             called
             Sacriledge
             .
          
           And
           since
           all
           Sacriledge
           is
           a
           violation
           of
           some
           thing
           that
           is
           Holy
           ;
           it
           is
           euident
           that
           the
           Office
           and
           Person
           of
           the
           King
           is
           
             sacred
             .
             Sacred
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           be
           violated
           by
           the
           
             Hand
             ,
             Tongue
          
           ,
           or
           Heart
           of
           any
           Man
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           deede
           ,
           word
           or
           
           thought
           .
           But
           't
           is
           
             Gods
             cause
          
           ,
           and
           hee
           is
           violated
           in
           him
           .
           And
           here
           Kings
           may
           learne
           if
           they
           will
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           't
           is
           fit
           they
           should
           ,
           That
           those
           Men
           which
           are
           sacrilegious
           against
           God
           and
           his
           Church
           ,
           are
           for
           the
           very
           Neigbour-hood
           of
           the
           sinne
           ,
           the
           likeliest
           men
           to
           offer
           violence
           ,
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           Princes
           first
           ,
           and
           their
           Persons
           after
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           :
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           Church
           
           in
           what
           kinde
           soeuer
           it
           be
           .
           Be
           it
           in
           the
           cause
           of
           Truth
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           cause
           of
           Vnity
           ;
           or
           in
           the
           cause
           of
           
             Right
             and
             meanes
          
           ,
           't
           is
           
             Gods
             cause
          
           too
           :
           And
           it
           must
           needes
           be
           so
           .
           For
           Christ
           and
           his
           Church
           are
           Head
           and
           
             Body
             ,
             Ephes.
          
           1.
           
           And
           therefore
           they
           must
           
           needs
           haue
           
             one
             common
             cause
          
           .
           One
           cause
           :
           And
           you
           cannot
           corrupt
           the
           Church
           in
           her
           Truth
           ,
           or
           persecute
           her
           for
           it
           ,
           nor
           distract
           her
           from
           her
           Vnity
           ,
           nor
           impouerish
           and
           abase
           her
           in
           her
           meanes
           ,
           but
           God
           suffers
           in
           the
           oppression
           .
           Nay
           more
           :
           no
           man
           can
           wilfully
           corrupt
           the
           Church
           in
           her
           doctrine
           ,
           but
           he
           would
           haue
           
             a
             false
             God.
          
           Nor
           persecute
           the
           profession
           of
           the
           
           Church
           ,
           but
           he
           would
           haue
           
             no
             God.
          
           Nor
           rent
           the
           Church
           into
           Sects
           ,
           but
           hee
           would
           haue
           
             many
             Gods.
          
           Nor
           make
           the
           
             Church
             base
          
           ,
           but
           he
           would
           
             plucke
             GOD
             as
             lowe
          
           ,
           Were
           God
           as
           much
           in
           his
           power
           as
           the
           Church
           is
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           
             Churches
             Cause
          
           ,
           is
           
             Gods
             Cause
          
           .
           And
           as
           Eusebius
           tells
           vs
           ,
           when
           by
           Stephen
           Bishop
           
           of
           Laodicea
           ,
           the
           state
           of
           that
           Church
           was
           much
           hazarded
           ;
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           meanes
           of
           it
           ,
           were
           mightily
           vpheld
           by
           God
           himselfe
           .
           And
           
             Elias
             Cretensis
          
           
           goes
           full
           vpon
           it
           in
           the
           generall
           .
           'T
           is
           
             Gods
             cause
          
           ,
           any
           controuersie
           that
           he
           debates
           against
           his
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           euer
           holds
           true
           ,
           in
           whatsoeuer
           the
           Church
           suffers
           for
           the
           name
           of
           God
           and
           Christ.
           And
           therefore
           if
           either
           State
           or
           Church
           will
           haue
           
             their
             cause
             Gods
          
           ,
           the
           State
           must
           looke
           their
           proceedings
           be
           iust
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           must
           looke
           their
           
             Deuotions
             &
             Actions
          
           be
           pious
           .
           Else
           ,
           if
           the
           State
           be
           al
           in
           vvorme-wood
           &
           Iniustice
           :
           if
           the
           Church
           sauour
           of
           impurity
           and
           irreligion
           :
           If
           either
           of
           these
           threaten
           
           either
           Bodie
           ,
           neither
           can
           call
           vp
           God
           then
           .
           For
           sinne
           is
           their
           owne
           and
           the
           diuells
           cause
           ,
           no
           cause
           of
           Gods
           ,
           
             who
             punishes
             sinne
             euer
             ,
             but
             neuer
             causes
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           :
           'T
           is
           
             Gods
             cause
          
           ,
           which
           is
           directly
           
           against
           himselfe
           ,
           when
           Iniustice
           that
           he
           will
           not
           ,
           or
           weakenesse
           that
           hee
           cannot
           ,
           Arise
           and
           Helpe
           ,
           are
           most
           vnworthily
           ,
           nay
           blasphemously
           cast
           vpon
           him
           .
           The
           very
           Text
           you
           see
           calls
           it
           no
           lesse
           then
           Blasphemie
           .
           And
           as
           
             S.
             Basil
          
           
           tells
           vs
           't
           was
           
             audacter
             effusa
          
           ,
           most
           audaciously
           cast
           into
           the
           face
           of
           God.
           But
           how
           I
           pray
           ?
           How
           ?
           why
           they
           persecuted
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           with
           great
           extremities
           ,
           and
           then
           because
           God
           did
           not
           alwaies
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           particulars
           ,
           deliuer
           it
           ,
           
             Deum
             vt
             infirmum
             traducebant
          
           ,
           they
           accused
           God
           of
           Impotencie
           .
           
             Rabsaches
             case
          
           before
           Christ
           in
           the
           flesh
           :
           
             which
             of
             the
             Gods
             haue
             deliuered
             the
             Nations
             that
             serue
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             Lord
             should
             deliuer
             Ierusalem
             ?
             4.
             
             Reg.
             18.
             
             Pilates
             case
          
           
           to
           Christ.
           
             Haue
             not
             I
             power
             to
             crucifie
          
           
           
             thee
             ,
             and
             power
             to
             loose
             thee
             ?
             S.
             Ioh.
             19.
             
             Iulians
          
           
           case
           after
           Christ.
           For
           while
           he
           raged
           against
           the
           Christians
           ,
           hee
           turn'd
           the
           contumely
           vpon
           God
           :
           And
           charg'd
           omnipotence
           with
           weakenesse
           .
           So
           you
           see
           the
           
             Cause
             of
             God
          
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           withall
           that
           it
           is
           many
           and
           but
           one
           .
           Many
           in
           the
           circumference
           of
           his
           creatures
           ,
           which
           fill
           vp
           the
           State
           and
           the
           Church
           :
           and
           yet
           but
           one
           in
           the
           point
           of
           that
           
             indiuisible
             Center
          
           which
           is
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           we
           haue
           found
           
             Gods
             cause
          
           as
           't
           is
           
           tumbled
           vpon
           the
           earth
           :
           But
           what
           is
           it
           the
           Prophet
           would
           haue
           God
           doe
           to
           it
           ?
           What
           ?
           Why
           that
           followes
           .
           
             Iudica
             .
             Pleade
          
           it
           ,
           Iudge
           it
           ,
           Maintaine
           it
           Lord.
           For
           the
           King
           and
           the
           State
           ;
           For
           thy
           Church
           and
           Seruice
           ;
           For
           thy
           selfe
           and
           thine
           honours
           sake
           .
           Thou
           hast
           made
           their
           cause
           thine
           owne
           ,
           therefore
           maintaine
           it
           ,
           as
           thou
           doest
           thine
           owne
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           God
           is
           neuer
           wanting
           to
           doe
           ,
           nor
           neuer
           will
           be
           .
           So
           far
           as
           Iustice
           and
           Religion
           make
           the
           cause
           his
           ,
           hee
           will
           Pleade
           it
           first
           ,
           and
           Maintaine
           it
           after
           .
           But
           yet
           hee
           doth
           not
           this
           alwaies
           with
           a
           
           Iudgement
           that
           is
           visible
           to
           vs.
           Nor
           with
           such
           a
           one
           as
           will
           make
           enemies
           confesse
           that
           
             Gods
             maintenance
          
           is
           on
           our
           
           part
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           Ruffinus
           thinks
           ,
           these
           words
           are
           not
           only
           a
           Prayer
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           
             Arise
             ,
             and
             maintaine
             his
             cause
             :
          
           but
           that
           he
           would
           so
           plead
           it
           ,
           that
           hee
           would
           make
           the
           Iustice
           and
           Right
           of
           it
           appeare
           to
           Enemies
           and
           Opposers
           ;
           and
           the
           maintenance
           euident
           to
           friends
           and
           defenders
           of
           it
           .
           So
           ,
           
             maintaine
             thy
             Cause
          
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           in
           effect
           ,
           as
           make
           the
           world
           know
           't
           is
           thine
           ,
           and
           thou
           wilt
           maintain
           it
           .
           That
           from
           Gods
           maintenance
           ,
           the
           cause
           may
           haue
           safety
           :
           And
           from
           our
           hope
           of
           maintenance
           ,
           we
           may
           receiue
           Comfort
           .
        
         
           Why
           ,
           but
           why
           should
           God
           
             pleade
             ,
             iudge
          
           ,
           and
           
             maintaine
             his
             owne
             Cause
          
           ?
           Is
           the
           Prayer
           of
           the
           Prophet
           iust
           ?
           Yes
           no
           question
           .
           For
           ,
           the
           
             Cause
             of
             God
          
           is
           euer
           iust
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ought
           euer
           to
           bee
           maintained
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           any
           partialitie
           in
           God
           to
           his
           
             owne
             Cause
          
           ,
           that
           hee
           comes
           to
           iudge
           it
           .
           But
           he
           is
           forced
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           
           to
           the
           maintenance
           of
           it
           himselfe
           ,
           partly
           ,
           because
           some
           men
           
             will
             not
          
           ,
           and
           some
           men
           
             cannot
             defend
             his
             Cause
          
           .
           And
           partly
           ,
           because
           it
           must
           be
           iudged
           at
           some
           Tribunall
           .
           Now
           there
           lye
           many
           Appeales
           in
           the
           cause
           of
           God.
           And
           all
           Appeale
           is
           to
           a
           superiour
           Court.
           The
           highest
           is
           Gods.
           Therefore
           when
           Malice
           and
           Tyrannie
           hath
           done
           what
           it
           can
           to
           Gods
           cause
           ,
           if
           his
           Seruants
           doe
           but
           Appeale
           ,
           as
           they
           euer
           doe
           ;
           The
           Cause
           must
           in
           the
           end
           reuolue
           to
           God
           himselfe
           ,
           who
           alone
           hath
           no
           superiour
           .
           Yet
           his
           very
           Enemies
           need
           not
           feare
           .
           For
           he
           vvill
           so
           plead
           and
           iudge
           his
           
             owne
             Cause
          
           ,
           that
           their
           
             owne
             Consciences
          
           shall
           tell
           them
           his
           Iudgement
           's
           right
           .
        
         
           Now
           one
           thing
           vvhich
           laies
           a
           kinde
           of
           Necessitie
           vpon
           God
           to
           maintaine
           his
           own
           cause
           ,
           is
           as
           I
           told
           you
           ,
           that
           some
           Men
           
             will
             not
          
           ,
           and
           some
           men
           cannot
           maintaine
           it
           .
           I
           find
           both
           these
           touched
           in
           the
           Text.
           
        
         
           First
           ,
           they
           that
           vvill
           not
           .
           For
           these
           
           vvords
           ,
           
             Arise
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
             and
             maintaine
             thine
          
           
           
             owne
             Cause
          
           ,
           are
           a
           grieuous
           taxe
           vpon
           all
           them
           to
           whom
           God
           hath
           giuen
           means
           &
           ability
           ,
           yet
           will
           not
           stir
           to
           succour
           his
           cause
           .
           For'tis
           as
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           Men
           vvil
           not
           maintaine
           thy
           cause
           :
           If
           thou
           vvilt
           haue
           it
           defended
           thou
           must
           doe
           it
           thy selfe
           .
           The
           Iewes
           it
           seemes
           vvere
           now
           very
           guilty
           of
           this
           ,
           else
           the
           Prophet
           vvould
           neuer
           haue
           runne
           vvith
           that
           earnestnesse
           to
           God.
           He
           vvould
           haue
           prayed
           to
           God
           had
           Men
           bin
           neuer
           so
           vvilling
           ;
           yes
           ,
           God
           forbid
           else
           ;
           but
           had
           they
           done
           their
           duty
           ,
           the
           extremity
           had
           not
           beene
           fear'd
           .
           And
           marke
           and
           tremble
           at
           the
           curse
           of
           God
           which
           vvas
           called
           for
           vpon
           some
           of
           that
           People
           for
           this
           sinne
           ,
           
             Iudg
             5.
             
             Curse
             yee
             Meroz
             ,
             (
             saith
          
           
           
             the
             Angell
             of
             the
             Lord
             )
             curse
             the
             Inhabitants
             thereof
             .
          
           Why
           ?
           
             beause
             they
             came
             not
             vp
             to
             helpe
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             helpe
             the
             Lord
             against
             the
             mighty
             .
          
           To
           
             helpe
             the
             Lord
          
           :
           Why
           ,
           What
           cause
           of
           God
           vvas
           this
           ?
           What
           ?
           Why'twas
           his
           cause
           of
           Warre
           against
           Sisera
           ;
           as
           appeares
           ,
           Iudg.
           4.
           
           Against
           Sisera
           ;
           yet
           to
           
             helpe
             the
             Lord.
          
           
           
        
         
         
           And
           certainely
           't
           is
           a
           great
           and
           a
           grieuous
           errour
           in
           
             any
             People
          
           as
           well
           as
           in
           Israel
           :
           and
           in
           any
           age
           of
           the
           world
           as
           well
           as
           in
           that
           ;
           to
           fast
           ,
           and
           pray
           ,
           and
           call
           vpon
           God
           to
           Arise
           and
           
             Maintaine
             his
             cause
          
           and
           their
           owne
           ioyn'd
           vvith
           it
           ;
           if
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           they
           vvill
           put
           nor
           hand
           nor
           purse
           to
           maintaine
           either
           
             their
             owne
             ,
             or
             Gods.
          
           Their
           owne
           in
           the
           State
           ;
           Or
           Gods
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           These
           Men
           perhaps
           are
           of
           Tiberius
           his
           minde
           
           
             Deorum
             iniuriae
             Dijs
             curae
          
           ;
           And
           vvhat
           that
           Oracle
           meant
           ,
           when
           he
           writ
           so
           to
           the
           Senate
           ;
           vvhether
           ;
           It
           belongs
           to
           God
           to
           vindicate
           his
           owne
           cause
           ;
           Or
           ,
           God
           vvill
           be
           sure
           to
           doe
           it
           ,
           Or
           let
           his
           cause
           sinke
           if
           he
           vvill
           not
           defend
           it
           ;
           I
           am
           not
           certaine
           .
           This
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           ,
           God
           can
           defend
           himselfe
           
             sine
             Patrocinio
             nostro
          
           ,
           without
           
           any
           aide
           of
           ours
           .
           But
           yet
           if
           we
           come
           not
           in
           to
           helpe
           vvhen
           the
           
             Cause
             of
             God
          
           is
           deposited
           vvith
           vs
           ;
           the
           feare
           is
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           Iust
           ,
           that
           God
           vvill
           
             Maintaine
             his
             cause
          
           ,
           and
           leaue
           vs
           to
           
             maintaine
             our
             owne
          
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           :
           They
           that
           cannot
           .
           For
           
           
           these
           vvords
           ,
           
             Arise
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
             Maintaine
             thine
             owne
             cause
             ,
          
           imply
           disability
           in
           Man
           ,
           as
           vvell
           as
           malice
           .
           For
           't
           is
           as
           if
           hee
           had
           said
           ;
           Men
           cannot
           at
           all
           times
           maintaine
           thy
           cause
           .
           If
           thou
           vvilt
           haue
           it
           defended
           ,
           thou
           must
           doe
           it
           thy selfe
           .
           And
           this
           is
           true
           of
           the
           strongest
           of
           the
           Sonnes
           of
           Men
           ,
           if
           they
           bee
           left
           to
           themselues
           .
           But
           this
           ,
           though
           it
           puts
           vs
           in
           more
           feare
           ,
           yet
           it
           makes
           vs
           not
           halfe
           so
           guilty
           .
           For
           Guilt
           followes
           malice
           more
           then
           Impotency
           .
           And
           our
           weakenesse
           and
           disability
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           not
           able
           to
           hold
           it
           vp
           against
           so
           many
           and
           great
           Enemies
           ,
           
             as
             the
             cause
             of
             God
             bath
             .
          
           This
           was
           the
           case
           of
           Hezekiah
           ;
           He
           durst
           not
           trust
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           his
           owne
           strength
           against
           the
           Hoste
           of
           Assiria
           .
           Therefore
           to
           his
           Prayers
           he
           went
           ,
           4.
           
           Reg.
           19.
           
           
             O
             Lord
             our
          
           
           
             God
             ,
             do
             thou
             saue
             vs
             out
             of
             his
             hand
             :
          
           which
           is
           all
           one
           with
           the
           Text.
           
             Arise
             ,
             and
             maintaine
             thine
             owne
             cause
             .
          
           But
           I
           pray
           take
           this
           with
           you
           .
           When
           Hezekiah
           pray'd
           
           thus
           ,
           the
           People
           were
           in
           Armes
           .
           No
           deserting
           the
           cause
           though
           no
           selfe-ability
           could
           hold
           it
           vp
           .
        
         
         
           But
           what
           Enemies
           had
           the
           cause
           of
           
           God
           then
           ,
           or
           hath
           it
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           that
           such
           earnest
           prayers
           vvere
           then
           ,
           and
           are
           now
           made
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           
             Arise
             and
             maintaine
             it
          
           ?
           Doe
           you
           aske
           vvhat
           Enemies
           ?
           I
           'le
           tell
           you
           ;
           Perhaps
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           able
           to
           tell
           you
           all
           .
           But
           what
           my
           Text
           tells
           me
           ,
           I
           'le
           shew
           you
           .
           First
           ,
           the
           
           Text
           tells
           me
           ,
           the
           Enemies
           that
           came
           vp
           against
           Gods
           cause
           were
           fierce
           ,
           &
           had
           got
           some
           hope
           of
           Aduantage
           ;
           Implyed
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           Israelites
           were
           faine
           to
           call
           for
           maintenance
           ,
           and
           supply
           against
           them
           .
           Next
           the
           Text
           tells
           mee
           ,
           these
           
           Enemies
           were
           thought
           too
           cunning
           &
           too
           strong
           for
           Israel
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           defence
           of
           
             Gods
             Cause
          
           was
           then
           committed
           :
           Implied
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           faine
           to
           flie
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           call
           him
           in
           to
           his
           
             owne
             defence
          
           .
           A
           signe
           ,
           that
           all
           seconds
           were
           too
           weak
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           Enemies
           were
           many
           ,
           
           and
           not
           like
           to
           be
           beaten
           or
           
             mastered
             at
             once
          
           .
           And
           that
           's
           expressed
           ,
           
             ver
             .
             20.
             
             A
          
           
           
             multitude
             of
             Enemies
          
           .
           And
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           
           they
           vvere
           as
           cruell
           ,
           as
           strong
           and
           numerous
           .
           
           For
           so
           vvee
           read
           ,
           ver
           .
           5.
           
           Where
           
           they
           are
           called
           
             Roaring
             Enemies
          
           .
           A
           name
           vvhich
           euer
           had
           some
           affinitie
           with
           the
           Diuell
           ,
           1.
           
           S.
           Peter
           5.
           
           So
           in
           all
           
           likelihood
           nothing
           remain'd
           but
           to
           get
           God
           to
           be
           absent
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           might
           easily
           swallow
           his
           People
           and
           his
           Cause
           together
           .
           To
           preuent
           this
           was
           the
           Prophets
           praier
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           is
           ours
           this
           day
           .
           For
           so
           the
           Psalme
           begins
           :
           
             O
             God
          
           (
           considering
           how
           thy
           cause
           is
           streitned
           )
           
             Wherefore
             art
             thou
             absent
             from
             vs
             so
             long
             ?
          
           And
           it
           ends
           at
           
             Arise
             and
             maintaine
             thy
             Cause
          
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           forme
           of
           the
           Prophets
           Praier
           
           is
           very
           considerable
           too
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           example
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ.
           The
           Prayer
           is
           ,
           that
           
             God
             would
             Arise
             ,
             and
             maintaine
             his
             Cause
             .
          
           The
           first
           thing
           the
           Prophet
           aimes
           at
           is
           the
           Cause
           ;
           the
           equity
           &
           right
           that
           belongs
           to
           it
           ,
           not
           the
           respect
           it
           had
           to
           Persons
           .
           And
           this
           out
           of
           question
           is
           the
           vvay
           of
           
             Iustice
             ,
             to
             honour
             the
             person
             for
             the
             Cause
             ,
             not
             to
             esteeme
             the
             cause
             for
             the
             person
             .
          
           Now
           men
           for
           the
           most
           
           part
           goe
           a
           crosse
           way
           to
           this
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           vvhen
           they
           vvill
           come
           into
           the
           way
           of
           lustice
           I
           cannot
           tell
           .
           For
           vsually
           all
           businesse
           is
           sided
           into
           parties
           .
           'T
           is
           no
           matter
           for
           the
           Cause
           ,
           let
           who
           will
           maintaine
           that
           simply
           for
           it selfe
           .
           If
           it
           make
           for
           vs
           and
           our
           party
           ,
           so
           farre
           vvee
           vvill
           maintaine
           it
           ;
           else
           be
           it
           
             Gods
             cause
          
           or
           whose
           it
           vvill
           ,
           vvhether
           it
           sinke
           or
           swimme
           ,
           it
           shall
           not
           trouble
           vs.
           And
           I
           doubt
           as
           the
           practise
           of
           too
           many
           men
           is
           ,
           so
           is
           their
           Prayer
           .
           For
           the
           Faction
           and
           the
           Party
           all
           ;
           not
           the
           cause
           ,
           either
           as
           't
           is
           Gods
           ,
           the
           Churches
           ,
           or
           the
           States
           .
           And
           parties
           are
           euer
           priuate
           ends
           .
           The
           Cause
           as
           't
           is
           Gods
           ,
           the
           Churches
           ,
           or
           the
           Kingdoms
           is
           euer
           common
           .
           Euer
           fit
           to
           be
           made
           the
           Obiect
           of
           our
           Prayers
           .
        
         
           Yet
           this
           aduantage
           may
           heere
           be
           had
           .
           If
           euer
           you
           may
           safely
           preferre
           the
           person
           before
           the
           cause
           ,
           and
           yet
           be
           iust
           ,
           you
           may
           doe
           it
           heere
           .
           God
           before
           his
           
             owne
             cause
          
           .
           And
           the
           Reason
           is
           ,
           because
           God
           as
           he
           can
           neuer
           tender
           an
           vniust
           cause
           to
           his
           People
           ,
           so
           is
           he
           Iustice
           it selfe
           :
           And
           
           euer
           Iuster
           then
           any
           cause
           of
           his
           that
           is
           without
           him
           .
           Therefore
           whatsoeuer
           others
           doe
           ,
           
             Arise
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
             and
             maintaine
             thy selfe
             ,
             and
             thine
             owne
             cause
             .
          
           Maintaine
           it
           euen
           from
           heauen
           ,
           ther
           's
           no
           great
           trust
           to
           the
           
             Earth
             :
             for
             that
             is
             full
             of
             darkenesse
             and
             cruell
             habitations
             ,
             verse
          
           21.
           
           
        
         
           Now
           all
           this
           while
           wee
           haue
           almost
           
           forgotten
           ,
           who
           't
           is
           that
           makes
           this
           Prayer
           .
           Saint
           Hierom
           tells
           me
           ,
           and
           hee
           is
           not
           
           alone
           in
           the
           opinion
           ,
           the
           Psalme
           was
           Dauids
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Prayer
           too
           .
           As
           a
           Prophet
           he
           foresaw
           the
           danger
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           King
           he
           went
           on
           directly
           to
           the
           highest
           remedy
           .
           And
           though
           Kings
           now
           are
           not
           Prophets
           ,
           yet
           't
           is
           a
           great
           blessing
           vpon
           any
           Kingdome
           to
           haue
           the
           King
           a
           Seer
           so
           farre
           as
           is
           possible
           .
           To
           haue
           him
           with
           both
           eyes
           open
           .
           His
           
             right
             eye
          
           open
           and
           vp
           to
           heauen
           ,
           for
           God
           to
           maintaine
           him
           ;
           And
           his
           other
           eye
           downwards
           ,
           but
           open
           ,
           vpon
           his
           People
           to
           take
           care
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           maintaine
           them
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           support
           that
           hee
           hath
           receiued
           from
           God.
           And
           herein
           
             aboue
             other
             Nations
          
           we
           are
           blessed
           
           this
           day
           ,
           I
           say
           againe
           ,
           
             Aboue
             other
             Nations
          
           ;
           if
           vve
           can
           see
           our
           blessing
           ,
           and
           be
           thankefull
           .
           For
           the
           King
           keepes
           his
           
             eye
             as
             steddy
          
           vpon
           God
           ,
           as
           if
           hee
           had
           no
           helpe
           below
           him
           :
           And
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           as
           
             gracious
             an
             eye
          
           vpon
           his
           People
           to
           relieue
           their
           iust
           grieuances
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           more
           ready
           to
           helpe
           them
           ,
           then
           to
           receiue
           helpe
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           Let
           not
           your
           hearts
           be
           troubled
           ,
           neither
           feare
           ,
           
             S.
             Ioh.
          
           14.
           
           Here
           are
           two
           Kings
           
           at
           once
           at
           Prayer
           for
           you
           ,
           Dauid
           and
           your
           
             owne
             King.
          
           They
           are
           vp
           and
           calling
           vp
           on
           God
           to
           Arise
           .
           For
           shame
           Lagge
           not
           behinde
           God
           and
           your
           King.
           You
           haue
           beene
           and
           I
           hope
           are
           ,
           a
           valiant
           Nation
           ,
           let
           nothing
           dead
           your
           spirits
           ,
           in
           Gods
           &
           your
           Countries
           Seruice
           .
           And
           if
           any
           man
           drop
           
             malignant
             poyson
          
           into
           your
           Eares
           ,
           powre
           it
           backe
           into
           his
           owne
           bosome
           .
        
         
           And
           Sir
           ,
           as
           you
           were
           
             first
             vp
          
           ,
           &
           sumon'd
           the
           Church
           to
           awake
           ,
           and
           haue
           sounded
           an
           Alarum
           in
           the
           Eares
           of
           your
           People
           ;
           Not
           that
           they
           should
           Fast
           and
           Pray
           ,
           and
           
             serue
             God
             alone
          
           ,
           but
           goe
           with
           you
           into
           the
           
           House
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           so
           goe
           on
           to
           serue
           your
           Preseruer
           .
           Your
           Merit
           ,
           and
           the
           Noblenesse
           of
           your
           heart
           will
           glew
           the
           hearts
           of
           your
           People
           to
           you
           .
           And
           your
           Religious
           care
           of
           
             Gods
             Cause
          
           and
           seruice
           ,
           will
           make
           him
           (
           I
           doubt
           not
           )
           Arise
           ,
           and
           haste
           to
           the
           maintenance
           of
           your
           Cause
           ,
           as
           of
           his
           owne
           .
           Only
           in
           these
           ,
           and
           all
           times
           of
           difficultie
           ,
           
             bee
             strong
             and
             of
             a
             good
             courage
             ,
             keepe
             close
             to
             the
             Lawe
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           Be
           full
           of
           Counsell
           ,
           and
           then
           resolute
           to
           Act
           it
           .
           Else
           ,
           if
           you
           shal
           not
           be
           firme
           to
           deliberated
           Counsells
           ,
           they
           which
           are
           bound
           to
           serue
           you
           ,
           may
           seeke
           and
           finde
           opportunities
           to
           serue
           themselues
           vpon
           you
           .
           This
           doe
           ,
           and
           
             God
             Arise
             and
             be
             with
             you
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             with
          
           Moses
           ;
           Ios.
           1.
           
           This
           do
           ,
           
           and
           as
           S.
           Chrysost.
           speakes
           .
           
             Aut
             non
             habebis
             Inimicum
             ,
             aut
             irridebis
             eum
             :
          
           Either
           
           you
           shall
           haue
           no
           Enemy
           ,
           or
           you
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           scorne
           him
           the
           world
           ouer
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           thing
           vvhich
           the
           Prophet
           
           vvould
           haue
           God
           doe
           when
           he
           is
           risen
           ,
           is
           that
           he
           would
           
             Remember
             how
             the
             Foolish
             man
             blasphemeth
             him
             dayly
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           Enemies
           of
           Gods
           Truth
           ,
           and
           of
           
           the
           peace
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           it
           seemes
           ,
           doe
           not
           onely
           seeke
           to
           ouerthrow
           
             his
             Cause
          
           ,
           but
           base
           &
           vnciuilly
           irreligious
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           they
           flye
           vpon
           
             his
             person
          
           too
           .
           For
           so
           you
           see
           the
           Text
           changes
           from
           the
           thing
           to
           the
           person
           .
           
             Maintain
             thy
             cause
          
           :
           but
           remember
           ,
           the
           Reproach
           runs
           against
           thy selfe
           :
           
             They
             blasphemethee
          
           .
           And
           by
           this
           you
           may
           see
           how
           dangerous
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           for
           any
           Men
           ;
           or
           any
           States
           ,
           to
           become
           Enemies
           to
           the
           
             Cause
             of
             God.
          
           For
           sinne
           will
           not
           stay
           till
           it
           haue
           wrought
           them
           farther
           ,
           euen
           into
           
             enmity
             against
             God
             himselfe
          
           .
           And
           therefore
           this
           sin
           here
           ,
           a
           high
           and
           a
           presumptuous
           sinne
           ,
           is
           not
           called
           the
           presumption
           of
           them
           that
           hate
           Gods
           Cause
           ,
           
             but
             of
             them
             which
             hate
             God
             himselfe
             ,
          
           Ver.
           24.
           
           
        
         
           Presumption
           easily
           falls
           to
           Reproach
           
           goodnes
           itselfe
           .
           But
           what
           Reproach
           is
           it
           these
           Enemies
           cast
           vpon
           God
           ?
           What
           ?
           Why
           ,
           't
           was
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           .
           'T
           was
           Blasphemy
           .
           For
           so
           Saint
           Basil
           renders
           my
           
           Text.
           And
           so
           't
           is
           called
           againe
           ,
           Ver.
           11.
           
           
           
           &
           19.
           
           You
           may
           be
           sure
           the
           Prophet
           mistooke
           it
           not
           :
           It
           went
           not
           single
           ,
           there
           vvere
           more
           then
           one
           ;
           and
           Theoderet
           cals
           them
           Execrationes
           ,
           Cursings
           and
           Reuilings
           
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           And
           men
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           as
           vvell
           as
           
             vsurping
             Enemies
          
           ,
           had
           need
           bee
           watchfull
           ouer
           this
           sin
           .
           For
           a
           man
           may
           quickly
           be
           vvithin
           the
           borders
           of
           it
           ,
           before
           hee
           be
           aware
           ;
           especially
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           bold
           and
           busie
           vvith
           the
           
             Cause
             of
             God
          
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           reserued
           and
           secret
           in
           himselfe
           .
           For
           since
           all
           Blasphemie
           is
           a
           Derogation
           of
           some
           Excellencie
           chiefly
           in
           God
           :
           the
           Schoole
           collects
           and
           
           truly
           ,
           That
           vvhosoeuer
           denies
           to
           God
           any
           attribute
           that
           is
           due
           vnto
           him
           :
           or
           affirmes
           any
           of
           God
           that
           is
           not
           agreeable
           to
           his
           Nature
           :
           is
           within
           the
           Confines
           of
           Blasphemie
           .
           Entred
           ,
           though
           perhaps
           not
           so
           far
           gone
           .
           But
           these
           Enemies
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           stuck
           at
           no
           degree
           of
           Blasphemy
           :
           Spared
           God
           himselfe
           no
           more
           then
           his
           Cause
           .
           And
           vvhat
           reason
           can
           this
           State
           or
           Church
           haue
           ,
           to
           thinke
           these
           Enemies
           ,
           or
           their
           like
           ,
           that
           spared
           not
           God
           nor
           his
           
           Cause
           ,
           vvill
           if
           they
           haue
           power
           enough
           ,
           spare
           them
           or
           theirs
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           pray
           ,
           vvho
           or
           vvhat
           manner
           of
           
           Enemy
           vvas
           it
           ,
           that
           made
           thus
           bold
           vvith
           God
           ?
           Who
           ?
           vvhy
           ,
           my
           Text
           answers
           that
           too
           .
           
             Sculous
             fuit
          
           ,
           it
           vvas
           the
           foolish
           Man
           :
           And
           you
           may
           know
           so
           much
           by
           his
           boldnesse
           .
           We
           find
           ,
           Psal.
           14.
           
           There
           
           was
           a
           Foole
           that
           
             blasphemed
             God.
          
           But
           't
           was
           in
           his
           heart
           .
           Out
           of
           his
           mouth
           hee
           durst
           not
           let
           it
           goe
           :
           not
           once
           .
           And
           this
           Foole
           was
           in
           the
           same
           feare
           at
           first
           .
           For
           his
           
             Blasphemie
             kept
             in
             his
             heart
             ,
             verse
             9.
             
          
           
           But
           now
           hee
           was
           growne
           impudent
           ,
           it
           
           brake
           out
           at
           his
           Lippes
           :
           For
           as
           
             S.
             Basil
          
           ,
           and
           
           others
           obserue
           ;
           he
           did
           
             Palam
             maledicere
          
           ,
           Blaspheme
           at
           large
           .
        
         
           The
           Prophet
           no
           question
           knew
           these
           Enemies
           what
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           other
           names
           beside
           Fooles
           .
           But
           hee
           fits
           them
           with
           their
           
             Name
             of
             Merit
          
           :
           That
           they
           deserued
           ,
           that
           he
           giues
           them
           .
           I
           told
           you
           these
           Enemies
           vvere
           cunning
           ,
           subtill
           Enemies
           .
           And
           't
           is
           true
           :
           But
           Malignity
           against
           Gods
           cause
           ,
           and
           Blasphemie
           against
           
           his
           Person
           ,
           vvill
           make
           the
           greatest
           Wisedome
           in
           the
           world
           turne
           Foole.
           And
           Follie
           dares
           aduenture
           any
           thing
           against
           Man
           :
           Nay
           ,
           against
           God
           too
           :
           vvhich
           is
           a
           like
           true
           of
           the
           
             Foole
             at
             home
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Foole
             abroad
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Prophet
           pray'd
           against
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           as
           vve
           doe
           now
           against
           ours
           .
           
             O
             my
             God
             make
             them
             as
             a
             wheele
             ,
             Psal.
          
           83.
           
           And
           see
           
           in
           what
           a
           wheele
           they
           are
           :
           The
           worst
           that
           euer
           moued
           .
           For
           their
           Blasphemy
           carries
           their
           Wisedome
           round
           into
           Folly.
           And
           their
           Folly
           turnes
           their
           malice
           round
           into
           heigher
           degrees
           of
           Blasphemy
           .
           Thus
           is
           this
           Enemy
           no
           sooner
           a
           Blasphemer
           but
           a
           Foole
           :
           And
           no
           sooner
           a
           Foole
           ,
           but
           a
           greater
           Blasphemer
           .
           So
           Blasphemy
           is
           punished
           with
           Folly
           ,
           and
           Folly
           vvith
           Blasphemy
           .
           Ther
           's
           the
           vvheele
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           sinne
           ,
           and
           the
           punishment
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           pray
           obserue
           :
           These
           Enemies
           that
           beset
           Gods
           Cause
           at
           Ierusalem
           vvere
           a
           Nation
           .
           And
           so
           some
           reade
           heere
           ;
           Not
           the
           
             Foolish
             man
          
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Foolish
             People
          
           .
           And
           a
           powerfull
           Nation
           they
           were
           ,
           were
           
           they
           
             Babilonians
             ,
             Syrians
          
           ,
           or
           Romanes
           .
           And
           one
           of
           them
           they
           were
           .
           And
           yet
           you
           see
           the
           Prophet
           giues
           them
           ,
           no
           other
           ,
           no
           better
           name
           ,
           then
           Foole
           ,
           when
           they
           violently
           persecute
           Gods
           Cause
           .
           Indeed
           they
           deserue
           it
           .
           And
           this
           Sinne
           is
           as
           able
           to
           Foole
           a
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           as
           a
           particular
           Man.
           Nay
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           heere
           speakes
           of
           them
           as
           of
           
             one
             Man.
          
           As
           if
           Blasphemie
           could
           change
           a
           whole
           Nation
           into
           
             one
             Foole.
          
           And
           surely
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           hard
           thing
           with
           
             God
             to
             make
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
          
           whole
           
             world
             Foolishnesse
          
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           1.
           
           And
           't
           is
           
           as
           easie
           with
           him
           ,
           to
           confound
           the
           wisedome
           of
           a
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           as
           of
           one
           Achitophell
           .
           
        
         
           And
           see
           I
           beseech
           you
           how
           their
           sins
           
           continue
           :
           Once
           
             a
             Foole
          
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           and
           an
           Enemy
           to
           Gods
           Cause
           ,
           and
           a
           Blasphemer
           of
           his
           Person
           euer
           after
           ,
           without
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           mercy
           .
           And
           this
           is
           noted
           in
           the
           circumstance
           
             Tota
             Die
          
           ,
           and
           Quotidie
           ,
           Daily
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           day
           long
           at
           this
           Blasphemy
           :
           And
           't
           is
           vsuall
           this
           with
           
             Enemies
             ;
             All
             the
             day
          
           :
           For
           their
           Studdie
           is
           vpon
           
           it
           .
           And
           
             euery
             day
          
           :
           For
           these
           Enemies
           were
           the
           same
           in
           Blasphemy
           ,
           The
           day
           of
           their
           preparation
           :
           The
           day
           of
           their
           Fight
           ;
           &
           the
           day
           of
           their
           Victory
           .
           And
           Ruffinus
           obserues
           that
           this
           Blasphemy
           grew
           in
           the
           
           continuance
           .
           And
           either
           it
           derided
           God
           in
           his
           Seruants
           ,
           or
           it
           menaced
           men
           for
           seruing
           God
           How
           it
           flatter'd
           it self
           there
           while
           against
           both
           Man
           and
           God
           ,
           is
           thus
           far
           apparant
           in
           the
           Text
           :
           That
           they
           neuer
           durst
           haue
           bin
           daily
           Blasphemers
           against
           God
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           bin
           Opinators
           at
           least
           ,
           that
           God
           could
           neuer
           haue
           maintained
           &
           made
           good
           his
           cause
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           too
           much
           to
           see
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           opposed
           :
           To
           heare
           the
           Name
           of
           GOD
           Blasphemed
           ,
           were
           it
           but
           once
           :
           But
           
             all
             the
             day
             long
             ,
             and
             euery
             day
          
           is
           a
           Tentation
           allmost
           vnsupportable
           to
           Christian
           and
           religious
           hearts
           .
           Yet
           this
           wee
           must
           bee
           Inur'd
           to
           heare
           against
           King
           and
           Church
           ,
           and
           God
           himselfe
           ,
           if
           wee
           take
           not
           better
           course
           then
           hitherto
           wee
           haue
           done
           to
           keepe
           out
           the
           Enemy
           and
           his
           Blasphemy
           .
        
         
           Against
           this
           't
           was
           time
           for
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
           
           and
           't
           is
           time
           for
           vs
           to
           pray
           .
           The
           Blasphemy
           of
           an
           Enemie
           is
           a
           very
           vrgent
           Motiue
           to
           make
           Men
           pray
           .
           And
           the
           Prayer
           of
           the
           Prophet
           heere
           ,
           
             that
             God
             would
             remember
             the
             Blasphemer
             ,
          
           was
           very
           feruent
           .
           For
           he
           beginnes
           this
           Prayer
           ,
           at
           
             Remember
             the
             Rebuke
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             verse
          
           20.
           
           And
           
           hee
           ends
           his
           Prayer
           with
           
             Remember
             the
             Blasphemy
             of
             this
             Foole
             ,
             v.
             23.
             
             Remember
             and
          
           
           
             forget
             it
             not
             ,
             verse
             24.
             
          
           This
           was
           the
           Prophet's
           Zeale
           for
           Gods
           Cause
           ,
           and
           you
           
           may
           learne
           by
           it
           ,
           that
           
             cold
             Prayers
          
           are
           not
           they
           which
           remoue
           the
           Blasphemy
           of
           Enemies
           .
           
             The
             Prayers
             indeed
             of
             but
             one
             righteous
             Man
             doth
             much
             ,
             but
             't
             is
             when
             they
             are
             feruent
             ,
             S.
             Iaco.
             5.
             
          
           
        
         
           But
           you
           vvill
           say
           :
           What
           needs
           all
           this
           calling
           vpon
           God
           to
           Remember
           ?
           Is
           it
           possible
           he
           should
           forget
           ?
           not
           possible
           
           certainly
           .
           But
           then
           as
           before
           :
           Though
           God
           
             cannot
             sleepe
          
           :
           Yet
           to
           awaken
           not
           him
           but
           our
           poore
           vnderstanding
           concerning
           him
           the
           Praier
           was
           ,
           
             Arise
             ,
             O
             God.
          
           So
           heere
           ,
           though
           God
           
             cannot
             forget
          
           ,
           yet
           because
           in
           his
           prouidence
           ,
           he
           somtimes
           
           carries
           himselfe
           to
           our
           sense
           and
           apprehension
           ,
           
             Ad
             modum
             obliuiscentis
          
           ,
           as
           if
           hee
           did
           forget
           ;
           and
           threatens
           that
           hee
           will
           forget
           ;
           
             Obliuione
             obliuiscar
             eorum
          
           ,
           Ose.
           1.
           
           
           Forgetting
           ,
           I
           will
           forget
           them
           .
           Therfore
           heere
           againe
           the
           Prayer
           runnes
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           men
           :
           
             Arise
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             yes
             ,
             and
             Remember
             too
             .
          
        
         
           Why
           ,
           but
           since
           heer
           's
           Enmity
           against
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Blasphemy
           against
           himselfe
           ,
           why
           doth
           the
           Prophet
           aske
           no
           more
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           would
           remember
           this
           ?
           Why
           ?
           why
           certainly'tis
           ,
           because
           there
           's
           aboundantly
           enough
           of
           that
           .
           He
           knew
           if
           God
           did
           Remember
           ,
           he
           would
           punish
           ?
           And
           (
           as
           S.
           Ierome
           obserues
           )
           
           
             hee
             therefore
             Remembers
             ,
             that
             hee
             may
             confound
             in
             Iudgement
             .
          
        
         
           And
           indeede
           in
           Gods
           Language
           to
           Marke
           and
           Remember
           ,
           is
           many
           times
           to
           punish
           :
           and
           
             not
             to
             Remember
          
           ,
           is
           to
           forgiue
           
           sinne
           .
           
             If
             thou
             Lord
             shouldest
             be
             extreame
             to
             marke
             and
             obserue
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           punish
           ,
           
             What
             is
             done
             amisse
             ,
             Psal.
          
           130.
           
           And
           the
           
           Church
           hath
           learn'd
           not
           only
           to
           speake
           ,
           
           but
           to
           pray
           of
           the
           Prophet
           .
           For
           so
           the
           Church
           praies
           in
           the
           Letanie
           :
           Not
           ,
           punish
           not
           ,
           but
           
             Remember
             not
             Lord
             our
             Offences
          
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Prophets
           Praier
           was
           home
           enough
           ,
           
             Remember
             Lord
          
           :
           Yes
           ,
           do
           but
           that
           ,
           and
           we
           either
           haue
           ,
           or
           shall
           haue
           enough
           and
           our
           enemies
           too
           .
           We
           ,
           I
           hope
           of
           deliuerance
           and
           preseruation
           ,
           and
           they
           of
           punishment
           .
        
         
           Thus
           you
           haue
           heard
           the
           Prophets
           praier
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           made
           your
           owne
           ,
           that
           
             God
             would
             Arise
          
           and
           bestir
           himself
           .
           And
           what
           he
           desired
           God
           would
           do
           ,
           both
           for
           State
           and
           Church
           when
           he
           was
           Risen
           .
           That
           is
           ;
           That
           hee
           would
           
             pleade
             and
             maintaine
             his
             owne
             Cause
             .
          
           And
           Remember
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           punish
           ,
           in
           his
           owne
           time
           
             the
             Blasphemy
             of
             all
             them
             ,
             that
             reproach
             or
             detract
             from
             it
             or
             him
             .
          
        
         
           One
           thing
           yet
           remaines
           and
           't
           is
           fit
           to
           be
           thought
           vpon
           this
           day
           ,
           euerie
           daie
           ,
           all
           the
           day
           long
           .
           And
           that
           is
           ,
           what
           it
           is
           that
           makes
           God
           a
           Protector
           of
           any
           King
           ,
           any
           State
           ,
           any
           
             Nationall
             Church
          
           ,
           against
           either
           in
           bred
           or
           forraine
           Enemies
           .
           Against
           the
           Fox
           at
           home
           and
           the
           Lion
           abroad
           .
           
           And
           that
           certainly
           is
           ;
           for
           the
           State
           to
           goe
           on
           with
           Honour
           and
           Iustice.
           And
           for
           the
           Church
           to
           labour
           Deuotion
           as
           much
           at
           least
           ,
           if
           not
           more
           then
           knowledge
           .
           For
           else
           Gods
           cause
           and
           ours
           may
           be
           two
           .
           And
           then
           God
           may
           
             Arise
             ,
             and
             maintaine
             his
             owne
             ,
          
           but
           leaue
           vs
           to
           the
           Famine
           ,
           to
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           to
           the
           Sword
           ,
           to
           any
           other
           Iudgement
           .
        
         
           The
           onely
           way
           to
           make
           God
           Arise
           as
           soone
           as
           euer
           we
           call
           :
           Nay
           ,
           to
           preuent
           our
           call
           and
           come
           in
           to
           helpe
           before
           we
           pray
           ,
           is
           ,
           for
           both
           King
           and
           People
           ,
           State
           and
           Church
           ,
           to
           weaue
           their
           Cause
           and
           Gods
           together
           .
           To
           incorporate
           them
           so
           ,
           that
           no
           cunning
           of
           the
           Diuel
           may
           be
           able
           to
           separate
           them
           .
           For
           then
           the
           benefit
           is
           apparant
           .
           God
           cannot
           
             Arise
             and
             maintaine
             his
             owne
             cause
             ,
          
           but
           he
           must
           
             maintaine
             ours
          
           too
           :
           because
           't
           is
           one
           with
           his
           .
           And
           his
           owne
           (
           doubt
           you
           not
           )
           he
           will
           maintaine
           ,
           against
           the
           proudest
           Enemie
           that
           can
           come
           against
           it
           .
           And
           certainly
           the
           greatest
           hope
           and
           confidence
           of
           Gods
           Assistance
           to
           any
           Nation
           ,
           to
           anie
           Man
           ,
           
           that
           can
           preceed
           deliuerance
           itself
           ,
           is
           to
           make
           their
           
             Cause
             all
             one
             with
             Gods.
          
           And
           that
           is
           done
           by
           vpholding
           his
           ,
           and
           conforming
           theirs
           .
        
         
           Our
           safety
           then
           is
           when
           our
           cause
           is
           one
           with
           Gods
           :
           Our
           danger
           when
           they
           differ
           .
           But
           what
           is
           it
           that
           puts
           the
           difference
           betweene
           them
           ?
           What
           ?
           why
           that
           which
           put
           the
           first
           Enmity
           betweene
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           Sinne.
           And
           therefore
           if
           wee
           will
           quit
           the
           Enmity
           and
           bee
           made
           friends
           ,
           the
           onely
           vvay
           to
           reconcile
           vs
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           our
           Cause
           vvith
           his
           ,
           is
           by
           Faith
           and
           Repentance
           to
           banish
           Sin.
           The
           sooner
           this
           is
           done
           ,
           the
           sooner
           we
           are
           safe
           :
           vvhich
           cannot
           be
           till
           
             our
             Cause
             be
             one
             with
             Gods
             :
             One
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           vvhen
           't
           is
           one
           the
           preheminence
           is
           still
           vvith
           Gods
           Cause
           ,
           vve
           must
           not
           suffer
           ours
           to
           step
           on
           before
           him
           .
        
         
           For
           
             our
             Cause
          
           as
           't
           is
           spirituall
           and
           concernes
           our
           soules
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           neuer
           so
           good
           ,
           neuer
           so
           close
           ioyned
           vvith
           Gods
           ,
           yet
           God's
           is
           to
           haue
           the
           precedence
           .
           For
           be
           ours
           neuer
           so
           good
           ,
           I
           must
           begge
           of
           your
           humility
           to
           Remember
           ,
           that
           Gods
           Grace
           
           did
           both
           preuent
           and
           follow
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           so
           .
           And
           therefore
           we
           are
           to
           put
           his
           cause
           first
           ,
           and
           to
           pray
           chiefly
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           that
           which
           gaue
           worth
           to
           ours
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           our
           cause
           as
           't
           is
           
             tempor
             all
          
           and
           concernes
           this
           life
           onely
           ,
           Our
           safety
           ,
           life
           ,
           and
           liuely-hood
           ;
           
             Gods
             cause
          
           is
           to
           haue
           the
           precedence
           of
           that
           much
           more
           .
           
             Father
             and
             Mother
             ,
             Wife
             and
             Children
             ,
             Brethren
             and
             Sisters
             ,
             Life
             and
             all
             ,
             must
             be
             accounted
             as
             nothing
             to
             Gods
             Cause
             ,
             S.
             Luke
          
           14.
           
           And
           it
           hath
           euer
           been
           a
           signe
           that
           the
           Soule
           of
           a
           Man
           
           goes
           right
           :
           That
           a
           vvhole
           People
           keepe
           vpon
           Gods
           path
           ;
           
             when
             they
             seeke
             first
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             GOD
             and
             the
             righteousnesse
             thereof
             ,
             and
             leaue
             God
             to
             minister
             and
             maintaine
             the
             rest
             ,
             S.
             Mat.
          
           6.
           
           When
           they
           are
           
           more
           tenderly
           affected
           to
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           more
           sensible
           of
           the
           Reproach
           or
           Blasphemy
           of
           his
           Name
           ,
           then
           of
           any
           calamities
           ,
           that
           might
           or
           malice
           can
           bring
           vpon
           their
           persons
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           our
           giuing
           Gods
           Cause
           the
           precedence
           ,
           in
           our
           loue
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           our
           Prayers
           for
           it
           ,
           is
           no
           exclusion
           of
           our
           
             own
             Cause
          
           :
           
           Nay
           ,
           the
           preferring
           of
           Gods
           before
           our
           owne
           ,
           And
           the
           making
           of
           our
           owne
           conformable
           to
           Gods
           ,
           Is
           the
           way
           to
           make
           God
           as
           iealous
           of
           our
           safety
           
             from
             all
             extremity
          
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           to
           vindicate
           his
           owne
           honour
           
             from
             Reproach
             and
             Blasphemy
          
           .
           And
           therefore
           though
           the
           Prophet
           heere
           (
           as
           Theodoret
           obserues
           )
           doth
           not
           say
           Arise
           ,
           
           
             O
             God
             ,
             and
             maintaine
             Causam
             meam
             ,
          
           my
           cause
           ,
           but
           thine
           owne
           .
           Yet
           the
           same
           God
           that
           will
           haue
           vs
           preferre
           his
           cause
           ,
           will
           haue
           vs
           pray
           for
           our
           owne
           like
           wise
           .
           And
           so
           the
           Prophet
           did
           :
           For
           though
           he
           be
           heere
           all
           for
           Gods
           cause
           ;
           yet
           vvee
           haue
           hime
           very
           earnest
           for
           his
           owne
           too
           .
           
             Pleade
             thou
             my
             cause
             O
             Lord
             with
             them
             that
             striue
             with
             me
             ,
             and
             fight
             thou
             against
             them
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             fight
             against
             me
             ,
             Psal.
          
           35.
           
           And
           
             defend
             my
             cause
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
             against
             the
             vngodly
             People
             ,
          
           
           Psal.
           43.
           1.
           
           Well
           then
           :
           
             Thy
             cause
          
           O
           God
           ;
           and
           
             my
             Cause
          
           O
           God.
           But
           the
           Rule
           of
           Practise
           goes
           heere
           ;
           Gods
           cause
           must
           leade
           ,
           that
           ours
           may
           follow
           it
           ,
           vnder
           the
           protection
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           As
           we
           haue
           therefore
           now
           begun
           ,
           so
           
           let
           vs
           pray
           on
           as
           the
           Prophet
           did
           .
           That
           God
           euen
           our
           Gracious
           Father
           will
           bee
           no
           longer
           like
           vnto
           one
           that
           sleepes
           :
           That
           hee
           will
           Arise
           ,
           and
           blow
           ouer
           these
           feares
           from
           vs.
           'T
           is
           but
           his
           Breath
           ,
           and
           he
           can
           drie
           the
           Cloudes
           ,
           that
           they
           drop
           not
           Rottennesse
           vpon
           our
           Haruest
           .
           'T
           is
           but
           his
           Breath
           ,
           and
           he
           can
           cleere
           the
           Ayre
           of
           Infection
           ,
           as
           well
           all
           ouer
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           ,
           beyond
           admiration
           ,
           done
           it
           in
           our
           chiefe
           City
           .
           And
           't
           is
           but
           the
           same
           Breath
           ,
           and
           he
           can
           shake
           our
           Enemies
           to
           peeces
           in
           the
           Sea.
           
        
         
           That
           God
           being
           Arisen
           and
           come
           neere
           in
           prouidence
           ,
           will
           pleade
           first
           ,
           and
           after
           
             maintaine
             his
             owne
             Cause
          
           .
           His
           owne
           in
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           King
           :
           His
           owne
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           And
           his
           owne
           in
           the
           Holinesse
           of
           his
           Name
           .
           That
           he
           will
           giue
           this
           State
           and
           Church
           ,
           and
           euery
           Member
           of
           both
           such
           grace
           ,
           that
           our
           cause
           may
           bee
           his
           ,
           and
           his
           Maintenance
           ours
           .
           That
           he
           wil
           remember
           and
           that
           's
           enough
           ,
           that
           if
           
             his
             Cause
          
           bee
           ours
           ,
           
             our
             Enemies
          
           are
           his
           .
           That
           we
           may
           so
           order
           our
           liues
           by
           
           his
           Grace
           ,
           that
           if
           these
           or
           any
           Enemies
           will
           Blaspheme
           ,
           it
           may
           not
           bee
           Him
           for
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           but
           Vs
           for
           his
           seruice
           .
           That
           our
           Enemies
           and
           his
           ,
           how-wise
           soeuer
           in
           other
           things
           ,
           yet
           in
           their
           plots
           and
           practises
           against
           vs
           may
           be
           written
           in
           the
           
             Text-Letters
             FOOLES
          
           .
           That
           we
           ,
           being
           preserued
           from
           them
           and
           all
           other
           Aduersity
           ,
           may
           take
           warning
           in
           time
           to
           mend
           our
           liues
           ,
           and
           so
           heereafter
           liue
           to
           honour
           and
           serue
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           world
           may
           see
           he
           hath
           beene
           mercifull
           ,
           and
           wee
           labour
           to
           be
           Thankfull
           .
           That
           after
           the
           
             maintenance
             of
             his
             and
             our
             Cause
          
           heere
           ,
           we
           may
           in
           our
           seuerall
           times
           be
           receiued
           vp
           to
           him
           in
           Glory
           ,
           Through
           
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           our
           Lord
           :
           To
           whom
           with
           the
           Father
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A05169-e130
           
             *
             In
             Octau
             .
             Indaeorum
             Deum
             suisse
             Rom.
             numinibus
             vna
             cū
             gente
             Captiuum
             .
          
           
             Verse
             5.
             
          
           
             Verse
             6.
             
          
           
             Hom.
             14.
             in
             Ep.
             ad
             Hebr.
             
          
           
             Verse
             13.
             
          
           
             Haeres
             .
             59.
             
          
           
             Verse
             14.
             
          
           
             Verse
             20.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             50.
             15.
             
          
           
             Esa.
             17.
             11.
             
          
           
             Esa.
             7.
             20.
             
          
           
             S.
             Iacob
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             Iud.
             9.
             33.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             17.
             21.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             Esa.
             58.
             5.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Reg.
             18.
             27.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             121.
             4.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             44.
             23.
             
             S.
             
               Basil
               in
               Psal.
            
             23.
             
          
           
             S.
             
               Ierom
               in
               Habac.
               3.
               
               Uelut
               ad
               dormientem
               loquimur
               .
            
          
           
             Verse
             12.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             127.
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             9.
             
          
           
             S.
             Aug.
             in
             Psal.
             129.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             8.
             28.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             14.
             
          
           
             S.
             Iacob
             .
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             99.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Thes.
             5.
             3.
             
          
           
             Sen.
             Ep.
             53.
             
          
           
             Min.
             Foel
             .
             in
             Octau
             .
          
           
             S.
             Ioh.
             5.
             17.
             
          
           
             Tho.
             sup
             .
             q.
             88.
             
             A.
             1.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             73.
             12.
             
          
           
             Verse
             16.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             20.
             de
             Ciuit.
             Dei.
             cap.
             1.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             19.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             51.
             4.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             25.
             45.
             
          
           
             Caluin
             4.
             
             Inst.
             20.
             
             §.
             23.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             2.
             
             Arist.
             1.
             
             Eth.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             Sap.
             6.
             4.
             
             Tho.
             2.
             2.
             q.
             99.
             
          
           
             A.
             1.
             
             Primū
             .
          
           
             Ephes.
             1.
             22.
             23.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             7.
             
             Hist.
             cap.
             32.
             
          
           
             In.
             G.
             Naz.
             Orat.
             4.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             4
             Reg.
             18.
             25
             
          
           
             
               S.
               Ioh.
            
             19.
             10
             
             Elias
             Cret
             .
             in
             Naz.
             Orat.
             4.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Iudg.
             5.
             23.
             
          
           
             Iudg.
             4.
             
          
           
             Tacit.
             Lib.
             1.
             
             Anal.
             
          
           
             Cal.
             3.
             
             Inst.
             c.
             23.
             
             §.
             2.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             Reg.
             19.
             19.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             32.
             6.
             
          
           
             Verse
             20.
             
          
           
             Verse
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             S.
             Pet.
             5.
             8.
             
          
           
             Verse
             21.
             
          
           
             
               Epist.
               Fabio
               .
               de
            
             42.
             
             
               Mans.
               Ma.
            
             3.
             
             
               &
               Elias
               Cret
               .
               in
               Naz.
               Orat.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Iohn
             14.
             1.
             
          
           
             Iosuah
             1.
             7.
             17.
             
          
           
             Homil.
             14.
             in
             Epist.
             ad
             Hebr.
             
          
           
             Verse
             24.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Verse
             11.
             
             &
             19.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Tho.
             2.
             2.
             q.
             13.
             
             A.
             1.
             c.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             14.
             1.
             
          
           
             Verse
             9.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Cal
             3
             Inst.
             c.
             23.
             
             §.
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             83.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             20.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             17.
             14.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Verse
             20.
             
          
           
             Verse
             23.
             
          
           
             Verse
             24.
             
          
           
             S.
             Iaco.
             5.
             16.
             
          
           
             S.
             Hierom
             in
             Thren
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             Ose
             1.
             6.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Innocen
             .
             3.
             
             〈◊〉
             L.
             2.
             
             Mist.
             Miss
             .
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             130.
             3.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             14.
             26.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             6.
             33.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             15.
             31.
             1.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             43.
             1.
             
          
        
      
    
  

